Last week four people were killed including a police officer, and two shooters were dead in an attack at a Kosher supermarket in a Jewish neighborhood in Jersey City.
Authorities identified the shooters late Tuesday.
David Anderson and Francine Graham, members of the anti-Semitic and violent “Black Israelites” cult, were identified as the killers.
Following the massacre locals could be heard on video blaming the Jews for the attack on the Kosher market.
This was really disgusting!
And now a local political leader Joan Terrell from the Jersey City Board of Education posted an angry tirade on an interfaith vigil accusing local Jews of the deadly attack.
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Federal judge tosses Mike Flynn's claim he was victim of FBI misconduct and accuses his attorneys of plagiarism
A federal judge on Monday scheduled a sentencing hearing for next month for Michael Flynn after rejecting last-ditch arguments from the former Trump administration national security adviser that prosecutors had withheld evidence favorable to his case.
U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Flynn to appear for sentencing on Jan. 28, concluding in a 92-page ruling that Flynn had failed to prove a 'single' instance of prosecutorial misconduct.
Flynn's aim was to show that the FBI buried evidence he was duped into lying.
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U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered Flynn to appear for sentencing on Jan. 28, concluding in a 92-page ruling that Flynn had failed to prove a 'single' instance of prosecutorial misconduct.
Flynn's aim was to show that the FBI buried evidence he was duped into lying.
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Harris Statement on Impeachment
Rep. Harris made the following statement:
“Today was a sad day for our republic and for our Constitution. Congress passed the articles of impeachment on a purely partisan vote by Democrats – with no support from any Republicans and, in fact, opposition from some fair-minded Democrats. This proves that this sham impeachment was a politically motivated attempt to remove President Trump from office despite the votes of 63 million Americans in the last election. When the President was elected, radical liberals immediately objected to his election and referred to themselves as “the resistance.” Then they claimed the President colluded with Russia – until the Mueller report definitively ended that charade. Now they claimed he abused power by rightfully trying to investigate potential corruption involving over a million dollars in payments made to Hunter Biden, and blatant attempts by the previous Ukrainian government to influence our 2016 election. As to the actual articles of impeachment, as Professor Turley testified two weeks ago, the only abuse of power is by the radical Democrat House majority, which made a mockery of impeachment by proceeding without substantial evidence. As to obstruction of Congress, all Presidents have claimed executive privilege, and even President Obama’s own Attorney General Eric Holder refused to answer House subpoenas during the Fast and Furious investigation that he claimed infringed on executive privilege. Since Speaker Pelosi couldn’t even get all her House Democrats to vote for impeachment, much less any Republicans, it is clear that the Senate will, and should, vote against conviction. This means the entire impeachment hoax was a waste of time that distracted Congress from getting real work done for the American people – fighting the opioid crisis, lowering prescription drug costs, making health care more affordable, securing our borders, and keeping our booming economy going. Democrats failed to make their impeachment case, and fewer Americans support impeachment now than before Adam Schiff held his one-sided, secret Soviet-style impeachment inquiry. The American people aren’t fooled so easily.”
College Enrollment Skids For 8th Year In A Row, But Student Loans Skyrocket
The stunning decline of men in the student headcount.
With college costs blowing through the roof, with “luxury student housing” and not so luxury “student housing” having become asset classes – including, of course, CMBS, now in rough waters – for global investors, with textbook publishers gouging students to the nth degree, and with the monetary value of higher education questioned in more and more corners, the inevitable happened once again: College enrollment dropped for the eighth year in a row.
The post-secondary student headcount – undergraduate and graduate students combined – in the fall semester of 2019 fell 1.3% from the fall semester last year, or by over 231,000 students to 17.97 million students, according to the Student Clearing House today. In the fall of 2011, the peak year, 20.14 million students had been enrolled. Since then, enrollment has dropped by 10.8%, or by 2.17 million students:
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With college costs blowing through the roof, with “luxury student housing” and not so luxury “student housing” having become asset classes – including, of course, CMBS, now in rough waters – for global investors, with textbook publishers gouging students to the nth degree, and with the monetary value of higher education questioned in more and more corners, the inevitable happened once again: College enrollment dropped for the eighth year in a row.
