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muriel_volestrangler

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16. I hadn't realised Epshteyn had worked directly for Trump - in the White House
Wed Dec 11, 2019, 03:21 PM
Dec 2019
Epshteyn became a special assistant in the Trump administration as it took office. He wrote Trump's controversial statement for Holocaust Remembrance Day in January 2017, which omitted any mention of the Jewish people.[13] Following criticism of the omission, press secretary Sean Spicer defended the statement as written by "an individual who is both Jewish and the descendent of Holocaust survivors."[13][14] At the end of March 2017, it was reported that unnamed sources had said Epshteyn was resigning.[15]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Epshteyn#Trump_administration

But look at what sterling qualification he had for the Trump regime:

Two years ago, Epshteyn was charged with misdemeanour assault in Scottsdale, Arizona, following a bar fight. The charge was dropped after he agreed to undergo anger management counselling and perform community service.
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In 2009, he became vice-president for legal affairs at a small financial firm, West America Securities, in which his wife's uncle, Charles J. Newman, held a stake. By then, the company and its chief executive, Robert B. Kay, who was a longtime associate of Newman's, had a history of run-ins with regulators, public filings show.

As a result of an episode involving Kay, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, a Wall Street regulator, took the unusual step in 2013 of expelling West America, effectively shutting it down. Epshteyn and Newman were not accused of wrongdoing in the matter.
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The company, Sigma Development Corp., alleged that Epshteyn and his partner had accepted an initial $US100,000 payment to help find it investors for a Disneyland-style theme park in Houston, and then failed to deliver on promises.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/boris-epshteyn-donald-trumps-tv-attack-dog-20161014-gs2820.html

How did the Trump operation find such a competent, upstanding man who gets into bar fights in his 30s, and has had 2 out of 3 of the firms he's worked for involved in legal problems (plus, as a bonus, working on the 2008 Palin campaign)? Why, he's a friend of Eric Trump. Did you need to ask?

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It was state issued propaganda RhodeIslandOne Dec 2019 #1
This sounds good, however..... guillaumeb Dec 2019 #2
IOW, local TV news as it has existed for decades... brooklynite Dec 2019 #7
Exactly. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #12
"To allot additional airtime for this storytelling..." lagomorph777 Dec 2019 #20
Exactly. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #23
The russian subsidies must have dried up C_U_L8R Dec 2019 #3
They said it: "this storytelling": propaganda dressed as investigative journalism. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2019 #4
+1 lagomorph777 Dec 2019 #21
Cross was just hired in Jan 19 as the 'liberal.' Have to appease their base. CurtEastPoint Dec 2019 #5
What exactly does their investigative journalism consist of? dewsgirl Dec 2019 #6
I am glad that Boris is gone Gothmog Dec 2019 #8
I'm sure Sinclair will have IJ that asks, "Why does the press discrimnate against Nazis?" Opel_Justwax Dec 2019 #9
And the old standby durablend Dec 2019 #15
Ah ha, Wellstone ruled Dec 2019 #10
"Investigative Journalism" Trump Propaganda By "Journalists" zaj Dec 2019 #11
Wait and see... trust but verify... look for their 'behavior/actions' rather than mere words. NotHardly Dec 2019 #13
Sinclair is under different market pressure. cab67 Dec 2019 #14
I hadn't realised Epshteyn had worked directly for Trump - in the White House muriel_volestrangler Dec 2019 #16
Translation: "Our ratings have been dropping for local news broadcasts." MineralMan Dec 2019 #17
Womp womp! Initech Dec 2019 #18
I find Boris Epshteyn personally repugnant and immediately change the station. No Vested Interest Dec 2019 #19
So... Miguelito Loveless Dec 2019 #22
Can't compete with OANN? Mc Mike Dec 2019 #24
"Is Hillary still deleting her emails? Why can't Bill control his woman? More at Ten" progree Dec 2019 #25
They are really afraid of being on the wrong side of history. LiberalArkie Dec 2019 #26
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