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STATE/NATIONAL
Denton Record-Chronicle
Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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Feds seek distance from
statements
whether the former New York
mayor, now on Trump’s payroll,
was disclosing information he’d
been told by the president, stat-
ing U.S. government policy or
merely describing his own im-
pression of events.
“He speaks for himself and
not on behalf of the administra-
tion on foreign policy,” State De-
partment spokeswoman Heath-
er Nauert said Monday.
It was the clearest sign to
date that Trump’s administra-
tion is seeking to draw a line
between itself and Giuliani on
matters of government policy,
even as he continues to act as
his spokesman on matters re-
lated to special counsel Robert
Mueller’s Russia probe. It comes
as Trump prepares for a series
of high-stakes moments in the
coming weeks on Iran, North
Korea and the Mideast conflict
— the type of delicate and po-
tentially explosive regions where
events can easily be upended by
ing, there has been no formal
announcement by the U.S. gov-
ernment, which is in detailed
talks with North Korea at the
moment to plan a historic sum-
mit between Kim and Trump.
The detainees have not yet been
released as predicted by Gi-
uliani.
Official: Foreign
policy comments do
not represent Trump
on Friday, even Trump seemed
peeved by the attention Gi-
uliani’s off-message comments
were attracting, telling report-
ers that the former prosecutor
had just come on board and
was still working to “get his facts
straight.”
Trump was referring to his
new attorney’s statements about
the $130,000 hush payment to
a pom star that had contradict-
ed Tmmp’s past comments. Yet
Giuliani’s remarks have been
watched with equal concern
at the State Department, the
Pentagon and other national
security agencies, starting last
week when he said on television
that North Korea would release
three Americans detained in the
country.
“We got Kim Jong Un im-
pressed enough to be releasing
three prisoners today,” Giuliani
told Fox News.
Although Trump has hinted
that such a move could be com-
d-
By Josh Lederman
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Tmmp administration sought
to distance itself Monday from
Rudy Giuliani’s dramatic pub-
lic statements about Iran and
The
Then on Saturday, Giuliani
caused another stir when he
spoke to a group that supports
the overthrow of Iran’s govern-
ment and said that the presi-
dent was “committed” to regime
change in Iran.
Although Tmmp is critical of
Iran and preparing for a deci-
sion by week’s end about wheth-
er to withdraw from the 2015
nuclear deal, his administration
has not called for overthrowing
Iran’s government. U.S. officials
said they were taken aback by
Giuliani’s comments and did
not consider them to be consis-
tent with Trump administration
policy.
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North Korea, saying that Pres-
ident Donald Tmmp’s new
lawyer does not speak for the
president on matters of foreign
policy.
Andrew Harnik/AP
Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Donald Trump,
speaks at the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights
and Democracy at the Grand Hyatt on Saturday in Washing-
ton.
Since joining Tmmp’s legal
team last month and becom-
ing its public face, Giuliani has
raised eyebrows for a series of
startling assertions not only
about his legal strategy and the
special counsel investigation,
but also about global affairs and
Tmmp’s policies. That spurred
widespread confusion over
an errant remark by an emissary Tmmp’s aides. Asked last week
whether Giuliani’s portfolio
Giuliani’s perplexing and included foreign policy, White
sometimes conflicting remarks House spokeswoman Sarah
have increasingly become a Huckabee Sanders said simply,
cause of consternation for “Not that I’m aware of” And
of the U.S. president.
Lewisville
man shot
by police
in Vermont
Trump, Haspel try to convince Democrats she’s right person to lead agency
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Texan a suspect in
series of hold-ups
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) -
An unarmed robbery suspect
shot by Vermont police had
sent text messages to his girl-
friend saying his crime spree
would not end well and detail-
ing plans to line the door panels
of his car with cash, according
to documents filed in federal
Jv
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court Monday.
Mark Triolo, 46, of Lew-
isville was charged in federal
court in Burlington with rob-
bery.
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A complaint filed in the
case outlines a series of hold-
ups that ended Friday evening
when Triolo was shot in his legs
and torso.
His condition was unavail-
able Monday.
A Brattleboro police offi-
cer spotted Triolo shortly af-
ter alleged armed robberies in
Weathersfield and Westmin-
ster.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP
CIA Director nominee Gina Haspel, waves as she arrives for her meeting with Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., on Capitol Hill in Washington on Monday. Walking
with her is White House legislative affairs director Marc Short, left.
CIA nominee now in fight to stay
He was found a short dis-
tance from his vehicle and was
shot by local officers and a state
trooper after he refused to show
his hands, according to the af-
fidavit.
The officers and troop-
er have been placed on leave
pending an investigation.
After his arrest he told the
officers he had a BB gun in his
terial and has waged a public influence
campaign that has clouded the nomina-
tion process.
“I believe that it is possible to declas-
sify much of it without in any way com-
promising the security and well-being
of the American people,” Wyden said
in an interview. ‘And I do believe that if
the American people could see what I’ve
seen I believe they would be calling their
senator and urging their senator to vote
against the nominee.”
Using extreme interrogation tech-
niques to pry information from detain-
ees currently is against the law, but some
lawmakers worry that Trump will try
to reinstate it and will get Haspel to go
along. Trump has talked about toughen-
ing the U.S. approach to fighting extrem-
ists, including waterboarding and a “hell
of a lot worse.”
In private meetings with senators,
Haspel has vowed to stand firm against
any effort to restart the harsh interroga-
tions, but it’s unclear if that pledge will be
enough to reassure wary Democrats.
Without Sen. John McCain of Arizo-
na, who is battling brain cancer, the Re-
publicans hold a 50-49 majority in the
Senate.