The post-secondary student headcount – undergraduate and graduate students combined – in the fall semester of 2019 fell 1.3% from the fall semester last year, or by over 231,000 students to 17.97 million students, according to the Student Clearing House today. In the fall of 2011, the peak year, 20.14 million students had been enrolled. Since then, enrollment has dropped by 10.8%, or by 2.17 million students:
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SEAL who shot bin Laden says James Comey is 'human sh**'
Former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill bashed former FBI Director James Comey after the release of the Department of Justice inspector general's report on alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses by FBI officials during President Trump's 2016 campaign.
Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his report on Dec. 9, following his two-year investigation into the FBI's and the DOJ's use of FISA warrants to surveil Trump’s campaign for evidence of election interference collusion with Russian agents. The report outlined 17 "significant errors or omissions" by FBI officials in the FISA applications to surveil Trump campaign adviser Carter Page but determined political bias played no role in the opening of the Russia investigation.
O'Neill, 43, slammed the 59-year-old former FBI chief on Twitter on Monday.
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Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his report on Dec. 9, following his two-year investigation into the FBI's and the DOJ's use of FISA warrants to surveil Trump’s campaign for evidence of election interference collusion with Russian agents. The report outlined 17 "significant errors or omissions" by FBI officials in the FISA applications to surveil Trump campaign adviser Carter Page but determined political bias played no role in the opening of the Russia investigation.
O'Neill, 43, slammed the 59-year-old former FBI chief on Twitter on Monday.
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SB Nation sports bloggers laid off due to restrictive new California law
Vox Media-owned SB Nation said it is laying off 200 sports bloggers in California due to a restrictive new law aimed at stopping tech companies from taking advantage of “gig economy” workers.
John Ness, executive director of SB Nation, broke news of the layoffs in a post on his own site, which he sarcastically titled “Thank You California” for that state’s law seeking to force companies like Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees rather than contractors.
Ness started off by thanking his army of California bloggers, who he said helped write thousands of stories covering 25 pro and college sports teams. But the state’s new independent contractor laws will bar them from contributing more than 35 stories a year to the site, he explained.
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John Ness, executive director of SB Nation, broke news of the layoffs in a post on his own site, which he sarcastically titled “Thank You California” for that state’s law seeking to force companies like Uber and Lyft to classify their drivers as employees rather than contractors.
Ness started off by thanking his army of California bloggers, who he said helped write thousands of stories covering 25 pro and college sports teams. But the state’s new independent contractor laws will bar them from contributing more than 35 stories a year to the site, he explained.
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Town Hall Turns into Mutiny as Democrat Congresswoman Announces Impeachment Support
Michigan voters booed and shouted at Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) during a town hall Monday in Rochester, Michigan, for supporting articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
Slotkin announced her support for articles of impeachment against Trump in an op-ed for the Detroit Free Press Monday, claiming that Trump had put the national security of the country “at stake.”
The swing district Democrats’ decision to back impeachment did not resonate with many of her Michigan constituents. Michiganders shouted down the freshman Democrat as she attempted to explain why she backed impeachment.
Michigan voters also shouted “four more years” in reference to Trump’s re-election while Slotkin continued to explain why she backed impeachment.
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Slotkin announced her support for articles of impeachment against Trump in an op-ed for the Detroit Free Press Monday, claiming that Trump had put the national security of the country “at stake.”
The swing district Democrats’ decision to back impeachment did not resonate with many of her Michigan constituents. Michiganders shouted down the freshman Democrat as she attempted to explain why she backed impeachment.
Michigan voters also shouted “four more years” in reference to Trump’s re-election while Slotkin continued to explain why she backed impeachment.
