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Two MPD Officers Sentenced for 2020 Murder of Karon Hylton-Brown and Subsequent Coverup​


“Terence D. Sutton Jr., 40, a Fourth District police officer, was sentenced today to 66 months in prison and Andrew Zabavsky, 56, an MPD lieutenant, was sentenced to 48 months in prison, in connection with an unauthorized police pursuit that ended in a collision on Oct. 23, 2020, that caused the death of Karon Hylton-Brown, 20, in Northwest Washington D.C. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Acting Special Agent in Charge David Geist of the Washington Field Office.

Sutton was found guilty beyond a reasonable doubt by a unanimous federal jury on December 21, 2022, following a nine-week trial, of second-degree murder, conspiracy to obstruct, and obstruction of justice. The same jury found Zabavsky guilty of conspiracy to obstruct and obstruction of justice. In addition to the prison terms, U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman ordered each defendant to serve three years of supervised release. …”

Trump pardons two D.C. officers convicted in fatal chase and cover-up​

David Shurtz, an attorney representing the estate of Karon Hylton-Brown, 20, said the president’s decision was “outrageous” and “ill-advised.”

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Trump pardons two D.C. officers convicted in fatal chase and cover-up

David Shurtz, an attorney representing the estate of Karon Hylton-Brown, 20, said the president’s decision was “outrageous” and “ill-advised.”
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“… ‘They were arrested, put in jail for five years because they went after an illegal,’ Trump said Tuesday.

‘And I guess something happened where something went wrong, and they arrested the two officers and put them in jail for going after a criminal.’ …”
 

Trump Pardons Anti-Abortion Activists Who Blockaded Clinic​

The move came ahead of the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion rally in Washington where Vice President JD Vance is expected to address attendees.

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Trump Pardons Anti-Abortion Activists Who Blockaded Clinic

The move came ahead of the March for Life, the annual anti-abortion rally in Washington where Vice President JD Vance is expected to address attendees.
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“… The defendants in that case were charged with two federal offenses: conspiring against civil rights and violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, for the parts they played in blocking the entrance to that clinic. That law makes it a crime to threaten, obstruct or injure a person seeking access to a reproductive health clinic or to damage clinic property.

One of the anti-abortion activists, Lauren Handy, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison last year for her role in leading the blockade. Her case drew widespread attention when the police said that they had found five fetuses in her home shortly after she was charged in the case. Other defendants received sentences of less than three years in prison. One defendant, Jay Smith, 34, of Freeport, New York, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 months in prison.

The defendants, their representatives and allies, including Senator Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, have argued that they were exercising their First Amendment right to protest. Mr. Hawley celebrated Mr. Trump’s move Thursday on social media, and he has said that he had urged the president to pardon them swiftly.

The FACE Act, the 1994 law that protects reproductive health clinics, was rarely used during Mr. Trump’s first term. But in response to the State of Texas’ passing a restrictive abortion bill in 2021, Merrick B. Garland, the attorney general in the Biden administration, signaled that the Justice Department saw enforcement of the FACE Act as a priority as it sought to protect the constitutional right to abortion more broadly. …”
 


Ro Khana is a longtime Musk ally who has drawn criticism from other Democrats for supporting (or refusing to join criticism) of DOGE.
 
nycfan said:
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People have also claimed that Musk uncovered 6.5 million people aged 112 or older who are receiving social security.

I don’t know if this came from Musk or some other right wing media.

The truth is that this is from a 2015 study that showed that there are 6.5 million open SSN’s of people that age, most likely caused by a transition from paper to digital records. Furthermore, the study found that only 13 of those were receiving benefits.

So to summarize:

1. Musk had nothing to do with it but either took credit for it or someone else gave him credit.
2. The potential fraud was for 13 individuals not 6.5 million.

And the rubes on Facebook are like, “Once we fix that we can all get a livable wage from social security.”

Good luck with that.
 
ZenMode said:
Based on what?

Trump has said he plans to implement his "Wait in Mexico" program. That doesn't imply stopping legal immigration. That implies handling asylum seekers in a different way.

He's also never said, as far as I know, anything implying completely stopping legal immigration.
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LOL, well he says that everyone must follow the legal process while simultaneously shutting down any legal avenues. What does that amount to?

Also, when are we supposed to believe what he says and when are we supposed to read more into it or less into it? I lose track.
 
Related:

Trump Pauses Enforcement of Law Banning Foreign Bribery​

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to pay foreign government officials to secure or keep business deals.

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Trump Pauses Enforcement of Law Banning Foreign Bribery

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to pay foreign government officials to secure or keep business deals.
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The law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, makes it illegal for companies that operate in the United States to pay foreign government officials to secure business deals. Though the law was enacted in 1977, federal authorities have more heavily enforced it since around 2005, cracking down on bribery, especially in countries where it is a common business practice.

