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•Rachel Saunders,
63, and Rodney, 73
SA identifies second body of missing British horticulturalists
THE BODY of a British horticulturalist,
who was kidnapped with
her husband in a case with suspected
links to the Islamic State
group (IS), has been identified by
South African police.
Rachel Saunders, 63, and Rodney,
73, disappeared while looking
for rare seeds in KwaZulu-Natal
province in February.
Rodney Saunders' body was discovered
days later in a river in the
province and was positively identified
in April.
The Hawks gave no details of
where Rachel's body was located.
Suspects Fatima Patel, 27, and
Saffydeen Aslam del Vecchio, 38,
were arrested on 16 February.
They are alleged to have
hoisted an IS flag in the reserve
where the couple disappeared.
They remain in custody, along
with a third suspect, Malawian national
Ahmad Mussa, 36.
The fourth suspect, Themba
Xulu, 19, was found in possession
of the victims' mobile phones and
was arrested - he struck a plea bargain
and was given a suspended
three-year sentence. BBC
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New York sues Trump Foundation
• Alleging 'extensive' lawbreaking
NEW YORK'S attorney
general
announced on
Thursday she
was suing the
Trump Foundation,
as well as Donald Trump and
his children, alleging "extensive
and persistent" lawbreaking.
Barbara Underwood said the
charitable foundation had engaged
in "unlawful political co-ordination"
designed to influence the
2016 election.
The lawsuit seeks to dissolve
the foundation, Ms Underwood
said.
The foundation denied the
charges, calling them politically
motivated.
In a statement, Ms Underwood
said Mr Trump had illegally instructed
the foundation to provide
support to his presidential campaign
by using the foundation's
name and funds it raised to promote
the campaign.
The petition also claims that
Mr Trump used charitable assets
to pay off legal obligations, to
promote his own businesses and
•Mr Trump's children, Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr were named in the lawsuit
to purchase personal items.
The attorney general is also
seeking to bar the president and
three of his adult children, Donald
Jr, Eric and Ivanka, from serving
on the board of any New Yorkbased
charity, "in light of misconduct
and total lack of oversight".
The president hit back at the
lawsuit on Twitter, saying that
"sleazy New York Democrats"
were "doing everything they can to
sue me". He vowed he would not
settle the case.
The lawsuit announced on
Thursday was the culmination of a
two-year investigation, which
began under the previous New
York attorney general, Eric
Schneiderman, Ms Underwood
said. Mr Schneiderman resigned
last month after several former
girlfriends accused him of
physical abuse.
New York is also seeking
$2.8 million of restitution, a 10-
year ban on Mr Trump serving
as a director of a non-profit in
the state, and similar one-year
bans for his children Donald Jr,
Eric, and Ivanka, who serve on
the foundation's board.
Eric Trump distanced himself
from his own charitable
foundation after the election,
the New York Times reported,
after it came under investigation
by the attorney general for allegedly
shifting its resources to
the Trump Organization.
The Trump Foundation lawsuit
adds to Mr Trump's legal
challenges, which include a
wide-ranging special counsel investigation
into alleged ties between
the Trump campaign and
Russia. Special Counsel Robert
Mueller has indicted several of Mr
Trump's associates and raided the
home and office of the president's
long-time lawyer and fixer,
Michael Cohen. BBC
Comey 'broke norms but not biased' — Agency watchdog report
A HIGHLY anticipated US Department
of Justice report accuses
ex-FBI director James
Comey of being "insubordinate",
but not politically biased
Inspector General Michael
Horowitz found Mr Comey
broke "dramatically from FBI
and department norms" in handling
a probe into Hillary Clinton's
emails.
The 500-page report examines
actions by top FBI and justice
department officials before
the 2016 election.
The former attorney general
and two FBI agents are also
heavily criticised.
The report found while Mr
Comey's actions were not the result
of political bias, "by departing
so clearly and dramatically
from FBI and department
norms, the decisions negatively
impacted the perception of the
FBI and the department as fair
administrators of justice".
The inspector general criticises
Mr Comey and other senior
officials for decisions made in
the lead-up to the US election in
2016.
The report found "a troubling
lack of any direct, substantive
communication" between Mr
Comey and former Attorney
General Loretta Lynch.
But the report also touched
on text messages exchanged between
two FBI officials who later
worked on Special Counsel
Robert Mueller's investigation
into alleged Russian meddling in
the 2016 US election.
Peter Strzok, who was Mr
Mueller's lead agent in Russian
inquiry, was having an affair with
Lisa Page, an FBI lawyer who
also temporarily worked on the
Mueller investigation.
When Ms Page asked if Mr
Trump would become president,
Mr Strzok responded: "No. No
he won't. We'll stop it."
Republicans have seized on
the messages to argue the FBI
was biased against President
Donald Trump.
Why was there a report?
In announcing the review in
January 2017, Mr Horowitz said
that there was overwhelming demand
from lawmakers, members
of the public, and "various organisations"
to investigate claims
of unprofessional behaviour on
the part of the justice department
and FBI employees.
President Donald Trump is
among the most vocal critics of
the FBI and the Department of
Justice, repeatedly accusing several
employees of being biased
against him. BBC
•Mr Comey has come under fire
from both Democrats and
Republicans