Good afternoon, it's for Coward with the Daily Beast. It's Wednesday July 15th, and these are the top five stories the cheat sheet team is watching right now. Mary Trump is adamant that her uncle Donald Trump handsomely paid quote, a smart kid to take his SATs to help him transfer to an Ivy League college. Now that she has been released from a gag order pursued by her family, she's finally able to elaborate on what she's heard about Trump's murky education history.
In a Good Morning America interview broadcast Wednesday morning, Mary appeared to answer questions about her new book titled Too Much and Never Enough, How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man. In the book, she claims that Trump asked the kid to take a standardized test for him because he wanted to transfer from Fordham University to the undergrad work and business school at the University of Pennsylvania. Mary said that she's quote, absolutely confident that someone else took the crucial exam for her uncle and claimed that she learned about the events from an unnamed source, quote, very close to Donald. But she added that she's never met the test taker and has no idea if he's still alive.
Mary was repeatedly scathing of her uncle throughout the interview and assessed that quote, he is utterly incapable of leading this country and it's dangerous to allow him to do so. President Trump cannot help but to get caught up in a messy situation that centers around the white people being accused of racism. Missouri Governor Mike Parson has said that the president will be quote, getting involved in the case against a white Saint Louis couple who willed a gun at a group of Black Lives Matter protesters passing by their mansion. Mark Impertricia McCloskey went viral after a photo of them appeared online and now they're under review for criminal charges.
Parson, who is a Republican, says that he spoke with the president who apparently does not like the way the couple has been treated. CNN reports that the Saint Louis Circuit attorney said that Trump and Parson quote, came after her for investigating the case and a quote, spreading misinformation and distorting the truth. During an interview on Tuesday, Trump defended the McCloskeys and called the case quote, a disgrace. Nick Cannon has been cut by Viacom's CBS after the actor and host made anti-Semitic remarks and spread conspiracy theories about Jewish people on his podcast.
A spokesperson for Viacom's CBS said that they were quote, deeply troubled that Nick has failed to acknowledge or apologize for perpetuating anti-Semitism. They added that they were committed in the fight against anti-Semitism, racism and bigotry. When faced with criticism for his remarks, Cannon re-abirmed to support for nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has notoriously called Jews termites and refused to apologize. Cannon has had a professional relationship with Viacom's CBS since he was a child actor in the 1990s.
Does he have any self-respect? Jeff Sessions' political career lay in ruins Tuesday night. After the close of Alabama's run-off US Senate primary election, President Trump tweeted his delight, that his former attorney general and frenemy lost out to his preferred candidate, former Auburn University football coach Tommy Tuberville. Sessions, meanwhile, only had warm words for the president.
He said he was quote, honored to serve the people of Alabama in the Senate and proud of his work as the nation's attorney general. Then he patted himself on the back for not trying to undermine Trump and his role as president. He finished his concession speech, saying quote, it's time for this Republican party to listen to the Donald Trump agenda. What a puppet.
Did you know that she was married? Gileme Maxwell has a secret spouse, whom she refuses to identify. That random bit of information came out as prosecutors pressed her to reveal the extent of her wealth during a bell hearing on Tuesday. Maxwell's lawyers requested that she be released on a $5 million bond, but man-hand federal judge Allison Nathan denied it.
Prosecutors convinced Nathan that Maxwell is an extreme flight risk, given that she hid from authorities for the last year, lied about her wealth, and allegedly purchased a New Hampshire mansion using a fake identity. The former confidant of Jeffrey Epstein will remain in custody until her trial in 2021. That's all for today. Check back every weekday morning and afternoon.
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