How the Obama White House engaged Ukraine to give Russia collusion narrative an early boost | TheHill – The Hill
How the Obama White House engaged Ukraine to give Russia collusion narrative an early boost | TheHill – The Hill

As Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPresenting the 2020 Democratic bracket The time has come for the Democrats to act, finally DHS expedites border wall replacement in Arizona, Texas MORE began his meteoric rise to the presidency, the Obama White House summoned Ukrainian authorities to Washington to coordinate ongoing anti-corruption efforts inside Russia’s most critical neighbor.

The January 2016 gathering, confirmed by multiple participants and contemporaneous memos, brought some of Ukraine’s top corruption prosecutors and investigators face to face with members of former President Obama’s National Security Council (NSC), FBI, State Department and Department of Justice (DOJ).

The agenda suggested the purpose was training and coordination. But Ukrainian participants said it didn’t take long — during the meetings and afterward — to realize the Americans’ objectives included two politically hot investigations: one that touched Vice President Joe Biden’s family and one that involved a lobbying firm linked closely to then-candidate Trump.

U.S. officials “kept talking about how important it was that all of our anti-corruption efforts be united,” said Andrii Telizhenko, then a political officer in the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington tasked with organizing the meeting. 

Telizhenko, who no longer works for the Ukrainian Embassy, said U.S. officials volunteered during the meetings — one of which was held in the White House’s Old Executive Office Building — that they had an interest in reviving a closed investigation into payments to U.S. figures from Ukraine’s Russia-backed Party of Regions.

That 2014 investigation was led by the FBI and focused heavily on GOP lobbyist Paul ManafortPaul John ManafortHow the Obama White House engaged Ukraine to give Russia collusion narrative an early boost 21 questions for Robert Mueller Why did Mueller allow his investigation to continue for two years? MORE, whose firm long had been tied to Trump through his partner and Trump pal, Roger StoneRoger Jason StoneHow the Obama White House engaged Ukraine to give Russia collusion narrative an early boost Roger Stone to travel to Florida for legal defense fundraiser Judge allows Roger Stone to travel to Florida for ‘business opportunities’ MORE.

Agents interviewed Manafort in 2014 about whether he received undeclared payments from the party of ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, an ally of Russia’s Vladimir PutinVladimir Vladimirovich PutinThe Hill’s Morning Report – Trump tells House investigators ‘no’ Hillicon Valley: Cyber, tech takeaways from Mueller report | Millions of Instagram passwords exposed internally by Facebook | DHS unrolling facial recognition tech in airports | Uber unveils new safety measures after student’s killing Fox News host: MSNBC, CNN the ‘real agents of Putin’ MORE, and whether he engaged in improper foreign lobbying.

The FBI shut down the case without charging Manafort.

Telizhenko said he couldn’t remember whether Manafort was mentioned during the January 2016 meeting. But he and other attendees recalled DOJ officials asking investigators from Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) if they could help locate new evidence about the Party of Regions’ payments and its dealings with Americans.

“It was definitely the case that led to the charges against Manafort and the leak to U.S. media during the 2016 election,” he said.

That makes the January 2016 meeting one of the earliest documented efforts to build the now-debunked Trump-Russia collusion narrative and one of the first to involve the Obama administration’s intervention.

Spokespeople for the NSC, DOJ and FBI declined to comment. A representative for former Obama national security adviser Susan Rice did not return emails seeking comment.

Nazar Kholodnytskyy, Ukraine’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor, told me he attended some but not all of the January 2016 Washington meetings and couldn’t remember the specific cases, if any, that were discussed.

But he said he soon saw evidence in Ukraine of political meddling in the U.S. election. Kholodnytskyy said the key evidence against Manafort — a ledger showing payments from the Party of Regions — was known to Ukrainian authorities since 2014 but was suddenly released in May 2016 by the U.S.-friendly NABU, after Manafort was named Trump’s campaign chairman: “Somebody kept this black ledger secret for two years and then showed it to the public and the U.S. media. It was extremely suspicious.”

Kholodnytskyy said he explicitly instructed NABU investigators who were working with American authorities not to share the ledger with the media. “Look, Manafort’s case is one of the cases that hurt me a lot,” he said.

“I ordered the detectives to give nothing to the mass media considering this case. Instead, they had broken my order and published themselves these one or two pages of this black ledger regarding Paul Manafort.”

“For me it was the first call that something was going wrong and that there is some external influence in this case. And there is some other interests in this case not in the interest of the investigation and a fair trial,” he added.

Kostiantyn Kulyk, deputy head of the Ukraine prosecutor general’s international affairs office, said that, shortly after Ukrainian authorities returned from the Washington meeting, there was a clear message about helping the Americans with the Party of the Regions case.

“Yes, there was a lot of talking about needing help and then the ledger just appeared in public,” he recalled.

Kulyk said Ukrainian authorities had evidence that other Western figures, such as former Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig, also received money from Yanukovych’s party. But the Americans weren’t interested: “They just discussed Manafort. This was all and only what they wanted. Nobody else.”

Manafort joined Trump’s campaign on March 29, 2016, and then was promoted to campaign chairman on May 19, 2016.  

NABU leaked the existence of the ledgers on May 29, 2016. Later that summer, it told U.S. media the ledgers showed payments to Manafort, a revelation that forced him to resign from the campaign in August 2016.

A Ukrainian court in December concluded NABU’s release of the ledger was an illegal attempt to influence the U.S. election. And a member of Ukraine’s parliament has released a recording of a NABU official saying the agency released the ledger to help Democratic nominee Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonThe time has come for the Democrats to act, finally Mueller report may result in Russian sanctions but not better behavior Dem race shows signs it could get nasty MORE’s campaign.

The other case raised at the January 2016 meeting, he said, involved Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian energy company under investigation in Ukraine for improper foreign transfers of money. At the time, Burisma allegedly was paying then-Vice President Joe BidenJoseph (Joe) Robinette BidenTrump defends Charlottesville comments Trump: ‘I am a young, vibrant man’ The Hill’s Morning Report — Biden takes aim at Trump, early battlegrounds MORE’s son Hunter as both a board member and a consultant. More than $3 million flowed from Ukraine to an American firm tied to Hunter Biden in 2014-15, bank records show.

Telizhenko said U.S. officials told the Ukrainians they would prefer that Kiev drop the Burisma probe and allow the FBI to take it over. The Ukrainians did not agree. But then Joe Biden pressured Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire Ukraine’s chief prosecutor in March 2016, as I previously reported. The Burisma case was transferred to NABU, then shut down.

The Ukrainian Embassy in Washington on Thursday confirmed the Obama administration requested the meetings in January 2016, but embassy representatives attended only some of the sessions.

“Unfortunately, the Embassy of Ukraine in Washington, D.C., was not invited to join the DOJ and other law enforcement-sector meetings,” it said. It said it had no record that the Party of Regions or Burisma cases came up in the meetings it did attend.

