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What names appear on the birth certificate when there is a surrogate mother?In the UK, the woman who gives birth to a child is automatically considered the child’s mother.[1]If the mother is married or in a civil partnership, that partner can be listed as the second parent at birth regardless of their gender.[2][3]If the surrogate is not married and the child is conceived through a fertility clinic, HFEA forms make it possible for the intended parent who is also the genetic parent to be listed as the second parent on the original birth certificate.[4]Legal ParenthoodThe intended parents can become the legal parents of the child through one of two methods:If one or both of the intended parents are the genetic parent of the child, a parental order can be issued.[5]If the child is not the genetic child of one or both of the intended parents, an adoption order can be issued.[6]Parental OrderA parental order can be issued by observing the following process:[7]Form C51[8] must be submitted to the family court, which is an application for a parental order. The following conditions must be met:One or both intended parents must be the genetic parent of the child.The child must be living with the intended parents.The child must be at least 6 weeks old before the surrogate can agree to the parental order.The application must be made within 6 months of the birth.The child’s birth must have been registered by the surrogate and a birth certificate must be provided to the court.A court fee of £215 must be paid.Form C52[9] is issued for the birth parent/s to consent to the court making a parental order, which is to be returned to the court within 7 days.The surrogate must also fill out Form A101A[10] which confirms;The parental order will terminate their parental rights to the child,The child will become part of the applicant’s family,They have not been paid or rewarded through the process, andThey have sought or have been advised to seek legal advice.Under the parental order scenario, the child would be at least 6 weeks old before the parental order can be finalised and a new birth certificate issued.The original birth certificate will be sealed and will be accessible only to the child once they are over 18 years old.[11]Adoption OrderAn adoption can be completed by observing the following process:[12]Make an application to an adoption agency. The agency will assess your suitability to adopt, including:Attending a series of preparation classes, for advice on how adoption will affect youA social worker visiting your home several times, ensuring your suitabilityA police check on you and your close family members, ensuring no member of your family has been convicted of a serious offenceThree referees, no more than one of whom can be a relativeA full medical examination of the intended parentsThe assessment report as completed by the social worker is then forwarded to an adoption panel to make a recommendation to the adoption agency, which you may attend to ask or answer any questions. Once approved, the child can be placed with your family on a temporary basis.After 10 weeks you may apply for an adoption order by filing Form A58[13] with the family court. This form confirms:The details of the applicants, confirming they are at least 21 years of age and have been living in the UK for at least a year.The details of the child, confirming that they are under the age of 18 years and are not married or in a civil partnershipThat the child has lived with the applicants for at least 10 weeks.That the child’s mother gave consent for the child to live with the applicants when the child was at least 6 weeks of age.That both of the child’s legal parents consent to the adoption order (unless incapable)That no payment or reward has been given or received by the applicants in respect of the adoptionUnder the adoption scenario, the child would be at least 16 weeks old before the adoption order can be finalised and an adoption certificate issued, replacing the original birth certificate.The original birth certificate will be sealed and held at the General Registry Office, which the child can access once they are over the age of 18.[14]If the adoptive child is over 18 and wishes to access their birth information but the details on the original birth certificate are not known, an application can be made to acquire these details.[15]In either case the original birth certificate will always contain the name of the mother who gave birth to the child in the United Kingdom.Footnotes[1] Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008[2] Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008[3] Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008[4] UK surrogacy arrangements - NGA Law[5] Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008[6] Adoption and Children Act 2002[7] Surrogacy: legal rights of parents and surrogates[8] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790489/c51-eng.pdf[9] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/790491/c52-eng.pdf[10] Form A101A: Agreement to the making of a parental order in respect of my child. Section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008[11] Parental orders after surrogacy - NGA Law[12] Child adoption[13] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/811692/a58-eng.pdf[14] Parental orders after surrogacy - NGA Law[15] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/827137/BIBA_1_in_the_UK_Form_Aug_19.pdf

Original question:What might be possible implications for Donald Trump Jr. meeting with a Russian lawyer based on being promised compromising info on Hillary Clinton?The meeting between Donald Jr. and the Russian lawyer was set up by Rob Goldstone: [1]Goldstone is connected to the pageant, owned by Trump Sr., and represents Russian pop singer and real estate magnate Emin Agalarov, who hobnobbed with Donald Trump at the 2013 event with his father Aras Agalarov—a Russian luxury real estate developer and businessman estimated to be worth $1.9 billion.Agalarov’s father was given the Order of Honor of the Russian Federation in 2013 by President Vladimir Putin and claims the two were going to build a Trump Tower in Russia. The family is close to Putin’s government and Aras Agalarov set up a meeting between Donald Trump and Putin’s former economy minister, Herman Gref, now CEO of Russia’s state-controlled Sberbank PJSC on Donald Trump's last visit to Moscow in November 2013.Quick background on Russian lawyer, whose name is Natalia Veselnitskaya: [2]After working in the Moscow Prosecutor’s Office …Veselnitskaya was working on a case defending Prevezon Holdings Ltd.—a company owned by Russian national Denis Katsyv whose father is vice president of state-owned Russian Railways and one of the wealthiest civil servants in Russia.