Trump at center of 'most serious allegation of a bribe in White House
history': reporter
August 5, 2024 9:48AM ET
Trump at center of 'most serious allegation of a bribe in White House
history': reporter

Last week, the Washington Post reported that former Attorney General Bill
Barr shut down a probe into whether the Egyptian government illegally
funneled $10 million to former President Donald Trump's campaign in 2016.

On Monday morning, one of the reporters behind the scoop took to social
media to discuss why this was such an explosive development.

Writing on Twitter, Post reporter Carol Leonnig said that the investigation
into whether Trump illegally took money from Egypt was "the most serious
allegation of a bribe in White House history."

Specifically, Leonnig cites three factors that make this investigation
stand out: "1/ It was based on "jaw-dropping" CIA intelligence that
indicated Egypt's president sought in 2016 to illegally inject $10M to help
elect Trump; 2/ the lead came from a reliable CIA informant and was
corroborated by other US intelligence operations; 3/ investigators then
discovered a $10M cash withdrawal in Jan 2017 from key Egyptian spy agency
account that seemed to validate the intel."

According to the Post's reporting, an organization linked to Egypt's
intelligence services instructed the country's state-run bank to withdraw
$10 million in cash, which was then stuffed into two large bags and carried
out of the bank.

"Federal investigators learned of the withdrawal, which has not been
previously reported, early in 2019," the Post reported. "The discovery
intensified a secret criminal investigation that had begun two years
earlier with classified U.S. intelligence indicating that Egyptian
President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi sought to give Trump $10 million to boost his
2016 presidential campaign."

As if that weren't enough, the DOJ was also investigating whether Trump
knew about the potential to be reimbursed by Egypt � and if that
contributed to his decision to spend $10 million of his own money in the
final weeks of the 2016 campaign.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-at-center-of-most-serious-allegation-of-a-
bribe-in-white-house-history-reporter/

Victim testifies pillow, blanket used to keep screams from being heard by siblings

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Shaun Lamont Morrison

CHATHAM — A Cascade man was given the strictest punishment possible by a jury for raping a young family member.

A Pittsylvania County jury recommended three life sentences in prison for Shaun Lamont Morrison, 36, Wednesday evening for rape, forcible sodomy and abduction.

The victim was a young girl who lived on Cascade Road.

The incident happened at a residence on June 1, 2015, where Morrison and the victim, 12 at the time, were in a bedroom together.

The girl, with little understanding of human anatomy, used words like “private area” and “poo poo” to describe Morrison’s actions to her.

Morrison moved the bed “against the door” before the rape began, the girl testified.

“Did it hurt?” Pittsylvania County Chief Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Nate Griffith asked her.

“Yes,” she replied.

“Were you crying?” Griffith asked. “Yes,” she responded.

A “pillow and blanket” were used to keep her screaming from being heard by the victim’s six brothers and sisters, she said.

Morrison’s attorney, Curtis Thornhill, questioned in his opening argument if the incident went the way the girl said.

The girl remembers “screaming and yelling the whole time” the incident occurred.

Her mother admitted she did not call the Department of Social Services at first because she was “shocked” and also was afraid of Morrison.

For her, the priority was putting the victim and her siblings in a local hotel in Danville for “safety.”

Morrison was arrested four days after the incident. Pittsylvania County sheriff’s deputies recovered a pair of red shorts the girl was wearing the day of the incident.

Pittsylvania County Commonwealth’s Attorney Bryan Haskins said in his opening statement the shorts worn during the “traumatic” and “painful” act were unwashed.

“The possibility of contamination is extremely high” due to the residence they lived in being unkempt, Thornhill said.

DNA was found on the shorts that didn’t belong to the girl. “Shaun Morrison cannot be eliminated” as a person who contributed to the DNA, according to a forensic expert.

It was a 7 billion chance the DNA did not belong to Morrison, Haskins said.

He is scheduled to be formally sentenced in February.

Michael ​Livingston reports for the Danville Register & Bee. Contact him at mlivingston@registerbee.com (434) 791-7993.

https://godanriver.com/news/pittsylvania_county/jury-man-guilty-in-rape-abduction-of-young-girl/article_e4862516-a161-11e6-ae65-ab3aad33294e.html

On 10/28/2024 8:14 PM, Paul wrote:
> As if that weren't enough, the DOJ was also investigating whether Trump
> knew about the potential to be reimbursed by Egypt — and if that

Huh, so I thought he was a big Israel supporter, no?

You moron.