By Deb Riechmann
Associated Press
WASHINGTON
7 believe what we have here is a cover-up from A to Z"
— Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.
CIA nominee
Gina Haspel tried to convince skepti-
cal Democrats on Monday that she’s the
right person to lead the spy agency, just
two days after she offered to step aside
amid heavy criticism of her role in the
agency’s brutal interrogation program at
black sites overseas.
Haspel, who is acting CIA director,
had told the White House she didn’t want
to stay in contention if her bruising con-
firmation battle this week would jeopar-
dize the agency. But she left no doubt on
Monday that she’s in the fight to stay.
“Looking forward to Wednesday,”
a smiling Haspel told reporters as she
breezed into the office of Sen. Joe Man-
chin, D-WVa., referring to the upcoming
hearing before the Senate intelligence
committee.
President Donald Trump tweeted
strong support, saying she was “tough on
terror.” That puzzled some of her critics
who think Trump’s comment won’t help,
and could even hamper efforts to woo
Democrats’ support. It’s Haspel’s role in
the harsh treatment of terror suspects af-
ter the Sept. 11 attacks that is at the root
of their concern.
“My highly respected nominee for
CIA Director, Gina Haspel, has come un-
der fire because she was too tough on Ter-
rorists,” Trump tweeted. “Think of that, in
these very dangerous times, we have the
most qualified person, a woman, who
Democrats want OUT because she is too
tough on terror.”
One administration official acknowl-
edged that Trump might have strayed
from agreed-to talking points, but said
that reflected Trump’s frustration with
Democrats and a desire to get Haspel
installed as CIA director. The hope, too,
is that the president’s comments will
motivate Republicans to back her up at
Wednesday’s hearing and the likely sub-
sequent vote by the full Senate.
The official was not authorized to
comment publicly and requested ano-
nymity.
Haspel is facing opposition from some
Democrats and many rights groups who
are critical of her activities related to the
shredding of 92 interrogation videotapes
in 2005 and her stint as chief of base at
a covert detention site in Thailand where
two detainees were waterboarded, which
simulates drowning.
The CIA on Monday delivered a set
of classified documents to give senators a
chance to review her record. The agency
said the documents, which are not avail-
able to the public, cover the entirety of
her career, including her time in the years
after 9/11.
Lawmakers had complained that de-
spite repeated requests the CIA has failed
to declassify information about her more
than 30-year undercover career at the
agency. Some lawmakers have read the
6,000-page still-classified report on the
detention and interrogation program
that the Senate intelligence committee
issued in 2014.
“I believe what we have here is a cov-
er-up from A to Z,” said Sen. Ron Wyden,
D-Ore., who contends the administra-
tion has only selectively declassified ma-
car.
Triolo is also the suspect of
a May 1 robbery in Vergennes.
Warrants for his arrest have
also been issued in Texas for
a parole violation and in New
York for an armed robbery.
At the time of the robbery
Triolo was driving a stolen car
with Texas registration belong-
ing to his girlfriend’s mother.
“I’ve robbed too many banks
in the last few days for this to
end well,” Triolo wrote in a text
message Wednesday to his girl-
friend, the affidavit said. He
further detailed a plan to line
the door panels of the car with
cash before having it sent back
to Texas.
Court documents did not
list an attorney for Triolo.
Sessions: Policy may split families at border
months in custody for first-time
crossers, though they usually do
far less time, and two years for
repeat offenses.
“If you cross the border un-
lawfully, then we will prosecute
you. It’s that simple,” Sessions
told reporters on a mesa over-
looking the Pacific Ocean, where
a border barrier separating San
Diego and Tijuana, Mexico juts
out into the ocean.
Nearly one of every four
Border Patrol arrests on the
Mexican border from October
through April was someone who
came in a family, meaning any
large increase in prosecutions is
likely to cause parents to be sep-
arated from their children while
they face charges and do time in
By Elliot Spagat
Associated Press
SAN DIEGO - A “zero-tol-
erance” policy toward people
who enter the United States
illegally may cause families to
be separated while parents are
prosecuted, U.S. Attorney Gen-
eral Jeff Sessions said Monday.
The U.S. Department of
Homeland Security said it
would refer all arrests for ille-
gal entry to federal prosecutors,
throwing its weight behind
Sessions’ policy announced last
month to vastly expand crimi-
nal prosecutions of people with
few or no previous offenses. A
conviction for illegal entry car-
ries a maximum penalty of six
cases, then children inevitably
for a period of time might be in
different conditions.”
A heckler interrupted Ses-
sions on a megaphone, shout-
ing, “Why are you doing this?
Do you have a heart?”
Thomas Homan, U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforce-
ment’s acting director, said there
is no “blanket policy” to separate
families as a way to deter others,
echoing recent comments by
Homeland Security Secretary
Kirstjen Nielsen.
But he said immigration
authorities have long separat-
ed families if they have reason
to doubt the relationship or if a
parent is prosecuted.
jail.
Children who are separated
from their parents would be put
under supervision of the U.S.
Health and Human Services
Department, Sessions said. The
department’s Office of Refugee
Resettlement releases children
traveling alone to family and
places them in shelters.
“We don’t want to separate
families, but we don’t want
families to come to the border
illegally and attempt to enter
into this country improperly,”
Sessions said. “The parents are
subject to prosecution while
children may not be. So, if we
do our duty and prosecute those
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Gregory Bull/AP
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, left at podium, speaks
during a news conference near the border with Tijuana,
Mexico, behind, on Monday in San Diego. Sessions dis-
cussed immigration enforcement during his Southern Cal-
ifornia visit Monday.
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