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[ad_1] Steven Calabresi, a Northwestern University law professor who has offered broad defenses of the President in recent years, wrote, “I am frankly appalled by the president’s recent tweet seeking to postpone the November election. Until recently, I had taken as political hyperbole the Democrats’ assertion that President Trump is a fascist.” “But this latest tweet is fascistic and is itself grounds for the president’s immediate impeachment again by the House of Representatives and his removal from office by the Senate,” he said. It’s a significant break from the co-founder of one of the most influential groups in Republican politics. The Federalist Society has emerged as a leading conservative and libertarian voice in recent years, urging a limited role for judges in society’s problems. The group has also worked closely with Republican administrations to influence the selection of judges. Its leaders advised the George W. Bush administration on appointments and, for Trump, have become an even closer partner in screening candidates for the bench. The scathing assessment comes hours after Trump explicitly floated delaying November’s election in a tweet claiming without evidence that the contest will be flawed. “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA,” he wrote. “Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” Trump has no authority to delay an election, and the Constitution gives Congress the power to set the date for voting. Lawmakers from both parties said almost immediately that there was no likelihood the election would be delayed. “President Trump needs to be told by every Republican in Congress that he cannot postpone the federal election,” Calabresi wrote. “Doing so would be illegal, unconstitutional and without precedent in American history. Anyone who says otherwise should never be elected to Congress again.” The op-ed, paired with an array of meaningful pushback on Trump from congressional Republicans on Thursday, offers a rare look at the limits on loyalty to the President within the GOP when it comes to defending his more extreme political urges. Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and Trump ally, told CNN when asked about the President’s call to delay the election: “I don’t think that’s a particularly good idea.” And Majority Whip Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, a member of Republican leadership, told CNN that there will be an election in November despite the President’s tweet. “I think that’s probably a statement that gets some press attention, but I doubt it gets any serious traction,” Thune said. “I think we’ve had elections every November since about 1788, and I expect that will be the case again this year.” Even with scores of Republicans openly challenging Trump’s tweet, Calabresi’s op-ed stand outs as a striking defection given his long history in the GOP. While he’s offered some criticism of the President in the past, Calabresi has gained significant notoriety in recent years for his forceful repudiations of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as well as Trump’s impeachment over his conduct with Ukraine. CNN’s Annie Grayer, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein contributed to this report. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Steven Calabresi, a Northwestern University law professor who has offered broad defenses of the President in recent years, wrote, “I am frankly appalled by the president’s recent tweet seeking to postpone the November election. Until recently, I had taken as political hyperbole the Democrats’ assertion that President Trump is a fascist.” “But this latest tweet is fascistic and is itself grounds for the president’s immediate impeachment again by the House of Representatives and his removal from office by the Senate,” he said. It’s a significant break from the co-founder of one of the most influential groups in Republican politics. The Federalist Society has emerged as a leading conservative and libertarian voice in recent years, urging a limited role for judges in society’s problems. The group has also worked closely with Republican administrations to influence the selection of judges. Its leaders advised the George W. Bush administration on appointments and, for Trump, have become an even closer partner in screening candidates for the bench. The scathing assessment comes hours after Trump explicitly floated delaying November’s election in a tweet claiming without evidence that the contest will be flawed. “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA,” he wrote. “Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” Trump has no authority to delay an election, and the Constitution gives Congress the power to set the date for voting. Lawmakers from both parties said almost immediately that there was no likelihood the election would be delayed. “President Trump needs to be told by every Republican in Congress that he cannot postpone the federal election,” Calabresi wrote. “Doing so would be illegal, unconstitutional and without precedent in American history. Anyone who says otherwise should never be elected to Congress again.” The op-ed, paired with an array of meaningful pushback on Trump from congressional Republicans on Thursday, offers a rare look at the limits on loyalty to the President within the GOP when it comes to defending his more extreme political urges. Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and Trump ally, told CNN when asked about the President’s call to delay the election: “I don’t think that’s a particularly good idea.” And Majority Whip Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, a member of Republican leadership, told CNN that there will be an election in November despite the President’s tweet. “I think that’s probably a statement that gets some press attention, but I doubt it gets any serious traction,” Thune said. “I think we’ve had elections every November since about 1788, and I expect that will be the case again this year.” Even with scores of Republicans openly challenging Trump’s tweet, Calabresi’s op-ed stand outs as a striking defection given his long history in the GOP. While he’s offered some criticism of the President in the past, Calabresi has gained significant notoriety in recent years for his forceful repudiations of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as well as Trump’s impeachment over his conduct with Ukraine. CNN’s Annie Grayer, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein contributed to this report. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Steven Calabresi, a Northwestern University law professor who has offered broad defenses of the President in recent years, wrote, “I am frankly appalled by the president’s recent tweet seeking to postpone the November election. Until recently, I had taken as political hyperbole the Democrats’ assertion that President Trump is a fascist.” “But this latest tweet is fascistic and is itself grounds for the president’s immediate impeachment again by the House of Representatives and his removal from office by the Senate,” he said. It’s a significant break from the co-founder of one of the most influential groups in Republican politics. The Federalist Society has emerged as a leading conservative and libertarian voice in recent years, urging a limited role for judges in society’s problems. The group has also worked closely with Republican administrations to influence the selection of judges. Its leaders advised the George W. Bush administration on appointments and, for Trump, have become an even closer partner in screening candidates for the bench. The scathing assessment comes hours after Trump explicitly floated delaying November’s election in a tweet claiming without evidence that the contest will be flawed. “With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA,” he wrote. “Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???” Trump has no authority to delay an election, and the Constitution gives Congress the power to set the date for voting. Lawmakers from both parties said almost immediately that there was no likelihood the election would be delayed. “President Trump needs to be told by every Republican in Congress that he cannot postpone the federal election,” Calabresi wrote. “Doing so would be illegal, unconstitutional and without precedent in American history. Anyone who says otherwise should never be elected to Congress again.” The op-ed, paired with an array of meaningful pushback on Trump from congressional Republicans on Thursday, offers a rare look at the limits on loyalty to the President within the GOP when it comes to defending his more extreme political urges. Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican and Trump ally, told CNN when asked about the President’s call to delay the election: “I don’t think that’s a particularly good idea.” And Majority Whip Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, a member of Republican leadership, told CNN that there will be an election in November despite the President’s tweet. “I think that’s probably a statement that gets some press attention, but I doubt it gets any serious traction,” Thune said. “I think we’ve had elections every November since about 1788, and I expect that will be the case again this year.” Even with scores of Republicans openly challenging Trump’s tweet, Calabresi’s op-ed stand outs as a striking defection given his long history in the GOP. While he’s offered some criticism of the President in the past, Calabresi has gained significant notoriety in recent years for his forceful repudiations of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation as well as Trump’s impeachment over his conduct with Ukraine. CNN’s Annie Grayer, Kevin Liptak and Betsy Klein contributed to this report. [ad_2]

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[ad_1] A federal grand jury returned a 34-count indictment against Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar on Thursday, alleging he accepted bribes, concealed income, evaded taxes and lied to investigators. Huizar, 61, is accused of accepting $1.5 million in “illicit financial benefits,” the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles said in a statement. He was arrested last month and released on $100,000 bond. A previous federal charge of conspiracy to violate the RacketeerInfluenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was incorporated into Thursday’s indictment, said Ciaran McEvoy, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles. A spokeswoman for Huizar did not immediately respond Thursday evening to a request for comment. The new allegations include multiple counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, traveling interstate in aid of racketeering, bribery and money laundering and single counts of structuring cash deposits to conceal bribes, making a false statement to a financial institution, making false statements to federal law enforcement and tax evasion. The case stems from allegations that Huizar took bribes from an unnamed Chinese billionaire developer and others in exchange for weighing in favorably on proposed construction projects. Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings. Huizar was chair of the city’s powerful Planning and Land Use Management Committee. The indictment alleges the councilman received about $800,000 in benefits from the billionaire, described by the U.S. Attorney’s office as a multinational developer who owns a hotel in Huizar’s district. The developer wanted to build a 77-story building in Huizar’s district. Prosecutors alleged in last month’s criminal complaint that Huizar received “direct and indirect financial benefits” on more than a dozen trips to Las Vegas casinos, which included rides on private jets and stays at posh villas. He failed to report his “illicit benefits” on tax returns, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. The grand jury indictment alleges Huizar operated his office as a “criminal organization,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s statement, and that others, including a former deputy mayor, Huizar’s special assistant and a real estate development consultant, participated. In May, George Esparza, 33, a “special assistant” to Huizar until 2017, agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with investigators about his role in the alleged scheme. The FBI raided Huizar’s home and office in November 2018, and he was subsequently stripped of his committee assignments. “During the search of his home, agents seized approximately $129,000 cash that was stashed in Huizar’s closet and which, according to the indictment, he received from a Chinese billionaire and another businessperson seeking favors from him,” federal prosecutors said in their statement Wednesday. Huizar was scheduled to be arraigned in federal court Monday by videoconference. The indictment is part of a wider probe of City Hall corruption in Los Angeles that has seen five people charged. Former Councilman Mitch Englander pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges of scheming to falsify facts about trips, funded by a businessman, he took to Las Vegas and Palm Springs. Huizar has represented the downtown area since 2005. Dennis Romero Dennis Romero writes for NBC News and is based in Los Angeles. [ad_2]

[ad_1] A federal grand jury returned a 34-count indictment against Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar on Thursday, alleging he accepted bribes, concealed income, evaded taxes and lied to investigators. Huizar, 61, is accused of accepting $1.5 million in “illicit financial benefits,” the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles said in a statement. He was arrested last month and released on $100,000 bond. A previous federal charge of conspiracy to violate the RacketeerInfluenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was incorporated into Thursday’s indictment, said Ciaran McEvoy, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles. A spokeswoman for Huizar did not immediately respond Thursday evening to a request for comment. The new allegations include multiple counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, traveling interstate in aid of racketeering, bribery and money laundering and single counts of structuring cash deposits to conceal bribes, making a false statement to a financial institution, making false statements to federal law enforcement and tax evasion. The case stems from allegations that Huizar took bribes from an unnamed Chinese billionaire developer and others in exchange for weighing in favorably on proposed construction projects. Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings. Huizar was chair of the city’s powerful Planning and Land Use Management Committee. The indictment alleges the councilman received about $800,000 in benefits from the billionaire, described by the U.S. Attorney’s office as a multinational developer who owns a hotel in Huizar’s district. The developer wanted to build a 77-story building in Huizar’s district. Prosecutors alleged in last month’s criminal complaint that Huizar received “direct and indirect financial benefits” on more than a dozen trips to Las Vegas casinos, which included rides on private jets and stays at posh villas. He failed to report his “illicit benefits” on tax returns, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. The grand jury indictment alleges Huizar operated his office as a “criminal organization,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s statement, and that others, including a former deputy mayor, Huizar’s special assistant and a real estate development consultant, participated. In May, George Esparza, 33, a “special assistant” to Huizar until 2017, agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with investigators about his role in the alleged scheme. The FBI raided Huizar’s home and office in November 2018, and he was subsequently stripped of his committee assignments. “During the search of his home, agents seized approximately $129,000 cash that was stashed in Huizar’s closet and which, according to the indictment, he received from a Chinese billionaire and another businessperson seeking favors from him,” federal prosecutors said in their statement Wednesday. Huizar was scheduled to be arraigned in federal court Monday by videoconference. The indictment is part of a wider probe of City Hall corruption in Los Angeles that has seen five people charged. Former Councilman Mitch Englander pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges of scheming to falsify facts about trips, funded by a businessman, he took to Las Vegas and Palm Springs. Huizar has represented the downtown area since 2005. Dennis Romero Dennis Romero writes for NBC News and is based in Los Angeles. [ad_2]

