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Exclusive: U.S. Investigators Were Told to Take 'No Further Action' on Caterpillar, Ex-Client of Barr

Before William Barr became President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the U.S. Department of Justice, he represented Caterpillar Inc, a Fortune 100 company, in a federal criminal investigation by the department.

Much was at stake for Caterpillar: Since 2018, the Internal Revenue Service has been demanding $2.3 billion in payments from the company in connection with the tax matters under criminal investigation. The company is contesting that finding.

A week after Barr was nominated for the job of attorney general, Justice officials in Washington told the investigative team in the active criminal probe of Caterpillar to take “no further action” in the case, according to an email written by one of the agents and reviewed by Reuters.

The decision, the email said, came from the Justice Department’s Tax Division and the office of the deputy attorney general, who was then Rod Rosenstein.

It just goes on and on and on.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The complicated story of Damon Smith, a bomb and autism

In 2017, Damon Smith was sentenced to 15 years in prison for planting a bomb on a London Tube train. But without a lawyer or jury that understood his Asperger’s, was it a fair trial? Katie Glass reports

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Jolene Benoir]

Exclusive: U.S. Investigators Were Told to Take 'No Further Action' on Caterpillar, Ex-Client of Barr


It just goes on and on and on.

$2.3 billion, eh? That's right around the same amount that they plan to save by kicking people off disability, making it harder to stay on it, etc..

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Mom Completely Understands That Coming To Thanksgiving Is Risky And That You Don’t Love Her Anymore

KANSAS CITY, MO—Acknowledging that she had seen all the warnings about holiday travel on the news, local mom Mary Simpson announced Tuesday that she completely understood that coming to Thanksgiving would be risky for all involved and that you didn’t love her anymore. “No, no, don’t apologize...

local.theonion.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Trump administration in 'staggering' isolation at UN on health issues

US left with few allies as it tries to change wording on topic of reproductive healthcare

www.theguardian.com

The outgoing Trump administration’s final days at the United Nations have resulted in a deepening of US isolation on social and health issues, with only a handful of allies including Russia, Belarus and Syria.

In one vote this week, the US was entirely alone in backing its own amendment to a seemingly uncontroversial resolution about efforts to treat medical complications from childbirth. It called for the removal of references to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Population Fund.

No other nation agreed, with 153 voting against the amendment and 11 abstaining.

A UN diplomat said the spectacle of a western ally and a superpower so totally isolated was “staggering”

 

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[Jolene Benoir]

No more citations for women going topless in Minneapolis parks

Follow the StarTribune for the news, photos and videos from the Twin Cities and beyond.

www.startribune.com

Sure, just as we head into winter. Icicles, anyone?

On a more serious note, I wonder if this didn't have something to do with the fact that they were ticketing homeless women (the Park Board relocated homeless folks to city parks this last summer) who fell afoul of their ordinance.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I strongly recommend the book they're discussing -- so much of what she describes happening in Turkey is happening, or has already happened, in both the US and the UK.

How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship eBook : Temelkuran, Ece: Amazon.co.uk: Books

How to Lose a Country: The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship eBook : Temelkuran, Ece: Amazon.co.uk: Books

smile.amazon.co.uk

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

Apple customers are using goods which could be partly produced by Uyghur forced labor in China... don't believe it?

The US congress right now is discussing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which would hold US companies accountable for Uyghur forced labor. Which big tech company opposes it right now and is lobbying against it? APPLE!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/20/apple-uighur/

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Some companies have lobbied to have their names removed from the bill, these people say, because it calls out specific brands like Patagonia, Coca-Cola and Costco, for allegedly using forced labor from the region.

And more!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Apple customers are using goods which could be partly produced by Uyghur forced labor in China... don't believe it?

The US congress right now is discussing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which would hold US companies accountable for Uyghur forced labor. Which big tech company opposes it right now and is lobbying against it? APPLE!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/11/20/apple-uighur/

And NHS staff in the UK (and possibly elsewhere, too?), it seems

Human rights must not be 'trampled' in global rush for PPE, say MPs

Calls come after Guardian finds UK government sourced PPE from factories in China where North Koreans work in modern slavery conditions

www.theguardian.com

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Trump tells G20 leaders he wants to work with them ‘for a long time’

US president delivers boasts and falsehoods while other leaders focus on dealing with the pandemic

www.theguardian.com

The whole occasion seems to have been pretty bizarre, with (almost) everyone participating by means of a pre-recorded speech on Zoom.

Presumably they'll get down to the serious stuff in private chats.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

Remembering what Bronxelf said about the narcissist's three main modes.
-Raging

-Self Pity

And this one right here:

Trump tells G20 leaders he wants to work with them ‘for a long time’

US president delivers boasts and falsehoods while other leaders focus on dealing with the pandemic

www.theguardian.com

The whole occasion seems to have been pretty bizarre, with (almost) everyone participating by means of a pre-recorded speech on Zoom.

Presumably they'll get down to the serious stuff in private chats.

-Stepford, where he's ready to be a good little moppet and play nice with everyone, until someone says "no" and then we're back to the other two.

 

[Dakota Tebaldi]

Exclusive: U.S. Investigators Were Told to Take 'No Further Action' on Caterpillar, Ex-Client of Barr


It just goes on and on and on.

You know - weird moment, I'm actually fine with this.

It seems like the case was merely frozen, not dismissed or dropped. And, in a case where the federal government is suing a company and the company's defense counsel is suddenly nommed to be the US Attorney-General, that's just bound to poison the case with so many conflicts of interest.

For instance, if the government proceeds and then loses the lawsuit, it just looks too much like the new AG purposely tanked the case as a favor to his former client, which is corruption. On the other hand, if the government proceeds and wins the lawsuit or forces a settlement, it risks looking like the new AG might have used or passed along to the government privileged information he possessed as the defendant's former counsel, which is a criminal ethical breach.

So it might honestly be better to just put the case on ice until Barr is out of office, which will be soon now.

 

[Essence Lumin]

So it might honestly be better to just put the case on ice until Barr is out of office, which will be soon now.

So you are saying it shouldn't be no holds barred?

 

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