[FOREIGNPOLICY] A top congressional ethics official who oversees investigations into misconduct by lawmakers is accused in a federal lawsuit of verbally abusing and physically assaulting women and using his federal position to influence local law enforcement, according to a complaint filed in a federal court in Pennsylvania last month.
The ongoing lawsuit against Omar Ashmawy, staff director and chief counsel of the Office of Congressional Ethics, stems from his involvement in a late-night brawl in 2015 in Milford, Pennsylvania, and includes a range of allegations relating to his behavior that evening and in the following two-and-half years.
Ashmawy’s office conducts the preliminary investigations into allegations of misconduct in the House of Representatives, deciding which cases to pursue or refer to the Committee on Ethics. He is named in congressional documents as the official who presented one of the investigations into John Conyers, the Democratic lawmaker from Michigan accused of sexual harassment, to the ethics committee for further action.
Among other allegations, Ashmawy is accused in the lawsuit of “threatening to use his position as staff director and chief counsel of the Office of Congressional Ethics to induce a criminal proceeding to be brought against Plaintiff and/or others,” according to the federal lawsuit filed against him.
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Don't know about you, but I'm tired of this witch hunt.
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Getting a better understanding why female Leftists complain about a culture of rape. They live in that pond and operating on their ingrained habit of Freudian Projection think everyone is doing it, only worse. Enjoy the shadows on the cave wall ladies.
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But net neutrality was a promise of more Free Stuff™ and we kno, once promised, it can never be taken away on pain of a stage managed tantrum from the left.
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Net Neutrality was guaranteed to keep smaller ISPs from entering the market with tons of regulation. The big boys can absorb the hit, the small ones can't.
Government choosing the winners. What a fascist idea...
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And without that handful of multi-billion dollar corporations, as much as I dislike some of them, there would be no Internet. The alternative is for the government to provide all that infrastructure. Ready for that?
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The left would *love* for the government to provide and rule manage the internet.
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It's so tempting to respond to their frantic bleatings on Arsebook but I keep politics off there because my wife dislikes all the whining that it brings.
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"Net Neutrality" is another one of those false eupharysms from the democrats that the actual regulations do exactly opposite what they are called. This net neutrality thing guarantees that blogs and on line services that do not give equal time to opposing ideas can be shut down...unless you are a democrat. Much like "Affordable Care Act" and "Consumer Credit Protection Acts".
And with a pack of lefties on the panel, all we would have left was big brother.
The left set in place a number of regulations that were supposed to be steppingstones to a socialist/leftist "paradise". Hillary was supposed to continue the work with the media running cover until they were disposable useful idiots of the left. Taken with the weaponizing of the IRS, EPA, DoJ, FBI, BLM, and other agencies, both literally and figuratively, we were on the verge of a totalitarian nightmare.
That's why Trump's election was such a big deal and that's why the left is going knuckles to the firewall to take him down. Too bad the Internet has a long memory and nothing can be said or done without a record.
Our democracy dodged a bullet with Trump. I don't think he is a very good POTUS, compared to other good POTUS in the past, but he is doing just enough good and unwinding just enough of the leftist BS that OBAMA and the democrats put into place to save our way of life.
The millennials and the snowflakes have no idea of what would have happened to their safe places and trigger warnings had Hillary been elected and the master plan put into place.
They should have been reading Trotsky instead of Alinsky to get an idea of what was to come.
I still don't understand what the IRS needed with armored cars...or BLM needing storm trooper SWAT teams.
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Those on the left think everything Obama is good and those on the right tend to think anything coming from Obama was bad. I always suspect alternative motives from Obama.
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I don't think he is a very good POTUS, compared to other good POTUS in the past,
This is one of those times when context is everything. Given what he has to deal with I think DT is doing all you could hope for.
The key here is that while Trump could "theoretically" do more, draining a swamp is hard for one person.
I hoped when he was elected (not my first choice by a ways) was that he would tear the masks off the treasonous Swamp creatures. He is doing that, hopefully that will be enough to ameliorate the corrupt status quo.
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If something is done by executive order or by bureaucratic regulation it is much easier for the next administration to turn it around. It was not an act of Congress. My fear is the Dims get control of Congress soon and then make stuff like this truly law.