Ukraine is riddled with corruption, Russian meddling and intense political conflicts, so one must carefully consider any Ukrainian accounts.

But Telizhenko’s claim that the DOJ reopened its Manafort probe as the 2016 election ramped up is supported by the DOJ’s own documents, including communications involving Associate Attorney General Bruce Ohr, his wife, Nellie, and ex-British spy Christopher Steele.

Nellie Ohr and Steele worked in 2016 for the research firm, Fusion GPS, that was hired by Clinton’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to find Russia dirt on Trump. Steele wrote the famous dossier for Fusion that the FBI used to gain a warrant to spy on the Trump campaign. Nellie Ohr admitted to Congress that she routed Russia dirt on Trump from Fusion to the DOJ through her husband during the election.

DOJ emails show Nellie Ohr on May 30, 2016, directly alerted her husband and two DOJ prosecutors specializing in international crimes to the discovery of the “black ledger” documents that led to Manafort’s prosecution.

“Reported Trove of documents on Ukrainian Party of Regions’ Black Cashbox,” Nellie Ohr wrote to her husband and federal prosecutors Lisa Holtyn and Joseph Wheatley, attaching a news article on the announcement of NABU’s release of the documents.

Bruce Ohr and Steele worked on their own effort to get dirt on Manafort from a Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, who had a soured business relationship with him. Deripaska was “almost ready to talk” to U.S. government officials regarding the money that “Manafort stole,” Bruce Ohr wrote in notes from his conversations with Steele.

The efforts eventually led to a September 2016 meeting in which the FBI asked Deripaska if he could help prove Manafort was helping Trump collude with Russia. Deripaska laughed off the notion as preposterous.

Previously, Politico reported that the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington assisted Clinton’s campaign through a DNC contractor. The Ukrainian Embassy acknowledges it got requests for assistance from the DNC staffer to find dirt on Manafort but denies it provided any improper assistance.

Now we have more concrete evidence that the larger Ukrainian government also was being pressed by the Obama administration to help build the Russia collusion narrative. And that onion is only beginning to be peeled.

But what is already confirmed by Ukrainians looks a lot more like assertive collusion with a foreign power than anything detailed in the Mueller report.

John Solomon is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work over the years has exposed U.S. and FBI intelligence failures before the Sept. 11 attacks, federal scientists’ misuse of foster children and veterans in drug experiments, and numerous cases of political corruption. He serves as an investigative columnist and executive vice president for video at The Hill. Follow him on Twitter @jsolomonReports

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Five new cosponsors sign onto House impeachment resolution – CBS News
Five new cosponsors sign onto House impeachment resolution – CBS News

Five new cosponsors have signed onto a House resolution to begin impeachment proceedings against the president in the wake of the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Rep. Rashida Tlaib introduced the resolution before the report was released with only one cosponsor, Rep. Al Green.

Although the special counsel concluded that the Trump campaign did not conspire with the Russians to influence the 2016 election, the report did outline several ties between campaign officials and individuals associated with the Russian government. Mueller also made no determination as to whether President Trump obstructed justice, but detailed several instances where obstruction may have occurred.

Tlaib, a freshman Democrat, has been a vocal opponent of Mr. Trump. She made waves earlier this year when she said that it was time to “impeach the motherf—er,” referring to Mr. Trump. Reps. Filemon Vela, Jared Huffman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley have now also signed on as cosponsors.

Ocasio-Cortez and Omar in particular have emerged as powerful progressive voices in the House, and are frequently criticized by Mr. Trump and other Republicans. Omar recently stirred controversy within her own caucus by making comments about Israel which some interpreted as anti-Semitic. 

Mr. Trump has said that he would challenge any impeachment proceedings in the Supreme Court if Democrats attempted to remove him from office. However, most Democrats — including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — have expressed caution about launching impeachment proceedings.

Speaking at the TIME 100 Summit in New York Tuesday, Pelosi said there are “many ways to hold the president of the United States accountable.”

“This is about being totally free from passion, from prejudice, from politics, it’s about the presentation of the facts. And when we the facts we’ll have a better idea of how we go forward,” Pelosi said. “Impeachment is one of the most divisive paths that we could go down in our country. But if the path of fact-finding takes us there, we have no choice. But we’re not there yet.”

Mr. Trump has frequently condemned the report since it was released, and called it a “coup” in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity Thursday night. “This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government,” he said.

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Local State Of Emergency Declared With Border Patrol Checkpoints Closed Down – NPR
Local State Of Emergency Declared With Border Patrol Checkpoints Closed Down – NPR

Couy Griffin, chairman of the Otero County Board of Commissioners, stands at the Border Patrol’s abandoned U.S. Route 70 checkpoint in New Mexico. The Border Patrol checkpoints have been shutdown in the El Paso sector as agents have been diverted to deal with an influx of immigrants.

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Couy Griffin, chairman of the Otero County Board of Commissioners, stands at the Border Patrol’s abandoned U.S. Route 70 checkpoint in New Mexico. The Border Patrol checkpoints have been shutdown in the El Paso sector as agents have been diverted to deal with an influx of immigrants.

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For people familiar with the lonesome highways of far West Texas and New Mexico, it’s an unusual sight: the ubiquitous Border Patrol checkpoints are all closed. Last month, Homeland Security shifted the checkpoint agents to the border to help process the crush of migrant asylum-seekers.

Otero County, N.M., is so alarmed by the possibility of illegal narcotics flowing north unchecked that it has declared a local state of emergency.

Normally, if you drive from Las Cruces to Alamogordo, N.M., on U.S. Route 70, you have to pull into a federal inspection station. A stern, green-suited agent asks if you’re a U.S. citizen, while another one with a dog sniffs your car for drugs.

Nowadays, traffic roars past orange cones that block the entrance to the checkpoint. Customs and Border Protection has closed all six checkpoints in the El Paso Sector — which covers West Texas and New Mexico. Checkpoints elsewhere along the southern border are operating normally.

That riles Couy Griffin. He wears a wide-brimmed cowboy hat, and owns a nearby barbecue cafe whose trademark is a giant replica of a six-gun. “Where we’re at right now … this Border Patrol checkpoint is closed down. It’s in place to provide security. And now it’s left abandoned,” Griffin says, standing in the empty lanes of the inspection pavilion.

Griffin, chairman of the Otero County Board of Commissioners, was the force behind the surprise move last week when the county declared a state of emergency over the shuttered checkpoint.

“What I’m really hoping comes out of [this emergency declaration] is that our governor will recommission the National Guard which she pulled off of the border earlier this year,” he says.

Earlier this year, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham withdrew 118 National Guard troops from New Mexico’s southern boundary, calling President Trump’s policies a “charade of border fear-mongering.”

