Politics

Anthony Weiner faces 15 years in prison after FBI agents found child pornography on a laptop connected to a Hillary Clinton investigation. Anthony Weiner is set to be charged with production of child pornography, according to the Wall Street Journal, amid claims a Washington D.C. pedophile ring is about to be blown wide open. Mr. Weiner, a New York Democrat and the estranged husband of Huma Abedin, is being investigated by the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan and the FBI, which seized his electronic devices, including a laptop and a cellphone, as part of the probe.

President Trump has authorized Congress to pursue criminal charges against Hillary Clinton, even if that means she ends up in prison.  Chairman of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Jason Chaffetz, told members of the committee that a recent meeting between him and the President revealed a desire by Trump to ensure Hillary Clinton receives whatever justice she deserves. Chaffetz told members: “President Trump visited Philadelphia when we were at our planning and strategy session.

Donald Trump’s planned state visit to the UK puts Queen Elizabeth in a “very difficult position,” a retired Foreign Office chief has warned. Lord Ricketts told BBC News that he was very surprised at the speed of Prime Minister Theresa May’s invitation to the US president. He also questioned whether Mr Trump was “specially deserving of this exceptional honour” describing the invitation as “premature” “It would have been far wiser to wait to see what sort of president he would turn out to be before advising the Queen to invite him” he added.

U.S. Army and NATO Generals have warned that the planet is teetering on the brink of World War 3 between the U.S. and Russia.  In a recent interview for Time magazine, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev echoed recent warnings by military chiefs, saying that the tensions between NATO and Russia indicate that a nuclear war is “imminent”. “More troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers are being brought to Europe. NATO and Russian forces and weapons that used to be deployed at a distance are now placed closer to each other, as if to shoot point-blank.

Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu has doubled down on his tweet that hailed President Trump’s plan to build a wall along US-Mexico border. His comments have attracted criticism from Mexican and Israeli officials as well as Jewish Mexicans who have witnessed a rise in anti-Semitism. Ynetnews.com reports: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau responded on Monday to the current strain on Israel-Mexico relations, following a tweet he pose that hailed US President Donald Trump’s promise to build a wall along the US-Mexico border.