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The Schiff-Schumer Tag Team
As the Democrats’ Impeachment Express barrels ahead toward the cliff, Adam Schiff and Chuck Schumer have weighed in on the beginnings and the likely end of the trip.
A quick refresher: The FBI used the Hillary Clinton-funded “dossier,” fabricated by Christopher Steele, to obtain dubious FISA warrants under false pretenses to surveil Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016. In 2018, then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes laid all this out in a memo. Schiff, who was the ranking Democrat at the time, rebutted Nunes with a dishonest rewrite of history. According to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Nunes was right.
That brings us to Schiff’s transparent and pathetic attempts to save face. He declared this week:
[The FBI was] right to seek a FISA on Carter Page. And there wasn’t some deep-state conspiracy. There was no spying on the Trump campaign. There was no effort to — based on political bias — open the investigation. It was properly predicated. But there were, nonetheless, serious abuses of FISA which were not apparent two years ago, but which have become apparent now, with 170 witnesses interviewed and two million documents reviewed by the IG. And I am glad that the IG made the recommendations that he has made, and the FBI is going to follow them. But that wasn’t apparent to us two years ago. But the most significant things, I think, are that corrective steps will be taken, in terms of the FISA process, and that the IG debunked these claims by the president, by Mr. Nunes and others, of this deep-state conspiracy, this improper investigation.
What a load of bunk. Even the Trump-deranged Washington Post grudgingly admitted that Nunes was right and Schiff was wrong, so it takes a lot of gall for Schiff to stick to his story.
Schiff wasn’t done.
A quick refresher: The FBI used the Hillary Clinton-funded “dossier,” fabricated by Christopher Steele, to obtain dubious FISA warrants under false pretenses to surveil Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016. In 2018, then-House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes laid all this out in a memo. Schiff, who was the ranking Democrat at the time, rebutted Nunes with a dishonest rewrite of history. According to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Nunes was right.
That brings us to Schiff’s transparent and pathetic attempts to save face. He declared this week:
[The FBI was] right to seek a FISA on Carter Page. And there wasn’t some deep-state conspiracy. There was no spying on the Trump campaign. There was no effort to — based on political bias — open the investigation. It was properly predicated. But there were, nonetheless, serious abuses of FISA which were not apparent two years ago, but which have become apparent now, with 170 witnesses interviewed and two million documents reviewed by the IG. And I am glad that the IG made the recommendations that he has made, and the FBI is going to follow them. But that wasn’t apparent to us two years ago. But the most significant things, I think, are that corrective steps will be taken, in terms of the FISA process, and that the IG debunked these claims by the president, by Mr. Nunes and others, of this deep-state conspiracy, this improper investigation.
What a load of bunk. Even the Trump-deranged Washington Post grudgingly admitted that Nunes was right and Schiff was wrong, so it takes a lot of gall for Schiff to stick to his story.
Schiff wasn’t done.
Flynn judge crushes hopes for tossing guilty plea
A federal judge on Monday rejected Michael Flynn's comprehensive requests for exculpatory information that may have been withheld by the FBI, saying that the former national security adviser had waived his fundamental constitutional rights by pleading guilty to making false statements.
The order from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington also set a Jan. 28 sentencing date in the case, and essentially crushed any remaining hopes that Flynn might see his guilty plea tossed. The ruling came just days after Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz identified a slew of misconduct by FBI agents investigating former Trump aide Carter Page -- including by a little-known agent who interviewed Flynn at the White House in January 2017.
In his order, Flynn cited prosecutor Brandon Van Grack, formerly a member of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team, as saying, "[B]y pleading guilty in this case [Mr. Flynn] agrees to waive certain rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States," including the right "to challenge the admissibility of evidence offered against [him.]"
