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Re: Jeffrey Epstein signed will worth $577M only 2 days before suicide — with El Chapo
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Re: Jeffrey Epstein signed will worth $577M only 2 days before suicide
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Shirley V. Skipper-Scott
Date
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Subject:
Inmarte EPSTEIN, JEFFREY EDWARD # 76318-
054
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Inmate for injury report as requested by Operational Lt.
He is ambulatory, oriented x 3. In not apparent distress, smiling during this clinical encounter. Alleges, that he does not
know what happened. Can not explain the marks on his neck. Responded: "I don't know".
He does not want to talk of the events leading to the marks on his neck.
He does not look in any distress or pain.
Has an circular line of erythema at the base of the neck. Reaching 2/3 of the neck circumference, 2 inches wide, sparing
the back of the neck. Has one section of this erythema in the front with marks of friction.
No inflammation, no deformities, no hematomas, no lacerations, no tenderness. Patient moving his neck without any
restriction. Denies having any pain or discomfort. Denies any respiratory problem.
Has another small erythema on left knee about 2cm in diameter(mild).
As per information from custody staff inmate Epstein was found in his cell with a rope around his neck and sitting on the
floor.
Inmate is currently placed on suicide watch.
ASSESSMENT:
Injury, unspecified, T1490 - Current - RIO self inflicted injuries.
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Follow-up at Sick Call as Needed
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Epstein, Jeffrey Edward, Reg. No. 76318-054X
From
Lee Plourde
Adam Johnson, Charisma Edge, Elissa Miller, Jermaine Darden,
To
Lamine N'Diaye, Lee Plourde, NYM/Executive Staff, Shirley V.
Skipper-Scott
Date
2019/08/13 14:11
Subject:
Epstein, Jeffrey Edward, Reg. No. 76318-054X
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Suicide Timeline:
RE: Epstein, Jeffrey Edward, Reg. No. 76318-054
Friday, August 9, 2019
8:00 am: inmate Reyes Efrain, Reg. No. 85993-054 departs for
court (WAB-USMS-SDNY). Reyes is Epstein's cellmate.
8:30 am: inmate Epstein arrives in Attorney Conference. He is
visited by several attorneys throughout the day.
6:45 pm: inmate Epstein departs attorney conference and returns
to SHU.
7:00 pm: inmate Epstein provided a social call by IDO. IDO
reports inmate Epstein was in good spirits, nothing unusual.
Saturday, August 10, 2019
6:33 am: Body alarm activated in SHU. Staff found inmate Epstein
unresponsive in cell. Staff reported to bedside of inmate and
attempted to wake him. Control announced medical emergency. CPR
initiated
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progress medical staff continues CPR and AED applied on inmate.
Control called for ambulance
6:40 am: S. Skipper-Scott, AW notified
6:45 am: EMS arrives, paramedics continue CPR. Inmate Epstein
remains unresponsive. Inmate Epstein is intubated, given three
rounds of Epinephrine, IV access started, IO initiated. No pulse
found, no shock advised, inmate prepared for transport to local
hospital.
7:00 am: Institution placed on modified operations
7:10 am: EMS departs institution enroute to Beekman Hospital.
7:19 am: USMS notified of incident.
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7:20 am: SIS Lt notified.
7:30 am: L. N'Diaye, Warden arrives at institution. C.Edge, AW
notified.
7:32 am: PIO notified of incident by the Warden.
7:36 am: Official time of death reported by ER physician.
7:40 am: Acting Chief Psychologist notified.
8:00 am: S.Skipper-Scott, AW and J. Darden, Captain arrives at
institution.
8:10 am: SIS Lt arrives at institution.
8:10 am: CMC and SCSS notified.
8:34 am: FBI notified.
9:00 am: AUSA notified.
9:00 am: C. Edge arrives at institution.
Cont. Saturday, August 10, 2019
9:00 am: SIS Lt. Reports to SHU. Interviews will be conducted
with inmates assigned to tier.
9:15 am: CMC arrives at institution.
9:30 am: Acting Chief Psychologist arrived to the institution.
9:50 am: SCSS arrives at institution.
9:55 am: CMC and IDO depart institution En route to Beekman
Hospital.
10:00 am: CMC and IDO arrive at Beekman Hospital, fingerprints
and photographs taken of inmate Epstein. Inmate clothing secured
and brought back to institution.
10:00 am: Judge Berman notified.
10:15 am: CMC returns to institution.
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Cont. Saturday, August 10, 2019
10:45 am: PIO arrived to the institution.
11:00 am: Next of kin (brother) notified by Case Management
Coordinator.
11:12 am: Press Release released to media.
11:15 am: Press Release provided to Judge Berman.
11:15 am: Crisis Support Team activated.
12:15 pm: Body released to Medical Examiner (ME) for autopsy
12:19 pm: FBI arrives.
1:35 pm: FBI arrives in Special Housing Unit.
1:40 pm: OIG notified by the Warden and they will be sending an
Agent to NYM.
2:15 pm: Crisis Support Team debrief conducted.
2:45 pm: OIG arrived in Special Housing Unit (SHU)
3:45 pm: OIG and FBI departed from SHU.
5:05 pm: OIG/FBI departed MCC New York.
5:30 pm: CST departed MCC New York.
10:15 pm: Computer Services Manager arrives at institution to
remove hard drives (Computers) from SHU. And replaced with new
ones.
Sunday, August 11, 2019
8:00 am: Resumed normal operations. Attorney conference visits
and social visits (Unit 3) resume.
12:15 am: Computer Services Manager departs the institution.
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Cont. Sunday, August 11, 2019
10:40 am: OIG Agent Kerwin, John and Agent Guido Modano arrives
at institution.
11:15 am: OIG Agent Kerwin John, departs institution with two
computers FPS 021407270 and FPS 0214207268.
2:00 pm: OIG Agent Guido Modano departs the institution.
Monday, August 12, 2019
1:00 pm: Staff recall conducted
3:14 pm: FBI arrives
7:56 pm: FBI departs
9:45 pm: FBI returns
10:30 pm: FBI departs
Tuesday August 13, 2019
7:15 am: Mr. Hollingsworth, NER Correctional Services
Administrator arrives to the institution
7:25 am: Dr. Robert Negle National suicide prevention
coordinator, and Dr. Kristin Willert, National Sex offender
program coordinator arrives to the institution.
8:40 am: Northeast Regional Director R. Ormond arrives to the
institution.
EFTA00046006
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Re: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
From
Michael Carroll
To
Lee Plourde
Date
2019/08/26 15:12
Subject:
Re: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
Attachments:
TEXT.htm
Can you call me
>» Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov> 8/26/2019 3:10 PM »>
Today at approximately 7:45 am there was a flood on 2nd floor ( Unit 2, medical sally port) and 2 pieces of
clothing found in the drain pipe that was retrieved while snaking the drain from a toilet in the cell. To
prevent water damage to our elevators we had to temporarily suspend all visits in the institution.
The appropriate PPE was on site to expedite the cleaning of this incident. As of now the institution has
resumed normal operations and sanitation is completed. If you should have any further questions and or
concerns please feel free to contact me.
Thank you.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Michael Carroll <mwcarroll@bop.gov>
Date: 8/26/19 2:32 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov>
Subject: Re: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
»> "Michael Carroll" 08/26/2019 14:32 »>
Thanks
»> Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov> 8/26/2019 2:06 PM »>
Working on it now.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Michael Carroll <mwcarroll@bop.gov>
Date: 8/26/19 2:00 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov>
Subject: Fwd: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
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>> > Justin B. Long 8/26/2019 1:58 PM >>>
Mike,
This just came in below with a deadline of 3 pm.
Perhaps Lee could draft something as best he can on short notice for our review (in case I'm advised to
answer this reporter at 3)?
Thanks,
Justin
Justin Long
Public Information Office
Federal Bureau of Prisons
(202) 353-4464
> » Jake Offenhartz 8/26/2019 1:45 PM > > >
Hello,
My name is Jake Offenhartz and I'm a reporter with Gothamist and WNYC, working on a story about reports
we've received of raw sewage flooding jail cells and common areas at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
We're also told that female detainees are being asked to clean up the mess —wondering if BOP can confirm,
and would like to respond?
Additionally, attorneys say their clients were denied visitation rights this weekend because of staffing
shortages. In the wake of Epstein's suicide, what steps has the BOP taken to address staffing issues at the
facility?
We'll have a story up around 3 p.m. I can be reached here or by phone at 914 500 3940
Jake
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Duterte orders jail revamp due to corruption
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PRESIDENT Rodrigo R. Duterte has ordered a revamp of the country's jail system due to corruption, his
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Duterte orders 'total revamp' of Bureau of Corrections - ABS-CBN News
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Duterte orders jail revamp due to corruption
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Google Alert - bureau of prisons
Attachments: TEXT.httn, Mime.822
bureau of prisons
NEWS
Houston man to serve 16 years for sex trafficking minor
Chron.com
Davis has been in custody since his arrest and will be transferred to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility in
the near future, the U.S. Attorney's Office ...
Another Inmate Walks Away from Lompoc Federal Prison Site
Noozhawk
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bureau of prisons
NEWS
Houston man to serve 16 years for sex trafficking minor
Chron.com
Davis has been in custody since his arrest and will be transferred to a U.S. Bureau of Prisons facility in the near future. the
U.S. Attorney's Office ...
•
Another Inmate Walks Away from Lompoc Federal Prison Site
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RE: Staffing in media
From
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To
Kern KupecKevin PistroLee Lofthus, Patrick HovakimianTimothy
Shea
Date
2019/08/14 16:54
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Excuse the crude headline...not mine!
trumps-priwns
> » "Kupec, Kerri (OPA)" <Kerri.Kupec@usdoj.gov> 8/14/2019 4:52 PM > »
Thanks - Hugh, can you send me the story?
Original Message
From: Hovakimian, Patrick (ODAG) <phovakimian4@jmd.usdoj.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 4:51 PM
To: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Cc: Lofthus, Lee J (JMD) <Ilofthus@jmd.usdoj.gov>, Shea, Timothy (OAG) <tshea@jmd.usdoj.gov>; Kupec,
Kerri (OPA) <kkupec@jmd.usdoj.gov>
Subject: Re: Staffing in media
Copying Kerri.
Patrick Hovakimian
202-532-3295
> On Aug 14, 2019, at 4:34 PM, Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov> wrote:
> Lee, I saw a story today claiming that BOP lost 12% of our workforce since Trump Administration started
which is double the drop in the prison pop. This is highly misleading. As you know (and AG Sessions and
DAG Rosenstein were also acutely aware of), over the 5 years leading into this administration our prison
population had dropped 40,000 inmates, but our staffing had gone up (and pop has continued to drop
another almost 9,000 since the start of the Administration)! The drop in staffing that they are referring to
also likely includes the 5156 unfunded vacant positions that were eliminated...positions we never could fill in
the first place.
> We do not need more staff, we just need to fill the vacancies we have. I continue to point out to anyone
that will listen (and have reiterated this in several Hill briefings), the problem is not our authorized staffing
levels or funding, rather it is finding good candidates to come work for us in hard to fill areas. I have dozens
of examples where we post jobs, get 30 applicants and only 10 end up actually coming on board. At that
rate it will take a long time just to fill the vacancies we have. We are working on several new initiatives to try
and make BOP more attractive to applicants (unfortunately news like this does not help).
> Anyway, I know you know this, but also want you to know that we are working to change this narrative, but
right now we are getting drowned out by the media hysteria. Thanks.
> Hugh
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Re: Inmate Suicide Prevention Memo
From
Alison Leukefeld
To
Hugh Hurwitz, Heidi Kugler
Date
2019/10/17 16:45
Subject:
Re: Inmate Suicide Prevention Memo
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Yes. Hopefully we can discuss this and a few other brewing issues. Thanks!
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Date: 10/17/19 1:46 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Heidi Kugler <hkugler@bop.gov>
Cc: Alison Leukefeld <aleukefeld@bop.gov>
Subject: Re: Inmate Suicide Prevention Memo
>> > "Hugh Hurwitz" 10/17/2019 13:46 >>>
Ok, this is going to be sensitive. Cant say I'm surprised people want to be cautious. I will want to hear about
specific examples of significant problems. Why sending to RDs and not to all CEOs? All CEO memo will need
Exec staff and union clearance first, but it will ensure the message gets out. We can discuss tomorrow.
Hugh
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Heidi Kugler <hkugler@bop.gov>
Date: 10/17/1910:40 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Cc: Alison Leukefeld <aleukefeld@bop.gov>
Subject: Inmate Suicide Prevention Memo
>> > "Heidi Kugler" 10/17/2019 13:40 >>>
Hugh,
Wanted to give you the heads up, there is an Inmate Suicide Prevention Program Memo in your mailbox that
you will probably want to review tomorrow. I discussed it with Rob and Alison today.
Basically following inmate Epstein's suicide, Wardens are defaulting to leaving inmates on suicide watch
longer than the institutional Psychologists would advise. So the memo to the RDs seeks to remind Wardens
to utilize the professional psychological expertise of the institutional psychologists in managing
inmate suicide through the variety of healing strategies. Alison is in the office tomorrow, 10/18, if you want
to discuss with her the best way to communicate this to the RD and Wardens and if you have any questions.
Have a great day. Peace- Heidi
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The Daily 202: Three new polls help explain why Trump supporters chanted "Send her
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Three new polls help explain why Trump
supporters chanted "Send her back!"
about Ilhan Omar
'Send her back!': Crowd at Trump rally chants about Rep. Omar
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Halley Fuchs
THE BIG IDEA: Three new polls help explain why the
crowd at President Trump's rally in North Carolina last
night chanted "Send her back!" when he attacked Rep.
Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a Somali-born Muslim, as well as
the reluctance of most congressional Republicans to
challenge his racist tweets.
1) A Pew Research Center poll finds that 62 percent of
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Americans say the country's openness to people from
around the world is "essential to who we are as a
nation." That's down six points from September,
driven entirely by Republicans changing their views.
Since last fall, the share of Republicans who say America
risks losing its identity if it is too open has increased 13
percentage points to 57 percent, while the share who view
the nation's openness to others as essential has declined 10
points to 37 percent, according to the Pew survey, which
was conducted Wednesday through Monday.
For better or worse, presidential leadership can shape public
opinion. Trump's full-throated embrace of identity politics is
changing his adopted party. Pew's poll, in the field mostly
before the latest donnybrook, shows that Democratic
attitudes are unchanged compared with last fall: 86 percent
say America's openness is essential.
2) A USA Today-Ipsos poll finds that 68 percent of
Americans who were aware of Trump's tweets about
the four liberal minority lawmakers said they are
offensive. But 57 percent of Republicans polled said
they agreed with the president, and a third said they
strongly agreed. Overall, 59 percent called the president's
tweets "un-American," including independents by a 2-to-1
margin, and 65 percent of those surveyed said telling
minority Americans to "go back where they came from" is a
racist statement. Among Republicans, however, 45 percent
agreed and 34 percent disagreed. Seven in 10 Republicans
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faith," compared with 17 percent of Democrats.
3) An Economist-YouGov poll shows that members of
"the Squad" are more strongly disliked by Republicans
than all the Democratic presidential candidates and
party leaders. The survey tested the images of 26
Democrats. Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) and
Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) are already hugely unpopular among
Trump voters. For example, AOC is viewed "very
unfavorably" by 74 percent of voters who supported Trump
in 2016, while Omar is at 65 percent and Tlaib is at 58
percent.
"All of them are better known among Republicans than
Democrats, which suggests that a steady stream of
coverage in conservative media has elevated them as
potential Democratic bogeywomen," Aaron Blake
observes. "Trump is tilling fertile soil. ... If you adjust their
`very unfavorable' ratings for the percentage who have
actually heard enough to rate them, the picture becomes
clearer. By this measure, Trump voters already rate them as
three of the four Democrats they dislike the most. ... Only
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), who is tied with Tlaib
for third-most-disliked, prevents them from monopolizing the
top four spots. (Rep. Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) was the
fourth congresswoman Trump targeted. She remains less
well known and less despised than the other three
members.)"
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People cheer President Trump as he speaks last night at Williams Arena in Greenville,
N.C. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
-- Trump attacked all four members of the self-
professed Squad during a 90-mintue speech. A vote for
Democrats, Trump told the crowd, is a vote for "frankly, the
destruction of our country." But he saved his wrath for
Omar, the only one of the four who was not born in the
United States.
-- Contrast Trump's rhetoric this week to the moment
that the late John McCain challenged a woman who
falsely called Barack Obama a Muslim during the 2008
campaign. That rally took place in a Minnesota
congressional district that neighbors the one represented by
Omar. But, as Trump never tires of pointing out, McCain
lost.
-- Last night's rally underscored that the "Send her
back!" sentiment is a feature, not a bug, of Trumpism.
Trump's poll numbers went up after he called for a total and
complete ban on Muslims entering the United States in
December 2015. His Republican primary opponents
chastised him, but his crowds loved it. And Trump has said
he sees crowds at his rallies as his focus groups. On "Fox &
Friends," Eric Trump said "95 percent" of Americans agree
with his father's message.
-- As thousands chanted "Send her back" last night,
the president paused to let it amplify: "He listened for 13
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seconds, as the stray shouts stretched into a uniform roar,"
Meagan Flynn reports. "Some raised campaign signs or fists
to the rhythm of the crowd as they yelled. Some only
murmured along. A few were children, following the lead of
the adults sitting in front-row seats."
-- Omar responded by quoting a Maya Angelou poem:
-- As Trump refashions the GOP into more of a
European-style nationalist party, he's accelerating a
once-in-a-generation political realignment that is re-
sorting the two major parties. There was a stark racial
divide in Pew's poll, but there's also a breakdown by class:
Seven in 10 whites with at least a four-year college degree
say America's openness is essential, compared with half of
those who do not have a degree. In other words, blue-collar,
less-educated whites in the industrial Midwest gravitate
toward the messaging while college-educated suburban
women and the rising American electorate are turned off by
it. This could speed up the underlying tectonic shifts that are
making places like Ohio redder and places like Arizona
bluer.
"Trump's reelection campaign has boasted about
efforts to expand the 2020 electoral map and compete
in far-flung Democratic territory from Oregon to New
Mexico while along the way winning over some of the
voters who have been turned off by aspects of his
presidency. But the president has held all his
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campaign rallies this year in states he won in 2016 —
including Florida, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. And he
has shown no interest in toning down the incendiary rhetoric
that has made him unpopular among black, Hispanic and
female voters," Toluse Olorunnipa and Ashley Parker
reported. "The plan includes solidifying and maximizing the
support of Trump's base in a handful of key states while
making marginal inroads with some of the constituencies
wary of the president."
Trump may win a second term in 2020 by going after the
Squad — just as embracing Proposition 187 allowed Pete
Wilson to get reelected in California in 1994 — but doing so
could inflict immense long-term damage on the Republican
brand.
-- Trump is forcing everyone in the party he didn't join
until 2009 to pick a side. Most who hold elected office
fear his wrath - and possible primary challenges - so
they have picked his side. History almost certainly will not
judge them kindly for it. But politicians, by necessity, think
more about the next election than the next generation.
Trump says he is winning the fight against 'the Squad'
-- Trump acknowledged yesterday that he's been
emboldened by the fact that only four House
Republicans voted for the resolution to condemn his
racist remarks. "I do think I'm winning the political fight, I
think I'm winning it by a lot," he told reporters. "I think the
story is that 187 Republicans voted in favor of Trump and
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four voted against. There is great unity in the Republican
Party."
-- But it is significant that one of the four Republicans
who broke ranks, Will Hurd from Texas, is the House
GOP's lone African American. "There is no room in
America for racism, sexism, antisemitism, xenophobia and
hate," Hurd tweeted after the vote, adding that he hopes
Pelosi "also considers holding members of her own party
accountable to the same degree to which she holds the
President."
After the 2018 elections, Hurd is one of three House
Republicans left who hold a seat in a district Trump
lost in 2016. Hurd won reelection last November by just
1,150 votes. The same Democratic challenger, Gina Ortiz
Jones, is running again. She out-fundraised the incumbent
in the second quarter. The Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee said Hurd's vote for the resolution
won't save him. The DCCC has been running Spanish-
language ads on Facebook and Instagram to accuse Hurd
of falsely labeling himself a centrist. "Congressman Hurd
kicked off this Congress by pledging his 2020 vote to
President Trump," said DCCC spokesman Cole Leiter. The
*National Republican Congressional Committee did not
respond to a request for comment.
-- Also in Texas: A retired judge who is Hispanic
announced that she's leaving the Republican Party
because of Trump's racist tweets. "Even accepting that
_
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rump nas naa some successes (ana I believe tnese
are few), at his core, his ideology is racism," Elsa
Alcala, 55, wrote on Facebook. "To me, nothing
positive about him could absolve him of his rotten
core." Alcala, who spent 20 years on the bench and was
appointed by then-Gov. Rick Perry to the criminal appeals
court, told the Austin American-Statesman: "Every day with
the Republican Party scorned worse than the day before.
Trump speaks about brown people like me as lesser beings.
It's cliche to say, but the Republican Party left me."
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How Republicans defended Trump's racist tweets
-- Trump is certainly making many Republicans
uncomfortable, even if they voted against the
resolution. Rep. Mark Walker, a Republican from North
Carolina who was in the crowd at last night's rally,
expressed discomfort with the chanting:
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-- But several movement conservatives who do not
hold elected office went much further. The
communications director on Jeb Bush's 2016 presidential
campaign, who has been critical of Trump throughout his
presidency, lamented "the hatred":
A former Illinois GOP congressman:
The political editor at the conservative website
Townhall.com:
-- Other Republicans have rationalized Trump's
comments. Sen. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) argued that
Trump's sentiment is not racist. "It's more narcissism
than anything else," he told reporters at the Capitol,
per Fox News. "I really do believe that if you're a Somali
refugee who likes Trump, he's not going to say go back to
Somalia. A racist says go back to Somalia because you're
Somali or Muslim or whatever. That's just the way he is."
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) said it's Democrats who are
being divisive, not Trump. "I think we're going way
beyond the pale right now. They talk about people of color.
I'm a person of color. I'm white. I'm an Anglo-Saxon," Kelly
told Vice News at the Capitol. "Has anybody ever told you to
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go back to your country?" the reporter asked. "Yeah, they
have actually: With a name like Mike Kelly, you can't be from
any place else but Ireland," Kelly replied, adding that it does
not offend him. Kelly said in a statement to our Colby
ltkowitz that his broader point was lost. (Vice posted the
audio of the five-minute interview, so you can judge for
yourself.)
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shakes hands and exchanges goodbye kisses with
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir at the airport in Jeddah on June 24. (Jacquelyn
Martin/AFP/Getty Images)
GET SMART FAST:
1. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a
foreign tanker and 12 crew members that it
accused of smuggling Iranian fuel. The seizure is the
latest in a series of attacks involving ships and tankers,
mostly in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf, that have sent
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tensions soaring between the United States and Iran.
(Liz Sly)
2. The United States is sending about 500 troops to
Saudi Arabia as a show of force toward Iran. (New
York Times)
3. The Pentagon authorized the additional
deployment of 1,100 active-duty troops and 1,000
Texas National Guard soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico
border. They will join some 2,500 active-duty and 2,000
National Guard troops already there, for a total force of
6,600 on the border mission. (Politico)
4. Opioid death rates soared in areas where pain pills
flowed. An analysis of previously undisclosed DEA data
reveals corresponding spikes in deaths and pill
shipments at the height of the epidemic. (Sari Horwitz,
Steven Rich and Scott Higham)
5. As lawyers zero in on drug firms, a reckoning may
be coming. Nearly 2,000 communities hurt by the
opioid crisis are suing drug companies for staggering
sums to cover the costs of treatment, education and law
enforcement. (Lenny Bernstein and Christopher
Rowland)
6. A man shouted "Die!" as he sprayed a flammable
liquid throughout an animation studio in Japan and
set the building alight, killing more than two dozen
people. (Akiko Kashiwagi and David Crawshaw)
7. The World Health Organization took the rare step
of classifying an ongoing Ebola outbreak in
eastern Congo as a "public health emergency of
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the virus was confirmed in the major city of Goma on the
border with Rwanda. (Max Bearak)
8. Some of Puerto Rico's biggest stars rallied a crowd
of many thousands in San Juan to call on the
island's governor, Ricardo Rossello, to resign. It
was the fifth day in a row of protests following a leak of
hundreds of pages of misogynistic and homophobic
texts between the governor and his main advisers. Ricky
Martin was among the protesters that marched to the
governor's mansion. The civil unrest has forced multiple
cruise ships to alter their itineraries, per_Eo_x. (NPR)
9. The Ohio House and Senate voted to move the
state's 2020 primary elections to St. Patrick's Day,
to allow the Republican Party to award its delegates on
a winner-takes-all basis. Democrats, particularly in
Cleveland, worry that celebrations could dampen voter
turnout. Republicans say the state can handle it.
(Dayton Daily News)
10. South Korea's central bank unexpectedly cut
interest rates for the first time in three years. The
economy is faltering and faces risks from a trade
dispute with Japan. (MarketWatch)
Steve Bullock, campaigning in Iowa, has made the cut for the next debate. (Joshua
Lott for The Washington Post)
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who made the cut for the next debates. The only
change to the lineup is that Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.)
will be replaced by Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. The
lineups for the July 30 and 31 matchups in Detroit will
be decided by a random draw tonight that will air on
Anderson Cooper's show on CNN at 8 p.m. Eastern.
The candidates will be split into three tiers, based on
public polling, before being randomly split across the
two nights. (John Wagner and Colby ltkowitz)
2. Omar and Tlaib are planning a visit to Israel and
the West Bank in the coming weeks, but Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have to
decide whether they are allowed in the country.
"Israel's Foreign Ministry can recommend diplomatic
exceptions for law denying entry to [divestment]
supporters, but due to visit's sensitivity, the premier
would have to make the call," according to Haaretz.
3. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for the moment stalled
legislation providing compensation to 9/11
workers. Although lawmakers for several weeks
generally declared broad support for the measure to
extend a victims compensation fund, Paul objected
when Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tried to approve
the bill by unanimous consent. (Devlin Barrett)
4. Mitch McConnell and Republican senators are
pushing Trump to accept an agreement with
Democrats that would avoid stiff budget cuts and
steer clear of a potential default. Trump has been
warm to the proposal as it's taken shape, but GOP
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backers fear he will change his mind and reject a deal
under pressure from hard-liners in the White House.
(Politico)
5. JT Lewis lost his brother in the Sandy Hook
Elementary School shooting seven years ago.
Now, he's running for state Senate as a pro-Trump,
pro-gun-rights Republican. He would be one of a
growing number of teens joining their state legislatures.
(Isaac Stanley-Becker)
6. Prosecutors dropped an indecent assault and
battery case against Kevin Spacey. The actor was
accused last year of groping a young man at a
Massachusetts restaurant in 2016. The district attorney
cited the "unavailability of the complaining witness" as
the reason for abandoning the case. The news comes
two weeks after the accuser dropped a lawsuit against
Spacey that he had filed in late June, seeking damages
for "mental distress and emotional injuries." (Sonia Rao)
7. Paul McCartney is adapting "It's a Wonderful Life"
into a stage musical. It will debut in late 2020. (BBC)
Pelosi points to committee investigations before impeachment vote
IMPEACHMENT SUMMER THIS IS NOT:
-- House Democrats joined with Republicans to kill an
impeachment resolution against Trump. "The vote was
332 to 95, with 95 Democrats voting to keep the resolution
alive and 137 of their colleagues siding with Republicans,"
Rachael Bade and Mike DeBonis report. "Rep. Al Green (D-
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filing articles of impeachment accusing Trump of committing
high crimes and misdemeanors. So far, 86 House
Democrats favor opening an impeachment inquiry, although
several were reluctant to endorse his effort. Senior
Democratic leaders favored a procedural vote to table, or
effectively kill, the resolution, avoiding a direct vote on the
impeachment articles. Republicans supported that step,
receiving the sign-off from the White House. Shortly after
the vote, Trump claimed victory, casting the move as a
straightforward decision on impeachment when it was a vote
to put off any action — at least for now. ...
"Rather than tabling the resolution, several Democrats
on the House Judiciary Committee tried to persuade
[Nancy] Pelosi and other leaders to refer the articles of
impeachment to their panel. Judiciary Committee
Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), a private supporter of
impeachment, said that is how such matters are historically
handled, but was rebuffed. Nadler and several of his
committee members who are in Pelosi's leadership circle
voted against the motion to table." (Here's a list of the 95
Democrats who broke with Pelosi on the floor.)
-- But the House did vote on party lines, 230 to 198, to
hold Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce
Secretary Wilbur Ross in criminal contempt for failing
to provide documents related to the Trump
administration's efforts to add a citizenship question
to the 2020 Census. "The impact of the contempt vote is
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in this instance, the Justice Department would not prosecute
itself," Felicia Sonmez notes.
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein speak at a party at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach,
Fla., in November 1992. (NBC)
TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR TOWARD WOMEN:
-- "Behind the scenes the night Trump partied at Mar-a-
Lago with Jeffrey Epstein and NFL cheerleaders," by
Rosalind S. Helderman and Beth Reinhard: "In November
1992, eager for a comeback, Trump threw a raucous party
with NFL cheerleaders at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida
and invited NBC to tape the event. Footage of that party,
unearthed and aired by NBC News on Wednesday, shows
Trump grabbing dancing cheerleaders and socializing with
financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested last week and
charged with sex trafficking. ... The two men appear
chummy, chuckling as Trump appears to point out women
on the dance floor. At one point, Trump can be seen
whispering in Epstein's ear, causing the financier to
double over in laughter. ... Trump can be seen putting his
arm around the waist of one of the women, yanking her
toward him and patting her on the backside as she laughs.
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the NBC talk show 'A Closer Look' that month. On the
segment, host Faith Daniels described Trump's agreeing to
come on the show after he kissed the news anchor on
the lips in front of photographers at a charity dinner in
New York while her husband's back was turned. ...
During the wide-ranging interview, Trump told Daniels that
he didn't think he would ever run for president, saying his
relationship with women was a likely obstacle. 'I mean, I'm
so controversial, I love beautiful women, I love going out with
beautiful women, and I love women in general, and people
would say, "Oh, that's a horrible thing,- Trump told Daniels,
according to a transcript of the show that Daniels provided
to The Washington Post."
-- Federal prosecutors in New York ended their
investigation into the Trump Organization's role in
hush-money payments made to women who said they
had affairs with Trump. The prosecutors have been
ordered by a judge to release additional information
connected to their related probe of former Trump lawyer
Michael Cohen. (CNN)
Five things to know before you FaceApp your face
THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY:
-- The DNC warned presidential campaigns against
using the viral face-transforming FaceApp, citing the
software's Russian developers. It urged campaign staff
to "delete the app immediately." Hannah Denham and
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urew riarweii report: i ne app allows users to upioaa pnotos
of their faces and have them automatically edited to look like
their future selves, replete with wrinkles and graying hair —
a popular trick that filled the social media feeds of millions of
users, including celebrities such as Drake, LeBron James
and the Jonas Brothers. But concerns over how the photos
could be misused by the company, whose developers are
headquartered in St. Petersburg, raised alarms among many
users as well as DNC officials, who urged 2020 campaign
staff and 'people in the Democratic ecosystem' not to use
the app.
"The app's terms of service say users grant the
company a `perpetual, irrevocable (and) worldwide'
license to use a user's photos, name or likeness in
practically any way they see fit. If a user deletes content
from the app, FaceApp can still store and use it, the terms
say. FaceApp also says it can't guarantee your data or
information is secure and that the company can share user
information with other companies and third-party advertisers,
which aren't disclosed in the privacy terms. FaceApp's
terms of service say it can share information with a
government agency if a subpoena, court order or search
warrant is issued and that the company has 'a good faith
belief that the law requires' it to do so. This information can
also be shared with any country that FaceApp maintains
facilities in, including Russia."
-- Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled
another high-concept project, one that he says puts
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intelligence." In other words, allow them to control
computers with their minds. Taylor Telford reports: "His
start-up Neuralink said it has tested its elaborate interface of
ultra-thin `threads' — which connects with a chip embedded
in the skull — on rats and wants to begin human trials as
soon as next year. The company said the device could
eventually be used to treat such neurological disorders as
paralysis and blindness. Musk and the company outlined
their plans, which require Food and Drug Administration
approval, during a presentation Tuesday at the California
Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. He said the trials
would be done in partnership with neurosurgeons at
Stanford University and other academic institutions. The
procedure involves drilling four tiny holes in the skull to
insert the threads. Eventually, Musk said, the goal is to
implant the device with less-invasive laser surgery."
Uber passengers in multiple cities were startled last
night when they were charged 100 times the advertised
fare for short trips, a glitch that sparked jokes about
surge pricing gone wild. Faiz Siddiqui reports: "Riders in
cities including Washington and San Diego took to social
media to post about the sky-high rates, a problem that Uber
confirmed, although it declined to say how widespread the
issue was. Some who ordered food for quick delivery said
they were also overcharged. One social media user reported
that Uber maxed out her husband's card with a charge of
$1,905, when it was supposed to be $19.05. ... The charge
was so high it triggered a fraud alert. Uber said the glitch
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has been tixed. I he company said the tare would be
corrected so riders are charged only the amount for their
actual trip, though they may temporarily see an inaccurate
trip fare on their credit or debit cards."
-- Progress toward a trade deal with China has stalled
while the Trump administration determines how to
address Beijing's demands that the United States ease
restrictions on Huawei Technologies, which many view
as a national security threat. No face-to-face meetings have
taken place and none have been scheduled since Trump
and Xi Jinping met last month in Japan and agreed to
resume talks, the Wall Street Journal notes.
-- Another norm threatened: Trump is signaling that he
may seek to meddle in the awarding of a defense
contract, possibly to punish someone he views as a
critic. Bloomberg News reports: "Trump recently demanded
more information about how the Pentagon crafted a massive
cloud-computing contract it's poised to award to
Ama7on.com Inc. or Microsoft Corp., in order to decide
whether he should intervene. The Defense Department is
set to give the contract, worth as much as $10 billion over
ten years, to one of the two companies next month. Amazon,
whose cloud-computing technology leads the market, is
seen as the favorite. ...
"Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who recently wrote
to the Pentagon to express concerns about the contract,
said in an interview that he discussed it with the president
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aboard Air Force One last week. Senator Marco Rubio, a
Florida Republican, sent a letter to National Security Adviser
John Bolton on Thursday asking him to delay the contract
award. ... Trump and Rubio spoke about the contract by
phone the next day. A person familiar with the call said that it
sounded as if Trump was thinking about canceling the
contract. ... Oracle lost a legal challenge last week
contesting the terms of the bid and alleging the Pentagon
had crafted unfair requirements ... Republican lawmakers
have taken up Oracle's cause. Oracle at one point
coordinated with at least seven other companies including
Microsoft and SAP America to try to block Amazon from
winning the entire contract." (Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos owns
The Washington Post.)
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Trump pouring kerosene on the fire of racial resentment he's
already done so much to stoke has caused alarm that he's
endangering the safety of the four congresswomen he's
attacking. From the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League:
A Democratic senator from Hawaii:
The president continues to dominate the conversation,
sucking up all the oxygen:
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The Democratic presidential candidates condemned
Trump's comments at his rally last night:
Joe Biden clowned around in Iowa. From an aide:
A CNN journalist experienced this in a cab last night:
A BBC reporter said the 1992 footage of Trump should be
getting more attention:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reopened the door to
running for Senate:
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), elected in 1974, cast his
16,000th vote:
Leahy reminisced with reporters:
Congressional Republicans expressed support for Trump's
move against the Turks:
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QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"I've discovered that a show like 'Veep' is more realistic
than most Americans would care to imagine." — Pete
Buttigieg talks to Mark Leibovich for a New York Times
Sunday magazine profile.
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Late-night hosts had a lot to say about the House vote
condemning Trump's tweets:
Late-night hosts tackle House vote condemning Trump's racist tweets
For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing,
images of the Saturn V rocket that carried astronauts to the
moon were projected on the Washington Monument:
Apollo 11 rocket projected onto Washington Monument
The temperature in the Phoenix area hit 115 degrees,
making it the hottest day of the year so far. Phoenix Zoo
workers explain how their animals beat the heat:
Here's how the Phoenix Zoo keeps animals cool during a sweltering heat wave
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Three new polls help explain why Trump supporters
chanted "Send her back!" about Ilhan Omar
'Send her back!': Crowd at Trump rally chants about Rep. Omar
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Halley Fuchs
THE BIG IDEA: Three new polls help explain why the crowd at
President Trump's rally in North Carolina last night chanted "Send
her back!" when he attacked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), a Somali-
born Muslim, as well as the reluctance of most congressional
Republicans to challenge his racist tweets.
1) A Pew Research Center poll finds that 62 percent of Americans
say the country's openness to people from around the world is
"essential to who we are as a nation." That's down six points from
September, driven entirely by Republicans changing their views.
Since last fall. the share of Republicans who say America risks losing its
identity if it is too open has increased 13 percentage points to 57
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percent, while the share who view the nation's openness to others as
essential has declined 10 points to 37 percent, according to the Pew
survey, which was conducted Wednesday through Monday.
For better or worse, presidential leadership can shape public opinion.
Trump's full-throated embrace of identity politics is changing his adopted
party. Pew's poll, in the field mostly before the latest donnybrook, shows
that Democratic attitudes are unchanged compared with last fall: 86
percent say America's openness is essential.
