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MAGA-rioting romance novel cover model pleads guilty to dragging cop down Capitol steps
September 28, 2022
A bodybuilder who in the past has gotten work as a model for the covers of romance novels has pleaded guilty to assaulting a police officer while taking part in the January 6th riots at the United States Capitol building.
As NBC News reports, 41-year-old Michigan man Logan Barnhart pleaded guilty to dragging a Metropolitan Police Department officer down the stairs at the Capitol and pushing him into a mob of Trump supporters who continued assaulting him.
Barnhart also pleaded guilty to shoving law enforcement officers and swinging at them with a flagpole.
During a court appearance on Wednesday, Barnhart told U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan that everything in his guilty plea was "100 percent true."
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NBC News notes that Barnhart was identified by amateur internet sleuths using facial recognition technology.
"[The sleuths] had given him the nickname 'Catsweat' because he was wearing a Caterpillar brand sweatshirt on Jan. 6," NBC News writes. "Barnhart kept his sunglasses on for most of the time he was at the Capitol. But earlier in the day, while he was at the Trump 'Stop the Steal' event near the White House, a YouTuber panned past his face, which gave sleuths a good image to run."
The sleuths were then able to match Barnhart's face with a face that appeared multiple times on the covers of romance novels -- and that turned out to be Barnhart.
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Corey Lewandowski reaches deal in unwanted sexual advances case that could see charge dropped
September 28, 2022
Corey Lewandowski has reached an agreement with Las Vegas prosecutors after he was charged with misdemeanor battery for making unwanted sexual advances toward a woman last year.
Trashelle Odom, the wife of Idaho construction executive and GOP donor John Odom, had accused Lewandowski of repeatedly touching her legs and buttocks at a September 2021 charity dinner, but the former Donald Trump campaign adviser reached an agreement that could result in the charges being dismissed, reported Politico.
Clark County prosecutors filed the charge last month, but Lewandowski agreed to undergo eight hours of impulse-control counseling, serve 50 hours of community service and remain out of trouble for a year, and pay a $1,000 fine.
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Lewandowski did not have to admit guilt as part of the deal, and the charges will be dismissed once he meets all the conditions.
Odom was among about two dozen major Republican donors at the charity dinner at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino’s Benihana restaurant, ad she accused Lewandowski of touching her inappropriately and discussing his genitals and sexual performance.
Lewandowski, who was seated next to her while her husband was not present, also showed her his hotel room key, Odom said.
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Denmark's Queen Margrethe, Europe's only reigning queen and the continent's longest serving monarch, on Wednesday stripped four of her eight grandchildren of their titles, the palace announced.
The official reason was to allow the four children of her youngest son, Prince Joachim, to live more normal lives, and follows similar moves by other royal families in Europe to slim down their monarchies, the palace said.
"As of January 1, 2023, the descendants of His Royal Highness Prince Joachim will only be able to use their titles of Count and Countess of Monpezat, their previous titles of Prince and Princess of Denmark ceasing to exist", the royal palace wrote in a statement.
Prince Joachim, 53, has four children from two marriages: Nikolai, Felix, Henrik and Athena, ranging in age from 23 to 10.
"With her decision, Her Majesty the Queen wants to create a framework for the four grandchildren, to a much greater degree, to be able to shape their own existence without being limited by the special considerations and obligations that a formal affiliation with the Royal House as an institution implies", it said.
"The queen's decision is in line with similar changes that other royal houses have carried out in recent years in different ways", it added.
The mother of Prince Joachim's two eldest sons told Danish media she was "shocked" by the decision.
"This came from out of the blue. The children feel excluded. They can't understand why their identity is being taken from them", Countess Alexandra told daily B.T..
The queen's four other grandchildren, born to Crown Prince Frederik, 54, will retain their titles but when they come of age only the future king, Prince Christian, will receive an appanage, a decision taken in 2016.
© 2022 AFP
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