…Veselnitskaya joined Katsyv’s team of lawyers to defend Katsyv against a civil suit filed by the U.S. government in 2013 that was pursuing Prevezon over “an elaborate tax refund fraud scheme [that] defrauded Russian taxpayers of approximately...$230 million in United States dollars."…The suit was brought under the 2012 Magnitsky Act—signed into law by Barack Obama in 2012—which allows the U.S. to seize the assets and visas of corrupt officials.The act was named for Sergei Magnitsky, the Russian accountant and lawyer who originally uncovered the Russian tax fraud to drain hundreds of millions of dollars from the Russian Treasury and into officials’ pockets. Magnitsky died in Moscow’s Butyrka prison in 2009 after being beaten and tortured although a Russian state autopsy refuted this.…Veselnitskaya has been instrumental in rewriting the history of Sergei Magnitsky and fighting against laws that that fight Russian corruption in his name…Prevezon Holdings is allegedly behind HRAGIF’s lobbying efforts. Its aim is to repeal the 2012 law and stop another bill known as the Global Magnitsky Bill…Veselnitskaya sought a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. last June to lobby his father to reverse the Magnitsky Act on becoming president.Possible implications regarding Donald Jr. meeting with Veselnitskaya: [3]That Trump and/or some of those close to him seemed to be completely game in working with the Russians to get anti-Clinton informationDonald Jr. is a habitual liar - like father like son:Donald Jr. first said that the meeting with the Russian lawyer was about adoptionThis quickly changed when the meeting was then said to be about gathering information about HillaryBut, I think that the most interesting part of this fiasco were the sources for the NYT story that first broke this news: [4]These “three advisors to the White House” seem to be completely fine with being referred to in such a specific context, which leads to the following implication: [5]…these sources were apparently okay with being identified as White House advisers rather than demanding a more vague attribution to better hide their identities, such as “US officials.” That seems to suggest a strategic leak.The fact that there were “three” White House advisors coming forward with information regarding this story is also bizarre:…this isn’t just one White House adviser, it’s coming from three. Again, that suggests a coordinated leak.It’s rare that three separate White House advisers would separately go rogue to leak about something, especially something that appears to be damaging information about the president’s son.So, what would the motivations be for this “leak” to occur?It may have been an effort to clarify the original narrative that came from Donald Jr.:For one, keep in mind that this big Times story that Trump Jr. took the meeting in hopes of getting dirt on Clinton was in fact a follow-up to a Times story one day earlier which first revealed the meeting happened (but not the anti-Clinton motivation behind it).So once the first story was published, the White House may have taken stock of what they knew…and decided it was better to just dump the fuller story out there, rather than have it inevitably leak later on.Call this the “I guess we should fess up” scenario.Damage control for Jared Kushner is another possibility:It’s also noteworthy that the story puts forward a version of events in which Trump Jr. was the primary driver behind this meeting, and Kushner didn’t know much about it beforehand.So it’s possible that Kushner…or people close to him may have wanted to shape the story in a way that made Kushner look relatively good — fearing the alternative, that a sketchier and more innuendo-filled account of Kushner having another strange meeting with a Russian would leak eventually.This is the “make Jared look good” scenario.Or…these leaks could suggest that the White House is getting ready for a storm of more damaging information to come out:Finally, there’s the possibility that…the leak is “either to get ahead of something much more damaging or get a first crack at shaping the public understanding of something much more damaging.”Call this the “pre-spinning a very bad story” scenario.I also think it is hilarious/interesting that Donald Jr. said his father didn’t know about the meeting: [6]I’m pretty certain the above statement is a boldfaced lie, but it seems to be the motivating factor in Donald Jr. suddenly appearing more transparent then he ever has been; his agenda seems to be protecting his Dad at all cost as he throws himself under the bus.The White House can’t get its story straight and these leaks seem uncharacteristically organized coming from Trump’s advisors, so I think it is not unreasonable to assume the following: [5]…this story has all the hallmarks of a deliberate, strategic, White House-approved disclosure, so it’s worth asking just why the White House may have wanted to get this information out there.The latest Trump/Russia leaks came from inside the White HouseUpdate #1:Natalia Veselnitskaya contradicted what Donald Jr. said happened during their meeting on an interview with NBC.Veselnitskaya said that the meeting was never about Clinton: [7]…insisted she met with President Donald Trump’s son in 2016 to discuss sanctions between Russia and the U.S., not to hand over information about Hillary Clinton’s campaign.“I never had any damaging or sensitive information about Hillary Clinton. It was never my intention to have that,” Natalia Veselnitskaya said.2. Veselnitskaya said she was unaware why Donald Jr. thought she had information on Clinton:Her account appeared to contradict that of Trump Jr., who said on Sunday that the premise of the meeting was to discuss damaging information on Clinton that the lawyer was offering. When asked how Trump Jr. seemed to have the impression that she had information about the Democratic National Committee, she responded:“It is quite possible that maybe they were longing for such an information. They wanted it so badly that they could only hear the thought that they wanted.”3. She said Donald Jr. asked for financial records regarding the DNC:“The question that I was asked was as follows: whether I had any financial records which might prove that the funds used to sponsor the D.N.C. were coming from inappropriate sources."Veselnitskaya had no records and said "it was never my intention to collect any financial records to that end."4. Veselnitskaya also asserted that she never asked for the meeting:"I never asked anybody for a particular meeting with Mr. Donald Trump Jr., or with anybody else," she said.5. She also was unclear about how this meeting came about, giving an unclear answer:In describing how the meeting came about, Veselnitskaya didn’t name the person who set it up over the phone while she was in New York for work.She added that she now knows that it was arranged in part by