Morgan Freeman, North Korea, DOJ: 3 News Stories You Should Read Today 5/24/2018

May 24, 2018 Confluence

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In the category of: Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.

IS TRUMP’S WAR ON THE DOJ OBSTRUCTION? HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Just because it’s probably legal doesn’t mean it’s not troubling for legal experts. The Constitution says that the president “shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” But Trump is not asking for an investigation into the FBI’s use of informants broadly; he’s asking for an investigation into how one alleged informant interacted with his campaign.

“The extent to which it appears the president is interfering with a fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in this country is concerning,” said Deborah Pearlstein, a law professor and constitutional law expert at Cardozo Law. “He’s not worried about broad abuse; he’s worried about it only to the extent that it affects him.”

“What makes it inappropriate is the demand”

Other legal experts go as far as to call the move illegal. New York Law professor Rebecca Roiphe said if Trump had asked Rosenstein about the matter privately, it would have been proper, but the demand is what makes it cross the line into illegal territory.

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In the category of: No one ever expected him to show up anyway.

Trump cancels Singapore summit in a letter to Kim Jong Un

President Donald Trump will not meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next month, he announced in a letter to Kim released by the White House Thursday morning, scrapping plans for what would have been a historic diplomatic summit.

He said during an appearance from the Roosevelt Room the decision amounted to a “tremendous setback” and warned North Korea that the US military is ready to act should Pyongyang take any “foolish and reckless” action.

“Our military, which is by far the most powerful anywhere in the world that has been greatly enhanced recently as we all know, is ready as necessary,” he said.

But he left open the door to renewing the diplomatic thaw which had preceded the anticipated talks.

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In the category of: Here we go again.

Women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, harassment

In all, 16 people spoke to CNN about Freeman as part of this investigation, eight of whom said they were victims of what some called harassment and others called inappropriate behavior by Freeman. Eight said they witnessed Freeman’s alleged conduct. These 16 people together described a pattern of inappropriate behavior by Freeman on set, while promoting his movies and at his production company Revelations Entertainment.

Of those 16, seven people described an environment at Revelations Entertainment that included allegations of harassment or inappropriate behavior by Freeman there, with one incident allegedly witnessed by Lori McCreary, Freeman’s co-founder in the enterprise, and another in which she was the target of demeaning comments by Freeman in a public setting. One of those seven people alleged that McCreary made a discriminatory remark regarding a female candidate for a job at the Producers Guild of America, where McCreary is co-president.

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