The U.S. State Department has release the next drops of emails of Huma Abedine and Hillary Clinton.
Of course, I went straight for the meat and on my first keyword search, "adoption" the result was
communication initiated by Senator Mary Landrieu on American families who were blocked from Russian adoptions based upon the Magnitsky Act, a ban on Russian adoptions.
What is interesting is the congressional and White House communications seem to transpire between staffers, and not the elected office seat holders, themselves.
I will even go so far to say some of the congressional signatures are forged by Chiefs of Staff.
It should definitely be noted that John Conyers was not involved in this particular congressional-executive communication process, which should raise a few eyebrows.
The Russian adoptoin ban was not just about Magnitsky, it was about human trafficking and land.
More to come or you can just search for yourself.
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Sunday, February 17, 2013
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS INTRODUCE BIPARTISAN BILL TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD FOR LOCAL MERCHANTS
New Marketplace Fairness Act would allow state to close tax loopholes that distort the market for small businesses
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – A bipartisan group of 53 Senators and Representatives today introduced a bill that resolves the differences between bills introduced in the Senate and the House of Representatives last Congress that would allow local brick-and-mortar retailers to compete more effectively against out-of-state internet sellers. The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 would give states the option to require the collection of sales and use taxes already owed under State law by out-of-state businesses, rather than rely on consumers to remit those taxes to the States—the method of tax collection to which they are now restricted.
Under the current tax loophole, while brick-and-mortar retailers collect sales and use taxes from customers who make purchases in their stores, many online and catalog retailers do not collect the same taxes. Under the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013, states would have the option to require the collection of sales and use taxes by out-of-state sellers if states simplify their sales and use tax systems.
The attached documents provide more information on the specifics of the bill including a copy of the bill, a section-by-section analysis and a summary with a list of supporters.
The effort in the Senate has been led by U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) joined with Assistant Senate Majority Leader, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) who introduced the Marketplace Fairness Act in the Senate during the 112th Congress.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL): “Businesses in Illinois aren’t looking for a handout from Washington. They don’t want special treatment. All they want is a level playing field. By giving states the authority to enforce existing tax laws, the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 eliminates the competitive advantage currently enjoyed by many internet retailers at the expense of local businesses. Every day we don’t act to pass this bill, we risk another small business closing its doors because they can no longer survive.”
U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN): “This is an 11-page bill about a two-word issue: states' rights. States have a right to decide what taxes to impose and whether they're going to collect those taxes from some or all of the people who owe them, and whether they're going to subsidize some businesses at the expense of others.”
U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI): “Rhode Island businesses and workers suffer from an unfair tax disparity that harms many local small businesses and benefits large out-of-state e-retailers. This bill would correct that inequity and help Main Street businesses compete. At a time when states like Rhode Island are struggling with their budgets, this bill would be a significant boost. It has bipartisan support in Congress and broad support from both mom and pop shops and even large online retailers.”
U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND): “This is a strong, bipartisan bill that addresses a problem I have worked on since I was North Dakota’s State Tax Commissioner. For too long, the small brick-and-mortar businesses on main streets across our country have faced a competitive disadvantage from catalog and internet businesses that don’t have to collect sales taxes. I am committed to working with my colleagues to get this legislation passed.”
The effort in the House of Representatives has been led by U.S. Representative Steve Womack (R-AR) and U.S. Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) who, during the 112thCongress, introduced the Marketplace Equity Act of 2011 and U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and U.S. Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) who, during the 112thCongress, introduced the Main Street Fairness Act.
U.S. Representative Steve Womack (R-AR): “Small businesses and states alike are suffering from the inability to collect due – not new – taxes from purchases made online. The Marketplace Fairness Act is the bipartisan, bicameral, common-sense solution that promotes states’ rights and levels the playing field for our Main Street businesses rather than continuing to allow the government to pick marketplace winners and losers.”
U.S. Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA): “Congress talks a good story about protecting small businesses—here's a chance to show we really care. The Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013 represents a fair and workable solution to a problem that has been growing since online retailers opened their virtual doors. As a result of an outdated Supreme Court ruling that hasn’t kept up with modern technology and the 21st century marketplace, our local brick and mortar retailers are struggling to stay afloat. With the MFA, my colleagues and I have found a way to level the playing field for all retailers while still protecting small online sellers. It’s time for our tax laws to catch up with the modern marketplace and take government out of picking retail winners and losers.”
U.S. Representative John Conyers, Jr.: “After more than twelve years of work to ensure a level playing field for all, the coalition supporting the Marketplace Fairness Act has grown to include labor and business interests, state and local governments, small as well as large retailers – both on and offline. This legislation is bicameral and bipartisan, and will help the bottom lines of our state and local governments while protecting our local retailers. With support for this legislation coming from all corners, it is imperative that Congress promptly consider this important legislation.”
U.S. Representative Peter Welch (D-VT): “Our bill gives Main Street businesses a fighting chance. When a consumer can walk into a store, try out a product and then go home and buy it online without paying sales tax, Main Street businesses and downtowns lose out. Our bill will level the playing field and bring much-needed fairness, strengthen our Main Street businesses, create jobs, and revitalize our downtowns.”
Additional cosponsors of today’s legislation in the Senate include: Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Boozman, (R-AR), Jack Reed (D-RI), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Bob Corker (R-TN), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Al Franken (D-MN), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Manchin (D-WV) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND).
U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD): “Small businesses create jobs for thousands of South Dakotans and are vital to our state’s economy. Unfortunately, these businesses are often at a disadvantage when competing with Internet vendors that are not required to remit sales taxes. Today, I cosponsored legislation to level the playing field for brick-and-mortar businesses by allowing states to collect sales tax on remote purchases. In addition to giving small businesses a fair shake, this measure will provide much needed resources to state governments, which could prevent the need for states to raise taxes or make cuts to critical programs and services. Governors across our country, including Governor Daugaard, support this bipartisan legislation.”
U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR): “Consumers today are just as likely to shop online as they are on Main Street,” Pryor said. “This bipartisan bill would help level the playing field, and ensure states are able to collect much-needed revenue that they’re already due.”
