Below is my column in The Hill newspaper on the key questions that need to be answered in relation to controversial role of Cambridge Professor Stefan Halper. Called the Walrus, Halper has not given even a “Goo goo g’joob” to media on the details of his past role with the FBI.
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Multiple defendant cases often resemble a lethal form of musical chairs as targets grab deals — leaving the loser still standing to face a full array of charges and cooperating witnesses. Trump former counsel Michael D. Cohen must be feeling like the music is about to stop after his close business associate Evgeny A. Freidman decided to take a deal from prosecutors. Freidman may be the only figure who could compete with Cohen on the higher Richter scale of sleaze. Update: Cohen denies that Freidman was ever this “partner” but does not address prior associations.
If you are planning to join the first Moon colony, you might want to read the latest report from NASA which found that moon dust is actually quite harmful to humans. A recent study published in the April issue of the journal GeoHealth found that moon dust produces what some described as “lunar hay fever.” Indeed, it might give you Moon Lung if you live there long enough.
Publix stores appear to need a Latin-to-English dictionary. When Jacob Koscinski was declared summa cum laude at this Charleston, S.C., home-schooling program, his mother Cara ordered a cake online from Publix to read “Congrats Jacob! Summa Cum Laude class of 2018.” It is a simple recognition of graduating “with distinction.” However, when it arrived, the store had deleted “Cum” as profanity so that cake read “Summa . . . Laude.” Publix will now receive the distinction of pistrina sine laude, or bakery without distinction.
Below is my column in the Hill Newspaper on newly released information on the use of an informant against Trump officials as well as other details stemming from Operation Crossfire Hurricane. The disclosures appear to confirm in large part the allegations made by President Donald Trump at the beginning of his Administration. While denied at the time, it does now appear that campaign officials were surveilled and investigated. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has now referred the allegation to the Inspector General for further investigation. That is a belated but correct decision in light of the troubling implications raised by this new evidence.
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