New York Times | Donald Trump, Mosul, China: Your Morning Briefing New York Times ... President Trump demanded that Congress investigate whether former President Barack Obama abused his power after accusing him of ordering a wiretap of phones at Trump Tower before the election. Mr. Trump has offered no evidence to support the ... |
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Donald Trump, Mosul, China: Your Morning Briefing - New York Times
Roger Stone, a confidant to President Donald Trump and former adviser to his campaign, acknowledged late Saturday that he had a back channel to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, amid mounting reports that multiple advisers to Trumps campaign had undisclosed communication with Russian officials.
Never denied perfectly legal back channel to Assange who indeed had the goods on #CrookedHillary, Stone wrote Saturday night.
Stone later deleted the tweet, along with several other offensive tweets, including posts where he called various women fat [and] stupid and you stupid ignorant ugly bitch.
Stone admitted in October that he had back-channel communication with Assangeafter WikiLeaks began releasing the hacked emails of John Podesta, campaign chairman for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
I do have a back-channel communication with Assange, because we have a good mutual friend, Stone said in October. That friend travels back and forth from the United States to London and we talk. I had dinner with him last Monday.
Stone denied having direct contact with Assange himself.
In August, even before the emails were released, Stone alluded to Podestas time in the barrel.
Sure, theyll get my grocery lists, he said. They may get the emails between my wife and I, but heres what they wont get any contact with the Russians.
The New York Times reported last month that Stone is one of several Trump advisers under FBI investigation for contact with Russian officials.
But Stone denied that he was being investigated, telling NBC that they wont find anything of this nature.
Theyd be pretty bored if they wanted to look at my e-mails or transmissions because they wont find anything of this nature, he said. I have no Russian clients. Ive never been in touch with anyone in Russia.
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Former Trump Adviser Roger Stone Admits Collusion With WikiLeaks, Then Deletes It - Huffington Post
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Singer and actress Barbra Streisand once promised she would leave the United States if Donald Trump were elected president instead she is drowning her discontent in syrup and pancakes.
This weekend on Twitter the entertainer blamed her weight gain on Trump-induced pancake consumption.
Donald Trump is making me gain weight. I start the day with liquids, but after the morning news, I eat pancakes smothered in maple syrup! she tweeted.
Streisand was a Hillary Clinton supporter during the 2016 presidential election and has not shied away from criticizing the new administration.
On Saturday Streisand was particularly distressed about Trumps accusation that then-President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones during the election.
Trump just accused Obama of tapping his phones, she tweeted. Seriously crazy times. Time for more pancakes.
An Obama spokesman has denied the allegation that the Obama White House directed surveillance against Trump.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, whose committee is already examining Russias election interference, said Sunday that his committee would also be making inquiries into whether the government was conducting surveillance activities on any political partys campaign officials or surrogates. (RELATED:House Intel Chair: Committee To Investigate Possible Obama Admins Surveillance On Trump Camp)
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House of Cards creator Beau Willimon has had it with Donald Trumps tweets. So much so that the creator of Netflixs White House drama pleaded with Twitter on Saturday to delete the presidents accounts.
In a series of pointed tweets of his own, Willimon charged that Trumps Twitter presence poses anational security threat, adding that it emboldens our enemies to take advantage of his flagrant shortcomings.
Willimon noted that Twitter is amazing and that it connects the world. But he said, That comes with its own responsibility: to do your part in protecting that world.
One of the presidents tweets in particular appears to have prompted Willimons argument. Early Saturday morning, Trump alleged on Twitter without any proof that then-President Barack Obama had his wires tapped in Trump Tower before the election.Willimon said that comment is just the latest example of why Trumps account should be deleted.
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From Colorado's state Capitol to Trump Tower in New York and the Washington Monument, groups of hundreds of people rallied for President Donald Trump on Saturday, waving "Deplorables for Trump" signs and even carrying a life-size cutout of the president.
Chelsea Thomas, an accountant from Thornton, Colorado, brought her family to the March 4 Trump rally in Denver and the life-size cardboard cutout of Trump. She said the family has taken it with them on camping trips, boat rides and a country music festival.
