Rapist's Defense Lawyer Arrested For Allegedly Telling Rape Victim She’d Be Deported If She Testified Christos Vasiliades is also charged with offering her $3,000 not to show up in court. 05/26/2017 [...] The lawyer represents Mario Aguilar-Delossantos, who is facing felony rape charges. According to the indictment, Vasiliades contacted the woman and her husband on April 11 to meet and talk because he said his client’s case had become “more complicated.” During the meeting, Vasiliades allegedly pointed to the Trump administration’s ramped-up immigration efforts [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/immigration-enforcement-churches-schools_us_58d2bae5e4b0b22b0d191b21 ] and warned the couple that they would risk deportation [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-california-courthouses-ice_us_58de77ace4b0ba3595947656 ] if they testified in court. In a follow-up meeting on May 18, the woman allegedly wore a device that recorded Vasiliades and Rodriguez claiming that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was “looking at this case.” “You know how things are with Trump’s laws now; someone goes to court, and boom, they get taken away [id.],” Rodriguez said, according to the court documents. [...] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/christos-vasiliades-lawyer-deportation-threat-rape_us_59286624e4b053f2d2ac48e5 [with comments]
Melania Trump Steps Out In Floral Jacket Worth A Year’s Income Is this the fashion version of “let them eat cake?” 05/26/2017 First lady Melania Trump [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/melania-trump/ ] made a mega-colorful debut on a Sicily street Friday in a Dolce & Gabbana floral jacket worth a mind-blowing $51,500. [...] The first lady’s style choice wasn’t quite a “let them eat cake moment.” Cake would be way more affordable. [...] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/melania-51500-jacket_us_5928b758e4b0df57cbfbd18c [with embedded video, and comments]
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