tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53381230810680776802024-03-13T11:16:29.150-07:00Blog NewsComplexowillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06134927446510828856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338123081068077680.post-20931479765921444992017-03-09T10:39:00.000-08:002017-03-09T10:39:08.324-08:00Dana Boente department of justice<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Amid questions over his contact with a Russian ambassador, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday he would recuse himself from an investigation into Russia's potential involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente will take over "any election-related investigations," <a href="https://twitter.com/ericgeller" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">reported</a>&nbsp;Eric Geller of Politico.&nbsp;" data-reactid="14" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
Amid questions over his contact with a Russian ambassador, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Thursday he would recuse himself from an investigation into Russia's potential involvement in the 2016 presidential election. Acting Deputy Attorney General Dana Boente will take over "any election-related investigations," <a href="https://twitter.com/ericgeller" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">reported</a> Eric Geller of Politico. </div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="President Donald Trump appointed Boente, former United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, as the acting deputy attorney general in late January <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/us/politics/-dana-boente-attorney-general-acting.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">after the president fired Sally Yates</a> for her decision to not defend his executive order temporarily banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States." data-reactid="15" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
President Donald Trump appointed Boente, former United States attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, as the acting deputy attorney general in late January <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/us/politics/-dana-boente-attorney-general-acting.html" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">after the president fired Sally Yates</a> for her decision to not defend his executive order temporarily banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.</div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Boente, 62, has worked for the Justice Department for more than three decades under both Republican and Democratic presidents. He was nominated by former President Barack Obama&nbsp;for his role in the&nbsp;Eastern District of Virginia." data-reactid="16" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
Boente, 62, has worked for the Justice Department for more than three decades under both Republican and Democratic presidents. He was nominated by former President Barack Obama for his role in the Eastern District of Virginia.</div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Sessions came under fire after the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-spoke-twice-with-russian-ambassador-during-trumps-presidential-campaign-justice-officials-say/2017/03/01/77205eda-feac-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html?utm_term=.8fd594afbf5a" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Washington Post reported</a>&nbsp;he met twice with Russia's ambassador to the United States,&nbsp;Sergey Kislyak. During testimony given during his confirmation hearing, Sessions did not disclose the meetings when asked about the Trump campaign's connections with Russia." data-reactid="17" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
Sessions came under fire after the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sessions-spoke-twice-with-russian-ambassador-during-trumps-presidential-campaign-justice-officials-say/2017/03/01/77205eda-feac-11e6-99b4-9e613afeb09f_story.html?utm_term=.8fd594afbf5a" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Washington Post reported</a> he met twice with Russia's ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kislyak. During testimony given during his confirmation hearing, Sessions did not disclose the meetings when asked about the Trump campaign's connections with Russia.</div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content=""My answer was honest and correct as I understood it at the time," <a href="http://www.caller.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/02/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-russia-probe/98644958/?hootPostID=55a354479cb00170ad366733cf3411b5" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sessions said</a> in a news conference Thursday. He also said that he had been considering removing himself from the investigation already and that the notion that his misled Senators in the hearing was&nbsp;"absolutely false."" data-reactid="18" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
"My answer was honest and correct as I understood it at the time," <a href="http://www.caller.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/02/attorney-general-jeff-sessions-russia-probe/98644958/?hootPostID=55a354479cb00170ad366733cf3411b5" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sessions said</a> in a news conference Thursday. He also said that he had been considering removing himself from the investigation already and that the notion that his misled Senators in the hearing was "absolutely false."</div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="The <a href="http://ibtimes.com/how-trump-linked-russia-putins-kremlin-connected-sessions-flynn-ross-others-amid-2500935" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trump campaign's potential connections with Russia</a>&nbsp;have been the subject of regular controversy amid the intelligence community's assessment that the Kremlin hacked the Democratic National Committee in an effort to assist the GOP candidate. Now a Justice Department investigation into the matter will fall to&nbsp;Boente." data-reactid="19" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
