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Thursday, February 23, 2023

Trump Grand Juror Goes on Bizarre Media Blitz, Says Multiple Indictments Recommended

Before any indictments have been handed down, the foreman of the grand jury investigating election interference by former President Donald Trump and his allies in Georgia, is making the rounds in the media to discuss what was decided.

A special grand jury has recommended multiple indictments, according to the jury’s foreman, Emily Kohrs, 30, who appeared on CNN and MSNBC on Tuesday to talk about the case. Kohrs, an apparent Wicca enthusiast, has also spoken with The Associated Press, The New York Times and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

“Can you imagine doing this for eight months and not coming out with a whole list” of recommended indictments, Kohrs told CNN. “It’s not a short list. It’s not.” The grand jury, according to Kohrs focused on Trump’s infamous phone call with Secretary Raffensperger.

“There may be some names on that list that you wouldn’t expect. But the big name that everyone keeps asking me about—I don’t think you will be shocked,” she said.

When asked specifically whether the jurors had recommended indicting Trump, Kohrs said, “You’re not going to be shocked. It’s not rocket science,” adding “it is not going to be some giant plot twist. You probably have a fair idea of what may be in there. I’m trying very hard to say that delicately.”

Kohrs said she couldn’t remember exactly how many indictments the special grand jury had recommended, but indicated that it would be more than twelve.

Asked by CNN’s Kate Bolduan whether the number of people was “more than a dozen,” Kohrs replied: “I believe so. That’s probably a good assumption.”

Portions of the grand jury’s final report, released last week, made it clear that the grand jury believed perjury charges were warranted for some witnesses. The foreperson’s identity was first revealed by The Associated Press. And earlier on Tuesday, Kohrs told The New York Times that the grand jury recommended multiple indictments, though she didn’t provide names.

The grand jury met for about seven months in Atlanta and heard testimony from 75 witnesses, including some of Trump’s closest advisers from his final weeks in the White House.

Kohrs called on Fulton County’s Democrat District Attorney Fani Willis to take “decisive action” and if nothing comes of it she’ll be “sad.”

“Personally, I hope to see her [Willis] take almost any kind of decisive action, to actually do something,” Kohrs said. “There are too many times in recent history that seem to me like someone has gotten called out for something that people had a problem with, and nothing...

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DeSantis Swears Off All NBC Interviews Until Andrea Mitchell Issues Correction

Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has sworn off all MSNBC and NBC interviews until MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell apologizes, his press secretary says.

DeSantis’ press secretary, Bryan Griffin, tweeted Wednesday that bookers and producers from MSNBC and NBC News seeking to schedule DeSantis on their shows will be sent a “standard response from our office until [Andrea Mitchell] apologizes and your track record improves.”

“I think we need to take a step back,” Griffin’s statement reads. “There will be no consideration of anything related to NBC Universal or its affiliates until and at least Andrea Mitchell corrects the blatant lie she made about the governor (‘[Governor DeSantis] says that slavery and the aftermath of slavery should not be taught to Florida schoolchildren’ — this is false), and NBC and its affiliates display a consistent track record of truthful reporting. Please feel free to pass this up and around the network.”

Mitchell claimed in a recent interview with Vice President Kamala Harris that DeSantis does not want “slavery and the aftermath of slavery” to be taught in Florida.

Mitchell gave a “postscript” to her show Wednesday afternoon and said she was “imprecise” after receiving criticism for her comments about DeSantis.

DeSantis in January rejected an AP course that included components of Critical Race Theory and queer theory, which the state of Florida banned from its school system. The governor has neither banned nor removed the study of black history or slavery from...

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Facing Discrimination Lawsuit, Pfizer Abandons Minorities-Only Fellowship

'Flagrantly illegal' program drew fire from top civil rights lawyers

Nearly six months after top civil rights lawyers said the program violated federal law, Pfizer has opened a minorities-only fellowship to applicants of all races in the wake of a discrimination lawsuit.

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Between Feb. 14 and Feb. 18, according to web archives, Pfizer quietly dropped the requirement that applicants to its Breakthrough Fellowship be black, Hispanic, or Native American. The program, which offers recipients guaranteed employment with the pharmaceutical giant, is now open to all college juniors with a "demonstrated commitment" to "diversity, equity, and inclusion." New application guidelines state that "you are eligible to apply for the Breakthrough Fellowship Program regardless of whether you are of Black/African American, Latino/Hispanic, or Native American descent."

The changes come amid a legal battle between Pfizer and Do No Harm, a medical advocacy group that in September sued the company over the fellowship. Though a federal judge tossed out the lawsuit in December, saying the plaintiffs lacked standing, Do No Harm filed an appeal on January 4. The group's chairman, Stanley Goldfarb, is now taking credit for the changes, arguing that they reflect the power of lawfare to challenge reverse discrimination.

"This significant change was made only after Do No Harm's lawsuit, and only because Pfizer knows its fellowship is in jeopardy on appeal," Goldfarb, who is also the father of Washington Free Beacon chairman Michael Goldfarb, said in a statement. "Do No Harm is pleased that Pfizer recognizes its blatant racial discrimination is unlawful and immoral."

A spokesman for Pfizer told the Free Beacon that the goals of the program hadn't changed and that "a broad coalition" strengthens "our ability to meet these goals."

The reversal, which was first reported by National Review, signals a modest retrenchment of the race-based practices that are now commonplace in corporate America. Pfizer is hardly alone in flouting anti-discrimination law: From Starbucks and JPMorgan to Google and Amazon, Fortune 500 companies have embraced race-conscious initiatives with aplomb, advertising policies and programs that many lawyers say are illegal.

The Breakthrough Fellowship was among the starkest examples of this tendency. It brazenly violated laws against race-based hiring and contracting, five civil rights experts told the Free Beacon, and, according to Do No Harm's lawsuit, Title VI of the Civil Right Act, which bans race discrimination by the recipients of federal funds. Like many health care companies, Pfizer receives reimbursements from both Medicare and Medicaid, as well as grants from the National Institutes of Health.

"This Pfizer program is so flagrantly illegal I seriously wonder how it passed internal review by its general counsel," Adam Mortara, one of the country's top conservative attorneys, said of the old requirements.

With other companies, including Starbucks and Amazon, now facing lawsuits over their own race-based programs, there are signs that a course correction is...