Father, son charged in Georgia jogger killing.
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TOP STORIES
Friday, May 8
JUDGE COULD BLOCK PLOT TO CLEAR FLYNN The notoriously independent-minded federal judge who once said he was disgusted by the conduct of Michael Flynn could block the administration’s bid to drop criminal charges against the former adviser to President Donald Trump, legal experts said. The Department of Justice on Thursday told U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington it wants to drop the case against Flynn, Trump’s former national security adviser, following a pressure campaign by the Republican president and his political allies. [HuffPost]
WHITE FATHER-SON PAIR CHARGED WITH MURDERING AHMAUD ARBERY The Georgia Bureau of Investigation charged two white men with murder in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man slain while jogging in February. Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34, reportedly thought Arbery looked suspicious for running and pursued him with their guns. Audio published by The Guardian Thursday confirms calls were made to 911 to report a Black man running. Arbery was an avid jogger. [HuffPost]
PROTEST IN INDIANAPOLIS AFTER POLICE KILL 3 Indianapolis police faced protests after officers fatally shot two men and killed a pregnant pedestrian in three separate incidents just hours apart. Police did not have body camera or dash camera footage of either shooting, but they said both men exchanged gunfire with officers. The pregnant woman was walking along an expressway ramp when an officer driving to work struck her with his vehicle. Events surrounding the first shooting were livestreamed on Facebook, including comments by a responding detective that the police chief called “unacceptable.” [AP] |
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KELLYANNE CONWAY RAILS AGANST HUSBAND'S ANTI-TRUMP GROUP White House counselor Kellyanne Conway slammed The Lincoln Project, the conservative anti-Trump group co-founded by her husband George Conway. Fox News host Harris Faulkner asked her to address this week’s public feud between President Donald Trump and The Lincoln Project over a new ad released by the Republican group. Faulkner also quoted George Conway’s op-ed in The Washington Post in which he said that Trump’s narcissism renders him unable to perform his duties as president. [HuffPost]
TRUMP ADMIN. SHELVES CDC GUIDE TO REOPENING Detailed documents created by the nation’s top disease investigators meant to give step-by-step advice to local leaders deciding when and how to reopen public places such as mass transit, day care centers and restaurants during the still-raging pandemic has been shelved by the Trump administration. The 17-page report by a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention team was supposed to be published last Friday, but agency scientists were told the guidance “would never see the light of day.” White House officials reportedly had religious and economic objections. [HuffPost]
BIDEN ACCUSER TARA READE GIVES FIRST ON-AIR INTERVIEW Tara Reade, Joe Biden’s former Senate staffer who has accused the former vice president of sexually assaulting her in 1993, gave her first on-air interview and called on him to drop out of the 2020 presidential race. “Please, step forward and be held accountable. You should not be running on character for the president of the United States," Reade said in the interview with Megyn Kelly. The former Senate staffer’s ex-husband wrote that she had dealt with “sexual harassment” while working for Biden. [HuffPost] |
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WHAT'S BREWING
SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS 'BRIDGEGATE' CONVICTIONS The U.S. Supreme Court threw out the criminal convictions of two associates of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie involved in the “Bridgegate” scandal in a ruling that places new limits on the kinds of political acts that can be prosecuted. The justices, in a 9-0 decision, sided with Bridget Anne Kelly and Bill Baroni, both of whom were convicted for their roles in a scheme to engineer traffic chaos on the world’s busiest bridge to punish a local mayor who refused to endorse Christie’s gubernatorial reelection bid. [Reuters]
MICHIGAN GOV. SUPPORTS BAN ON GUNS IN CAPITOL Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) said she would support a ban on weapons inside the state Capitol building following a dramatic protest against her coronavirus stay-at-home order by people carrying assault rifles. Whitmer said lawmakers should not be intimidated when they go to work during the pandemic. Michigan's GOP-controlled legislature is meanwhile seeking to take away executive powers, without approval from Whitmer or voters. [HuffPost]
ONE OF TRUMP'S PERSONAL VALETS TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 A personal military valet of Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus, rattling with White House. “We were recently notified by the White House Medical Unit that a member of the United States Military, who works on the White House campus, has tested positive for coronavirus,” deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said. “The President and the Vice President have since tested negative for the virus, and they remain in great health.” [HuffPost]
DEVOS MOVES TO QUIETLY PROP UP PRIVATE SCHOOLS During the last week of April, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made two under-the-radar moves to help bolster private schools. First, DeVos launched a $180 million competitive grant program that will give states access to money from the coronavirus stimulus bill. Second, DeVos released guidance on how another stream of education funding should be doled out among schools. Public school groups say this new guidance takes critical funds away from public schools at a time when they need it the most. [HuffPost]
BOLSONARO MARCHES BRAZIL TOWARD POLITICAL CRISIS Far-right Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro is imploding. “So what?” he told reporters last week, about the mounting coronavirus death toll. Nightly protests, during which Brazilians bang pots and pans from their rooftops and balconies, have intensified. Bolsonaro’s approval ratings are at their lowest, and governors who rode his coattails have abandoned him. Brazil’s Supreme Court is investigating claims of impropriety, and nearly half of Brazilians now support Bolsonaro’s impeachment. [HuffPost]
NEVER DO A DISCOUNT COUP There are many striking and absurd details about the haphazard and sure-to-fail coup former Green Beret Jordan Goudreau attempted to carry out against socialist Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro early Sunday. But none of those details is as astounding and revealing as one particular nugget in The Washington Post’s deep-dive into how exactly the entire episode came about: Top officials in the Venezuelan opposition were initially attracted to Goudreau’s plan because he offered to do it on the cheap. [HuffPost] |
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