Venezuela's President, Nicolás Maduro, says the country's main opposition parties are banned from taking part in next year's presidential election.
He said only parties which took part in Sunday's mayoral polls would be able to contest the presidency.
Leaders from the Justice First, Popular Will and Democratic Action parties boycotted the vote because they said the electoral system was biased.
President Maduro insists the Venezuelan system is entirely trustworthy.
In a speech on Sunday, he said the opposition parties had "disappeared from the political map".
"A party that has not participated today and has called for the boycott of the elections can't participate anymore," he said.
In October, the three main opposition parties announced they would be boycotting Sunday's vote, saying it only served what they called President Maduro's dictatorship.
President Maduro says his party won more than 300 of the 335 mayoral races being contested. The election board put turn out at 47%.
Venezuela has been mired in a worsening economic crisis characterised by shortages of basic goods and soaring inflation.
Mr Maduro's pronouncement is designed to provoke the opposition. Especially since he justified the move saying it was a condition set out by the National Constituent Assembly - a body that the opposition refuses to recognise because they say it is undemocratic.
Mr Maduro has lost popularity because of the worsening economic crisis. In the face of criticism, his strategy has been one of "divide and conquer" - find ways of weakening the opposition to make them less of a threat.
And he hs succeeded - he has imprisoned some of the most popular opposition leaders like Leopoldo López. He has prevented others like Henrique Capriles from running for office. And now this threat - banning the most influential parties from taking part in future elections. The opposition is in crisis and Mr Maduro is gloating.
Mr Maduro said he was following the criteria set by the National Constituent Assembly in banning opposition parties from contesting next year's election.
But the assembly, which came into force in August and has the ability to rewrite the constitution, is made up exclusively of government loyalists. Opposition parties see it as a way for the president to cling to power.
The presidential vote had been scheduled for December 2018, but analysts say it could now be brought forward.
Venezuela, in the north of South America, is home to more than 30 million people. It has some of the world's largest oil deposits as well as huge quantities of coal and iron ore.
Despite its rich natural resources many Venezuelans live in poverty. This led President Maduro's predecessor, Hugo Chávez, to style himself as a champion of the poor during his 14 years in office.
Now the country is starkly divided between supporters of President Maduro and those who want an end to the Socialist Party's 18 years in government.
Supporters of Mr Maduro say his party has lifted many people out of poverty, but critics say it has eroded Venezuela's democratic institutions and mismanaged its economy.
[FreeBeacon] Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton struck a deal with the State Department while serving in the Obama administration that allowed her to take ownership of records she did not want made public, according to recently released reports.
Clinton and her then-deputy chief of staff Huma Abedin were permitted to remove electronic and physical records under a claim they were "personal" materials and "unclassified, non-record materials." W...T...F..?
Judicial Watch made the revelation after filing a FOIA request with the State Department and obtaining a record of the agreement.
The newly released documents show the deal allowed Clinton and Abedin to remove documents related to particular calls and schedules, and the records would not be "released to the general public under FOIA." Abedin, for instance, was allowed to remove electronic records and five boxes of physical files, including files labeled "Muslim Engagement Documents." "Oh, these? They're just some old records relating to arranged marriages. It's a Muslim 'Thing." Do you really want to go there Mr. Inspector?
The released records included a list of designated materials that "would not be released to the general public under FOIA" and were to be released "to the Secretary with this understanding."
Electronic copy of "daily files" ‐ which are word versions of public documents and non-records: speeches/press statements/photos from the website, a non-record copy of the schedule, a non record copy of the call log, press clips, and agenda of daily activities
Electronic copy of a log of calls the Secretary made since 2004, it is a non-record, since her official calls are logged elsewhere (official schedule and official call log)
Electronic copy of the Secretary’s "call grid" which is a running list of calls she wants to make (both personal and official)
16 boxes: Personal Schedules (1993 thru 2008-prior to the Secretary’s tenure at the Department of State.
