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I'm willing to accept Rep. Omar doesn't appreciate the difference between saying some Jews advocate for strong US support of Israel (not anti-Semitic) and saying some Jews push for "allegiance to a foreign country" (anti-Semitic, and has been a long time). thehill.com/homenews/house…
As a straight white guy—albeit someone who, like many Jews, grew up erroneously being told by his peers that he was nonwhite—I've had to learn so much I didn't understand about those with different backgrounds/experiences. I think it's OK to say Rep. Omar has things to learn too.
Remember when anti-Catholic bigots across America said, in 1960, that you couldn't elect a Catholic (Kennedy) because his "allegiances" as president would be divided (Pope and America)? Then you understand this situation perfectly fine, and why the same trope now is anti-Semitic.
I consider Rep. Omar a remarkable person. Saying that I think this can be a learning moment for her and for all of us is not intended as a denigration of her. I'm absolutely thrilled that she's in Congress and I wish her only the very best.
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Seth Abramson
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But @AlanDersh, you know as I do—as it's been widely reported—that there will be no release of a "Final Mueller Report" as your book falsely advertises, let alone by March 26 as it falsely advertises. AG Barr will offer a brief summary to Congress—possibly with redacted excerpts.
@AlanDersh I have no issue, @AlanDersh—as you know from my tweets—with anyone writing an intro to a public report. I'm saying that you're selling, for money, a product that doesn't and won't exist in the form it's being advertised—and has a fake release date attached to it to entice buyers.
And I'm saying, @AlanDersh, that your book uses the DOJ Seal in a way that misrepresents the book and may be illegal, and that the DOJ is falsely listed as a co-author. I'm saying you're selling—at best—a brief (short story-length) summary of the document you say you're selling.
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Seth Abramson
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On 4 occasions Cohen said, under oath, that "the job he wanted" (and got) was being personal attorney for the President of the United States. @PreetBharara, you've here retweeted a tweet that falsely says "Cohen denied aspiring to work for Trump during testimony before Congress."
1/ Words matter—especially to lawyers. @dcexaminer *could've* said "Cohen denied aspiring to work for [the] Trump [administration] during testimony before Congress," but that might not have gotten notice from @PreetBharara—as it would've been too nuanced to make sufficient waves.
2/ I and many others—indeed a majority of those polled in the most recent public polling—found Cohen credible in part because a *lawyer* saying (in paraphrase) "I wanted to be the president's personal attorney rather than work in the White House Counsel's Office" makes *sense*.
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Seth Abramson
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Is this a joke? A fraud? It falsely lists the Mueller Report as being available to the public on March 26, and falsely represents that we know now—which we don't—whether any of the report will be public. I'm surprised Amazon is allowing this obvious scam. amazon.com/Mueller-Report…
1/ Understand that to the extent this book seeks to get Amazon users' cash for a product that may never exist—and *certainly* won't be available within *months* of when it advertises—this project to discredit Mueller being spearheaded by someone who has advised Trump, @AlanDersh.
2/ This is Team Trump's first assault on the Mueller Report, which is to have an ally—someone who advised Trump, and has socialized with him and friends of his (e.g. Epstein)—smear the report with an "introduction" to it presumably written *now*, before the report even comes out.
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