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Trump Takes The Fifth In New York AG Deposition Examining Company's Finances Trump Takes The Fifth In New York AG Deposition Examining Company's Finances
Trump Takes The Fifth In New York AG Deposition Examining Company's Finances Donald Trump says he will not answer questions in a civil investigation of his business practices in New York. The former president invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination during a deposition on Wednesday morning, Aug. 10 at the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James. The move comes just two days after the FBI conducted a search at Trump's Mar-A-Lago compound in Palm Beach, Florida. The search was reportedly connected to classified documents that may have been taken from the White House to the compound instead of being turned over to the National Archive…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Family Of Woman Charged In Missing Mom Case Says She Has Been 'Treated As Guilty' Family Of Woman Charged In Missing Mom Case Says She Has Been 'Treated As Guilty'
Family Of Woman Charged In Missing Mom Case Says She Has Been 'Treated As Guilty' Two years to the day that a Fairfield County mother, Jennifer Farber Dulos, went missing, the family of a woman charged in connection with her death says they are seeking justice. In a statement released on Monday, May 24, the family of Michelle Troconis said it has suffered two years of injustice toward Michelle. "Michelle is an amazing woman, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, who has been treated unfairly, contrary to what the American justice system is supposed to be about: With freedom and justice for all!" they said. Troconis, who has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Cuomo Signs Bill Banning Sale Of Confederate Flags In New York Cuomo Signs Bill Banning Sale Of Confederate Flags In New York
Cuomo Signs Bill Banning Sale Of Confederate Flags In New York A new bill signed into law by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will ban the sale of Confederate flags and other “hate symbols” on state property. Cuomo announced the new ban this week, which includes the flag, Nazi symbols, and other similar symbols of hate that can no longer be sold in public in New York, though there are some exceptions if they are used for educational or historical purposes. “This country faces a pervasive, growing attitude of intolerance and hate — what I have referred to in the body politic as an American cancer,” Cuomo said. "By limiting the display and sale of the confed…

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by Zak Failla
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Trump Tweets Support For Jeanine Pirro As Fox Pulls Her From Show After Islamophobic Comments Trump Tweets Support For Jeanine Pirro As Fox Pulls Her From Show After Islamophobic Comments
Trump Tweets Support For Jeanine Pirro As Fox Pulls Her From Show After Islamophobic Comments President Donald Trump is going to bat for former Westchester County District Attorney and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro after she was reportedly suspended for making disparaging comments about Muslim Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. Pirro made headlines on her Saturday, March 9 show when she commented that Omar is “not getting this anti-Israel sentiment doctrine from the Democrat Party. So if it’s not rooted in the party, where is she getting it from?”  “Think about it. Omar wears a hijab, which according to the Quran 33:59 tells women to cover so they won’t get molested. Is her adherence to t…

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by Zak Failla
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Ex-Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro's Comments On Muslim Congresswoman Spur Backlash Ex-Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro's Comments On Muslim Congresswoman Spur Backlash
Ex-Westchester DA Jeanine Pirro's Comments On Muslim Congresswoman Spur Backlash Former Westchester District Attorney Jeanine Pirro drew the ire of even her Fox News employers after she made disparaging comments about Muslim congresswoman Ilhan Omar. “She’s not getting this anti-Israel sentiment doctrine from the Democrat Party. So if it’s not rooted in the party, where is she getting it from?” Pirro said during her weekly broadcast on Fox on Saturday. “Think about it. Omar wears a hijab, which according to the Quran 33:59 tells women to cover so they won’t get molested. Is her adherence to this Islamic doctrine indicative of her adherence to Sharia law, which in itself…

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by Zak Failla
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Joe Scarborough Blames Trump For Domestic Terror Plot Targeting Media, Pols Joe Scarborough Blames Trump For Domestic Terror Plot Targeting Media, Pols
Joe Scarborough Blames Trump For Domestic Terror Plot Targeting Media, Pols MSNBC host and New Canaan resident Joe Scarborough took President Donald Trump to task during his "Morning Joe" show, blaming the commander-in-chief for the domestic terror threat that targeted media members and high-ranking Democrats. Scarborough, a former Republican Congressman from Florida, said that the president’s words and rhetoric have encouraged some supporters to commit acts of terrorism on the show Thursday morning, Feb. 21, adding that Trump knows what he and his administration are doing. Scarborough’s remarks came in response to the president calling the New York Times “a t…

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by Zak Failla