At least 40 minors gave sworn statements to the FBI that Jeffrey Epstein raped and trafficked them. The line prosecutor wrote an 82-page memo recommending charges.
Alex Acosta declined and signed a non-prosecution deal.
He was later confirmed as Labor Secretary.
Today, I was back in court, standing up against this Administration’s attempts to silence me, millions of other veterans, and all Americans. Our vets deserve leaders who stand up for their rights, not try to take them away. That’s why I’m not giving them an inch.
BREAKING: US Senators Just put Trump’s Son-in-Law Jared Kushner under Investigation for getting Billions From Middle East While Shaping U.S. Foreign Policy
Michelle and I can’t wait for you to visit the Obama Presidential Center!
Starting on June 19, the Center will be open to the public, and you’ll be able to check out the Museum along with public spaces like a new branch of the Chicago Public Library with a reading room, a two-acre playground, a fruit and vegetable garden, and more.
Tickets available at https://t.co/ahkDMKalIn.
"We can fight to stop the ballroom. If this means leaving the area as a destruction site for the rest of Trump’s presidency, so be it. Let its ugliness exemplify the Trump era. Let its rubble symbolize what he's tried to do to the American republic." https://t.co/yVcOuyDSrT
It was great talking to Stephen and the inspiring young people we’ve worked with at the @ObamaFoundation on the @ColbertLateShow.
When the Obama Presidential Center opens this June 19, my hope is that this will be a place where people can come together to meet, learn, and work with each other to create change in their communities. Learn more at https://t.co/ahkDMKalIn.
BREAKING: SOUNDS OF SILENCE — Senate hearing goes deadly quiet as Trump’s federal judicial nominees REFUSE to admit third term is illegal.
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Donald Trump is nominating people to lifetime federal judgeships who won't confirm that he can't run for a third term when they come before the Senate for their approval hearings.
Let that sink in.
Senator Chris Coons of Delaware asked what should be the easiest constitutional law question in American history at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this week. He asked Trump's judicial nominees about the 22nd Amendment.
The first nominee, John Marck, said that his career had been in criminal prosecution and that he hadn't had occasion to use that particular amendment.
A federal judicial nominee. Unfamiliar with the 22nd Amendment. Seeking a lifetime appointment to interpret the Constitution.
Another candidate eventually offered that it "deals with the two-term limitation." Correct. Gold star.
Coons then asked the simple follow-up: is President Trump eligible to run for president again in 2028?
Marck's response was a masterpiece of evasion: "Without considering all the facts and looking at everything, depending on what the situation is, this to me strikes as more of a hypothetical."
Coons was patient. He walked Marck through it like a kindergarten teacher explaining why you can't eat paste. Has Trump been elected president twice? "President Trump has been certified the President of the United States two times." Is he eligible to run for a third term? "I would have to review the actual wording of it."
A man seeking a lifetime federal judgeship needs to review the actual wording. Of the 22nd Amendment. Which is 61 words long.
Coons then turned to the full panel and asked if anyone — anyone — was willing to simply state that the Constitution of the United States bars Trump from seeking a third term.
A heartbreakingly long silence ensued.
He asked again. Anyone willing to apply the Constitution by its plain language?
More ominous silence.
Nobody. Not one of Trump's judicial nominees would say out loud, under oath, in a Senate hearing, that the 22nd Amendment means what it plainly says.
This isn't ignorance. These are lawyers. They know what the 22nd Amendment says. They know Trump has been talking openly about a third term. And they calculated — correctly, based on what happens to people who cross this president — that telling the constitutional truth was more dangerous than staying silent.
The frightening thing is that these are the people who will be interpreting your rights for the next 30 years.
Please like and share this post if you think federal judges should be willing to say the Constitution means what it says — even when the president doesn't want to hear it.
Throughout my time in public service, I’ve always stood with the men and women of organized labor.
And as long as I’m Governor, Pennsylvania will always be a place where your freedoms are protected — and that includes the freedom to join a union.
BREAKING: I just took legal action in the Supreme Court to protect access to medication abortion.
Republicans' attacks on women's healthcare have been devastating and cruel. Medication is used for over 60% of abortions — and last week's court ruling blocking access takes that option away from women across the country.
I will keep fighting to protect and expand access to reproductive care.
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “She had no remorse. Ghislaine has no soul. She’s a dangerous human being. She will reoffend, reoffend and reoffend. These people never stop. Ever.”
This needs to be a bigger story…
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are on the board of the drone company Powerus that just signed an exclusive deal to supply interceptor drones to the US Air Force.
They are directly profiting from their father’s war against Iran. 💰
I'm thrilled to share some news:
Academy-Award winning actress and producer Octavia Spencer will join me and @TeamPelosi for our June 1 virtual event to help elect women and other Democrats running for office this year. See you there. https://t.co/RFdKc0hRZa