The Daily Moth 10-23-19
U.S. diplomat says Trump withheld military aid for Biden investigation | Three-year-old remains found in Alabama dumpster | Police found 3 children living with 245 animals
[Transcript] U.S. diplomat says Trump withheld military aid for Biden investigation
Yesterday a top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, Bill Taylor, told Democratic House investigators that he was told by other officials that President Trump withheld U.S. military aid to Ukraine until they could make a promise to investigate an energy company that Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, was on. The company’s name is Burisma.
Taylor’s testimony was a part of the House-led impeachment inquiry.
Taylor has worked under multiple U.S. presidents. He also expressed concern at how Trump was using his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, to communicate with Ukrainian officials behind the scenes.
The military aid for Ukraine was already approved by Congress. It is illegal for the president to ask for foreign help to benefit a U.S. election. This would mean a “quid pro quo,” which is a Latin phrase that means to get a favor or a benefit in return for something that is given.
President Trump has maintained that he was doing the right thing by asking Ukraine to investigate Burisma and denied that he used U.S. military aid as a quid pro quo. Trump also said the impeachment inquiry is just an attempt to prevent him from winning again in 2020.
https://www.axios.com/bill-taylor-testimony-ukraine-aid-quid-pro-quo-53fc5a4f-7c58-486b-b370-b771260a18ce.html
https://apnews.com/3769e350fd334a6287474ad82042b4e5
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Three-year-old remains found in Alabama dumpster
In Birmingham, Alabama, Kamille “Cupcake” McKinney, the three-year-old girl who had been missing since October 12, was dead, and her remains were in a dumpster at a landfill.
McKinney disappeared during a birthday party on October 12th. She was last seen in a video footage of her being outside of an apartment with another toddler.
There are two suspects, Patrick Stallworth, 39, and his girlfriend Derick Brown, 29.
The day after McKinney disappeared, the police arrested Stallworth and Brown as part of the search and impounded Stallworth’s Toyota SUV. He was identified in another surveillance video that was near the time of McKinney’s disappearance. Also, the children in the neighborhood identified Stallwood’s SUV and mentioned that he was handing out candy to them.
Stallworth has history of being charged for child pornography. Brown was involved with a kidnapping case before. However, the police mentioned that there is no link between McKinney and the two and did not understand why these two decided to kidnap McKinney.
There are murder warrants against Stallworth and Brown. Birmingham police mentioned that this kind of situation happens in a split second. It is important that we keep diligence to protect our children.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/body-missing-3-year-old-alabama-girl-found-dumpster-police-n1070326
https://www.al.com/news/2019/10/kamille-cupcake-mckinneys-body-believed-to-have-been-found.html
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Police found 3 children living with 245 animals
In Edgewater, Florida, the police did a welfare check on three minors this recent Sunday and discovered that these three were living in a very filthy home with 245 animals that included dogs, cats, small animals like sugar gliders, rats, and even reptiles.
These three minors are little girls at the age of 10, 9, and 7. The authorities removed these three girls from the home and placed them with another family member.
Based on the charging affidavit (a written statement), Gregg Nelson, 57, the father, he was the one who called the police to do a welfare check. He wanted to end his relationship with his wife Susan Nelson, 43 and his live-in girlfriend Melissa Hamilton, 49 and take his daughters.
The affidavit also says that Susan told the officer that she was in the process of cleaning the home and re-homing all of the animals.
Some of the animals were caged and sat in their own urine and feces. Some were without food or water. Some animals had mange (skin disease). And some animals were found dead because of lack of care and nutrition.
Officer Anthony Binz mentioned that before entering the home, he could smell a strong sense of ammonia and when he entered the house, it was one of the worst things he has seen.
Gregg, Susan, and Melissa face three counts of child abuse and 66 counts of animal cruelty.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/10/21/police-found-children-living-with-animals-among-them-rats-sugar-gliders-hedgehog/
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