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Tim Parlatore, a former attorney on former President Donald Trump's legal team who left over frustrations that Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn was standing in the way of building a legal defense for the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case, threw fellow Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina under the bus during an interview on Friday with MSNBC's Ari Melber on "The Beat."
The discussion of Tacopina was prompted by Parlatore declining to discuss the details of Epshteyn's behavior, saying, "the whole narrative about Boris, what his role is, that's more of a political conversation."
"I would push you on that," said Melber, himself an attorney. "You are going to choose what you say. There are people who care about the issues here. If somebody that close to the former president is pushing things that are false or complicating it, that's of public interest. Dealing with documents as well as what happens in the case. I did want to also play another lawyer. I take your answer there. Joe Tacopina, he came on this program. We discussed the New York case. Which now has been charged. What you are about to see from Mr. Tacopina was before the indictment, which is about fraud. It's about to simplify it, lying. In that interview, look at what he said."
"It was a confidential settlement," said Tacopina in the clip. "If he acknowledged that, he would be violating the confidential settlement. Is it the truth? Of course it's not the truth."
"Do you think he is serving the president well in a case that's about fraud by saying, of course they didn't tell the truth?" Melber asked Parlatore.
"Look, Joe Tacopina and I have significant history together," said Parlatore. "I represented ... [a man] who was represented by Joe Tacopina. We litigated the case over the fact that Joe Tacopina became a witness against him in his criminal case. Do I — I don't want to comment on the things that he has done specifically in this New York case. Obviously, we have a history. I am not somebody who would recommend him as a lawyer to handle a case like that. Nor did I recommend that. The decision to bring him on was not mine. It's my understanding at this point that Todd Blanche has taken over lead on that case. I would refer you to Todd on that."
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"You think Todd is calling more shots than Mr. Tacopina?" asked Melber.
"That's my understanding," said Parlatore. "Certainly, if you look at the setup on the table at the arraignment, you have Todd, Susan next to him and then down in the far end of the table where the associates would normally sit is where you have Joe Tacopina and Boris."
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Video: DC apartment manager pepper sprays woman who warned him tenants were organizing
June 02, 2023
The building manager of a Washington D.C. apartment building was captured on video pepper spraying a woman today who had come to his office to complain that residents’ efforts to organize a tenant’s group were being resisted, TV station WUSA9 reported.
Residents of the 1841 Columbia Road apartments have been “fed up” with management after it “routinely shut off the water multiple times,” WUSA9 reported. That prompted them to begin organizing a tenant’s association, which led to the encounter today.
“When tenant Christine Corbin went to the building's office to speak about the issue, she decided to record her interaction with the building manager," according to the report. "I'm not saying you actually did, but if you took the signs down about us forming a tenant association, that's illegal," the woman can be heard saying in a video shared with WUSA9.
“In the video, the resident tells the building manager that she sent an email about the issue and informed the management that the signs will be going back up," according to the report. "The manager can be heard telling the woman to leave the office several times, saying he's already received her email.”
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“The interaction takes a turn when the woman says the manager's name, at which point he can be seen grabbing his car keys before spraying the woman with pepper spray. The woman screams before yelling, "I just got pepper sprayed!"
A police report stated that “officers were called to the apartment building, to help the woman, who was taken to an area hospital for treatment,” WUSA9 reported. It added that “the building manager left before police arrived and has not been located as of 2:30 p.m. Friday. He would face a simple assault charge if caught.”
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Biden takes victory lap in debt ceiling speech: 'The American people got what they needed'
June 02, 2023
On Friday evening, President Joe Biden gave an Oval Office address triumphantly announcing the bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling — and touting the latest reports showing the strength of the economy.
"This is vital," said Biden. "Because it is essential to the progress we have made over the last few years. Keeping full faith and credit of the United States of America. Passing a budget that continues to grow our economy and reflects our values as a nation. That is why I am speaking to you tonight. To report on the crisis averted and what we are doing to protect America's future. Passing this budget agreement was critical."
The consequences of a default, said Biden, would have been disastrous, from 8 million people losing their jobs, to interest rates skyrocketing and America's credit rating being devalued, which "would have made everything from mortgages to car loans to funding for the government much more expensive. It would have taken years to climb out of the hole."
"Nobody got everything they wanted, but the American people got what they needed," said Biden. "We averted an economic crisis and economic collapse. We are cutting spending and bringing the deficits down at the same time. We are protecting important priorities from Social Security to Medicare to Medicaid to veterans to the transformational investments in infrastructure and clean energy."
Biden went on to thank House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), as well as all other congressional leaders, for allowing the deal to come together.
"Over the next 10 years the deficit will be cut by more than $1 trillion," said Biden. "That will be on top of a record $1.7 trillion I already cut the deficit in my first two years in office. It is clear we are all in a much more fiscally responsible course than the one I inherited when I took office four years ago."
But Biden also went out of his way to jab Republicans, noting that their opening proposal would have cut vital programs including veterans' health care, and "would have cut healthcare for up to 21 millions americans on Medicaid."
"We are investing in America and our people and our future," said Biden. "We have created over 13 million new jobs. More than 800,000 manufacturing jobs. Where is it written that America cannot lead the world in manufacturing? Unemployment is at 3.7 percent. More Americans are working today than ever in the history of this country. Inflation has dropped 10 straight months in a row. In this debate, I refused to put what was responsible for all of this economic progress on the chopping block."
"I've never been more optimistic about the future," Biden concluded. "We just need to remember who we are. We are the United States of America. And there's nothing — nothing we can't do, when we do it together."
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\u201cTune in as I deliver remarks on the passage of the bipartisan budget agreement. https://t.co/NAnAAvVmtG\u201d— President Biden (@President Biden) 1685746868
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