Since then, the El Paso Sector has been overwhelmed by illegal crossers. They’re apprehending 600 migrants a day — a 1,600% increase over the same time period last year.

So the Otero commissioners — all Trump supporters — asked the Democratic governor to redeploy National Guard to the checkpoints to stand in for overtaxed border officers.

The governor says if Otero County wants the checkpoints re-staffed, they should write a letter to CBP, not the governor’s office.

“They haven’t given me any information about a state or county emergency except that they’re mad the checkpoint is closed,” she says in a phone interview from Santa Fe. “The National Guard cannot do immigration work. So they can’t man that checkpoint. They can’t make arrests. It doesn’t make any sense.”

There’s no dispute the Border Patrol’s 71 traffic checkpoints all along the Southwest border seize lots of dope. Since Oct. 1, checkpoint agents have discovered seven tons of marijuana, and nearly a ton and a half of meth inside vehicles, according to CBP’s own statistics.

Otero County Sheriff David Black is convinced the loss of the checkpoint on U.S. Route 54, south of Alamogordo has been a boon to smugglers. “What we’re seeing here now is a huge influx in drugs. I mean, the highway’s wide open. There’s no checkpoints. Nothing,” he says.

Before the checkpoints were closed, Black was sending his narcotics investigators out there two to three times a week to make drug arrests. He says informants are now telling him that Mexican traffickers know if they can get their product across the Rio Grande — the border with Mexico — they have a free ride north. He says his deputies are doing more highway interdictions to search vehicles, but they can’t compensate for the loss of the federal inspection station.

“This is my hometown,” Black says, “Born and raised right here in Otero County. I got grandkids in the schools. And this stuff is just piling into our community right now.”

Otero County officials are not the only ones complaining. CBP has reassigned 750 agents from ports of entry to help process the wave of asylum applicants. U.S. and Mexican trade interests up and down the border are griping that border crossings are so understaffed, the wait for commercial traffic is now counted in hours, not minutes.

In a statement, CBP writes, “This is a temporary measure. Checkpoints are integral to the Border Patrol’s security mission.”

No date was given for their reopening.

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Biden’s candidacy offers Democrats a choice: Reset or revolution? – Washington Examiner
Biden’s candidacy offers Democrats a choice: Reset or revolution? – Washington Examiner

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s entrance into the 2020 presidential election will provide Democrats a choice: Do they want a reset, or do they want a revolution?

As Democrats have spent the past several months outlining the sweeping changes they want to make to the United States, more than anything, Biden’s candidacy represents a promise to go back to a pre-Trump era in American politics where things were a bit more predictable.

Though Biden has not had a chance to offer detailed policy plans at this juncture, he’s unlikely to embrace the transformative polices proposed by his rivals: free college, canceling all student loans, universal child care, ending private insurance, the Green New Deal, and so forth. He does not seem likely to respond to President Trump’s challenges to norms by arguing that Democrats need to blow things up to advance a more radical agenda of their own.

Instead, a Biden presidency is likely to involve the more typical arguments between Republicans and Democrats over marginal tax rates, expanding access to health insurance, passing gun control laws, investing in green energy, and so on.

Whether he’s ultimately successful will depend on which theory of President Barack Obama’s legacy ends up being more representative of a critical mass of the Democratic electorate.

Though Obama is overwhelmingly popular among Democrats, there is a critique of his presidency among liberals who are well-represented online.

In this critical view, while Obama did many things to advance liberalism, his approach to policy was too incremental, and he tried too hard to attempt to work with Republicans. Republicans, this group of liberals argue, will never act in a reasonable manner and agree to compromises — and there’s no reason to pursue more tepid polices when everything a Democrat proposes is going to be attacked as socialist no matter what.

The prime policy example is Obamacare. Though conservatives view it as a dramatic expansion of government, to liberals it represented Obama repackaging a Republican plan built around the private insurance industry.

This group of liberals is pushing for more radical changes, either on the policy front, on the procedural front (such as ending the filibuster), or on both fronts — pushing what would amount to a full frontal assault on the structure of American government and the economy.

Biden is quite straight forward about the fact that he’s running as an Obama-Biden Democrat. His hope is that there are Democrats who believe that the world was basically sane and rational under Obama, who they view has having pursued sensible policies in a reasonable way. These Democrats would basically like to go back to the way things were, and build on the progress.

At this point, it’s unclear which view is closer to what most Democratic voters feel.

Judging by the voices you hear online, Biden doesn’t have much of a shot. Consuming news from Twitter, one would get the impression that his younger, more diverse, and more liberal rivals are more representative of the modern party, while Biden’s long political career going back to the days when he opposed school busing in the 1970s is going to be a deal breaker.

But Biden has consistently led in polls. It’s of course possible his numbers will collapse as he undergoes more rigorous scrutiny and as his name recognition advantage erodes as voters get to know the other candidates better. Yet it’s also possible that a critical mass of the Democratic electorate is more moderate (both ideologically and temperamentally) than it would seem from the online conversation. In that case, Biden has a good chance of taking the nomination.

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1 dead, section of I-70 in Denver blocked due to massive fire – KRDO
1 dead, section of I-70 in Denver blocked due to massive fire – KRDO





DENVER – Westbound Interstate 70 in the Denver area is blocked due to a large fire involving multiple vehicles and a lot of debris Thursday evening.

The fire is near Colorado Mills Parkway (MAP), and a media helicopter has an aerial view over the blaze. At least four cars and several semi-trailers are at the fire, and debris is strewn about across several lanes.

Lakewood police confirmed to our partners at Denver7 that at least one person was killed in the crash.

Multiple people have been reported injured.

This is a developing story, check back for updates. WATCH LIVE from our partners at ABC/Denver 7:

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Fact check: White House vs. the Mueller report, one week out – CNN
Fact check: White House vs. the Mueller report, one week out – CNN

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Rosenstein fires back at critics over Mueller report – The Washington Post
Rosenstein fires back at critics over Mueller report – The Washington Post

Philip Bump

Devlin Barrett

April 25 at 10:52 PM

NEW YORK — Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein hit back hard against politicians and the press Thursday night, and warned that hacking and social media ma­nipu­la­tion are “only the tip of the iceberg” when it comes to Russian efforts to influence American elections.

Speaking at the Public Servants Dinner of the Armenian Bar Association, Rosenstein unleashed his sharpest critique yet of those who have attacked his handling of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigative report into Russian election interference and President Trump’s conduct.

Rosenstein’s speech, probably one of his last as a senior Justice Department official, marked his first public comments since the release of the report, and he did not hold back in discussing his tumultuous two years as the No. 2 at the Justice Department. During that time, he was castigated by both Republicans and Democrats for a variety of decisions. In the speech, Rosenstein reflected on his time on the job, spoke positively of Trump’s commitment to the rule of law and criticized the press.

He also said that, even after the Mueller report documented Russian interference in the 2016 election, that is only a small part of the story.