2) A USA Today-Ipsos poll finds that 68 percent of Americans who
were aware of Trump's tweets about the four liberal minority
lawmakers said they are offensive. But 57 percent of Republicans
polled said they agreed with the president, and a third said they
strongly agreed. Overall, 59 percent called the president's tweets "un-
American," including independents by a 2-to-1 margin, and 65 percent
of those surveyed said telling minority Americans to "go back where
they came from" is a racist statement. Among Republicans, however, 45
percent agreed and 34 percent disagreed. Seven in 10 Republicans say
that "people who call others 'racist' usually do so in bad faith," compared
with 17 percent of Democrats.
3) An Economist-YouGov poll shows that members of "the Squad"
are more strongly disliked by Republicans than all the Democratic
presidential candidates and party leaders. The survey tested the
images of 26 Democrats. Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) and
Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) are already hugely unpopular among Trump
voters. For example, AOC is viewed "very unfavorably" by 74 percent of
voters who supported Trump in 2016, while Omar is at 65 percent and
Tlaib is at 58 percent.
"All of them are better known among Republicans than Democrats,
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which suggests that a steady stream of coverage in conservative
media has elevated them as potential Democratic bogeywomen,"
Aaron Blake observes. "Trump is tilling fertile soil. ... If you adjust their
`very unfavorable' ratings for the percentage who have actually heard
enough to rate them, the picture becomes clearer. By this measure,
Trump voters already rate them as three of the four Democrats they
dislike the most. ... Only House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), who is
tied with Tlaib for third-most-disliked, prevents them from monopolizing
the top four spots. (Rep. Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) was the fourth
congresswoman Trump targeted. She remains less well known and less
despised than the other three members.)"
People cheer President Trump as he speaks last night at Williams Arena in Greenville, N.C. (Carolyn
Kaster/AP)
-- Trump attacked all four members of the self-professed Squad
during a 90-mintue speech. A vote for Democrats, Trump told the
crowd, is a vote for "frankly, the destruction of our country." But he
saved his wrath for Omar, the only one of the four who was not born in
the United States.
-- Contrast Trump's rhetoric this week to the moment that the late
John McCain challenged a woman who falsely called Barack
Obama a Muslim during the 2008 campaign. That rally took place in a
Minnesota congressional district that neighbors the one represented by
Omar. But, as Trump never tires of pointing out, McCain lost.
-- Last night's rally underscored that the "Send her back!"
sentiment is a feature, not a bug, of Trumpism. Trump's poll
numbers went up after he called for a total and complete ban on
Muslims entering the United States in December 2015. His Republican
primary opponents chastised him, but his crowds loved it. And Trump
has said he sees crowds at his rallies as his focus groups. On "Fox &
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Friends," Eric Trump said "95 percent" of Americans agree with his
father's message.
-- As thousands chanted "Send her back" last night, the president
paused to let it amplify: "He listened for 13 seconds, as the stray
shouts stretched into a uniform roar," Meagan Flynn reports. "Some
raised campaign signs or fists to the rhythm of the crowd as they yelled.
Some only murmured along. A few were children, following the lead of
the adults sitting in front-row seats."
-- Omar responded by quoting a Maya Angelou poem:
-- As Trump refashions the GOP into more of a European-style
nationalist party, he's accelerating a once-in-a-generation political
realignment that is re-sorting the two major parties. There was a
stark racial divide in Pew's poll, but there's also a breakdown by class:
Seven in 10 whites with at least a four-year college degree say
America's openness is essential, compared with half of those who do
not have a degree. In other words, blue-collar, less-educated whites in
the industrial Midwest gravitate toward the messaging while college-
educated suburban women and the rising American electorate are
turned off by it. This could speed up the underlying tectonic shifts that
are making places like Ohio redder and places like Arizona bluer.
"Trump's reelection campaign has boasted about efforts to expand
the 2020 electoral map and compete in far-flung Democratic
territory from Oregon to New Mexico while along the way winning
over some of the voters who have been turned off by aspects of
his presidency. But the president has held all his campaign rallies
this year in states he won in 2016 — including Florida, Pennsylvania
and North Carolina. And he has shown no interest in toning down the
incendiary rhetoric that has made him unpopular among black, Hispanic
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and female voters," Toluse Olorunnipa and Ashley Parker reported.
"The plan includes solidifying and maximizing the support of Trump's
base in a handful of key states while making marginal inroads with some
of the constituencies wary of the president."
Trump may win a second term in 2020 by going after the Squad — just
as embracing Proposition 187 allowed Pete Wilson to get reelected in
California in 1994 — but doing so could inflict immense long-term
damage on the Republican brand.
-- Trump is forcing everyone in the party he didn't join until 2009 to
pick a side. Most who hold elected office fear his wrath — and
possible primary challenges - so they have picked his side. History
almost certainly will not judge them kindly for it. But politicians, by
necessity, think more about the next election than the next generation.
Trump says he is winning the fight against 'the Squad'
-- Trump acknowledged yesterday that he's been emboldened by
the fact that only four House Republicans voted for the resolution
to condemn his racist remarks. "I do think I'm winning the political
fight, I think I'm winning it by a lot," he told reporters. "I think the story is
that 187 Republicans voted in favor of Trump and four voted against.
There is great unity in the Republican Party."
-- But it is significant that one of the four Republicans who broke
ranks, Will Hurd from Texas, is the House GOP's lone African
American. "There is no room in America for racism, sexism,
antisemitism, xenophobia and hate," Hurd tweeted after the vote, adding
that he hopes Pelosi "also considers holding members of her own party
accountable to the same degree to which she holds the President."
After the 2018 elections, Hurd is one of three House Republicans
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left who hold a seat in a district Trump lost in 2016. Hurd won
reelection last November by just 1,150 votes. The same Democratic
challenger, Gina Ortiz Jones, is running again. She out-fundraised the
incumbent in the second quarter. The Democratic Congressional
Campaign Committee said Hurd's vote for the resolution won't save him.
The DCCC has been running Spanish-language ads on Facebook and
Instagram to accuse Hurd of falsely labeling himself a centrist.
"Congressman Hurd kicked off this Congress by pledging his 2020 vote
to President Trump," said DCCC spokesman Cole Leiter. The *National
Republican Congressional Committee did not respond to a request for
comment.
-- Also in Texas: A retired judge who is Hispanic announced that
she's leaving the Republican Party because of Trump's racist
tweets. "Even accepting that Trump has had some successes (and
I believe these are few), at his core, his ideology is racism," Elsa
Alcala, 55, wrote on Facebook. "To me, nothing positive about him
could absolve him of his rotten core." Alcala, who spent 20 years on
the bench and was appointed by then-Gov. Rick Perry to the criminal
appeals court, told the Austin American-Statesman: "Every day with the
Republican Party seemed worse than the day before. Trump speaks
about brown people like me as lesser beings. It's cliche to say, but the
Republican Party left me."
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How Republicans defended Trump's racist tweets
-- Trump is certainly making many Republicans uncomfortable,
even if they voted against the resolution. Rep. Mark Walker, a
Republican from North Carolina who was in the crowd at last night's
rally, expressed discomfort with the chanting:
-- But several movement conservatives who do not hold elected
office went much further. The communications director on Jeb Bush's
2016 presidential campaign, who has been critical of Trump throughout
his presidency, lamented "the hatred":
A former Illinois GOP congressman:
The political editor at the conservative website Townhall.com:
-- Other Republicans have rationalized Trump's comments. Sen.
Lindsey Graham (S.C.) argued that Trump's sentiment is not racist.
"It's more narcissism than anything else," he told reporters at the
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Capitol, per Fox News. "I really do believe that if you're a Somali
refugee who likes Trump, he's not going to say go back to Somalia. A
racist says go back to Somalia because you're Somali or Muslim or
whatever. That's just the way he is."
Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) said it's Democrats who are being divisive,
not Trump. "I think we're going way beyond the pale right now. They
talk about people of color. I'm a person of color. I'm white. I'm an Anglo-
Saxon," Kelly told Vice News at the Capitol. "Has anybody ever told you
to go back to your country?" the reporter asked. "Yeah, they have
actually: With a name like Mike Kelly, you can't be from any place else
but Ireland," Kelly replied, adding that it does not offend him. Kelly said
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GET SMART FAST:
1. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a foreign
tanker and 12 crew members that it accused of smuggling
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Iranian fuel. The seizure is the latest in a series of attacks involving
ships and tankers, mostly in the vicinity of the Persian Gulf, that
have sent tensions soaring between the United States and Iran. (Liz
_Sjy)
2. The United States is sending about 500 troops to Saudi
Arabia as a show of force toward Iran. (New York Times)
3. The Pentagon authorized the additional deployment of 1,100
active-duty troops and 1,000 Texas National Guard soldiers to
the U.S.-Mexico border. They will join some 2,500 active-duty and
2,000 National Guard troops already there, for a total force of 6,600
on the border mission. (Politico)
4. Opioid death rates soared in areas where pain pills flowed.
An analysis of previously undisclosed DEA data reveals
corresponding spikes in deaths and pill shipments at the height of
the epidemic. (Sari Horwitz, Steven Rich and Scott Higham)
5. As lawyers zero in on drug firms, a reckoning may be
coming. Nearly 2,000 communities hurt by the opioid crisis are
suing drug companies for staggering sums to cover the costs of
treatment, education and law enforcement. (Lenny Bernstein and
Christopher Rowland)
6. A man shouted "Die!" as he sprayed a flammable liquid
throughout an animation studio in Japan and set the building
alight, killing more than two dozen people. (Akiko Kashiwagi and
David Crawshaw)
7. The World Health Organization took the rare step of
classifying an ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo as a
"public health emergency of international concern," just days
after a first case of the virus was confirmed in the major city of Goma
on the border with Rwanda. (Max Bearak)
8. Some of Puerto Rico's biggest stars rallied a crowd of many
thousands in San Juan to call on the island's governor, Ricardo
Rossello, to resign. It was the fifth day in a row of protests
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following a leak of hundreds of pages of misogynistic and
homophobic texts between the governor and his main advisers.
Ricky Martin was among the protesters that marched to the
governor's mansion. The civil unrest has forced multiple cruise ships
to alter their itineraries, per Fox. (NPR)
9. The Ohio House and Senate voted to move the state's 2020
primary elections to St. Patrick's Day, to allow the Republican
Party to award its delegates on a winner-takes-all basis. Democrats,
particularly in Cleveland, worry that celebrations could dampen voter
turnout. Republicans say the state can handle it. (Dayton Daily
News)
10. South Korea's central bank unexpectedly cut interest rates
for the first time in three years. The economy is faltering and
faces risks from a trade dispute with Japan. (MarketWatch)
Steve Bullock, campaigning in Iowa, has made the cut for the next debate. (Joshua Lott for The Washington
Post)
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS:
1. The Democratic National Committee announced who made
the cut for the next debates. The only change to the lineup is that
Rep. Eric Swalwell (Calif.) will be replaced by Montana Gov. Steve
Bullock. The lineups for the July 30 and 31 matchups in Detroit will
be decided by a random draw tonight that will air on Anderson
Cooper's show on CNN at 8 p.m. Eastern. The candidates will be
split into three tiers, based on public polling, before being randomly
split across the two nights. (John Wagner and Colby Itkowitz)
2. Omar and Tlaib are planning a visit to Israel and the West
Bank in the coming weeks, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu will have to decide whether they are allowed in the
country. "Israel's Foreign Ministry can recommend diplomatic
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exceptions for law denying entry to [divestment] supporters, but due
to visit's sensitivity, the premier would have to make the call,"
according to Haaretz.
3. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) for the moment stalled legislation
providing compensation to 9/11 workers. Although lawmakers for
several weeks generally declared broad support for the measure to
extend a victims compensation fund, Paul objected when Sen.
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) tried to approve the bill by unanimous
consent. (Devlin Barrett)
4. Mitch McConnell and Republican senators are pushing
Trump to accept an agreement with Democrats that would
avoid stiff budget cuts and steer clear of a potential default.
Trump has been warm to the proposal as it's taken shape, but GOP
backers fear he will change his mind and reject a deal under
pressure from hard-liners in the White House. (Politico)
5. JT Lewis lost his brother in the Sandy Hook Elementary
School shooting seven years ago. Now, he's running for state
Senate as a pro-Trump, pro-gun-rights Republican. He would be
one of a growing number of teens joining their state legislatures.
(Isaac Stanley-Becker)
6. Prosecutors dropped an indecent assault and battery case
against Kevin Spacey. The actor was accused last year of groping
a young man at a Massachusetts restaurant in 2016. The district
attorney cited the "unavailability of the complaining witness" as the
reason for abandoning the case. The news comes two weeks after
the accuser dropped a lawsuit against Spacey that he had filed in
late June, seeking damages for "mental distress and emotional
injuries." (Sonia Rao)
7. Paul McCartney is adapting "It's a Wonderful Life" into a
stage musical. It will debut in late 2020. (BBC)
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Pelosi points to committee investigations before impeachment vote
IMPEACHMENT SUMMER THIS IS NOT:
-- House Democrats joined with Republicans to kill an
impeachment resolution against Trump. "The vote was 332 to 95,
with 95 Democrats voting to keep the resolution alive and 137 of their
colleagues siding with Republicans," Rachael Bade and Mike DeBonis
report. "Rep. Al Green (D-Tex.) put Democratic leaders in a bind
Tuesday night by filing articles of impeachment accusing Trump of
committing high crimes and misdemeanors. So far, 86 House
Democrats favor opening an impeachment inquiry, although several
were reluctant to endorse his effort. Senior Democratic leaders favored
a procedural vote to table, or effectively kill, the resolution, avoiding a
direct vote on the impeachment articles. Republicans supported that
step, receiving the sign-off from the White House. Shortly after the vote,
Trump claimed victory, casting the move as a straightforward decision
on impeachment when it was a vote to put off any action — at least for
now. ...
"Rather than tabling the resolution, several Democrats on the
House Judiciary Committee tried to persuade [Nancy] Pelosi and
other leaders to refer the articles of impeachment to their panel.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), a private
supporter of impeachment, said that is how such matters are historically
handled, but was rebuffed. Nadler and several of his committee
members who are in Pelosi's leadership circle voted against the motion
to table." (Here's a list of the 95 Democrats who broke with Pelosi on the
floor.)
-- But the House did vote on party lines, 230 to 198, to hold
Attorney General Bill Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in
criminal contempt for failing to provide documents related to the
Trump administration's efforts to add a citizenship question to the
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2020 Census. "The impact of the contempt vote is largely symbolic.
Those found in criminal contempt are normally referred to the Justice
Department for prosecution; in this instance, the Justice Department
would not prosecute itself," Felicia Sonmez notes.
Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein speak at a party at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., in November 1992.
(NBC)
TRUMP'S BEHAVIOR TOWARD WOMEN:
-- "Behind the scenes the night Trump partied at Mar-a-Lago with
Jeffrey Epstein and NFL cheerleaders," by Rosalind S. Helderman
and Beth Reinhard: "In November 1992, eager for a comeback, Trump
threw a raucous party with NFL cheerleaders at his Mar-a-Lago estate
in Florida and invited NBC to tape the event. Footage of that party,
unearthed and aired by NBC News on Wednesday, shows Trump
grabbing dancing cheerleaders and socializing with financier Jeffrey
Epstein, who was arrested last week and charged with sex trafficking. ...
The two men appear chummy, chuckling as Trump appears to point out
women on the dance floor. At one point, Trump can be seen
whispering in Epstein's ear, causing the financier to double over in
laughter. ... Trump can be seen putting his arm around the waist of one
of the women, yanking her toward him and patting her on the backside
as she laughs.
"The footage was taken for a feature on Trump that aired on the NBC
talk show 'A Closer Look' that month. On the segment, host Faith
Daniels described Trump's agreeing to come on the show after he
kissed the news anchor on the lips in front of photographers at a
charity dinner in New York while her husband's back was turned.
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... During the wide-ranging interview, Trump told Daniels that he didn't
think he would ever run for president, saying his relationship with
women was a likely obstacle. 'I mean, I'm so controversial, I love
beautiful women, I love going out with beautiful women, and I love
women in general, and people would say, "Oh, that's a horrible thing,-
Trump told Daniels, according to a transcript of the show that Daniels
provided to The Washington Post."
-- Federal prosecutors in New York ended their investigation into
the Trump Organization's role in hush-money payments made to
women who said they had affairs with Trump. The prosecutors have
been ordered by a judge to release additional information connected to
their related probe of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen. (CNN)
Five things to know before you FaceApp your face
THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF TECHNOLOGY:
-- The DNC warned presidential campaigns against using the viral
face-transforming FaceApp, citing the software's Russian
developers. It urged campaign staff to "delete the app
immediately." Hannah Denham and Drew Harwell report: "The app
allows users to upload photos of their faces and have them
automatically edited to look like their future selves, replete with wrinkles
and graying hair — a popular trick that filled the social media feeds of
millions of users, including celebrities such as Drake, LeBron James and
the Jonas Brothers. But concerns over how the photos could be
misused by the company, whose developers are headquartered in St.
Petersburg, raised alarms among many users as well as DNC officials,
who urged 2020 campaign staff and 'people in the Democratic
ecosystem' not to use the app.
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"The app's terms of service say users grant the company a
`perpetual, irrevocable (and) worldwide' license to use a user's
photos, name or likeness in practically any way they see fit. If a
user deletes content from the app, FaceApp can still store and use it,
the terms say. FaceApp also says it can't guarantee your data or
information is secure and that the company can share user information
with other companies and third-party advertisers, which aren't disclosed
in the privacy terms. FaceApp's terms of service say it can share
information with a government agency if a subpoena, court order or
search warrant is issued and that the company has 'a good faith belief
that the law requires' it to do so. This information can also be shared
with any country that FaceApp maintains facilities in, including Russia."
-- Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has unveiled another high-
concept project, one that he says puts humans on a path to
"symbiosis with artificial intelligence." In other words, allow them
to control computers with their minds. Taylor Telford reports: "His
start-up Neuralink said it has tested its elaborate interface of ultra-thin
'threads' — which connects with a chip embedded in the skull — on rats
and wants to begin human trials as soon as next year. The company
said the device could eventually be used to treat such neurological
disorders as paralysis and blindness. Musk and the company outlined
their plans, which require Food and Drug Administration approval,
during a presentation Tuesday at the California Academy of Sciences in
San Francisco. He said the trials would be done in partnership with
neurosurgeons at Stanford University and other academic institutions.
The procedure involves drilling four tiny holes in the skull to insert the
threads. Eventually, Musk said, the goal is to implant the device with
less-invasive laser surgery."
-- Uber passengers in multiple cities were startled last night when
they were charged 100 times the advertised fare for short trips, a
glitch that sparked jokes about surge pricing gone wild. Faiz
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Siddiaui reports: "Riders in cities including Washington and San Diego
took to social media to post about the sky-high rates, a problem that
Uber confirmed, although it declined to say how widespread the issue
was. Some who ordered food for quick delivery said they were also
overcharged. One social media user reported that Uber maxed out her
husband's card with a charge of $1,905, when it was supposed to be
$19.05. ... The charge was so high it triggered a fraud alert. Uber said
the glitch has been fixed. The company said the fare would be corrected
so riders are charged only the amount for their actual trip, though they
may temporarily see an inaccurate trip fare on their credit or debit
cards."
-- Progress toward a trade deal with China has stalled while the
Trump administration determines how to address Beijing's
demands that the United States ease restrictions on Huawei
Technologies, which many view as a national security threat. No face-
to-face meetings have taken place and none have been scheduled
since Trump and Xi Jinping met last month in Japan and agreed to
resume talks, the Wall Street Journal notes.
-- Another norm threatened: Trump is signaling that he may seek to
meddle in the awarding of a defense contract, possibly to punish
someone he views as a critic. Bloomberg News reports: "Trump
recently demanded more information about how the Pentagon crafted a
massive cloud-computing contract it's poised to award to Amazon.com
Inc. or Microsoft Corp., in order to decide whether he should intervene.
The Defense Department is set to give the contract, worth as much as
$10 billion over ten years, to one of the two companies next month.
Amazon, whose cloud-computing technology leads the market, is seen
as the favorite. ...
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"Ron Johnson, a Wisconsin Republican who recently wrote to the
Pentagon to express concerns about the contract, said in an interview
that he discussed it with the president aboard Air Force One last week.
Senator Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican, sent a letter to National
Security Adviser John Bolton on Thursday asking him to delay the
contract award. ... Trump and Rubio spoke about the contract by phone
the next day. A person familiar with the call said that it sounded as if
Trump was thinking about canceling the contract. ... Oracle lost a legal
challenge last week contesting the terms of the bid and alleging the
Pentagon had crafted unfair requirements ... Republican lawmakers
have taken up Oracle's cause. Oracle at one point coordinated with at
least seven other companies including Microsoft and SAP America to try
to block Amazon from winning the entire contract." (Amazon CEO Jeff
Bezos owns The Washington Post.)
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Trump pouring kerosene on the fire of racial resentment he's already
done so much to stoke has caused alarm that he's endangering the
safety of the four congresswomen he's attacking. From the CEO of the
Anti-Defamation League:
A Democratic senator from Hawaii:
The president continues to dominate the conversation, sucking up all
the oxygen:
The Democratic presidential candidates condemned Trump's comments
at his rally last night:
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Joe Biden clowned around in Iowa. From an aide:
A CNN journalist experienced this in a cab last night:
A BBC reporter said the 1992 footage of Trump should be getting more
attention:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reopened the door to running for
Senate:
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). elected in 1974, cast his 16,000th vote:
Leahy reminisced with reporters:
Congressional Republicans expressed support for Trump's move
against the Turks:
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"I've discovered that a show like 'Veep' is more realistic than most
Americans would care to imagine." — Pete Buttigieg talks to Mark
Leibovich for a New York Times Sunday magazine profile.
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VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Late-night hosts had a lot to say about the House vote condemning
Trump's tweets:
Late-night hosts tackle House vote condemning Trump's racist tweets
For the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, images of the
Saturn V rocket that carried astronauts to the moon were projected on
the Washington Monument:
Apollo 11 rocket projected onto Washington Monument
The temperature in the Phoenix area hit 115 degrees, making it the
hottest day of the year so far. Phoenix Zoo workers explain how their
animals beat the heat:
Here's how the Phoenix Zoo keeps animals cool during a sweltering heat wave
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RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
From
Alix McLearen
To
Alison Leukefeld, Hugh Hurwitz, Jill S. Roth
Date
2019/12/06 12:13
Subject:
RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says
I Miami Herald
Attachments:
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Just not the current year...
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Date: 12/6/1911A1 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Alison Leukefeld <aleukefeld@bop.gov>, Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov>, "Jill S. Roth"
<jsroth@bop.gov>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
>> > "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 11:41 >>>
We should be able to provide this from the annual prea report, right? Can we do today?
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM > »
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM > »
Thanks Ken!
>> > Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and, consistent with
national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of allegations of sexual abuse
through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through administrative claims filed under the Federal
Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal
Affairs.
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> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM > »
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from OS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>> > "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" <Daniel.Lucas2@usdoj.gov> 12/6/2019 8:21 AM >> >
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from OS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
OS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards
to PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
https://www.miamiherald.rom/article237797554.html?
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Rape is rampant at this women's prison.
Anyone who complains is punished,
lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald 1-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical
neglect at the largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by
Julie K. Brown /jbrown@miamiherald.com By Emily Michel
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional
Complex sexually harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a "sanctuary"
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for systemic abuse, a space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts
on officers, the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders,
have banded together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their
real names, over the abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-
operated camp. Seven of the women are still incarcerated.
The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was
filed this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald
for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that
seemingly hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in
the nation, was found hanged Aug. 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the
Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The
death, which led to the summary removal of the acting director of the prison system,
has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was described as a previous
suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses
primarily on Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in
Sumter County near Wildwood, it houses more than 6,000 inmates in a series of
compounds and camps, including roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse — how women were
coerced and threatened, how they were lured into private offices or remote sheds
with no surveillance cameras, or stalked relentlessly by corrections officers until they
had no choice but to submit.
The officers — all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name —
would at times display computer screens showing the women the exact location of
their families, a pointed message that their relatives could be targeted if the women
didn't cooperate. Some of the women had minor children. In some cases, officers
wanted to maintain relationships with the women after they had served their time,
according to the lawsuit.
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The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took
advantage of their authority and access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the
officers had been investigated for sexual abuse in the past, with nothing coming of it,
the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if
there were telltale warnings in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded
that absent an "overriding public interest," it would not provide such documents,
calling the provision of such records "an unwarranted invasion of their personal
privacy."
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-
being. At least one victim said she was ordered to begin birth control to avoid the
possibility of becoming pregnant and another was given a morning-after pill by an
officer.
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RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
From
Alix McLearen
Alison LeukefeldBradley T GrossBeth Reese, Hugh Hurwitz, Jill S.
To
Roth, James Wills, Kenneth Hyle, Loneryl BurnsSusan AllisonSonya
Thompson
Date
2019/12/06 12:13
Subject:
RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says
I Miami Herald
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We can provide some of the requested info, will start pulling.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Loneryl Burns <LBurns@bop.gov>
Date: 12/6/19 11:33 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov>, "Jill S. Roth" <jsroth@bop.gov>, Kenneth Hyle
<KHyle@bop.gov>, James Wills <JWills@bop.gov>, Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Cc: Beth Reese <bmreese@bop.gov>, Bradley T Gross <BGross@bop.gov>, Sonya Thompson
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
>> > "Loneryl Burns" 12/06/201911:34 >> >
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Lonely'
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM > »
Thanks Ken!
>> > Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >> >
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and, consistent with
national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of allegations of sexual abuse
through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through administrative claims filed under the Federal
Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal
Affairs.
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> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM > »
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from OS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" <Daniel.Lucas2@usdoj.gov> 12/6/2019 8:21 AM > »
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from OS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
OS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards
to PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
https://www.miamiherald.com/article237797554.html?
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Rape is rampant at this women's prison.
Anyone who complains is punished,
lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical
neglect at the largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by
Julie K. Brown /jbrownatimiamiherald.com. By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional
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for systemic abuse, a space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts
on officers, the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders,
have banded together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their
real names, over the abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-
operated camp. Seven of the women are still incarcerated.
The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was
filed this week
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald
for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that
seemingly hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in
the nation, was found hanged Aug. 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the
Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The
death, which led to the summary removal of the acting director of the prison system,
has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was described as a previous
suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses
primarily on Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in
Sumter County near Wildwood, it houses more than 6,000 inmates in a series of
compounds and camps, including roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse — how women were
coerced and threatened, how they were lured into private offices or remote sheds
with no surveillance cameras, or stalked relentlessly by corrections officers until they
had no choice but to submit.
The officers — all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name —
would at times display computer screens showing the women the exact location of
their families, a pointed message that their relatives could be targeted if the women
didn't cooperate. Some of the women had minor children. In some cases, officers
wanted to maintain relationships with the women after they had served their time,
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The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took
advantage of their authority and access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the
officers had been investigated for sexual abuse in the past, with nothing coming of it,
the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if
there were telltale warnings in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded
that absent an "overriding public interest," it would not provide such documents,
calling the provision of such records "an unwarranted invasion of their personal
privacy."
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-
being. At least one victim said she was ordered to begin birth control to avoid the
possibility of becoming pregnant and another was given a morning-after pill by an
officer.
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Suicide Timeline:
RE: Epstein, Jeffrey Edward, Reg. No. 76318-054
Friday, August 9, 2019
8:00 am: inmate Reyes Efrain, Reg. No. 85993-054 departs for
court (WAB-USMS-SDNY). Reyes is Epstein's cellmate.
8:30 am: inmate Epstein arrives in Attorney Conference. He is
visited by several attorneys throughout the day.
6:45 pm: inmate Epstein departs attorney conference and returns
to SHU.
7:00 pm: inmate Epstein provided a social call by IDO. IDO
reports inmate Epstein was in good spirits, nothing unusual.
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6:33 am: Body alarm activated in SHU. Staff found inmate Epstein
unresponsive in cell. Staff reported to bedside of inmate and
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initiated
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7:00 am: Institution placed on modified operations
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7:19 am: USMS notified of incident.
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8:10 am: SIS Lt arrives at institution.
8:10 am: CMC and SCSS notified.
8:34 am: FBI notified.
9:00 am: AUSA notified.
9:00 am: C. Edge arrives at institution.
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9:00 am: SIS Lt. Reports to SHU. Interviews will be conducted
with inmates assigned to tier.
9:15 am: CMC arrives at institution.
9:30 am: Acting Chief Psychologist arrived to the institution.
9:50 am: SCSS arrives at institution.
9:55 am: CMC and IDO depart institution En route to Beekman
Hospital.
10:00 am: CMC and IDO arrive at Beekman Hospital, fingerprints
and photographs taken of inmate Epstein. Inmate clothing secured
and brought back to institution.
10:00 am: Judge Berman notified.
10:15 am: CMC returns to institution.
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Cont. Saturday, August 10, 2019
10:45 am: PIO arrived to the institution.
11:00 am: Next of kin (brother) notified by Case Management
Coordinator.
11:12 am: Press Release released to media.
11:15 am: Press Release provided to Judge Berman.
11:15 am: Crisis Support Team activated.
12:15 pm: Body released to Medical Examiner (ME) for autopsy
12:19 pm: FBI arrives.
1:35 pm: FBI arrives in Special Housing Unit.
1:40 pm: OIG notified by the Warden and they will be sending an
Agent to NYM.
2:15 pm: Crisis Support Team debrief conducted.
2:45 pm: OIG arrived in Special Housing Unit (SHU)
3:45 pm: OIG and FBI departed from SHU.
5:05 pm: OIG/FBI departed MCC New York.
5:30 pm: CST departed MCC New York.
10:15 pm: Computer Services Manager arrives at institution to
remove hard drives (Computers) from SHU. And replaced with new
ones.
Sunday, August 11, 2019
8:00 am: Resumed normal operations. Attorney conference visits
and social visits (Unit 3) resume.
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11:15 am: OIG Agent Kerwin John, departs institution with two
computers FPS 021407270 and FPS 0214207268.
2:00 pm: OIG Agent Guido Modano departs the institution.
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1:00 pm: Staff recall conducted
3:14 pm: FBI arrives
7:56 pm: FBI departs
9:45 pm: FBI returns
10:30 pm: FBI departs
Tuesday August 13, 2019
7:15 am: Mr. Hollingsworth, NER Correctional Services
Administrator arrives to the institution
7:25 am: Dr. Robert Negle National suicide prevention
coordinator, and Dr. Kristin Willert, National Sex offender
program coordinator arrives to the institution.
8:40 am: Northeast Regional Director R. Ormond arrives to the
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Jeffrey Epstein 19 cr 490
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rdiriedland®nysd.uscourts.gov, Lamine N'DiayeMichael
Grecoowlmgw®att.net
Date
2019/08/12 12:48
Subject:
Jeffrey Epstein 19 cr 490
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Please see attached letter from Judge Richard M. Berman.
(See attached file: Aug 12 letter.pdf)
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UN/TED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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500 PEARL Starer
NEW YORK. NEW YORK 10007
(212) 6054715
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RICHARD M. BERMAN
UNITED STAMS DISTRICT JUDGE
August 12, 2019
famine N'Diaye, Warden
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
Deer Warden N'Diaye,
Thank you for your letter of August 10.2019 regarding the death of Jeffrey Epstein. Mr.
Epstein's death is a tragedy to everyone involved in his case.
One open question, among others, is whether the investigations referenced in your letter
will include the incident at MCC involving Mr. Epstein on or about July 23, 2019. To my
knowledge, it has never been definitively explained what the BOP concluded about that incident.
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Richard M. Berman
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Edward Friedland. District Executive
Adam Johnson, Supervisory Staff Attorney MCC
Michael Greco, U.S. Marshal
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Martin Weinberg, Counsel for Mr. Epstein
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RE: MCC Visit Thursday
From
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
To
Adam JohnsonNicolas Roos, Stephanie
Scannell
Date
2019/08/13 15:58
Subject:
RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm, Mime.822
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <M
>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Ste hanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<
>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <1;theil<ah.DonaleskiOusdoj.gov> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU. and Eostein's cell. which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed. we would
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appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the P floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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From:
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To:
Adam Johnson
Cc:
"Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)'
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
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Tue, 13 Aug 2019 19:58:13 +0000
cannel' <sscannell@bop.gov>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <
>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo . ov>- Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <:
>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >> >
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2n° floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor SHU, and Epstein's cell,
which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will
not speak to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us
know what time and where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3fd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
EFTA00046125
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Fwd: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
Charisma EdgeJermaine Darden, James PetrucciLee PlourdeStephanie
ScannellShirley V. Skipper-Scott
Date
2019/08/13 15:28
Subject:
Fwd: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments:
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Warden,
Per our discussion, please see the below request for a tour of the SHU and suicide watch areas by the US
Attorney and his staff Thursday, August 15. I will try to arrange it for 10 am, but we may be subject to the US
Attorney's schedule. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russell Capone
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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RE: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
Nicolas Roos, Rebekah Donalcski, Stephanie
Scannell
Date
2019/08/13 16:02
Subject:
RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments:
TEXT.htrn
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bo
ov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
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As discussed, we would like to see the 2'd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
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The Daily 202: Trump caves again to corporate lobbying pressure as he flip-flops on
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Trump caves again to corporate lobbying
pressure as he flip-flops on flavored e-
cigarettes
Demonstrators hold signs that read "We Vape! We Vote!" outside President Trump's
rally in Dallas on Oct. 17. (Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Alfaro
THE BIG IDEA: President Trump is spurning the women who
have his ear to side with male advisers as he kowtows to a
pressure campaign orchestrated by corporate interests.
Perhaps the most effective path to persuade Trump to change his mind
on public policy is to convince him that he would lose support from his
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base, whether it's true or not. This is how the National Rifle
Association, which should be viewed first and foremost as a trade
association for the gun industry, got him to break his promise to
impose "very meaningful background checks" for gun purchases after
the massacres in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio.
This same dynamic helps explain why the president has backed
away from the crackdown he announced two months ago on
most flavored e-cigarettes. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on
Sept. 11 that first lady Melania Trump feels "very, very strongly" that
government must quell the youth vaping epidemic that has ensnared 5
million teenagers. "She's got a son," Trump said, referring to his wife.
(Barron, 13, is his son, too.) "We can't allow people to get sick, and we
can't have our youth be so affected," the president added.
Trump was also pressed to act by his daughter Ivanka Trump, a
senior adviser in the White House, and encouraged by Kellyanne
Conway, the most powerful woman in the administration who is
not a member of the president's family. Conway, who managed
Trump's 2016 campaign in the home stretch after Paul Manafort was
pushed out over his sketchy financial dealings in Ukraine, argued that
doing something about flavored e-cigs could enable the president to
regain ground he's lost among suburban moms who have traditionally
voted Republican.
But on Nov. 4, the night before details of the ban were all set to
be formally unveiled during a news conference, the president
balked. My colleagues Josh Dawsey and Laurie McGinley scoop that
Trump refused to sign a one-page decision memo during a flight to a
campaign rally in Kentucky that would have taken candy, fruit and mint
flavors off the market within 30 days. Three officials familiar with the
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discussions said that Trump has grown upset with Health and Human
Services Secretary Alex Azar, who took the lead in rolling out a plan to
address the vaping crisis. "He didn't know much about the issue and
was just doing it for Melania and Ivanka," a senior administration
official explained.
A doctor's dire warning, as vaping illnesses rise
"Late last week, more than a dozen White House officials met to try to
find a way forward," Josh and Laurie report. "Given Trump's record
of zigzags, some officials cautioned the president could reverse
course again. Or he might back some ban on flavored e-cigarettes
that exempts vape shops. Others said the White House might pursue a
different tack altogether by endorsing legislation that would raise the
minimum federal age for buying tobacco products to 21 from 18 ...
Some bet the anti-vaping effort is dead, though, especially because the
administration could argue the youth vaping problem has been greatly
eased by Juul Labs' recent decision to stop selling its popular mint-
flavored nicotine pods. 'It's going to go the way of guns,' predicted
one adviser..."
The president changed his mind after he was warned repeatedly
that banning flavored e-cigarettes would anger vaping
enthusiasts and could depress turnout for him in the 2020
election. Trump's reelection campaign manager Brad Parscale told the
president that moving against flavored e-cigarettes could backfire with
his base. "A Washington Examiner op-ed written by a pro-vaping
conservative activist, Paul Blair, with the headline 'Banning flavored e-
cigarettes might cost Trump reelection,' was circulated at the White
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House and considered the 'opinion ot the campaign,' according to a
White House official involved in the process," Michael Scherer, Josh,
Laurie and Neena Satija reported last month. "Trump advisers [in the
White House] compiled a binder of evidence supporting the idea of
strong new measures to combat youth vaping, according to a person
familiar with the effort. The documents included public polling,
supportive editorials, statements from the scientific and medical
community, and statements from elected leaders."
It's unclear if Trump read that binder. But Trump's helicopter flew over
hundreds of people who gathered on the Ellipse to protest his flavor
ban when he departed the White House on Nov. 9 to watch the
Alabama-LSU football game. He also saw a pro-vaping protest outside
his rally in Dallas last month. And there was a social media campaign
that used the hashtag #IVapelVote. This effort has included many
hallmarks of what's known as an "Astroturf' campaign.
'It spreads like wildfire': Parents speak out about the risks of vaping
— Many former Trump aides have been cashing in on the
industry's panic. Juul has been paying Trump world insiders like Josh
Raffel, a former spokesman for Jared Kushner; Johnny DeStefano, a
former counselor to the president; and Rebeccah Propp, former
director of media affairs for Vice President Pence. Brian Ballard, the
Florida lobbyist who represented Trump's businesses there and
worked on the president's 2016 campaign, has been paid seven
figures by Reynolds American, which owns an e-cigarette company.