pop-star Emin Agalarov…Veselnitskaya’s account seems dishonest and deceitful, much like Donald Jr.’s original account was.Update #2:Donald Jr. released his emails to Rob Goldstone regarding the meeting with Veselnitskaya on Twitter:Here's my statement and the full email chain pic.twitter.com/x050r5n5LQ— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 11, 2017Here is page 4 (which did not post due to space constraints). pic.twitter.com/z1Xi4nr2gq— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 11, 2017These emails seem to show that Donald Jr. was aware of the Russian government’s efforts in helping Donald Trump’s campaign since Donald Jr. gave no indication that he was shocked or unaware of this. In fact, Donald Jr. specifically said in his response email “If it’s what you say I love it especially later in the summer.”Before this meeting took place, Goldstone checks into Trump Tower via Facebook: [8]Guccifer 2.0 (a hacker) released the first email that was stolen from the DNC on June 15th, 2017 four days after this meeting between Donald Jr., Manafort, Kushner and the Russian lawyer.Update #3:The emails between Donald Jr. and Goldstone support some [9] of the findings in the document that Christopher Steele put together, who was a M.I.6. Agent: [10]Trump Jr.'s emails say he was being offered damaging information on Hillary Clinton from a "Russian government attorney."Steele's document also says that the Russian government has collated a file of information on Hillary ClintonSteele's document then goes on to say that the Kremlin had been feeding documents about Clinton to Trump's campTrump Jr. has said that he went into the meeting under the pretext of obtaining "opposition research" on Clinton, but the conversation turned into one about Russian adoptions in the US. Those involved in the meeting deny that any damaging information about Clinton was ultimately exchanged.Trump Jr.'s emails also reference Aras Agalarov, a wealthy Azerbaijani-Russian developer who brought now-President Donald Trump's Miss Universe pageant to Moscow in 2013.Steele's document also mentions Agalarov and ties him to Trump's Russian business connectionsUpdate #4:Here are some possible legal implications for Donald Jr. as well as Manafort and Kushner:Possibility that campaign finance laws were broken, which would be a federal crime:11 CFR 110.20 - Prohibition on contributions, donations, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements by foreign nationals (52 U.S.C. 30121, 36 U.S.C. 510):It is illegal to “solicit, accept, or receive” a contribution from a foreign national in regards to a campaign:A solicitation is seen as: [11]…an oral or written communication that, construed as reasonably understood in the context in which it is made, contains a clear message asking, requesting, or recommending that another person make a contribution, donation, transfer of funds, or otherwise provide anything of value.Donald Jr. showed that he was aware of what the context of his meeting with Veselnitskaya would be about in the emails to/from Goldstone, meaning that it seems like the variables needed to break campaign finance laws are met: [12]In Trump Jr.'s email correspondence, he was told that the crown prosecutor of Russia "offered to provide the Trump campaign with some official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father.And it showed the information offered was "part of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump," something that prompted him to respond, "if it's what you say I love it especially later in the summer."It is illegal for foreign nationals to “directly or indirectly" give a "thing of value" to a campaign:“other thing of value”, mentioned above, includes a foreign national giving information to a Federal, State or local campaign during an election and/or offering services regarding the campaign and/or election - this includes opposition research: [13]Opposition research (also called oppo) is the practice of collecting information on a political opponent or other adversary that can be used to discredit or otherwise weaken them. The information can include biographical, legal or criminal, medical, educational, or financial history or activities, as well as prior media coverage, or the voting record of a politician. Opposition research can also entail using "trackers" to follow an individual and record their activities or political speeches.Donald Jr., Manafort & Kushner could have all broken the Logan Act (18 U.S. Code § 953 - Private correspondence with foreign governments) as well:Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects.Donald Jr., Manafort and Kushner could be vulnerable for possible espionage charges: [14]Donald Jr. and others may also be liable for conspiracy with respect to espionage, depending on how any illicit information was obtained and the level of their awareness of any spying.Espionage is seen as: [15]Information transmitted is classified government information or relates to national defense ; andThe accused acted with the intent or reason to believe the information will harm the United States or help a foreign nation (not necessarily an "enemy" of the United States); andThere was a willful communication, transfer, or receipt of the information; orThere was an overt act in furtherance of a conspiracy to commit espionage.Criminal conspiracy could also be a possibility: [16]A criminal conspiracy exists when two or more people agree to commit almost any unlawful act, then take some action toward its completion. The action taken need not itself be a crime, but it must indicate that those involved in the conspiracy knew of the plan and intended to break the law. One person may be charged with and convicted of both conspiracy and the underlying crime based on the same circumstances.As for Kushner, who is a top aide to in the White House, he has already been facing scrutiny for omitting dozens of contacts (the number continues to grow) on his SF86 security clearance form.The SF86 form requires all known meetings with foreign government officials (which it seems Veselnitskaya qualifies as) to be disclosedThe meeting with Veselnitskaya adds to these omissions, including the advised SF86 form Kushner filled out.Here is part of an SF86 form, which shows consequences of not filling it out correctly:Earlier, I mentioned one of Donald Jr.’s statements regarding the meeting with Veselnitskaya, that I’d like to point out again:Essentially, the sentences I underlined above show Don Jr.’s logic in regards to how he is defending his actions: he tries and water down the meeting by saying that “no meaningful information” was collected.It appears that he believes that meaningless collusion (he alleges is was meaningless - I feel like it would be a mistake to take him at his word) is relevant - it isn’t.What is relevant is that this meeting took place