Month: January 2020

A new lawsuit says Jeffrey Epstein trafficked and sexually abused dozens of young girls on one of his private islands in the Caribbean. Here's an inside look at the islands.

Click:vape brands OEM / ODM Rick Friedman Photography via Getty; Marco Bello/Reuters In July, New York Magazine reported that Jeffrey Epstein owned two neighboring private islands in the US Virgin Islands, which cost him over $25 million collectively. Epstein’s real-estate portfolio has played a major role in the sexual-abuse allegations against him. On August 12, 2019,…

By HotelSalesCareers January 17, 2020 Off

Ukraine Announces Investigation into Alleged Surveillance of U.S. Amb. Yovanovitch by Giuliani Associates

Ukraine’s Interior Ministry announced Thursday that it was opening a criminal probe into allegations of illegal surveillance of former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch by associates of Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani. The news comes after the House released documents turned over by businessman Lev Parnas, who is under indictment for campaign-finance charges and allegedly…

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Trump donor allegedly spying on Ukraine ambassador was ‘drunk all the time’, Giuliani associate says

An associate of Rudy Giuliani has claimed the Trump donor who allegedly spied on former US ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was “drunk all the time”. In an explosive interview with MSNBC, Lev Parnas, an associate of Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, dismissed suggestions that Republican activist Robert Hyde was tracking the movements of Ms Yovanovitch. Documents released…

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Here’s what the Parnas revelations mean for Trump

Lev Parnas, the indicted Rudy Giuliani associate at the center of the Ukraine controversy, has disrupted the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. With a slate of newly released documents from House investigators and round of TV interviews, Parnas and his attorney have offered remarkable — if true — details about just…

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Five things to know in the case of Huawei's Meng

Click:you can Shanghai (AFP) – Hearings into whether a Huawei executive can be extradited to the United States will begin on January 20 in Vancouver, in a case with potential repercussions for ties between the US, China and Canada. Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of the Chinese telecom giant and daughter of its founder…

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Bureaucracy to brutality: New evidence reveals IS hierarchy

BEIRUT (AP) — Documents compiled by a U.S.-based Syrian rights group reveal how Islamic State militants used one of their most powerful bureaucratic bodies to regulate daily life and impose and execute penalties. The new evidence could be used in international prosecutions. The Washington-based Syria Justice and Accountability Center said Thursday that the evidence —…

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