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...belief, she "felt that she possessed certain legal and moral rights"; and that her petitions for money were a "negotiation," not an extortion. To buttress these claims, Baum's opening statement walked the jury through a lengthy history of contacts between Cosby and both Jackson and her mother, Shawn Thompson. Baum said it was Cosby who suggested Thompson list her former boyfriend, Gerald Jackson, as the father on Autumn's birth certificate. (Cosby's attorney denies the allegation.) Baum traced years of "gifts" bestowed by Cosby, including trust funds and cars for both women and a front-row seat...
Having worked for weeks to lower expectations, Thompson surprised everyone with his full-throated opening statement, referring to "the existence of a Chinese plan to subvert our election process." And indeed the most intriguing revelation of the week was a letter showing that as far back as 1994, the Riady family, proprietors of the giant Lippo Group, was talking to a Chinese-American activist about introducing Asian businessmen to the Clinton Administration and using them to funnel money to the Democratic National Committee. There were also new revelations of wire transfers from banks in Asia to two of the D.N.C...
This is how it went last week for Senator Fred Thompson and anyone hoping that his hearings into campaign-finance abuses would play a role in reducing them: on the first day, Thompson waved a big red flag in front of the TV cameras, charging he had information that the Chinese government was trying to subvert American democracy. The problem was, it was mostly classified, and he couldn't give any details. On the second day, the Republicans' lead witness was so docile and unresponsive that staff members began faxing reporters his deposition, as if to say, "This is what...
...such a false start, it almost looked as if it had been planned that way. And in a way it was. Thompson may yet dream of using the hearings to drive reform, but there aren't many elected officials in either party who want him to tear apart the system that has fed them so well. In fact, the Democrats made their strategy clear: unless we all play nice with one another, everyone is going to get hurt. When Thompson warned of Chinese influence peddling, his counterpart, ranking Democrat John Glenn, raked over former Republican Party chief Haley Barbour...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: TIME's Mark Thompson reports that while Army Sergeant Major Gene McKinney has been on the ropes since being charged with sexual misconduct by four lower-ranking female soldiers, today's allegation of sexual misconduct against a female officer completely seals his fate. "He was toast before today's charge, and he's really toast now. Originally, when (Retired Sergeant Major) Brenda Hoster was out there solo, it was at least possible McKinney was innocent. But when charges were finally brought and there were four women, questions (of innocence) were resolved for most people. The fact that...