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☆ From Pizzagate to the 2020 Election: Forcing Liars to Pay or Apologize
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Elizabeth Williamson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Michael J. Gottlieb can never remember the exact amount — it’s $148,169,000— that a jury ordered Rudolph W. Giuliani to pay the Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. “Don’t waste your time being angry at those who did this to me and my daughter,” said Ms. Freeman 65, who with her daughter Ms. Moss, 39, was falsely accused by Mr. Giuliani of aiding an imagined plot to steal the 2020 presidential election. “We are more than conquerors.”Less than a decade ago, the two women would have struggled to find a lawyer. But Mr. Gottlieb, a partner at the firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher and a former associate counsel in the Obama White House, represented them for free. Mr. Gottlieb has also represented the owner of the Washington pizzeria targeted by “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorists as well as the brother of Seth Rich, a young Democratic National Committee staff member whose 2016 murder ignited bogus theories implicating his family.

Persons: Michael J, Gottlieb, Rudolph W, Giuliani, Ruby Freeman, Shaye Moss, ”, Freeman, Moss, “, Willkie Farr, Gallagher, Obama, “ Pizzagate, Seth Rich, Meryl Governski Organizations: House, Washington, Democratic National Committee, Protect Democracy Locations: Georgia

☆ Ilya Sutskever did not attend OpenAI's party celebrating Sam Altman's return as CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ilya Sutskever was nowhere to be found Tuesday night at the impromptu party OpenAI staff threw to celebrate the return of Sam Altman as CEO. Sutskever was directly involved in Altman's abrupt removal as CEO last Friday by OpenAI's board, of which Sutskever was a member. With Altman now back leading the company, a new smaller board in place, and additional members imminent, staff are unsure if Sutskever will return at all. Another person familiar with both men thinks it is possible Sutskever could return and mend fences, however unlikely. Greg Brockman, OpenAI's president and another co-founder who quit in solidarity with Altman, is less magnanimous, the person said.

Persons: Ilya Sutskever, Sam Altman, Altman, Alex Weingarten, Willkie Farr, Gallagher, Ilya, Sam, Weingarten, Sutskever, OpenAI's, it's what's, Greg Brockman, Brockman Organizations: The, Business

Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves the United States Courthouse in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. Elizabeth Holmes took the stand at her criminal trial, testifying over several days that she did not intend to defraud investors in her blood-testing startup, Theranos. For Bankman-Fried to be convicted of fraud, prosecutors must show beyond a reasonable doubt that he intended to defraud FTX customers or investors. Taking the stand carries the risk that he will be confronted with those media appearances as well as his use of social media. But Bankman-Fried has a lower-than-average fear of risk, according to trial testimony.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Amr Alfiky, Willkie Farr, Gallagher, Ilene Jaroslaw, Elizabeth Holmes, Holmes, Caroline Ellison, Ellison, Mike Schachter, Schachter, Tom Barrack, Donald Trump, Jean Boustani, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Bankman, Jody Godoy, Tom Hals, Noeleen Walder, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: United, REUTERS, Prosecutors, Alameda Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Detention, U.S, District, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, Alameda, Lebanese, Brooklyn's, New York

☆ Rudy Giuliani concedes he made 'false' statements about Georgia election workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Ryan J. Reilly | Summer Concepcion | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Rudy Giuliani, former lawyer to Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media as he leaves federal court in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023. Rudy Giuliani conceded in a court filing Tuesday that he made "false" statements about two Georgia 2020 election workers who are suing him over baseless claims of fraud that he made against them. "Defendant Giuliani, for the purposes of litigation only, does not contest that, to the extent the statements were statements of fact and other wise actionable, such actionable factual statements were false," Giuliani wrote in a signed stipulation that he said was intended to "avoid unnecessary expenses in litigating what he believes to be unnecessary disputes." Giuliani had claimed that Freeman and Moss were "passing around USB ports like they were vials of heroin or cocaine." The filing by Giuliani comes after Georgia's State Election Board last month dismissed its yearslong investigation into alleged election fraud at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, clearing Freeman and Moss of wrongdoing.