at all, which is why the above possible implications exist.Update #5:Although Natalia Veselnitskaya is claiming that she doesn't work for the Russian government, that doesn't seem to be the truth: [17]Natalia Veselnitskaya, the Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. last year to discuss possible compromising material on the Democrats, has been widely depicted as a one-issue activist consumed with getting Congress to repeal sanctions against Russian businessmen.But lawyers and others in Moscow’s legal community called her a trusted insider, one who could be counted on to argue and win important high-profile court cases that matter to the government and to one senior, well-connected official in particular.Also, the Russian government is known for using ambiguity to its benefit. For example, the people Russia uses to influence Russian interests in other countries aren't always typical Russian government officials: [18]Veselnitskaya is a Russian lawyer, who, like many involved in the Trump and Russia saga, isn't directly employed by the Russian government but has a number of deeper government ties. The Russian government often operates by using not only its own employees but those with informal or personal relationships to its key leaders.…“ ‘She's not just some private lawyer,' Mr. Browder said of Ms. Veselnitskaya. 'She is a tool of the Russian government.' "Update #6:Peter W. Smith, a GOP politician and business man who was found dead in his hotel room in May of 2017 (due to possibly committing suicide) said he was working with Michael Flynn to get emails from Clinton’s server that Russian hackers had: [19]Smith…had told Wall Street Journal reporter Shane Harris about his efforts to secure emails that were deleted from Clinton's server, which included contact with what he believed were Russian hackers…Smith had told people said that Trump adviser Michael Flynn was helping with his plan to find the emails, according to the Journal, although Flynn's role has not been confirmed. However, the paper also reports that intelligence officials have obtained communications between Russian hackers in which they discuss how to obtain Clinton's emails and pass them along to Flynn through a third party.Smith told the Journal that his team found five hacker groups that said they had possession of Clinton's emails, including two Russian ones. "We knew the people who had these were probably around the Russian government," Smith told the paper.This makes Donald Jr.’s meeting even more suspicious by adding more possible evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.Update #7:Kushner is demanding that the White House be more aggressive in defending his role in the Donald Jr. meeting with Veselnitskaya: [20]Jared Kushner has been pressing other White House aides to more vigorously defend the meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Kremlin-linked lawyer that Kushner also attended, but has faced resistance from some of Trump’s top press aides, according to six sources familiar with the matter.Four White House officials and two outside advisers say Kushner wants the White House to more aggressively push out surrogates and talking points to change the narrative around the latest twist in the Russia scandal. Kushner has said the meeting, which has also further dragged him into the controversy, has a direct impact on Trump's presidency, even if Trump wasn't aware of it at the time.Update #8:Veselnitskaya was not the only person at the meeting meeting with Donald Jr., Manafort and Kushner; Rinat Akhmetshin, an ex-Soviet counter intelligence officer, Russian lawyer and lobbyist was there at the meeting as well: [21]Rinat Akhmetshin, who received U.S. citizenship and became a Washington lobbyist after emigrating from Russia more than a decade ago, confirmed in an email message Friday that he had joined the meeting with the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya.A little more information on Akhmetshin: [22]The Russian lawyer who met with the Trump team after a promise of compromising material on Hillary Clinton was accompanied by a Russian-American lobbyist — a former Soviet counter intelligence officer who is suspected by some U.S. officials of having ongoing ties to Russian intelligence, NBC News has learned.…He accompanied the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, to the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower attended by Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort.The Russian-born American lobbyist served in the Soviet military and emigrated to the U.S., where he holds dual citizenship.Update #9:Akhmetshin offered more details on the meeting: [23]Veselnitskaya brought with her a plastic folder with printed-out documents that detailed what she believed was the flow of illicit funds to the Democrats, Akhmetshin said. Veselnitskaya presented the contents of the documents to the Trump associates and suggested that making the information public could help the campaign, he said.Update #10:Anatoli Samochornov, a Russian-born American translator, also accompanied Veselnitskaya to her meeting with Trump Jr., Manafort and Kushner. [24]Update #11:Veselnitskaya told the Wall Street Journal that she was in regular contact with Russia’s top prosecutor, a Kremlin appointed official. [25]Update #12:Kushner has now amended his SF86 form three times: [26]January 18th: Kushner’s first SF86 form had no foreign contacts listed on itKushner’s second updated SF86 form added ~100 foreign contacts - but Veselnitskaya’s name was not listedThe FBI was alerted that Veselnitskaya had now not been mentioned twice by Kushner in his SF86 forms at the end of June, which called for a third updated version of Kushner’s SF86 form: [27]Kushner's lawyers told Yahoo News that the omission of the meeting with Veselnitskaya was "inadvertent," and said a Kushner staffer had prematurely hit the "send" button on the SF-86 form before it had been fully completed.Here is what the foreign contacts section of the SF86 form looks like: [28]Update #13:An unidentified representative of Emin and Aras Agalarov was also in the meeting. [29]Update #14:Between April and June of 2017, Trump’s campaign spent $677,826.99 on “legal consulting” - a pretty large chunk of $4.37 million that was spent in total. [30]The payments explained further: [31]The majority of the payments were paid to the law firm Jones Day, which has been representing the Trump campaign regarding election law, ongoing lawsuits and is advising in the current investigations into RussiaOn June 27th, $50,000 was paid to Alan S. Futerfas, Donald Trump Jr.’s lawyer for the ongoing investigations into Russia - this was a little more than a week before the news broke about Donald Jr.’s meeting with Veselnitskaya. [32]This payment suggests that if Donald Trump Sr. truly didn’t know about the meeting