U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV): “This bill would help level the playing field for small businesses all across the country that too often lose business to online companies or can’t compete because of the unfair tax advantage online companies receive. Small businesses are the engine of our economy. In West Virginia, they account for 95 percent of the state’s workforce. We need to support them and make sure that they have the same ability to grow, thrive, and hire more workers that online companies have. That’s exactly what this bill would do.”
U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN): “Businesses in Minnesota want a level playing field to compete on and it is time we give it to them,” Klobuchar said. “This bill would get rid of the loopholes in our tax code that hurt brick-and-mortar businesses and cost our state money.”
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA): “This legislation is about fairness to small retailers in Louisiana and around the country that should not be put at a disadvantage against large, online businesses. I will continue to be a strong voice in the effort to pass this bipartisan legislation so that we can level the playing field for all our businesses.”
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD): “Our tax system should be fair for all businesses. Maryland retailers aren’t looking for special treatment but simply a fair way to compete against large Internet sellers who charge similar prices but get away without collecting sales tax. The Marketplace Fairness Act treats every business the same and would not require a single penny in additional taxes to be paid that is not already owed to each state. In fact, if Maryland could have collected an estimated $375 million owed from remote online sales last year, we likely would have been able to reduce the tax burden for most Marylanders.”
U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI): “This legislation will help ensure that large web-based retailers play by the same rules as small businesses in Rhode Island and around the country. Small businesses are the backbone of our economy, and they deserve to compete on an even playing field.”
Additional cosponsors of today’s legislation in the House of Representatives include: U.S. Representative Aaron Schock (R-IL), Dennis Ross (R-PA), Chris Gibson (R-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Judy Chu (D-CA), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Renee Ellmers (R-NC), Allyson Schwartz (D-PA), Don Young (R-AK), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Ted Poe (R-TX), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Rick Crawford (R-AR), Linda Sanchez (D-CA), Michael Grimm (R-NY), Niki Tsongas (D-MA), Charlie Dent (R-PA), Hank Johnson (D-GA), Mark Amodei (R-NV), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Mike Conaway (R-TX), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Kristi Noem (R-SD), John Larson (D-CT), Lou Barletta (R-PA), James Langevin (D-RI), Tim Griffin (R-AR), Eleanor Norton (D-DC) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA)
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Sen. Al Franken expected to amend No Child Left Behind to benefit foster care kids
I have no comment until I watch the webinar.
Sen. Al Franken expected to amend No Child Left Behind to benefit foster care kids
WASHINGTON, October 18, 2011— Sen. Al Franken, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, is expected to introduce an amendment to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) - aka No Child Left Behind - this Thursday, October 19. The amendment will focus on improving the educational achievements of children in foster care. If that amendment is adopted, it will be the first legislative focus on the K-12 foster care students.
Tomorrow is also the beginning of what could turn out to be an historic hearing on the Hill, one that zeroes in on the very unique and real issues facing foster care children in the education system in America.
Foster students face myriad challenges. One significant issue is the lack of continuity in their education as they are forced to change schools, sometimes dozen of times, based upon where the location of their foster care family. Research has shown that childhood trauma, placement instability and other factors leave many students in foster care far behind their peers in academic measures.
To highlight the importance of education's role in the success of foster children, The Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) and Fostering Media Connections (FMC) have organized a “National Conversation” with teachers, students and researchers from around the country who will share stories and strategies aimed at improving educational outcomes for students in foster care.
Also participating in this live event will be policy makers such as Sen. Mary Landrieu and Sen. Chuck Grassley, Co-Chairs of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, Rep. Karen Bass and George Sheldon, Acting Assistant Secretary Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The webcast will be live from 3:00 p.m.–until 4:40 p.m. EST at the Fostering Media Connections web site.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Conservative advocacy groups unveil DHHS video; LePage says worker poorly train
Let's see if O'Keefe wants to do some real work. I challenge you, James O'Keefe, to go undercover and see some real Medicaid fraud in child welfare.
Conservative advocacy groups unveil DHHS video; LePage says worker poorly trained
James O'Keefe
- Associated Press
AUGUSTA — In a dramatic press event designed to show that the state's welfare system is vulnerable to fraud, two conservative policy groups unveiled a 45-minute secretly taped video of an interaction between a Department of Health and Human Services worker and a dubious applicant seeking MaineCare.
The video, released by Americans for Prosperity and the Maine Heritage Policy Center, shows the DHHS worker trying to help a man with increasingly questionable qualifications obtain benefits.
The man, using an alias, was working under the direction of James O'Keefe, a conservative activist who has led similar undercover stings in attempts to show fraud and malfeasance within welfare agencies, ACORN and Planned Parenthood.
O'Keefe has also hosted a seminar for Americans for Prosperity's RightOnline, a group designed to equip conservative activists with new media tools. His videos have been featured on other AFP state chapter sites, including Ohio's.
AFP and Maine Heritage Policy Center representatives said they had no financial arrangement with O'Keefe.
O'Keefe, responding by email, said he was not compensated, and never has been, by AFP.
The dubious MaineCare applicant did not obtain benefits. While the interaction went on for about 45 minutes, he was ultimately sent away after the initial DHHS caseworker was assisted by a senior eligibility specialist. The specialist told the man that his answers were evasive.
O'Keefe's agent shot the secret video in February. According to Carol Weston, who heads the Maine chapter of AFP, O'Keefe gave the video to her organization last week.
AFP and the policy center showed reporters a 2-minute clip of the video and provided the full-length version on a website. The 2-minute version does not show the caseworker later returning with the senior eligibility specialist.
It's unclear why O'Keefe didn't reveal the video for six months, a move that irked Gov. Paul LePage. Had the video been provided earlier, LePage said, he could have quickly implemented departmental changes to prevent a similar situation.
The conservative groups promoted the video as "explosive evidence" of Maine's vulnerability to welfare fraud.
"Maine taxpayers deserve better than this," Weston said. "They deserve peace of mind that their tax dollars are funding a safety net only for the truly needy, not people who game the system."
Weston and Lance Dutson, the CEO of the policy center, questioned how much of the welfare system's growth in enrollment was attributed to fraud.
