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DOJ won’t pursue criminal charges against McCabe (FOX News)
The Justice Department said Friday it will not pursue criminal charges against former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, after a nearly two-year-long investigation into accusations brought by the agency’s independent watchdog who found that he lacked “candor” when questioned about leaking to the media.
In a letter to McCabe attorney Michael Bromwich obtained by Fox News, Justice Department attorney J.P. Cooney said the investigation is now “closed.” [Read More]
Three female high school athletes in Connecticut, along with their families, filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to prevent transgender athletes from competing in girls track and field meets, arguing that biologically male athletes have a physical disadvantage. [Read More]
STOP APOLOGIZING FOR SAVING BLACK LIVES (Ann Coulter)
Idiot conservatives were doing the idiot thing this week, screaming “racism!” in response to an old tape of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg defending stop-and-frisk, one of the policies that drove New York City murder rates down to Mayberry levels. They weren’t being ironic.
In the 2015 tape, Bloomberg makes the blindingly obvious point that if “95% of murders and murder victims are young male minorities” — as is true in New York City — then police should be questioning about 95% young male minorities. [Read More]
U.S. and Taliban Reach First Step of Peace Deal (WSJ)
The U.S. government and the Afghan Taliban have agreed to the first step of a peace deal, a senior Trump administration official said Friday, a major milestone after months of talks over ending a war that has gone on for more than 18 years. [Read More]
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti found guilty in Nike extortion trial (CNBC)
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti was convicted Friday by a jury of all three charges related to his efforts to extort up to $25 million from athletic apparel giant Nike, in what a top prosecutor called “and old fashioned shakedown.”
The verdict in U.S. District Court in Manhattan came two years after Avenatti gained widespread notoriety for his representation of porn star Stormy Daniels in her legal disputes with President Donald Trump. [Read More]