Jeff Miller, a lobbyist with close ties to Pence, reported that his firm
was paid $60,000 by Altria from July through September 2019 to lobby
on the executive branch on issues related to the regulation of tobacco
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products, including "WH Administration Initiative to ban flavored vaping
products."
Conservative activist Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for
Tax Reform, has played a starring role in ginning up opposition to the
implementation of what Trump announced, but he's declined to say
whether he or his group have received money from the e-cigarette
industry.
-- The bigger picture: Trump continues to campaign like a
populist even as he governs like a plutocrat, and the republic
continues its descent toward corporatocracy. In 2016, he promised
to be a different kind of Republican and said he'd check corporate
power. He said he was incorruptible because he was so rich that he
didn't need to take campaign contributions. Among other things, Trump
said he would end the carried interest loophole and go after hedge
funds. In practice, he's done the opposite.
The president's signature legislative achievement was the tax cut
bill in 2017, which has proven to be even more of a giveaway for
the rich than analysts feared while exploding the national debt. A
damning story on the front of Sunday's New York Times highlighted
how FedEx—which spent $10 million on lobbying that year, mostly on
tax policy — went from owing $1.5 billion in taxes to nothing the
following year. But the shipping company did not increase total
investment in new equipment and other assets in the fiscal year that
followed, as its chief executive Fred Smith said companies would do if
they got the lower corporate rate. Instead, the story explained, FedEx
used its windfall to reward shareholders with more than $2 billion in
stock buybacks and divided increases. Smith called the story an
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING:
Police cars surround the crime scene after a shooting in Fresno, Calif. (Tomas
Ovalle/EPA-EFE)
-- Four were killed and six were injured during a shooting at a
backyard football-viewing party in Fresno, Calif. Katie Shepherd
reports: "Fresno Police Lt. Bill Dooley told reporters near the scene
that officers arrived to find 'several individuals' dead on the back lawn.
Unknown suspects fled before police arrived at the home, shortly after
8 p.m. Sunday evening ... All the victims were 'Asian males' between
25 and 35 years old, Fresno Police Deputy Chief Michael Reid told the
Bee. 'Thank God that no kids were hurt,' Reid said, the Associated
Press reported. Police declined to discuss what kind of weapon was
used or any potential motive."
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Lawmakers argue over Trump's intentions ahead of Sondland testimony
IMPEACHMENT LATEST:
-- Trump tweeted this morning that he will "strongly consider"
testifying in writing as part of the impeachment inquiry. The
president said he might take up House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
on a suggestion she made over the weekend on CBS. Trump also
claimed the rules of the inquiry had been "rigged" against him by Pelosi
and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.),
who has summoned four witnesses to appear before his panel on
Tuesday. "Even though I did nothing wrong, and don't like giving
credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will, in order to
get Congress focused again, strongly consider it!" Trump said in
tweets that described Pelosi as "Nervous Nancy" and "crazy." (Follow
our liveblog for more updates throughout the day.)
-- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Trump administration officials
who provided information to the anonymous whistleblower
about the president's efforts to pressure Ukraine "exposed
things that didn't need to be exposed." Felicia Sonmez, Karoun
Demirjian and Douglas MacMillan report: "'This would have been far
better off if we would've just taken care of this behind the scenes,'
Johnson said in an interview on NBC News's 'Meet the Press.'
'We
were trying to convince President Trump.' ... Trump on Sunday
continued to take aim at his own administration officials,
accusing Jennifer Williams, Vice President Pence's special
adviser on Europe and Russia, of being a 'Never Trumper.'
Williams is expected to testify publicly on Tuesday. Her closed-door
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testimony, which was released Saturday, suggests that the Office of
Management and Budget had clamped down on Ukraine aid more than
two weeks earlier than has been previously reported. ...
"The comments by Trump and Johnson also come amid
intensifying scrutiny of the actions of U.S. Ambassador to the
European Union Gordon Sondland, [who is expected to testify on
Wednesday and one of eight people scheduled to appear in
public hearings this week]. According to testimony released
Saturday, a former White House national security official told House
investigators that Sondland was acting at Trump's behest and spoke to
a top Ukrainian official about exchanging military aid for political
investigations — two elements at the heart of the impeachment inquiry.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he believes Sondland will face
pressure this week when he's asked about inconsistencies between
his testimony and that of other recent witnesses in the impeachment
inquiry. ...
"On 'Fox News Sunday,' House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-
La.) dismissed the witnesses who have testified, ... arguing that
'they were not all Trump administration folks.' They're Schiffs
witnesses,' Scalise said. ... When pressed by host Chris Wallace on
the fact that most of the witnesses are part of the Trump
administration, Scalise responded that 'there are a lot of people who
worked in the Trump administration who have very countering views to
that and they've not been allowed to come forward.' ... In an interview
with CBS News's 'Face the Nation' ... Pelosi declined to weigh in on
the timeline for a potential impeachment vote, saying only that there
may be further depositions over the Thanksgiving holiday and that
there may be 'a decision or maybe they have more hearings' once
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-- Tim Morrison, the former top Russia and Europe adviser on
the National Security Council, testified that it was his
understanding Sondland spoke to Trump directly about half a
dozen times between July 16 and Sept. 11. Trump has increasingly
tried to distance himself from Sondland. During an interview with CNN
on Sunday, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Morrison's testimony is
"alarming." From CNN: "'Well, of course, all of that is alarming. As I've
said from the beginning, I think this is not OK. The President of the
United States shouldn't even in the original phone call be on the phone
with the president of another country and raise his political opponent,'
[Turner said]. ... Turner also addressed tweets Trump posted last
week during former Ukrainian Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's public
testimony before the panel. ... 'It's certainly not impeachable, and it's
certainly not criminal and it's certainly not witness intimidation. It
certainly wasn't trying to prevent her or wouldn't have prevented her
from testifying, she was actually in the process of testifying. But
nonetheless, I find the President's tweets unfortunate,' the
congressman said."
Sondland kept several Trump administration officials apprised
of his effort to get Ukraine to launch investigations into the
Bidens, including Mick Mulvaney and Rick Perry, according to
emails obtained by the Wall Street Journal: "The emails reviewed
by the Journal show that three days [after the July 10 meeting], Mr.
Sondland urged Mr. Morrison to schedule the call between Mr. Trump
and Mr. Zelensky before Ukrainian parliamentary elections on July 21.
'Sole purpose is for Zelensky to give Potus assurances of "new sheriff'
in town. Corruption ending, unbundling moving forward and any
hampered investigations will be allowed to move forward transparently,'
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Mr. Sondland wrote. Mr. Morrison replied that he was 'tracking.' On
July 19, a day before the president was initially scheduled to speak to
Mr. Zelensky, Mr. Sondland emailed a group of administration
officials including Mr. Mulvaney and Mr. Perry to say that Mr.
Zelensky was prepared to assure the president that he would
open investigations. 'I talked to Zelensky just now. He is prepared to
receive Potus' call,' Mr. Sondland wrote. 'Will assure him that he
intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will "turn over every
stone."' He added that Mr. Zelensky was eager for the call to take
place before the parliamentary elections. Mr. Mulvaney responded: 'I
asked NSC to set it up for tomorrow.-
-- When Sondland stepped in to mediate, things really went off
the rails. From the Daily Beast: "Ukrainian officials arrived at the
White House on July 10 expecting something approaching normal.
They were in Washington for a scheduled meeting with then-National
Security Adviser John Bolton with a plan to propose a new path for
U.S.-Ukrainian relations under the umbrella of energy and security
cooperation. All seemed to go well—until [Sondland] stepped in.
`That's when things really went off the rails,' one person in the
room said. ... Sondland raised his voice several times in his attempt
to persuade the Ukrainian officials sitting across from him, including
Andriy Yermak, a close aide to Zelensky, and Zelensky's then-national
security adviser Oleksandr Danylyuk. One individual told The Daily
Beast that Sondland `got very emotional,' adding that `there was
lots of yelling.' Another individual called the meeting `erratic'
and said the Ukrainians began to ignore Sondland and instead
turned to Fiona Hill, who ran the National Security Council's
Russia desk at the time, for clarification on Washington's
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much about a quid pro quo with Ukraine—until he suddenly told
Congress he now recalls the deal. But the details of Sondland's
behavior in the Ward Room underscore the intensity in which the EU
Ambassador advocated for the investigations into [Joe] Biden and
Burisma."
-- An overwhelming 70 percent of Americans think Trump's
request to a foreign leader to investigate Biden was wrong, an
ABC News/lpsos poll found
-- Trump's public schedule for this week seems designed to keep
him distracted from the televised hearings as much as possible.
From Axios: "Trump's schedule for the coming week shows him
governing, promoting U.S. jobs and highlighting the arts and pop
culture. On Tuesday, as Democrats question Lt. Col. Alexander
Vindman, Trump will be meeting with his Cabinet. On Wednesday, as
Democrats grill [Sondland], Trump will he visiting Apple's
manufacturing plant in Texas. And on Thursday, after Democrats
question [Hill], Trump will be presenting the national medals of arts and
humanities."
Iranian protesters block a highway in Isfahan over the weekend following an increase
in fuel prices. (EPA-EFE)
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- Hundreds of leaked Iranian intelligence reports offer a detailed
portrait of how aggressively Tehran has worked to embed itself
into Iraqi affairs and the unique role of Maj. Gen. Qasem
Soleimani. the head of Iran's Quds Force. From the Times and the
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Intercept: "The unprecedented leak exposes Tehran's vast influence in
Iraq, detailing years of painstaking work by Iranian spies to co-opt the
country's leaders, pay Iraqi agents working for the Americans to switch
sides and infiltrate every aspect of Iraq's political, economic and
religious life. Many of the cables describe real-life espionage capers
that feel torn from the pages of a spy thriller. Meetings are arranged in
dark alleyways and shopping malls or under the cover of a hunting
excursion or a birthday party. Informants lurk at the Baghdad airport,
snapping pictures of American soldiers and keeping tabs on coalition
military flights. Agents drive meandering routes to meetings to evade
surveillance. Sources are plied with gifts of pistachios, cologne and
saffron. Iraqi officials, if necessary, are offered bribes. ...
"The leaked cables ... detail the extent to which Iraq has fallen
under Iranian influence since the American invasion in 2003,
which transformed Iraq into a gateway for Iranian power,
connecting the Islamic Republic's geography of dominance from the
shores of the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. ... Many of
Iraq's foremost political, military, and security officials have had
secret relationships with Tehran, according to the documents.
... According to the reports, after the American troop withdrawal in
2011, Iran moved quickly to add former C.I.A. informants to its payroll.
... In interviews, Iranian officials acknowledged that Iran viewed
surveillance of American activity in Iraq after the United States invasion
as critical to its survival and national security. ... The roughly 700
pages of leaked reports were sent anonymously to The Intercept,
which translated them from Persian to English and shared them with
The Times. ... The Intercept communicated over encrypted channels
with the source, who declined to meet with a reporter. In these
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-- Protests in Iran continued after the country's supreme leader
endorsed a government decision to cut fuel subsidies and
warned demonstrators against clashing with security forces. Erin
Cunningham reports: "In a televised address, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
said he supports the measure to push up gasoline prices and ration
supplies, a move designed to raise funds for cash handouts to the
poor. The abrupt decision, announced Friday, sparked demonstrations
in about two dozen locations across the country as residents already
grappling with soaring inflation called on the government to reverse the
hike. In towns and cities across Iran, drivers abandoned vehicles on
highways and protesters blocked roads and set tires and buildings
alight. Some demonstrators clashed with baton-wielding security
forces, officials said, and at least one protester and a police officer
were killed."
-- Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong were
surrounded by riot police this morning inside a university
campus, setting the stage for a bloody fight. Casey Quackenbush,
Anna Kam, Gerry Shih and Tiffany Liang report: "Police blocked exits
to try to coax exhausted protesters out of the Polytechnic University on
Monday after a night of clashes with students. When some attempted
to leave, officers forced them back with tear gas and rubber bullets and
made dozens of arrests. As night fell, and with explosions and black
smoke emanating from the grounds, police repeated demands for the
demonstrators - some of whom have been there for days — to
surrender. At rallies across the city, people expressed support for the
trapped students. ... Some 500 to 600 students remain trapped, said
Derek Liu, head of the university's student union. PoIyU's president,
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Jin-Guang Teng, in a video statement urged students to hand
themselves in. ...
"In a new setback for [Hong Kong leader Carrie] Lam, Hong
Kong's highest court ruled Monday that the government's use of
a British colonial-era emergency ordinance to ban face coverings
at public gatherings was unconstitutional. Lam had introduced the
measure to aid police in identifying protesters and effectively expand
powers of arrest. Lam visited an injured police officer in the hospital on
Monday, but she did not make public remarks, and her office did not
respond to a request for comment. In a message on Facebook later,
she condemned protesters and urged them to obey police."
-- Uighur activists called the leaked Chinese documents
revealing the government's plan to systematically detain millions
of ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region another form of
genocide. Lateshia Beachum reports: "The more than 400 pages of
documents, leaked, according to the Times, by a member of the
Chinese political establishment, included internal speeches by
President Xi Jinping and other officials, information about the
surveillance and control of the Uighur population and internal
investigations on local officials. ... The papers confirm reports that
more than 1 million people have been detained in internment
camps as the Chinese government seeks to strip Uighurs of their
identity and indoctrinate them into being secular and loyal party
supporters. Xi still told party members in secret speeches that
religious extremists should be treated with `absolutely no
mercy,' the Times reported. The documents included a script for
officials to follow when explaining to students returning to the region
why their parents had disappeared, the Times reported. The World
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Uyghur Congress called China a 'country with concentration camps' in
a retweet."
-- Few Uighurs have been able to escape the widespread
surveillance, and even fewer are able to make it to the U.S. in
search of asylum. Now, an Uighur family living in Northern
Virginia has caught the attention of Secretary of State Mike
Pornpeo. Emily Rauhala and Anna Fifield report: "Zumrat Dawut, her
husband, Imran Muhammad, and their three children got out. Dawut,
who survived internment and an unwanted sterilization, fled first with
her family to her husband's native Pakistan. The next leg of their
journey took them to a basement apartment in Virginia outside
Washington. They spent their first American summer strolling through
shopping malls and savoring Popeyes' halal fried chicken. 'Here in
U.S., people have human rights. People live like real human beings,'
Dawut said. They have applied for asylum in the United States. They
want, desperately, to stay. But their case — which recently caught
[Pompeo's] attention — raises tough questions for the Trump
administration as it vows to take a harder line on China while
simultaneously seeking a trade deal with Beijing. The United States
has roundly condemned the internment camps in Xinjiang. But will it
take in those who endured Beijing's chokehold on the region and
somehow reached the United States?"
-- Russian troops took command of a U.S. air base in northern
Syria. From CBS News: "The Russians are playing up the takeover of
the Kobani airfield as a victory. The former U.S. airbase that served as
the main logistical hub for America's fight against ISIS, now with the
Russian flag flying above it. The Russians moved in just a day after
U.S. forces moved out, leaving behind barracks, beds, abandoned
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meaicai supplies aria tne skeleton of a gym wuri weignts removes, to
render it useless. The same can't be said of the runway, however. An
American-made landing strip now under Russian management. It's the
second major military expansion in this region in as many days, after
Russia announced it had opened up a new helicopter base in
Qamishli, which, like Kobani, is also on the Turkish border."
-- A planned prisoner swap between the Afghan government and
the Taliban meant to restart peace talks between the insurgent
group and the U.S. has been delayed. Susannah George reports:
"The emergence of significant snags early on highlights the difficulty of
getting the two sides back to the negotiating table. The Taliban has
long refused to negotiate directly with the Afghan government. The
swap would have freed two university professors in exchange for three
high-profile militants linked to the Taliban. President Ashraf Ghani
announced the deal on live television last week, saying it would help
bring 'peace and stability' to Afghanistan ... But days after Ghani's
announcement, none of the prisoners have been released and the
government and Taliban officials are trading blame. Sediq Seddiqi, a
spokesman for Ghani, blamed the Taliban for the delay, tweeting
Saturday that the insurgents 'failed to observe the conditions' of the
swap and caused 'the disruption of the exchange process.' He did not
elaborate."
-- Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced the U.S. and South
Korea postponed a joint military exercise, bowing to saber-
rattling by North Korea. From the AP: "The move comes even as
Japan's defense minister, whose country feels threatened by repeated
North Korean missile launches, told Esper 'no one could be optimistic
about' changing the North's behavior. ... Esper insisted the
postponement was not a concession to North Korea but rather an
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attempt to 'keep the door open' to diplomacy to eliminate North Korea's
nuclear weapons."
-- North Korea responded to a tweet by Trump that hinted at
another summit with Kim Jong Un by saying it has no interest in
giving Trump further meetings unless it gets something in
return. North Korea's Foreign Ministry adviser Kim Kye Gwan said
Washington must discard what his government sees as "hostile"
policies in order to keep negotiations alive. (AP)
-- While Trump stands by, the world's tyrants are trying to make
the world safe for dictatorship, warns The Post's editorial page
editor Fred Hiatt: "The United States is retreating, almost apologizing
for ever having thought about promoting democracy. Everyone from
Rand Paul to Bernie Sanders and many in between agrees we should
stay home and mind our business. But the result is not a world in
which every country is free to go its own way. Instead, the world's
tyrants — while still complaining about color revolutions and U.S.
interference — roam far and wide, promoting their ideologies and their
corporations, bullying and buying and burrowing and shooting their way
to influence. Russia and China, the loudest conjurers of imaginary CIA
pro-democracy plots, have become the world's most active
underminers of democracy beyond their borders."
-- Last year, after CIA Director Gina Haspel was nominated for
her position, White House counsel Don McGahn suggested she
withdraw due to her role in the "enhanced interrogation"
program, which he argued could kill her confirmation chances.
Trump disagreed, telling advisers that he supports
"torture." From Axios: "Trump actually liked this aspect of Haspel's
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time. In fact, Trump told aides that Haspel's support for 'torture' or
`waterboarding' (Trump uses these words interchangeably in his private
conversations) was an asset, not a liability. Trump told advisers that he
asked Haspel her opinion on whether waterboarding works. In Trump's
telling, Haspel replied to him that she was `100%' sure it works, a
source who spoke to Trump about it told me. `He seemed impressed
with how sure she was about something so controversial,' the source
said. 'That she did not bat an eye, did not sugarcoat it, that it works.-
-- Friday news dump follow-up: "Trump sides with war
criminals," Kori Schake, a veteran of George W. Bush's national
security team, writes in the Atlantic: "Trump has exercised his authority
to intervene in three cases involving war crimes, on the side of the
alleged war criminals. He pardoned one serviceman who was
convicted of heinous crimes, and another awaiting trial for heinous
crimes. He also reversed the demotion of a Navy SEAL convicted of
taking trophy pictures with an enemy corpse. All were brought to
justice by their fellow servicemen and women; each prosecution relied
on testimony from servicemen in the same units who witnessed the
war crimes and reported them to military superiors. This makes Trump
the first commander in chief in memory to pardon American servicemen
for violent crimes committed in uniform. The justification can be found
in a statement Trump made in 2016: `You have to play the game the
way they are playing the game.' That is, the U.S. should operate the
way terrorists operate."
-- The Trump administration's immigration jails are packed, but
deportation numbers are lower than in Barack Obama's
presidency. Abigail Hauslohner reports: "According to the latest
snapshot of ICE's prisoner population, from early November, nearly 70
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percent of the inmates had no prior criminal conviction. More than
14,000 are people the U.S. government has determined have a
reasonable fear of persecution or torture if deported. Though [Trump]
has made cracking down on immigration a centerpiece of his first term,
his administration lags far behind President Barack Obama's pace of
deportations. Obama — who immigrant advocates at one point called
the `deporter in chief — removed 409,849 people in 2012 alone.
Trump, who has vowed to deport `millions' of immigrants, has yet to
surpass 260,000 deportations in a single year. And while Obama
deported 1.18 million people during his first three years in office, Trump
has deported fewer than 800,000. It is unclear why deportations have
been happening relatively slowly."
-- England's Prince Andrew hoped that an interview with the BBC
about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey
Epstein would put an end to a scandal that has dogged him for
years. It didn't go quite as planned. Karla Adam reports: "An
example of some of the exchanges: Andrew: 'Do I regret the fact that
he [Epstein] has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner
unbecoming? Yes.' Emily Maitlis: 'Unbecoming? He was a sex
offender.' Andrew: 'Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm being polite.' The interview was
undoubtedly a coup for the BBC, which was in talks with the palace for
nearly a year to secure it, and for Maitlis, the journalist whose
interrogation has won widespread acclaim. But royal watchers
described the interview as ill-judged and excruciating. `I expected a
train wreck,' tweeted Charlie Proctor, editor of the Royal Central
website. `That was a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a
tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion level bad.' ...
"Andrew told Maitlis that he flew to New York in December 2010
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to end his friendship with Epstein, because breaking it off over
the phone would have been a `chicken's way of doing it.' At the
time, Epstein had served time in prison for child sex offenses. Andrew
said he stayed at Epstein's home for four days because it was
'convenient.' Andrew was also criticized for what he didn't say. He
expressed no concern for Epstein's victims. 'Not One Single Word of
Remorse,' read a front-page headline on the Mail on Sunday. ...
Andrew was repeatedly grilled about
, now
, who has said that Epstein groomed her to have sex with the
prince on three occasions. He said he had 'no recollection' of meeting
her and 'categorically' denied having sex with her."
Gov. John Bel Edwards celebrates his reelection victory on Saturday night in Baton
Rouge, La. (Matthew Hinton/AP)
2020 WATCH:
-- Back-to-back losses in key governors' races send additional
warning to Trump ahead of 2020. David Nakamura reports: "When
Kentucky's Republican governor lost his bid for reelection two weeks
ago ... the president and his allies brushed it off by declaring that
Trump had nearly dragged an unpopular incumbent across the finish
line. On Sunday, a day after another Trump-backed GOP gubernatorial
candidate fell in Louisiana, the president and his surrogates barely
mounted a defense. In a barrage of 40 tweets and retweets by Sunday
evening, Trump didn't mention Eddie Rispone's loss to incumbent Gov.
John Bel Edwards (D), even though the president had held two
campaign rallies in the state in the 10 days before the election aimed
at boosting his chances. Republican National Committee Chairwoman
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l-tonna McDaniel — who had publicly praised I rump after the Kentucky
elections in which the GOP won five other statewide races — also was
mum on Louisiana....
"Trump campaigned hard for Rispone and Kentucky Gov. Matt
Bevin (R) ... turning their races into something of a referendum
on his own standing ... 'What Trump did in Louisiana was increase
voter participation. While he increased the pro-Trump turnout, he also
increased the anti-Trump turnout. That's kind of the lesson here,' said
Ron Faucheux, a nonpartisan political polling analyst based in New
Orleans. ... In Louisiana, state GOP leaders had pleaded with the
president to personally get involved in the race, and Trump held a rally
with Rispone in Bossier City on Thursday during which the president
cast the contest in personal terms. Referring to Bevin's loss in
Kentucky, Trump complained that the media pinned the defeat on him.
`So you've got to give me a big win, please,' he told the crowd."
-- Top Republicans are second guessing Trump's decision to
waste so much time in Louisiana. From the Times: "Mr. Trump
carried Louisiana by 20 points in 2016, so the outcome of the
governor's race carries no implications for his own re-election, the
balance of power in Congress or the president's policy agenda. And
the moderate Mr. Edwards has relentlessly cultivated Mr. Trump,
showing up at the White House every chance he gets - so it was not
even an opportunity to defeat a critic. Some of the president's advisers
were mystified, therefore, that the White House would repeatedly send
him to a state irrelevant to his re-election for a candidate he scarcely
knows ... after they had just been scalded in their attempt to rescue
Mr. Bevin in another safely red state. ... Still, the main instigator for
the president's involvement in the races, many Republicans said,
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supporters and is singularly focused on notching victories, no
matter the details. He is even more eager to flex his political muscle
in the face of impeachment, and has surrounded himself with several
aides who either defer to his whims regardless of the neon-flashing
signs of risk before them, or know little about politics. ... People close
to Mr. Trump ... said he viewed the campaigns he had weighed in on
mostly as opportunities for gratification."
-- Louisiana's outcome was only possible because of a spike in
black turnout. From CNN: "In heavily African American, Caddo, East
Baton Rouge and Orleans parishes, turnout was up about 15% to 30%
compared to last month's Louisiana 'jungle primary.' ... Parishes in the
rest of the state saw a lower increase in turnout. This trend in the early
vote data suggested that African Americans were going to make up a
larger share of voters in the runoff than they did in October's jungle
primary ... One key to turning out black voters is to not merely rely on
Trump as a foil. The fact is that Edwards won in Louisiana not because
of Trump but because Edwards has been a popular governor with an
approval rating north of 50%. He had a strong appeal to the black
community in particular. What Edwards demonstrated on Saturday is
that Trump is not everything when it comes to elections."
-- National Democrats are increasingly worried that their
presidential nominating contest will drag deep into next
summer. Michael Scherer reports: "That scenario is prompting the
campaigns, several of which have signed up veteran delegate
counters, to begin strategizing for a protracted nomination slog, with
some even playing out scenarios for dealmaking in the weeks leading
up to the Democratic convention in July. ... Broadly, the Democrats'
fear is that the surging energy and turmoil in their party, and its
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passion to defeat Trump, may be leading to fracturing rather than unity.
Some in the party worry that could hamper its ability to defeat Trump,
although others argue that a tough primary will strengthen the eventual
nominee. Three party veterans, who have each worked on delegate
strategies in past presidential contests ... described the landscape as
unprecedented. ... The operatives point to other factors, including the
increasing role of small-dollar fundraising, which allows candidates to
stay in longer, and the diminished role of superdelegates, whose
function was to rally the party around a nominee if needed. They also
point to Sen. Bernie Sanders's medical and political rebound from a
heart attack, which suggests he could battle Sen. Elizabeth Warren for
liberal voters for months. One delegate counter admitted to
concluding it is now 'more likely than not' that no one gets a
majority of pledged delegates, largely because of Sanders's
continued strength and the likelihood that he will continue to campaign
even if he is trailing late in the primary contest."
-- Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg apologized for
his stop-and-frisk policy ahead of his likely presidential run.
Sean Sullivan and Michael Scherer report: "Bloomberg expressed
regrets at a predominantly black megachurch he has visited many
times, telling congregants he didn't understand the full effects on
African American and Latino communities quickly enough and should
have curtailed the program sooner. `I'm sorry that we didn't,'
Bloomberg said. `But I can't change history. However, today, I
want you to know that I realize back then, I was wrong.' The
speech served as one of the clearest indicators yet that the billionaire
businessman might soon join the crowded Democratic primary.
Bloomberg has filed paperwork to run in Alabama and Arkansas and
has maimed out a strateav that would largely bvoass the four earliest
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nominating states. Instead, he would focus on later contests of note,
including those in Southern states with large black populations.
Bloomberg's attempt to confront one of his biggest potential liabilities
reflects the ongoing shift in the Democratic Party on issues of race,
criminal justice and police violence. Voters and activists are
increasingly demanding their leaders take firmer stances against
discrimination by law enforcement and reject tough-on-crime policies
that were more widely accepted decades ago."
-- In Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden drew some groans from a
crowd of Democrats when he said he wants more research done
on marijuana and suggested that it may be a "gateway
drug." Teo Armus reports: "But the 76-year-old Democrat is in tune
with at least one demographic: his peers in the silent generation, who,
at 35 percent, have what may be one of the lowest percentages of
support for marijuana legalization, according to the Pew data released
on Nov. 14. ... 'The truth of the matter is, there's not nearly been
enough evidence that has been acquired as to whether or not it is a
gateway drug,' Biden said. `It's a debate, and I want a lot more before I
legalize it nationally. I want to make sure we know a lot more about the
science behind it.' Answering an audience question, Biden indicated
that he is not opposed to the drug entirely. He supports the use of
medical marijuana and would decriminalize possession of the drug, he
said, adding that he wants individual states to make decisions on
recreational use."
-- A new CBS poll found support for Pete Buttigieg in Iowa has
tripled since September and risen seven points since last month.
"In addition to his gains in Iowa and New Hampshire, Buttigieg has
picked up support in the aggregate 18-state poll. CBS News
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recontacts voters for this study, and most of Buttigieg's current
supporters reported a different first-choice candidate last month,
primarily Warren. ... The poll asked voters what Biden, Warren,
Sanders and Buttigieg could do to become a first choice among voters
who are considering them. The top answer was convincing voters they
could defeat Mr. Trump, which outpaced all other reasons tested, such
as convincing voters that their policies would work or that they could
handle the job of president."
-- In case you missed it: Buttigieg rocketed to the top of the Des
Moines Register's Iowa poll that came out on Saturday night.
"Since September, Buttigieg has risen 16 percentage points among
Iowa's likely Democratic caucusgoers, with 25% now saying he is their
first choice for president. For the first time in the Register's Iowa Poll,
he bests rivals [Biden, Sanders and Warren], who are now clustered in
competition for second place and about 10 percentage points behind
... [Warren] led the September Iowa Poll, when 22% said she was their
first choice. In this poll, her support slips to 16%. [Biden], who led the
Register's first three Iowa Polls of the 2020 caucus cycle, has
continued to slide, falling 5 percentage points to 15%. [Sanders] also
garners 15% — a 4 percentage point rise."
-- Warren pitched her new, more flexible approach to
government-run health care during a swing through Iowa this
weekend as her campaign struggles to move beyond a
problematic issue for her. Annie Linskey reports: "On Friday, she
announced she will push Congress to pass legislation that allows all
Americans to opt into the existing Medicare program in her first 100
days in office and take executive actions even sooner to lower the
price of prescription drugs. She wouldn't push for full-blown Medicare-
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tor-all until tne tnira year ot ner term. ... Her new pitcn also seems
designed to assuage voters worried that her earlier approach would
force 150 million people off their private insurance. ... That has
prompted Sanders to adjust, adding a line to his stump speech that
contrasts Warren's approach to his. 'Today I tell you that on our first
week in office, we are going to introduce Medicare-for-all single-payer
legislation,' he said Saturday in East Los Angeles. ...
"Several who attended Warren's town hall ... were relieved by her
new approach. 'I like the shift,' said Elizabeth Te>dey, 43, of Cedar
Rapids. Te>dey works with seniors and hasn't yet decided who she will
support in the upcoming caucuses. 'The goal of Medicare-for-all is
great,' she said. 'But I don't think you're going to be able to get
everybody on board right now.' Warren's new proposal, Te>dey added,
'does make it easier to support her.-
-- Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid, promoting the
Nevada caucuses, said Iowa and New Hampshire are not diverse
enough states to provide Democrats with insight into how a
candidate will fare across the country. From the AP: "'I don't think it
matters what happens in Iowa or New Hampshire because those
states are not representative of the country anymore,' the longtime
Nevada senator said. Nevada is the third state to weigh in but the first
that looks like the rest of the country, with a sizeable Latino population
and significant groups of Asian American and black voters ... Reid,
who says he won't endorse until after Nevada's Feb. 22 caucuses,
said it's too early to start counting candidates out of the race and he's
impressed with the packed field. Reid said he thinks that Biden has
appeared strong in Nevada because he 'is one that appeals to
diversity,' but he added that most of the other Democrats running can
also anneal to diverse (rot ins "
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-- Democrats in California are wondering if it's time for Kamala
Harris to finally drop out of the race. From Politico: "In the halls and
meeting rooms of the Long Beach Convention Center, many of the
battle-scarred Democratic insiders - strategists, elected officials,
campaign operatives — had a far more caustic view of her chances,
suggesting that Harris' team has already let slip away her shot at the
White House. With California polls strongly suggesting she might
not win, place — or even show — in her home state, many
privately expressed the view that Harris should begin seriously
considering leaving the race to avoid total embarrassment in the
state's early March primary. Her continued weakness in the
presidential contest could even have a more damaging effect, several
said — encouraging a primary challenger in 2022, when Harris is up for
reelection."
-- An Obama-era Pentagon official who attacked Trump over his
affinity for Russia is entering the crowded New York Democratic
primary field to succeed retiring Rep. Nita Lowey (D). Anne
Gearan reports: "Evelyn Farkas, a national security analyst and author,
will announce her campaign Monday and attend a candidate forum not
far from Chappaqua, the New York town where she grew up. She is the
fifth Democrat to launch a bid to represent the safely Democratic 17th
District, located in the affluent northern suburbs of New York City. But
Farkas said her experience helps her stand out. `There isn't another
candidate who has my experience and qualifications,' she said in an
exclusive interview Sunday. Farkas served as a deputy assistant
secretary of defense in charge of policy toward Russia, Ukraine and
neighboring countries under [Obama]. She was an early critic of
Trump's relationship with [Putin]."
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SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Trump responded to North Korea's attacks on Biden, while managing
to insult the former vice president as well:
Trump criticized some of the witnesses in the impeachment probe, and
a Democratic congressman reminded him that several got their jobs
from him:
From Ronald Reagan's daughter:
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) criticized Pete Buttigieg for using a stock
photo of a woman from Kenya in his plan for African Americans:
After Bloomberg apologized for his "stop and frisk" policies, a public
defender from the Big Apple said it's not enough:
The president got booed at a stadium again, and this time he wasn't
even there:
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "He is healthy as can be," White
House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said after the
president made an unscheduled trip to Walter Reed. "That
man works from 6 a.m. until, you know, very, very late at
night. He's doing just fine."
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
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show:
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hearings:
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Demonstrators hold signs that read "We Vape! We Vote!" outside President Trump's rally in Dallas on Oct.
17. (Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Mara
THE BIG IDEA: President Trump is spurning the women who have his ear to side
with male advisers as he kowtows to a pressure campaign orchestrated by
corporate interests.
Perhaps the most effective path to persuade Trump to change his mind on public policy
is to convince him that he would lose support from his base, whether it's true or not. This
is how the National Rifle Association, which should be viewed first and foremost as a
trade association for the gun industry, got him to break his promise to impose "very
meaningful background checks" for gun purchases after the massacres in El Paso and
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crackdown he announced two months ago on most flavored e-cigarettes. Trump
told reporters in the Oval Office on Sept. 11 that first lady Melania Trump feels "very,
very strongly" that government must quell the youth vaping epidemic that has ensnared
5 million teenagers. "She's got a son," Trump said, referring to his wife. (Barron, 13, is
his son, too.) "We can't allow people to get sick, and we can't have our youth be so
affected," the president added.
Trump was also pressed to act by his daughter Ivanka Trump, a senior adviser in
the White House, and encouraged by Kellyanne Conway, the most powerful
woman in the administration who is not a member of the president's family.
Conway, who managed Trump's 2016 campaign in the home stretch after Paul Manafort
was pushed out over his sketchy financial dealings in Ukraine, argued that doing
something about flavored e-cigs could enable the president to regain ground he's lost
among suburban moms who have traditionally voted Republican.
But on Nov. 4, the night before details of the ban were all set to be formally
unveiled during a news conference, the president balked. My colleagues Josh
Dawsey and Laurie McGinley scoop that Trump refused to sign a one-page decision
memo during a flight to a campaign rally in Kentucky that would have taken candy, fruit
and mint flavors off the market within 30 days. Three officials familiar with the
discussions said that Trump has grown upset with Health and Human Services
Secretary Alex Azar, who took the lead in rolling out a plan to address the vaping crisis.
"He didn't know much about the issue and was just doing it for Melania and Ivanka," a
senior administration official explained.
A doctor's dire warning, as vaping illnesses rise
"Late last week, more than a dozen White House officials met to try to find a way
forward," Josh and Laurie report. "Given Trump's record of zigzags, some officials
cautioned the president could reverse course again. Or he might back some ban on
flavored e-cigarettes that exempts vape shops. Others said the White House might
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pursue a different tack altogether by endorsing legislation that would raise the minimum
federal age for buying tobacco products to 21 from 18 ... Some bet the anti-vaping effort
is dead, though, especially because the administration could argue the youth vaping
problem has been greatly eased by Juul Labs' recent decision to stop selling its popular
mint-flavored nicotine pods. `It's going to go the way of guns,' predicted one
adviser..."
The president changed his mind after he was warned repeatedly that banning
flavored e-cigarettes would anger vaping enthusiasts and could depress turnout
for him in the 2020 election. Trump's reelection campaign manager Brad Parscale told
the president that moving against flavored e-cigarettes could backfire with his base. "A
Washington Examiner op-ed written by a pro-vaping conservative activist, Paul Blair,
with the headline 'Banning flavored e-cigarettes might cost Trump reelection,' was
circulated at the White House and considered the 'opinion of the campaign,' according to
a White House official involved in the process," Michael Scherer, Josh, Laurie and
Neena Satija reported last month. "Trump advisers [in the White House] compiled a
binder of evidence supporting the idea of strong new measures to combat youth vaping,
according to a person familiar with the effort. The documents included public polling,
supportive editorials, statements from the scientific and medical community, and
statements from elected leaders."
It's unclear if Trump read that binder. But Trump's helicopter flew over hundreds of
people who gathered on the Ellipse to protest his flavor ban when he departed the White
House on Nov. 9 to watch the Alabama-LSU football game. He also saw a pro-vaping
protest outside his rally in Dallas last month. And there was a social media campaign
that used the hashtag #IVapelVote. This effort has included many hallmarks of what's
known as an "Astroturf" campaign.