LePage, in a press conference that immediately followed the groups' event, said he was troubled by the video. However, the governor focused less on the issue of the system's vulnerability to fraud and more on the DHHS employee's lack of training.
LePage, who took responsibility for the department's lack of "customer service," stressed that the DHHS employee was relatively new to the job. He praised the senior eligibility specialist in the video for asking "the right questions" and turning the man away.
LePage said the frontline DHHS worker should have quickly disqualified the man rather than wasting time before seeking advice.
DHHS Commissioner Mary Mayhew stressed that the video did not result in fraud and that the employee did the right thing by consulting with a senior employee.
"It's a 2-minute video out of a 45-minute interview," Mayhew said. "There are positives that we also need to focus on. ... We need people to feel comfortable (contacting a supervisor). This individual did."
The 2-minute version shows the man, posing as Ted Ceanneidigh, telling the DHHS worker that he drives a Corvette and has enough money to buy private health insurance. He strongly hints that he is also a drug dealer, provides a business card emblazoned with a marijuana leaf and notes that he deals in metals because it's less traceable.
The worker, who state officials have declined to identify, asks for proof of income to determine whether he qualifies for benefits. The man says he runs strictly a cash business.
"If you don't have proof of income, then you have no income," the worker says.
The policy center and AFP focused on that caseworker's response. Dutson said it showed the worker "assisting in a potentially fraudulent gaming of the system."
Dutson and Weston said the video spoke for itself. Asked why O'Keefe didn't provide the video directly to the administration, Weston said it may have been because O'Keefe knew the conservative groups had championed welfare reform in the past.
On his website, Project Veritas, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, O'Keefe wrote that his work "does not advocate specific resolutions to the issues that are raised through its investigations, nor do we encourage others to do so."
LePage wondered why O'Keefe sat on the video for six months.
"If they had called me back then, believe me, it would have been spread very quickly around the state," he said. "As a matter of fact, I think the video is a great training tool for employees of what not to do."
Democrats and other groups blasted the video, calling it deceptive and divisive. Sen. Justin Alfond, D-Portland, called it a "sting operation without the sting."
"This is a radical group pitting Mainer against Mainer and spreading distrust of government and hatred of public servants," said Alfond, who commended LePage and the administration's measured response.
O'Keefe's work
The Maine video was part of a series conducted by O'Keefe. His Project Veritas shows several other videos attempting to investigate Medicaid fraud.
While O'Keefe's work has been championed by conservative groups, he has also been accused of altering his videos to show a predetermined outcome.
In March, The Blaze, a conservative publication, conducted a thorough analysis of O'Keefe's videos and found differences between edited versions and rough cuts.
The story said O'Keefe deployed "questionable" editing practices to produce a sound bite that would resonate in the media. A subsequent New York Times Magazine piece, written by the author of a recent Rush Limbaugh biography, and a fan of the talk show host, said the edited videos "don't seem out of context."
For example, O'Keefe's famous pimp suit shown in the edited version of his ACORN video in 2009 was not actually worn during the infamous interview.
In another example, the edited video of O'Keefe's meeting with National Public Radio executives in March showed NPR's Ron Schiller blasting conservatives, but the uncut version revealed that O'Keefe left out Schiller's favorable comments about the GOP, including that he hailed from a conservative family and that he was a fiscal conservative. Schiller resigned over the video.
Steve Myers, managing editor of Poynter.org, a website for the Poynter Institute journalism school, recently noted that O'Keefe understands the influence of the soundbite. Myers noted that O'Keefe's edited NPR video has been viewed more than 21 million times, while the full version has about 21,000 views.
MHPC bundled the two-minute version with the longer one on its website. The two-minute version appears first.
Although Weston, with AFP, said O'Keefe presented them with the video last week, O'Keefe said he did not edit the two-minute version.
He said he only posted the full video on his website Thursday morning.
O'Keefe has gotten in legal trouble over his political efforts. He and three others were arrested in 2010 when they entered the New Orleans office of Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., disguised as telephone workers, in an alleged attempt to tamper with the senator's phones. They were initially arrested on felony charges, but the charges were reduced to entering a federal building under false pretenses — a misdemeanor — and O'Keefe pleaded guilty.
Monday, December 2, 2019
The Tale Of Pat Cipollone, Laura Ingraham & The Industry Of Trafficking Tiny Humans As Lab Rats - Magnitsky Propaganda
Gather round, my dearies, for the Celestial Goddess of the Woodshed shall tell the tale of Pat Cipollone, Laura Ingraham and the industry of trafficking tiny humans as lab rats.
Laura Ingraham considers Pat Cipollone as her spiritual leader.
Laura Ingraham considers Pat Cipollone as her spiritual leader.
Well, I guess we should get to know Laura to find out the content of Pat's character.
This is Laura at CPAC, the conservative political operative job fair.
Listen to Laura market her talking points propaganda, rooted in absolutely no facts, whatsoever.
Here is a list of Laura's most favorite charities.
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Here is Laura talking about Food For the Poor and her time in Guatemala, where she acquired her tiny human from an unknown christian operation (probably United Methodist our of Wyoming, Michigan with Bethany Christian, but, hey, what do I know?) so she, too, could become self sufficient.
I know the United States is permanently banned from Guatemalan adoptions.
Canadian billionaire's company buys Laura Ingraham's site LifeZette but her tiny human's alma mata is still not doing too well with the other tiny humans.
Laura did not just study in Russia, she adopted Russian tiny humans, then became the U.S. spokestoken for the entire industry, including the Ukraine, because it is nothing but a floating border for trafficking tiny human industries like being genetic, biomedical lab rats, and other horrors I have addressed, ad nauseum.
Laura is really special.
Laura lead the charge against the Russian adoption ban, or what we know in the Trafficking Tiny Humans Community as the Magnitsky Act, or what I like to call stealin' the children, land and votes.
Trump’s counsel says president won’t participate in House Judiciary’s first impeachment panel, calling it unfair
Trump is the 'most valuable witness': Lawmakers point to president as new hearings loom
Pat Cipollone
Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner LLP
Pat Cipollone is the top White House counsel. President Trump chose Cipollone to replace his former attorney Don McGahn in October 2018.