“The bottom line is, there was overwhelming evidence that Russian operatives hacked American computers and defrauded American citizens, and that is only the tip of the iceberg of a comprehensive Russian strategy to influence elections, promote social discord, and undermine America, just like they do in many other countries,” Rosenstein said.

[Mueller report lays out obstruction evidence against Trump]

Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel in May 2017, and has overseen the investigation since. Now that Mueller’s work is over and Trump has nominated someone else to be the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, Rostenstein is expected to leave the job as early as next month.

In his speech, Rosenstein critiqued Congress, politics and the media, and defended the Justice Department as an institution whose mission is to rise above partisanship and focus on facts.

“I do not care how police officers, prosecutors and judges vote, just as I do not care how soldiers and sailors vote. That is none of my business. I only care whether they understand that when they are on duty, their job is about law and not politics,” said Rosenstein, who has worked at the Justice Department for decades.

“There is not Republican justice and Democrat justice. There is only justice and injustice,” he said.

In his speeches, Rosenstein often refers positively to Trump, and he did so again on Thursday, a week after the Justice Department issued nearly 200 pages of findings documenting instances in which prosecutors and federal agents were concerned the president might have obstructed justice.

Ultimately, Mueller did not make a determination as to whether the president broke the law, based partly on the Justice Department’s long-standing policy that a sitting president cannot be charged with a crime while in office. Attorney General William P. Barr reviewed Mueller’s findings last month and declared that both he and Rosenstein had determined the president had not obstructed justice.

“The rule of law is our most important principle,” Rosenstein said. “As President Trump pointed out, ‘We govern ourselves in accordance with the rule of law rather [than] … the whims of an elite few or the dictates of collective will.’ ”

The deputy attorney general recalled that at his confirmation hearing, he made promises about how the Russia investigation would be handled.

“I did pledge to do it right and take it to the appropriate conclusion. I did not promise to report all results to the public, because grand jury investigations are ex parte proceedings. It is not our job to render conclusive factual findings,” he said. “We just decide whether it is appropriate to file criminal charges.”

Leading up to the release of the Mueller report, Rosenstein had argued against too much transparency, citing Justice Department policies that generally don’t reveal derogatory information about people who have not been charged with a crime, according to people familiar with the discussions. Ultimately, Barr decided to publicly release more.

Rosenstein insisted the investigation had been conducted fairly and conscientiously, and that as a result, “our nation is safer, elections are more secure, and citizens are better informed about covert foreign influence schemes. But not everybody was happy with my decision, in case you did not notice.”

He denounced what he called “mercenary critics, who get paid to express passionate opinions about any topic, often with little or no information. They do not just express disagreement. They launch ad hominem attacks unrestricted by truth or morality. They make threats, spread fake stories and even attack your relatives.”

Rosenstein also took some shots at the press.

“Some of the nonsense that passes for breaking news today would not be worth the paper it was printed on, if anybody bothered to print it,” he said. “One silly question that I get from reporters is, ‘Is it true that you got angry and emotional a few times over the past few years?’ Heck yes! Didn’t you?”

He also tried to joke off questions that emerged over his appearance last week at Barr’s press conference ahead of the release of the Mueller report, in which he appeared ashen-faced.

“Last week, the big topic of discussion was: ‘What were you thinking when you stood behind Bill Barr at that press conference, with a deadpan expression?’ The answer is: I was thinking, “My job is to stand here with a deadpan expression.’ ”

The audience applauded.

“Can you imagine if I did anything other than stand there at the press conference? Imagine the reaction and the commentary if I had smiled or grimaced,” Rosenstein said. “But you cannot avoid criticism. The only way you can avoid criticism in public service is if you stay home. But somebody actually has to do the work, and therefore you have to accept the criticism that comes with the job.”

The evening’s other honoree was Robert Tembeckjian, administrator of New York State’s Commission on Judicial Conduct. Rosenstein chatted with the others at his table and checked his phone as Tembeckjian unleashed a steady stream of criticism against the administration’s immigration policies. The crowd applauded as Tembeckjian warned of the path to tyranny and celebrated his own family’s history as undocumented immigrants from Armenia.

Tembeckjian also earned some laughs at the president’s expense, after mentioning his own retirement.

“I can tell by the absence of Secret Service,” he said, “that the person most eager to see [Rosenstein] leave is not here tonight.”

Barrett reported from Washington.

Source Article from https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/rosenstein-fires-back-at-critics-over-mueller-report/2019/04/25/b474d168-67bd-11e9-a1b6-b29b90efa879_story.html

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Connolly threatens to jail Trump officials who won’t comply with subpoenas – CNN
Connolly threatens to jail Trump officials who won’t comply with subpoenas – CNN

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Washington (CNN)A Democratic lawmaker on Thursday ratcheted up warnings to the Trump administration amid a growing standoff over subpoenas and oversight requests the White House says it will resist.

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Trump: Russia investigations an attempted ‘coup’ – POLITICO – POLITICO
Trump: Russia investigations an attempted ‘coup’ – POLITICO – POLITICO

“We have nothing to do with Russia except that we have been tougher on Russia than any administration in 50 years,” President Donald Trump said. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo

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President Donald Trump on Thursday called the FBI probe into his 2016 campaign and subsequent investigations into Russian election meddling “an attempted overthrow” of his administration.

“This was a coup,” Trump told host Sean Hannity on Fox News’ “Hannity” in his first interview since the Mueller report’s release. “This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government.”

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Trump insisted that special counsel Robert Mueller’s team investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election had gone “hog wild to find something about the administration which obviously wasn’t there.”

Trump repeatedly said the 448-page Mueller report, a redacted version of which was released last week, proved no collusion and obstruction. He called the special counsel’s investigation a “one-sided witch-hunt” by “angry Democrats” who are “very serious Trump haters.”

“We have nothing to do with Russia except that we have been tougher on Russia than any administration in 50 years,” Trump said.

Trump also went on to say that people in his campaign had suffered greatly as a result of the Mueller probe, and that investigators had spent the last two years “ruining their lives.”

But he said the tables have turned with Justice Department inspector general’s pending investigation of the FISA process in the FBI investigation of Trump campaign members, adding that some involved in the process should be “very nervous.” The department has said the investigation is expected to be completed by May or June.

Trump called the FBI’s campaign investigation conducted in 2016 “the greatest political scandal in the history of our country. Again, bigger than Watergate. Because it means so much this was a coup. This wasn’t stealing information from an office in the Watergate apartments. This was an attempted coup.”

“The biggest problem with the Mueller report, he didn’t mention any of this.” Trump later added.

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Newt Gingrich: China wants to replace America as THE global superpower — Here’s what we must learn – Fox News
Newt Gingrich: China wants to replace America as THE global superpower — Here’s what we must learn – Fox News
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When can we expect a trade deal between the US and China?

