WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) - The head of the US House Intelligence Committee pressed newly confirmed Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines to declassify a report on the 2018 killing of columnist Jamal Khashoggi "without delay".. Read more at straitstimes.com.
On 6 January a pro-Trump rally in Washington DC turned into violent uprising that struck the US Capitol, resulting in five deaths and widespread damage. Many former and.
In his lame duck days, President Trump is unmasking who he really is. On Dec. 22, he pardoned two men who pleaded guilty in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia inquiry, three corrupt former GOP members of Congress, and four Blackwater guards convicted for the killing of 14 Iraqi civilians. On Dec. 23, he granted 26 more pardons — among them to his son-in-law’s father, Charles Kushner; to Trump’s corrupt 2016 campaign chairman, Paul Manafort; and to friend Roger J.
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In late December 2020, readers searched the Snopes website with a query: Was U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, arrested at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) while traveling home for the winter holidays?
The answer is no, Schiff wasn’t arrested. But that didn’t stop trolls from spending Christmas and the days after busily posting it on social media. For example, many shared a screenshot of a message posted to a QAnon conspiracy message board:
Schiff, who chairs the U.S. House Intelligence Committee, spearheaded congressional investigations into allegations of wrongdoing by U.S. President Donald Trump, leading to the impeachment of Trump by the House of Representatives. Schiff has thus long been a favorite target of internet troll hoaxes and conspiracy theories.