Cipollone’s background includes serving in the Justice Department while President George H.W. Bush was in office. While in the private sector, he handled cases involving government contracts and congressional investigations.
On October 8, 2019, Cipollone sent a letter to House Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, explaining that the White House would not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. This means that the White House will not comply with document requests or agree to testify before lawmakers.
Cipollone accused the Democrats of orchestrating an effort to “overturn the results of the 2016 election and deprive the American people of the President they have freely chosen. Many Democrats now apparently view impeachment not only as a means to undo the democratic results of the last election, but as a strategy to influence the next election, which is barely more than a year away.”
He added that the impeachment inquiry “violates fundamental fairness and constitutionally mandated due process.” You can read the full letter here.
Here’s what you need to know about Pat Cipollone.
1. Pat Cipollone Is Said to Have Earned President Trump’s Trust & Respect
Pat Cipollone
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(L-R) Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, and Principal Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley at the White House on May 7, 2019
Pat Cipollone reportedly served as an informal adviser to the White House legal team for several months before he was brought on in an official capacity, a source confirmed to Business Insider.
After joining the administration, Cipollone was said to have quickly earned President Trump’s trust and respect. Kellyanne Conway told Politico in June of 2019, “He has the president’s ear, he’s earned the president’s respect and that allows people in this building not just to survive but to succeed in doing their jobs.”
Current and former senior administration officials told the Atlantic that Cipollone is “clear in his admiration” for the president and doesn’t try to hide that. He is also reportedly known for being very discreet and straightforward. Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, praised Cipollone to the magazine. “Pat would tell me if I was doing something I shouldn’t be doing or going in the wrong direction. He wouldn’t hesitate to tell me that, and I know he wouldn’t hesitate to tell the president that either.”
Cipollone is firmly on the president’s side when it comes to the call with the leader of Ukraine, which was part of what sparked the formal impeachment inquiry. In the letter Cipollone sent to Democratic leaders on October 8, 2019, he strongly defended the call and praised the president’s decision to release the official record of the call. “For his part, President Trump took the unprecedented step of providing the public transparency by declassifying and releasing the record of his call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The record clearly established that the call was completely appropriate and that there is no basis for your inquiry.”
2. Cipollone Was a Litigation Partner at a Firm Based in Washington, D.C.
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(L) Lawyer Pat Cipollone, White House Press Secretary Sarah H. Sanders and White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 7, 2019
Pat Cipollone was a partner at the law firm Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner LLP in Washington, D.C. His areas of focus were listed as commercial litigation, anti-trust & trade regulation, and healthcare fraud.
According to the firm bio, Cipollone had experience handling cases involving government contract matters, tax disputes, consumer fraud, crisis management, congressional investigations and insurance litigation, just to name a few. Before joining this firm, Cipollone worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
One previous high-profile case Cipollone worked on included a class-action lawsuit against Equifax. He was on the 11-person legal team that defended customers who had their personal data, including social security numbers, exposed in a major data breach. The cyberattack reportedly impacted as many as 145 million customers.
He is licensed to practice law in Washington D.C. and Illinois. Cipollone earned a bachelor’s degree at Fordham University in 1988. He attended law school at the University of Chicago and served as the managing editor of the University of Chicago Law Review, graduating in 1991.
3. Pat Cipollone Previously Served in the Justice Department
Pat Cipollone had prior experience working in government before going to work in the White House. He was an attorney in the Justice Department during the administration of President George H.W. Bush. He served under Attorney General William P. Barr focused on communications and special projects.
Cipollone’s bio on his previous law firm’s website stated that Cipollone “has substantial expertise in defamation counseling and litigation on behalf of corporations, organizations and public figures, including prepublication negotiations and/or litigation with major media organizations.”
Simply put, he has a lot of experience dealing with negative media attention and representing well-known people. Though Cipollone’s government experience is limited, his background was likely viewed as a crucial asset, especially after Democrats took back control of the House in the 2018 midterm elections and increased investigations.
4. Cipollone is Active With Two Catholic Organizations
Pat Cipollone is a practicing Catholic. He is a co-founder of the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. The annual event first launched in 2004 in Washington, D.C. and typically attracts more than 1,000 participants.
According to the event website, the Prayer Breakfast’s founders were inspired by “Saint John Paul II’s call for a New Evangelization.” Former Senator Rick Santorum is another founder.
Cipollone is on the board of directors of the Catholic Information Center. The group’s mission statement explains that the group is “committed to making the Catholic Church alive in the hearts and minds of men and women living and working in our nation’s capital. Through a variety of spiritual, intellectual, and professional programs, the CIC offers the tools to live an integrated life and to engage in all areas of human endeavors.” The organization holds daily weekday masses and confessions, as well as puts on speaking events. The Catholic Information Center is located about half a mile from the White House.
5. Cipollone Was Connected to Trump Ally Laura Ingraham & Was Described as a ‘Big Trump Supporter’ Before He Was Hired as White House Counsel
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The Trump Administration and the country will be very well-served with this appointment of Pat Cipollone as WH Counsel. Whip smart, dedicated, tough but fair-minded, respected by both sides of the aisle. (And a great friend to many—incl me. ) https://twitter.com/FoxNewsResearch/status/1051488045847928832 …
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Pat Cipollone:
•Litigation partner at D.C. law firm
•Experience w/ investigations & disputes involving state/federal agencies
•Served at DOJ under then-AG William P. Barr (Bush 41 nominee)
•Has reportedly been advising Trump's outside legal teamhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-has-chosen-pat-cipollone-as-new-white-house-counsel-sources-say.amp …
Pat Cipollone has a connection to Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who has been described as an “ally” of President Trump. According to the Washington Post, she views Cipollone as her “spiritual mentor.”
Ingraham praised the attorney on Twitter, writing “The Trump Administration and the country will be very well-served with this appointment of Pat Cipollone as WH Counsel. Whip smart, dedicated, tough but fair-minded, respected by both sides of the aisle. (And a great friend to many—incl me.)”
Axios, which first reported that Cipollone had begun filling out paperwork to become White House Counsel, cited an unnamed source that described Cipollone as being “loyal” to President Trump. The site quoted this source describing Cipollone as a “true believer” and a “big Trump supporter.”