"It's nice to be surrounded by people who share your morals and opinions," said Thomas, as her son walked back and forth across the grass with a Trump flag.
Many in the crowd held American flags or wore red, white and blue and held signs with messages like "Veterans before Refugees."
Police in Berkeley, California, say 10 people were arrested after Trump supporters and counter-protesters clashed during a rally that turned violent and left seven people injured. None of the injured was hospitalized.
A dagger, metal pipes, bats, pieces of lumber and bricks were confiscated, police said.
Six people protesting the rally in St. Paul, Minnesota, were arrested on felony riot charges after they lit fireworks inside the Minnesota State Capitol and fled, police said. About 400 people attended the event, and about 50 showed up to protest it.
In Nashville, two people were arrested as protesters clashed with Trump supporters at the Tennessee Capitol. In Olympia, Washington, the state patrol says four demonstrators were arrested at a rally in support of Trump, KOMO-TV reported. Authorities did not say if the people arrested were pro-Trump or anti-Trump. The station reports that the demonstrators are accused of assaulting a police officer.
Near Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach Post reported that people on both sides exchanged profanity. Trump's motorcade briefly stopped so he could wave at supporters.
In Ohio, Trump supporter Margaret Howe, 57, of Pataskala, said she increasingly fears civil war.
"We did not want to have something like this happen," she said, adding, "We came out today because Trump deserves to see he still has people for him. It's just all sad."
A group of counter protesters gathered nearby, separated from the rally by police tape. They chanted "No Trump. No KKK. No fascist USA" and held signs with messages like "Your vote was a hate crime."
Hundreds gathered in rallies on both ends of Pennsylvania to show support for Trump.
Supporters waved signs and flags and listened to speeches during Saturday's "Spirit of America" rally in Bensalem's Neshaminy State Park in eastern Pennsylvania's Bucks County.
"They love their country and they love what Donald Trump represents, which is about making America first," organizer Jim Worthington said.
In northwestern Pennsylvania, the Erie Times-News reported that about 100 people gathered at a square in downtown Erie for a similar demonstration. "We've got to get the whole country united behind this man," said Richard Brozell, 75, who along with his wife braved the mid-20s temperatures and stiff wind chill to attend
In Augusta, Maine, more than 100 people turned out for the event that was supposed to last three hours, but ended early because of freezing temperatures.
In Miami, supporters continued a rally while sipping espressos outside a Cuban restaurant, the Miami Herald reported.
At a North Carolina rally, speakers said the dishonest media and left wing politicians were bordering on sedition in their opposition to the Republican president. Some men were seen walking through the Raleigh crowd carrying a Trump flag as well as a Confederate flag. Gathered just behind the rally was a handful of protesters, some of whom blew air horns in an attempt to disrupt the event.
"We're gonna take our country back and we're gonna establish borders and have legal immigration and law and order," said Cherie Francis, of Cary, North Carolina.
In Indianapolis, about 30 Trump supporters rallied at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis to denounce what they see as unfair treatment of the Republican. A local organizer, 61-year-old Patty Collins, of Indianapolis, said Trump's critics "aren't giving him a chance."
Trump supporters turned out Saturday in Phoenix. Media outlets reported that several hundred people participated in the Phoenix event held on a lawn at the State Capitol.
In Texas, Austin police say about 300 people rallied in support of Trump in a gathering outside the Capitol during rain. Organizer Jennifer Drabbant said there have been so many protests against Trump that she and others wanted to show there are people who support him.
Scores of people have rallied in Virginia Beach, Virginia, in a show of support for Trump. The Virginian-Pilot reports around 200 Trump backers showed up Saturday for the event at a park. Some held American flags and others wore "Make America Great Again" hats and Trump T-shirts.
In Lansing, Michigan, about 200 Trump supporters rallied on one side of the state Capitol while 100 critics gathered on another side.
"Agree with President Trump or not, he is our president, and I think what I see happening in D.C. and with the Democrats it can't stand," said Gary Taylor, 60.
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President Trump's Supporters Clash With Protesters at Rallies - TIME