his son had (which I am certain Trump Sr. lied about), then his campaign kept this information from him regarding the date the payment was made [33]On June 30th, $89,561 was paid to the Trump Corporation for legal consulting - this is bizarre because the Trump Corporation has not reported that it payments for legal expenses that needed to be reimbursed (like it has for other things, i.e., rent, air travel, hotel expenses, etc.).Since Trump filed for re-election the day after taking office, he can use his campaign funds to pay for certain expenses while he’s in office.Update #15:Veselnitskaya was given a seat to a Hill hearing by Lanny Wiles, the husband of the former Florida chair of the Trump campaign, eight days after her meeting with Donald Jr.: [34]The hearing was on “U.S. Policy Toward Putin’s Russia”.Update #16:Trump Sr. hired Ty Cobb, a former federal prosecutor, to help with the White House’s response to the Russia investigations: [35]Ty Cobb, whose legal expertise lies in white-collar crime and congressional investigations, will be "in charge of overseeing the White House legal and media response" to the investigations, according to Bloomberg News.…A bio on the website of Cobb's former firm, Hogan Lovells, says that "Clients managing crises, allegations of corruption, and other critical matters turn to Ty to guide them."…Cobb will work alongside White House counsel Donald McGahn. He'll coordinate with Trump's personal lawyer on Russia matters, Marc Kasowitz…Update #17:Trump has the lowest approval rating in the first 6 months in 70 years: [36]Americans give President Donald Trump the lowest six-month approval rating of any president in polls dating back 70 years, punctuated by questions about his competence on the world stage, his effectiveness, the GOP health care plan and Russia’s role in the 2016 election.Just 36 percent of Americans polled in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll approve of Trump’s job performance, down 6 points from his 100-day mark, itself a low…In regards to Russia:Sixty-three percent in this poll…say it was inappropriate for Trump’s son, son-in-law and campaign manager to have met with a Russian lawyer during the campaign.Six in 10 also think Russia tried to influence the campaignamong those who say so, 67 percent think Trump aides helped, similar to results in April.Update #18:Irakly Kaveladze, a financial officer for Agalarov’s real estate company based in the U.S., was at the meeting as well.Kaveladze: [37]Born in the Soviet Republic of GeorgiaMoved to the U.S. in 1991Became an American citizenWas investigated by the Government Accountability Office in 2000Kaveladze had helped 50 Russians receive Citibank Credit CardUsed his office as the address for these cardsCreated 2,000 corporations in Delaware for Russian intermediariesWas unaware of who owned each corporationOpened ~136 American Accounts for Russians at CitibankThese accounts move ~$560 million to forgein locations overseasKaveladze has been referred to as the “money laundering poster child” - nothing ever came of the findings listed aboveUpdate #19:FSB, a Russian Spy Agency, is one of Veselnitskaya’s clients: [38]The documents show that the lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, successfully represented the FSB's interests in a legal wrangle over ownership of an upscale property in northwest Moscow between 2005 and 2013.The FSB, successor to the Soviet-era KGB service, was headed by Vladimir Putin before he became Russian president.Update #20:Natalia Veselnitskaya’s talking points for her meeting at the Trump Tower were shared with the Kremlin: [39]…interviews and records show that in the months before the meeting, Ms. Veselnitskaya had discussed the allegations with one of Russia’s most powerful officials, the prosecutor general, Yuri Y. Chaika. And the memo she brought with her closely followed a document that Mr. Chaika’s office had given to an American congressman two months earlier, incorporating some paragraphs verbatim.The coordination between the Trump Tower visitor and the Russian prosecutor general undercuts Ms. Veselnitskaya’s account that she was a purely independent actor when she sat down with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, and Paul J. Manafort, then the Trump campaign chairman.Update #21:It seems that a deal may have been made or suggested by Trump Jr. in the meeting: [40]Natalia Veselnitskaya…claims that Donald Trump Jr. …said that if Trump won, he’d be open to pushing for changes to a U.S. law that targets Russian officials. That is interesting, because it alleges that Donald Trump Jr. offered to be more friendly with Russia in exchange for potential assistance with the campaign.Here is a timeline I made based on a NYT article regarding Donald Jr.’s meeting with the Russians. It summarizes the events that occurred between June 3rd, 2016 - July 27th, 2016: [41]This is the first concrete evidence of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.Fasten your seat belts.Footnotes[1] The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. has a past fighting for the Kremlin's causes[2] The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. has a past fighting for the Kremlin's causes[3] Analysis | Donald Trump Jr. just contradicted a whole bunch of White House denials of Russian contacts[4] Donald Trump Jr.’s Two Different Explanations for Russian Meeting[5] The latest Trump/Russia leaks came from inside the White House[6] Donald Trump Jr.’s Two Different Explanations for Russian Meeting[7] Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr.: I didn't have Clinton info they wanted[8] What happened and when: The timeline leading up to Donald Trump Jr.'s fateful meeting[9] Details in Donald Trump Jr.'s emails align with parts of the explosive Trump-Russia dossier[10] Donald Trump Jr.'s emails sound like the Steele dossier[11] Donald Trump Jr. may well have committed a federal crime, experts say[12] Donald Trump Jr.'s emails might be 'the smoking gun showing' he violated a critical campaign law[13] Opposition research - Wikipedia[14] Opinion | Did Donald Jr. Break the Law?