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“There is abundant evidence that the subpoenas’ dominant (if not sole) purpose is to harass & pressure Powell either to yield to the president or to resign & make way for a Fed Chair who will,” Judge #Boasberg wrote. “On the other side of the scale, the government has offered no evidence […]
Judge Blocks Subpoenas Targeting Fed Chair
A federal judge blocked an attempt by the #DOJ to issue subpoenas to the #FederalReserve in its investigation of the chair, #JeromePowell. The judge wrote that there was “abundant evidence” the government’s action was designed to “harass & pressure” […]
A second round of subpoenas went in January to several former government officials and sought years of documents, including government records on the 2016 #Russia investigation the people would no longer have access to, two people familiar with the investigation told CNN recently. At least one […]
At first, the prosecutors gathered documents late last year from #JohnBrennan & other former intelligence officials. The subpoenas specifically sought information about a 2017 intelligence report on Russian meddling in the election that Brennan worked on, & which he spoke about in his 2023 […]
#DOJ officials & #USAttorney Jason Reding Quiñones made a push in January to bring a case against him, according to two people briefed on the matter, but some career prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida resisted the pressure.
Those career prosecutors are facing a new wave of pressure […]
Prosecutors in the Miami #USattorney’s office have been leading the #JohnBrennan probe, which relates to testimony the ex-intelligence chief gave to #Congress in 2023 & the #Russia investigation years earlier, issuing 2 rounds of subpoenas to several witnesses.
Yet the push for charges has run […]
#DOJ prosecutors face pressure from top officials to bring charges against #Obama's #CIA director as other investigations fizzle
DOJ prosecutors leading an investigation into former CIA Director #JohnBrennan are facing increasing pressure from top DOJ officials to bring criminal charges against […]
…The ultimate winner could now prove to be Elon #Musk’s #xAI great /s], which #defense ofcls say has already agreed to the #Pentagon’s terms for working on #classified systems. The entrepreneur jumped on Emil Michael’s social media Friday [the DoD’s technology chief] saying “[#Anthropic hates […]
Earlier in the week, Jeff Dean, #Google’s chief #AI scientist, said he was opposed to the #technology being used for #surveillance & repeated his long-standing opposition to #AutonomousWeapons.
#SamAltman, #OpenAI’s chief executive, said Friday that it was important for AI companies to find […]
…Many researchers & engineers working on #AI have long harbored concerns about their #technology being used to power #weapons or #surveillance. The battle between #Anthropic & the #Pentagon has reawakened those concerns across the industry.
By Friday afternoon, >550 employees at #Google & […]
The #Pentagon did not explain the #legal reasoning behind its claim there is none] that it could compel [#military contractors to immediately cease work with Anthropic.
…Experts said the #Trump admin’s dramatic intervention Friday is likely to have ramifications for more than just the #US […]
…The #SupplyChainRisk designation issued by #Hegseth late Friday was an extraordinary escalation, ranking a leading #US #AI company alongside the likes of Chinese & Russian firms seen as a danger to the #UnitedStates.
It was unclear how easy it would be for government departments to move away […]
The company wrote that, “Designating #Anthropic as a supply chain risk would be an unprecedented action—one historically reserved for US adversaries, never before publicly applied to an American company.” The unsigned blog post added: “We are deeply saddened by these developments.”
#Trump […]
#Anthropic said it would fight the blacklisting in court. In a blog post late Friday, the company said that it believed the wide-reaching ban #Hegseth described was not permitted by federal #law & that the designation of the company as a #SupplyChainRisk was “legally unsound.”
#Trump […]
Late Friday, #Defense Secy Pete #Hegseth followed #Trump’s unhinged post, saying in his own post that he was declaring #Anthropic a #SupplyChainRisk. “Effective immediately, no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with the United States military may conduct any commercial activity […]
So much for holding back. GMAFB.
