Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared to question President Trump’s intelligence at a news conference: “If the president has something that is exculpatory — Mr. President, that means you have anything that shows your innocence — then he should make that known. So far we haven’t see that.”
Giuliani Jokes He Has ‘Insurance’ If Trump Abandons Him
In a telephone interview with The Guardian, in response to a question about whether he was nervous that President Trump might “throw him under a bus” in the impeachment crisis, Giuliani said with a slight laugh: “I’m not, but I do have very, very good insurance, so if he does, all my hospital bills will be paid.”
Giuliani’s lawyer, Mark Costello, who was also on the call then interjected: “He’s joking.”
Another Episode of the Trump Show
Washington Post: “Like virtually everything else in Washington over the past three years, even without the president in the room, this was another episode of the Trump Show — the transformation of the U.S. government into a long-running drama about one outsize personality.”
“Even as the hearing’s spotlight stayed fixed on Trump — his phone calls, his policy shifts, his quest to find usable dirt about a leading Democratic rival — the possible removal of the president seemed to lack the potency and gravity of previous impeachments. Committee members largely steered clear of the kind of dark oratory that launched impeachment debates in 1973 and 1998… Trump’s remarkable ability to skate through crises that wreck other people’s lives — bankruptcies of his businesses, abandoned projects, divorces and accusations of sexual misbehavior — seemed again to be at work.”
Trump Brochure Brags of Cash From Foreign Governments
“In its effort to sell off the lease to the Trump International Hotel in Washington, the Trump Organization has put together a glossy investor brochure complete with pictures showcasing the hotel’s grandiose architecture, its central location and its spa’s Himalayan salt chamber,” CNN reports.
“The hotel’s biggest selling point though, according to a copy of the brochure… is the one thing that the Trump family insists it didn’t take advantage of: profiting off foreign governments.”
“The Trump Organization insists that its refusal to solicit foreign business has cost it more than $9 million. According to the brochure, those ‘sacrifices’ include turning away 17,100 room nights in 2019, resulting in $5.3 million in lost room revenue and $3.9 million in lost food and beverage revenue.”
Appeals Court Says Congress Can Seek Trump Taxes
“Congress can seek eight years of President Trump’s tax records, according to a federal appeals court order Wednesday that moves the separation-of-powers conflict one step closer to the Supreme Court,” the Washington Post reports.
“Trump’s lawyers have said they are prepared to ask the Supreme Court to intervene in this case and in several other legal battles between the president and Congress.”
Trump Denies Talking to Sondland About Probes
President Trump said he knows nothing about an alleged July 26 phone call with EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland in which he is reported to have asked about the status of Ukrainian investigations he sought into the Bidens and the 2016 election, Axios reports.
Said Trump: “I know nothing about that. First time I’ve heard it. The one thing I’ve seen that Sondland said is that he did speak with me with for a brief moment and I said “no quid pro quo under any circumstances.” And that’s true. But I’ve never heard this. In any event, it is more secondhand information, but I’ve never heard it.”
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Jonathan Bernstein: “The point of these hearings isn’t to learn new things. The House intelligence committee will be bringing out witnesses who have already been interviewed behind closed doors. So this is about making a case in public.”
“If Democrats want to actually remove Trump from office, then pushing down his public approval is key. So far, the Ukraine scandal hasn’t really done that. According to the FiveThirtyEight estimate, the president’s approval rating is now at 41.1%, down about a percentage point from when the story broke in September. That’s a very weak number, to be sure; Trump ranks 10th of 11 polling-era presidents after 1,027 days in office, and his disapproval number is now up to 54.6%.”
“But bad as that is, it’s probably not enough to make the party abandon Trump out of electoral self-interest. At 41%, he’s still not a lost cause. Perhaps the polls are off, or maybe he’ll still improve a bit before the election. He might even win without getting 50% support. But if Trump were to slip back to match the lowest point of his presidency, when only about 37% of the public approved of how he was doing his job? Then Republicans might start to wonder if the risks of sticking with him outweighed the risks of removing him.”
Aides Tell Trump Not to Fire Mulvaney
“President Trump has been threatening for weeks to fire acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, but senior advisers have counseled him to hold off on such a drastic step amid a high-stakes impeachment probe, according to three people familiar with the discussions,” the Washington Post reports.