Persons: Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Defendant Giuliani, Giuliani, Ruby Freeman, Moss, Freeman, Shaye, Michael J, Gottlieb, Gallagher, Shaye Moss, Trump, Ted Goodman, Goodman, Josh Cradduck Organizations: Trump, Willkie, Farr, New, NBC, Farm Arena, FBI, Georgia Bureau of Investigations Locations: Washington , DC, Georgia, litigating, New York, Atlanta, Freeman

Since Jones and his company are bankrupt, the trials would not normally be allowed to proceed without bankruptcy court permission. Jones has said that he can not afford to pay the Sandy Hook defamation judgments, and is attempting to resolve all legal claims against him through a settlement in bankruptcy. Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, whose six-year-old son Noah was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting, would proceed to trial in October. Without a placeholder value, the Texas defamation claims could be given far less weight than the defamation claims that have already resulted in $1.5 billion in verdicts, according to Jones’ court filings. The case is Alex Jones, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, No.

Persons: Sandy Hook, Alex Jones, Jones, Christopher Lopez, Lopez, Sandy, Leonard Pozner, Veronique De La Rosa, Noah, De, De La Rosa, Marcel Fontaine, Fontaine, De La, Fontaine's, Jennifer Hardy, Vickie Driver, Crowe, Ray Battaglia, Pozner, Willkie Farr, Gallagher Read, Dietrich Knauth Organizations: U.S, Speech Systems, De La, CNN, Bankruptcy, Southern, Southern District of, Dunlevy, Systems, Thomson Locations: U.S, Houston, Newtown , Connecticut, Texas, Parkland , Florida, Southern District, Southern District of Texas

☆ 10 money managers who quietly control the vast fortunes of Jeff Bezos, Sergey Brin, the Waltons, and other big-name billionaires
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Hayley Cuccinello | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +24 min

Many über-rich people don't outsource their wealth — they hire their own chief investment officers. He left SAC in 2005 for Dune Capital Management, but stayed in touch with Steve during his five-year term at the investment firm. Andrew oversees CPV's portfolio, which primarily comprises direct private investments such as Collectors Universe, a collectibles-authentication company, and the New York Mets. In 2011, Wildcat Capital Management was launched with Potter as president and chief investment officer. Since November 2021, Carland has also served as the interim chief investment officer for Builders Vision's asset arm.

The answer is simple, according to more than a dozen Washington insiders, FTX employees, and crypto industry observers who spoke with Insider. I don't think anyone believed that he was going to fund candidates who were, quote unquote, committed to ending pandemics who were also hostile to the crypto industry." Alex Wong/Getty ImagesRebuffed by the SEC, Bankman-Fried turned his attention to Congress. "It's not that he was welcoming regulation," says the senior figure in the crypto industry who attended meetings with Bankman-Fried. But while Bankman-Fried was busy wooing Washington, FTX was about to become Exhibit A in the case for more effective oversight of the crypto industry.

☆ Marius Stan, 23 octombrie 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-26 | by ( ) moldova.europalibera.org time to read: +7 min

A fost cea mai tânără dintre surorile Soong și și-a lăsat amprenta în mod decisiv asupra „lungului” secol XX chinez. Avem în față unul din acele destine extraordinare și o femeie considerată, la un moment dat, cel mai important om din Asia. Vreme de mai multe decenii, a fost prima doamnă a republicii conduse de liderul naționaliștilor Guomindang, autor al unificării chineze. S-a căsătorit cu acesta în pofida opoziției familiei Soong și a faptului că-i separau douăzeci și șapte de ani. În acea viziune, vechea Chină era problema și Chiang Kai-shek, „salvatorul”, era cel care trebuia s-o modernizeze.

Persons: ling, Chiang Kai - shek, - lea, Qing, Charlie Soong, . Sun, Sora, Soong Ching, Chiang Kai, shek, Charlie, Chiang Kai -, Wendell Willkie, Franklin D . Roosevelt, Hemingway Organizations: Chinez, republican, Sun, Song, Partidului Comunist, Fondatori, Civil Chinez Locations: Shanghai, New York, Asia, Chinei, comunist, Statelor Unite, Taipei, - Japonez, China, Taiwan, nipon, Statele Unite, New Jersey, Wesleyan, Connecticut, ling, Japonia, Republicii Chineze, Washington, Asia de Est, Chiang Kai - shek

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