[15] Espionage - FindLaw[16] Conspiracy - FindLaw[17] Natalia Veselnitskaya, Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr., Seen as Fearsome Moscow Insider[18] Lawyer Who Met With Trump Jr. Has Ties To Russian Government[19] Report: GOP operative who looked for Clinton emails committed suicide[20] http://Kushner pushed for more aggressive defense of Trump Jr. meeting - POLITICO https://apple.news/ATMdvsV2uTeelE_CSXtPFBAhttps://apple.news/ATMdvsV2uTeelE_CSXtPFBA[21] Former Russian military intelligence officer attended Trump Tower meeting[22] http://Russian Lawyer Brought Ex-Soviet Counter Intelligence Officer to Trump Team Meeting - NBC News https://apple.news/ATuHcyHHhTdmF4Duj-uZxXAhttps://apple.news/ATuHcyHHhTdmF4Duj-uZxXA[23] Russian-American lobbyist joined Trump's son's meeting, too[24] Translator in Trump Jr. meeting identified as ex-State Dept. contractor[25] Russian Lawyer Whom Trump Jr. Met Says She Was in Contact With Top Russian Prosecutor [26] Details revealed about Jared Kushner's security clearance forms[27] People aren't buying Kushner's lawyers' explanation for security clearance form omissions[28] Jared Kushner’s security clearance and how it could be revoked, explained[29] Meet the people who were at Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting[30] Schedule B for ALL Line #'s[31] Trump’s Re-Election Campaign Doubles Its Spending on Legal Fees[32] Trump campaign paid firm of lawyer representing Trump Jr. before emails were made public[33] Trump campaign paid firm of lawyer representing Trump Jr. before emails were made public[34] Russian lawyer obtained Hill hearing seat from former Florida Trump campaign chair's husband[35] Trump Taps Washington Lawyer To Become White House Special Counsel Amid Russia Probes[36] 6 months in, record low job approval for Trump: Poll[37] Guest List at Donald Trump Jr.’s Meeting With Russian Expands Again[38] http://Exclusive: Moscow lawyer who met Trump Jr. had Russian spy agency as client - Reuters https://apple.news/AJxblzMxbT7-3AKKg8OxiUwhttps://apple.news/AJxblzMxbT7-3AKKg8OxiUw[39] Talking Points Brought to Trump Tower Meeting Were Shared With Kremlin[40] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/11/06/what-did-donald-trump-jr-ask-for-at-that-meeting-the-russian-lawyer-just-spoke-out/[41] Conspiracy or Coincidence? A Timeline Open to Interpretation

This content may be upsetting to some readers, but this is my candid outline of what it was like working in a group home (or residential care facility) for the developmentally disabled, and you know me- I won't be holding anything back.As far as I know, the same basic human rights are extended to the developmentally disabled by California law today, as they were when I was employed decades ago.Long ago, back when I was a care provider, the courts had officially judged these individuals capable of making their own decisions when it came to personal relationships, religious choices, clothing, recreation and education; the law not only protected the developmentally disabled, and allowed them a more independent lifestyle, but it also protected their dignity, as is the right of every human being.Caretakers are merely there to gently guide and protect, help with medications and assist with the daily tasks the residents would otherwise find challenging on their own.We are guests in their home.This is my story…I worked in a group home for developmentally disabled adults as a day job, when I first struck out on my own as a teenager.I didn't have any previous medical training, but I'm sure that my empathy for the residents, seeing that a relative with Down Syndrome was living in a facility run by the same company, helped me secure the position at that time.And I was grateful for the work.My first day on the job, I walked in, and watched a nurse changing a grown man's poopy diaper!The nurse had his skinny, withered, veiny legs locked together, gripped in one hand, high in the air, just like you would an infant’s. Except, this was a grown man. With severe deformities.Pencil-thin legs, and backwards-facing feet (with two or three toes on each) and with long, hairy black sprouts of pubic hair at his crotch above huge bulbous testicles. His fully grown penis against those tiny, fragile legs made for quite the shocking sight! It was completely disturbing to me at the time. Sorry to be graphic, but I was wholly unprepared for this disturbing sight, when I first entered the facility.I thought we were just going to draw pictures and play games, do a little light housework.Not this!I was still very young, innocent and naïve. I was bashful about nudity and had never looked at a naked guy that closely in the daylight. It was a hard slap of reality, that first day on the job.The nurse had both skinny legs clasped together in one hand, hefted high in the air, and was wiping his shitty butt, right out there in the open! That was too much for me. The smell hit me first. Then the sight. It shocked me so much, I fainted dead away! I came to in a recliner, very embarrassed, being administered juice by a nurse. Somehow, I willed myself to get right back up; I learned how to change diapers, myself, by the end of the day. Because I had seen the look of shame in that man's eyes, the man having his diaper changed. I had hurt his feelings. That hurt me, too. I wanted to show him it was no big deal. That we could move past our mutual embarrassment. And we did. We became buddies.His name was Chuck.I spent my days from 5 a.m. onwards, gently waking the residents, changing their wet diapers, showering them, and helping them choose their outfits for the day.That their clothes didn't match, or may have been inappropriate for the weather, was of no concern to me. They were adults, and we were taught that they were supposed to be able to make these decisions for themselves. I did offer gentle suggestions, however. If there was snow on the ground outside, and they chose to wear shorts and a tank top that day, I would steer them in the right direction, “wouldn't this be a cute sweater to wear today?”That usually worked. If they insisted on wearing shorts, then we just made certain they carried extra blankets, jackets, and a change of clothes with them. They still wore the shorts if they wanted to, though. Their choice.Some of these adults were very low-functioning residents, and very few had the ability of speech.We sent them off to a day program, “school”, where they spent all day doing projects to enhance their life skills. I'm not certain what went on at their community outreach program, but it was a remedial education program for developmentally disabled adults and lasted six hours, daily, on weekdays.During those six hours, the staff spent their time cleaning house, changing beds, charting, shopping for groceries, preparing activities and getting ready for the residents to come home in the late afternoon.I didn't think the same 'ol routine was healthy, nor was being confined to the house all the time. So, as soon as “my people” would arrive home, I'd load them into the van for fun time! Enrichment activities. I would whisk them off to the mall for ice cream, or to the pond to feed the ducks, or to the airport to watch the airplanes take off. Simple, everyday things were fun to them. Everything was a thrill to these people, and in their joy, it brought joy to me. They may not have been able to speak, but every single one of them could smile!That's communication.That brought tears to my eyes.I encountered several emergency scares during my work shifts; I always felt I had to be on my toes while working there. Some