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michael-flynn-judge-rejects-claims-fbi-misconduct-prosecutors
The order from U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington also set a Jan. 28 sentencing date in the case, and essentially crushed any remaining hopes that Flynn might see his guilty plea tossed. The ruling came just days after Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz identified a slew of misconduct by FBI agents investigating former Trump aide Carter Page -- including by a little-known agent who interviewed Flynn at the White House in January 2017.
In his order, Flynn cited prosecutor Brandon Van Grack, formerly a member of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team, as saying, "[B]y pleading guilty in this case [Mr. Flynn] agrees to waive certain rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States," including the right "to challenge the admissibility of evidence offered against [him.]"
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michael-flynn-judge-rejects-claims-fbi-misconduct-prosecutors
Avoid Too Much Sugar if You Have the Winter Blues
New U.S. research suggests that if you suffer from depression, which can be particularly common during the darker winter months, then avoiding sugary foods could help to ease symptoms.
Carried out by a team of psychologists at the University of Kansas, the new study looked at previous research on the physiological and psychological effects of consuming added sugar and included data taken from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, which has recruited 161,808 women since its launch in 1993, and the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, which has a total of 567,169 participants.
The findings, published online in the journal Medical Hypotheses, suggested that eating sugary foods, which are particularly common at this time of year as we gear up for the holiday season, may cause some of the metabolic, inflammatory and neuro-biological processes that are linked to depression.
This combination of high sugar consumption, darker days and the change in sleep habits associated with winter could together have a negative effect on mental health, say the researchers.
"For many people, reduced sunlight exposure during the winter will throw off circadian rhythms, disrupting healthy sleep and pushing five to 10 percent of the population into a full-blown episode of clinical depression," said co-author Stephen Ilardi.
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Carried out by a team of psychologists at the University of Kansas, the new study looked at previous research on the physiological and psychological effects of consuming added sugar and included data taken from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, which has recruited 161,808 women since its launch in 1993, and the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study, which has a total of 567,169 participants.
The findings, published online in the journal Medical Hypotheses, suggested that eating sugary foods, which are particularly common at this time of year as we gear up for the holiday season, may cause some of the metabolic, inflammatory and neuro-biological processes that are linked to depression.
This combination of high sugar consumption, darker days and the change in sleep habits associated with winter could together have a negative effect on mental health, say the researchers.
"For many people, reduced sunlight exposure during the winter will throw off circadian rhythms, disrupting healthy sleep and pushing five to 10 percent of the population into a full-blown episode of clinical depression," said co-author Stephen Ilardi.
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Trump Ralley Live! Battle Creek Michigan
Below are 2 links so you can watch the Rally in Battle Creek Live. Rally starts at 7pm tonight.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU1-m8x-vuY
https://www.c-span.org/video/?467146-1/president-trump-rally-battle-creek-michigan
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CDC: 30 people sickened by infection linked to pet store puppies
The Centers for Disease Control announced Tuesday it is investigating a multi-state outbreak of a multi-drug resistant infection linked to contact with pet store puppies.
The CDC said 30 people have been infected so far in 13 states with the outbreak strain of Campylobacter jejuni.
Health officials have been able to identify contact with puppies, especially those from pet stores, as the likely source of this outbreak.
Among the 24 infected people who were interviewed, 21 reported having contact with a puppy and 15 of those said the puppy they had contact with was from a pet store.
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The CDC said 30 people have been infected so far in 13 states with the outbreak strain of Campylobacter jejuni.
Health officials have been able to identify contact with puppies, especially those from pet stores, as the likely source of this outbreak.
Among the 24 infected people who were interviewed, 21 reported having contact with a puppy and 15 of those said the puppy they had contact with was from a pet store.
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Guilty: Sean Urbanski convicted of 1st-degree murder in stabbing death of Lt. Richard Collins
UPDATE: Sean Urbanski, the man charged with fatally stabbing Army 2nd Lt. Richard Collins III on the University of Maryland’s College Park campus in 2017, has been convicted of first-degree murder.
