Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ), who campaigned on “reforms to limit the role of money in politics,” failed to publicly disclose dozens of personal stock trades in possible violation of the federal STOCK Act, according to a report . Malinowski’s stock trades in 2020 included more than two dozen purchases and sales during the first several weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, cited in a five-page spreadsheet Malinowski’s office disclosed on Wednesday after a reporter asked about his stock activity. The spreadsheet contains stock trade information that does not appear publicly on the House’s website, as required by law. The spreadsheet notes that Malinowski made at least $671,000 and as much as $2.76 million worth of trades during 2020. Members of Congress must report the value of their stock assets only in broad ranges, which makes a precise total elusive. “Filing these disclosures late was an oversight that he is taking steps to correct,” Colston Reid, Malinowski’s chief of staff, said. “This was not an effort on the part of the congressman to conceal any trade activities,” Malinowski’s spokesperson, Amanda Osbourne, added, separately. The congressman did not make his own trades but instead “has a financial advisor that makes trading decisions on his behalf without his regular input.” Peter Schweizer, author of Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite , and whose first book was instrumental in the creation of the STOCK Act , said, “This is only further proof that we cannot trust members of the political class to police themselves on insider trading.” Reaction to the news was ablaze on Twitter, with calls for congressional members to be banned from trading stocks while in office. Ban members of Congress from trading stocks. https://t.co/CHaq5ppr8g — Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 5, 2021 It’s time to ban all Members of Congress from trading stocks in individual companies affected by their ...
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Cuomo accuser says governor did not take sexual harassment training
Charlotte Bennett, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo Andrew Cuomo Cuomo accuser says governor did not take sexual harassment training NY Senate advances bill to repeal Cuomo's emergency powers Two female aides to Cuomo leave administration MORE (D) who has accused him of sexual harassment, said the governor did not undergo sexual harassment training. In a new interview with CBS News that aired Friday , Bennett said another aide took the mandatory training for Cuomo. Bennett, 25, has accused Cuomo, 63, of asking her inappropriate questions about her sex life and saying he was opening to having relationships with women in their 20s, a remark she believes was an indication that he was open to a relationship with her. “In 2019, he did not take the sexual harassment training,” Bennett said. ADVERTISEMENT “I was there,” she added, when asked how she knew that information. “I heard [Cuomo Executive Secretary] Stephanie [Benton] say: ‘I can’t believe I’m doing this for you,’ and making a joke about the fact that she was completing the training for him, and then I heard her, at the end, ask him to sign the certificate.” The remarks contradict Cuomo’s claim this week that he did undergo the training himself. “The short answer is yes,” he said at a press conference Wednesday when asked if he participated in the training. Cuomo’s office said Benton "categorically denies this exchange" and that Bennett's remarks are "not true." "Some state employees take an online course; for Executive Chamber Senior Staff, the training takes the form of personal review of documentation," Beth Garvey, special counsel to the governor, said in a statement to The Hill. "The Governor did this review of the mandated material and completed the training." The new claim comes amid a growing firestorm surrounding Cuomo after at least three women have accused him of sexual harassment. ADVERTISEMENT Besides Bennett, Lindsey Boylan, another ...
Did Eric Swalwell offer vindication for Donald Trump with his lawsuit?
French philosopher Voltaire said he had only one prayer in life — “O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous” — and that it was uniformly granted by God. The answer to Donald Trump Donald Trump Trump announces new tranche of endorsements DeSantis, Pence tied in 2024 Republican poll Lawmakers demand changes after National Guard troops at Capitol sickened from tainted food MORE ’s prayers may be Rep. Eric Swalwell Eric Michael Swalwell The Hill's 12:30 Report - Presented by ExxonMobil - Senate begins marathon vote-a-rama before .9T COVID-19 relief passage Trump sued by Democrat over mob attack on Capitol China has already infiltrated America's institutions MORE (D-Calif.). It is not because of Swalwell’s relationship with a Chinese agent or the bizarre defenses of him, including one Democrat insisting he deserved the Medal of Honor . It is because Swalwell’s lawsuit against the former president could offer Trump the ultimate vindication over his role in the riot at the Capitol. Swalwell’s complaint against Trump — along with son Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) — alleges nine counts for relief, from negligent emotional distress suffered by Swalwell to negligence in the “incitement to riot.” One might think this would be a lead-pipe cinch of a case. After all, an array of legal experts has insisted for months that this was clear criminal incitement, not an exercise of free speech. As a civil lawsuit, it should be even easier to win, since the standard of proof is lower for civil cases. Yet for more than four years, many of these same experts claimed a long list of “clear” crimes by Trump that were never prosecuted or used as a basis for impeachment. Likewise, despite similar claims of criminal incitement, roughly three months have passed without a criminal charge against Trump. District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine insisted weeks ago that Trump’s alleged crime would ...