“Senior advisers have cautioned Trump that removing Mulvaney at such a sensitive time could be perilous, the people said — both because Mulvaney played an integral role in the decision to freeze the aid, and because of the disruption that would be caused by replacing one of Trump’s most senior aides.”
Trump Faces the Limits of His Power In Impeachment
“For three years, Donald Trump has unapologetically defied the conventions of the American presidency. On Wednesday, he comes face to face with the limits of his power, confronting an impeachment process enshrined in the Constitution that will play out in public and help shape how the president will be viewed by voters next year and in the history books for generations,” the AP reports.
“Now a parade of career public servants will raise their hands and swear an oath to the truth, not the presidency, representing an integral part of the system of checks and balances envisioned by the Founding Fathers.”
Said historian Douglas Brinkley: “Trump can do away with the traditions and niceties of the office, but he can’t get away from the Constitution. During Watergate, many people feared that if a president collapsed, America is broken. But the lesson of Nixon is that the Constitution is durable and the country can handle it.”
Analyst Says Russians Compromised Trump In 1977
MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance claimed that President Trump is a Russian asset who was compromised “as early as 1977” via his first marriage to Czech-born Ivana Trump, the Daily Beast reports.
Nance, a retired naval intelligence operator, went on to boast that he saw early in Trump’s presidential campaign that the U.S. was under attack by a “wide-ranging information warfare attack” by Russia that was designed to make Trump president, adding that he saw it “about a year before anyone would really understand that.”
Trump Has Discussed Firing Inspector General
“President Trump has discussed dismissing the intelligence community’s inspector general, Michael Atkinson, because Mr. Atkinson reported a whistle-blower’s complaint about Mr. Trump’s interactions with Ukraine to Congress after concluding it was credible,” the New York Times reports.
“The president has said he does not understand why Mr. Atkinson shared the complaint… He has said he believes Mr. Atkinson, whom he appointed in 2017, has been disloyal.”
Trump Official Faked Her Credentials
“An NBC News investigation found that Mina Chang, the deputy assistant secretary in the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stability Operations, has inflated her educational achievements — like claiming, falsely, to be a Harvard grad — and exaggerated the scope of her nonprofit’s work.”
She even “created a fake Time magazine cover with her face on it — raising questions about her qualifications to hold a top position at the State Department.”
Trump Had 10 Interactions with Giuliani Associates
President Trump has had at least 10 encounters with Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, the indicted associates of Rudy Giuliani the President has adamantly claimed not to know, CNN reports.
“The interactions, of which many new details are being reported here for the first time, include VIP photos at campaign events, attendance at high-dollar fundraisers and a retreat. They also include a pre-inauguration gala for high-dollar donors, an intimate dinner with the President and photos at the White House Hanukkah dinner with the President, Vice President and Giuliani.”
Emails Show Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism
“In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories and obsessed over the loss of Confederate symbols after Dylann Roof’s murderous rampage,” according to leaked emails reviewed by Hatewatch.
“The emails, which Miller sent to the conservative website Breitbart News in 2015 and 2016, showcase the extremist, anti-immigrant ideology that undergirds the policies he has helped create as an architect of Donald Trump’s presidency.”
Mulvaney Drops Lawsuit and Refuses to Testify
“Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney reversed course, dropping plans to file a lawsuit asking a federal court to decide whether he is required to testify before Congress as part of a Democratic-led impeachment inquiry,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Instead, Mr. Mulvaney said he would obey a White House instruction to refuse to cooperate with the House of Representatives.”
Haley Defends Trump as ‘Truthful’
Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley offered an unequivocal defense of President Trump, insisting in a Today Show interview that he is a “truthful” leader who is perfectly suited to high office.
Said Haley: “I never had any concern on whether he could handle the job, ever… In every instance that I dealt with him he was truthful, he listened, and he was great to work with.”
Trump’s Company Ordered to Pay Legal Bills
“Donald Trump’s company is to pay the Scottish Government £225,000 to cover its legal bills after the US president’s firm was defeated in a long-running and acrimonious court battle over a windfarm development near his inaugural Scottish golf resort,” The Scotsman reports.
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