'It spreads like wildfire': Parents speak out about the risks of vaping
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Many former Trump aides have been cashing in on the industry's panic. Juul has
been paying Trump world insiders like Josh Raffel, a former spokesman for Jared
Kushner; Johnny DeStefano, a former counselor to the president; and Rebeccah Propp,
former director of media affairs for Vice President Pence. Brian Ballard, the Florida
lobbyist who represented Trump's businesses there and worked on the president's 2016
campaign, has been paid seven figures by Reynolds American, which owns an e-
cigarette company. Jeff Miller, a lobbyist with close ties to Pence, reported that his firm
was paid $60,000 by Altria from July through September 2019 to lobby on the executive
branch on issues related to the regulation of tobacco products, including "WH
Administration Initiative to ban flavored vaping products."
Conservative activist Grover Norquist, the president of Americans for Tax Reform, has
played a starring role in ginning up opposition to the implementation of what Trump
announced, but he's declined to say whether he or his group have received money from
the e-cigarette industry.
— The bigger picture: Trump continues to campaign like a populist even as he
governs like a plutocrat, and the republic continues its descent toward
corporatocracy. In 2016, he promised to be a different kind of Republican and said he'd
check corporate power. He said he was incorruptible because he was so rich that he
didn't need to take campaign contributions. Among other things, Trump said he would
end the carried interest loophole and go after hedge funds. In practice, he's done the
opposite.
The president's signature legislative achievement was the tax cut bill in 2017,
which has proven to be even more of a giveaway for the rich than analysts feared
while exploding the national debt. A damning story on the front of Sunday's New York
Times highlighted how FedEx — which spent $10 million on lobbying that year, mostly on
tax policy — went from owing $1.5 billion in taxes to nothing the following year. But the
shipping company did not increase total investment in new equipment and other assets
in the fiscal year that followed, as its chief executive Fred Smith said companies would
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do if they got the lower corporate rate. Instead, the story explained, FedEx used its
windfall to reward shareholders with more than $2 billion in stock buybacks and divided
increases. Smith called the story an "outrageous distortion of the truth" and challenged
the publisher of the Times to a debate on federal tax policy, but he did not specify any
errors.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING:
Police cars surround the crime scene after a shooting in Fresno, Calif. (Tomas Ovalle/EPA-EFE)
— Four were killed and six were injured during a shooting at a backyard football-
viewing party in Fresno, Calif. Katie Shepherd reports: "Fresno Police Lt. Bill Dooley
told reporters near the scene that officers arrived to find 'several individuals' dead on the
back lawn. Unknown suspects fled before police arrived at the home, shortly after 8 p.m.
Sunday evening ... All the victims were 'Asian males' between 25 and 35 years old,
Fresno Police Deputy Chief Michael Reid told the Bee. 'Thank God that no kids were
hurt,' Reid said, the Associated Press reported. Police declined to discuss what kind of
weapon was used or any potential motive."
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Lawmakers argue over Trump's intentions ahead of Sondland testimony
IMPEACHMENT LATEST:
-- Trump tweeted this morning that he will "strongly consider" testifying in writing
as part of the impeachment inquiry. The president said he might take up House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on a suggestion she made over the weekend on CBS.
Trump also claimed the rules of the inquiry had been "rigged" against him by Pelosi and
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who has summoned
four witnesses to appear before his panel on Tuesday. "Even though I did nothing
wrong, and don't like giving credibility to this No Due Process Hoax, I like the idea & will,
in order to get Congress focused again, strongly consider it!" Trump said in tweets that
described Pelosi as "Nervous Nancy" and "crazy." (Follow our liveblog for more updates
throughout the day.)
-- Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Trump administration officials who provided
information to the anonymous whistleblower about the president's efforts to
pressure Ukraine "exposed things that didn't need to be exposed." Felicia Sonmez,
Karoun Demirjian and Douglas MacMillan report: "'This would have been far better off if
we would've just taken care of this behind the scenes,' Johnson said in an interview on
NBC News's 'Meet the Press.' ... 'We were trying to convince President Trump.' ...
Trump on Sunday continued to take aim at his own administration officials,
accusing Jennifer Williams, Vice President Pence's special adviser on Europe and
Russia, of being a 'Never Trumper.' ... Williams is expected to testify publicly on
Tuesday. Her closed-door testimony, which was released Saturday, suggests that the
Office of Management and Budget had clamped down on Ukraine aid more than two
weeks earlier than has been previously reported. ...
"The comments by Trump and Johnson also come amid intensifying scrutiny of
the actions of U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, [who is
expected to testify on Wednesday and one of eight people scheduled to appear in
public hearings this week]. According to testimony released Saturday, a former White
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House national security official told House investigators that Sondland was acting at
Trump's behest and spoke to a top Ukrainian official about exchanging military aid for
political investigations — two elements at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. Sen.
Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said he believes Sondland will face pressure this week when
he's asked about inconsistencies between his testimony and that of other recent
witnesses in the impeachment inquiry. ...
"On `Fox News Sunday,' House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) dismissed the
witnesses who have testified, ... arguing that 'they were not all Trump administration
folks.' They're Schiff's witnesses,' Scalise said. ... When pressed by host Chris Wallace
on the fact that most of the witnesses are part of the Trump administration, Scalise
responded that 'there are a lot of people who worked in the Trump administration who
have very countering views to that and they've not been allowed to come forward.' ... In
an interview with CBS News's 'Face the Nation' ... Pelosi declined to weigh in on the
timeline for a potential impeachment vote, saying only that there may be further
depositions over the Thanksgiving holiday and that there may be 'a decision or maybe
they have more hearings' once Congress returns."
— Tim Morrison, the former top Russia and Europe adviser on the National
Security Council, testified that it was his understanding Sondland spoke to Trump
directly about half a dozen times between July 16 and Sept. 11. Trump has
increasingly tried to distance himself from Sondland. During an interview with CNN on
Sunday, Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said Morrison's testimony is "alarming." From CNN:
"'Well, of course, all of that is alarming. As I've said from the beginning, I think this is not
OK. The President of the United States shouldn't even in the original phone call be on
the phone with the president of another country and raise his political opponent,' [Turner
said]. ... Turner also addressed tweets Trump posted last week during former Ukrainian
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch's public testimony before the panel. ... 'It's certainly not
impeachable, and it's certainly not criminal and it's certainly not witness intimidation. It
certainly wasn't trying to prevent her or wouldn't have prevented her from testifying, she
was actually in the process of testifying. But nonetheless, I find the President's tweets
unfortunate,' the congressman said."
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Sondland kept several Trump administration officials apprised of his effort to
get Ukraine to launch investigations into the Bidens, including Mick Mulvaney and
Rick Perry, according to emails obtained by the Wall Street Journal: "The emails
reviewed by the Journal show that three days [after the July 10 meeting], Mr. Sondland
urged Mr. Morrison to schedule the call between Mr. Trump and Mr. Zelensky before
Ukrainian parliamentary elections on July 21. 'Sole purpose is for Zelensky to give Potus
assurances of "new sheriff" in town. Corruption ending, unbundling moving forward and
any hampered investigations will be allowed to move forward transparently,' Mr.
Sondland wrote. Mr. Morrison replied that he was 'tracking.' On July 19, a day before the
president was initially scheduled to speak to Mr. Zelensky, Mr. Sondland emailed a
group of administration officials including Mr. Mulvaney and Mr. Perry to say that
Mr. Zelensky was prepared to assure the president that he would open
investigations. 'I talked to Zelensky just now. He is prepared to receive Potus' call,' Mr.
Sondland wrote. 'Will assure him that he intends to run a fully transparent investigation
and will "turn over every stone."' He added that Mr. Zelensky was eager for the call to
take place before the parliamentary elections. Mr. Mulvaney responded: 'I asked NSC to
set it up for tomorrow."
-- When Sondland stepped in to mediate, things really went off the rails. From the
Daily Beast: "Ukrainian officials arrived at the White House on July 10 expecting
something approaching normal. They were in Washington for a scheduled meeting with
then-National Security Adviser John Bolton with a plan to propose a new path for U.S.-
Ukrainian relations under the umbrella of energy and security cooperation. All seemed
to go well—until [Sondland] stepped in. 'That's when things really went off the
rails,' one person in the room said. ... Sondland raised his voice several times in his
attempt to persuade the Ukrainian officials sitting across from him, including Andriy
Yermak, a close aide to Zelensky, and Zelensky's then-national security adviser
Oleksandr Danylyuk. One individual told The Daily Beast that Sondland `got very
emotional,' adding that `there was lots of yelling.' Another individual called the
meeting `erratic' and said the Ukrainians began to ignore Sondland and instead
turned to Fiona Hill, who ran the National Security Council's Russia desk at the
time, for clarification on Washington's messaging. Sondland has previously tried to
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claim he didn't know much about a quid pro quo with Ukraine—until he suddenly told
Congress he now recalls the deal. But the details of Sondland's behavior in the Ward
Room underscore the intensity in which the EU Ambassador advocated for the
investigations into [Joe] Biden and Burisma."
-- An overwhelming 70 percent of Americans think Trump's request to a foreign
leader to investigate Biden was wrong, an ABC News/Ipsos poll found
-- Trump's public schedule for this week seems designed to keep him distracted
from the televised hearings as much as possible. From Axios: "Trump's schedule for
the coming week shows him governing, promoting U.S. jobs and highlighting the arts
and pop culture. On Tuesday, as Democrats question Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman,
Trump will be meeting with his Cabinet. On Wednesday, as Democrats grill [Sondland],
Trump will he visiting Apple's manufacturing plant in Texas. And on Thursday, after
Democrats question [Hill], Trump will be presenting the national medals of arts and
humanities."
Iranian protesters block a highway in Isfahan over the weekend following an increase in fuel prices. (EPA-
EFE)
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- Hundreds of leaked Iranian intelligence reports offer a detailed portrait of how
aggressively Tehran has worked to embed itself into Iraqi affairs and the unique
role of Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Quds Force. From the Times
and the Intercept: "The unprecedented leak exposes Tehran's vast influence in Iraq,
detailing years of painstaking work by Iranian spies to co-opt the country's leaders, pay
Iraqi agents working for the Americans to switch sides and infiltrate every aspect of
Iraq's political, economic and religious life. Many of the cables describe real-life
espionage capers that feel torn from the pages of a spy thriller. Meetings are arranged in
dark alleyways and shopping malls or under the cover of a hunting excursion or a
birthday party. Informants lurk at the Baghdad airport, snapping pictures of American
soldiers and keeping tabs on coalition military flights. Agents drive meandering routes to
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meetings to evade surveillance. Sources are plied with gifts of pistachios, cologne and
saffron. Iraqi officials, if necessary, are offered bribes. ...
"The leaked cables ... detail the extent to which Iraq has fallen under Iranian
influence since the American invasion in 2003, which transformed Iraq into a
gateway for Iranian power, connecting the Islamic Republic's geography of dominance
from the shores of the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea. ... Many of Iraq's
foremost political, military, and security officials have had secret relationships
with Tehran, according to the documents. ... According to the reports, after the
American troop withdrawal in 2011, Iran moved quickly to add former C.I.A. informants
to its payroll. ... In interviews, Iranian officials acknowledged that Iran viewed
surveillance of American activity in Iraq after the United States invasion as critical to its
survival and national security. ... The roughly 700 pages of leaked reports were sent
anonymously to The Intercept, which translated them from Persian to English and
shared them with The Times. ... The Intercept communicated over encrypted channels
with the source, who declined to meet with a reporter. In these anonymous messages,
the source said that they wanted to 'let the world know what Iran is doing in my country
Iraq.-
-- Protests in Iran continued after the country's supreme leader endorsed a
government decision to cut fuel subsidies and warned demonstrators against
clashing with security forces. Erin Cunningham reports: "In a televised address,
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he supports the measure to push up gasoline prices and
ration supplies, a move designed to raise funds for cash handouts to the poor. The
abrupt decision, announced Friday, sparked demonstrations in about two dozen
locations across the country as residents already grappling with soaring inflation called
on the government to reverse the hike. In towns and cities across Iran, drivers
abandoned vehicles on highways and protesters blocked roads and set tires and
buildings alight. Some demonstrators clashed with baton-wielding security forces,
officials said, and at least one protester and a police officer were killed."
-- Hundreds of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong were surrounded by riot
police this morning inside a university campus, setting the stage for a bloody
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fight. Casey Quackenbush, Anna Kam, Gerry Shih and Tiffany Liang report: "Police
blocked exits to try to coax exhausted protesters out of the Polytechnic University on
Monday after a night of clashes with students. When some attempted to leave, officers
forced them back with tear gas and rubber bullets and made dozens of arrests. As night
fell, and with explosions and black smoke emanating from the grounds, police repeated
demands for the demonstrators - some of whom have been there for days — to
surrender. At rallies across the city, people expressed support for the trapped students.
... Some 500 to 600 students remain trapped, said Derek Liu, head of the university's
student union. PolyU's president, Jin-Guang Teng, in a video statement urged students
to hand themselves in. ...
"In a new setback for [Hong Kong leader Carrie] Lam, Hong Kong's highest court
ruled Monday that the government's use of a British colonial-era emergency
ordinance to ban face coverings at public gatherings was unconstitutional. Lam
had introduced the measure to aid police in identifying protesters and effectively expand
powers of arrest. Lam visited an injured police officer in the hospital on Monday, but she
did not make public remarks, and her office did not respond to a request for comment. In
a message on Facebook later, she condemned protesters and urged them to obey
police."
-- Uighur activists called the leaked Chinese documents revealing the
government's plan to systematically detain millions of ethnic minorities in the
Xinjiang region another form of genocide. Lateshia Beachum reports: "The more than
400 pages of documents, leaked, according to the Times, by a member of the Chinese
political establishment, included internal speeches by President Xi Jinping and other
officials, information about the surveillance and control of the Uighur population and
internal investigations on local officials. ... The papers confirm reports that more than
1 million people have been detained in internment camps as the Chinese
government seeks to strip Uighurs of their identity and indoctrinate them into
being secular and loyal party supporters. Xi still told party members in secret
speeches that religious extremists should be treated with 'absolutely no mercy,'
the Times reported. The documents included a script for officials to follow when
explaining to students returning to the region why their parents had disappeared, the
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Times reported. The World Uyghur Congress called China a 'country with concentration
camps' in a retweet."
Few Uighurs have been able to escape the widespread surveillance, and even
fewer are able to make it to the U.S. in search of asylum. Now, an Uighur family
living in Northern Virginia has caught the attention of Secretary of State Mike
Pompeo. Emily Rauhala and Anna Fifield report: "Zumrat Dawut, her husband, Imran
Muhammad, and their three children got out. Dawut, who survived internment and an
unwanted sterilization, fled first with her family to her husband's native Pakistan. The
next leg of their journey took them to a basement apartment in Virginia outside
Washington. They spent their first American summer strolling through shopping malls
and savoring Popeyes' halal fried chicken. 'Here in U.S., people have human rights.
People live like real human beings,' Dawut said. They have applied for asylum in the
United States. They want, desperately, to stay. But their case — which recently caught
[Pompeo's] attention — raises tough questions for the Trump administration as it vows to
take a harder line on China while simultaneously seeking a trade deal with Beijing. The
United States has roundly condemned the internment camps in Xinjiang. But will it take
in those who endured Beijing's chokehold on the region and somehow reached the
United States?"
Russian troops took command of a U.S. air base in northern Syria. From CBS
News: "The Russians are playing up the takeover of the Kobani airfield as a victory. The
former U.S. airbase that served as the main logistical hub for America's fight against
ISIS, now with the Russian flag flying above it. The Russians moved in just a day after
U.S. forces moved out, leaving behind barracks, beds, abandoned medical supplies and
the skeleton of a gym with weights removed, to render it useless. The same can't be said
of the runway, however. An American-made landing strip now under Russian
management. It's the second major military expansion in this region in as many days,
after Russia announced it had opened up a new helicopter base in Qamishli, which, like
Kobani, is also on the Turkish border."
— A planned prisoner swap between the Afghan government and the Taliban
meant to restart peace talks between the insurgent group and the U.S. has been
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delayed. Susannah George reports: "The emergence of significant snags early on
highlights the difficulty of getting the two sides back to the negotiating table. The Taliban
has long refused to negotiate directly with the Afghan government. The swap would
have freed two university professors in exchange for three high-profile militants linked to
the Taliban. President Ashraf Ghani announced the deal on live television last week,
saying it would help bring 'peace and stability' to Afghanistan ... But days after Ghani's
announcement, none of the prisoners have been released and the government and
Taliban officials are trading blame. Sediq Seddiqi, a spokesman for Ghani, blamed the
Taliban for the delay, tweeting Saturday that the insurgents 'failed to observe the
conditions' of the swap and caused 'the disruption of the exchange process.' He did not
elaborate."
— Defense Secretary Mark Esper announced the U.S. and South Korea postponed
a joint military exercise, bowing to saber-rattling by North Korea. From the AP:
"The move comes even as Japan's defense minister, whose country feels threatened by
repeated North Korean missile launches, told Esper 'no one could be optimistic about'
changing the North's behavior. ... Esper insisted the postponement was not a
concession to North Korea but rather an attempt to 'keep the door open' to diplomacy to
eliminate North Korea's nuclear weapons."
-- North Korea responded to a tweet by Trump that hinted at another summit with
Kim Jong Un by saying it has no interest in giving Trump further meetings unless
it gets something in return. North Korea's Foreign Ministry adviser Kim Kye Gwan said
Washington must discard what his government sees as "hostile" policies in order to keep
negotiations alive. (AP)
— While Trump stands by, the world's tyrants are trying to make the world safe for
dictatorship, warns The Post's editorial page editor Fred Hiatt: "The United States is
retreating, almost apologizing for ever having thought about promoting democracy.
Everyone from Rand Paul to Bernie Sanders and many in between agrees we should
stay home and mind our business. But the result is not a world in which every country is
free to go its own way. Instead, the world's tyrants — while still complaining about color
revolutions and U.S. interference — roam far and wide, promoting their ideologies and
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their corporations, bullying and buying and burrowing and shooting their way to
influence. Russia and China, the loudest conjurers of imaginary CIA pro-democracy
plots, have become the world's most active underminers of democracy beyond their
borders."
-- Last year, after CIA Director Gina Haspel was nominated for her position, White
House counsel Don McGahn suggested she withdraw due to her role in the
"enhanced interrogation" program, which he argued could kill her confirmation
chances. Trump disagreed, telling advisers that he supports "torture." From Axios:
"Trump actually liked this aspect of Haspel's resume, according to three sources who
spoke to the president at the time. In fact, Trump told aides that Haspel's support for
'torture' or 'waterboarding' (Trump uses these words interchangeably in his private
conversations) was an asset, not a liability. Trump told advisers that he asked Haspel
her opinion on whether waterboarding works. In Trump's telling, Haspel replied to him
that she was '100%' sure it works, a source who spoke to Trump about it told me. 'He
seemed impressed with how sure she was about something so controversial,' the source
said. 'That she did not bat an eye, did not sugarcoat it, that it works.-
-- Friday news dump follow-up: "Trump sides with war criminals," Kori Schake, a
veteran of George W. Bush's national security team, writes in the Atlantic: "Trump has
exercised his authority to intervene in three cases involving war crimes, on the side of
the alleged war criminals. He pardoned one serviceman who was convicted of heinous
crimes, and another awaiting trial for heinous crimes. He also reversed the demotion of a
Navy SEAL convicted of taking trophy pictures with an enemy corpse. All were brought
to justice by their fellow servicemen and women; each prosecution relied on testimony
from servicemen in the same units who witnessed the war crimes and reported them to
military superiors. This makes Trump the first commander in chief in memory to pardon
American servicemen for violent crimes committed in uniform. The justification can be
found in a statement Trump made in 2016: 'You have to play the game the way they are
playing the game.' That is, the U.S. should operate the way terrorists operate."
— The Trump administration's immigration jails are packed, but deportation
numbers are lower than in Barack Obama's presidency. Abigail Hauslohner reports:
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"According to the latest snapshot of ICE's prisoner population, from early November,
nearly 70 percent of the inmates had no prior criminal conviction. More than 14,000 are
people the U.S. government has determined have a reasonable fear of persecution or
torture if deported. Though [Trump] has made cracking down on immigration a
centerpiece of his first term, his administration lags far behind President Barack
Obama's pace of deportations. Obama — who immigrant advocates at one point called
the 'deporter in chief' — removed 409,849 people in 2012 alone. Trump, who has vowed
to deport 'millions' of immigrants, has yet to surpass 260,000 deportations in a single
year. And while Obama deported 1.18 million people during his first three years in office,
Trump has deported fewer than 800,000. It is unclear why deportations have been
happening relatively slowly."
-- England's Prince Andrew hoped that an interview with the BBC about his
relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein would put an end to a
scandal that has dogged him for years. It didn't go quite as planned. Karla Adam
reports: "An example of some of the exchanges: Andrew: 'Do I regret the fact that he
[Epstein] has quite obviously conducted himself in a manner unbecoming? Yes.' Emily
Maitlis: 'Unbecoming? He was a sex offender.' Andrew: 'Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm being
polite.' The interview was undoubtedly a coup for the BBC, which was in talks with the
palace for nearly a year to secure it, and for Maitlis, the journalist whose interrogation
has won widespread acclaim. But royal watchers described the interview as ill-judged
and excruciating. 'I expected a train wreck,' tweeted Charlie Proctor, editor of the
Royal Central website. 'That was a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a
tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion level bad.' ...
"Andrew told Maitlis that he flew to New York in December 2010 to end his
friendship with Epstein, because breaking it off over the phone would have been a
'chicken's way of doing it.' At the time, Epstein had served time in prison for child sex
offenses. Andrew said he stayed at Epstein's home for four days because it was
'convenient.' Andrew was also criticized for what he didn't say. He expressed no concern
for Epstein's victims. 'Not One Single Word of Remorse,' read a front-page headline on
the Mail on Sunday. ... Andrew was repeatedly grilled about
now
, who has said that Epstein groomed her to have sex with the prince on
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three occasions. He said he had 'no recollection' of meeting her and 'categorically'
denied having sex with her."
Gov. John Bel Edwards celebrates his reelection victory on Saturday night in Baton Rouge, La. (Matthew
Hinton/AP)
2020 WATCH:
-- Back-to-back losses in key governors' races send additional warning to Trump
ahead of 2020. David Nakamura reports: "When Kentucky's Republican governor lost
his bid for reelection two weeks ago ... the president and his allies brushed it off by
declaring that Trump had nearly dragged an unpopular incumbent across the finish line.
On Sunday, a day after another Trump-backed GOP gubernatorial candidate fell in
Louisiana, the president and his surrogates barely mounted a defense. In a barrage of
40 tweets and retweets by Sunday evening, Trump didn't mention Eddie Rispone's loss
to incumbent Gov. John Bel Edwards (D), even though the president had held two
campaign rallies in the state in the 10 days before the election aimed at boosting his
chances. Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel — who had
publicly praised Trump after the Kentucky elections in which the GOP won five other
statewide races — also was mum on Louisiana....
"Trump campaigned hard for Rispone and Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) ... turning
their races into something of a referendum on his own standing ... 'What Trump did
in Louisiana was increase voter participation. While he increased the pro-Trump turnout,
he also increased the anti-Trump turnout. That's kind of the lesson here,' said Ron
Faucheux, a nonpartisan political polling analyst based in New Orleans. ... In Louisiana,
state GOP leaders had pleaded with the president to personally get involved in the race,
and Trump held a rally with Rispone in Bossier City on Thursday during which the
president cast the contest in personal terms. Referring to Bevin's loss in Kentucky,
Trump complained that the media pinned the defeat on him. 'So you've got to give me a
big win, please,' he told the crowd."
— Top Republicans are second guessing Trump's decision to waste so much time
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in Louisiana. From the Times: "Mr. Trump carried Louisiana by 20 points in 2016, so
the outcome of the governor's race carries no implications for his own re-election, the
balance of power in Congress or the president's policy agenda. And the moderate Mr.
Edwards has relentlessly cultivated Mr. Trump, showing up at the White House every
chance he gets - so it was not even an opportunity to defeat a critic. Some of the
president's advisers were mystified, therefore, that the White House would repeatedly
send him to a state irrelevant to his re-election for a candidate he scarcely knows ...
after they had just been scalded in their attempt to rescue Mr. Bevin in another safely
red state. ... Still, the main instigator for the president's involvement in the races,
many Republicans said, was Mr. Trump himself, who simply craves the adulation
of his supporters and is singularly focused on notching victories, no matter the
details. He is even more eager to flex his political muscle in the face of impeachment,
and has surrounded himself with several aides who either defer to his whims regardless
of the neon-flashing signs of risk before them, or know little about politics. ... People
close to Mr. Trump ... said he viewed the campaigns he had weighed in on mostly as
opportunities for gratification."
— Louisiana's outcome was only possible because of a spike in black turnout.
From CNN: "In heavily African American, Caddo, East Baton Rouge and Orleans
parishes, turnout was up about 15% to 30% compared to last month's Louisiana 'jungle
primary.' ... Parishes in the rest of the state saw a lower increase in turnout. This trend
in the early vote data suggested that African Americans were going to make up a larger
share of voters in the runoff than they did in October's jungle primary ... One key to
turning out black voters is to not merely rely on Trump as a foil. The fact is that Edwards
won in Louisiana not because of Trump but because Edwards has been a popular
governor with an approval rating north of 50%. He had a strong appeal to the black
community in particular. What Edwards demonstrated on Saturday is that Trump is not
everything when it comes to elections."
— National Democrats are increasingly worried that their presidential nominating
contest will drag deep into next summer. Michael Scherer reports: "That scenario is
prompting the campaigns, several of which have signed up veteran delegate counters, to
begin strategizing for a protracted nomination slog, with some even playing out
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scenarios for dealmaking in the weeks leading up to the Democratic convention in July.
... Broadly, the Democrats' fear is that the surging energy and turmoil in their party, and
its passion to defeat Trump, may be leading to fracturing rather than unity. Some in the
party worry that could hamper its ability to defeat Trump, although others argue that a
tough primary will strengthen the eventual nominee. Three party veterans, who have
each worked on delegate strategies in past presidential contests ... described the
landscape as unprecedented. ... The operatives point to other factors, including the
increasing role of small-dollar fundraising, which allows candidates to stay in longer, and
the diminished role of superdelegates, whose function was to rally the party around a
nominee if needed. They also point to Sen. Bernie Sanders's medical and political
rebound from a heart attack, which suggests he could battle Sen. Elizabeth Warren for
liberal voters for months. One delegate counter admitted to concluding it is now
'more likely than not' that no one gets a majority of pledged delegates, largely
because of Sanders's continued strength and the likelihood that he will continue to
campaign even if he is trailing late in the primary contest."
-- Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg apologized for his stop-and-frisk
policy ahead of his likely presidential run. Sean Sullivan and Michael Scherer report:
"Bloomberg expressed regrets at a predominantly black megachurch he has visited
many times, telling congregants he didn't understand the full effects on African American
and Latino communities quickly enough and should have curtailed the program sooner.
`I'm sorry that we didn't,' Bloomberg said. `But I can't change history. However,
today, I want you to know that I realize back then, I was wrong.' The speech served
as one of the clearest indicators yet that the billionaire businessman might soon join the
crowded Democratic primary. Bloomberg has filed paperwork to run in Alabama and
Arkansas and has mapped out a strategy that would largely bypass the four earliest
nominating states. Instead, he would focus on later contests of note, including those in
Southern states with large black populations. Bloomberg's attempt to confront one of his
biggest potential liabilities reflects the ongoing shift in the Democratic Party on issues of
race, criminal justice and police violence. Voters and activists are increasingly
demanding their leaders take firmer stances against discrimination by law enforcement
and reject tough-on-crime policies that were more widely accepted decades ago."
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In Las Vegas on Sunday, Biden drew some groans from a crowd of Democrats
when he said he wants more research done on marijuana and suggested that it
may be a "gateway drug." Teo Armus reports: "But the 76-year-old Democrat is in tune
with at least one demographic: his peers in the silent generation, who, at 35 percent,
have what may be one of the lowest percentages of support for marijuana legalization,
according to the Pew data released on Nov. 14. ... 'The truth of the matter is, there's not
nearly been enough evidence that has been acquired as to whether or not it is a
gateway drug,' Biden said. 'It's a debate, and I want a lot more before I legalize it
nationally. I want to make sure we know a lot more about the science behind it.'
Answering an audience question, Biden indicated that he is not opposed to the drug
entirely. He supports the use of medical marijuana and would decriminalize possession
of the drug, he said, adding that he wants individual states to make decisions on
recreational use."
— A new CBS poll found support for Pete Buttigieg in Iowa has tripled since
September and risen seven points since last month. "In addition to his gains in Iowa
and New Hampshire, Buttigieg has picked up support in the aggregate 18-state poll.
CBS News recontacts voters for this study, and most of Buttigieg's current supporters
reported a different first-choice candidate last month, primarily Warren. ... The poll
asked voters what Biden, Warren, Sanders and Buttigieg could do to become a first
choice among voters who are considering them. The top answer was convincing voters
they could defeat Mr. Trump, which outpaced all other reasons tested, such as
convincing voters that their policies would work or that they could handle the job of
president."
— In case you missed it: Buttigieg rocketed to the top of the Des Moines Register's
Iowa poll that came out on Saturday night. "Since September, Buttigieg has risen 16
percentage points among Iowa's likely Democratic caucusgoers, with 25% now saying
he is their first choice for president. For the first time in the Register's Iowa Poll, he bests
rivals [Biden, Sanders and Warren], who are now clustered in competition for second
place and about 10 percentage points behind ... [Warren] led the September Iowa Poll,
when 22% said she was their first choice. In this poll, her support slips to 16%. [Biden],
who led the Register's first three Iowa Polls of the 2020 caucus cycle, has continued to
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slide, falling 5 percentage points to 15%. [Sanders] also garners 15% — a 4 percentage
point rise."
-- Warren pitched her new, more flexible approach to government-run health care
during a swing through Iowa this weekend as her campaign struggles to move
beyond a problematic issue for her. Annie Linskey reports: "On Friday, she
announced she will push Congress to pass legislation that allows all Americans to opt
into the existing Medicare program in her first 100 days in office and take executive
actions even sooner to lower the price of prescription drugs. She wouldn't push for full-
blown Medicare-for-all until the third year of her term. ... Her new pitch also seems
designed to assuage voters worried that her earlier approach would force 150 million
people off their private insurance. ... That has prompted Sanders to adjust, adding a
line to his stump speech that contrasts Warren's approach to his. 'Today I tell you that
on our first week in office, we are going to introduce Medicare-for-all single-payer
legislation,' he said Saturday in East Los Angeles. ...
"Several who attended Warren's town hall ... were relieved by her new approach. 'I
like the shift,' said Elizabeth Texley, 43, of Cedar Rapids. Texley works with seniors and
hasn't yet decided who she will support in the upcoming caucuses. 'The goal of
Medicare-for-all is great,' she said. 'But I don't think you're going to be able to get
everybody on board right now.' Warren's new proposal, Texley added, 'does make it
easier to support her.'"
-- Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid, promoting the Nevada caucuses, said
Iowa and New Hampshire are not diverse enough states to provide Democrats
with insight into how a candidate will fare across the country. From the AP: "'l don't
think it matters what happens in Iowa or New Hampshire because those states are not
representative of the country anymore,' the longtime Nevada senator said. Nevada is the
third state to weigh in but the first that looks like the rest of the country, with a sizeable
Latino population and significant groups of Asian American and black voters ... Reid,
who says he won't endorse until after Nevada's Feb. 22 caucuses, said it's too early to
start counting candidates out of the race and he's impressed with the packed field. Reid
said he thinks that Biden has appeared strong in Nevada because he 'is one that
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appeals to diversity,' but he added that most of the other Democrats running can also
appeal to diverse groups."
-- Democrats in California are wondering if it's time for Kamala Harris to finally
drop out of the race. From Politico: "In the halls and meeting rooms of the Long Beach
Convention Center, many of the battle-scarred Democratic insiders — strategists,
elected officials, campaign operatives — had a far more caustic view of her chances,
suggesting that Harris' team has already let slip away her shot at the White House. With
California polls strongly suggesting she might not win, place — or even show —
in her home state, many privately expressed the view that Harris should begin
seriously considering leaving the race to avoid total embarrassment in the state's
early March primary. Her continued weakness in the presidential contest could even
have a more damaging effect, several said — encouraging a primary challenger in 2022,
when Harris is up for reelection."
— An Obama-era Pentagon official who attacked Trump over his affinity for Russia
is entering the crowded New York Democratic primary field to succeed retiring
Rep. Nita Lowey (D). Anne Gearan reports: "Evelyn Farkas, a national security analyst
and author, will announce her campaign Monday and attend a candidate forum not far
from Chappaqua, the New York town where she grew up. She is the fifth Democrat to
launch a bid to represent the safely Democratic 17th District, located in the affluent
northern suburbs of New York City. But Farkas said her experience helps her stand out.
'There isn't another candidate who has my experience and qualifications,' she said in an
exclusive interview Sunday. Farkas served as a deputy assistant secretary of defense in
charge of policy toward Russia, Ukraine and neighboring countries under [Obama]. She
was an early critic of Trump's relationship with [Putin]."
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Trump responded to North Korea's attacks on Biden, while managing to insult the former
vice president as well:
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Trump criticized some of the witnesses in the impeachment probe. and a Democratic
congressman reminded him that several got their jobs from him:
From Ronald Reagan's daughter:
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) criticized Pete Buttigieg for using a stock photo of a woman
from Kenya in his plan for African Americans:
After Bloomberg apologized for his "stop and frisk" policies. a public defender from the
Big Apple said it's not enough:
The president got booed at a stadium again, and this time he wasn't even there:
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "He is healthy as can be," White House press
secretary Stephanie Grisham said after the president made an
unscheduled trip to Walter Reed. "That man works from 6 a.m. until, you
know, very, very late at night. He's doing just fine."
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VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
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"Saturday Night Live" added some "pizzazz" to the first impeachment hearings:
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Media inquiry - NY Daily News & WNYC - sewage flooding at MCC NY
From
Justin B. Long
To
Lee PlourdeMichael Carroll
Date
2019/08/26 17:04
Subject:
Media inquiry - NY Daily News & WNYC - sewage flooding at MCC
NY
Attachments:
TEXT.htm
Lee, I meant to cc you below if you happen to see this
Justin Long
Public Information Office
Federal Bureau of Prisons
(202) 353-4464
>> > Justin B. Long 8/26/2019 5:02 PM >>>
Mike,
We are hoping to answer these two reporters today with more detailed input from you or Lee, but I drafted a
very short answer below based on a summary from RD Ormond to Kevin Pistro that Nancy received below. If
there is no more detail to provide today, then maybe you could review this draft (e.g., did it start this
morning or last night/weekend)?
Here are some more questions if you have time: did it occur in just one unit, could we say it was caused by
inmates plugging toilets with inmate clothes (true?), were female inmates included in the clean up, will
attorney-client visits resume tomorrow?
Thanks
Justin
Reporters:
NY Daily News & WNYC/Gothamist below
Proposed Response:
We can confirm there was a sewage backup at MCC New York this morning. The
backup was repaired, affected units were cleaned, and institution elevators returned to
normal operations shortly after noon today.
> » Jake Offenhartz 8/26/2019 1:45 PM > »
Hello,
My name is Jake Offenhartz and I'm a reporter with Gothamist and WNYC, working on a story about reports
we've received of raw sewage flooding jail cells and common areas at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
We're also told that female detainees are being asked to clean up the mess — wondering if BOP can confirm,
and would like to respond?
A J -1!•.!
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muultionaily, attorneys say mein clients were uenieo visitation nynts Ens weeKenu uecause or starling
shortages. In the wake of Epstein's suicide, what steps has the BOP taken to address staffing issues at the
facility?
We'll have a story up around 3 p.m. I can be reached here or by phone at 914 500 3940
Jake
>> > "Brown, Stephen" <sbrown@nydailynews.com> 8/26/2019 3:32 PM >>>
Hello, I'm writing a story on immediate deadline about raw sewage flooding into the women's wing of
MCC. I'm told that the new warden, James Petrucci, even came down to the wing and said his office had
also been flooded.
Attorney-client visits at the jail were canceled today because the flooding impacted elevators. Inmates
were being told they wouldn't get lunch until they cleaned up the cells themselves, according to the
executive director of Federal Defenders, David Patton.
Will attorney-client visits be back on tomorrow? Are inmates responsible for cleaning up their own cells
when toilets flood? How many cells were impacted by the flooding?
Thank you,
Stephen Rex Brown
Manhattan Federal Court reporter
NY DAILY NEWS
917-589-9831
>>> Ray Ormond 8/26/2019 4:13 PM >>>
Kevin - The backup has been repaired, unit cleaned and elevators operational. They were back
to normal operation just after noon today. Apparently the inmates didn't want to clean and
were complaining to the FPD but they had PPE and appropriate cleaning equipment/materials.
J. Ray Ormond
Regional Director
Northeast Region
215-521-7310
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Re: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
From
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To
Lee Plourde
Date
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Subject:
Re: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
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We were looking at a press release format...
»> Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov> 8/26/2019 3:10 PM >»
Today at approximately 7:45 am there was a flood (explain flood) on 2nd floor ( Unit 2, medical sally
port) and 2 pieces of clothing found in the drain pipe that (doesn't read well) was retrieved while
snaking (slang...staff were successful in removing several items that were clogging the drain pipes...something
like that) the drain from a toilet in the cell. To prevent water damage to our elevators we had to temporarily
suspend all visits in the institution.