The jury deliberated for about two hours Wednesday following a two-week trial in Prince George’s County Circuit Court.
Earlier in the week, Judge Lawrence Hill tossed out the other charge Urbanski was facing — a state count of hate crime resulting in death — ruling prosecutors had failed to show that Urbanski, who is white, stabbed Collins to death in May 2017 specifically because Collins was black.
Urbanski, who will be sentenced April 16, will face a maximum sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole.
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The jury deliberated for about two hours Wednesday following a two-week trial in Prince George’s County Circuit Court.
Earlier in the week, Judge Lawrence Hill tossed out the other charge Urbanski was facing — a state count of hate crime resulting in death — ruling prosecutors had failed to show that Urbanski, who is white, stabbed Collins to death in May 2017 specifically because Collins was black.
Urbanski, who will be sentenced April 16, will face a maximum sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole.
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Trump must go after New York’s violation of federal immigration law
At the end of the month, almost all criminals arrested for state crimes in New York, including sex crimes, will be released without posting bail. It is a suicidal policy, but it is nonetheless the state’s prerogative to engage in such suicide. What is not its prerogative is the New York law that took effect this week granting driver’s licenses to illegal aliens and blocking ICE access to criminal enforcement information. We have a national union with a federal government controlling immigration for a reason, and it’s time for the Trump administration to show state officials who has the final say over this issue.
Beginning this week, the NY state government is inviting any and all illegal aliens, with or without criminal records, to apply for driver’s licenses. As documentation, they can offer consular ID cards, which are fraught with fraud, expired work permits, or foreign birth certificates. They can even offer Border Crossing Cards, which are only valid for 72 hours and for a stay in the country near the border area!
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Beginning this week, the NY state government is inviting any and all illegal aliens, with or without criminal records, to apply for driver’s licenses. As documentation, they can offer consular ID cards, which are fraught with fraud, expired work permits, or foreign birth certificates. They can even offer Border Crossing Cards, which are only valid for 72 hours and for a stay in the country near the border area!
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Donald Trump leads ALL the Democratic front-runners in 2020 poll despite impeachment saga as support for his ouster DROPPED by 5 points during House hearings
While House Democrats marched toward impeaching President Donald Trump during the past week, voters have told pollsters that they want to re-elect him.
That's the main takeaway from a USA Today/Suffolk University poll published Tuesday as the president's political antagonists prepare to finalize the rules of an impeachment debate whose outcome is all but assured.
The poll of 1,000 registered voters showed Trump beating all five of the Democrats' top White House contenders, by margins ranging from 3 to 10 points. Former Vice President Joe Biden performed best against him, losing by just 3 percentage points.
Trump beat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by 5 points, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren by 8, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg by 9, and South B end, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg by 10.
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That's the main takeaway from a USA Today/Suffolk University poll published Tuesday as the president's political antagonists prepare to finalize the rules of an impeachment debate whose outcome is all but assured.
The poll of 1,000 registered voters showed Trump beating all five of the Democrats' top White House contenders, by margins ranging from 3 to 10 points. Former Vice President Joe Biden performed best against him, losing by just 3 percentage points.
Trump beat Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders by 5 points, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren by 8, former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg by 9, and South B end, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg by 10.
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MD State Prosecutor charges Catherine Pugh with perjury
TOWSON, Md. (WBFF) - Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh is facing new charges.
The Office of the State Prosecutor is charging her with perjury, for failing to disclose her business interest in Healthy Holly, LLC, while she was serving as a state senator.
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard made the announcement today.
The charges claim that Pugh earned at least $345,000 in income in 2016 by selling her "Healthy Holly" books, but failed to disclose anything about it on her financial disclosure forms.
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The Office of the State Prosecutor is charging her with perjury, for failing to disclose her business interest in Healthy Holly, LLC, while she was serving as a state senator.
Maryland State Prosecutor Charlton Howard made the announcement today.
