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🎯George Soros cedes control of empire to younger son. Soros’ business holdings include his nonprofit Open Society Foundations, which is active in more than 120 countries around the world and funnels about $1.5 billion annually to certain groups. [more]
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🔸William Barr says Trump may be ‘toast’ after ‘very damning’ indictment. The former attorney general pushed back against Trump’s narrative that he is the victim of a broader government “hoax”, saying: “Presenting Trump as a victim here, the victim of a witch-hunt, is ridiculous.” [more]
🔸Moms for Liberty co-founder torches SPLC's 'extremist' label: 'We're not going to stop'. The SPLC’s 2022 Year In Hate and Extremism report added the label to the Florida-based non-profit Tuesday, saying it can be "spotted at school board meetings across the country wearing shirts and carrying signs that declare, ‘We do NOT CO-PARENT with the GOVERNMENT.’" [more]
🔸How Billions in Covid Relief Aid Was Stolen or Wasted. Federal loan applicants weren’t cross-checked against a Treasury Department database that would have raised red flags about sketchy borrowers. [more]
🔸IE INSIGHTS: Top 10 Forms of Corruption [more]
🔸JPMorgan settles lawsuit with Jeffrey Epstein victims. JPMorgan Chase reached a tentative settlement with victims of Jeffrey Epstein, one of two lawsuits alleging the nation's largest bank ignored warnings about its longtime client and facilitated his alleged sex trafficking. [more]
🔸Mt. Gox's Hackers Are 2 Russian Nationals. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Russian nationals Alexey Bilyuchenko and Aleksandr Verner with the 2014 Mt. Gox hack, at the time one of the biggest thefts in crypto history. [more]
🔸Chinese Parts Help Iran Supply Drones to Russia Quickly. After Ukraine downed an Iranian drone, a Chinese part in the weapon showed it had been built and sent to Russian forces in three months. [more]
🔸Biden’s Iran Gamble. Iran could produce its first bomb’s worth of weapons-grade uranium in a matter of weeks and material for subsequent bombs shortly thereafter. [more]
🔸North Korea Funds half Its Ballistic Missile Program With ‘Crypto Heists’. Hackers pose as recruiters, tempting potential candidates with raises while sending them malicious code that opens up their company’s systems. [more]
🔸India agency sends notices to Deutsche, HSBC, Citi in Xiaomi royalty case. The banks received notices because they allegedly allowed foreign remittances described as royalty payments without conducting due diligence and obtaining necessary documentation. [more]