[ad_1] A federal grand jury returned a 34-count indictment against Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar on Thursday, alleging he accepted bribes, concealed income, evaded taxes and lied to investigators. Huizar, 61, is accused of accepting $1.5 million in “illicit financial benefits,” the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles said in a statement. He was arrested last month and released on $100,000 bond. A previous federal charge of conspiracy to violate the RacketeerInfluenced and Corrupt Organizations Act was incorporated into Thursday’s indictment, said Ciaran McEvoy, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s office in Los Angeles. A spokeswoman for Huizar did not immediately respond Thursday evening to a request for comment. The new allegations include multiple counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, traveling interstate in aid of racketeering, bribery and money laundering and single counts of structuring cash deposits to conceal bribes, making a false statement to a financial institution, making false statements to federal law enforcement and tax evasion. The case stems from allegations that Huizar took bribes from an unnamed Chinese billionaire developer and others in exchange for weighing in favorably on proposed construction projects. Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings. Huizar was chair of the city’s powerful Planning and Land Use Management Committee. The indictment alleges the councilman received about $800,000 in benefits from the billionaire, described by the U.S. Attorney’s office as a multinational developer who owns a hotel in Huizar’s district. The developer wanted to build a 77-story building in Huizar’s district. Prosecutors alleged in last month’s criminal complaint that Huizar received “direct and indirect financial benefits” on more than a dozen trips to Las Vegas casinos, which included rides on private jets and stays at posh villas. He failed to report his “illicit benefits” on tax returns, the U.S. Attorney’s office said. The grand jury indictment alleges Huizar operated his office as a “criminal organization,” according to the U.S. Attorney’s statement, and that others, including a former deputy mayor, Huizar’s special assistant and a real estate development consultant, participated. In May, George Esparza, 33, a “special assistant” to Huizar until 2017, agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with investigators about his role in the alleged scheme. The FBI raided Huizar’s home and office in November 2018, and he was subsequently stripped of his committee assignments. “During the search of his home, agents seized approximately $129,000 cash that was stashed in Huizar’s closet and which, according to the indictment, he received from a Chinese billionaire and another businessperson seeking favors from him,” federal prosecutors said in their statement Wednesday. Huizar was scheduled to be arraigned in federal court Monday by videoconference. The indictment is part of a wider probe of City Hall corruption in Los Angeles that has seen five people charged. Former Councilman Mitch Englander pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges of scheming to falsify facts about trips, funded by a businessman, he took to Las Vegas and Palm Springs. Huizar has represented the downtown area since 2005. Dennis Romero Dennis Romero writes for NBC News and is based in Los Angeles. [ad_2]

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[ad_1] SAO PAULO/RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s wife and one of his ministers have tested positive for COVID-19, according to an official statement on Thursday, as the spread of the novel coronavirus showed no signs of slowing in the country with the world’s second-worst outbreak after the United States. Just days after her husband said he had overcome the virus with a negative test following weeks in quarantine, Bolsonaro’s wife, Michelle, has tested positive, the presidential office said in a statement. Let our news meet your inbox. The news and stories that matters, delivered weekday mornings. “First lady Michelle Bolsonaro tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. She is in good health and will follow all established protocols,” it said, referring to the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Earlier on Thursday, Brazil’s science and technology minister, Marcos Pontes, said his test had come back positive, becoming the fifth minister in Bolsonaro’s government to be diagnosed with the disease. Their infections are a palpable sign of the scale of the outbreak in Brazil, which set fresh daily records on Wednesday for new COVID-19 cases and related fatalities. The 69,074 new confirmed cases and 1,595 additional deaths reported by the Health Ministry, pushed the country past 2.5 million infections and 90,000 killed. Pontes made his announcement on Facebook, saying he was quarantining and working remotely. “I just tested positive for the new coronavirus,” he said. “I’m well, just a bit of flu symptoms and a headache.” [ad_2]