Louisiana congressman-elect Luke Letlow dead
from COVID-19 at 41
Posted By: ramona, 12/29/2020 10:23:03 PM
Louisiana Rep.-elect Luke Letlow died on Tuesday, more than a week after he was hospitalized with the coronavirus, according to a report. A family friend confirmed to the Monroe News-Star that Letlow, 41, died in the intensive care unit at Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport, where he had been since Dec. 23. The newly-elected Republican announced on Dec. 18 that he had tested positive for COVID-19 and was first quarantining at home.
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15 indicted on racketeering —
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Developing story.…..standby for updates.
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The transcript release includes testimony from:
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe – pdf Link Here
Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch – pdf Link Here
James Comey former chief-of-staff James Rybicki – pdf Link Here
Former FBI lawyer, Office of Legal Counsel, Trisha Beth Anderson – pdf Link Here (snip)
This could be overwhelming. So we will post two transcripts per day for full review starting below with the transcript of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe:
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So very sad.