Nevada looks to shake up presidential primary calendar
Nevada is seeking to become the first contest in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary, nudging ahead of the traditional proving grounds of Iowa and New Hampshire. Democrats in Nevada have introduced legislation to switch their state's contest from a caucus to a primary, and to make it the nation's first. Iowa and New Hampshire, meanwhile, are seeking to defend their long-held statuses as the first two contests on the primary calendar. ADVERTISEMENT The jostling comes as a growing number of Democrats question why a party propelled by the voices of minority voters gives such weight in its presidential primary to two states that are overwhelmingly white. It also follows a 2020 contest where President Biden Joe Biden Senate holds longest vote in history as Democrats scramble to save relief bill Ex-Trump appointee arrested in Capitol riot complains he won't be able to sleep in jail Biden helps broker Senate deal on unemployment benefits MORE performed miserably in those states, only to completely turn his campaign around once the contest moved to more diverse states — including Nevada, where Biden finished a distant second to Sen. Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders McConnell makes failed bid to adjourn Senate after hours-long delay Senate holds longest vote in history as Democrats scramble to save relief bill Democrats break COVID-19 impasse with deal on jobless benefits MORE (I-Vt.). South Carolina, another state that Democrats say should move further up the primary calendar, handed Biden a 30-point victory and is widely seen as a turning point in his campaign. “This last election cycle has demonstrated the net worth of not just Nevada and South Carolina, but the net worth of two of the fastest growing and perhaps, consequential voting blocs in the country, black and brown voters,” said South Carolina-based Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright. The idea to make Nevada a first-in-the-nation primary state ...
Northwestern Alums Create ‘The Seeker,’ A Highly Accurate Football Thrower They Call A Robotic QB
EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) — A pair of Northwestern University alums may have created the next big thing in football training, at least when it comes to skill position players. The Seeker has some big time NFL players not only using their invention but investing in the company. READ MORE: Chicago Weather: Weekend Warmup Continues As CBS 2’s Matt Zahn reported Thursday night, it’s a cool payoff after about five years of fine tuning. George Kittle, N’Keal Harry, and Hunter Henry are just a few of the NFL stars using the Seeker – or as they nicknamed it during the pandemic, the quarantine QB. Northwestern alums Bhargav Maganti and Igor Karlicic created the device. “We had a number of NFL athletes – they were home. They weren’t able to go to their camps. Things were shut down, and they didn’t really have a way to train alone,” Maganti said. “It’s kind of like an older sibling you never had, except this one throws, you know, 60 miles an hour,” Karlicic said. Maganti and Karlicic call the Seeker the world’s first robotic quarterback. But it’s not like a robot Tom Brady. READ MORE: Three Hospitalized After High Rise Fire In Ford City It is a sophisticated, highly accurate football-thrower. “You have a number of machines – passing machines – in different sports, in football as well, where the technology hadn’t changed for a really long time; where you have a person manually loading a device, pushing it through, and then the ball landing kind of wherever,” Maganti said. “I mean, sometimes in some of our demos we tell them, take a trash container, put it anywhere on the field, and that mark location -and we’ll hit it.” “It’s such a different experience compared to anything that they’ve had before, so we lot of people get just so excited using it,” Karlicic said. And now it has come full circle, as Maganti and Karlicic got to bring their seeker back to Northwestern – where the Wildcats are one of seven college football programs using the robotic QB to ...