Hoover research fellow Lanhee Chen says the U.S. has to make sure they have a way to enforce a new trade deal with China.

China is seeking global dominance across multiple domains. This is clear as China hosts more than 40 world leaders in Beijing this week for the second international forum on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the guest of honor. As Mike Allen wrote, “When you can get that many powerful people to come to you in Beijing, you’re starting to look a lot like a superpower.”

The BRI infrastructure effort is only one part of “China’s plan to supplant the U.S. as the dominant global superpower within the next three decades.” In addition to the BRI, China’s aggressive tactics used in the race to 5G, the militarization of the South China Sea, the theft of intellectual property, and discriminatory business practices all work collectively to advance China’s economic, military, and political influence across the globe.

In my new book, “Trump vs China: America’s Greatest Challenge,” which will be released in October, I describe China’s challenge to the rules-based world order and how, as a result, American interests and security are being put at risk.

MALAYSIA TO REVIVE MAJOR CHINA-LINKED PROPERTY PROJECT

Sun Tzu, one of the most famous (and possibly most legendary) Chinese military thinkers stressed that you must know both yourself and your opponent in order to be successful in competitions. According to Sun Tzu, the attributed author of “The Art of War,” by having an understanding of both contenders, “you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”

China is the most serious and formidable competitor that the United States now faces. It is essential to examine Chinese tactics and strategic thinking to better position the U.S. for this new era of competition. It will affect the future of our country for generations to come.

One of the most revealing comparisons to Chinese strategy is the game wei qi, which is said to have originated in China thousands of years ago. Wei qi — more commonly known by its Japanese name “Go” in the West — is a game played with two players using a checkered board lined with 19 horizontal and 19 vertical lines. One player has 180 white round stones and another has 181 black round stones. The players take turns placing their stones on the board one at a time on the intersections of the checker lines.

The goal of the game is to capture the most territory either by encircling empty spaces or your opponent’s pieces on the board. The player with the most territory after all the pieces have been played, or after both players pass on their turns, wins.

Go is an incredibly complex game due to the number of possible moves and board configurations. As the game progresses, there are multiple invasions, engagements, fights, and confrontations between players that occur in all different areas of the board at the same time. Moreover, it is a lengthy game that requires players to capitalize on short-term victories – but to never lose sight of the long-term strategy.

In a paper analyzing Chinese strategic thinking, Dr. David Lai, now the research professor of Asian Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, argues that the Chinese approach to strategy is reflected in Go. The American approach to strategic thinking, Lai argues, is reflected in chess.

American strategy relies on our technological superiority and capabilities. The U.S. focuses on force-on-force competition that seeks the result of total victory over the opponent. In chess, there are pieces that are more powerful than others that are deployed with the objective of capturing the opponent’s king. Every move is directed toward protecting your own king and seizing your opponent’s. In this way, chess is narrowly focused.

It will be dangerous for the U.S. to continue to approach the challenges we face with China without understanding and seeing the totality and breadth of their strategy.

Chess players must also preserve their stronger pieces to keep the balance of power in their favor and ensure a better chance of victory. The player with the most powerful pieces in play during the game will likely win.

Henry Kissinger notes in his book, “On China,” “If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign.”

In Go, every stone is equal. Players can unleash massive amounts of potential power by creatively and tactically placing their stones. All stones placed on the board work in close connection with one another, as each individual is a part of a larger, bigger strategy.

Moreover, in Go there are multiple campaigns, pursuits, battles, and maneuvers happening at the same time across the board. As the board is constantly changing in complex, subtle, and dynamic ways, players must always have a sharp awareness of the overall situation. Due to the number of possibilities where players can place their stones and the limited number of stones available, players must know when to fight for or defend territory. More importantly, they must know when to let it go.

In an evenly matched game, Go is a competition of simultaneous incremental victories. Total, decisive, and complete defeat of an opponent is not typically an attainable objective. Usually, games are won by just a few points.

Dr. Lai notes that playing Go with a chess approach is dangerous. Similarly, it will be dangerous for the U.S. to continue to approach the challenges we face with China without understanding and seeing the totality and breadth of their strategy.

China has already placed numerous stones on the board – such as artificially low Huawei 5G equipment prices, government loans to Belt and Road countries, building islands in the South China Sea, and forced technology transfers.

These stones work together in pursuit of various territorial acquisitions that will (in partnership with other stones) yield 5G dominance, control of the South China Sea, and economic superiority.

We must examine all of these campaigns — in addition to others — collectively. We must understand this go-based approach, rather than look at each endeavor as an independent challenge. Each of China’s campaigns work in concert with one another and will ultimately result in China’s emergence as a global hegemon. China’s current aggressive tactics will eventually undermine the United States, jeopardize our security, hurt our economy, compromise our values, and alter our way of life.

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Those trying to understand the challenges that the United States now faces with China need to learn how to play Go. The National Go Center has very helpful resources and events for players of all levels.

Moreover, the United States must develop an American-based strategy in this new era of competition that is focused on our strength, capabilities, ingenuity, and American spirit. Only then can we ensure that that the U.S. will emerge prosperous, successful, and stronger than ever.

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Trump criticizes 2020 Democratic candidates | TheHill – The Hill
Trump criticizes 2020 Democratic candidates | TheHill – The Hill

President TrumpDonald John TrumpForget the spin: Five unrefuted Mueller Report revelations Lara Trump: Merkel admitting migrants ‘one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany’ Financial satisfaction hits record high: survey MORE on Thursday dismissed the threats posed by former Vice President Joe BidenJoseph (Joe) Robinette BidenElection analyst says Biden could face uphill battle attracting small-dollar donors Biden’s announcement was a general election message, says political analyst Gillibrand ‘not worried’ about being ‘discounted’ in 2020 race MORE, Sen. Kamala HarrisKamala Devi HarrisThe symbol of ‘Wakanda’ and black political vision Seven big decisions facing Biden in 2020 primary Sanders dominates, Buttigieg surges in 2020 social media battle MORE (D-Calif.), former Rep. Beto O’RourkeRobert (Beto) Francis O’RourkeCory Booker releases 10 years of tax returns Buttigieg gets first congressional endorsement O’Rourke to give commencement address at Texas’s oldest black college MORE (D-Texas) and others as they seek the Democratic nomination to challenge him in 2020.

Trump called Sean Hannity’s show on Fox News, where the two men engaged in a roughly 45-minute conversation railing against the president’s detractors and floating allegations about improper behavior by federal law enforcement.

At the conclusion of the discussion, Hannity asked Trump to respond to the names of a handful of Democratic candidates with a couple words that came to mind.

Trump shared a rare public critique of Harris, telling Hannity that “she’s got a little bit of a nasty wit, but that might be it.”

Of Biden, he said he’s landed on the derisive nickname “Sleepy Joe,” suggesting that the former vice president lacks the energy to handle the presidency.