The <a href="http://ibtimes.com/how-trump-linked-russia-putins-kremlin-connected-sessions-flynn-ross-others-amid-2500935" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Trump campaign's potential connections with Russia</a> have been the subject of regular controversy amid the intelligence community's assessment that the Kremlin hacked the Democratic National Committee in an effort to assist the GOP candidate. Now a Justice Department investigation into the matter will fall to Boente.</div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch called Boente one of the department's "consummate utility players," according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/veteran-prosecutor-takes-oath-to-lead-high-profile-us-attorney-office-in-virginia/2016/02/26/6ed28c54-dcc4-11e5-925f-1d10062cc82d_story.html?utm_term=.139d76f5b99b" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the Washington Post</a>.&nbsp;" data-reactid="20" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
Former Attorney General Loretta Lynch called Boente one of the department's "consummate utility players," according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/veteran-prosecutor-takes-oath-to-lead-high-profile-us-attorney-office-in-virginia/2016/02/26/6ed28c54-dcc4-11e5-925f-1d10062cc82d_story.html?utm_term=.139d76f5b99b" rel="nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the Washington Post</a>. </div>
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"He is that reliable middle child, the one you could always count on to be there for you," she said</div>
Complexowillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06134927446510828856noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5338123081068077680.post-67034146864523641132017-03-09T09:20:00.001-08:002017-03-09T09:20:50.608-08:00Hillary Clinton’s message on International Women’s Day: ‘Resist, run for office’<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="In a video posted to <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/snapchats-marie-curie-filter-includes-false-lashes-and-eye-makeup-and-social-media-isnt-happy-202032856.html">Snapchat</a> on International Women’s Day, Hillary Clinton urged women to “resist” and assert themselves politically." data-reactid="14" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
In a video posted to <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/snapchats-marie-curie-filter-includes-false-lashes-and-eye-makeup-and-social-media-isnt-happy-202032856.html" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;">Snapchat</a> on International Women’s Day, Hillary Clinton urged women to “resist” and assert themselves politically.</div>
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“There’s a lot to fight for: Planned Parenthood, education, health care, jobs,” Clinton said in the video, published Wednesday. “Every issue is a women’s issue. So stand up, resist, run for office. Be a champion.”</div>
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<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Clinton donned red, the official color of “A Day Without a Woman.” In honor of International Women’s Day, the organizers of January’s Women’s March on Washington promoted the initiative, encouraging women to strike on Wednesday to demonstrate their economic importance. <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/style/the-hidden-meaning-behind-hillary-clintons-pantsuit-162553615.html">Clinton also wore red Tuesday</a> at a Girls Inc. New York luncheon, where she accepted the 2017 Champion for Girls Award." data-reactid="18" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
Clinton donned red, the official color of “A Day Without a Woman.” In honor of International Women’s Day, the organizers of January’s Women’s March on Washington promoted the initiative, encouraging women to strike on Wednesday to demonstrate their economic importance. <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/style/the-hidden-meaning-behind-hillary-clintons-pantsuit-162553615.html" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;">Clinton also wore red Tuesday</a> at a Girls Inc. New York luncheon, where she accepted the 2017 Champion for Girls Award.</div>
<div class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)--sm Mt(0.8em)--sm" content="Clinton’s words echo <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/hillary-clinton-calls-for-resistance-and-persistence-from-democrats-190228905.html">a video she released last month</a>, when she called for “resistance plus persistence” from Democrats as they move forward. “Resist,” in particular, has become <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/on-the-left-a-call-to-resist-donald-trump-203443493.html">a call to arms</a> for those who oppose the Trump administration’s agenda." data-reactid="19" style="background-color: white; color: #26282a; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 1em;" type="text">
Clinton’s words echo <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/hillary-clinton-calls-for-resistance-and-persistence-from-democrats-190228905.html" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;">a video she released last month</a>, when she called for “resistance plus persistence” from Democrats as they move forward. “Resist,” in particular, has become <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/on-the-left-a-call-to-resist-donald-trump-203443493.html" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;">a call to arms</a> for those who oppose the Trump administration’s agenda.</div>
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Since losing the presidential election in November, Clinton has spoken out politically only intermittently, although she has taken to Twitter to praise women’s causes, including the massive march on Washington following President Trump’s inauguration.</div>
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Thanks for standing, speaking & marching for our values <a href="https://twitter.com/womensmarch" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;">@womensmarch</a>. Important as ever. I truly believe we're always Stronger Together.</div>
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/822822900239581184" style="background-color: transparent; color: #2d90ff; text-decoration: none;">January 21, 2017</a></blockquote>
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