The charges claim that Pugh earned at least $345,000 in income in 2016 by selling her "Healthy Holly" books, but failed to disclose anything about it on her financial disclosure forms.
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WCSO Press Release - Dec. 18, 2019
Name of Suspect: Levy, Glenn; 55 of Pittsville, MD
Date of Incident: 12-17-19
Location: Lake St and Booth St, Salisbury, MD
Narrative: On 12-17-19 at 815 pm, a Deputy conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Glenn Levy. The Deputy later located suspected crack cocaine and drug paraphernalia inside of the vehicle. Mr Levy was arrested, and taken before a District Court Commissioner at Central Booking.
Charges: CDS possession, Crack Cocaine; 2 counts of Drug Paraphernalia
Press Release - WCSO CAT Traffic Stop - Heroin Seizure - Dec. 12, 2019
Date of Incident: December 12, 2019
Location: E East Street/ Pennsylvania Avenue, Delmar, MD 21875
Suspects:
- Jarell Tremaine Rodriguez (28 years of age)
- Dajana Oshay Lynn Rodriguez (28 years of age)
The Delmar Police Department assisted with the investigation and executed a follow-up search and seizure warrant in the 1100 block of Magnolia Drive Seaford, DE that resulted in the discovery of a significant amount of CDS. An additional 13.5 “sticks” of heroin or 33.75 logs of heroin was located; coming to a total of 4,225 bags of heroin being seized from the residence along with an amount of cocaine and other items indicative of distribution.
A grand total of 5,874 bags of heroin were seized in total during the CAT-initiated multi-jurisdictional operation. Charges are pending in Delaware for both subjects.
Charges:
- Jarell Rodriguez: Possession with intent to distribute narcotics (Heroin), Possession not marijuana (Heroin)
- Dejana Rodriguez: Possession with intent to distribute narcotics (Heroin), Possession not marijuana (Heroin)
SHOCK UPDATE: CHILD ABDUCTED IN NYC
Update: December 17, 6:21PM CT – The NYPD has located 16-year-old Karol Sanchez and she reportedly confessed to staging her own kidnapping.
“At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sanchez suddenly showed back up at the scene and turned herself into police as stunned people on the street watched,” reported CBS New York Tuesday evening.
The police are currently searching for four accomplices who worked to stage the kidnapping that night.
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“At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sanchez suddenly showed back up at the scene and turned herself into police as stunned people on the street watched,” reported CBS New York Tuesday evening.
The police are currently searching for four accomplices who worked to stage the kidnapping that night.
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‘He does this out of love’: Trump praises ‘crime fighter’ Rudy Giuliani after his latest trip to Ukraine
President Trump commended his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani after being asked about the former New York City mayor’s latest trip to Ukraine.
During a roundtable economic discussion with several Republican governors on Monday, a reporter asked the president if Giuliani spoke to him about his recent visit to Ukraine. Giuliani visited the country at the beginning of the month and met with a KGB-trained lawmaker, Andrii Derkach, as he continues his effort to dig up information about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Trump denied that he has spoken to Giuliani since his trip but praised his efforts, calling the former U.S. attorney a “great crime fighter.”
“He’s a very great crime fighter. He was probably the greatest crime fighter over the last 50 years, very smart. He was the best mayor in the history of the city of New York,” Trump said.
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During a roundtable economic discussion with several Republican governors on Monday, a reporter asked the president if Giuliani spoke to him about his recent visit to Ukraine. Giuliani visited the country at the beginning of the month and met with a KGB-trained lawmaker, Andrii Derkach, as he continues his effort to dig up information about former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
Trump denied that he has spoken to Giuliani since his trip but praised his efforts, calling the former U.S. attorney a “great crime fighter.”
“He’s a very great crime fighter. He was probably the greatest crime fighter over the last 50 years, very smart. He was the best mayor in the history of the city of New York,” Trump said.
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