The appropriate PPE was on site to expedite the cleaning of this incident. As of now the institution has
resumed normal operations and sanitation is completed. If you should have any further questions and or
concerns please feel free to contact me.
Thank you.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Michael Carroll <mwcarroll@bop.gov>
Date: 8/26/19 2:32 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov>
Subject: Re: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
>> > "Michael Carroll" 08/26/2019 14:32 >> >
Thanks
»> Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov> 8/26/2019 2:06 PM »>
Working on it now.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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Date: 8/26/19 2:00 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov>
Subject: Fwd: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
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>> > "Michael Carroll" 08/26/2019 14:00 >>>
Lee, can you please draft up a response for the below inquiry. They want to get back to the reporter by the
end of the day.
Mike
>> > Justin B. Long 8/26/2019 1:58 PM >> >
Mike,
This just came in below with a deadline of 3 pm.
Perhaps Lee could draft something as best he can on short notice for our review (in case I'm advised to
answer this reporter at 3)?
Thanks,
Justin
Justin Long
Public Information Office
Federal Bureau of Prisons
(202) 353-4464
> » Jake Offenhartz 8/26/2019 1:45 PM > > >
Hello,
My name is Jake Offenhartz and I'm a reporter with Gothamist and WNYC, working on a story about reports
we've received of raw sewage flooding jail cells and common areas at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
We're also told that female detainees are being asked to clean up the mess — wondering if BOP can confirm,
and would like to respond?
Additionally, attorneys say their clients were denied visitation rights this weekend because of staffing
shortages. In the wake of Epstein's suicide, what steps has the BOP taken to address staffing issues at the
facility?
We'll have a story up around 3 p.m. I can be reached here or by phone at 914 500 3940
Jake
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Re: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
From
Lee Plourde
To
James PetrucciMarti Licon-Vitale, Michael Carroll
Date
2019/08/26 15:10
Subject:
Re: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
Attachments:
TEXT.htm
Today at approximately 7:45 am there was a flood on 2nd floor ( Unit 2, medical sally port) and 2 pieces of
clothing found in the drain pipe that was retrieved while snaking the drain from a toilet in the cell. To
prevent water damage to our elevators we had to temporarily suspend all visits in the institution.
The appropriate PPE was on site to expedite the cleaning of this incident. As of now the institution has
resumed normal operations and sanitation is completed. If you should have any further questions and or
concerns please feel free to contact me.
Thank you.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Michael Carroll <mwcarroll@bop.gov>
Date: 8/26/19 2:32 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov>
Subject: Re: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
>> > "Michael Carroll" 08/26/2019 14:32 >>>
Thanks
>> > Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov> 8/26/2019 2:06 PM >>>
Working on it now.
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Michael Carroll <mwcarroll@bop.gov>
Date: 8/26/19 2:00 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov>
Subject: Fwd: Media inquiry - WNYC/Gothamist - re: flooding at MCC
>> > "Michael Carroll" 08/26/2019 14:00 >>>
Lee, can you please draft up a response for the below inquiry. They want to get back to the reporter by the
end of the day.
hAiLea
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>> > Justin B. Long 8/26/2019 1:58 PM >>>
Mike,
This just came in below with a deadline of 3 pm.
Perhaps Lee could draft something as best he can on short notice for our review (in case I'm advised to
answer this reporter at 3)?
Thanks
Justin
Justin Long
Public Information Office
Federal Bureau of Prisons
(202) 353-4464
> » Jake Offenhartz 8/26/2019 1:45 PM >> >
Hello,
My name is Jake Offenhartz and I'm a reporter with Gothamist and WNYC, working on a story about reports
we've received of raw sewage flooding jail cells and common areas at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
We're also told that female detainees are being asked to clean up the mess —wondering if BOP can confirm,
and would like to respond?
Additionally, attorneys say their clients were denied visitation rights this weekend because of staffing
shortages. In the wake of Epstein's suicide, what steps has the BOP taken to address staffing issues at the
facility?
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Watchdog Group Tallies 2.310 Conflicts of Interest Associated With President
Trump's Businesses // Courtney Buble
Report highlights an unprecedented mix of presidential affairs and personal business.
Bu 'get Talks Will Break Down if White House Bypasses Congress to Gut
Foreign Aid, Pelosi Warns // Erich Wagner
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Move comes in the aftermath of financier Jeffrey Epstein's suicide at a Manhattan federal
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Viewpoint' It Matters Whether Americans Call Afghanistan a
Defeat // Jim Golby and Peter Feaver
The public's judgment about whether the United States won or lost the war will affect civilian-
military relations for years to come.
'Nn Cnmrnent'• FmaiiS Shnw the VA Tank Nn Antinn to Snare Veterans Frnm a
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Harsh Trump Immigration
Policy // Yeganeh Torbati, Isaac Arnsdorf and Dara Lind
The VA's approach differs sharply from the Pentagon's, which won an exemption for active-duty
members of the military.
Before Trump Eyed Greenland: Here's What Happened Last Time The U.S.
Bought a Large Chunk Of The Arctic // William L. Iggiagruk Hensley
In 1867, the U.S. bought Alaska from Tsar Alexander II for a tidy sum of $7.2 million. Trump
probably wouldn't be able to get that kind of bargain for Greenland.
General's Sexual Assault Accuser Was Deemed a Toxic. Self-Centered Abuser.'
New Dots Reveal // Marcus Weisgerber and Kevin Baron
Hundreds of previously unseen pages of two investigations paint Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser
as an abusive coworker with motive for revenge against Gen. John Hyten.
Agencies Faced 31,000 Cyber Incidents Last Year, But Gave Up No Major
Breaches // Jack Corrigan
The total number of incidents the government experienced last year dropped 12% from 2017,
according to the Office of Management and Budget.
Vaping Craze Prompts New State Taxes // Elaine S. Povich
The goal: reduce vaping among young people.
USDA Distributes Millions to Boost Energy Efficiency for Rural Farmers and
Businesses // Brandi Vincent
The funding is appropriated through the Rural Energy for America Program.
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President Trump speaks to the media as he arrives on Air Force One in Greenville,
N.C., on Wednesday. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Emily Davies
THE BIG IDEA: President Trump has soured on hiring
generals, whom he stocked his administration with at the
beginning. Remember John Kelly, Jim Maths, Michael Flynn
and H.R. McMaster.
But the billionaire's fondness has grown for stocking
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the Cabinet with lobbyists, lawyers and executives
from the corporate class. Interior Secretary David
Bernhardt was an oil industry lobbyist. Environmental
Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler was a
coal lobbyist. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex
Azar was a pharmaceutical executive. Personnel is policy,
and these men are pursuing for Trump what Steve Bannon
famously called "the deconstruction of the administrative
state."
Trump's announcement last night that he will nominate
Eugene Scalia to replace Alex Acosta as the next labor
secretary offers the freshest, and maybe even starkest,
example. Scalia, the son of the late Antonin Scalia, has
spent most of his career at a white-shoe law firm helping
Corporate America thwart federal regulations and fighting
various organizing efforts by employees. The 55-year-old is
active in the Federalist Society and a partner in the D.C.
office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.
His biography on the law firm's website touts legal work he's
done on behalf of Ford Motor, Steve Wynn's casinos, UBS,
UPS, MetLife, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the
American Petroleum Institute, the Business Roundtable,
plus the main telecommunications and retail industry trade
associations. His bio also outlines some of the fights he's
waged, often successfully, against regulations or
enforcement actions by the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the
Labor Department, the Commodity Futures Trading
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Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.
In a 2012 profile, the Wall Street Journal called Scalia "one
of the industry's go-to guys for challenging financial
regulations."
In a review of his record, today's New York Times highlights
three other cases: "In 2006, he helped Walmart triumph in a
prominent fight against a Maryland law that would have
required companies with more than 10,000 workers to either
spend at least 8 percent of their payroll costs on health care,
or pay into a state Medicaid fund. He argued that allowing
individual states to establish health care mandates would
create chaos and that the federal government should
address the issue of rising health care costs. Mr. Scalia also
defended Boeing in a politically charged case. A union
representing the company's workers in Washington State
argued that Boeing had violated labor law by threatening to
open another assembly plant in South Carolina unless the
union agreed to a no-strike clause in its contract."
-- The impetus for Acosia's re_signation l_astEriday was
his 2008 plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein, but another huge
factor was that corporate chieftains didn't think the
secretary was being aggressive enough in trying to roll
back protections for their workers. It has been widely
reported that acting White House chief of staff Mick
Mulvaney, who confessed last year while speaking to Wall
Street bankers that as a member of Congress he did not
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Eugene Scalia talks with then-Sen. Kit Bond before Scalia's confirmation hearing to be
solicitor of the Labor Department in 2001. (Tom Williams/Roll CalVGetty Images)
-- Scalia will almost certainly be confirmed easily by
the Republican-controlled Senate. In 2002, however,
George W. Bush used a recess appointment to subvert
the opposition of the Senate and install Scalia as
acting solicitor at the Labor Department. The
Democratic-controlled chamber blocked Scalia's
nomination because of his outspoken antagonism
toward unions and opposition of the ergonomics rule,
which protected workers from repetitive stress injuries
on the job. It had been a priority for Bill Clinton during his
final year in office.
"Ergonomic regulation will force companies to give more rest
periods, slow the pace of work and then hire more workers
(read: dues-paying members) to maintain current levels of
production," Scalia wrote in an op-ed for the Journal in 2000.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a
veteran of that battle, lamented last night that "Trump
has again chosen someone who has proven to put
corporate interests over those of worker rights." He
added that "union members who believed candidate Trump
when he campaigned as pro-worker should feel betrayed."
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The younger Scalia, who graduated from the University of
Chicago Law School and studied at the University of Virginia
as an undergraduate, also worked as a special assistant to
Bill Barr during his previous tour of duty as attorney general
under George H.W. Bush. And he wrote speeches for
Ronald Reagan's education secretary William Bennett.
-- Meanwhile, Trump's pending nominee for secretary
of defense, Army Secretary Mark Esper, spent years as
a top lobbyist for Raytheon, which received $18.1 billion
in unclassified defense contracts last year. He was elevated
to acting secretary last month after Patrick Shanahan, a
former top Boeing executive, withdrew after details emerged
about a contentious divorce, including an incident in which
his son attacked his ex-wife with a baseball bat.
At his confirmation hearing this week before the Senate
Armed Services Committee, Esper declined to extend a 24-
month ethics commitment he signed upon joining the
administration in 2017. That means that, after November, he
will no longer need to steer clear of decisions involving
Raytheon. Esper also declined to commit to not working for
a private defense company for the four years after he leaves
the Pentagon. (The Center for Responsive Politics has a
lengthy list of lobbyists who got sub-Cabinet jobs in the
Trump administration.)
-- There are daily proof points that the former lobbyists
in the administration are advancing Trump's quest to
eviscerate the administrative state. Just last night, for
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rejected a petition by environmental and public health
groups to ban a widely used pesticide that has been
linked to neurological damage in children, even though
a federal court said last year there was "no
justification" for such a decision.
"The Obama administration had proposed in 2015 to revoke
all uses of chlorpyrifos after EPA scientists determined that
existing evidence did not meet the agency's threshold of a
`reasonable certainty of no harm,' given exposure levels in
Americans' food supply and drinking water," Brady Dennis
and Juliet Eilperin report. "EPA staffers cited studies of
families exposed to it in apartment buildings and agricultural
communities that found lower birth weight and reduced IQ,
among other effects. But before the ban was finalized, in
March 2017, then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt rejected
the agency's own analysis, saying the agency would
reassess the science underpinning that decision. ... That
action, welcomed by the pesticide industry and Agriculture
Department officials who had questioned the EPA's
findings, led to the latest court fight."
-- Part of the battle to deconstruct the administrative
state is a war of attrition. Two research agencies at the
Agriculture Department are uprooting from D.C. to
Kansas City this fall, for instance, but many staffers
have decided to give up their jobs rather than move,
prompting concerns of hollowed-out offices unable to
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reassignments," Ben Guarino reports. "Ninety-nine of 171
employees at the Economic Research Service, an influential
federal statistical agency, will not move. At the National
Institute of Food and Agriculture, which manages a $1.7
billion portfolio in scientific funding, 151 of 224 employees
declined to relocate. ... Jack Payne, University of Florida's
vice president for agriculture and natural resources, warned
that the hemorrhage of employees will devastate ERS and
NIFA. `This is the brain drain we all feared, possibly a
destruction of the agencies,' Payne said."
-- The Trump administration has been chipping away at
post-9/11 programs designed to prevent terrorism in
the United States. A new Los Angeles Times investigation
found that multiple programs under the Department of
Homeland Security, aimed at detecting and preventing
terrorism, have been cut back or dismantled entirely without
rigorous risk assessments.
-- As a result of retirements and a federal hiring freeze,
the number of compliance safety and health officers
tasked with conducting workplace inspections at
OSHA — which is part of the Labor Department — has
been falling since Trump took office, despite public
pledges from Acosta that he'd boost the number of such
officers on the beat.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING:
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris speak simultaneously during the
Democratic primary debate in Miami on June 27. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
-- Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will face off again in the
next two-night debate at the end of July, while the
ideologically aligned Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth
Warren will appear together the other night. CNN, which
is hosting the debate, held a televised, live drawing last night
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to determine the lineups. Joining Sanders and Warren on
the first night, July 30, will be Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke,
Amy Klobuchar, Steve Bullock, Tim Ryan, John
Hickenlooper, John Delaney and Marianne Williamson. The
next night, July 31, with Biden and Harris, will be Julian
Castro, Andrew Yang, Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, Bill
de Blasio, Michael Bennet, Tulsi Gabbard and Jay Inslee.
"The Democratic field is the most diverse ever and yet
all five minority candidates ended up on the same
night," Colby Itkowitz notes. "Who is matched with whom
can shift the trajectory of the race, as Harris showed in the
first debate when she went after Biden on the issue of
busing. The aftershocks of that moment were felt for days
later, culminating in Biden giving a major speech defending
his civil rights record. A rematch gives Harris another shot to
handicap Biden, while Biden gets an opportunity for a do-
over after his fumbling performance last time. ... For
socialist democrat Sanders and capitalist Warren, who
are vying for many of the same far-left voters, their
matchup allows them the chance to differentiate. It also
denies Sanders a chance to go after Biden, whom he
competes with for the populist and working-class vote. In the
past week, Sanders has targeted Biden for not embracing
Medicare-for-all, providing a preview of how hard he planned
to go after Biden if given the opportunity."
-- The debate in Detroit could be a season finale for as
many as half the candidates who have made the stage,
as they struggle to meet the higher qualification
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requirements that will go into effect tor later televised
gatherings. (Annie Linskey and Michael Scherer)
-- Unionized campaign organizers working for Sanders
are clashing with the campaign manager, according to
internal communications leaked to Sean Sullivan:
"Campaign field hires have demanded an annual salary they
say would be equivalent to a $15-an-hour wage, which
Sanders for years has said should be the federal minimum.
The organizers and other employees supporting them have
invoked the senator's words and principles in making their
case to campaign manager Faiz Shakir. A review of emails,
instant messages and other documents obtained by The
Post show that the conflict dates back to at least May and
remains unresolved. ... The Sanders campaign made
history in March when it announced that all employees below
the rank of deputy director would be represented by a union.
The Warren and Castro campaigns followed suit."
The Sanders campaign responds that it's offering
wages and benefits competitive with other campaigns,
pointing to the latest fundraising reports. "Bernie
Sanders is the most pro-worker and pro-labor candidate
running for president," Shakir emails. "Bernie and I both
strongly believe in the sanctity of the collective bargaining
process and we will not deviate from our commitment to it."
-- A new Pew poll finds that Democratic voters are
relatively satisfied with their choices for president. The
level of excitement is comparable to 2008 and significantly
hiaher than in 2016.
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GET SMART FAST:
Trump says U.S. shot down Iranian drone over Strait of Hormuz
A U.S. naval ship downed an Iranian drone that 1.
flew too close and ignored multiple calls to turn
away. Speaking at the White House, Trump said the
drone came within 1,000 yards of the USS Boxer in the
Strait of Hormuz before the crew "took defensive action"
and "immediately destroyed" it, per Dan Lamothe and
Liz Sly. In New York, meanwhile, Iranian Foreign
Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that if Congress
lifts sanctions against the country, Tehran will commit
firmly to allowing international inspections of its nuclear
program, per Carol Morello.
2. An alleged Islamic State fighter and American
citizen has returned to the United States,
transported by the U.S. military to face terrorism-
related charges. He was previously held by the U.S.-
backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which has custody
of more than 2,000 foreign Islamic State fighters. (CNN)
3. Millions of opioid pills found their way to the
remote city of Norton in southwestern Virginia's
coal country. Over the course of seven years, from
2006 through 2012, the local Walmart received more
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than 3.5 million opioids. The CVS received more than
1.3 million. Those numbers come from a Washington
Post analysis of a newly released Drug Enforcement
Administration database that shows that the
pharmaceutical industry pumped out 76 billion pills over
that seven-year period. (Joel Achenbach)
4. The New Jersey judge who said a 16-year-old boy
accused of sexual assault should not be tried as an
adult because he came from a "good family"
resigned under pressure. And another New Jersey
judge who asked a woman if she had attempted to close
her legs to stop being raped has been suspended by the
state's high court. (Timothy Bella)
5. The Senate agreed to vote Tuesday on legislation
that would extend a victims compensation fund for
9/11 workers. The chamber will consider amendments
by conservative Mike Lee to stiffen oversight of the
spending and from Rand Paul to demand spending cuts
as offsets. But the bill has 75 co-sponsors in the Senate
and is expected to easily pass. (Felicia Sonmez and
Devlin Barrett)
6. Boeing said the grounding of its 737 Max jets
would reduce its revenue and earnings by $5.6
billion in the second quarter, the largest financial
effect of two deadly crashes of the jetliner so far.
(Douglas MacMillan)
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"chairperson," and "manhole" will change to
"maintenance hole" — at least in the city's
municipal code. In an effort to make Berkeley more
inclusive for its non-binary residents, the city council
voted to make the language more gender neutral,
following a city clerk review that found that the municipal
code primarily contained masculine pronouns. (Kayla
Epstein)
8. The Federal Trade Commission is considering
updates to the children's online privacy law, a
process that could change underage engagement on
YouTube, Instagram, Fortnite and more. (Tony Romm
and Craig Timberg)
9. Russia continues its campaign of harassment
against American diplomats in Moscow. The
Kremlin refused visas for 30 new teachers at a school
that educates the children of Western diplomats. The
school, overseen by U.S., British and Canadian
embassies, has 1,100 children from more than 60
countries. Vladimir Putin is trying to bully the U.S. into
rolling back restrictions that were put in place by the
Obama administration for 2016 election interference.
(Associated Press)
-- Best headline of the week, and of course it's from
Florida: "Five guys arrested after fist fight at Five Guys."
(Orlando Sentinel)
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Puerto Rico protests: Police fire tear gas during anti-Rossello demonstrations
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS:
1. Tens of thousands of Puerto Rican protesters
continue to occupy the blue cobblestone streets of
Old San Juan to demand that Gov. Ricardo
Rossello resign amid allegations of corruption and
the revelation of a scandalous group chat
involving his inner circle. The mobilization against
the 40-year-old, who has refused to leave the governor's
mansion, known as the Fortress, represents one of the
largest demonstrations of public repudiation of the
Puerto Rican government in its history. (Arelis R.
Hernandez and Jeff Stein)
2. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he's
making progress in negotiating a budget deal with
Democrats but that significant provisions remained
unresolved. Mnuchin, in an interview on CNBC from
France, said negotiators had agreed to "top line"
spending numbers for 2020 and 2021. Some lawmakers
expressed concern that a rift among White House
advisers could imperil the deal at a final stage of
negotiations. (Damian Paletta, Erica Werner and
Yasmeen Abutaleb)
3. A federal judge said he is skeptical that there is
enough evidence to convict Michael Flynn's former
business partner of illegally lobbying for Turkey
after the former national security adviser failed to
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declined for the moment to throw out the case against
Bijan Rafiekian, an Iranian American businessman who
ran a consulting firm with Flynn called the Flynn Intel
Group. But the judge can revisit the concerns he
expressed after hearing all the government's evidence,
before or after the case goes to a jury. (Rachel Weiner)
4. Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed while he awaits
trial on new allegations that he sexually abused
children. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman issued a
33-page written decision, saying that he was "concerned
for new victims" and that Epstein's alleged sexual
conduct with young girls "appears likely to be
uncontrollable." (Renae Merle and Matt Zapotosky)
5. She famously flipped off the president. Now Juli
Briskman is running for the Loudoun County
Board of Supervisors. (Petula Dvorak)
6. Big Bird, Elmo and the rest of "Sesame Street" will
make history as the first television program to
receive the nation's performing arts award at the
Kennedy Center Honors in December. Actress Sally
Field, singer Linda Ronstadt and R&B band Earth Wind
& Fire will also be recognized for their lifetime
achievements. Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is the
fifth honoree. (Peggy McGlone)
'Welcome home, Ilhanr: Crowd cheers as Rep. Omar arrives in Minnesota
DIVIDED AMERICA:
-- The newest rallying cry for Trump supporters -
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"Send her back!" — is reverberating across a divided
nation fraught with racial tension. We deployed reporters
in 10 states to collect reactions from voters to the
president's racist tweets and the chants from an almost
entirely white crowd at his rally in North Carolina. Toluse
Olorunnipa weaves the choice quotes together to paint a
portrait of an America riven by racial discord:
"Mary Thomas, who works at a restaurant near Wayne State
University in Detroit, says the countrys racial climate is the
worst she's seen in her 60 years — a period that includes
Detroit's 1967 race riots when the National Guard was
deployed. Thomas, who is black, blames Trump. 'I think he's
racist,' she said. `I really think he is.'
"Dan Wendel, a Boston contractor, had a different view
about Trump's attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and
three other congresswomen. `You really want to know? I love
it!' he said outside a building he was working on in Southie,
a gentrifying working-class neighborhood of Boston. A 10-
minute drive from Southie, in the racially mixed
neighborhood of Dorchester, Trish Mullen said she has
never felt as unsafe as she does with Trump as president.
`It's just embarrassing that we have someone representing
our country that's just foul,' said Mullen, who came to the
United States from the Philippines when she was 5.
"In Baton Rouge, Tammy Harrison said Trump's
comments were being exaggerated by the media. The 60-
year-old Republican said she agreed with the president's
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comments. ... In Harrison's view, Trump's remarks targeting
the four congresswomen were about ideology, not race.
"In Colorado, Diana Higuera said the chants that emanated
from the North Carolina rally reminded her of the fraught
political situations in country she left to come to the United
States. The situation in my country right now is not in good
shape, and now I'm not so sure how safe this country is
becoming,' said Higuera, 47, who came to the United States
in 2005 from Venezuela to study for a master's degree. 'As
a foreigner, now I don't feel safe — even though I'm
naturalized — I still have an accent, and I speak Spanish to
my kids.'
"Robert Hall, 33, who designs Blackfeet language
curriculum for schools on the nation's reservation in
northwestern Montana, said he was entirely unsurprised by
way the crowd responded at the rally. 'We know it's racism,'
Hall said. 'To me it's baffling. I don't understand why racist
people don't just look us in the eye and say, 'Yes, I'm racist.'
Liberate yourselves, then we can have an honest
conversation."
Trump falsely says he stopped 'send her back' chants
-- More coverage:
• Star Tribune: "Supporters rally around Ilhan Omar
following 'Send her back!' attacks. A crowd of cheering
supporters at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International
Airport was a loud counterpoint to a turbulent week."
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• Ashley Harker: "How a racist tweet became a I rump
rally chant in three short days."
• Fact Checker Sal Rizzo: "Trump falsely claims he tried
to stop 'Send her back!' chants."
• Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen: "In
Trump's vision of a white America, immigrants should
be grateful and servile."
• Jen aiter_Hassan,_Kayla_Ep_stein_and Adam Taylor:
"Angela Merkel says she rejects Trump's racist
remarks, stands 'in solidarity' with Ilhan Omar."
• Eugene Robinson: "Trump has become the voice of
insecure white Americans."
• David Maraniss: "A racist chant is not what patriotism
looks like."
• ABC News: "US government routinely sues companies
for language that mirrors Trump's racist 'go back'
tweets."
-- Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who was at the rally,
defended the president. He said he had no control over
the crowd and likened it to a rock concert. (Felicia Sonmez,
Rachael Bade and Seung Min Kim)
-- The Marine Corps confronted Rep. Duncan Hunter
(R-Calif.) over his use of its official emblem and slogan
in a mailer that targeted three Muslim officials. Through
a cease-and-desist letter to Hunter, the Marine Corps
demanded that he no longer use its official emblem nor the
motto "No better friend, no worse enemy" in campaign ads.
The advertisement included photographs of Omar (D-
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Najjar, who is challenging Hunter for his seat. (NBC News)
ESPN's Dan Le Batard, ripping Trump, derided his
network's no-politics policy: "There's a racial division in
this country that's being instigated by the president, and we
here at ESPN haven't had the stomach for that fight," Le
Batard said Thursday on his daily radio show. (D_es_Bieler)
-- The Philadelphia Police Department will fire 13
officers who paired endorsements of violence with
racism and homophobia in a slew of derogatory
Facebook posts unearthed by an advocacy group. Reis
Thebault reports: "The officers, one of whom was a
sergeant, were among the 72 removed from street duty and
placed on administrative leave in June, when the department
announced its sweeping investigation into social media
activity published by the nonprofit Plain View Project. The
group examined Facebook pages of 3,500 current and
former officers at eight departments across the country, and
its findings spurred internal investigations from Phoenix to
Lake County, Fla. In Philadelphia, the Plain View Project
identified some 3,100 offensive or potentially offensive posts
from 328 active-duty police officers. Of that number, the
most offensive were placed on leave while a department-
hired law firm probed the matter, Commissioner Richard
Ross said at a news conference. In addition to the officers
that will be dismissed, four others will be suspended for a
month."
-- Trump has helped to unite House Democrats, who
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are moving to quiet the searing internal feud that
threatened to spin out of control last week — starting
with the deletion of explosive tweets that helped spark
the infighting. "The detente is expected to continue next
week, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)
tentatively scheduled to meet Thursday with Rep. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)," Mike DeBonis reports. "The
leaders of the House Democratic Caucus and three
ideological subcaucuses — the Congressional Progressive
Caucus, the New Democrat Coalition and the Blue Dog
Coalition — issued a joint statement Thursday calling their
united ranks a `diverse, robust and passionate family' that is
`dedicated to making life better for everyday Americans.- A
House Democratic aide calls it a "collective de-
escalation."
Court documents reveal Trump, Cohen spoke frequently during Stormy Daniels
payment
TRUMP'S CREDIBILITY CHASM:
-- Newly unsealed court documents show that Trump
communicated repeatedly with his lawyer Michael
Cohen amid the election year scramble to keep quiet
allegations that Trump previously had an affair with an
adult-film actress. Devlin Barrett, Rosalind S. Helderman
and Tom Hamburger report: "The documents were released
... at the direction of a federal judge in New York, who
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campaign finance violations had ended. Trump and those
close to him long said they wereunaware that Cohen
had bought the women's silence, but phone calls and
text messages documented by the FBI suggest they
were closely involved. Prosecutors submitted a search
warrant from 2018, with newly unredacted sections
describing the FBI's investigation into payments Cohen
arranged to two women who claimed to have had affairs with
Trump: the porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy
model, Karen McDougal. ...
"When Hope Hicks testified before the House Judiciary
Committee last month, she said she was 'never present' at a
time when Cohen and Trump discussed Daniels. ... The
House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether
Hicks lied to Congress, according to an official with
knowledge of the matter who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to describe internal discussions. The committee's
chairman, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) wrote to Hicks late
Thursday demanding that she appear again to clarify the
discrepancies between her prior testimony and what was
unsealed earlier in the day. A lawyer for Hicks declined to
comment. ... Four days before the search warrants were
executed, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he
had been unaware of the payments. ... During
congressional testimony in February, Cohen released copies
of checks he received to reimburse him for the payment,
including a check signed by Trump while he was serving as
president."
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-- House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
said the documents prove definitively that "Trump was
intimately involved in devising and executing a corrupt
scheme to prevent his affair ... from being revealed in
the final weeks of the 2016 election."
-- Cohen issued a statement from prison, where he's
serving a three-year term after pleading guilty to
arranging the illegal payments at Trump's direction: "I
and members of The Trump Organization were directed by
Mr. Trump to handle the Stormy Daniels matter; including
making the hush money payment." He added that the
investigation ending without charges for those at Trump's
business "should be of great concern to the American
people and investigated by Congress and The Department
of Justice."
-- The president's current lawyer Jay Sekulow had little
to say. He sent a terse, two-word statement: "Case
closed."
-- Read the 269 pages of search warrants for yourself.
-- Looking to Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers hope
to use former special counsel Bob Mueller's public
testimony to revisit dramatic episodes in which Trump
attempted to derail or interfere with the investigation of
Russian interference in the 2016 election. (Helderman
and Hamburger explore the strategy4
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Formerly-detained Salvadoran journalist speaks out on his experiences
THE IMMIGRATION WARS:
-- "A Spanish-language journalist covered ICE
detention. Then he lived through it," by Marisa lati:
"There were bugs, and the showers were cold. Air
conditioning was not available, but the heat was turned on
inexplicably. If you didn't have family in the United States to
send money for food, you would go hungry. Those are just
some of the conditions Manuel Duran described after he
was released from a U.S. immigration detention center. As a
journalist in Memphis, Duran had been reporting on
immigration enforcement officials and sordid conditions for
more than a decade by the time they took him into custody
last year.
"Duran, a native of El Salvador, had been working for the
Spanish-language news outlet Memphis Noticias. On April
3, 2018, Duran was reporting on a demonstration
against local police helping Immigration and Customs
Enforcement when Memphis police arrested him while
they were trying to clear people from the street.
Instead of releasing Duran from jail, his attorneys said
he was turned over to ICE and brought on an eight-hour
bus ride to the LaSalle detention center in Jena, La. —
without access to a bathroom and with his wrists, ankles
and waist in shackles.
"Migrants did not get enough food at any of the four
facilities where Duran was held, he said. ... They had to
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buy rations with money sent by their tamilies, and it they
didn't have relatives in the United States, the migrants would
go hungry. The holding facilities were infested with
cockroaches and spiders, Duran said. At Etowah County
Detention Center in Alabama, he said he had to bathe
with cold water from hoses for two months. The air
conditioner was being repaired for most of the spring,
Duran said, and the heat was turned on at one point for
no clear reason, making it difficult for the migrants to
sleep."
-- While an undocumented Guatemalan woman waited
to see her 12-year-old son in U.S. custody, a U.S.
Customs and Border Protection agent allegedly asked
her to watch a live video of him masturbating. Abigail
Hauslohner and Maria Sacchetti report: "'I felt like the world
was falling on top of me,' said the 48-year-old woman, an
undocumented immigrant who came to the country from
Guatemala and now lives in California. She spoke on the
condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution from the
agent and other immigration authorities. 'I felt my son is in
the hands of a bad man.-
-- After losing her mother and grandparents in
Honduras, 13-year-old Heydi Gamez Garcia waited and
waited for her father to join her in America. But by the
time her father was granted two-week parole from an
ICE detention center, his daughter was in a hospital
bed, brain-dead from a suicide attempt. The_N_eAciork
Times reports: "Heydi's short life story is much like those of
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making their way to the United States over the past five
years, petitioning for asylum from the turmoil of their
homelands and hoping that the challenges of building a new
life in an unfamiliar country will not be greater than the ones
they left behind."
-- "The Trump administration is considering a virtual
shutdown of refugee admissions next year — cutting
the number to nearly zero — according to three people
familiar with the plan," Politico reports.
-- Severe dehydration is devastating migrants in South
Texas. The Texas Tribune reports that the Border Patrol's
Rio Grande Valley Sector has encountered 64 migrants with
rhabdomyolysis this year — a condition that can break down
muscle tissue and lead to renal failure. Last year, the same
sector encountered half as many cases as rhabdomyolysis,
and there are over two months left in the period. "Rio Grande
Valley Sector Chief Rodolfo Karisch said agents in his
sector, who spend about 60% of their time on humanitarian
response duties — as opposed to border enforcement —
are taking about 30 migrants per day to the emergency
room. He has also set aside one of his Border Patrol
stations — in Weslaco — as an infirmary where patients
can be quarantined," the Tribune reports.
-- The Lord's Prayer filled the marble dome of the
Russell Senate Office Building on Thursday as 70
Catholic sisters, clergy and parishioners were led away
in handcuffs. "Forgive us our trespasses," the
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demonstrators recited, "as we forgive those who trespass
against us." On a "Catholic Day of Action," hundreds of
Catholics gathered outside the Capitol to protest Trump's
treatment of migrants. (Marissa Lang)
-- "Trump's new asylum rule will guarantee more
separated families," explains Lindsay Harris, an assistant
professor of law at the University of the District of Columbia.
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
A day after he sought to distance himself from a chant of
"Send her back!" by his supporters, Trump lashed out at the
media for its coverage of the episode at his rally that
followed his repeated attacks aimed at the four minority
congresswomen. In tweets this morning, Trump
characterized the coverage of his rally in Greenville, N.C., as
"crazed" and complained that media was "totally calm &
accepting" of what he said were "vile and disgusting
statements" made by the freshman lawmakers:
The ABC affiliate in Lynchburg, Va., posted this picture from
a church:
Our Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic noted that the chants
against "the Squad" are also sexist:
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Scott Walker, the former RGA chair, attacked Jay Inslee,
the former DGA chair, and Inslee clapped back:
A former senior adviser to Barack Obama criticized CNN's
live drawing for the next debates :
Baseball Prospectus wrote a scouting report on a very good
boy:
From a Democratic consultant:
CBS has a lighter story on a day with heavy news:
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Stephen Colbert covered Trump's North Carolina rally:
House Chaplain Pat Conroy opened the House of
Representatives legislative session on Thursday by praying
to "cast out" the "darker spirits" in the chamber:
House chaplain prays to 'cast out all spirits of darkness'
A New York television reporter doggedly questioned Rand
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Paul about his objections to the bill for 9/11 first responders:
The trailer for the "Top Gun" sequel dropped. It looks
awesome:
And a community center in Frankfurt, Germany, is bridging
the gap between refugees and locals:
Native Germans and refugees collaborate to build 'a new social sculpture'
Finally, many are circulating this video of Colin Powell in
2008 in the wake of the North Carolina chants:
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Trump nominating Scalia's son to lead Labor is the
latest salvo in his war on the administrative state
President Trump speaks to the media as he arrives on Air Force One in Greenville, N.C., on Wednesday.
(Carolyn Kaster/AP)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Emily Davies
THE BIG IDEA: President Trump has soured on hiring generals,
whom he stocked his administration with at the beginning. Remember
John Kelly, Jim Mattis, Michael Flynn and H.R. McMaster.
But the billionaire's fondness has grown for stocking the Cabinet
with lobbyists, lawyers and executives from the corporate class.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was an oil industry lobbyist.
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler was a
coal lobbyist. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar was a
pharmaceutical executive. Personnel is policy, and these men are
pursuing for Trump what Steve Bannon famously called "the
deconstruction of the administrative state."
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Trump's announcement last night that he will nominate Eugene
Scalia to replace Alex Acosta as the next labor secretary offers the
freshest, and maybe even starkest, example. Scalia, the son of the
late Antonin Scalia, has spent most of his career at a white-shoe law
firm helping Corporate America thwart federal regulations and fighting
various organizing efforts by employees. The 55-year-old is active in the
Federalist Society and a partner in the D.C. office of Gibson, Dunn &
Crutcher.
His biography on the law firm's website touts legal work he's done on
behalf of Ford Motor, Steve Wynn's casinos, UBS, UPS, MetLife, the
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Petroleum Institute, the
Business Roundtable, plus the main telecommunications and retail
industry trade associations. His bio also outlines some of the fights he's
waged, often successfully, against regulations or enforcement actions
by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Securities and
Exchange Commission, the Labor Department, the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.
In a 2012 profile, the Wall Street Journal called Scalia "one of the
industry's go-to guys for challenging financial regulations."
In a review of his record, today's New York Times highlights three other
cases: "In 2006, he helped Walmart triumph in a prominent fight against
a Maryland law that would have required companies with more than
10,000 workers to either spend at least 8 percent of their payroll costs
on health care, or pay into a state Medicaid fund. He argued that
allowing individual states to establish health care mandates would
create chaos and that the federal government should address the issue
of rising health care costs. Mr. Scalia also defended Boeing in a
politically charged case. A union representing the company's workers in
Washington State argued that Boeing had violated labor law by
threatening to open another assembly plant in South Carolina unless the
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union agreed to a no-strike clause in its contract."
-- The impetus for Acosta's resignation last Friday was his 2008
plea deal for Jeffrey Epstein, but another huge factor was that
corporate chieftains didn't think the secretary was being
aggressive enough in trying to roll back protections for their
workers. It has been widely reported that acting White House chief of
staff Mick Mulvaney, who confessed last year while speaking to Wall
Street bankers that as a member of Congress he did not meet with
lobbyists unless they gave him money, chewed out Acosta during a
meeting earlier this year and subsequently sought to oust him.
