Bolton can publish book on Trump despite efforts to block it: judge
A federal judge ruled on Saturday that former national security adviser
John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book despite
efforts by the Trump administration to block the release because of
concerns that classified information could be exposed.
From a
practical perspective, the ruling clears the path for a broader
election-year readership and distribution of a memoir, due out on
Tuesday, that paints an unflattering portrait of President Donald
Trump's foreign policy decision-making during the turbulent
year-and-a-half that Bolton spent in the White House.Trump knew exactly who Bolton was when he hired him. Bolton had less of an idea of who Trump was until he joined the White House. Two rogue elephants weren't about to survive in the same paddock. But then one was never as bright but survived. Do Americans really care about Foreign Policy? (ODT)
Obvious Maladies: Prepublication Reviews and Trump’s Bolton Problem
What seems so reprehensible to good slashings of commentary on Trump, the latest Bolton revelations on the Chinese connection being no different is that the president is not merely a narcissist but distinctly incapable of pure, patriotic sentiment. Transactional politics frustrates the fevered ideologue, the flag bearing fanatics. It is that sort of disposition that seems to trouble Bolton, who makes the almost boring point that Trump’s decisions were all “driven by re-election calculations.” (What an odd sentiment from a political figure!) Trump’s triumph, at least so far, has been to keep that side of the patriotic sham formidable and valuable. Should his supporters work out that he is, at heart, a businessman first before being a MAGA patriot, they might reconsider their options.
Donald Trump has 'fired' top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, say reports
William
Barr says the US President has fired Geoffrey Berman, the top federal
prosecutor in Manhattan whose office is investigating Trump's lawyer
Rudolph Giuliani.
Barr unexpectedly announced Berman was stepping down and would be
replaced by US Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Jay Clayton.Berman, however, issued a statement of his own, saying he had no intention of stepping down until the Senate confirms his successor.
We call Branch Stacking a Scandal. This according to Australia's ultra-right is the sort of justice system we should have and we do. When court cases are held in secret and the accused defence lawyer is threatened with jail for speaking out. Laws against rather for whistleblowing and protest to prevent rather than support criticism are the priority. ABC funding slashed to smother critical reporting. All conducted in the world's only Democracy that has no Bill of Rights or protections guaranteeing the civil rights of its citizens but a government that is intent on only protecting itself rather than the people it serves. Then we are living in the current state of Trump (ODT)
Why secret hearings aren't the most unusual part of the case against Witness K lawyer Bernard Collaery
Parts of the prosecution against Bernard Collaery have been heard inside a closed court, but that's not the most unusual part of the case or what has sent shivers through other prominent Canberra lawyers.
In Canberra, there are, from time to time, spies who
find themselves in need of a lawyer, and there are lawyers who are
vetted and security cleared to help.
The fact that
Mr Collaery, a prominent Canberra lawyer and former ACT
attorney-general was charged alongside his client, Witness K is bound to have sent a chill through others doing similar work.
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