29 boxes: Miscellaneous Public Schedules during her tenure as FLOTUS and Senator-prior to the Secretary’s tenure at the Department of State
1 box: Personal Reimbursable receipts (6/25/2009 thru 1/14/2013)
1 box: Personal Photos
1 box: Personal schedule (2009-2013) 1 box: Cloth Computer Wipes
A physical file of "the log of the Secretary’s gifts with pictures of gifts" was also handed over to Clinton. Gifts received by government employees is highly regulated, and often strictly limited. However, gifts that are "motivated by a family relationship or personal friendship" may be accepted without limitation.
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton released a statement condemning the agreement between the government and Clinton.
"We already know the Obama State Department let Hillary Clinton steal and then delete her government emails, which included classified information. But these new records show that was only part of the scandal," Fitton said. "These new documents show the Obama State Department had a deal with Hillary Clinton to hide her calls logs and schedules, which would be contrary to FOIA and other laws."
"When are the American people going to get an honest investigation of the Clinton crimes?" he added.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton struck a deal with the State Department while serving in the Obama administration that allowed her to take ownership of records she did not want made public, according to recently released reports.
Hillary's deal with the State Dept. was Hillary making a deal with herself. Free Beacon doesn't seem to know that.
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She also struck a deal with the FBI to keep her server private.
She also struck a deal with the justice department via tarmac discussion to stay out of jail
She also struck a deal with DNC to keep any viable candidate out of the Dem Primary
She also struck a deal with the media to keep her health issues out of the media.........
Williams denies taking anything from the office, but a Secret Service agent testified that he saw her carrying a stack of files from the area of his office. Williams also has said repeatedly that Hillary Clinton did not direct White House counsel Nussbaum to alter his agreement with Justice Department officials and limit their search two days after Foster's death, July 22. ............(1993)
House Speaker Paul Ryan denied reporters he’s contemplating retirement, telling reporters Thursday he has no plans to step down anytime soon.
“I ain’t going anywhere,” he said while leaving the Capitol.
It helps to check with the person involved, instead of relying on those claiming to know.
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I will take them ALL out if I can.
And I told you I would.
I hate it, the way they all think and succumb under marxist pressure and the foolish prospects and the idiot ideas. The States should be running This Nation, not them.
And they did not do as any of them said they did.
Majority means nothing when you have none of the majority doing the right thing.
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When coaches announce their retirements, it is often said they've mentally retired six months to a year previously. In Ryan's case, I'll bump his 'previously' to five years.
So it's all about him, forget the business of the people; tax bill, budget, etc.
- They allegedly served Bill and Hillary Clinton with 'blind loyalty' and colluded with the couple in the 'Chinagate' campaign finance scandal in 1996
- The Chinese government was accused of using shell companies to donate to Democrats to buy access for Chinese goods to be imported to the US
- Agents knowingly allowed Chinese generals - disguised in civilian clothing - in the White House and logged them in as 'business guests' at the couple's request
- The Secret Service also ignored the contents of brown paper bags brought into the White House by Chinese officials
- Hillary allegedly once threw a Bible at an agent on her detail and hit him on the back of the head
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They weren't loyal to Der Slickmeister and Hildebeast as much as they were loyal to a lifestyle. One does not get on PPD by being a bonehead. When they get there the are usually a GS13/14 w/LEAP, a G-ride, tons of O/T and per diem on travel. Kids going to great schools in Fairfax County and career prospects are high. Compare that with rummaging through dumpsters in Fairbanks , AK looking for phony credit card receipts. Do the math.
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PPD - Presidential Protective Detail LEAP - Special pay somewhat akin to military Special Duty Pay (SDP). G-Ride - Government vehicle.
Violate the employment agreement (cone of silence), and 'dumpsters in Fairbanks' might start to look quite rewarding. Your clearance is suspended and your career in law enforcement is finished.
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It's gotta be a helluva salary and perks if they were willing to take out the towels after Bill was done with them.
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I think I'd ask for more than a Crown Victoria though.
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Well there are Crown Vics and there are Crown Vics. The ones the SS and the FBI tuddle around in bear no resemblance to the ones the LAPD or other PDs drive.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Venezuela's President, Nicolás Maduro, says the country's main opposition parties are banned from taking part in next year's presidential election.
