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Tony's TOP THREE need to know today's Headlines 11/12/2019
#1 Headline
November 11, 2019 at 5:23 p.m. MST
Former
secretary of state Rex Tillerson denied Monday that he sought to
undermine or work against President Trump, as former U.N. ambassador
Nikki Haley claims in a new memoir of her time in the administration.
“During
my service to our country as the Secretary of State, at no time did I,
nor to my direct knowledge did anyone else serving along with me, take
any actions to undermine the President,” Tillerson said in a statement
to The Washington Post.
“My
conversations with the President in the privacy of the Oval Office were
always candid, frank, and my recommendations straightforward. Once the
President made a decision, we at the State Department undertook our best
efforts to implement that decision,”
Tillerson said. “Ambassador Haley
was rarely a participant in my many meetings and is not in a position to
know what I may or may not have said to the President. I continue to be
proud of my service as our country’s 69th Secretary of State.”
Story #2...you need to know..
A new complaint
filed to the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) alleges
the anti-Trump whistleblower violated federal law by soliciting money
via a GoFundMe page.
“We are requesting you investigate whether 18 USC 208, 18 USC 209,
or any other criminal statute or regulation, has been violated by the
federal employee you are protecting when they reportedly requested an
investigation into a matter they had no direct personal knowledge of,
and on account of which they were able to obtain sizeable gifts from
unknown persons because of their official duty,” the complaint reads.
At
the time of publication, the GoFundMe page raised roughly $227,000 from
approximately 6,100 individuals. The GoFundMe page was started by Whistleblower Aid,
a non-profit legal service that “helps patriotic government employees
and brave, private-sector workers report and publicize their concerns —
safely, lawfully, and responsibly.”
The complaint claims these donations constitute gifts to an
intelligence official that would be restricted due to the individual’s
official position. This would be a violation of 5 CFR 2635.203 and potentially other statutes which prohibit gift giving to federal officials.
Story #3, you need to know
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