residents had seizures which required an ambulance, and once, while I was cooking a meal, a resident reached out and tipped a hot pot of water onto her arm! Luckily, it wasn't boiling yet. Her screams were alarming, however. She howled and cried for well over an hour in a panicked state, even after we cooled the burn under cool water, and dressed it properly after applying ointment. The next day, it wasn't even red, but she insisted we continue to reapply the ointment and re-dress the non-existent “wound” for the next three months. She loved the extra attention.From then on, Janice hated me. She was a large woman and far outweighed me. She was the only resident I didn't like. She pinched me and pulled my hair out in painful handfuls whenever I had my back turned. She would throw her used, bloody menstrual pads at me, and if I hadn't been quick on my feet (and her reflexes quite slow) they would have made a disgusting impact on me- their intended target. I avoided her whenever I was in the house, and charted her behavior towards me in incident reports so I never had to work directly with her.She, of course, couldn't help her behavior. She was disabled. I knew that. I still didn't like her. I didn't feel that her disability justified that I needed to take her abuse. I didn't feel I needed to come away from work physically bruised, scratched, or with bald places on my scalp from where she pulled my hair out. The other staff members didn't mind covering Janice for me. They knew she was a handful.Janice had a habit of stealing food. She had a food eating disorder, Pica, which required us to lock every cabinet and refrigerator, with toddler-proof locks, or else she would eat everything she could get her hands on, including things which weren't edible.One day, I caught her just in the nick of time, as she was trying to swallow an unused tampon which she had stolen from a staff member's carelessly laid purse. I caught the string, just as it was disappearing down her throat, slurping it down like a strand of spaghetti! When I reached into her mouth and pulled it back out, she actually grabbed on to it, in a tug-of-war, and tried with all her might to stuff it back into her mouth and gobble it down! She bit down, as I pulled, and got some of the cotton off the end, which she swallowed down in one big, disgusting gulp. Luckily, I had the string with most of the tampon intact in my hand. I ran to get away from her as she chased me down the hallway to get it back. I yelled for assistance, and a male nurse blocked her path. My heart was beating in my throat, for fear the super-absorbant cotton could have expanded in her airway and suffocated her! I believe the doctor ordered fiber, and we watched her closely over the next few days. I can't remember if that incident ended in a visit to the hospital like the time she swallowed the coins.One day, I was showering Chuck, the resident I met that first day while having his diaper changed. His legs were useless, so he sat in a wheelchair his entire life. He used a wheeled plastic potty chair in the shower, too. I was singing a silly song to him as I washed him; he giggled and twisted in the soapy shower chair, and then he accidentally slipped off.I caught him, but I'm small. His wet body was slippery with soap, and heavy. I was losing my grip. He slowly slid down my body as I eased him to the shower floor, gently, but I could see the terror in his eyes as he lay, panting with fear on the floor. I turned off the water, and I apologized to him. He shivered from the cold, but was otherwise uninjured.I was, however. I was hurting pretty badly.I'd wrenched my back trying to hold his complete weight against me so he wouldn't fall to the ground and become injured.I was in tears, not only from the pain in my torn back, but also because I was so sorry that I had to leave him there, his twisted, naked body curled on the cold, wet tile floor like that. I limped off to get help! I found a male nurse who had the strength to lift Chuck back into the seat. The nurse lifted the poor, naked man up effortlessly, plopped him down like a bag of apples onto the plastic potty chair, and began drying him off roughly. He dismissed me, brusquely. I had to go to the emergency room, as was protocol for injuries on the job. I was abandoning the sole nurse on shift. I don't blame him for being angry. Both, for leaving him on duty, solo, and also for leaving Chuck on the cold shower floor. Chuck jumped to my defense. He couldn't speak, but he could communicate. He shook his head and pointed at me. He didn't want the nurse to dry him. He was being too rough. He preferred my gentle touch, even though I'd just let him slip out of my grasp. He still was willing to put all his trust in me! Chuck had instantly forgiven me for letting him slip, but it took weeks before the nurses did.Cheri was also in a wheelchair, and a favorite among the staff. She was higher functioning than most the other residents. She was delightful. She had a great sense of humor. I liked to spend time doing art projects with her. She repeated the phrase “my baby, my baby” over and over again. I would bring her a baby doll whenever she did, and a sad look would always cross her face.She wore her heart on her sleeve.It wasn't until I'd worked at the facility for a good four months before her horrifying story was revealed, in all its sick, twisted details.Cheri had been transferred to the residence, from another group facility, because she had been raped and impregnated by a former staff member!Her parents were Catholic. Abortion was out of the question. She had the baby. It was born perfectly healthy, but taken from her shortly after birth. Her parents were raising it. It happened; not in the 1920's when you'd expect such barbaric practices to occur, but in the late 80's in California!Not once did I ever see that poor young woman's parents come to visit her, or even bring her baby, which she pined for day after day, and which filled her days with despair, even though we did our best to give her a life, filled with color and enrichment.Nary a single day.She had been dropped off, raped, forced to have a baby which was torn from her arms shortly after birth, and then abandoned, once again, with strangers in a new facility.My heart breaks writing these words.Since all the female residents were on birth control pills, I don't know how they got around the religion thing with Cheri. Or if her parents had learned their lesson. Or if someone had talked Cheri into signing her own paperwork to authorize treatment for her own meds, but she was never going to become pregnant again.She took the daily allotment of birth control pills like every other female resident at the facility. Even though it was her fantasy to one day become a mother again. Though she may not have understood that she was incapable of being a fit mother