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Trump’s Company Wipes His Name From New York City Skating Rinks

Jamie Ross Reporter
Published 10.23.19 5:02AM ET

A pair of ice rinks in New York City's Central Park, which have been run by the Trump Organization since the 1980s, have quietly removed Trump's name from their branding for this year's festive season. The Washington Post reports that it's the first time since Trump took office that his own businesses appear to be downplaying their connection to him. “It’s a complete rebranding,” said Geoffrey Croft, of the watchdog group NYC Park Advocates. “They’ve taken [the name] off everything. Off the uniforms, everything.” The name has been removed from boards around each rink where big red “TRUMP” signs surrounded skaters in previous years, and a white tarp is being used to hide the Trump name at the desk where visitors rent skates. One employee told the Post the change was made because the Trump branding was driving customers away, saying: “I do believe that’s the answer. It was hurting business ... A lot of the schools, you know, liberal private schools up here, come to parties up here.”

Read it at Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/just-in-time-for-skating-season-trumps-company-scrubs-his-name-from-ny-ice-rinks/2019/10/22/e53e69ec-f4f0-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html


https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-company-wipes-his-name-from-new-york-city-skating-rinks?via=newsletter&source=CSAMedition

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New York City Bar Calls for US AG William Barr's Recusal in Ukraine Matter

If Barr does not recuse himself, the bar association's statement said, "he should resign or, failing that, be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress."

By Michael Riccardi | October 23, 2019 at 12:13 PM
https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/10/23/new-york-city-bar-calls-for-us-ag-william-barrs-recusal-in-ukraine-matter/?cmp=share_twitter&slreturn=20190923152342

The New York City Bar Association in a statement Wednesday called on U.S. Attorney General William Barr to stand aside in any ongoing or future review by the Department of Justice of issues stemming from the Trump administration’s dealings with Ukraine, in which Barr has allegedly involved.

If Barr does not recuse himself, the bar association’s statement said, “he should resign or, failing that, be subject to sanctions, including possible removal, by Congress.”

A Department of Justice spokeswoman declined to comment on the demand.

The New York City Bar’s statement said that Barr has been mentioned, most notably, in a whistleblower report of a July 25, 2019 telephone call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In that call Trump, according to the whistleblower, said Barr would be in touch with Zelensky to follow up on his request that Ukraine initiate an investigation of former Vice President Joe Biden and Hunter Biden, who was on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company.

The bar association took no position on the legality of the phone call or merits of the whistleblower’s complaint. But it said the mention of Barr’s name was enough to require his recusal from the probe.

“We do, however, believe it was, and is, incumbent on the Attorney General to recuse himself from any participation, direct or indirect, in DOJ’s review of the whistleblower complaint,” the New York City Bar statement said. “Regardless of whether Mr. Barr was in fact aware of or part of the President’s plans, either before, at the time of, or after the July 25, 2019 telephone call, it is clear that Mr. Barr was obligated to recuse himself from any involvement in DOJ’s review of either the whistleblower complaint or the substance of the President’s actions once the President offered Mr. Barr’s services to President Zelensky. ”

The statement noted that Barr himself has recused in two instances–one in 1993 during his term as attorney general during the George H.W. Bush administration and the other earlier this year in the matter of Jeffrey Epstein–and that the step is not rare.

This is a developing story.

https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/10/23/new-york-city-bar-calls-for-us-ag-william-barrs-recusal-in-ukraine-matter/?cmp=share_twitter&slreturn=20190923152342

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“One UK official with knowledge of Barr’s wish list presented to London commented that ‘it is like nothing we have come across before, they are basically asking, in quite robust terms, for help in doing a hatchet job on their own intelligence services’.”

‘It’s like nothing we have come across before’: UK intelligence officials shaken by Trump administration’s requests for help with counter-impeachment inquiry
As impeachment inquiries heat up, president’s people are busy pursuing a counter offensive aimed at discrediting Mueller’s findings that Russia interfered in 2016 election
Kim SenguptaDiplomatic Editor 14 hours ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-inquiry-latest-russia-mueller-ukraine-zelensky-a9181641.html

Rachel Maddow MSNBC
@maddow

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“One UK official with knowledge of Barr’s wish list presented to London commented that ‘it is like nothing we have come across before, they are basically asking, in quite robust terms, for help in doing a hatchet job on their own intelligence services’.” https://t.co/O3RS8qNpM1

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) November 2, 2019