Eugene Scalia talks with then-Sen. Kit Bond before Scalia's confirmation hearing to be solicitor of the Labor
Department in 2001. (Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images)
-- Scalia will almost certainly be confirmed easily by the
Republican-controlled Senate. In 2002, however, George W. Bush
used a recess appointment to subvert the opposition of the Senate
and install Scalia as acting solicitor at the Labor Department. The
Democratic-controlled chamber blocked Scalia's nomination
because of his outspoken antagonism toward unions and
opposition of the ergonomics rule, which protected workers from
repetitive stress injuries on the job. It had been a priority for Bill
Clinton during his final year in office.
"Ergonomic regulation will force companies to give more rest periods,
slow the pace of work and then hire more workers (read: dues-paying
members) to maintain current levels of production," Scalia wrote in an
oo-ed for the Journal in 2000.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), a veteran of that
battle, lamented last night that "Trump has again chosen someone
who has proven to put corporate interests over those of worker
rights." He added that "union members who believed candidate Trump
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when he campaigned as pro-worker should feel betrayed."
The younger Scalia, who graduated from the University of Chicago Law
School and studied at the University of Virginia as an undergraduate,
also worked as a special assistant to Bill Barr during his previous tour of
duty as attorney general under George H.W. Bush. And he wrote
speeches for Ronald Reagan's education secretary William Bennett.
-- Meanwhile, Trump's pending nominee for secretary of defense,
Army Secretary Mark Esper, spent years as a top lobbyist for
Raytheon, which received $18.1 billion in unclassified defense
contracts last year. He was elevated to acting secretary last month after
Patrick Shanahan, a former top Boeing executive, withdrew after details
emerged about a contentious divorce, including an incident in which his
son attacked his ex-wife with a baseball bat.
At his confirmation hearing this week before the Senate Armed Services
Committee, Esper declined to extend a 24-month ethics commitment he
signed upon joining the administration in 2017. That means that, after
November, he will no longer need to steer clear of decisions involving
Raytheon. Esper also declined to commit to not working for a private
defense company for the four years after he leaves the Pentagon. (The
Center for Responsive Politics has a lengthy list of lobbyists who got sub-
Cabinet jobs in the Trump administration.)
-- There are daily proof points that the former lobbyists in the
administration are advancing Trump's quest to eviscerate the
administrative state. Just last night, for example, the
Environmental Protection Agency quietly rejected a petition by
environmental and public health groups to ban a widely used
pesticide that has been linked to neurological damage in children,
even though a federal court said last year there was "no
justification" for such a decision.
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"The Obama administration had proposed in 2015 to revoke all uses of
chlorpyrifos after EPA scientists determined that existing evidence did
not meet the agency's threshold of a `reasonable certainty of no harm,'
given exposure levels in Americans' food supply and drinking water,"
Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin report. "EPA staffers cited studies of
families exposed to it in apartment buildings and agricultural
communities that found lower birth weight and reduced IQ, among other
effects. But before the ban was finalized, in March 2017, then-EPA
Administrator Scott Pruitt rejected the agency's own analysis, saying the
agency would reassess the science underpinning that decision. ... That
action, welcomed by the pesticide industry and Agriculture Department
officials who had questioned the EPA's findings, led to the latest court
fight."
-- Part of the battle to deconstruct the administrative state is a war
of attrition. Two research agencies at the Agriculture Department
are uprooting from D.C. to Kansas City this fall, for instance, but
many staffers have decided to give up their jobs rather than move,
prompting concerns of hollowed-out offices unable to adequately
fund or inform agricultural science. "About two-thirds of the USDA
employees declined their reassignments," Ben Guarino reports. "Ninety-
nine of 171 employees at the Economic Research Service, an influential
federal statistical agency, will not move. At the National Institute of Food
and Agriculture, which manages a $1.7 billion portfolio in scientific
funding, 151 of 224 employees declined to relocate. ... Jack Payne,
University of Florida's vice president for agriculture and natural
resources, warned that the hemorrhage of employees will devastate
ERS and NIFA. `This is the brain drain we all feared, possibly a
destruction of the agencies,' Payne said."
-- The Trump administration has been chipping away at post-9/11
programs designed to prevent terrorism in the United States. A new
Los Angeles Times investigation found that multiple programs under the
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Department of Homeland Security, aimed at detecting and preventing
terrorism, have been cut back or dismantled entirely without rigorous
risk assessments.
As a result of retirements and a federal hiring freeze, the number
of compliance safety and health officers tasked with conducting
workplace inspections at OSHA — which is part of the Labor
Department — has been falling since Trump took office, despite
public pledges from Acosta that he d boost the number of such officers
on the beat.
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING:
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris speak simultaneously during the Democratic primary debate
in Miami on June 27. (Wilfredo Lee/AP)
-- Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will face off again in the next two-
night debate at the end of July, while the ideologically aligned
Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren will appear together the other
night. CNN, which is hosting the debate, held a televised, live drawing
last night to determine the lineups. Joining Sanders and Warren on the
first night, July 30, will be Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke, Amy
Klobuchar, Steve Bullock, Tim Ryan, John Hickenlooper, John
Delaney and Marianne Williamson. The next night, July 31, with Biden
and Harris, will be Julian Castro, Andrew Yang, Cory Booker, Kirsten
Gillibrand, Bill de Blasio, Michael Bennet, Tulsi Gabbard and Jay Inslee.
"The Democratic field is the most diverse ever and yet all five
minority candidates ended up on the same night," Colby Itkowitz
notes. "Who is matched with whom can shift the trajectory of the race,
as Harris showed in the first debate when she went after Biden on the
issue of busing. The aftershocks of that moment were felt for days later,
culminating in Biden giving a major speech defending his civil rights
record. A rematch gives Harris another shot to handicap Biden, while
Biden gets an opportunity for a do-over after his fumbling performance
last time. ... For socialist democrat Sanders and capitalist Warren,
who are vying for many of the same far-left voters, their matchup
allows them the chance to differentiate. It also denies Sanders a
chance to go after Biden, whom he competes with for the populist and
working-class vote. In the past week, Sanders has targeted Biden for
not embracing Medicare-for-all, providing a preview of how hard he
planned to go after Biden if given the opportunity."
-- The debate in Detroit could be a season finale for as many as
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half the candidates who have made the stage, as they struggle to
meet the higher qualification requirements that will go into effect for later
televised gatherings. (Annie Linskey and Michael Scherer)
-- Unionized campaign organizers working for Sanders are clashing
with the campaign manager, according to internal communications
leaked to Sean Sullivan: "Campaign field hires have demanded an
annual salary they say would be equivalent to a $15-an-hour wage,
which Sanders for years has said should be the federal minimum. The
organizers and other employees supporting them have invoked the
senator's words and principles in making their case to campaign
manager Faiz Shakir. A review of emails, instant messages and other
documents obtained by The Post show that the conflict dates back to at
least May and remains unresolved. ... The Sanders campaign made
history in March when it announced that all employees below the rank of
deputy director would be represented by a union. The Warren and
Castro campaigns followed suit."
The Sanders campaign responds that it's offering wages and
benefits competitive with other campaigns, pointing to the latest
fundraising reports. "Bernie Sanders is the most pro-worker and pro-
labor candidate running for president," Shakir emails. "Bernie and I both
strongly believe in the sanctity of the collective bargaining process and
we will not deviate from our commitment to it."
-- A new Pew poll finds that Democratic voters are relatively
satisfied with their choices for president. The level of excitement is
comparable to 2008 and significantly higher than in 2016.
GET SMART FAST:
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Trump says U.S. shot down Iranian drone over Strait of Hormuz
1. A U.S. naval ship downed an Iranian drone that flew too
close and ignored multiple calls to turn away. Speaking at the
White House, Trump said the drone came within 1,000 yards of the
USS Boxer in the Strait of Hormuz before the crew "took defensive
action" and "immediately destroyed" it, per Dan Lamothe and Liz Sly.
In New York, meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad
Zarif said that if Congress lifts sanctions against the country, Tehran
will commit firmly to allowing international inspections of its nuclear
program, per Carol Morello.
2. An alleged Islamic State fighter and American citizen has
returned to the United States, transported by the U.S. military to
face terrorism-related charges. He was previously held by the
U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which has custody of more
than 2,000 foreign Islamic State fighters. (CNN)
3. Millions of opioid pills found their way to the remote city of
Norton in southwestern Virginia's coal country. Over the course
of seven years, from 2006 through 2012, the local Walmart received
more than 3.5 million opioids. The CVS received more than 1.3
million. Those numbers come from a Washington Post analysis of a
newly released Drug Enforcement Administration database that
shows that the pharmaceutical industry pumped out 76 billion pills
over that seven-year period. (Joel Achenbach)
4. The New Jersey judge who said a 16-year-old boy accused
of sexual assault should not be tried as an adult because he
came from a "good family" resigned under pressure. And
another New Jersey judge who asked a woman if she had attempted
to close her legs to stop being raped has been suspended by the
state's high court. (Timothy Bella)
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5. The Senate agreed to vote Tuesday on legislation that would
extend a victims compensation fund for 9/11 workers. The
chamber will consider amendments by conservative Mike Lee to
stiffen oversight of the spending and from Rand Paul to demand
spending cuts as offsets. But the bill has 75 co-sponsors in the
Senate and is expected to easily pass. (Felicia Sonmez and Devlin
Barrett)
6. Boeing said the grounding of its 737 Max jets would reduce
its revenue and earnings by $5.6 billion in the second quarter,
the largest financial effect of two deadly crashes of the jetliner so far.
(Douglas MacMillan)
7. In Berkeley, Calif., "man-made" will soon be "human made,"
"chairman" will become "chairperson," and "manhole" will
change to "maintenance hole" — at least in the city's municipal
code. In an effort to make Berkeley more inclusive for its non-binary
residents, the city council voted to make the language more gender
neutral, following a city clerk review that found that the municipal
code primarily contained masculine pronouns. (Kayla Epstein)
8. The Federal Trade Commission is considering updates to
the children's online privacy law, a process that could change
underage engagement on YouTube, Instagram, Fortnite and more.
(Tony Romm and Craig Timberq)
9. Russia continues its campaign of harassment against
American diplomats in Moscow. The Kremlin refused visas for 30
new teachers at a school that educates the children of Western
diplomats. The school, overseen by U.S., British and Canadian
embassies, has 1,100 children from more than 60 countries.
Vladimir Putin is trying to bully the U.S. into rolling back restrictions
that were put in place by the Obama administration for 2016 election
interference. (Associated Press)
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-- Best headline of the week, and of course it's from Florida: "Five
guys arrested after fist fight at Five Guys." (Orlando Sentinel)
Puerto Rico protests: Police fire tear gas during anti-Rossello demonstrations
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS:
1. Tens of thousands of Puerto Rican protesters continue to
occupy the blue cobblestone streets of Old San Juan to
demand that Gov. Ricardo Rossello resign amid allegations of
corruption and the revelation of a scandalous group chat
involving his inner circle. The mobilization against the 40-year-old,
who has refused to leave the governor's mansion, known as the
Fortress. represents one of the largest demonstrations of public
repudiation of the Puerto Rican government in its history. (Arelis R.
Hernandez and Jeff Stein)
2. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that he's making
progress in negotiating a budget deal with Democrats but that
significant provisions remained unresolved. Mnuchin, in an
interview on CNBC from France, said negotiators had agreed to "top
line" spending numbers for 2020 and 2021. Some lawmakers
expressed concern that a rift among White House advisers could
imperil the deal at a final stage of negotiations. (Damian Paletta.
Erica Werner and Yasmeen Abutaleb)
3. A federal judge said he is skeptical that there is enough
evidence to convict Michael Flynn's former business partner of
illegally lobbying for Turkey after the former national security
adviser failed to testify. Despite his comments. Judge Anthony
Trenga declined for the moment to throw out the case against Bijan
Rafiekian, an Iranian American businessman who ran a consulting
firm with Flynn called the Flynn Intel Group. But the judge can revisit
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the concerns he expressed after hearing all the government's
evidence, before or after the case goes to a jury. (Rachel Weiner)
4. Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed while he awaits trial on new
allegations that he sexually abused children. U.S. District Judge
Richard Berman issued a 33-page written decision, saying that he
was "concerned for new victims" and that Epstein's alleged sexual
conduct with young girls "appears likely to be uncontrollable."
(Renae Merle and Matt Zabotosky)
5. She famously flipped off the president. Now Juli Briskman is
running for the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. (Petula
Dvorak)
6. Big Bird, Elmo and the rest of "Sesame Street" will make
history as the first television program to receive the nation's
performing arts award at the Kennedy Center Honors in
December. Actress Sally Field, singer Linda Ronstadt and R&B
band Earth Wind & Fire will also be recognized for their lifetime
achievements. Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas is the fifth
honoree. (Pegay McGlone)
Welcome home, Ilhanr: Crowd cheers as Rep. Omar arrives in Minnesota
DIVIDED AMERICA:
-- The newest rallying cry for Trump supporters - "Send her
back!" — is reverberating across a divided nation fraught with
racial tension. We deployed reporters in 10 states to collect reactions
from voters to the president's racist tweets and the chants from an
almost entirely white crowd at his rally in North Carolina. Toluse
Olorunnipa weaves the choice quotes together to paint a portrait of an
America riven by racial discord:
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"Mary Thomas, who works at a restaurant near Wayne State University
in Detroit, says the country's racial climate is the worst she's seen in
her 60 years — a period that includes Detroit's 1967 race riots when the
National Guard was deployed. Thomas, who is black, blames Trump. 'I
think he's racist,' she said. `I really think he is.'
"Dan Wendel, a Boston contractor, had a different view about Trump's
attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and three other congresswomen.
`You really want to know? I love it!' he said outside a building he was
working on in Southie, a gentrifying working-class neighborhood of
Boston. A 10-minute drive from Southie, in the racially mixed
neighborhood of Dorchester, Trish Mullen said she has never felt as
unsafe as she does with Trump as president. `It's just embarrassing that
we have someone representing our country that's just foul,' said Mullen,
who came to the United States from the Philippines when she was 5.
"In Baton Rouge, Tammy Harrison said Trump's comments were being
exaggerated by the media. The 60-year-old Republican said she agreed
with the president's comments. ... In Harrison's view, Trump's remarks
targeting the four congresswomen were about ideology, not race.
"In Colorado, Diana Higuera said the chants that emanated from the
North Carolina rally reminded her of the fraught political situations in
country she left to come to the United States. `The situation in my
country right now is not in good shape, and now I'm not so sure how
safe this country is becoming,' said Higuera, 47, who came to the United
States in 2005 from Venezuela to study for a master's degree. `As a
foreigner, now I don't feel safe — even though I'm naturalized — I still
have an accent, and I speak Spanish to my kids.'
"Robert Hall, 33, who designs Blackfeet language curriculum for schools
on the nation's reservation in northwestern Montana, said he was
entirely unsurprised by way the crowd responded at the rally. `We know
it's racism,' Hall said. `To me it's baffling. I don't understand why racist
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people don't just look us in the eye and say, 'Yes, I'm racist.' Liberate
yourselves, then we can have an honest conversation.-
Trump falsely says he stopped 'send her back' chants
More coverage:
• Star Tribune: "Supporters rally around Ilhan Omar following 'Send
her back!' attacks. A crowd of cheering supporters at the
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was a loud counterpoint to
a turbulent week."
• Ashley Parker: "How a racist tweet became a Trump rally chant in
three short days."
• Fact Checker Sal Rizzo: "Trump falsely claims he tried to stop
'Send her back!' chants."
• Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen: "In Trump's
vision of a white America, immigrants should be grateful and
servile."
• Jennifer Hassan, Kayla Epstein and Adam Taylor: "Angela Merkel
says she rejects Trump's racist remarks, stands 'in solidarity' with
Ilhan Omar."
• Eugene Robinson: "Trump has become the voice of insecure white
Americans."
• David Maraniss: "A racist chant is not what patriotism looks like."
• ABC News: "US government routinely sues companies for
language that mirrors Trump's racist 'go back' tweets."
-- Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who was at the rally, defended the
president. He said he had no control over the crowd and likened it to a
rock concert. (Felicia Sonmez, Rachael Bade and Seung Min Kim)
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-- The Marine Corps confronted Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) over
his use of its official emblem and slogan in a mailer that targeted
three Muslim officials. Through a cease-and-desist letter to Hunter,
the Marine Corps demanded that he no longer use its official emblem
nor the motto "No better friend, no worse enemy" in campaign ads. The
advertisement included photographs of Omar (D-Minn.), Rep. Rashida
Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ammar Campa-Najjar, who is challenging Hunter for
his seat. (NBC News)
-- ESPN's Dan Le Batard, ripping Trump, derided his network's no-
politics policy: "There's a racial division in this country that's being
instigated by the president, and we here at ESPN haven't had the
stomach for that fight," Le Batard said Thursday on his daily radio show.
(Des Bieler)
-- The Philadelphia Police Department will fire 13 officers who
paired endorsements of violence with racism and homophobia in a
slew of derogatory Facebook posts unearthed by an advocacy
group. Reis Thebault reports: "The officers, one of whom was a
sergeant, were among the 72 removed from street duty and placed on
administrative leave in June, when the department announced its
sweeping investigation into social media activity published by the
nonprofit Plain View Project. The group examined Facebook pages of
3,500 current and former officers at eight departments across the
country, and its findings spurred internal investigations from Phoenix to
Lake County, Fla. In Philadelphia, the Plain View Project identified some
3,100 offensive or potentially offensive posts from 328 active-duty police
officers. Of that number, the most offensive were placed on leave while
a department-hired law firm probed the matter, Commissioner Richard
Ross said at a news conference. In addition to the officers that will be
dismissed, four others will be suspended for a month."
-- Trump has helped to unite House Democrats, who are moving to
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quiet the searing internal feud that threatened to spin out of
control last week — starting with the deletion of explosive tweets
that helped spark the infighting. "The detente is expected to continue
next week, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tentatively
scheduled to meet Thursday with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-
N.Y.)," Mike DeBonis reports. "The leaders of the House Democratic
Caucus and three ideological subcaucuses — the Congressional
Progressive Caucus, the New Democrat Coalition and the Blue Dog
Coalition — issued a joint statement Thursday calling their united ranks
a `diverse, robust and passionate family' that is 'dedicated to making life
better for everyday Americans.- A House Democratic aide calls it a
"collective de-escalation."
Court documents reveal Trump, Cohen spoke frequently during Stormy Daniels payment
TRUMP'S CREDIBILITY CHASM:
-- Newly unsealed court documents show that Trump
communicated repeatedly with his lawyer Michael Cohen amid the
election year scramble to keep quiet allegations that Trump
previously had an affair with an adult-film actress. Devlin Barrett,
Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger report: "The documents
were released ... at the direction of a federal judge in New York, who
disclosed a day before that an investigation into suspected campaign
finance violations had ended. Trump and those close to him long
said they were unaware that Cohen had bought the women's
silence, but phone calls and text messages documented by the FBI
suggest they were closely involved. Prosecutors submitted a search
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warrant from 2018, with newly unredacted sections describing the FBI's
investigation into payments Cohen arranged to two women who claimed
to have had affairs with Trump: the porn star Stormy Daniels and a
former Playboy model, Karen McDougal. ...
"When Hope Hicks testified before the House Judiciary Committee last
month, she said she was `never present' at a time when Cohen and
Trump discussed Daniels. ... The House Judiciary Committee is
investigating whether Hicks lied to Congress, according to an official
with knowledge of the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity
to describe internal discussions. The committee's chairman, Rep.
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) wrote to Hicks late Thursday demanding that
she appear again to clarify the discrepancies between her prior
testimony and what was unsealed earlier in the day. A lawyer for Hicks
declined to comment. ... Four days before the search warrants were
executed, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he had been
unaware of the payments. ... During congressional testimony in
February, Cohen released copies of checks he received to reimburse
him for the payment, including a check signed by Trump while he was
serving as president."
-- House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said the
documents prove definitively that "Trump was intimately involved
in devising and executing a corrupt scheme to prevent his affair ...
from being revealed in the final weeks of the 2016 election."
-- Cohen issued a statement from prison, where he's serving a
three-year term after pleading guilty to arranging the illegal
payments at Trump's direction: "I and members of The Trump
Organization were directed by Mr. Trump to handle the Stormy Daniels
matter; including making the hush money payment." He added that the
investigation ending without charges for those at Trump's business
"should be of great concern to the American people and investigated by
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Congress and The Department of Justice."
-- The president's current lawyer Jay Sekulow had little to say. He
sent a terse, two-word statement: "Case closed."
-- Read the 269 pages of search warrants for yourself.
-- Looking to Wednesday, Democratic lawmakers hope to use
former special counsel Bob Mueller's public testimony to revisit
dramatic episodes in which Trump attempted to derail or interfere
with the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election.
(Helderman and Hamburger explore the strategy.)
Formerly-detained Salvadoran journalist speaks out on his experiences
THE IMMIGRATION WARS:
-- "A Spanish-language journalist covered ICE detention. Then he
lived through it," by Marisa lati: "There were bugs, and the showers
were cold. Air conditioning was not available, but the heat was turned on
inexplicably. If you didn't have family in the United States to send money
for food, you would go hungry. Those are just some of the conditions
Manuel Duran described after he was released from a U.S. immigration
detention center. As a journalist in Memphis, Duran had been reporting
on immigration enforcement officials and sordid conditions for more than
a decade by the time they took him into custody last year.
"Duran, a native of El Salvador, had been working for the Spanish-
language news outlet Memphis Noticias. On April 3, 2018, Duran was
reporting on a demonstration against local police helping
Immigration and Customs Enforcement when Memphis police
arrested him while they were trying to clear people from the street.
Instead of releasing Duran from jail, his attorneys said he was
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turned over to ICE and brought on an eight-hour bus ride to the
LaSalle detention center in Jena, La. — without access to a bathroom
and with his wrists, ankles and waist in shackles.
"Migrants did not get enough food at any of the four facilities
where Duran was held, he said. ... They had to buy rations with money
sent by their families, and if they didn't have relatives in the United
States, the migrants would go hungry. The holding facilities were
infested with cockroaches and spiders, Duran said. At Etowah County
Detention Center in Alabama, he said he had to bathe with cold
water from hoses for two months. The air conditioner was being
repaired for most of the spring, Duran said, and the heat was
turned on at one point for no clear reason, making it difficult for the
migrants to sleep."
-- While an undocumented Guatemalan woman waited to see her 12-
year-old son in U.S. custody, a U.S. Customs and Border
Protection agent allegedly asked her to watch a live video of him
masturbating. Abigail Hauslohner and Maria Sacchetti report: "`I felt like
the world was falling on top of me,' said the 48-year-old woman, an
undocumented immigrant who came to the country from Guatemala and
now lives in California. She spoke on the condition of anonymity out of
fear of retribution from the agent and other immigration authorities. `I felt
my son is in the hands of a bad man.-
-- After losing her mother and grandparents in Honduras, 13-year-
old Heydi Gamez Garcia waited and waited for her father to join her
in America. But by the time her father was granted two-week parole
from an ICE detention center, his daughter was in a hospital bed,
brain-dead from a suicide attempt. The New York Times reports:
"Heydi's short life story is much like those of thousands of Central
American families who have been making their way to the United States
over the past five years, petitioning for asylum from the turmoil of their
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homelands and hoping that the challenges of building a new life in an
unfamiliar country will not be greater than the ones they left behind."
-- "The Trump administration is considering a virtual shutdown of
refugee admissions next year — cutting the number to nearly zero
— according to three people familiar with the plan," Politico reports.
-- Severe dehydration is devastating migrants in South Texas. The
Texas Tribune reports that the Border Patrol's Rio Grande Valley Sector
has encountered 64 migrants with rhabdomyolysis this year — a
condition that can break down muscle tissue and lead to renal failure.
Last year, the same sector encountered half as many cases as
rhabdomyolysis, and there are over two months left in the period. "Rio
Grande Valley Sector Chief Rodolfo Karisch said agents in his sector,
who spend about 60% of their time on humanitarian response duties —
as opposed to border enforcement — are taking about 30 migrants per
day to the emergency room. He has also set aside one of his Border
Patrol stations — in Weslaco — as an infirmary where patients can be
quarantined," the Tribune reports.
-- The Lord's Prayer filled the marble dome of the Russell Senate
Office Building on Thursday as 70 Catholic sisters, clergy and
parishioners were led away in handcuffs. "Forgive us our
trespasses," the demonstrators recited, "as we forgive those who
trespass against us." On a "Catholic Day of Action," hundreds of
Catholics gathered outside the Capitol to protest Trump's treatment of
migrants. (Marissa Lang)
-- "Trump's new asylum rule will guarantee more separated
families," explains Lindsay Harris, an assistant professor of law at the
University of the District of Columbia.
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
A day after he sought to distance himself from a chant of "Send her
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back!" by his supporters, Trump lashed out at the media for its coverage
of the episode at his rally that followed his repeated attacks aimed at the
four minority congresswomen. In tweets this morning, Trump
characterized the coverage of his rally in Greenville, N.C., as "crazed"
and complained that media was "totally calm & accepting" of what he
said were "vile and disgusting statements" made by the freshman
lawmakers:
The ABC affiliate in Lynchburg, Va., posted this picture from a church:
Our Pulitzer Prize-winning book critic noted that the chants against "the
Squad" are also sexist:
Scott Walker, the former RGA chair, attacked Jay Inslee, the former
DGA chair, and Inslee clapped back:
A former senior adviser to Barack Obama criticized CNN's live drawing
for the next debates :
Baseball Prospectus wrote a scouting report on a very good boy:
From a Democratic consultant:
CBS has a lighter story on a day with heavy news:
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VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Stephen Colbert covered Trump's North Carolina rally:
House Chaplain Pat Conroy opened the House of Representatives
legislative session on Thursday by praying to "cast out" the "darker
spirits" in the chamber:
House chaplain prays to 'cast out all spirits of darkness'
A New York television reporter doggedly questioned Rand Paul about
his objections to the bill for 9/11 first responders:
The trailer for the "Top Gun" sequel dropped. It looks awesome:
And a community center in Frankfurt, Germany, is bridging the gap
between refugees and locals:
Native Germans and refugees collaborate to build 'a new social sculpture'
Finally, many are circulating this video of Colin Powell in 2008 in the
wake of the North Carolina chants:
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Are you wanting the data for all the years the person asked for? I don't think I can break it down as much as
they want, but I can get close. Also, this is the first I've heard anything about this apparent rampant abuse.
This is either a breakdown in communication or I am not in the need to know category.
Jill
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From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Date: 12/6/19 11:41 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Alison Leukefeld <aleukefeld@bop.gov>, Alix McLearen <amdearen@bop.gov>, "Jill S. Roth"
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
>> > "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 11:41 >>>
We should be able to provide this from the annual prea report, right? Can we do today?
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM > »
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM > > >
Thanks Ken!
>> > Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and, consistent with
national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of allegations of sexual abuse
through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through administrative claims filed under the Federal
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Please see the below questions from OS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>> > "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" <Daniel.Lucas2@usdoj.gov> 12/6/2019 8:21 AM >> >
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from OS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
OS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards
to PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
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Rape is rampant at this women's prison.
Anyone who complains is punished,
lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical
neglect at the largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by
Julie K. Brown /jbrown@miamiherald.com By Emily Michot
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For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional
Complex sexually harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a "sanctuary"
for systemic abuse, a space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts
on officers, the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders,
have banded together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their
real names, over the abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-
operated camp. Seven of the women are still incarcerated.
The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was
filed this week.
An aerial vicw of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald
for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that
seemingly hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in
the nation, was found hanged Aug 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the
Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The
death, which led to the summary removal of the acting director of the prison system,
has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was described as a previous
suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses
primarily on Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in
Sumter County near Wildwood, it houses more than 6,000 inmates in a series of
compounds and camps, including roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse — how women were
coerced and threatened, how they were lured into private offices or remote sheds
with no surveillance cameras, or stalked relentlessly by corrections officers until they
had no choice but to submit.
The officers — all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name —
would at times display computer screens showing the women the exact location of
their families, a pointed message that their relatives could be targeted if the women
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didn't cooperate. Some of the women had minor children. In some cases, officers
wanted to maintain relationships with the women after they had served their time,
according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took
advantage of their authority and access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the
officers had been investigated for sexual abuse in the past, with nothing coming of it,
the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if
there were telltale warnings in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded
that absent an "overriding public interest," it would not provide such documents,
calling the provision of such records "an unwarranted invasion of their personal
privacy."
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-
being. At least one victim said she was ordered to begin birth control to avoid the
possibility of becoming pregnant and another was given a morning-after pill by an
officer.
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RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was ”sieinie. brazen, suit
From
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Date
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RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen,
suit
Subject:
Thanks for following up on that. This has been the situation, mostly, for the entire time I've been
in the position and probably for the people before me. I almost never know of situations prior to
it being in the news. The only exceptions are when staff at an institution warn me or when OIG
called and walked me through an active investigation on that ALD captain a few years ago. If we
can come up with a viable strategy, that will be terrific. I understand the importance of protecting
investigations, so I've never fussed about it too much. I'll have these numbers to you guys in a
few minutes.
>>> Hugh Hurwitz 12/6/2019 12:33 PM >>>
I spoke to Ken...he was aware and apologized for not letting me know. But more importantly the
proper reporting chain to get this to you did not work. We need to look into this and get it fixed
moving forward. We can deal with that issue next week.
>>> Jill S. Roth 12/6/2019 12:15 PM >>>
I guess you don't need to know either...
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
----- Original message ------
From: Hugh Hurwitz
Date: 12/6/19 12:14 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Jill S. Roth"
Cc: Alix McLearen
Subject: RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit
>>> "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 12:14 >>>
I had not heard about it either until the article came out today. Report whatever data you have. If
you don't have exactly what they want that is fine.
>>> Jill S. Roth 12/6/2019 12:10 PM >>>
Are you wanting the data for all the years the person asked for? I don't think I can break it down
as much as they want, but I can get close. Also, this is the first I've heard anything about this
apparent rampant abuse. This is either a breakdown in communication or I am not in the need to
know category.
Jill
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Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
----- Original message ------
From: Hugh Hurwitz
Date: 12/6/19 11:41 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Alison Leukefeld , Alix McLearen , "Jill S. Roth"
Subject: Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
>>> "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 11:41 >>>
We should be able to provide this from the annual prea report, right? Can we do today?
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM >>>
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM >>>
Thanks Ken!
>>> Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and,
consistent with national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of
allegations of sexual abuse through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through
administrative claims filed under the Federal Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the
Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal Affairs.
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM >>>
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from CJS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" 12/6/2019 8:21 AM >>>
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from CJS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
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Thanks,
Dan
CJS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards to
PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
https://www.miamiherald.conilarticle237797554.html?
utm source=The+MarshalH-Project+Newsletter&utm campaign=a35a3b41b3-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN 2019_12_05_12_36&utm medium=email&utm term=0_5e02cdad9d-
a35a3b41b3-174511049
Rape is rampant at this women's prison. Anyone who complains is punished, lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical neglect at the
largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by Julie K. Brown /
jbrown@miamiherald.com. By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex
sexually harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a "sanctuary" for systemic abuse, a
space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts on officers,
the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders, have banded
together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their real names, over the
abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-operated camp. Seven of the women
are still incarcerated.The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was filed
this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that seemingly
hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in the nation, was found
hanged Aug 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the Metropolitan Correctional Center in
Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The death, which led to the summary removal of the
acting director of the prison system, has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was
described as a previous suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses primarily on
Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in Sumter County near
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cameras, or stalked relentlessly by corrections officers until they had no choice but to submit.
The officers — all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name — would at times
display computer screens showing the women the exact location of their families, a pointed
message that their relatives could be targeted if the women didn't cooperate. Some of the women
had minor children. In some cases, officers wanted to maintain relationships with the women
after they had served their time, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took advantage of their
authority and access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the officers had been investigated for
sexual abuse in the past, with nothing coming of it, the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if there were
telltale warnings in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded that absent an
"overriding public interest," it would not provide such documents, calling the provision of such
records "an unwarranted invasion of their personal privacy."
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-being. At least
one victim said she was ordered to begin birth control to avoid the possibility of becoming
pregnant and another was given a morning-after pill by an officer.
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Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
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Alison Leukefeld, Alix McLearenBradley T GrossBeth Reese, Jill S.
To
Roth, James Wills, Kenneth Hyle, Loneryl BumsSusan AllisonSonya
Thompson
Date
2019/12/06 13:10
Subject:
Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says
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Jill provided the following info:
This is just for inmate on inmate sexually abusive behavior since Beth already provided the staff on inmate
totals. Like Beth, we can't accurately break down the allegations by facility gender. If they need allegation
totals for female inmates, it is possible ORE may be able to pull that (Sue is copied here).
These numbers are total number of allegations of inmate-on-inmate sexually abusive behavior for each
calendar year requested with the exception of CY 2019 because it is not over and we have not reviewed the
data yet. Sexually abusive behavior encompasses acts (penetration), contact (fondling), and harassment (non-
contact offenses). I break down the substantiated cases by type.
2014 - 324 allegations; 12 Substantiated (2 ACT, 6 CON, 6 HAR)
2015 - 365 allegations; 17 Substantiated (7 ACT, 7 CON, 3 HAR)
2016 - 334 allegations; 25 Substantiated (4 ACT, 11 CON, 10 HAR)
2017 - 417 allegations; 26 Substantiated (2 ACT, 12 CON, 12 HAR)
2018 - 489 allegations; 29 Substantiated (8 ACT, 11 CON, 10 HAR)
> > > Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM > > >
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM > »
Thanks Ken!
>> > Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and, consistent with
national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of allegations of sexual abuse
through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through administrative claims filed under the Federal
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Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal
Affairs.
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM > »
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from OS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
»> "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" <Daniel.Lucas2@usdoj.gov> 12/6/2019 8:21 AM >»
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from OS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
OS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards
to PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
https://www.miamiherald.com/article237797554.html?
utm_source=The+Marshall+Project+Newsletter&utm_campaign=a35a3b41b3-
FMAILSAMPAIGN_2019 12_05 12_36&tdrn_mediom=email8tutm_term=()_Se02cdad9d-
a3Sa3b41b3-174511049
Rape is rampant at this women's prison.
Anyone who complains is punished,
lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald 1-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical
neglect at the largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by
Julie K. Brown / ibrownth)tniamiherald.com. By Emily Michot
Page 16774
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For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional
Complex sexually harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a "sanctuary"
for systemic abuse, a space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts
on officers, the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders,
have banded together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their
real names, over the abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-
operated camp. Seven of the women are still incarcerated.
The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was
filed this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald
for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that
seemingly hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in
the nation, was found hanged Aug. 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the
Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The
death, which led to the summary removal of the acting director of the prison system,
has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was described as a previous
suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses
primarily on Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in
Sumter County near Wildwood, it houses more than 6,000 inmates in a series of
compounds and camps, including roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse — how women were
coerced and threatened, how they were lured into private offices or remote sheds
with no surveillance cameras, or stalked relentlessly by corrections officers until they
had no choice but to submit.
The officers — all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name —
would at times display computer screens showing the women the exact location of
their families, a pointed message that their relatives could be targeted if the women
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didn't cooperate. Some of the women had minor children. In some cases, officers
wanted to maintain relationships with the women after they had served their time,
according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took
advantage of their authority and access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the
officers had been investigated for sexual abuse in the past, with nothing coming of it,
the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if
there were telltale warnings in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded
that absent an "overriding public interest," it would not provide such documents,
calling the provision of such records "an unwarranted invasion of their personal
privacy."
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-
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Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
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Alison LeukefeldAlix McLearcnHugh Hurwitz, Jill S. Roth
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Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says
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Are we able to answer the last question or should we reply we are unable to respond due to ongoing
litigation?
In regards to PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who
were moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks,
Loneryl
>> > Jill S. Roth 12/6/201912:27 PM >>>
I'm working on mine now but will send it to Hugh so he can review it first. I also won't be able to break it
down by male and female inmates (not accurately anyway since some locations, like Coleman have both) so I
won't put that information in. Also, my numbers will be sexually abusive behavior allegations (acts, contact,
and harassment). I'll send it to Hugh within the hour.
Jill
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 12:24 PM »>
Thanks Beth!
>>> Beth Reese 12/6/2019 1221 PM >>>
We can give numbers of cases that we have that raise sexual abuse allegations, but those would relate only to
staff/inmate cases, and I would not describe them as "unwanted sexual contact" so much as impermissible
sexual contact. We also don't have a breakdown of male/female facilities - this question would be
complicated to answer. Coleman, for example, is generally a male facility, but females are at the camp.
Here are the raw numbers of staff/inmate cases:
FY 2014 - 501
FY 2015 - 372
FY 2016 - 466
FY 2017 - 377
FY 2018 - 516
FY 2019 - 439
On average, we sustain charges in fewer than 5% of cases.
Beth Reese
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Office of Internal Affairs
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320 First Street, N.W., Room 600
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(202) 353-2114 (direct)
(202) 307-3286 (main)
(202) 514-8625 (fax)
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM > »
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM >> >
Thanks Ken!
>> > Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and, consistent with
national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of allegations of sexual abuse
through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through administrative claims filed under the Federal
Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal
Affairs.
> > > Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM > > >
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from OS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" <DanielLucas2Ousdoj.gov> 12/6/2019 8:21 AM > »
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from OS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
OS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in the past? It
sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
Page 16782
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-----PAGE 332-----
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each year FY 2014-
2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate and BOP staff related; and
how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards to PREA, are only inmates at the facility
interviewed? The story references inmates who were moved out of the facility and into other facilities in
advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
https://www.miamiherald.com/article237797554.html?
utm_source= The + Marshall + Project+ Newsletter&utrasampaign= a35a3b41b3-
EMAIL CAMPAIGN 2019 12 05 12 36&utm medium=email&utm term=0 5e02cdad9d-a35a3b41b3-
174511049
Rape is rampant at this women's prison. Anyone who complains is punished, lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical neglect at the largest
women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by Julie K. Brown /jbrown@miamiherald.com.