to a real-life infant, instead of just a surrogate to a plastic doll.We provided her with a lot of dolls, but none replaced that ache in her heart to hold a real one, a real infant. She spent most days feeding the dolls, diapering, and cooing to them. She swaddled them and cuddled them. She sang to them as she rocked them gently. She ran over their little heads with her wheelchair. It was heartbreaking, every last bit of her story.I think about her a lot to this day.Jacky cracked me up. He was one of the few residents who actually had family members who visited him regularly, and it really made a difference in his progress and demeanor. He was not only socially outgoing, he was eternally cheerful and upbeat.Jacky had Elephant Man's disease, or Neurofibromatosis. His head was especially misshapen, as were some of his limbs, and at first, the sight was disturbing. But Jacky was such a delightful character you soon forgot the deformities, and reveled in his capabilities! Jackie additionally suffered from developmental disabilities. He wasn't the genius we see in the model, “John” Joseph Merrick, Elephant Man genius, but someone with intellectual challenges, suffering from the same disease.His skull was bent, but his personality was stellar. It made you quickly forget all that other stuff.He gave us living room concerts on his ukulele. He made sure we were all sitting in the family room, side-by-side, staff and residents alike, and he would stand in front of us, while strumming and singing at the top of his lungs. He'd perform all the latest songs he'd picked up on the radio, or parts of them, whatever he could remember. Jacky's concerts were delightful! Entertaining. We looked forward to them. We would always give him standing ovations, and the lady residents would swoon. Yes, Jacky was a “Ladies man” and the chicks were always fighting over him, vying for his attention.There were quite a few awkward moments concerning Jacky which needed staff intervention. A gentle nudge, here and there, when I caught one lady resident or another admintering oral pleasures to Jacky. Right there, out in the open, on the very same sofa we used as a concert arena! I would ask them to move into his bedroom and close the door for privacy. I would explain that what they were doing was a private, “adult” moment. He would awkwardly waddle, pants around his ankles, into his room with a full erection, lady suitor in tow, penis in hand, and they would close the door, as instructed. I'd hear loud moaning coming from the room. They never understood the concept of privacy. Okay. The staff would drink coffee and giggle. The male staff members were envious that Jacky got more blow-jobs than they did.As a reminder: Every female client in our care were receiving proper birth control and were consenting adults. The law said that what they were doing was fine, and the staff couldn't interfere, unless it was a forced situation. Which it wasn't. Jacky was a “Rock Star” and the ladies fought over him. Jacky was a very happy man. Nothing the residents were doing was our business. Nothing the residents were doing was wrong.We were guests in their home.It was a sad day when I moved away to go to school. Management told me to say my goodbyes. I would not be allowed to come back again. They said it upset the residents to lose their friends on staff, and once they'd forgotten about them, it was best left that way.They told me that in their experience, in the past, previous staff had come to visit, briefly, but then they left again and moved on, and led their lives, as is the natural course of things. But to the residents, to have them reappear in their lives again, for a brief, selfish moment, only to vanish forever, was unstable and heartbreaking for them.I understood.I would never be allowed to see my buddies again.I spent that last tearful day taking photos and doing art projects with my buddies.The staff let me play and spend time with “my people” instead of attending to work duties.I hugged Chuck. I looked deeply into his eyes. I explained I was leaving, and saw a look of recognition there. I always felt there were deep waters flowing behind those blue pools. Chuck's eyes betrayed what some people term “mental retardation” because, whenever I spoke with him, even though he lacked the ability to speak, I knew he truly understood, in a deep and philosophical way. He gazed out the window and cried. That's the last scene I hold in my memory of Chuck. Him, sitting in his wheelchair next to the picture window with the golden afternoon sunshine falling in behind, a snapshot of his misshapen body bent in sorrow, and with a swirling halo of dust particles to keep him company in my absence.I spent time drawing with Cheri. We drew pictures of babies and sunshine and daisies, and I taught her to draw a broken heart, cut in two. Two halves of a whole. I explained how it felt when somebody was sad, as I was drawing the heart. I told her that was how I felt to be leaving and that I'd miss her. She picked up a marker, a green one, and drew a pretty good representation of a broken heart and said, “my baby” and I got big tears in my eyes, hugged her.Yeah, Cheri. Just like that.Jacky was hiding in his room the whole day. He knew. He was upset. It was the end of my shift when I finally broke protocol and opened his door without permission. He yelled at me to leave him alone. He was laying on his bed with his face on his pillow, crying. He didn't want me to see him that way. I went and sat on the edge of his bed, anyway. “I have something for you, Jacky” I said, and his face lifted up from the wet pillow out of curiosity. I handed him an old, beat-up Fender electric guitar I'd gotten at a yard sale, along with a tiny amp. “This is my goodbye present for my favorite rock star, Jacky.” His eyes went wide, as he grabbed me in a bear hug so tight I thought my ribs would crack. He jumped up from the bed, grabbing the guitar, and started dancing around the room, singing rock and roll songs, banging on the strings, lost in his own little world. The staff gathered at the doorway, and I asked for one last hug from Jacky, but he was oblivious to me then, lost in the thrill of the new guitar. “Say goodbye to Wendi, Jacky” the staff urged as I stood to leave, but he didn't even acknowledge me.Holding back tears, I patted him on the back, wished him well and quickly walked out the door.Just as I was getting into my car I turned around and there was big Janice, smiling at me. Oh no! It was all going so well, I thought to myself. I believed she was about to accost me, pinch me or pull my hair one last time, but instead, she leaned down and pulled me into a gentle, warm hug.That floored me.I drove away in tears, looking back at her in my rearview mirror, waving goodbye. Waving and waving until I disappeared around the corner.Goodbye, my friends. Goodbye.