Sen. Bernie SandersBernard (Bernie) SandersElection analyst says Biden could face uphill battle attracting small-dollar donors Gillibrand ‘not worried’ about being ‘discounted’ in 2020 race Biden’s sloppy launch may cost him MORE (I-Vt.), who along with Biden is polling at or near the top of most Democratic primary polls, has “a lot of energy,” Trump said.

“But he’s got misguided energy, and he’s done very poorly in terms of the Senate,” Trump said.

Trump cast doubt on the chances of O’Rourke’s candidacy, calling it a “fluke” and arguing the former Texas congressman is “fading very fast.”

“And Mayor Pete is not going to make it,” Trump said of South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete ButtigiegPeter (Pete) Paul ButtigiegColbert links large 2020 Dem field to Avengers: ‘A group of every available person in the universe’ The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump tells House investigators ‘no’ Buttigieg draws new scrutiny, criticism MORE, who has surged in recent polling. “I’m rooting for him, but he’s not going to make it.”

The president has publicly expressed confidence about his abilities to defeat any candidate that emerges from a field of roughly 20 candidates vying for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination.

Recent polling of hypothetical 2020 matchups have shown Biden and Sanders leading or running neck-and-neck with Trump.

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AJ Freund, boy who went missing from Crystal Lake, Illinois, died of blunt force trauma, coroner confirms – CBS News
AJ Freund, boy who went missing from Crystal Lake, Illinois, died of blunt force trauma, coroner confirms – CBS News

A coroner’s office in northern Illinois has confirmed a body found in a shallow grave is a 5-year-old boy who went missing from his suburban Chicago home a week ago. Andrew “AJ” Freund died of head trauma as a result of multiple blunt force injuries, the McHenry’s County Coroner’s office said Thursday afternoon.

The boy’s remains were found wrapped in plastic and buried in a remote area near Woodstock, Illinois, about seven miles from the boy’s home, Crystal Lake police chief James Black said Wednesday. Both of the child’s parents have been charged with murder, battery and other counts and were ordered held on $5 million bail each during Thursday morning court appearances, reports CBS Chicago.

The boy was reported missing from his Crystal Lake home by his father April 18. In a 911 call released Tuesday, the boy’s father Andrew Freund Sr. claimed he last saw the boy when he went to bed the night before. The elder Freund, 60, said the boy was missing when he returned home the next morning from an early doctor’s appointment.

But during interviews early Wednesday with Crystal Lake police and the FBI, Black said Andrew Freund Sr. and the child’s mother JoAnn Cunningham, 35, were confronted with forensic analysis of cellphone data developed by investigators. Both then provided information that led to the recovery of the body, Black said.    

Andrew “AJ” Freund

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Criminal complaints allege that each parent on April 15 forced the boy to remain in a cold shower for an extended period of time and then struck the boy on his body, “knowing that said acts created a strong probability of death of death or great bodily harm.” According to prosecutors’ account, the killing happened three days before the boy was reported missing.

A complaint for Cunningham also alleges she struck the boy on March 4, and a complaint for Andrew Freund Sr. alleges he buried the child’s body.

“To AJ’s family, it is my hope that you may have some solace in knowing that AJ is no longer suffering, and his killers have been brought to justice,” Black said after their arrests Wednesday. “I would also like to thank the community for their support and assistance during this difficult time. To AJ, we know you’re at peace playing in heaven’s playground and are happy that you no longer have to suffer.”  

Andrew Freund, Sr., left, and JoAnn Cunningham, the parents of slain boy AJ Cunningham, depicted in a sketch from a Thursday court appearance

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Cunningham is charged with five counts of first-degree murder, four counts of aggravated battery, two counts of aggravated domestic battery and one count of failure to report a missing child or child death.

The elder Andrew Freund has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated domestic battery, two counts of concealment of a homicidal death and one count of failure to reports a missing child or child death.

Cunningham, who is seven months pregnant, appeared to be fighting back tears in court Thursday as prosecutors detailed the charges, CBS Chicago reported.

Investigators were seen at the family’s home Wednesday removing a shovel, the mattress from a child-sized bed, several large bags and a large plastic bin, and loading them into an evidence team van, according to the station. 

State child welfare officials have taken custody of the couple’s younger son. The family has a lengthy history with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, after A.J. was born with opiates in his system in 2013, according to CBS Chicago. The department has pledged a full review of the case.

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Trump campaign has spent more than $8 million in legal fees since he took office – ABC News
Trump campaign has spent more than $8 million in legal fees since he took office – ABC News

Since President Donald Trump took office in 2017, his re-election campaign has spent more than $8 million in legal fees, according to ABC News’ analysis of campaign finance records through last month, with record-breaking quarterly expenditures doled out in the last three months of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling during the 2016 presidential campaign.

Between January and March 2019 alone the Trump campaign spent nearly $1.7 million on legal expenses – more than $1.2 million of which went to former White House Counsel Donald McGahn’s firm, Jones Day, which has represented Trump and the Trump campaign since his first presidential campaign in 2015.

Even after McGahn left for the White House gig in 2017, McGahn’s firm remained as the biggest recipient of the Trump campaign’s legal expenses, earning more than $5.6 million.

Payments to Jones Day, however, are expected to drop moving forward as the Trump campaign recently hired a new in-house legal team for its 2020 reelection bid, as first reported by Politico and confirmed by ABC News.

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President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., March 28, 2019.

The Trump campaign has helped pay legal bills for a number of current and former Trump associates caught up in various investigations and lawsuits, including the president’s son Donald Trump Jr. and son-in-law Jared Kushner.

For a time, the Trump campaign also paid portions of Michael Cohen‘s legal fees, as ABC News has previously reported, before the relationship between the president and his former longtime personal attorney went south late last year, thus dissolving their joint defense agreement.

Another notable legal expense went to Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman, which was paid $76,415 in the first three months of 2019. The firm was paid just $55,668 throughout 2018.

Belkin Burden Wenig & Goldman is the same firm that represented the Trump Organization in 2016 in the Trump University lawsuit which resulted in the organization being ordered to pay a $25 million settlement to attendees of the now-defunct real estate seminar.

“It’s sad that campaign resources have had to be devoted to defending ourselves against the baseless Russia hoax and endless witch hunt,” Trump campaign’s deputy communications director Erin Perrine told ABC News.

To put the Trump campaign’s more than $8 million in legal expenditures into perspective, former President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign, over the same period of time, spent only about $2.7 million in legal fees, according to campaign finance reports.

Former President George W. Bush’s re-election campaign, for its part, spent only about $260,000 in legal fees in the first two years of his presidency, records show.