By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex sexually
harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a sanctuary for systemic abuse, a space where they
were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts on officers, the inmates
were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders, have banded together to
sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their real names, over the abuse they say they've
endured at the Bureau of Prisons-operated camp. Seven of the women are still incarcerated.The lawsuit seeks
compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was filed this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that seemingly hit bottom
when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in the nation, was found hanged Aug. 10 in his
cell at another BOP facility, the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby.
The death, which led to the summary removal of the acting director of the prison system, has been termed a
suicide. It occurred despite what was described as a previous suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
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RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
From
Jill S. Roth
To
Alison LeukefeldAlix MeLearenHugh Hurwitz, Loneryl Burns
Date
2019/12/06 16:17
Subject:
RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says
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Oh sorry, I meant to answer that. All allegations are investigated. Investigations include interviewing the
alleged victim, the alleged perpetrator, and any possible witnesses to the alleged abusive behavior. These
interviews occur regardless of location. Inmates have been interviewed at facilities other than where the event
was alleged to have occurred, to include after release to halfway house. Transfers do not stop the
investigative process.
Jill
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Loneryl Burns <LBurns@bop.gov>
Date: 12/6/19 3:32 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Jill S. Roth" <jsroth@bop.gov>
Cc Alison Leukefeld <aleukefeld@bop.gov>, Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov>, Hugh Hurwitz
<HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
>> > "Loneryl Burns" 12/06/2019 15:32 >>>
Are we able to answer the last question or should we reply we are unable to respond due to ongoing
litigation?
In regards to PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who
were moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks,
Loneryl
>> > Jill S. Roth 12/6/201912:27 PM >>>
I'm working on mine now but will send it to Hugh so he can review it first. I also won't be able to break it
down by male and female inmates (not accurately anyway since some locations, like Coleman have both) so I
won't put that information in. Also, my numbers will be sexually abusive behavior allegations (acts, contact,
and harassment). I'll send it to Hugh within the hour.
Jill
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>> > Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 12:24 PM >>>
Thanks Beth!
>> > Beth Reese 12/6/2019 12:21 PM >>>
We can give numbers of cases that we have that raise sexual abuse allegations, but those would relate only to
staff/inmate cases, and I would not describe them as "unwanted sexual contact" so much as impermissible
sexual contact. We also don't have a breakdown of male/female facilities - this question would be
complicated to answer. Coleman, for example, is generally a male facility, but females are at the camp.
Here are the raw numbers of staff/inmate cases:
FY 2014 - 501
FY 2015 - 372
FY 2016 - 466
FY 2017 - 377
FY 2018 - 516
FY 2019 - 439
On average, we sustain charges in fewer than 5% of cases.
Beth Reese
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Office of Internal Affairs
320 First Street, N.W., Room 600
Washington, D.C. 20534
(202) 353-2114 (direct)
(202) 307-3286 (main)
(202) 514-8625 (fax)
> > > Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM > > >
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM > »
Thanks Ken!
>> > Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >> >
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and, consistent with
national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of allegations of sexual abuse
through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through administrative claims filed under the Federal
Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal
Affairs.
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> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM > »
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from OS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>> > "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" <Daniellucas2Pusdoj.gov> 12/6/2019 8:21 AM >> >
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from OS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
OS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in the past? It
sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each year FY 2014-
2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate and BOP staff related; and
how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards to PREA, are only inmates at the facility
interviewed? The story references inmates who were moved out of the facility and into other facilities in
advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
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Rape is rampant at this women's prison. Anyone who complains is punished, lawsuit says.
December 04, 201910:47 AM
A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical neglect at the largest
women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by Julie K. Brown /jbrown@miamiherald.com.
By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex sexually
harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a sanctuary for systemic abuse, a space where they
were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts on officers, the inmates
were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders, have banded together to
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An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that seemingly hit bottom
when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in the nation, was found hanged Aug. 10 in his
cell at another BOP facility, the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby.
The death, which led to the summary removal of the acting director of the prison system, has been termed a
suicide. It occurred despite what was described as a previous suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses primarily on Coleman, the
largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in Sumter County near Wildwood, it houses more than
6,000 inmates in a series of compounds and camps, including roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse how women were coerced and threatened, how
they were lured into private offices or remote sheds with no surveillance cameras, or stalked relentlessly by
corrections officers until they had no choice but to submit.
The officers all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name would at times display computer
screens showing the women the exact location of their families, a pointed message that their relatives could
be targeted if the women didn't cooperate. Some of the women had minor children. In some cases, officers
wanted to maintain relationships with the women after they had served their time, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took advantage of their authority and
access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the officers had been investigated for sexual abuse in the past,
with nothing coming of it, the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if there were telltale warnings
in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded that absent an overriding public interest, it would not
provide such documents, calling the provision of such records an unwarranted invasion of their personal
privacy.
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-being. At least one victim
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given a morning-after pill by an officer.
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RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit
From
Hugh Hurwitz
To
Alix McLearcn, Jill S. Roth
Date
2019/12/06 12:33
Subject:
RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen,
suit
Attachments:
TEXT.htm
I spoke to Ken...he was aware and apologized for not letting me know. But more importantly the proper
reporting chain to get this to you did not work. We need to look into this and get it fixed moving forward.
We can deal with that issue next week.
»> Jill S. Roth <jsroth@bop.gov> 12/6/2019 12:15 PM »>
I guess you don't need to know either...
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Date: 12/6/19 12:14 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Jill S. Roth" <jsroth@bop.gov>
Cc: Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov>
Subject: RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit
»> "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 12:14 »>
I had not heard about it either until the article came out today. Report whatever data you have. If you don't
have exactly what they want that is fine.
»> Jill S. Roth <jsroth@bop.gov> 12/6/2019 12:10 PM »>
Are you wanting the data for all the years the person asked for? I don't think I can break it down as much as
they want, but I can get close. Also, this is the first I've heard anything about this apparent rampant abuse.
This is either a breakdown in communication or I am not in the need to know category.
Jill
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Date: 12/6/19 11:41 AM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
>> > "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 11:41 >>>
We should be able to provide this from the annual prea report, right? Can we do today?
> > > Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM > > >
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM >> >
Thanks Ken!
>> > Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and, consistent with
national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of allegations of sexual abuse
through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through administrative claims filed under the Federal
Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal
Affairs.
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM > »
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from OS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" <Daniel.Lucas2@usdoj.gov> 12/6/2019 8:21 AM > >>
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from OS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
OS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
Page 16796
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In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards
to PREA, are only inmates at the fadlity interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
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Rape is rampant at this women's prison.
Anyone who complains is punished,
lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical
neglect at the largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by
Julie K. Brown / jbrown@miamjherald.com. By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional
Complex sexually harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a "sanctuary"
for systemic abuse, a space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts
on officers, the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders,
have banded together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their
real names, over the abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-
operated camp. Seven of the women are still incarcerated.
The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was
filed this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald
for comment.
Page 16797
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-----PAGE 347-----
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that
seemingly hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in
the nation, was found hanged Aug. 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the
Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The
death, which led to the summary removal of the acting director of the prison system,
has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was described as a previous
suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses
primarily on Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in
Sumter County near Wildwood, it houses more than 6,000 inmates in a series of
compounds and camps, including roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse — how women were
coerced and threatened, how they were lured into private offices or remote sheds
with no surveillance cameras, or stalked relentlessly by corrections officers until they
had no choice but to submit.
The officers — all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name —
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their families, a pointed message that their relatives could be targeted if the women
didn't cooperate. Some of the women had minor children. In some cases, officers
wanted to maintain relationships with the women after they had served their time,
according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took
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The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if
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Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
From
Jill S. Roth
To
Alison Leukefeld, Alix McLearen, Hugh Hurwitz
Date
2019/12/06 12:58
Subject:
Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says
I Miami Herald
The data I am providing is just for inmate on inmate sexually abusive behavior since Beth
already provided the staff on inmate totals. Like Beth, I can't accurately break down the
allegations by facility gender. If they need allegation totals for female inmates, AJ would be able
to pull that pretty easily, I think.
The numbers I am providing are total number of allegations of inmate-on-inmate sexually
abusive behavior for each calendar year requested with the exception of CY 2019 because it is
not over and we have not reviewed the data yet. Sexually abusive behavior encompasses acts
(penetration), contact (fondling), and harassment (non-contact offenses). I break down the
substantiated cases by type.
2014 - 324 allegations; 12 Substantiated (2 ACT, 6 CON, 6 HAR)
2015 - 365 allegations; 17 Substantiated (7 ACT, 7 CON, 3 HAR)
2016 - 334 allegations; 25 Substantiated (4 ACT, 11 CON, 10 HAR)
2017 - 417 allegations; 26 Substantiated (2 ACT, 12 CON, 12 HAR)
2018 - 489 allegations; 29 Substantiated (8 ACT, 11 CON, 10 HAR)
>>> Hugh Hurwitz 12/6/2019 11:41 AM >>>
We should be able to provide this from the annual prea report, right? Can we do today?
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM >>>
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM >>>
Thanks Ken!
>>> Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and,
consistent with national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of
allegations of sexual abuse through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through
administrative claims filed under the Federal Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the
Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal Affairs.
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>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM >>>
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from CJS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" 12/6/2019 8:21 AM >>>
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from CJS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
CJS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards to
PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving
Thanks.
https://wvvw.miamiherald.corn/article237797554.html?
utm source=The+Marshall+Project+Newsletter&utm campaign=a35a3b41b3-
EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_12_05_12_36&utm_medium=email&utm term=0_5e02cdad9d-
a35a3b41b3-174511049
Rape is rampant at this women's prison. Anyone who complains is punished, lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical neglect at the
largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by Julie K. Brown /
jbrown@miamiherald.com. By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex
sexually harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a "sanctuary" for systemic abuse, a
space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts on officers,
the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders, have banded
together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their real names, over the
abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-operated camp. Seven of the women
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are still incarcerated.The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was filed
this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that seemingly
hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in the nation, was found
hanged Aug 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the Metropolitan Correctional Center in
Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The death, which led to the summary removal of the
acting director of the prison system, has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was
described as a previous suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses primarily on
Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in Sumter County near
Wildwood, it houses more than 6,000 inmates in a series of compounds and camps, including
roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse — how women were coerced and
threatened, how they were lured into private offices or remote sheds with no surveillance
cameras, or stalked relentlessly by corrections officers until they had no choice but to submit.
The officers — all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name — would at times
display computer screens showing the women the exact location of their families, a pointed
message that their relatives could be targeted if the women didn't cooperate. Some of the women
had minor children. In some cases, officers wanted to maintain relationships with the women
after they had served their time, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took advantage of their
authority and access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the officers had been investigated for
sexual abuse in the past, with nothing coming of it, the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if there were
telltale warnings in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded that absent an
"overriding public interest," it would not provide such documents, calling the provision of such
records "an unwarranted invasion of their personal privacy."
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-being. At least
one victim said she was ordered to begin birth control to avoid the possibility of becoming
pregnant and another was given a morning-after pill by an officer.
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Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
From
Jill S. Roth
To
Alison LeukefeldAlix McLearenHugh Hurwitz, Loneryl Bums
Date
2019/12/06 12:27
Subject:
Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says
I Miami Herald
I'm working on mine now but will send it to Hugh so he can review it first. I also won't be able to
break it down by male and female inmates (not accurately anyway since some locations, like
Coleman have both) so I won't put that information in. Also, my numbers will be sexually
abusive behavior allegations (acts, contact, and harassment). I'll send it to Hugh within the hour.
Jill
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 12:24 PM >>>
Thanks Beth!
>>> Beth Reese 12/6/2019 12:21 PM >>>
We can give numbers of cases that we have that raise sexual abuse allegations, but those would
relate only to staff/inmate cases, and I would not describe them as "unwanted sexual contact" so
much as impermissible sexual contact. We also don't have a breakdown of male/female facilities
- this question would be complicated to answer. Coleman, for example, is generally a male
facility, but females are at the camp.
Here are the raw numbers of staff/inmate cases:
FY 2014 - 501
FY 2015 - 372
FY 2016 - 466
FY 2017 - 377
FY 2018 - 516
FY 2019 - 439
On average, we sustain charges in fewer than 5% of cases.
Beth Reese
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Office of Internal Affairs
320 First Street, N.W., Room 600
Washington, D.C. 20534
(202) 353-2114 (direct)
(202) 307-3286 (main)
(202) 514-8625 (fax)
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM >>>
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
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Panics,
Loneryl
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM >>>
Thanks Ken!
>>> Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and,
consistent with national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of
allegations of sexual abuse through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through
administrative claims filed under the Federal Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the
Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal Affairs.
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM >>>
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from CJS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" 12/6/2019 8:21 AM >>>
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from CJS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
CJS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards to
PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
https://www.rniamiherald.com/article237797554.html?
utm source=The+Marsha1H-Project+Newsletter&utm campaign=a35a3b41b3-
EMAIL CAMPAIGN 2019 12 05 12 36&utm medium=email&utm term=0 5e02cdad9d-
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a35a3b41b3-174511049
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Rape is rampant at this women's prison. Anyone who complains is punished, lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical neglect at the
largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by Julie K. Brown /
jbrown@miamiherald.com. By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex
sexually harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a "sanctuary" for systemic abuse, a
space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts on officers,
the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders, have banded
together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their real names, over the
abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-operated camp. Seven of the women
are still incarcerated.The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was filed
this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that seemingly
hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in the nation, was found
hanged Aug. 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the Metropolitan Correctional Center in
Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The death, which led to the summary removal of the
acting director of the prison system, has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was
described as a previous suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses primarily on
Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in Sumter County near
Wildwood, it houses more than 6,000 inmates in a series of compounds and camps, including
roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse — how women were coerced and
threatened, how they were lured into private offices or remote sheds with no surveillance
cameras, or stalked relentlessly by corrections officers until they had no choice but to submit.
The officers — all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name — would at times
display computer screens showing the women the exact location of their families, a pointed
message that their relatives could be targeted if the women didn't cooperate. Some of the women
had minor children. In some cases, officers wanted to maintain relationships with the women
after they had served their time, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took advantage of their
authority and access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the officers had been investigated for
sexual abuse in the past, with nothing coming of it, the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if there were
telltale warnings in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded that absent an
"overriding public interest," it would not provide such documents, calling the provision of such
records "an unwarranted invasion of their personal privacy."
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-being. At least
one victim said she was ordered to begin birth control to avoid the possibility of becoming
pregnant and another was given a morning-after pill by an officer.
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Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
From
Beth Reese
To
Alix McLcarenBradley T Gross, Hugh Hurwitz, Jill S. Roth, James
Wills, Kenneth Hyle, Loneryl BumsSusan AllisonSonya Thompson
Date
2019/12/06 12:22
Subject:
Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says
I Miami Herald
Attachments:
TEXT.htm
We can give numbers of cases that we have that raise sexual abuse allegations, but those would relate only to
staff/inmate cases, and I would not describe them as "unwanted sexual contact" so much as impermissible
sexual contact. We also don't have a breakdown of male/female facilities - this question would be
complicated to answer. Coleman, for example, is generally a male facility, but females are at the camp.
Here are the raw numbers of staff/inmate cases:
FY 2014 - 501
FY 2015 - 372
FY 2016 - 466
FY 2017 - 377
FY 2018 - 516
FY 2019 - 439
On average, we sustain charges in fewer than 5% of cases.
Beth Reese
U.S. Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Office of Internal Affairs
320 First Street, N.W., Room 600
Washington, D.C. 20534
(202) 353-2114 (direct)
(202) 307-3286 (main)
(202) 514-8625 (fax)
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/201911:33 AM > »
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>» Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM > »
Thanks Ken!
>> > Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
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he Federal Bureau ot Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations ot start misconduct seriously and, consistent with
national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of allegations of sexual abuse
through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through administrative claims filed under the Federal
Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal
Affairs.
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM > »
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from OS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" <Daniel.Lucas2@usdoj.gov> 12/6/2019 8:21 AM > >>
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from OS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
OS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards
to PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
https://vvww.miamiherald.com/article237797554.html?
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Rape is rampant at this women's prison.
Anyone who complains is punished,
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learn investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical
neglect at the largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by
Julie K. Brown / jbrown@miamiherald.corn. By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional
Complex sexually harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a "sanctuary"
for systemic abuse, a space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts
on officers, the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders,
have banded together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their
real names, over the abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-
operated camp. Seven of the women are still incarcerated.
The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was
filed this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald
for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that
seemingly hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in
the nation, was found hanged Aug 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the
Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The
death, which led to the summary removal of the acting director of the prison system,
has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was described as a previous
suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses
primarily on Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in
Sumter County near Wildwood, it houses more than 6,000 inmates in a series of
compounds and camps, including roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse — how women were
coerced and threatened, how they were lured into private offices or remote sheds
with no surveillance cameras, or stalked relentlessly by corrections officers until they
had no choice but to submit.
The officers — all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name —
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would at times display computer screens showing the women the exact location of
their families, a pointed message that their relatives could be targeted if the women
didn't cooperate. Some of the women had minor children. In some cases, officers
wanted to maintain relationships with the women after they had served their time,
according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took
advantage of their authority and access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the
officers had been investigated for sexual abuse in the past, with nothing coming of it,
the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if
there were telltale warnings in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded
that absent an "overriding public interest," it would not provide such documents,
calling the provision of such records "an unwarranted invasion of their personal
privacy."
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-
being. At least one victim said she was ordered to begin birth control to avoid the
possibility of becoming pregnant and another was given a morning-after pill by an
officer.
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Re: Inmate Suicide Prevention Memo
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Alison Leukefeld, Heidi Kugler
Date
2019/10/17 13:46
Subject:
Re: Inmate Suicide Prevention Memo
Attachments: TEXT.htin
Ok, this is going to be sensitive. Cant say I'm surprised people want to be cautious. I will want to hear about
specific examples of significant problems. Why sending to RDs and not to all CEOs? All CEO memo will need
Exec staff and union clearance first, but it will ensure the message gets out. We can discuss tomorrow.
Hugh
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Heidi Kugler <hkugler@bop.gov>
Date: 10/17/19 10:40 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Cc: Alison Leukefeld <aleukefeld@bop.gov>
Subject: Inmate Suicide Prevention Memo
>> > "Heidi Kugler" 10/17/201913:40 >>>
Hugh,
Wanted to give you the heads up, there is an Inmate Suicide Prevention Program Memo in your mailbox that
you will probably want to review tomorrow. I discussed it with Rob and Alison today.
Basically following inmate Epstein's suicide, Wardens are defaulting to leaving inmates on suicide watch
longer than the institutional Psychologists would advise. So the memo to the RDs seeks to remind Wardens
to utilize the professional psychological expertise of the institutional psychologists in managing
inmate suicide through the variety of healing strategies. Alison is in the office tomorrow, 10/18, if you want
to discuss with her the best way to communicate this to the RD and Wardens and if you have any questions.
Have a great day. Peace- Heidi
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RE: MCC Visit Thursday
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Adam JohnsonNicolas Roos, Stephanie
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Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any
questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Ste hanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<
>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM > »
From: Adam Johnson <alijohnsonPbos.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleskiPusa.doj.gov>
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Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
1;11 Park Pnvrd
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New York, New York 10007
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>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANY5)" <Rthekahnonaleski@usdolgov> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >> >
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russell Capone
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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From:
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ANY
To:
Adam Johnson
Cc:
"Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Sent:
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:17:56 +0000
Adam,
Two additional people from Dal will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
nnell <sscannell@bop.gov>
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bo
ov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >> >
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>. Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
l
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Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2n° floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor SHU, and Epstein's cell,
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not speak to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us
know what time and where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 31d floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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RE: MCC Visit Thursday
From
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
To
Adam JohnsonNicolas Roos, Stephanie
Scannell
Date
2019/08/13 16:13
Subject:
RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm, Mime.822
Will do. We will meet you in the lobby of MCC at 10 on Thursday.
From: Adam Johnson <fl
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Ste hanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
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Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
> » "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM > »
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell a r
joy>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
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Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
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The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russell Capone
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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From:
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"Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
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Will do. We will meet you in the lobby of MCC at 10 on Thursday.
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>- Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)<
>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >> >
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroos@usa.doi.gov>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>» "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >> >
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the r floor SHU, and Epstein's cell,
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Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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Interior official says relocations are not intended to 'drain the swamp' ; Lawmakers call
on Ross to resign over alleged threats to fire NOAA officials
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Ross is said to have threatened to fire officials if they would not fix a statement contradicting
the president's claims Hurricane Dorian was likely to hit Alabama.
Interior Official: Land Bureau Relocations Are Not Intended to 'Drain the
Swamp' // Eric Katz
Department would like to retain all employees and has instituted a hiring freeze to ensure
positions are available for those who don't want to move, official says.
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RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit
From
Hugh Hurwitz
To
Alison LeukefeldAlix McLcaren, Jill S. Roth
Date
2019/12/06 12:48
Subject:
RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen,
suit
Attachments:
TEXT.htm
We can talk more next week, but if you are not being notified my initial question is what is the process/policy
that requires the Regional Coordinators to report to you? Do we require reports? What is required? If there
is nothing then perhaps we need to draft a policy? Anyway, work with Alison and Alix and propose some
procedures or if needed, policy, to cover this (as well as what steps you will take once you have the info).
Thanks.
»> Jill S. Roth 12/6/2019 12:42 PM »>
Thanks for following up on that. This has been the situation, mostly, for the entire time I've been in the
position and probably for the people before me. I almost never know of situations prior to it being in the
news. The only exceptions are when staff at an institution warn me or when OIG called and walked me
through an active investigation on that ALD captain a few years ago. If we can come up with a viable
strategy, that will be terrific. I understand the importance of protecting investigations, so I've never fussed
about it too much. I'll have these numbers to you guys in a few minutes.
»> Hugh Hurwitz 12/6/2019 12:33 PM »>
I spoke to Ken...he was aware and apologized for not letting me know. But more importantly the proper
reporting chain to get this to you did not work. We need to look into this and get it fixed moving forward.
We can deal with that issue next week.
»> Jill S. Roth <isroth@bop.gov> 12/6/2019 12:15 PM »>
I guess you don't need to know either...
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Date: 12/6/19 12:14 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Jill S. Roth" <jegov>
Cc: Alix McLearen <amclearenPbqp.gov>
Subject: RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit
»> "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 12:14 »>
I had not heard about it either until the article came out today. Report whatever data you have. If you don't
have exactly what they want that is fine.
»> Jill S. Roth <jsroth(@bop gov> 12/6/2019 12:10 PM »>
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Are you wanting the data tor all the years the person asked tor? I don't think I can break it down as much as
they want, but I can get close. Also, this is the first I've heard anything about this apparent rampant abuse.
This is either a breakdown in communication or I am not in the need to know category.
Jill
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz(&bop.gov>
Date: 12/6/19 11:41 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Alison Leukefeld <aletskefeldPbop.gov>, Alix McLearen <amrlearenPbop gov>, "Jill S. Roth"
<jsrothr@bop gov>
Subject: Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
>> > "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 11:41 >>>
We should be able to provide this from the annual prea report, right? Can we do today?
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM > »
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM > »
Thanks Ken!
>> > Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 Am >> >
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and, consistent with
national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of allegations of sexual abuse
through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through administrative claims filed under the Federal
Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal
Affairs.
> » Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM > »
Good Morning All,
Please see the below questions from OS. Can you please advise on the response?
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Thanks,
Loneryl
»> "Lucas Daniel (JMD)" <DanielLucas2Pusdoj.gov> 12/6/2019 8:21 AM >»
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from OS this morning. Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks
Dan
OS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in the past? It
sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each year FY 2014-
2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate and BOP staff related; and
how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards to PREA, are only inmates at the facility
interviewed? The story references inmates who were moved out of the facility and into other facilities in
advance of PREA investigators arriving.
Thanks.
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Rape is rampant at this women's prison. Anyone who complains is punished, lawsuit says.
December 04, 2019 10:47 AM
A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical neglect at the largest
women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by Julie K. Brown/jbrown@miamiherald.com.
By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex sexually
harassed and assaulted inmates in what amounted to a sanctuary for systemic abuse, a space where they
were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts on officers, the inmates
were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders, have banded together to
sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their real names, over the abuse they say they've
endured at the Bureau of Prisons-operated camp. Seven of the women are still incarcerated.The lawsuit seeks
compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was filed this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that seemingly hit bottom
when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in the nation, was found hanged Aug. 10 in his
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largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in Sumter County near Wildwood, it houses more than
6,000 inmates in a series of compounds and camps, including roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse how women were coerced and threatened, how
they were lured into private offices or remote sheds with no surveillance cameras, or stalked relentlessly by
corrections officers until they had no choice but to submit.
The officers all of whom are identified in the lawsuit, at least by last name would at times display computer
screens showing the women the exact location of their families, a pointed message that their relatives could
be targeted if the women didn't cooperate. Some of the women had minor children. In some cases, officers
wanted to maintain relationships with the women after they had served their time, according to the lawsuit.
The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took advantage of their authority and
access to sexually abuse the women. Some of the officers had been investigated for sexual abuse in the past,
with nothing coming of it, the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if there were telltale warnings
in their backgrounds. The Bureau of Prisons responded that absent an overriding public interest, it would not
provide such documents, calling the provision of such records an unwarranted invasion of their personal
privacy.
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-being. At least one victim
said she was ordered to begin birth control to avoid the possibility of becoming pregnant and another was
given a morning-after pill by an officer.
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RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was ”st club:. brazen, suit
From
Jill S. Roth
To
Hugh Hurwitz
Date
2019/12/06 13:01
RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen,
suit
Subject:
Great, I'll review policy and talk to Alison next week.
>>> Hugh Hurwitz 12/6/2019 12:48 PM >»
We can talk more next week, but if you are not being notified my initial question is what is the
process/policy that requires the Regional Coordinators to report to you? Do we require reports?
What is required? If there is nothing then perhaps we need to draft a policy? Anyway, work with
Alison and Alix and propose some procedures or if needed, policy, to cover this (as well as what
steps you will take once you have the info). Thanks.
>>> Jill S. Roth 12/6/2019 12:42 PM >»
Thanks for following up on that. This has been the situation, mostly, for the entire time I've been
in the position and probably for the people before me. I almost never know of situations prior to
it being in the news. The only exceptions are when staff at an institution warn me or when OIG
called and walked me through an active investigation on that ALD captain a few years ago. If we
can come up with a viable strategy, that will be terrific. I understand the importance of protecting
investigations, so I've never fussed about it too much. I'll have these numbers to you guys in a
few minutes.
>>> Hugh Hurwitz 12/6/2019 12:33 PM >»
I spoke to Ken...he was aware and apologized for not letting me know. But more importantly the
proper reporting chain to get this to you did not work. We need to look into this and get it fixed
moving forward. We can deal with that issue next week.
>>> Jill S. Roth 12/6/2019 12:15 PM >>>
I guess you don't need to know either...
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message -----
From: Hugh Hurwitz
Date: 12/6/19 12:14 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: "Jill S. Roth"
Cc: Alix McLearen
Subject: RE: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit
>>> "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 12:14 >>>
I had not heard about it either until the article came out today. Report whatever data you have. I
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you don't nave exactly what they want that is line.
>>> Jill S. Roth 12/6/2019 12:10 PM >»
Are you wanting the data for all the years the person asked for? I don't think I can break it down
as much as they want, but I can get close. Also, this is the first I've heard anything about this
apparent rampant abuse. This is either a breakdown in communication or I am not in the need to
know category.
Jill
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
----- Original message ------
From: Hugh Hurwitz
Date: 12/6/19 11:41 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Alison Leukefeld , Alix McLearen , "Jill S. Roth"
Subject: Re: Fwd: Sexual abuse at Florida prison was systemic, brazen, suit says I Miami Herald
>>> "Hugh Hurwitz" 12/06/2019 11:41 >>>
We should be able to provide this from the annual prea report, right? Can we do today?
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 11:33 AM >>>
Adding Hugh and Jill.
Are we able to provide the stats they are requesting?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:57 AM >>>
Thanks Ken!
>>> Kenneth Hyle 12/6/2019 10:54 AM >>>
Hello Loneryl -
From our end:
The Federal Bureau of Prisons (Bureau) takes allegations of staff misconduct seriously and,
consistent with national policy, refers all allegations for investigation. The Bureau learned of
allegations of sexual abuse through initial inmate complaints, and subsequently through
administrative claims filed under the Federal Torts Claim Act. All allegations brought to the
Bureau's attention were investigated by the Office of Internal Affairs.
>>> Loneryl Burns 12/6/2019 10:13 AM >>>
Good Morning All,
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Please see the below questions from CJS. Can you please advise on the response?
Thanks,
Loneryl
>>> "Lucas, Daniel (JMD)" 12/6/2019 8:21 AM >>>
Good morning all-
Please see incoming below from CJS this morning Is BOP able to assist with response?
Thanks,
Dan
CJS:
This is an incredibly troubling story and it's now a lawsuit. Was BOP aware of these reports in
the past? It sounds like there were multiple reports. Please keep us updated.
In general, how many instances of unwanted sexual contact are reported at BOP facilities each
year FY 2014-2019; how many of these were inmate only related and how many were inmate
and BOP staff related; and how many were male institutions vs female institutions? In regards to
PREA, are only inmates at the facility interviewed? The story references inmates who were
moved out of the facility and into other facilities in advance of PREA investigators arriving
Thanks.
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Rape is rampant at this women's prison. Anyone who complains is punished, lawsuit says.
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A Miami Herald I-Team investigation into corruption, sexual abuse and medical neglect at the
largest women's prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional. Reporting by Julie K. Brown /
jbrown@miamiherald.com. By Emily Michot
For years, male officers at the women's work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex
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space where they were shielded from any consequences.
If the women complained about being groped, fondled or forced to perform sex acts on officers,
the inmates were the ones who were punished.
Fourteen women, ranging in age from 30 to 56 and nearly all first-time offenders, have banded
together to sue the United States, not under pseudonyms but under their real names, over the
abuse they say they've endured at the Bureau of Prisons-operated camp. Seven of the women
are still incarcerated.The lawsuit seeks compensation and an overhaul of the prison. It was filed
this week.
An aerial view of the sprawling Coleman complex
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Coleman officials did not immediately respond to a request from the Miami Herald for comment.
The litigation is the latest manifestation of dysfunction in a federal prison system that seemingly
hit bottom when Jeffrey Epstein, perhaps the most high-profile detainee in the nation, was found
hanged Aug. 10 in his cell at another BOP facility, the Metropolitan Correctional Center in
Manhattan, while officers dozed nearby. The death, which led to the summary removal of the
acting director of the prison system, has been termed a suicide. It occurred despite what was
described as a previous suicide attempt three weeks earlier.
Although it touches on a second institution in Tallahassee, the lawsuit focuses primarily on
Coleman, the largest prison complex in the federal system. Located in Sumter County near
Wildwood, it houses more than 6,000 inmates in a series of compounds and camps, including
roughly 500 women, the complaint says
In stark, chilling detail, the lawsuit describes pervasive abuse how women were coerced and
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The lawsuit says Coleman employed no fewer than seven officers who took advantage of their
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sexual abuse in the past, with nothing coming of it, the lawsuit alleges.
The Miami Herald requested personnel files on all of the named officers to see if there were
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overriding public interest, it would not provide such documents, calling the provision of such
records an unwarranted invasion of their personal privacy.
The male staffers maintained total control over the women's lives, safety and well-being. At least
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Fwd: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
James Petrucci. Lee Plourde
Date
2019/08/1505:55
Subject:
Fwd: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm
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Original message —
From: "Donatesta. Rebekah (USANYS)"
Date: 8/14/19 10:56 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Adam Johnson <al0joluison@bop.gov>. Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@thop.gov>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
>» "Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)" 08/14/2019 22:56 >»
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how many and who. I asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14. 2019. at 12:49 PM. Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonaleskiqz)usa.doj.gov<mailto
> wrote:
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <a I 0jolmson@bop.gonmailio
Stephanie Scannell <sseannell@bop.gonmailto:sscannell@bop.gov>>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos@usa.doj.gov<maiho:nroos4usa.doj.gov»
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan - Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea - Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman - US Attorney
Audrey Strauss - Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SONY
Craig Stewart -Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Ca
- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief. Public Corruption Unit. SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson@bop.gov<maiho
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov<mailto:sscannell@bop.gov>>: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonakskigusa.doj.gov<mailto:RDonalo
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos63,)usa.doj.gov<maiho:nroos@usa.doj.gov»
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you.
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
ISO Park Row
New York. New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)" <RebelcaltDonaleski@usdoj.gov<mailto:Rebekah.Donaleski@usdoj.gov>> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM
Adam.
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
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Tim Shea
In addition. Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson@WP.Pv<maille
>>
Sent: Tuesday. August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov<mailto:sscanneliCrbop.gov>>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonaleskigusa.doj.gov<mailto:RDonalet
Cc: Roos. Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos(g2usa.doj.gov<mailto:nroostitsa.doj.gov>>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before admission. Thanks!
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebelcah.Donaleski@uscloj.gov<mailto:Rebekah.Donaleski®usdoj.gov» 8113/2019338 PM >>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <a I 0johnson@bop.gov<mailto
>>
Sent: Tuesday. August 13. 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov<mailto:sucannellgbop.gov»; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonalcskietusa.doj.gov<mailtolDonalet
Cc: Roos. Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos@usa.doj.gov<maihommosgusa.doj.gov»
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Ili Rebekah,
It should not be a problem Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you.
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
Ncw York. Ncw York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.Donaleski@usdoj.gov<mailto:Rebelcah.Donaleski(ccusdoj.gov>> 8/13/2019 205 PM >>>
Adam.
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russel
Rebekah Donalcski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area: the 9th floor SHIA and Epstein's cell, which we understand to
Thanks.
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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Re: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Lee Plourde
To
Adam Johnson
Date
2019/08/14 14:50
Subject:
Re: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htin
Thank you
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original messa e
From: Adam Johnson <
Date: 8/14/19 12:53 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: James Petrucci <jpetrucci@bop.gov>
Cc: Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov>, Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Subject: Fwd: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
>> > "Adam Johnson" 08/14/2019 12:53 >>>
Warden,
As an update, the two additional participants are from the AG's Office.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
1.> 8/14/2019 12:49 PM >>>
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, Au ust 14 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <
>• Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
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Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 201912:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannelleboes•oy>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >> >
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any
questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson
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To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroosPusa.doj.gov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <alOjohnsonPbop gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <ccrannell@bop gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <RDonaleski@usa.doj gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroosPusa.doigov>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
€. (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the nnenine invectioatinnc Pleace Pitle me a rail with any minions and let tic knnw what time and
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where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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Fwd: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
James PetrucciLee PlourdeStephanie
Scannell
Date
2019/08/14 12:53
Subject:
Fwd: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm
Warden,
As an update, the two additional participants are from the AG's Office.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/14/2019 12:49 PM >>>
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, Au ust 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <
>; Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed 0'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <
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Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <M
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >> >
Adam,
Two additional people from D0J will join the visit:
Ed 0'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any
questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnsonCthbop.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPboo.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroosOusa.doj.gov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" ‹
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >> >
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnsonPbop toy>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <RDonaleskiOusa.doj gov>
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Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" ‹
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russell Capone
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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2,310 conflicts of interest with Trump's business; a possible breakdown in budget talks
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Watchdog Group Tallies 2.310 Conflicts of Interest Associated With President
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Report highlights an unprecedented mix of presidential affairs and personal business.
Bu 'get Talks Will Break Down if White House Bypasses Congress to Gut
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RE: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
Nicolas Roos, Rebekah Donalcski, Stephanie
Scannell
Date
2019/08/14 12:25
Subject:
RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments:
TEXT.htm
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >>>
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any
questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>. Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
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-----PAGE 447-----
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <ssca rinelle bop gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
(646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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Fwd: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
James PetrucciStephanie Scannell
Date
2019/08/14 12:45
Subject:
Fwd: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm
Warden,
Per the below, the SDNY U.S. Attorney is requesting that you accompany us on tomorrows tour. Please let
me know if you would like to discuss it further.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" •c
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >> >
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any
questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bo
ov>• Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.DonaleskiPusdoj.gov> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnsonPbop gov>
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To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
»> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >»
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russell Capone
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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The Daily 202: The six most important quotes fromMueller's six hours of testimony
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The Daily 202: The six most important quotes fromMueller's six hours
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Listen to The Big Idea
The six most important quotes from
Mueller's six hours of testimony
Mueller: 'We have underplayed' Russia's effect on our elections
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Altar°
THE BIG IDEA: Bob Mueller chose his words carefully.
The former special counsel responded monosyllabically to
hundreds of questions on Wednesday. He clearly did not
want to be on Capitol Hill, declined repeated requests to
read aloud passages from his 448-page report and took
special care to never utter the I-word: impeachment. This
makes the handful of moments when Mueller volunteered to
elaborate, or emphasized something emphatically, worthy of
special attention.
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-----PAGE 457-----
The overwhelming majority of Americans did not devote six
hours of a summer workday to watching the 74-year-old
answer five-minute rounds of questions from dozens of
grandstanding lawmakers. Much of the press coverage this
morning focuses less on substance than optics. That's not
totally unfair: Democrats subpoenaed Mueller to appear
because they wanted made-for-TV moments, and they
acknowledge they didn't get what they hoped for.