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Foster Care & Adoption Horrors Of Guatemalan Tiny Humans - No One Cares About The Savages Unless There Is A Check - United Methodists Of Grand Rapids
Canadian billionaire's company buys Laura Ingraham's site LifeZette but her tiny human's alma mata is still not doing too well with the other tiny humans.
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The Tale Of Kateryna Mykhaylivna Yushchenko & Her Ukrainian Trafficking Tiny Humans Trust Funds With George Bush
Learn more: BEVERLY TRAN: The Tale Of Kateryna Mykhaylivna Yushchenko & Her Ukrainian Trafficking Tiny Humans Trust Funds With George Bush http://beverlytran.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-tale-of-kateryna-mykhaylivna.html#ixzz66vUx2fB2
Stop Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare
Learn more: BEVERLY TRAN: The Tale Of Kateryna Mykhaylivna Yushchenko & Her Ukrainian Trafficking Tiny Humans Trust Funds With George Bush http://beverlytran.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-tale-of-kateryna-mykhaylivna.html#ixzz66vUx2fB2
Stop Medicaid Fraud in Child Welfare
Laura is really special.
Laura lead the charge against the Russian adoption ban, or what we know in the Trafficking Tiny Humans Community as the Magnitsky Act, or what I like to call stealin' the children, land and votes.
THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO TRANSFORM THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONAL ADOPTIONS
CCAI Featured in Award-winning Documentary Film about International Adoption
As Kathleen explains in the documentary, which uncovers the personal, real life stories of adopted children and their parents, “the right to a family is a basic human right and our policies have to start recognizing that.” The film also features CCA Co-Chair Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator Richard Lugar and Charles Nelson, Co-Principal Investigator of the Bucharest Early Intervention Project.
Now, I know why Laura promoted Hatian adoptions.
http://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=haiti#axzz66sf8dNrV
Laura is one of the Nasty Ones, who are fungible with the Meanies.
This is the shit I am talking about.
Your federal tax payer dollars at work.
Behold, the residuals of the peculiar institution, in the form of predictive modeling crap as modern day human trafficking, using children of "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth) as tiny human lab rats, in the name of the tax exempt god.
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
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Posted onFebruary 20, 2013
AuthorccainstituteCategoriesAdoption, Haiti, International, International Adoption, Right to a family, Russian Adoption Ban, State DepartmentTagsAdoption, Adoption Ban, International Adoption, Kathleen Strottman, State Department, STUCK
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We are proud to announce that STUCK—an award winning documentary about international adoption—features CCAI’s Executive Director, Kathleen Strottman.
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On March 1st, Both Ends Burning Founder Craig Juntenen will be launching a 60 city bus tour to promote the film and issue a call to action for the United States Government to promote international adoption as a worthy and effective way to find homes for children without families.
Laura seems to be a Bill Browder gal.
It seems Laura has worked intimately with the U.S. State Department, during the Hillary Clinton tenure as Secretary of State.
Now, I know why Laura promoted Hatian adoptions.
http://beverlytran.blogspot.com/search?q=haiti#axzz66sf8dNrV
Laura is one of the Nasty Ones, who are fungible with the Meanies.
This is the shit I am talking about.
Your federal tax payer dollars at work.
Behold, the residuals of the peculiar institution, in the form of predictive modeling crap as modern day human trafficking, using children of "The Poors" (always said with clinched teeth) as tiny human lab rats, in the name of the tax exempt god.
The Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP)
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| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00747396 |
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : September 5, 2008
Last Update Posted : June 4, 2019
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Sponsor:
Charles Alexander Nelson III
Collaborators:
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Minnesota
Temple University
Duke University
MacArthur Foundation
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Charles Alexander Nelson III, Boston Children’s Hospital
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Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to determine the long term effects of early intervention (placement into foster care) on physical, cognitive, social and brain development and psychiatric symptomatology in previously institutionalized children.
| Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive Ability, GeneralPsychiatric and/or Mood DisordersBrain FunctionSocial CognitionHealth BehaviorRisk-TakingExecutive Function | Other: Foster Care Placement | Not Applicable |
The Bucharest Early Intervention Project (BEIP) was a randomized controlled trial of foster care as an intervention for children abandoned at or around the time of birth and placed in one of six institutions for young children in Bucharest, Romania (Zeanah et al., 2003). The PI (Nelson) and Co-PIs (Zeanah and Fox) conducted this study beginning in the fall of 2000 from baseline assessments and implementation of the intervention in the spring of 2001.
The BEIP began with comprehensive assessments of 136 institutionalized children and their caregiving environments prior to randomization. Half the children were randomly assigned to high-quality foster care and the other half to remain in institutional care. The average age at foster care placement was 22 months (range=6-31 months). All children were initially seen prior to randomization and again for follow-up assessments at 30 months, 42 months 54 months, 8 years and 12 years of age. The development of children in foster care was compared to the development of children in institutions and to a group of never institutionalized children (community controls). These children are being assessed at age 16 years.
| Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
| Actual Enrollment : | 136 participants |
| Allocation: | Randomized |
| Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
| Masking: | None (Open Label) |
| Primary Purpose: | Basic Science |
| Official Title: | The Bucharest Early Intervention Project: Effects of Early Psychosocial Deprivation on Mental Health in Adolescence |
| Study Start Date : | September 2000 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 2025 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 2025 |
| Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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| Experimental: Foster Care Placement Group
Children randomized to this group were placed in high quality foster care developed for the study.
| Other: Foster Care Placement
A group of children living in institutions in Bucharest, Romania was randomly assigned to placement in foster care. Foster parents were recruited, consented to background checks, and trained in Romanian. Before placement, foster parents visited their children to begin developing a relationship with the child. Hired foster parents were supported and monitored by project social workers. Foster parents in the BEIP network received frequent visits from the social workers, with visits occurring weekly for several months after placement of the child, then biweekly and later monthly. Foster parents were invited to participate in a support group organized by social workers. Project social workers consulted weekly with US staff experienced in dealing with young children in foster care.
