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An Egyptian Bank Claimed Details of a Suspected $10 Million Payment to Trump Might be in China - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net A bank owned by Egypt said it couldn't comply with a subpoena seeking information on a suspected payment to Trump during the 2016 election, in part, because China's laws would prevent that.
Ashraf Shaaban Abdel Hamid, Group Legal Head, National Bank of Egyptwww.amcham.org.eg Founded in 1898, the National Bank of Egypt (NBE) is the country's first established commercial bank and the largest player in the banking sector. NBE is the market leader in total assets with a market share of 25%, total loans and advances (21.3% market share), and customer deposits (27.5% market share). It has the largest network with 325 branches and outlets and more than 1,735 terminals, as well as the largest customer base with approximately 5 million customers.
Forensic Architecture probe concludes Israeli tank likely killed Palestinian child Hind Rajabwww.middleeasteye.net Investigation reveals Rajab's car was hit with 355 bullets and finds it 'not plausible' that Israeli tank couldn't see children inside car
The Threats that Hunter Biden's Prosecutors Pretended Didn't Exist Continue Unabated - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net When Hunter Biden raised the way Trump had elicited threats against those investigating him, prosecutors simply pretended the threats didn't exist. But the arrest of a rabid Trump supporter last week ...
On Eve of Opening Arguments, WSJ Launders David Weiss' Russian Disinformation Problem - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net How, on the eve of opening arguments in the Hunter Biden case, do you launder the fact that David Weiss reneged on Hunter Biden's plea deal because he was chasing false claims from a guy with close ti...
Multiple Trump Witnesses Have Received Significant Financial Benefits From His Businesses, Campaignwww.propublica.org Witnesses in the various criminal cases against the former president have gotten pay raises, new jobs and more. If any benefits were intended to influence testimony, that could be a crime.
Hunter Biden Prosecutor Leo Wise Aspires to the Be the James Comer of John Durhams - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net Leo Wise aspires to make the Hunter Biden tax case -- what Wise claims is just a "straightforward tax case" -- into the largest Special Counsel trial in recent history. He aims to do that by airing a ...
A Hidden Variable in the Presidential Race: Fears of ‘Trump Forever’www.bloomberg.com Undecided voters are concerned that if Donald Trump returns to the White House, he’ll never leave.
Hunter Biden Prosecutor Derek Hines Confesses He Failed To Do Basic Due Diligence, Again - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net Hunter Biden's prosecutors confess they only this month discovered that the gun shop from which he bought a gun altered the form on which he allegedly lied after the fact.
The Cultivation of Don Jr: A Framework to Think of the Russian Attack - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net With the 2016 attack, Russia didn't need cooperation from Trump's people (though they got it from at least Manafort and Stone and idiot who proved useful Don Jr). They just needed to make any already ...
Another Maggie Haberman NYT Story Covers Up Oleg Deripaska's Role - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net NYT and other media outlets are burying the truly scandalous details of Trump's willingness (and second thoughts) about bringing Paul Manafort back onto a campaign role: his role (witting or not) in R...
Judge Maryellen Noreika Prepares for a Hunter Biden Trial ... without Bates Stamps - emptywheelwww.emptywheel.net Judge Maryellen Noreika relied in a key decision on evidence made available from Rudy Giuliani, while claiming that it derived from Hunter Biden's memoir. That's one of many reasons to be alarmed that...
The Collapse of the News Industry Is Taking Its Soul Down With Itwww.politico.com The decline of the media is sapping journalism of a crucial tool.