Comment on Trump Organization Convicted in Executive Tax Dodge Scheme

Almost since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russia has been under sanctions that make getting the microelectronics and chips necessary for drone production almost impossible. Impossible at least by conventional means. That's led to unscrupulous characters like Denis Postovoy who's lived in Sarasota for years willing to take a chance on smuggling the goods to Russia for the insane profits.

A few weeks ago, Eric Hovde became very defensive when it was learned that at least one foreign government had money in his California-based bank. I can't even imagine how he's feeling now that news is breaking that his bank was involved in a $26.2 million deal with a Mexican bank that has ties to drug cartels and money laundering, compliance issues and even bribery of a Texas congressman, per a report by Dan Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: According to a May story in the Wall Street Journal, Banco Azteca has struggled doing business with U.

Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) was in no mood for any of Rep. James Comer's bullshit games and brought the heat straight at him: FROST: This committee functions as an extension of the Trump campaign. First, we went after President Biden with a nonsense impeachment hearing. Then we went after his son.

Beloved baby hippo Moo Deng may have won the hearts of the public, but a large, young penguin in Australia is stirring up some cuteness competition. Commenters on Sea Life Melbourne Aquairum’s Instagram page are doting on the animal, calling him a “fluffy king.” “Pesto is the besto,” wrote another.

Sean “Diddy” Combs was once the most ubiquitous man in hip-hop. The producer-turned-rapper rose as an indomitable force in the ‘90s by crafting glossy, infectious party anthems that helped catapult hip-hop into the mainstream. In 1997, he spent 26 weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 charts, the most of any artist that year.

New York magazine says that its highly regarded Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave after disclosing that she had a personal relationship with a former reporting subject, violating the publication’s standards. The newsletter Status, which broke the story, and The New York Times both cite unnamed sources in identifying Robert F.