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Trudeau says discussing medically assisted death with veteran ‘unacceptable’
Justin Trudeau says the discussion of medical assistance in dying (MAiD) between a veteran and a Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) employee is “completely unacceptable.”Speaking in Stephenville, N.L., on Tuesday during a trip with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Trudeau noted an investigation is underway into the incident, which has sparked anger toward the government department assigned to provide supports to former military members.“That is not the duty of care we have toward veterans,” the prime minister told reporters.“There is a full investigation going on as to how that happened, and we are going to ensure it never happens again.” Ottawa orders ‘full and thorough’ probe into veteran assisted dying discussion The remarks were Trudeau’s first since Global News reported on Aug. 16 that a VAC service agent had brought up medically-assisted dying, unprompted, during a conversation with a combat veteran who was seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder and a traumatic brain injury.Global News is not identifying the veteran who was seeking treatment due to privacy concerns but has spoken directly with the individual, who says the service agent brought up MAiD repeatedly, even after the veteran asked the service agent to stop.The veteran said he felt pressured as a result.VAC said last week it was looking into the matter and promised the “appropriate administrative actions” would be taken, without providing further details.On Aug.
Trump - FBI Mar-a-Lago search: DOJ opposes unsealing affidavit for warrant - fox29.com - state Florida - county Miami - county Jay
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FBI Mar-a-Lago search: DOJ opposes unsealing affidavit for warrant
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Trump says FBI searched Mar-a-Lago estate in major escalation of probeThe court filing — from Juan Antonio Gonzalez, the U.S. attorney in Miami, and Jay Bratt, a top Justice Department national security official — argues that making the affidavit public would "cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation."The document, the prosecutors say, details "highly sensitive information about witnesses," including people who have been interviewed by the government, and contains confidential grand jury information.The government told a federal magistrate judge that prosecutors believe some additional records, including the cover sheet for the warrant and the government’s request to seal the documents, should now be made public.Chuck McCullough, a former FBI special agent, joins the show to talk how law enforcement officials got the warrant to raid former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence.A property receipt unsealed Friday showed the FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents, with some not only marked top secret but also "sensitive compartmented information," a special category meant to protect the nation’s most important secrets that if revealed publicly could cause "exceptionally grave" damage to U.S.
Trump - FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid: DOJ opposes unsealing affidavit for warrant - fox29.com - state Florida - county Miami - county Jay
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FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid: DOJ opposes unsealing affidavit for warrant
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Trump says FBI searched Mar-a-Lago estate in major escalation of probeThe court filing — from Juan Antonio Gonzalez, the U.S. attorney in Miami, and Jay Bratt, a top Justice Department national security official — argues that making the affidavit public would "cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation."The document, the prosecutors say, details "highly sensitive information about witnesses," including people who have been interviewed by the government, and contains confidential grand jury information.The government told a federal magistrate judge that prosecutors believe some additional records, including the cover sheet for the warrant and the government’s request to seal the documents, should now be made public.Chuck McCullough, a former FBI special agent, joins the show to talk how law enforcement officials got the warrant to raid former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into whether he took classified records from the White House to his Florida residence.A property receipt unsealed Friday showed the FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents, with some not only marked top secret but also "sensitive compartmented information," a special category meant to protect the nation’s most important secrets that if revealed publicly could cause "exceptionally grave" damage to U.S.
'Honor Killings' Trial: Sisters feared their dad would kill them days before their murders, prosecutors claim - fox29.com - county Dallas
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'Honor Killings' Trial: Sisters feared their dad would kill them days before their murders, prosecutors claim
DALLAS - Testimony began Tuesday in the capital murder trial of a former fugitive on the FBI’s Most Wanted List.Yaser Said is accused of the murders of his teenage daughters in 2008. He was on the run from then until his ultimate capture in 2020.Said disappeared simultaneously with the girls' murders and eluded police and the FBI for 12 years before he was finally captured.Prosecutors say the evidence shows Said murdered them because, as a Muslim, they brought disgrace on his family because of their western lifestyle that included dating non-Muslim boys.The defense, in opening statements, pointed to police targeting him because he is Muslim in post-9/11 America. Through attorney Brad Lollar, Said on Tuesday entered a plea of not guilty.There were tears from Connie Moggio, the aunt to Amina and Sarah Said, as she was asked to identify an autopsy photo in contrast to pictures in of the girls shortly before they were murdered on January 1, 2008, in the back seat of a taxicab at an Irving hotel.MORE: Opening statements begin Tuesday for father accused of murdering two daughtersSaid is facing capital murder for his daughters’ deaths.In opening statements, the state told jurors Said wanted to control every facet of his family's life."This is a case about a man possessed with possession and control," said Dallas County Prosecutor Lauren Black.
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