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October 18, 2016

Another Former Obama General Pleads Guilty to Lying to Feds in Leak Case

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The Department of Justice announced Monday that retired Gen. General James E. Cartwright pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI, while trying to obscure his role in passing along top secret information to journalists. As the former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Cartwright occupied an influential seat in the Obama administration until he stepped aside to join the private sector in 2011. “General Cartwright violated the trust that was placed in him by willfully providing information that could endanger national security to…

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DOJ Epipen Price Gouging Deal Lacking Hundreds of Millions, Criminal Investigations

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Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called on the Justice Department to reject a settlement that it reached earlier this month with Mylan, over accusations that the federal government is one of many customers that the pharmaceutical giant ripped off. Blumenthal said that the $465 million deal was “far less than $700 million in harm” estimated to have been done to public finances, after Mylan jacked up the price of the Epipen. Outrage spread over the hikes in August, in the wake of media reports about the increased…

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Clinton Campaign Staff Made Major Donor Policy Decision Without Her Knowledge, Emails Show

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Hillary Clinton’s top campaign advisors made the decision to accept money from lobbyists hired by foreign entities without first obtaining her approval or even informing her, newly released emails show. An email chain published by Wikileaks titled “Re: Foreign registered agents” shows her campaign staff debating to institute a policy barring those who have registered under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA) from contributing to or fundraising for the campaign. Dennis Cheng, the campaign’s national finance director, wrote in an email dated April 13, 2015:…

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