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The co-founder of a “lawfare” group with close ties to Israeli intelligence led a terror cell that carried out attacks on Palestinian civilians in the 1980s.
Shurat HaDin lawyer and co-founder Aviel “Avi” Leitner was convicted of a series of violent attacks on Palestinians,
Middle East Eyerevealed this month.
Shurat HaDin claims to be a “civil rights” organization fighting terrorism in foreign courts, and that it is independent from the Israeli government.
The legal office of the Israeli government’s National Security Council “saw the use of civil courts as a way to do things that they are not authorized to do,” the cable quoted its president saying.
an extraordinary attack on the authority of congress to obtain information needed to conduct oversight of treasury, the irs, and the tax laws on behalf of the american people who participate in the nation s voluntary tax system. and the new york times points out, quote, the case may ultimately go to the supreme court, and the outcome is likely to determine whether financial information that mr. trump has kept closely guarded in spite of longstanding presidential tradition will be viewed by congress and ultimately the public. president trump s attorney jay sekulow reacted to the lawsuit with a statement that reads, we will respond to this latest presidential harassment in court. david farenthold of the washington post and mimi rocah, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, now a distinguished fellow at the pace university law school. thank you to both of you for being here. david, you and i have talked about this for so long that one
oversight of treasury, the irs, and the tax laws on behalf of the american people who participate in the nation s voluntary tax system. and the new york times points out, quote, the case may ultimately go to the supreme court, and the outcome is likely to determine whether financial information that mr. trump has kept closely guarded in spite of longstanding presidential tradition will be viewed by congress and ultimately the public. president trump s attorney jay sekulow reacted to the lawsuit with a statement that reads, we will respond to this latest presidential harassment in court. david farenthold of the washington post and mimi rocah, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, now a distinguished fellow of criminal justice at the pace university law school. thank you to both of you for being here. david, you and i have talked about this for so long that one would be forgiven for not understanding, after all we know about donald trump, what we
in may, treasury secretary steve mnuchin rejected a subpoena from democrats for trump s returns. today s lawsuit says the defendants have, quote, mounted an extraordinary attack on the authority of congress to obtain information needed to conduct oversight of treasury, the irs, and the tax laws on behalf of the american people who participate in the nation s voluntary tax system. and the new york times points out, quote, the case may ultimately go to the supreme court, and the outcome is likely to determine whether financial information that mr. trump has kept closely guarded in spite of longstanding presidential tradition will be viewed by congress and ultimately the public. president trump s attorney jay sekulow reacted to the lawsuit with a statement that reads, we will respond to this latest presidential harassment in court. david farenthold of the washington post and mimi rocah, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, now a distinguished fellow at
president, you can practically hear the sounds of the democrats moving the goal post. the time for endless delay and obstruction has come to a close. judge kavanaugh s nomination is out of committee. we are considering it here on the floor. and mr. president, we will be voting this week. with that, let s bring in our leadoff panel on a monday night. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times, sean henry, former executive assistant director at the fbi. and mimi rocca, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. now a distinguished professor of criminal justice at pace university law school. good evening and welcome to you all. peter, you shared the by line breaking the news today that the white house i ll say this. it had the air of a white house relenting in ex-pangd tpanding h and scope of the fbi investigation. you have also written about the fact that it is not without its risk. that s exactly right.