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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1075405)	6/26/2018 6:31:46 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574767

She self destructed dude Following Maxine Water advice isn't the smartest decision to make Red Hen Owner Resigns As Director Of Volunteer-Organization After Backlash by Tyler Durden Tue, 06/26/2018 - 17:24 0 SHARES Stephanie Wilkinson, the now infamous social justice warrior that kicked Sarah Sanders out of her Red Hen restaurant, has resigned from a local volunteer group following major backlash. [url=][/url] As the local NBC news outlet reports, Stephanie Wilkinson has resigned from her role as Executive Director with Main Street Lexington, a volunteer-based organization. [url=][/url] Stephanie WilkinsonElizabeth Outland Branner, the president of the organization, accepted Wilkinson's resignation Tuesday morning. "Considering the events of the past weekend, Stephanie felt it best that for the continued success of Main Street Lexington, she should step aside," Branner wrote in an email. Per the organization's website: Main Street Lexington exists to enhance the economic prosperity and cultural vitality of our community, re-establishing downtown Lexington as the vibrant economic and cultural nexus of our area while maintaining its unique character. [url=][/url] We are a volunteer-based organization established in 2013. We are affiliate members of the Virginia Main Street Program, which uses a proven "Four Point Approach" created by the National Main Street Center to achieve economic revitalization in the context of historic preservation. We wonder if "she'd do it all again" now?

To: Brumar89 who wrote (1075405)	6/26/2018 7:36:56 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574767

Manafort loses bid to dismiss Virginia charges WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort was dealt a major loss on Tuesday when a federal judge who had previously expressed some sympathy for Manafort refused to dismiss charges brought against him by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Judge T.S. Ellis in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that Mueller was properly appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in May 2017 and has the authority to prosecute Manafort. “Because the Special Counsel’s appointment was consistent with both Constitutional requirements regarding appointment of officers and statutory requirements governing the authority to conduct criminal litigation on behalf of the United States, the Special Counsel had legal authority to investigate and to prosecute this matter and dismissal of the superseding indictment is not warranted,” Ellis wrote in his opinion. A spokesman for Manafort declined to comment on the ruling. Tuesday’s decision by Ellis marks the second time now that a federal judge has upheld Mueller’s prosecutorial power – a pattern that could have wide-ranging and important implications as he continues his investigation into whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia. Previously, Judge Amy Berman Jackson for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia also refused to dismiss charges against Manafort, after his lawyers sought to discredit Mueller’s probe by accusing Rosenstein of violating Justice Department rules governing the appointment of special counsels. Manafort is facing two indictments in Washington and nearby Alexandria, Virginia, arising from Mueller’s investigation into potential collusion between Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and Russia. His Virginia trial starts in July and his Washington trial is scheduled for September. Manafort has pleaded not guilty to charges including conspiring to launder money, bank and tax fraud and failing to register as a foreign agent for the pro-Russia Ukraine government. None of the charges relate to work he performed on the 2016 presidential campaign. Trump has denied that his campaign colluded with Russia, and called Mueller’s investigation a witch hunt. Ellis had previously expressed skepticism about whether Mueller had the power to bring charges against Manafort. At a hearing in May, he mused that Mueller should not have “unfettered power” and told prosecutors they were only pursuing Manafort so that he would turn over dirt on Trump. Trump later praised his comments and read them aloud to his audience during a speech at a meeting of the National Rifle Association. Ellis on Tuesday maintained that he still has strong concerns about the use of special counsels or prosecutors more generally. “The Constitution’s system of checks and balances, reflected to some extent in the regulations at issue, are designed to ensure that no single individual or branch of government has plenary or absolute power,” he wrote. “The appointment of special prosecutors has the potential to disrupt these checks and balances, and to inject a level of toxic partisanship into investigation of matters of public importance.” Manafort has been held in a jail in Virginia since the federal judge overseeing the Washington case revoked his bond on June 15, after prosecutors presented evidence during a court hearing about Manafort’s alleged efforts to influence witnesses’ testimony while he was under house arrest.