Tag: testifies

13 SEP

The Twitter whistleblower testifies before the US Senate on Tuesday. Here’s what to expect.

Ex Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko will speak publicly for the first time since his complaint was made public. Lawmakers are expected to grill Zatko on claims that Twitter's flaws posed a risk to user privacy and national security. Interest in the testimony has […]

13 DEC

Coach accused of sexual assault testifies he kissed young gymnast on lips regularly

A former high-ranking gymnastics coach testified at his sexual assault trial Thursday that he never took naps with the gymnast levelling accusations against him nor did he spoon her in bed, though he acknowledged he kissed her on the lips every time he saw her. Dave Brubaker, who used to be the director of the […]

24 OCT

Woman testifies ex-gymnastics coach kissed her on lips when she was 12

A woman who accused her former gymnastics coach of sexual assault told his trial on Tuesday that the man controlled every aspect of her life when she was training with him as a teenager. The complainant, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, testified that Dave Brubaker would routinely kiss her on the lips to say […]

09 APR

Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg is going to say first when he testifies in front of Congress on Wednesday

AP Facebook released the prepared testimony that CEO Mark Zuckerberg will share as his opening remarks at the congressional hearing on Wednesday with the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The Facebook CEO will testify before both the Senate and Congressional hearings this week, in light of an investigation into Facebook’s role in the Cambridge […]

18 FEB

Pope Francis says he’s on ‘waiting list’ for sainthood as Chilean sex abuse survivor testifies in NY

Pope Francis admitted Saturday that he can sometimes struggle with modern technology while joking that both he and his predecessor are on the “waiting list” for sainthood. “I don’t know how to use online networks and that kind of thing, not even mobile phones, I don’t have one,” the 81-year-old pontiff told his audience in […]

17 DEC

This week in the Trump-Russia investigation — Republicans sour on Mueller, Rosenstein testifies, and the White House chimes in on anti-Trump texts

Andrew Harnik/AP A chorus of Republicans continued to question the the credibility of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe this week amid reports that two former investigators sent text messages critical of President Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign. In August, Mueller ousted Peter Strzok —a veteran counterintelligence agent who was among those overseeing the […]