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Question: Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller broke his own record this week for guilty pleas. On Tuesday  Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan appeared in federal court and admitted he had lied to investigators about his contacts with  Donald Trump's former campaign vice chairman  Rick Gates .
On Friday   Gates himself  appeared before a federal judge and confirmed that  he  is changing  his  plea to guilty.  He  had been fighting the case brought against  him  and the former Trump campaign chairman  Paul Manafort  which alleged they laundered millions of dollars and broke other laws related to their work for clients in Ukraine.
 Gates  and Manafort have not been charged with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. by "impairing  obstructing and defeating the lawful functions of the government through fraud and deceit for the purpose of interfering with the U.S. political and electoral processes." That was the charge Mueller leveled at 13 Russians and three Russian companies he says did interfere with the election.
Or the special counsel's office could be laying down one brick in a larger structure. At the very least   Gates'  future testimony against  his  longtime business partner raises the likelihood that Manafort could be convicted of some or all of the charges  he  continues fighting.
Manafort and his lawyers know this. So one of Mueller's strategies in getting  Gates  to turn state's evidence might be to persuade Manafort to do the same and tell what he knows about other people in the Trump campaign orbit.
Or evidence from  Gates  might be what the special counsel's office needs to build a case against Manafort for conspiring in the 2016 Russian interference effort. Or  after years of working with Manafort   Gates  might have other evidence that would permit Mueller to bring new charges against Manafort.
Mueller announced a new indictment in Manafort's case on Friday evening. After  Gates  appeared in federal court Friday to enter his plea  Manafort continued to maintain his innocence and said he remained committed "to defend myself against the untrue piled up charges contained in the indictments against me."

Answer: Gates


Question: Recently   Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe  has been making some news when it comes to climate change.
When climate-science denier Donald Trump declared his intention to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Accord   Gov. McAuliffe  stepped up to declare that Virginia would act to address climate change at the state level.
Following an executive order earlier this year to examine what it would take for Virginia to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)  the report came back with a path to join RGGI via Executive action  which  Governor McAuliffe  has initiated.
 McAuliffeâs  actions  like those noted above  merit praise for moving the ball forward in Virginia in the facing of mounting climate risks on the one hand and  on the other hand  improving clean-energy and energy efficiency economics.
Of course  a healthy relationship is also an honest one  and an honest  clear-eyed assessment of Terry McAuliffeâs climate change record is  unfortunately  far from rosy.
For many  however  disappointment with Terry McAuliffe began soon after his election  with fossil fuel interests dominating the funding of his inauguration events. For many climate-aware constituents  the door(s) seemed to be closing â and the years that followed seemed to bear out those concerns.
Simply put  Terry McAuliffe has not been a fierce clean energy warrior â let alone a climate champion  as this disturbingly fawning article incorrectly claims â through most of the past four years.
As McAuliffe finishes his term as governor and potentially considers a run for president in 2020  it appears that heâs striving in his last âsemesterâ to boost his final grade when it comes to environmental issues. While much of that striving is rhetorical flourishes  moving Virginia into RGGI is substantial. (Of course  if this can be done so easily by a Governor via administrative fiat  the question is why didnât he do this years earlier?) Also  McAuliffe merits credit for his Executive Order that led to determining how he (Virginiaâs Governor) could take the Commonwealth into the RGGI without legislative action. With RGGI in mind  one can certainly see  Terry  having boosted  his  final environmental grade â perhaps even as high as a solid C.
Meanwhile  many political observers believe that Terry McAuliffe is taking steps for a run at the Democratic Party nomination for President in 2020. To get there will almost certainly require a strong climate and clean energy track record. Unfortunately for McAuliffe  a solid C (or worse) wonât do the trick.
And that matters for Terry McAuliffe beyond the Virginia governorâs mansion. Simply put  fossil fools fund and power GOP science deniers â not potential 2020 Democratic Party presidential nominees. For Terry McAuliffe  doing the right thing on the pipelines also happens to be the right thing for him politically. The question is  will McAuliffe change course at the last minute â or will he stubbornly stick to the wrong position heâs held all along?

Answer: Terry McAuliffe


Question: Jan. 30 (UPI) â To help federal law enforcement disrupt illegal online opioid sales and fight online drug trafficking   Attorney General Jeff Sessions  announced a new resource  the Joint Criminal Opioid Darknet Enforcement  or J-CODE  team.
During a speech Monday in Pittsburgh  Pa.   Sessions  said the J-CODE team will help officials continue to shut down online marketplaces that drug traffickers use to ultimately help reduce addiction and overdoses across the nation.
âCriminals think that they are safe on the darknet  but they are in for a rude awakening â  Sessions  said. âWe have already infiltrated their networks and we are determined to bring them to justice.â
As part of the healthcare fraud crackdown   Sessions  announced in November the availability of $12 million in grants  a field office and special coordinators to help law enforcement combat the crisis. His office also disclosed last summer the arrests of 120 healthcare providers accused of opioid abuse. Sessions called it the single largest roundup of opioid-related crimes by healthcare providers in the nationâs history.
 Sessions  told attendees Monday that in 2016  an estimated 64 000 Americans died of drug overdoses.
âThatâs more than the population of Lancaster  Pennsylvania dead in one year. And in 2017 it appears that the death toll was even higher â  Sessions  said. âFor Americans under the age of 50  drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death. Millions of Americans are living with the daily struggle of an addiction.â
 Sessions  said the recent surge of violent crimes is directly linked to the drug  with a recent study revealing nearly a quarter of the increase in homicides is drug-related.

Answer:
Jeff Sessions