February 10, 2018

WH speechwriter makes 6 senior officials to leave Trumps executive branch in the last 48 hours

Source: Raw Story

Noor Al-Sibai
09 Feb 2018 at 18:28 ET


. . . News of White House staff secretary Rob Porter’s resignation amid uncovered allegations of domestic abuse have dominated headlines for nearly three days, but on Friday, two officials — one also in the White House, the other in the Justice Department— roiled Washington as well.

Friday evening, the New York Times reported that Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, the number two official in the Russia investigation, was resigning along with her assistant. That news was followed almost immediately by reports that White House deputy chief of staff John Carroll also resigned after Politico reported Thursday that chief of staff John Kelly was dissatisfied with his performance. Carroll, CNN reported, is leaving the West Wing to lead the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

A few hours after Carroll’s departure, The Washington Post reported that White House speechwriter David Sorenson had also left the administration after his ex-wife accused him of domestic abuse, making him the second Trump staffer accused of violence against women this week.

Yesterday, two high ranking officials within the Justice Department also resigned: the FBI’s public affairs assistant director Mike Kortan and the DOJ’s counterintelligence and export control chief David Laufman.


* edit - the deputy chief of staff name should be Jim Carroll


Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/wh-deputy-chief-staffs-resignation-makes-5-senior-officials-leave-trumps-executive-branch-last-48-hours/#.Wn4u-G9wqAQ.twitter

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Too many remain.

January 28, 2018

NY AG investigating group that sells fake Twitter followers

Source: The Hill


NY AG investigating group that sells fake Twitter followers

By Josh Delk - 01/27/18 06:34 PM EST

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Saturday began an investigation of a group that sells fake Twitter followers, The New York Times reports.

Devumi, an American company known as a so-called follower factory, has sold more than 200 million fake Twitter followers manufactured to other users in the global marketplace.

Devumi has created millions of "bot" accounts, some that take information from real users, that people buy to build an audience on Twitter.

"Impersonation and deception are illegal under New York law," Schneiderman tweeted. "We’re opening an investigation into Devumi and its apparent sale of bots using stolen identities."



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/371067-ny-ag-investigating-group-that-sells-fake-twitter-followers

January 13, 2018

The Shithole 6

Tom Cotton

Mario Diaz-Balart

Bob Goodlatte

Lindsey Graham

Kevin McCarthy

David Perdue



Did not publicly condemn what they heard.