It’s hard to compare how much in legal fees were paid by the re-election campaign of former President Bill Clinton, who was buried in various investigations during the course of his presidency, because of the changes in the way campaign expenditure are reported to the FEC as well as the timeline and the nature of the legal battles Clinton was involved in. But for a general comparison, Clinton told NBC’s Craig Melvin in June last year that he “left the White House $16 million in debt” because of attorney fees incurred by scandal investigations and the impeachment proceedings.

In addition to the $8 million spent by the Trump campaign, other political sources have chipped in to share the campaign’s burden.

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Donald Trump Jr. talks to the press at campaign rally for his father, President Donald Trump, at the Van Andel Arena on March 28, 2019 in Grand Rapids, Mich.

The Republican National Committee, for example, has helped pay legal bills for various Trump’s associates, including at least about $200,000 for Trump Jr. and more than $589,000 for former White House Communications Director Hope Hicks.

A separate legal defense fund, dubbed the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, reported raising more than $853,000 from top Trump donors – including $500,000 from Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife and $150,000 from New York waste management executive and Mar-a-Lago member Anthony Lomangino.

The Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, which assists current and former campaign and administration volunteers and staffers caught up in the special counsel’s investigation –excluding Trump’s relatives– shelled out a total of about $457,000 in legal bills through December, according to disclosure reports.

The identities of those supported by the fund remain under wraps.

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Sri Lanka wary of new attacks as weekend prayers begin – CNN
Sri Lanka wary of new attacks as weekend prayers begin – CNN

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    FBI to meet with Sen. Rick Scott about Russian election interference – Washington Examiner
    FBI to meet with Sen. Rick Scott about Russian election interference – Washington Examiner

    Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., said Thursday that he will meet with the FBI in the coming weeks to discuss suspicions that Russia was able to hack into at least one Florida county government computer network during the 2016 presidential election.

    Allegations that Russian hackers were able to access the network were raised in special counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report, which was released last week. Once the news was made public, Scott sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking for information the agency had to support the claim.

    When former Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., made a similar claim last year, Scott pushed back on the notion calling the claim “irresponsible” and demanded proof. Scott was governor at the time and successfully unseated Nelson during the 2018 midterm elections.

    Current Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, also said that the FBI reached out to schedule a briefing with him regarding the matter. He said Thursday in Miami that he was upset about the lack of detail provided.

    “They won’t tell us which county it was. Are you kidding me? Why would you not say something immediately?” said DeSantis. “We’re looking for answers. I think finally next week we’re going to get somebody, or maybe the week after we’re going to have somebody come brief us on what happened.”

    Mueller’s report was released last week and indicated that Russian operatives meddled in the 2016 presidential election. Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein wrote a four-page summary of Mueller’s investigation last month that cleared Trump of both colluding with Russia and obstructing justice.

    Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fbi-to-meet-with-sen-rick-scott-about-russian-election-interference

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    U.S. Charges Judge With Helping Immigrant Escape ICE at Courthouse – The New York Times
    U.S. Charges Judge With Helping Immigrant Escape ICE at Courthouse – The New York Times

    Federal prosecutors charged a state judge and a former court officer in Massachusetts with obstruction of justice on Thursday for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant escape from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer at a courthouse last year.

    The indictment of the judge, Shelley M. Richmond Joseph, 51, and the officer, Wesley MacGregor, 56, was a dramatic turn in the long-running clash between the Trump administration and state governments that have resisted its hard-line approach to immigration.

    Prosecutors accused Judge Joseph and Mr. MacGregor of letting their beliefs trump federal immigration law when they allegedly helped the man, who was not named in the indictment, sneak out of Newton District Courthouse in Newton, Mass., in March 2018. The judge ordered the man to go to a basement facility, where he was let out a back door, rather than into the lobby, where she knew that an ICE officer was waiting for him, prosecutors say.

    “The allegations in today’s indictment involve obstruction by a sitting judge, that is intentional interference with the enforcement of federal law, and that is a crime,” United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling said in a statement. “We cannot pick and choose the federal laws we follow, or use our personal views to justify violating the law.”

    Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/judge-shelley-joseph-indicted.html

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    Newt Gingrich: China wants to replace America as THE global superpower — Here’s what we must learn – Fox News
    Newt Gingrich: China wants to replace America as THE global superpower — Here’s what we must learn – Fox News
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    When can we expect a trade deal between the US and China?

    Hoover research fellow Lanhee Chen says the U.S. has to make sure they have a way to enforce a new trade deal with China.

    China is seeking global dominance across multiple domains. This is clear as China hosts more than 40 world leaders in Beijing this week for the second international forum on the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) — with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the guest of honor. As Mike Allen wrote, “When you can get that many powerful people to come to you in Beijing, you’re starting to look a lot like a superpower.”

    The BRI infrastructure effort is only one part of “China’s plan to supplant the U.S. as the dominant global superpower within the next three decades.” In addition to the BRI, China’s aggressive tactics used in the race to 5G, the militarization of the South China Sea, the theft of intellectual property, and discriminatory business practices all work collectively to advance China’s economic, military, and political influence across the globe.

    In my new book, “Trump vs China: America’s Greatest Challenge,” which will be released in October, I describe China’s challenge to the rules-based world order and how, as a result, American interests and security are being put at risk.

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    Sun Tzu, one of the most famous (and possibly most legendary) Chinese military thinkers stressed that you must know both yourself and your opponent in order to be successful in competitions. According to Sun Tzu, the attributed author of “The Art of War,” by having an understanding of both contenders, “you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.”

    China is the most serious and formidable competitor that the United States now faces. It is essential to examine Chinese tactics and strategic thinking to better position the U.S. for this new era of competition. It will affect the future of our country for generations to come.

    One of the most revealing comparisons to Chinese strategy is the game wei qi, which is said to have originated in China thousands of years ago. Wei qi — more commonly known by its Japanese name “Go” in the West — is a game played with two players using a checkered board lined with 19 horizontal and 19 vertical lines. One player has 180 white round stones and another has 181 black round stones. The players take turns placing their stones on the board one at a time on the intersections of the checker lines.

    The goal of the game is to capture the most territory either by encircling empty spaces or your opponent’s pieces on the board. The player with the most territory after all the pieces have been played, or after both players pass on their turns, wins.

    Go is an incredibly complex game due to the number of possible moves and board configurations. As the game progresses, there are multiple invasions, engagements, fights, and confrontations between players that occur in all different areas of the board at the same time. Moreover, it is a lengthy game that requires players to capitalize on short-term victories – but to never lose sight of the long-term strategy.

    In a paper analyzing Chinese strategic thinking, Dr. David Lai, now the research professor of Asian Security Studies at the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, argues that the Chinese approach to strategy is reflected in Go. The American approach to strategic thinking, Lai argues, is reflected in chess.

    American strategy relies on our technological superiority and capabilities. The U.S. focuses on force-on-force competition that seeks the result of total victory over the opponent. In chess, there are pieces that are more powerful than others that are deployed with the objective of capturing the opponent’s king. Every move is directed toward protecting your own king and seizing your opponent’s. In this way, chess is narrowly focused.