Mr. Trump has objected to the law, which has led to charges and huge fines against some of the world’s largest companies. In November, U.S. prosecutors accused Gautam Adani, the Indian tycoon, of bribing Indian officials and charged him with fraud. His company has called those claims “baseless.”

Companies that have paid fines under the act include the engineering conglomerate Siemensand the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson. In 2020, Goldman Sachs agreed to pay more than $2.9 billion to resolve charges that employees at its Malaysian subsidiary had paid$1 billion in bribes to foreign officials.

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The law has been “abused in a manner that harms the interests of the United States,” Mr. Trump’s executive order on Monday said, adding that its enforcement was impeding foreign policy objectives.

The order bars federal authorities from starting any new investigations under the act or enforcing new actions for 180 days. The administration will also review existing investigations launched under the act, it said, to “restore proper bounds” on the law.

It also directs the attorney general to issue new guidance on how to enforce the act “that promotes American competitiveness and efficient use of federal law enforcement resources.” …”
 
ZenMode said:
Based on what?

Trump has said he plans to implement his "Wait in Mexico" program. That doesn't imply stopping legal immigration. That implies handling asylum seekers in a different way.

He's also never said, as far as I know, anything implying completely stopping legal immigration.
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Aside from everything he and Stephen Miller have ever done or said, nothing.
 
I’ll give the orange man this….the America public is going to eat up DOGE and love it. They will take an example here and there where a mistake was made (condoms, hotel overpayment, etc) and talk about them constantly. Those will be things that the administration will constantly put out there and the public, which has a very negative belief in Washington, will assume that what they have always believed is now confirmed. The system is rigged, waste is everywhere and folks get rich off of taxpayers
 
HintonJamesHeel said:
I’ll give the orange man this….the America public is going to eat up DOGE and love it. They will take an example here and there where a mistake was made (condoms, hotel overpayment, etc) and talk about them constantly. Those will be things that the administration will constantly put out there and the public, which has a very negative belief in Washington, will assume that what they have always believed is now confirmed. The system is rigged, waste is everywhere and folks get rich off of taxpayers
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And too stupid that all of this is for Trump and Musk to line their pockets. These people have also never heard the phrases throw the baby out with the bath water, and cut off your nose to spite your face.
 

Not Hyperbole Anymore: Musk Is In Charge of the US Government​

“… I had not had a chance to look at the new DOGE executive order the President signed this afternoon with Elon Musk standing beside him. I don’t think it’s too much to say that it puts Musk functionally in control of the U.S. government. I know that sounds pretty wild. And that may not apply to high-profile policy — two budget bills or one on Capitol Hill, plans for Gaza.

But let me explain what it does.

A DOGE operative, called a “DOGE Team Lead,” will be assigned to every agency, department, etc., of the federal government.

That team lead, who will presumably report to Elon Musk since Musk is the head of DOGE, will be in charge of all hiring and firing decisions at their particular department.

The EO lays out a government downsizing plan in which only one new government employee can be hired for every four who leave service. It adds various new reasons for termination.

And it puts the overall plan for the downsizing in the hands of DOGE, which is to say, Musk.

And note here the relationship between the “DOGE Team Leads” and the heads of the various departments …

(b) Hiring Approval. Each Agency Head shall develop a data-driven plan, in consultation with its DOGE Team Lead, to ensure new career appointment hires are in highest-need areas.
(i) This hiring plan shall include that new career appointment hiring decisions shall be made in consultation with the agency’s DOGE Team Lead, consistent with applicable law.
(ii) The agency shall not fill any vacancies for career appointments that the DOGE Team Lead assesses should not be filled, unless the Agency Head determines the positions should be filled.
(iii) Each DOGE Team Lead shall provide the United States DOGE Service (USDS) Administrator with a monthly hiring report for the agency.
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I tell ya, I’m tryin’, dear friends. I’m struggling here not to engage in hyperbole.

But I don’t know what else to call these people besides political commissars. And again, they report to Elon Musk.

He’s already very clearly operating here as an independent actor whose actions the President blesses after he’s found out what’s happened. This is a parallel overlaying of authority over the entire structure of the U.S. government. …”

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Not Hyperbole Anymore: Musk Is In Charge of the US Government

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CarolinaFever said:
And too stupid that all of this is for Trump and Musk to line their pockets. These people have also never heard the phrases throw the baby out with the bath water, and cut off your nose to spite your face.
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Politics are rough but this DOGE stuff is going to play. I’m convinced that Harris was unelectable when she said the thing about taxpayer funding prisoners trans surgeries. How often would that even happen? Doesn’t matter. Play the ad enough and that’s all folks hear.

$50m of my money for condoms? Folks will be outraged.
 
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