#Pentagon declares #Anthropic a threat to #NationalSecurity
#Defense Secretary Pete #Hegseth declared Anthropic a “#SupplyChainRisk,” blocking all federal agencies & contractors from doing business with the company.
#Trump #RevengePolitics #law #AI #tech […]
“As someone who grew up in a home with #DomesticAbuse, not only would I not have flown on his plane if I had any inkling of what he was doing — I would have turned him in myself & led the call for #justice for his #crimes, not sweetheart deals,” #BillClinton said in his prepared opening […]
President #BillClinton continued, “Whether you subpoenaed 10 people or 10,000, including her was simply not right.”
And he tells lawmakers that, just as he’s bound in sworn testimony, “each & every one of you owes nothing less than #truth & #accuracy to the American people.”
#EpsteinFiles #law […]
President #BillClinton said in his prepared opening remarks that his wife—the former secretary of state & First Lady—should never have been ensnared by the committee.
“Before we start, I have to get personal,” #Clinton said in his statement. “You made Hillary come in. She had nothing to do with […]
Clinton’s remarks state that he is testifying “to offer what little I know so that it might prevent anything like this from ever happening again” & because “the girls & women whose lives Jeffrey Epstein destroyed deserve not only justice, but healing.”
#EpsteinFiles #law #Trump #Epstein #rape […]
It comes a day after Clinton’s wife, former Secretary of State #HillaryClinton, sat with lawmakers for her own deposition, where she told lawmakers that she had no knowledge of how #Epstein had sexually abused underage girls & had no recollection of even meeting him.
Neither #Clinton has been […]
President #BillClinton is testifying Friday before members of #Congress who are investigating convicted sex offender Jeffrey #Epstein, answering for his connections to the disgraced financier from more than 2 decades ago.
“I saw nothing, & I did nothing wrong,” the former #Democratic president […]
President #BillClinton testifies in #House #Epstein investigation
Clinton is facing questions today from members of the #Republican-led House #Oversight Committee about his ties to #JeffreyEpstein, making him the first sitting or former president to testify before members of #Congress in more […]
Former Secretary of State #HillaryClinton is telling US #House lawmakers she had no knowledge of #JeffreyEpstein’s or #GhislaineMaxwell’s crimes.
“I had no idea about their criminal activities. I do not recall ever encountering Mr. Epstein,” Hillary Clinton said in an opening statement she […]
#Update
Former Secretary of State #HillaryClinton is currently testifying before US #House lawmakers in New York as part of a congressional investigation into convicted sex offender #JeffreyEpstein, kicking off 2 days of depositions that will also include President #BillClinton.
The […]
During his 1992 campaign, #BillClinton pitched his candidacy as “two for the price of one,” previewing a presidential marriage like none that had come before, with a spouse whose professional credentials rivaled his. In the years since, that partnership helped the #Clintons weather repeated […]
Bill & Hillary #Clinton, battle-tested, gear up for another Washington fight
The #Clintons are slated to testify Thursday & Friday in a #House investigation into #JeffreyEpstein, part of a deal with #Republicans after it became clear that #Congress — with the help of some #Democrats — was on […]
A daytime #TalkShow NOT a #news program FFS. This is fascist persecution.
#FCC chairman says the agency is investigating #ABC network’s '#TheView' over equal time rule
#law #Trump #RevengePolitics #Weaponizatio...
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists #fascism
👉 Vote 'em Out!
#JamesTalarico, a Democratic candidate for the #Senate in #Texas, appeared on “The View” on Feb 2. US Rep #JasmineCrockett, who is running against #Talarico for the nomination, has also been on the show.
The #Trump admin has taken steps to clamp down on #TalkShows only the ones he doesn’t like] […]
“The #FCC has an enforcement action underway on that,” Chairman #BrendanCarr told reporters after an agency meeting Wednesday, in response to a question about whether there were an investigation into the daytime series over potential violations of the “equal time” rule. “And we’re taking a look […]