Other Name: Foster Care Group
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| No Intervention: Care As Usual Group
Children randomized to this group remained in institutional care.
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Primary Outcome Measures :
- Changes in Cognition in later childhood and adolescence [ Time Frame: 8 years, 12 years, 16-18 years ]WISC-IV
- Changes in Cognition in early childhood [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 months, 42 months ]Bayley Scales of Infant Development
- Changes in weight [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos, 8 years, 12 years, 16 years ]weight in kilograms
- Changes in height [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos, 8 years, 12 years, 16 years ]Height measured in centimeters
- Changes in head circumference [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos, 8 years, 12 years, 16 years ]Head circumference in centimeters
- Changes in Psychiatric Symptomatology in adolescence [ Time Frame: 12 years, 16 years ]DISC -IV
- Changes in Psychiatric Symptomatogology [ Time Frame: 54 months, 8 years ]Preschool Are/Child Adolescent Psychological Assessment
- Changes in Expressive Language Quality [ Time Frame: 30 mos, 42 mos and 8 years ]language sample from interview
- Changes in EEG Coherence Brain Function [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos, 8 years, 12 years, 16 years ]EEG coherence
- Changes in EEG Power Brain Function [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos, 8 years, 12 years, 16 years ]EEG power
- Changes in EEG Asymmetry Brain Function [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos, 8 years, 12 years, 16 years ]EEG asymmetry
- Changes in Attachment Disturbances and Disorders [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos, 54 mos, 8 years, 12 years, 16 years ]Disturbances of Attachment Interview
- Changes in Attachment Style [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos and 42 mos ]Strange Situation Procedure
- Changes in Caregiving Environment [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos and 42 mos ]Observational Record of Caregiving Environment
- Changes in Indiscriminate Behavior [ Time Frame: 54 mos, 8 years and 12 years ]Stranger at the Door
- Changes in Emotion Discrimination [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos and 8 years ]Event-related Potentials
- Changes in Face Recognition [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos and 8 years ]Event-related Potentials
- Changes in Brain Structure [ Time Frame: 8 years, 16 years ]MRI
- Changes in Problem Behaviors [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos and 42 mos ]Infant Toddler Social Emotional Assessment
- Changes in Social Communication and Interaction [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos, 42 mos, 8 years, 12 years, 16 years ]Social Communication Questionnaire
- Changes in Genetics [ Time Frame: 8 years, 12 years, 16 years ]Buccal Swab
Secondary Outcome Measures :
- Changes in Emotional Reactivity/Temperament [ Time Frame: baseline, 30 mos and 42 mos ]LAB-Tab Puppets and Peek-a-boo
- Motor Skills [ Time Frame: 8 years ]Bruininks-Oseretsky Test-2
Other Outcome Measures:
- Changes in Physiological Reactivity to Stress [ Time Frame: 12 years, 16 years ]Trier Social Stress Test
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
| Ages Eligible for Study: | 16 Years to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria for assessment at age 16 years:
- previously institutionalized and community children that took part in previous BEIP assessments
- target recruitment age is +/- 3 mos of 16th birthday
Exclusion Criteria for assessment at age 16 years:
- open or closed head injury within the past 12 months
- viral or bacterial meningitis within the past 12 months
Information from the National Library of Medicine
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00747396
Locations
Sponsors and Collaborators
Charles Alexander Nelson III
Tulane University Health Sciences Center
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Minnesota
Temple University
Duke University
MacArthur Foundation
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Investigators
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
| Responsible Party: | Charles Alexander Nelson III, Richard David Scott Chair in Pediatric Developmental Medicine Research, Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience, Boston Children’s Hospital |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00747396 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | IRB-P00011741 R01MH091363 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract ) |
| First Posted: | September 5, 2008 Key Record Dates |
| Last Update Posted: | June 4, 2019 |
| Last Verified: | June 2019 |
Keywords provided by Charles Alexander Nelson III, Boston Children’s Hospital:
| Romania, children, foster care, institutionalization, brain function, MRI, | attachment, language, growth, IQ, psychiatric symptomatology early intervention |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
| Mood Disorders Mental Disorders |
Pat is running that National Prayer Breakfast, and it seems he has a brood of very strong, christian woman to cast their prayers, to conserve the residuals of the peculiar institution, who will never be prosecuted for apostasy, blasphemy, heresy, because, if you do, it will be spun as a persecution attack on women, with images of modern day Salem which trials.
This is about parental rights.
This is about the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
And, now, you just had a look into who Pat is, a Nasty One, bearing nasty amoralities, who is a trafficker of tiny humans.
Praise the lord, no, praise Pat.
All Hail Emperor Pence.
This is about parental rights.
This is about the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
And, now, you just had a look into who Pat is, a Nasty One, bearing nasty amoralities, who is a trafficker of tiny humans.
Praise the lord, no, praise Pat.
All Hail Emperor Pence.
Trump’s counsel says president won’t participate in House Judiciary’s first impeachment panel, calling it unfair
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Lawmakers from both parties on Dec. 1 discussed where impeachment hearings against President Trump stood and what more there was to learn.
As the impeachment inquiry moves into a critical week, President Trump and his Republican allies are debating the degree to which the president should participate in a process they have spent more than two months attacking.
On Sunday evening, White House counsel Pat A. Cipollone told the House Judiciary Committee in a five-page letter that Trump would not participate in its first impeachment hearing, scheduled for Wednesday. The invitation from Chairman Jerrold Nadler “does not begin to provide the President with any semblance of a fair process,” Cipollone wrote.
Four constitutional scholars — three chosen by Democrats, one by Republicans — are expected to testify on the standards for impeachment. Nadler (D-N.Y.) told Trump he had until 6 p.m. Sunday to notify the committee that he or his attorneys would attend; he has given Trump until Friday to decide whether to participate more broadly in the impeachment process.
In his letter Sunday, Cipollone did not rule out participating in future hearings but asked Nadler to detail his plans for the upcoming proceedings, including whether he would allow further testimony and cross-examination of fact witnesses, among them those who already testified before the House Intelligence Committee. He also said Republicans should be able to call additional witnesses.
“Even at this late date, it is not yet clear whether you will afford the President at least these basic, fundamental rights or continue to deny them,” Cipollone wrote.
