Prison for multiple felonies. Cnn reports that after his initial imprisonment in virginia he was then moved to a prison in eastern pennsylvania where he was initially processed to start his federal sentence. Cnn reports and we have confirmed that manafort has now settled in to sort of his forever home at fci loretto, the federal Correctional Institute at loretto, pennsylvania, which is about halfway between harrisburg and pittsburgh. Fun fact about fci loretto, used to be a catholic seminary. Now it is home to donald j. Trump inmate Campaign Chairman inmate now there is the possibility that mr. Manafort will be moved out of fci loretto so he can be closer to his next round of trial proceedings. Youll recall that mr. Manafort was also indicted on new york state charges right after he got his federal sentence, but for now at least he is at the old seminary in western pa and today he was disbarred in the district of columbia. Of course the president s longtime personal lawyer also reporte
North korea dictator kim jonguns recent missile tests. They are a source of alarm and concern among the president s own National Security advisers. Standing next to the Prime Minister. Mr. Trump told supporters he agrees with recent insults aimed at his potential 2020 opponent former Vice President joe biden. Meantime, the president said hes opened to working with House Speaker nancy pelosi and the democrats days after calling a News Conference specifically to slam the door on that idea. I will get reaction from a democrat from the Virgin Islands and our correspondents and analyst versus full coverage of the days top stories. Lets begin with cnn senior White House Correspondent pamela brown. For President Trump today, politics certainly did not stop at the waters edge. Isnt that right, pam . Reporter yeah, thats right, President Trump and Prime Minister abe aim to demonstrate they have an unshakeable bond. Be that you bond has some clear cracks within it came to north korea with Presid
Ally of pompeos that is significant, of course, coming on the heels of the oust of the president s former National Security adviser john bolton, who was widely perceived as being a hawk, someone who clashed frequently with pompeo, with President Trump, frankly, one of the breaking points of course over how to handle iran and whether or not the president should invite members of the taliban to camp david. Something that bolton was staunchly opposed to and of course those are just among the elements that led to his oust so its believed that obrien will work close by with pompeo and we assumed that the president was going to pick someone who had a Good Relationship with pompeo it raises the question, how many dissenting voices will there be. Its also worth noting obrien most recently got headlines for helping to secure the release of rocker a ap rocky who was helping held in sweden some folks might remember his name for that reason i want to underscore a point that you make, the timing of
by Tyler Durden
Thursday, May 06, 2021 - 02:37 PM
For the past few months, one of the reasons why investors had bid up some of the Chinese mega caps is the hope that Joe Biden would undo some of the various investment bans rolled out by the Trump administration as part of ongoing trade war between the US and China. Well, that particular thesis just got hammered after a Bloomberg report that despite Biden s (both Joe and Hunter) notoriously close ties to Beijing, his administration is likely to maintain pressure on China by preserving limits on U.S. investments in certain Chinese companies imposed under former President Donald Trump bucking attempts from Wall Street to ease the restrictions.