    It will be dangerous for the U.S. to continue to approach the challenges we face with China without understanding and seeing the totality and breadth of their strategy.

    Chess players must also preserve their stronger pieces to keep the balance of power in their favor and ensure a better chance of victory. The player with the most powerful pieces in play during the game will likely win.

    Henry Kissinger notes in his book, “On China,” “If chess is about the decisive battle, wei qi is about the protracted campaign.”

    In Go, every stone is equal. Players can unleash massive amounts of potential power by creatively and tactically placing their stones. All stones placed on the board work in close connection with one another, as each individual is a part of a larger, bigger strategy.

    Moreover, in Go there are multiple campaigns, pursuits, battles, and maneuvers happening at the same time across the board. As the board is constantly changing in complex, subtle, and dynamic ways, players must always have a sharp awareness of the overall situation. Due to the number of possibilities where players can place their stones and the limited number of stones available, players must know when to fight for or defend territory. More importantly, they must know when to let it go.

    In an evenly matched game, Go is a competition of simultaneous incremental victories. Total, decisive, and complete defeat of an opponent is not typically an attainable objective. Usually, games are won by just a few points.

    Dr. Lai notes that playing Go with a chess approach is dangerous. Similarly, it will be dangerous for the U.S. to continue to approach the challenges we face with China without understanding and seeing the totality and breadth of their strategy.

    China has already placed numerous stones on the board – such as artificially low Huawei 5G equipment prices, government loans to Belt and Road countries, building islands in the South China Sea, and forced technology transfers.

    These stones work together in pursuit of various territorial acquisitions that will (in partnership with other stones) yield 5G dominance, control of the South China Sea, and economic superiority.

    We must examine all of these campaigns — in addition to others — collectively. We must understand this go-based approach, rather than look at each endeavor as an independent challenge. Each of China’s campaigns work in concert with one another and will ultimately result in China’s emergence as a global hegemon. China’s current aggressive tactics will eventually undermine the United States, jeopardize our security, hurt our economy, compromise our values, and alter our way of life.

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    Those trying to understand the challenges that the United States now faces with China need to learn how to play Go. The National Go Center has very helpful resources and events for players of all levels.

    Moreover, the United States must develop an American-based strategy in this new era of competition that is focused on our strength, capabilities, ingenuity, and American spirit. Only then can we ensure that that the U.S. will emerge prosperous, successful, and stronger than ever.

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    Joe Biden launches a big boy campaign – Washington Examiner
    Joe Biden launches a big boy campaign – Washington Examiner

    He needed more makeup to look less like Emperor Palpatine, and launching by video always feels like a cop out. But Joe Biden nailed the message he needed to cement his front-runner status in the 2020 primary: This isn’t a question of politics, but the battle for America’s soul.

    Biden effectively capitalized on the #Resistance’s ire while also providing an implicit but key dichotomy to those on the Right. Do you stand with a president who equivocates around the evils of white supremacy, or do you, conservative policy and all, stand with decency? He doesn’t frame the Trump administration as an inevitability, a natural endpoint for the Republican Party, but rather a mistake, “and abhorrent moment in time.” Biden came out of the gate with the distinction Hillary Clinton failed to make until it was too late: The alt-right is a cancer on, not a feature of, conservatism and the country.

    Biden speaks a language nearly extinct in the Democratic Party: that America, even when we’ve failed to live up to them, is a nation of ideas. Just because the party leaders haven’t given a damn about American excellence doesn’t mean that the electorate at large will be any less receptive to it. As the New York Times studied earlier this month, the average Democrat is far more moderate or even conservative than loud people on the internet.

    Hillary’s eleventh hour appeal to Republicans that they were separate from the alt-right failed on two fronts. First was the last-minute timing, and second, no one believed her. She could hardly hide her contempt for anyone who so much as considered voting for Trump, that even though her eventual plea to decency may have been true, it never rang as earnest.

    Biden is believable. He’s a gaffe machine with two failed presidential bids behind him, and he’s a relic, not just in terms of his literal age — he’ll be days shy of 78 on Election Day — but also in terms of political tenor. With Democratic front-runners marching in lockstep to abolish private health insurance, nationalize one-fifth of the economy with “Medicare for all,” create a federal jobs guarantee with the Green New Deal, legalize abortion up until the point of birth, revive court packing, abandon Israel as a key ally, and ramp up wealth taxes, the Obama era looks positively moderate.

    But Biden wisely framed his video around values, not policy. It remains to be seen how far left he will go, but in positioning himself as the one last Democrat who can save the country and his own party from the degradation of the Trump era, he granted himself the gravitas his polling merits. He didn’t break out his personal tragedies (including two dead children and one dead wife) or even his policy successes, such as unilaterally turning the Violence Against Women Act into law. Instead, he positioned himself as an arbiter of America, not just the Twitter Left.

    He’s the front-runner, and he’s acting like it. Welcome back, Uncle Joe.

    Source Article from https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-biden-launches-a-big-boy-campaign

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    Biden is Trump’s most anticipated — and feared — rival – CNN
    Biden is Trump’s most anticipated — and feared — rival – CNN

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      The incident occurred as Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un engaged in a war of words and exchanged threats of potential nuclear warfare. By early last year, however, their tone had begun to change as Kim extended an olive branch to his southern, U.S.-backed neighbor, South Korean President Moon Jae-in, and began a new round of diplomacy.

      In December, months after the first-ever U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore and in the lead-up to a follow-up meeting in Vietnam in February, the District Court for the District of Columbia ruled on a $1.1 billion lawsuit filed by Warmbier’s parents, Cindy and Fred, by ordering North Korea to pay $501 million in damages. The judge held the country “liable for the torture, hostage-taking, and extrajudicial killing of Otto Warmbier and the injuries to his mother and father.”

      President Donald Trump speaks with North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27. After the talks, which produced no deal, Trump said he believed Kim was not responsible for jailed student Otto Warmbier’s poor health condition and eventual death. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

      North Korea did not respond to the order, though Warmbier apparently came up during Trump and Kim’s second summit. Trump told reporters after his talks with Kim that he “tells me he didn’t know about it, and I take him at his word.” He added: “I don’t believe he would have allowed that to happen…. It just wasn’t to his advantage to allow that to happen.”

      The comments were received controversially even by political allies such as  Nikki Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the United Nations. Shortly after Trump’s remarks, Haley tweeted: “Americans know the cruelty that was placed on Otto Warmbier by the North Korean regime. Our hearts are with the Warmbier family for their strength and courage. We will never forget Otto.”

      Democratic lawmakers have considered a bill that would officially blame North Korea for Warmbier’s death. Amid questioning on the matter by Representative Tom Malinowski of New Jersey last month, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned against turning the matter into “political football,” saying, “It’s inappropriate.”

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