Nadler spokesman Daniel Schwarz declined to comment on Cipollone’s letter.
The Trump administration’s response suggests it will continue taking a defiant approach to the impeachment proceedings, betting that Republicans will stick together behind a noncooperation strategy meant to cast the inquiry as a partisan witch hunt. The move comes as Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee prepare to meet Tuesday to approve the release of their report detailing the panel’s findings on Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.
Where do the impeachment arguments stand?
The Fix’s Amber Phillips analyzes where the Democratic and Republican arguments on impeachment stand following the second week of public impeachment hearings. (Video: JM Rieger/Photo: Matt McClain/The Washington Post)
On Sunday, Democrats called on the White House to cooperate, suggesting an innocent person would have no problem testifying.
“We’re certainly hoping that the president, his counsel, will take advantage of that opportunity if he has not done anything wrong,” Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) said on ABC News’s “This Week.” “We’re certainly anxious to hear his explanation of that.”
But there is a conflict inside the GOP over the extent to which Trump and his congressional defenders ought to engage, even as Republicans signaled they will continue their aggressive campaign to delegitimize the process as corrupt and unfair.
Speaking on “Fox News Sunday,” Rep. Douglas A. Collins (Ga.), the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said he understood why the White House might want to skip the Wednesday hearing, calling it “just another rerun” covering ground already surveyed in previous Judiciary Committee hearings.
“This is a complete American waste of time right here,” he said.
But he added that Republicans would be more keen to participate in future hearings — particularly one examining the findings of the House Intelligence Committee as prepared by its chairman, Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.).
Other Republican lawmakers said Trump could benefit from availing himself of the due-process protections that Nadler has offered, including the right to present evidence, suggest witnesses and cross-examine those called by Democrats to testify.
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), a Judiciary Committee member, said on “This Week” that he thought it “would be to the president’s advantage” to have counsel participate in the upcoming hearings. “But I can also understand how he is upset at the illegitimate process that we saw unfold in the Intelligence Committee,” he said.
The president did not address the issue himself Sunday. He sent two tweets about World AIDS Day in the early afternoon and spent a second day in a row at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., after returning early Friday from a Thanksgiving visit to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
In the past, however, Trump has suggested that he would like to participate. Last month, he said he would “love” for several senior administration officials to testify in the impeachment inquiry, but he contended the White House was preventing them from doing so to protect the institution of the presidency.
“The D.C. Wolves and Fake News Media are reading far too much into people being forced by Courts to testify before Congress,” Trump said in a tweet on Nov. 26. “I am fighting for future Presidents and the Office of the President. Other than that, I would actually like people to testify.”
On Sunday, Republicans also renewed an array of attacks on the impeachment process, a likely preview of what’s to come this week.
Collins attacked the timeline that Democratic leaders are pursuing, one that appears aimed at concluding an impeachment vote in the House before Christmas rather, he argued, than providing appropriate due process for the president.
“They want to get this president right now before everybody completely sees through the process sham,” Collins said. “So we’re rushing this.”
He also called Sunday for Schiff personally to testify, indicating that the Intelligence Committee chairman would face intense questioning from Republicans on the role his panel played in shepherding the whistleblower complaint that exposed Trump’s irregular dealings with Ukraine, among other matters.
The Republican congressman noted that Schiff has compared the panel’s fact-finding process to that of the independent prosecutors who examined matters that led to impeachment proceedings against Presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. In those cases, Collins noted, those prosecutors subjected themselves to congressional questioning.
“He’s put himself into that position,” Collins said. “It’s easy to hide behind a report. It’s easy to hide behind a gavel and the Intelligence Committee’s behind-closed-door hearings. But it’s going to be another thing to actually get up and have to answer questions.”
Another Republican, Rep. Andy Biggs (Ariz.), predicted the impeachment inquiry will take a turn for the combative this week, when it moves to the Judiciary Committee.
“It’s a bunch of brawlers sometimes on the Judiciary Committee, so it should get pretty hot and under the collar as we go along,” Biggs, who sits on the panel, said in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Mike Emanuel on “Sunday Morning Futures.” “I don’t think things have been done the way they’ve been done in the past, Mike, and so it causes some rancor and it should be pretty — much more feisty, I would say, than the Intel Committee was.”
Democrats on the Judiciary Committee, meanwhile, said Sunday that Republicans were trying to distract from Trump’s wrongdoing by raising objections to the impeachment process without challenging the facts that have been gathered.
Demings said Democrats were “not going to play any games” with Republicans and called on Trump to end his stonewall of the Democrats’ witness and document demands.
“They want to . . . play a political game and tie the process up in the courts as long as they can and run the clock out,” she said. “We’re not willing to play that game.”
Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.), meanwhile, argued that both Russia and Ukraine interfered in the 2016 presidential election, despite the intelligence community’s assessment that only Russia did so.
The comments mark Kennedy’s latest attempt to shift the focus away from the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia worked to help elect Trump, after a Fox News Channel interview last week from which he later backtracked.
“I think both Russia and Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election,” Kennedy told host Chuck Todd on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday.
Todd pressed Kennedy on whether he was concerned that he had been “duped” by Russian propaganda, noting reports that U.S. intelligence officials recently briefed senators that “this is a Russian intelligence propaganda campaign in order to get people like you to say these things about Ukraine.”
Kennedy responded that he had received no such warning.
“I wasn’t briefed. Dr. Hill is entitled to her opinion,” Kennedy said, referring to former National Security Council Russia adviser Fiona Hill, who testified in the impeachment inquiry last month.
In her public testimony, Hill warned that several Trump allies had spread unfounded allegations that Ukraine, rather than Russia, had interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Pat Cipollone: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
Pat Cipollone
Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner LLP
Pat Cipollone is the top White House counsel. President Trump chose Cipollone to replace his former attorney Don McGahn in October 2018.
Cipollone’s background includes serving in the Justice Department while President George H.W. Bush was in office. While in the private sector, he handled cases involving government contracts and congressional investigations.
