Trump digs in on election lies, insults sexual assault accuser during town hall

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-digs-in-on-election-lies-insults-sexual-assault-accuser-during-town-hall/

During a contentious CNN town hall Wednesday night, former US president Donald Trump dug in on his lies about the 2020 election, downplayed the violence on January 6, 2021, and repeatedly insulted the woman whom a civil jury this week found him liable of sexually abusing and defaming.

Trump, returning to the network after years of acrimony, also refused to say whether he wants Ukraine to win the war against Russian aggression and said the US “might as well” default on its debt obligation, despite the potentially devastating economic consequences.

George Santos Rages Against Indictment

 https://www.newsweek.com/george-santos-rages-against-indictment-1799552#:~:text=Embattled%20Republican%20Congressman%20George%20Santos,in%20Central%20Islip%2C%20New%20York.

"It's a witch hunt," Santos told a throng of reporters after departing the courthouse Wednesday afternoon. "It makes no sense that in four months, five months, I'm indicted. You have Joe Biden's entire family receiving deposits from nine family members receiving money from foreign destinations into their bank accounts."

Lisa Parshall, a political science professor at Daemen University, told Newsweek via email that Santos is following the Donald Trump script of "decrying any accountability as political persecution and engaging in whataboutism."

5 takeaways from Trump’s CNN smackdown

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/10/5-takeaways-from-trumps-cnn-smackdown-00096376

The most significant thing about Trump’s town hall wasn’t anything he said about the 2020 election, the Jan. 6 riot at the capitol or the federal jury that found him liable for sexual battery.

It was that on all of those issues, a roomful of Republicans and independents who intend to vote in New Hampshire’s Republican primary was siding with him.

Rep. George Santos charged with fraud, money laundering, using donor funds on designer duds

 https://nypost.com/2023/05/10/rep-george-santos-handed-several-charges-in-indictment/

Lying Long Island Rep. George Santos surrendered Wednesday as federal prosecutors revealed the charges against him — including that he embezzled $50,000 in campaign money to buy designer clothing and pay personal expenses.

House GOP leaders react to Santos indictment: 'There is a legal process'

 https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-leaders-react-santos-indictment-legal-process

"In regard to George Santos, he was already removed from all of his committees," House Majority Leader Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said during Wednesday's leadership press conference. "There is a legal process. The charges just came out, we just saw some of them this morning. And so, in America, there is a presumption of innocence, but they're serious charges. He's going to have to go through the legal process." 

Interesting observation: They hold the above only for Republicans especially not if your name is Biden or Clinton

Santos accused of using donor money to buy designer clothes

 https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3997532-santos-accused-of-using-donor-money-to-buy-designer-clothes/

Eight of these charges — five of the wire fraud counts and three counts of money laundering — are connected with the now-congressman allegedly directing someone in October 2022 to falsely tell potential donors that their funds would be used to buy television advertisements for Santos’s campaign.

George Santos’ Lies Finally Catch Up With Him in Stunning Indictment

 https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-santos-is-in-custody?ref=home?ref=home

The Justice Department unsealed a 13-count indictment Wednesday morning that detailed the variety of ways Santos used his brief political rise to dupe taxpayers and donors—an eagerly awaited law enforcement action that followed months of investigative news reports about his wide ranging fraudster lifestyle.

The charges against Rep. George Santos

 https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/10/politics/charges-george-santos/index.html

The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed 13 federal charges against Rep. George Santos and the New York Republican is in custody, a spokesperson for the Eastern District of New York said. Santos has been charged on seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of making materially false statements to the US House of Representatives.

Yeshiva University left mourning after beloved gay alumnus dies by suicide

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/yeshiva-university-left-mourning-after-beloved-gay-alumni-dies-by-suicide/

He died a month later, on the eve of the Shabbat when the weekly Torah portion includes the Jewish legal prohibition on homosexual intercourse, calling it an “abomination.”

“I do resent anyone that is trying to make this about him being gay,” the source said. “It’s the chicken or the egg situation. Did being gay in the Orthodox community make his depression more triggering, or was it that he was depressed, and felt alone, which made being gay so much harder?” Even his closest friends say it’s impossible to untangle those forces.

Ex-Donald Trump Staffers Accuse Him of Sexual Harassment in the White House

 https://www.newsweek.com/former-donald-trump-staffers-accuse-sexual-harassment-white-house-1799333#:~:text=Staffers%20who%20worked%20in%20Donald,sexually%20abusing%20E.%20Jean%20Carroll.

Staffers who worked in Donald Trump's White House have accused him of sexual harassment after a jury on Tuesday found the former president liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll.

An elderly Montreal rabbi has been arrested for sex crimes against a minor that go back 25 years

 https://thecjn.ca/news/an-elderly-montreal-rabbi-has-been-arrested-for-sex-crimes-against-a-minor-that-go-back-25-years/

No charges were ever laid, and the complainant did not go to the police, although Rabbi Emanuel points out that it is the rabbinical council’s policy these days to direct victims of assault to go to the authorities.

"לא באנו לשרוף הכל": הארגון שחושף תקיפות מיניות במגזר החרדי

 https://www.msn.com/he-il/lifestyle/other/לא-באנו-לשרוף-הכל-הארגון-שחושף-תקיפות-מיניות-במגזר-החרדי/ar-AA1aQRrT

מרכז הסיוע "מגן" השתתף בשנים האחרונות בחשיפת שורה ארוכה של תקיפות מיניות במגזר החרדי, ומסייע מדי חודש למאות צעירות וצעירים שחוו פגיעה מינית להשתקם. לאחרונה הוא יצא בקמפיין גיוס המונים בפלטפורמת causematch.com תחת הכותרת "בואו לתמוך בגיבורים שלנו", במטרה לגייס 400 אלף שקלים שיאפשרו את המשך פעילותו.

Cures for all illness is from G-d

 Zohar (Balak 48) All cures are determined by G-d However some depend on an intermediary and some don’t. Those cured by an intermediary are definitely cured but the illness sometimes returns. In contrast cures directly from G-d are permanent/

Rep. George Santos charged by Justice Department in federal probe

 https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/09/politics/george-santos-charged-justice-department/index.html

 Federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against New York Rep. George Santos, the Republican lawmaker whose astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications stunned even hardened politicos, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Santos is expected to appear as soon as Wednesday at federal court in New York’s eastern district, where the charges have been filed under seal.

The exact nature of the charges couldn’t immediately be learned but the FBI and the Justice Department public integrity prosecutors in New York and Washington have been examining allegations of false statements in Santos’ campaign finance filings and other claims.