On October 8, 2019, Cipollone sent a letter to House Democrats, including Speaker Nancy Pelosi, explaining that the White House would not cooperate with the impeachment inquiry. This means that the White House will not comply with document requests or agree to testify before lawmakers.
Cipollone accused the Democrats of orchestrating an effort to “overturn the results of the 2016 election and deprive the American people of the President they have freely chosen. Many Democrats now apparently view impeachment not only as a means to undo the democratic results of the last election, but as a strategy to influence the next election, which is barely more than a year away.”
He added that the impeachment inquiry “violates fundamental fairness and constitutionally mandated due process.” You can read the full letter here.
Here’s what you need to know about Pat Cipollone.
1. Pat Cipollone Is Said to Have Earned President Trump’s Trust & Respect
Pat Cipollone
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(L-R) Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, and Principal Deputy Press Secretary Hogan Gidley at the White House on May 7, 2019
Pat Cipollone reportedly served as an informal adviser to the White House legal team for several months before he was brought on in an official capacity, a source confirmed to Business Insider.
After joining the administration, Cipollone was said to have quickly earned President Trump’s trust and respect. Kellyanne Conway told Politico in June of 2019, “He has the president’s ear, he’s earned the president’s respect and that allows people in this building not just to survive but to succeed in doing their jobs.”
Current and former senior administration officials told the Atlantic that Cipollone is “clear in his admiration” for the president and doesn’t try to hide that. He is also reportedly known for being very discreet and straightforward. Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, praised Cipollone to the magazine. “Pat would tell me if I was doing something I shouldn’t be doing or going in the wrong direction. He wouldn’t hesitate to tell me that, and I know he wouldn’t hesitate to tell the president that either.”
Cipollone is firmly on the president’s side when it comes to the call with the leader of Ukraine, which was part of what sparked the formal impeachment inquiry. In the letter Cipollone sent to Democratic leaders on October 8, 2019, he strongly defended the call and praised the president’s decision to release the official record of the call. “For his part, President Trump took the unprecedented step of providing the public transparency by declassifying and releasing the record of his call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The record clearly established that the call was completely appropriate and that there is no basis for your inquiry.”
2. Cipollone Was a Litigation Partner at a Firm Based in Washington, D.C.
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(L) Lawyer Pat Cipollone, White House Press Secretary Sarah H. Sanders and White House Social Media Director Dan Scavino in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 7, 2019
Pat Cipollone was a partner at the law firm Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner LLP in Washington, D.C. His areas of focus were listed as commercial litigation, anti-trust & trade regulation, and healthcare fraud.
According to the firm bio, Cipollone had experience handling cases involving government contract matters, tax disputes, consumer fraud, crisis management, congressional investigations and insurance litigation, just to name a few. Before joining this firm, Cipollone worked at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
One previous high-profile case Cipollone worked on included a class-action lawsuit against Equifax. He was on the 11-person legal team that defended customers who had their personal data, including social security numbers, exposed in a major data breach. The cyberattack reportedly impacted as many as 145 million customers.
He is licensed to practice law in Washington D.C. and Illinois. Cipollone earned a bachelor’s degree at Fordham University in 1988. He attended law school at the University of Chicago and served as the managing editor of the University of Chicago Law Review, graduating in 1991.
3. Pat Cipollone Previously Served in the Justice Department
Pat Cipollone had prior experience working in government before going to work in the White House. He was an attorney in the Justice Department during the administration of President George H.W. Bush. He served under Attorney General William P. Barr focused on communications and special projects.
Cipollone’s bio on his previous law firm’s website stated that Cipollone “has substantial expertise in defamation counseling and litigation on behalf of corporations, organizations and public figures, including prepublication negotiations and/or litigation with major media organizations.”
Simply put, he has a lot of experience dealing with negative media attention and representing well-known people. Though Cipollone’s government experience is limited, his background was likely viewed as a crucial asset, especially after Democrats took back control of the House in the 2018 midterm elections and increased investigations.
4. Cipollone is Active With Two Catholic Organizations
Pat Cipollone is a practicing Catholic. He is a co-founder of the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. The annual event first launched in 2004 in Washington, D.C. and typically attracts more than 1,000 participants.
According to the event website, the Prayer Breakfast’s founders were inspired by “Saint John Paul II’s call for a New Evangelization.” Former Senator Rick Santorum is another founder.
Cipollone is on the board of directors of the Catholic Information Center. The group’s mission statement explains that the group is “committed to making the Catholic Church alive in the hearts and minds of men and women living and working in our nation’s capital. Through a variety of spiritual, intellectual, and professional programs, the CIC offers the tools to live an integrated life and to engage in all areas of human endeavors.” The organization holds daily weekday masses and confessions, as well as puts on speaking events. The Catholic Information Center is located about half a mile from the White House.
5. Cipollone Was Connected to Trump Ally Laura Ingraham & Was Described as a ‘Big Trump Supporter’ Before He Was Hired as White House Counsel
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The Trump Administration and the country will be very well-served with this appointment of Pat Cipollone as WH Counsel. Whip smart, dedicated, tough but fair-minded, respected by both sides of the aisle. (And a great friend to many—incl me. ) https://twitter.com/FoxNewsResearch/status/1051488045847928832 …
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Pat Cipollone:
•Litigation partner at D.C. law firm
•Experience w/ investigations & disputes involving state/federal agencies
•Served at DOJ under then-AG William P. Barr (Bush 41 nominee)
•Has reportedly been advising Trump's outside legal teamhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-has-chosen-pat-cipollone-as-new-white-house-counsel-sources-say.amp …
Pat Cipollone has a connection to Fox News host Laura Ingraham, who has been described as an “ally” of President Trump. According to the Washington Post, she views Cipollone as her “spiritual mentor.”
Ingraham praised the attorney on Twitter, writing “The Trump Administration and the country will be very well-served with this appointment of Pat Cipollone as WH Counsel. Whip smart, dedicated, tough but fair-minded, respected by both sides of the aisle. (And a great friend to many—incl me.)”
Axios, which first reported that Cipollone had begun filling out paperwork to become White House Counsel, cited an unnamed source that described Cipollone as being “loyal” to President Trump. The site quoted this source describing Cipollone as a “true believer” and a “big Trump supporter.”
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