Instead of reading the theater criticism, however, citizens
who missed the cable circus might be better served by
reading the transcripts. In his own understated, patrician
and old-school way, Mueller undercut so much White House
spin and drew attention to how many false statements
President Trump has made to the American people. Here
are the six most significant quotes from the former special
counsel's six hours in the hot seat — and why they matter:
1) On Russian interference in domestic politics:
"They're doing it as we sit here, and they expect to do
it in the next campaign."
The former FBI director, who earned a Purple Heart as a
Marine in Vietnam and helped guide law enforcement during
the traumatic aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, came out of
retirement to investigate the Kremlin's efforts to sway the
2016 presidential election.
"We have underplayed to a certain extent that aspect of our
investigation," Mueller told the House Intelligence Committee
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elections could do "long-term damage to the United States
that we need to move quickly to address."
Mueller said he wrote the first volume of his report to serve
as "our living message to those who come after us" so that
they "don't let this problem continue to linger as it has over
so many years." And he warned that "many more countries"
are developing capabilities to do the same, emboldened by
the success of Moscow, as he reiterated the need for "swift"
action.
Asked about Trump campaign officials interacting with
Russians who offered help to their election efforts, and the
failure to report such overtures to the FBI, Mueller said he
hopes future campaigns don't think it's acceptable to accept
assistance from foreign governments. "I hope this is not the
new normal," he said, "but I fear it is."
From someone who spent 28 years in the CIA's clandestine
service, including in Moscow and running the agency's
Russia operations:
'Problematic is an understatement': Mueller comments on Trump's past WikiLeaks
praise
2) On Trump's past praise for WikiLeaks: "Problematic
is an understatement in terms of what it displays of
giving some hope or some boost to what is and should
be illegal behavior."
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secrecy group, whose leader Julian Assange now faces
federal charges, and which allegedly served as a conduit for
the Russians to disseminate hacked emails of Hillary Clinton
campaign officials.
Mueller said he agrees with Mike Pompeo's characterization
of WikiLeaks as a "hostile intelligence service." Trump said
"I love WikiLeaks" at a rally in the fall of 2016. His son Don
Jr. tweeted a link to stolen documents that Mueller's report
said was provided to him by WikiLeaks in a Twitter direct
message.
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
asked Mueller whether knowingly accepting foreign
assistance is an unethical thing to do. "And a crime, given
certain circumstances," Mueller replied, nodding. "It's also
unpatriotic," said Schiff. "True," replied Mueller.
Mueller reiterates that report does not exonerate President Trump on obstruction of
justice
3) Rebutting Trump's claims of total exoneration: "The
president was not exculpated for the acts that he
allegedly committed."
Mueller clarified his position on whether he would have
indicted the president if not for the opinion from the Office of
Legal Counsel that says a sitting president shouldn't face
criminal charges. "We did not reach a determination as to
whether the president committed a crime," he said.
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"We did not address `collusion,' which is not a legal term,"
Mueller said in his opening statement. "Rather, we focused
on whether the evidence was sufficient to charge any
member of the campaign with taking part in a criminal
conspiracy. It was not."
Asked whether the president, under Justice Department
policy, could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice after he
leaves office, Mueller kept his answer succinct: "True."
Mueller says his investigation 'is not a witch hunt'
4) Finally defending the integrity of his investigation:
"It is not a witch hunt."
For two years, Mueller kept quiet as Trump and his allies
impugned him and his team. Even during the news
conference in May to announce his resignation as special
counsel, Mueller did not offer a full-throated defense of his
methods or personnel. On Wednesday, he replied to GOP
criticism that some of the career prosecutors on his team
previously gave money to Democrats.
"I've been in this business for almost 25 years. In those 25
years, I've not had occasion once to ask about somebody's
political affiliation," Mueller said. "It is not done. What I care
about is the capability of the individual to do the job and do
the job seriously and quickly and with integrity."
Justice Department policy prohibits asking about political
views as part of a job interview. Mueller also explained that
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he moved former FBI official Peter Strzok off his team as
soon as he found out about anti-Trump text messages in
2016.
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) accused Mueller of
including only "the very worst" information about Trump in
his report. "Not true," he replied, adding that the team "strove
to put in exculpatory evidence" about Trump's conduct.
Mueller says he didn't subpoena Trump in order to expedite his investigation
5) On why he didn't subpoena the president: "We
decided that we did not want to exercise the subpoena
powers because of the necessity of expediting the end
of the investigation."
The former special counsel conceded that Trump's written
answers to his questions about Russian interference — the
president refused to answer any questions about the 10
episodes of potential obstruction of justice that his office
explored — were "certainly not as useful as the interview
would be."
Despite Trump's claims that he fully cooperated, Mueller
noted that the president's team stonewalled in negotiations
for over a year about a sit-down interview and said he
assumed Trump "would fight the subpoena." Mueller
explained that he needed to decide "how much time you are
willing to spend in the courts litigating an interview with the
president."
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Despite claims that Mueller wanted to drag out his
investigation, he made clear that he hoped to get it wrapped
up as soon as possible. "The reason we didn't do the
interview was because of the length of time that it would take
to resolve the issues attendant to that," he said.
Trump says Mueller did 'horrible job.
6) There was a coverup: "A number of people we
interviewed in our investigation, it turns out, did lie."
Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Rick Gates
and George Papadopoulos have each acknowledged that
they lied to the FBI. Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) asked
Mueller whether it was "fair to say' that Trump's written
answers were "not only inadequate and incomplete, because
he didn't answer many of your questions, but where he did,
his answers showed that he wasn't always being truthful."
"I would say, generally," Mueller replied.
Mueller acknowledged that he caught many former members
of Trump's team not telling the truth, and this made it harder
to investigate what really happened. "That would be
accurate," he said.
"And then," Schiff said, "they lied to cover it up?"
"Generally, that's true," said Mueller.
Trump tweeted as soon as the second hearing ended:
"TRUTH IS A FORCE OF NATURE!"
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Pelosi: 'If we have a case for impeachment, that's the place we will have to go'
THE FALLOUT:
-- Mueller's turn as a reluctant and at times
uncomfortable witness did not change the political
dynamic. "Even Democrats who favor impeachment
acknowledged that Mueller's performance did not provide
the made-for-TV moment for which they had hoped," Ashley
Parker, Rachael Bade, Josh Dawsey and Mike DeBonis
report. "The immediate upshot for Democratic leaders —
who have faced turmoil within their caucus for refusal to
begin impeachment proceedings against Trump — was that
the hearings appeared to do little to galvanize congressional
sentiment. Before the spectacle, many pro-impeachment
Democrats were predicting Mueller's testimony would
inspire a new wave of impeachment backers, potentially two
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Democrats in the House had joined the calls to start
proceedings."
-- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler
(D-N.Y.) pushed for launching impeachment
proceedings against Trump during a private meeting
on Wednesday, but he was rebuffed by Nancy Pelosi.
From Politico: "At a caucus meeting following the hotly
anticipated testimony ... Nadler suggested that several
House committee chairs could begin drafting articles of
impeachment against Trump. Pelosi called the idea
premature ... In the course of the wide-ranging discussion,
Nadler countered Pelosi's pushback by noting that polls
showed limited support for removing President Richard
Nixon from office when the House began impeachment
hearings in 1973, but that public support for the effort grew
as more evidence came out about Nixon's illegal behavior."
-- "Democrats are now left with one option to end
Trump's presidency: The 2020 election," writes Dan
Balz: "Regardless of the evidence of obstruction contained
in Mueller's report, impeachment is a fraught strategy for the
Democrats, given public opinion and the dynamics in the
Senate. After Wednesday, the prospects for impeachment
appear more remote, which means it will be left to the
eventual Democratic presidential nominee, with the help of
the party, to develop a comprehensive case against the
president, one that can win 270 electoral votes. To date, that
hasn't happened. ... The barriers to impeachment have
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control of the Senate, to the frustration of some Democrats.
But other Democrats were advocating long before Mueller
wrapped up his investigation that the party's focus should be
on the 2020 election, rather than impeachment. That now is
the only realistic course for settling the question of the future
of Trump's presidency."
Mueller corrects testimony about decision-making on obstruction of justice
-- Both sides were left frustrated by Mueller's approach
to the questions related to whether Trump obstructed
justice — and why the former special counsel refused to
draw a conclusion from the evidence his team
gathered. Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger_report:
"Mueller failed to deliver a clear answer to either —
frustrating Democrats who hope to spotlight what they
consider ample proof of Trump's crimes and Republicans
who think the special counsel unfairly tarnished the
president. ... GOP officials said that details in his report
insinuating Trump was engaged in wrongdoing — including
statements that there was substantial evidence without
explicitly saying he broke the law — unfairly damaged the
president. ...
"Democrats labored in vain to get Mueller to assess
whether Trump obstructed justice. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
(D-N.Y.) walked Mueller through Trump's efforts to get then-
White House counsel Donald McGahn to push for the firing
of the special counsel, one of the most dramatic episodes
detailed in the special counsel report. 'Those are the
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elements of obstruction of justice,' Jeffries said. 'This is the
United States of America. No one is above the law. No one.
The president must be held accountable one way or the
other.' I don't subscribe necessarily to your — the way you
analyze that,' Mueller responded."
Fact-checking lawmakers' claims during the Mueller hearings
-- The Post's Fact Checker team analyzed eight
dubious claims from lawmakers during the hearings.
(Salvador Rizzo and Glenn Kessler)
-- This was likely Mueller's final act on Washington's
center stage. Marc Fisher writes: "The day definitively
altered perceptions of Mueller. ... Mueller's shaky
demeanor, though steadier as the day wore on, drew focus
away from what few conclusions he was willing to confirm or
bat down. Mueller phased in and out of the precise, pointed
style that had characterized his long legal career. At times,
especially in the afternoon session before the Intelligence
Committee, he seemed his old self, anticipating questions,
displaying sharp command of his investigation. ... But under
questioning from House members, his voice grew thinner,
less certain. He sometimes searched for words. His
hesitations at times seemed intentional ... At other points,
Mueller's halting manner seemed involuntary."
3 times Mueller could not remember what was in his report
-- Mueller seemed confused about basic facts at times:
"He frequently asked lawmakers to repeat their questions,
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saying that he could not hear them or that they were
speaking too fast," Devlin Barrett,Mattlapotosky,Rosalind
S. Helderman and Karoun Demirjian report. "He also said he
was unfamiliar with some of the specifics of the investigation
— a surprising admission for a prosecutor who built a
distinguished career on delving deep into the weeds of
investigations, to the point that many of his subordinates
complained he was a maddening micromanager. He called
the president 'Trimp' before quickly correcting himself. He
said he was `not familiar' with the opposition research firm
Fusion GPS that commissioned a dossier of allegations that
played a key role in the early days of the investigation into
Russian interference. ... At another point, he could not recall
the word 'conspiracy' — a basic staple in any federal
prosecutor's lexicon — and a lawmaker supplied it for him.
"In the hearing room, Mueller's muffled voice made his
minimal responses nearly inaudible, a sharp contrast
to the lawmakers, whose voices often boomed with
indignation. Even friendly exchanges could cause Mueller
to stumble. When Rep. Greg Stanton (D-Ariz.) asked which
president nominated Mueller to serve as the top federal
prosecutor in Massachusetts, Mueller guessed George
H.W. Bush. In fact, it was Ronald Reagan."
-- As the testimony concluded, Democrats revisited an
old question: Is Trump a blackmail risk? Philip Bump
reports: "Toward the end of the day, Democratic
representatives sitting on the House Intelligence Committee
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began to press Mueller on this point. Rep. Raja
Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) noted that counterintelligence
investigations — that is, investigations into ways in which
foreign intelligence agencies might seek to compromise
government officials — were outside of the scope of the
special counsel's probe. `Since it was outside your purview,
your report did not reach counterintelligence conclusions
regarding any Trump administration officials who might
potentially be vulnerable to compromise or blackmail by
Russia, correct?' Krishnamoorthi asked. Mueller confirmed
that this was correct, noting that those investigations would
be housed at the FBI."
'Obstruction' or 'no collusion'?: Democrats, GOP launch attacks on Mueller report
COMMENTARY FROM THE OPINION PAGE:
-- "Mueller wins on the facts - but loses on TV," writes
Max Boot: "This viewer hungered for Mueller to rain down
righteous wrath on the unprincipled Republican hacks who
put loyalty to their party leader above loyalty to their country. I
wanted him to say, as Joseph Welch did at the Army-
McCarthy hearings, 'Have you no sense of decency?' ... But
instead of channeling his inner Joe Welch, Mueller was
channeling Joe Friday: `Just the facts, ma'am."
-- "So this is why Mueller didn't want to testify," writes
Dana Milbank: "Republican lawmakers eviscerated him,
assaulting his integrity and his ethics, questioning his
political motivations, disparaging the FBI and even casting
doubt on Russia's interference in the election."
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-- "The real bombshell in Mueller's testimony wasn't
about impeaching Trump," writes Karen Tumulty: "To
focus on Trump, and whether his actions constitute
impeachable offenses, is to miss the real bombshell in
Mueller's testimony — the scandal that could be unfolding
right there in front of us. That was Mueller's warning that
what happened in 2016 could happen again."
• The Editorial Board: "Mueller gave a warning on
Russian meddling. Congress end America — should
listen."
• E.J. Dionne Jr.: "Mueller's hearing proves that Trump
and his apologists are lying."
• Nicole Hemmer, co-editor of The Post's "Made by
History" section: "The GOP's questions to Mueller
seemed bizarre — unless you watch Fox News."
• Media critic Erik Wemple: "Republican lawmaker
complains to Mueller about lack of Fox News in his
repot"
• Molly Jong-Fast: "Mueller wasn't the hero Democrats
sought. But he reminded us that Trump is the villain."
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Attorney General William Barr testifies before a Senate committee. (Jahi
ChikwendiufThe Washington Post)
WHILE YOU WERE IN YOUR MORNING MEETINGS:
-- The Justice Department announced this morning
that it plans to resume executing prisoners awaiting
the death penalty, ending almost two decades in which
the federal government had not imposed capital
punishment on prisoners. Devlin Barrett reports: "Attorney
General William P. Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons to
schedule executions for five inmates currently on death row.
The prisoners were convicted of murdering children. The
last federal execution was in 2003. In the years since, there
has been an informal moratorium on executions of federal
prisoners, as Justice Department officials reviewed its lethal
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the Obama administration by then-Attorney General Eric
Holder's personal opposition to the death penalty, even while
he approved prosecutors' decisions to seek the death
penalty in specific trials."
• Bar ordered the Bureau of Prisons to adopt a new policy
for lethal injections, one that officials said closely mirrors
those used in Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, replacing a
three-drug lethal cocktail with one drug, pentobarbital.
• The Justice Department has scheduled executions in
December and January for the following prisoners:
Daniel Lee Lewis, for the killing of a family of three,
including an eight-year-old girl; Lezmond Mitchell for the
killing of a 63-year-old and her nine-year granddaughter;
Wesley Ira Purkey for the rape and murder of a 16-year-
old girl and the murder of an 80-year-old woman; Alfred
Bourgeois for molesting and killing his two-year-old
daughter; and Dustin Lee Honken, for shooting and
killing five people, including two children.
-- Four automakers from three continents have struck a
deal with California to produce more fuel-efficient cars
for their U.S. fleets in coming years, undercutting one
of the Trump administration's most aggressive climate
policy rollbacks. Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis report:
"The compromise between the California Air Resources
Board and Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW of North
America came after weeks of secret negotiations and could
shape future U.S. vehicle production, even as White House
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cars, pickup trucks and SUVs. Mary D. Nichols, California's
top air pollution regulator, said in an interview Wednesday
that she sees the agreement as a potential `olive branch' to
the Trump administration and hopes it joins the deal, which
she said gives automakers flexibility in meeting emissions
goals without the `massive backsliding' contained in the
White House proposal."
-- Jeffrey Epstein was found injured in his jail cell after
a possible suicide attempt. From NBC News New York:
"Epstein, who is being held in Metropolitan Correctional
Center during his trial for conspiracy and sex trafficking,
was found semi-conscious with marks on his neck ...
Investigators are trying to piece together exactly what
happened, saying details remain murky. Two sources tell
News 4 that Epstein may have tried to hang himself, while a
third source cautioned that the injuries were not serious and
questioned if Epstein might be using it as a way to get a
transfer. A fourth source said an assault has not been ruled
out, and that another inmate was questioned. The inmate
who investigators have talked to in Lower Manhattan facility
has been identified as Nicholas Tartaglione, according to
two sources. Tartaglione is a former police officer in
Westchester County who was arrested in December 2016
and accused of killing four men in an alleged cocaine
distribution conspiracy, then burying their bodies in his yard
in Otisville in Orange County, according to court records."
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Joe Biden speaks Wednesday at a candidate forum at the NAACP National
Convention in Detroit. (Carlos Osorio/AP)
2020 WATCH:
-- Former vice president Joe Biden tore into Sens. Cory
Booker (D-N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in a shift to
aggressively counter his 2020 opponents. Chelsea
Janes and David Weigel report: "On Wednesday, asked by
NAACP panel moderator April Ryan if his views [on mass
incarceration] have evolved, Biden said the focus of criminal
justice needed to shift from `incarceration to rehabilitation' —
a solution that [Sen. Cory] Booker, speaking to reporters
after his earlier NAACP appearance, called `inadequate.' ...
Booker described Biden as `an architect of mass
incarceration.' After Biden left the stage, he responded
emphatically to Booker's second day of criticism by trying to
turn attention to his tenure as mayor of the troubled city of
Newark, before he became a senator. ... `His police
department was stopping and frisking people, mostly African
American men,' he said, leading the Obama administration
to intercede. `We took action against them; the Justice
Department took action against them, held the police
department accountable.-
Biden seethed about Harris's busing attack during the
previous debate: "He told reporters he was `overly polite' in
responding to her criticism. `I didn't respond to an attack:
`You're not a racist.' Which is a nice thing to say. It was
really reassuring,' Biden said in a sarcastic tone."
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-- Biden is an old-school politician struggling to keep
up with a changing party, Phil Elliott writes in a profile for
Time: "Biden tries to put a positive gloss on things, saying
the problems come with the territory when you're the front
runner. 'I'd rather be there than anywhere else,' Biden said.
`But, you know, it's amazing.' A few hours later, he was
more open about his frustrations with his campaign. Staffers
had invited journalists to tag along as he picked up some
chocolate chip ice cream. But Biden—who believes Trump's
rise was fueled by naked authenticity and sees the same
trait in himself-found the setup phony. `After all these years
of being in public office, I'm known for ice cream and
sunglasses,' Biden lamented. `There's gotta be something
better than that."
-- Time magazine's cover story for next week: "What
Do the Democrats Stand For? Inside a Fight Over
America's Future," by Molly Ball: "What policies will the
party champion? Which voters will it court? How will it speak
to an angry and divided nation? While intraparty tussles are
perennial in politics, this one comes against a unique
backdrop: an unpopular, mendacious, norm-trampling
President. ... But for an opposition party, it's never as simple
as pointing out the failures of those in power. As desperate
as Democrats are to defeat Trump, voters demand an
alternative vision. `You will not win an election telling
everybody how bad Donald Trump is,' [said] former Senate
majority leader Harry Reid. 'They have to run on what they're
going to do."
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-- Pete Buttigieg leads the 2020 Democrats in spending
on private jets. The mayor of South Bend, Ind., has spent
roughly $300,000 on private jet travel this year, far more than
any of his rivals. In comparison, Warren has spent $60,000
on private planes (but regularly flies coach), while Sanders
has spent $18,000 and Harris has spent $17,000. (AP)
-- Hillary Clinton seriously considered picking Sen.
Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) as her running mate. From
a Bloomberg Businessweek cover story by Josh Green:
"The Massachusetts senator underwent a full vetting and
was smuggled into Whitehaven, Clinton's Washington
home, for an interview. It went well enough that some
Clinton advisers were convinced Warren would be the best
pick. ... In a memo to Clinton written shortly after the August
meeting, ... Philippe Reines, a longtime adviser, concluded
of Warren: 'If a crystal ball said she wouldn't antagonize you
for four years, it's hard to argue she isn't the most helpful for
the next four months to get you elected." Warren said that if
Clinton had asked her to be her vice president, she would've
said yes.
Warren also explained why she didn't endorse a 2016
candidate until after the Democratic National Convention:
"Endorsing Bernie Sanders, her ideological ally, would mean
sacrificing her ability to influence Clinton, who was widely
expected to win. So Warren withheld her endorsement until
it was clear Clinton would be the nominee. In essence,
Warren bet that she had a better chance of enacting her
liberal agenda by working through Clinton than by banking
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on a Sanders revolution." Warren said she felt the backlash
of her decision as many of her hardcore supporters on the
left turned against her when Sanders lost, filling her
Facebook posts with vitriol and claims that she had sold out.
-- Tensions between Sanders and MSNBC are boiling
over. From the Daily Beast: "Officials in Sanders' campaign
contend that leading up to the 2020 election, the network is
one of several cable news outlets directly contributing to a
media climate where false claims go unchecked and
requests for progressive voices on-air are frequently turned
down. `More often than not these commentators are injecting
their opinion without any policy discussions,' (said) Nina
Turner, the national co-chair of Sanders' campaign. `They're
not there to tell the gospel truth.' The backlash from
Sanders-world reached a new high on Sunday, when
MSNBC analyst Mimi Rocah, a former assistant U.S
attorney for the Southern District of New York ... launched a
personal critique of Sanders during a segment with host
David Gura, saying that he makes her `skin crawl' and that
he's not a 'pro-woman candidate.-
-- CNN is requiring a commitment of at least $300,000
in advertising on the network before a potential
sponsor can purchase a commercial during next
week's debates. Running a 30-second spot costs around
$110,000. Usually, a 30-second ad aired during CNN's
prime-time programs over the past months has cost
between $7,000 and $12,000. (Variety)
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Republican with a House GOP leadership position, said
he will not run for reelection next year. Mitchell voiced
frustration that "rhetoric overwhelms policy' in Washington,
making it hard to focus on the issues he wanted to address
— "trade, health care, immigration and infrastructure, to
name just a few." (John Wagner)
-- A federal judge in Arkansas blocked abortion
restrictions that were set to take effect yesterday. The
judge said that the state "has no interest in enforcing laws
that are unconstitutional" and that she would block it from
enacting the three provisions, including one that barred
abortions starting at 18 weeks of pregnancy. (CNN)
A migrant child and his father stick together after being bused by Mexican migration
authorities from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey, Mexico. (Marco Ugarte/AP)
THE IMMIGRATION WARS:
-- A federal judge in California blocked Trump's latest
asylum ban. Maria Sacchetti and Spencer S. Hsu report:
"The policy aimed to curtail Central American migration
across the southern border by requiring asylum seekers to
apply in countries they had passed through on the way to the
United States, particularly Mexico or Guatemala. U.S.
District Judge Jon S. Tigar, who halted another version of
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'mountain' of evidence showed that migrants could not
safely seek asylum in Mexico. He said the rule likely violated
federal law in part by categorically denying asylum to almost
anyone crossing the border. U.S. law generally allows
anyone who sets foot on U.S. soil to apply for asylum. ...
'The public undoubtedly has a pressing interest in fairly and
promptly addressing both the harms to asylum applicants
and the administrative burdens imposed by the influx of
persons seeking asylum,' Tigar, an Obama administration
appointee in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of California, wrote in his 45-page ruling. 'But shortcutting
the law, or weakening the boundary between Congress and
the Executive, are not the solutions to these problems."
-- Guatemalans fear that Trump's threats to retaliate if
the country doesn't sign a far-reaching migration
agreement might cripple their economy. Mary Beth
Sheridan and Kevin Sieff report: "Trump warned on Tuesday
that he might slap tariffs on Guatemala's exports or tax the
billions of dollars in remittances its migrants send home to
the Central American country. He was reacting to President
Jimmy Morales' decision to cancel a trip he was to make to
Washington last week during which he was expected to sign
a safe-third-country agreement. ... Guatemalans were faced
with another potential crisis: U.S. penalties that could
pummel their struggling economy. ... Jordan Rodas,
Guatemala's human rights prosecutor, said U.S. penalties
'could destabilize the country by driving poverty rates
higher. They could also prompt more Guatemalans to head
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-- No surprise: The Justice Department said it will not
prosecute Attorney General Bill Barr or Commerce
Secretary Wilbur Ross after the House voted on party
lines to hold them in criminal contempt for declining to
provide documents related to the addition of a
citizenship question on the 2020 Census. From CNN:
"Both agencies have maintained that they have already
provided thousands of documents to the committee about
the census question, and that certain documents which had
been withheld were done so in line with a federal court ruling
that said that many of the same documents were privileged
from disclosure in civil litigation."
-- Francisco Erwin Galicia, the U.S. citizen who spent
23 days in Customs and Border Protection custody,
said he lost 26 pounds during his time in a Texas
immigration detention center under conditions so bad
they almost drove him to self-deportation. From the
Dallas Morning News: "He said he wasn't allowed to shower
and his skin was dry and dirty. He and 60 other men were
crammed into an overcrowded holding area where they slept
on the floor and were given only aluminum-foil blankets, he
said. Some men had to sleep on the restroom area floor.
Ticks bit some of the men and some were very sick, Galicia
said. But many were afraid to ask to go to the doctor
because CBP officers told them their stay would start over if
they did, he said. `It was inhumane how they treated us. It
got to the point where I was ready to sign a deportation
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-- An autopsy offers jarring details about the death of a
16-year-old Guatemalan boy in Border Patrol custody.
From Texas Monthly: "Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez
crossed the border alone near Weslaco on May 13, and was
then held at a processing center for unaccompanied minors
in nearby McAllen for six days until falling ill on May 19. That
day, a nurse practitioner found that he had a 103-degree
fever, and he tested positive for the flu. He was prescribed
Tamiflu and transferred to the Border Patrol station at
Weslaco. Hernandez died the next morning. ... The
autopsy concludes that Hernandez succumbed to the
flu, complicated by pneumonia and sepsis, on or near
the toilet of his South Texas Border Patrol cell. ... The
agency is required to transfer unaccompanied children to
the Office of Refugee Resettlement within 72 hours, but
officials have acknowledged repeatedly failing to meet that
requirement this year, including in Hernandez's case.
Hernandez was also never taken to a hospital despite the
apparent seriousness of his illness."
-- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents
busted an undocumented immigrant's car window to
arrest him. The man's girlfriend live-streamed the incident
as their two children sat in the car. (CNN)
-- "How MS-13 gang's bloody campaign spilled into a
San Fernando Valley high school," from the Los Angeles
Times: "Panorama High School was already on edge after a
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10th grader went missing. Then, six students were detained
in February 2018 with no explanation. There were whispers
that the missing boy had been murdered, but the campus
was in the dark about a possible motive and suspect.
Authorities now say several of the students are linked to the
killing of their missing classmate, Brayan Andino, and
another man among seven slayings allegedly carried out by
a local clique of MS-13.
But teachers, students and
parents said they received little or no information from either
police or school officials about the gang's alleged operations
on campus until last week, when prosecutors announced
murder and racketeering charges against nearly two dozen
adults who are alleged to be gang members."
This July 21 aerial view shows a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
moving around the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which Iran seized in the
Strait of Hormuz on Friday. (Morteza Akhoondi/AP)
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- The U.S. and Europe have sharply different plans for
patrols in the Persian Gulf. Adam Taylor and James
McAuley report: "As tensions rise, the exact mandate
remains uncertain, with two separate and possibly
competing plans — one led by the United States and the
other by Europe — under discussion. Meanwhile, Iran has
rejected any need for Western ships to patrol the waters
along its southern coast, instead pledging to secure the
Strait of Hormuz itself. ... The United States has said that it
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envisages a scheme whereby nations would protect ships
that carry their own flag, but that joint operations would be
designed to carry out surveillance on waterways. ... British
officials have emphasized that the plan would be about
ensuring freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf — an aim
that Tehran could theoretically support as well."
-- Iran hinted at compromise after President Hassan
Rouhani suggested that his country might release a
British tanker in exchange for the return of an Iranian
ship. From the Times: "Mr. Rouhani's explicit extension of
the offer on Wednesday may have been a gesture toward
reducing the escalating tensions between Iran and the
West. Speaking after a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Mr.
Rouhani also alluded to indirect or behind-the-scenes talks
about a potential easing of tensions between Iran and the
United States."
-- As expected, Trump vetoed Congress's attempt to
block arms sales to Saudi Arabia. He vetoed three
different resolutions that would've stopped several arms
sales benefiting Riyadh and the United Arab Emirates. From
Karoun Demirjian and Colby Itkowitz: "The sales would
replenish part of the Saudi arsenal that lawmakers say
has been used against civilians in Yemen's civil war.
Many lawmakers also object to the idea of rewarding Saudi
leaders after the killing of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
The Trump administration has insisted the arms sales are
crucial to protect the region against a growing threat from
Iran. The vetoes come as the Senate Foreign Relations
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committee plans to vote i nursaay on two competing
bipartisan bills to impose sanctions on Saudi Arabia."
-- A Navy SEAL platoon was kicked out of Iraq for
consuming alcohol while deployed. Dan Lamothe
reports: "U.S. Special Operations Command said in a
statement Wednesday night that the platoon was forced out
early to San Diego by the commander of the task force, Maj.
Gen. Eric T. Hill, `due to a perceived deterioration of good
order and discipline within the team during non-operational
periods' of their deployment. `The Commander lost
confidence in the team's ability to accomplish the mission,'
the statement said."
-- North Korea fired a "new type of ballistic missile"
into the sea, toward Japan. Simon Denyer and John
Hudson report: "South Korea's National Security Council
said it had assessed the projectiles to be a `new type of
short-range ballistic missile,' but said it would make a final
conclusion in coordination with the United States. ... A U.S.
official familiar with North Korean affairs said the move
appears to explicitly test Trump's patience, as the president
has repeatedly hailed his diplomatic success in halting the
North from firing missiles into the Sea of Japan (also known
as the East Sea), an act that infuriates Tokyo."
Beji Caid Essebsi, a mainstay in Tunisian politics
who became the country's first freely elected president
after its 2011 pro-democracy uprising, died at 92.
During his presidency, Essebsi pursued several gender
equality initiatives that challenged religious orthodoxy in the
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country, including an order that allowed Muslim women to
marry non-Muslim men. (Claire Parker and Kareem Fahim)
-- American rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with
having committed an assault causing bodily harm in
Sweden. The musician's case has sparked a diplomatic
incident as Trump has asked for his release and Sweden
now faces accusations of racism and human rights abuses.
(New York Times)
-- On his first day as U.K. prime minister, Boris
Johnson promised that Britain would leave the
European Union in October — "no ifs or buts." William
Booth and Karla Adam report: "The doubters, the
doomsters, the gloomsters, they are going to get it wrong,
again,' Johnson said in his first remarks outside 10 Downing
Street. `The people who bet against Britain are going to lose
their shirts, because we're going to restore trust in our
democracy.' Johnson declared, `I have every confidence that
in 99 days' time we will have cracked it' and be able to exit
the E.U. with `a new deal, a better deal.' He implicitly blamed
his predecessor, Theresa May, for failing in that challenge.
`After three years of unfounded self-doubt, it is time to
change the record,' he said."
Seventeen members of May's government were either
sacked, resigned or retired, a shuffle the Daily
Telegraph described as a "massacre." Johnson cleared
out his cabinet of "remainers" and replaced them with true
Brexit believers. In Britain's parliamentary democracy, the
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transition of power is not only brutal but also quick. May met
with Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday afternoon and
resigned right after. Minutes later, Johnson bowed to the
Queen. "Lawmakers thanked May for her service. They
reserved their harshest lines for Johnson, whom
opposition rivals called `flagrant' and `reckless,' a
usurper with no mandate, and someone who is
prepared to `sell our country out to Donald Trump and
his friends.' May offered tepid support for her successor.
She said she was `pleased' to hand over to Johnson, whom
`I worked with when he was in my cabinet,' and who is
committed to delivering Brexit. Johnson notably quit May's
cabinet over her Brexit approach."
-- "Just how crazy is Boris Johnson?" asks the New
Yorker's Sam Knight: "If there is any consolation, it is that
Johnson is not an extremist of any kind. By temperament
and by upbringing, Johnson is a metropolitan liberal: pro-
choice, pro-immigration, tolerant of diversity, educated about
the world, and prepared to accept the consensus on climate
change. The problem is that he is also so unserious and so
unprincipled that it is impossible to know if he would
maintain any of those positions under meaningful duress. It
is wrong to compare Johnson to Donald Trump—they
are very different. But they share a quality of constant
distraction, a permanent, enervating uncertainty about what
they will get up to next."
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
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-- Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Roselle announced his
resignation last night. "On Wednesday, the governor
called a hasty news conference, but kept the press corps
waiting for hours for news that the resignation was
coming," Arelis R. Hernandez reports. "His public affairs
secretary — one of the last men standing in Rossello's
corner — said that afternoon that the governor would speak
directly to the people before the end of the day, but no time
was given and the content of the message remained
unknown. And as the night dragged on and the promised
pronouncement did not come, thousands of protesters grew
louder and police reinforcements went into formation. At
about 11:40 p.m., Rossello's recorded resignation video was
released on Facebook." "Despite having the support of the
people who elected me democratically, I now feel that
continuing in this position will make it difficult for the
success achieved so far to last," Rossello said in the video.
"Today, I'm announcing I will be resigning from the governor
position effective Friday, August 2, 2019 at 5 p.m." His
replacement is expected to be Wanda Vazquez, Puerto
Rico's secretary of justice, because of how the
commonwealth's line of succession works. The governor,
however, left open the possibility that a different successor
could take his place by the time he steps down.
Puerto Ricans celebrated on the streets after their governor
resigned:
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Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined in over Twitter:
Only one new House Democrat appears to have come out
for starting impeachment proceedings in the wake of the
hearing. She's a freshman from Massachusetts:
Another Democratic freshman congresswoman from
California criticized Senate Republicans for blocking an
election security bill:
A group of D.C. interns spent the night at the Capitol as they
awaited Mueller's testimony:
A Post editor made this note about the significance of
Mueller's testimony:
Barack Obama's former chief strategist was one of many
who said Mueller has lost his fast ball:
Trump's director of strategic communications, and a former
Vice President Pence aide, sought to spin the Mueller
testimony by olavina with some acronyms:
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The former world chess champion and a leading Russian
dissident, who chairs the Human Rights Foundation, saw a
parallel to Russia as he watched the Mueller hearings:
A GOP consultant, the chief strategist on Mitt Romney's
2012 presidential campaign, lamented what's happened to
his party:
From a Post pollster:
The former deputy attorney general has a new gig:
Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway once again
referred to an argument among Democratic women as a
"catfight" after Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) said Sen.
Kamala Harris (Calif.) isn't fit to serve as president:
And the first lady is already preparing for Christmas:
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was after my pancreatic cancer, who announced, with
great glee, that I was going to be dead within six
months. That senator, whose name I have forgotten,
is now himself dead, and I am very much
alive." — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on outlasting her
naysayers. (NPR)
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Trump ended up standing in front of a doctored presidential
seal featuring a Russian symbol:
This presidential seal does not look like the others
"A closer examination reveals alterations that seem to poke
fun at the president's golfing penchant and accusations that
he has ties to Russia. Neither the White House nor Turning
Point knows how it got there or who created it." (Michael
Brice-Saddler and Reis Thebault)
The conservative group Republicans for the Rule of Law
shared a new advertisement following Mueller's testimony:
Late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert devoted their
monologues to Mueller's testimony:
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Seth Meyers took a deep dive into what the former special
counsel had to say:
And a 9-year-old girl was tossed in the air by a bison in
Yellowstone:
Viral video shows a bison throw a girl into the air
The girl was released from the hospital and no citations have
been issued. (Allyson Chiu)
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Mueller: 'We have underplayed' Russia's effect on our elections
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Mary
THE BIG IDEA: Bob Mueller chose his words carefully. The former
special counsel responded monosyllabically to hundreds of questions on
Wednesday. He clearly did not want to be on Capitol Hill, declined
repeated requests to read aloud passages from his 448-page report and
took special care to never utter the I-word: impeachment. This makes
the handful of moments when Mueller volunteered to elaborate, or
emphasized something emphatically, worthy of special attention.
The overwhelming majority of Americans did not devote six hours of a
summer workday to watching the 74-year-old answer five-minute rounds
of questions from dozens of grandstanding lawmakers. Much of the
press coverage this morning focuses less on substance than optics.
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That's not totally unfair: Democrats subpoenaed Mueller to appear
because they wanted made-for-TV moments, and they acknowledge
they didn't get what they hoped for.
Instead of reading the theater criticism, however, citizens who missed
the cable circus might be better served by reading the transcripts. In his
own understated, patrician and old-school way, Mueller undercut so
much White House spin and drew attention to how many false
statements President Trump has made to the American people. Here
are the six most significant quotes from the former special counsel's six
hours in the hot seat — and why they matter:
1) On Russian interference in domestic politics: "They're doing it
as we sit here, and they expect to do it in the next campaign."
The former FBI director, who earned a Purple Heart as a Marine in
Vietnam and helped guide law enforcement during the traumatic
aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, came out of retirement to investigate the
Kremlin's efforts to sway the 2016 presidential election.
"We have underplayed to a certain extent that aspect of our
investigation," Mueller told the House Intelligence Committee in the
afternoon, explaining that Russia's effort to undermine elections could
do "long-term damage to the United States that we need to move
quickly to address."
Mueller said he wrote the first volume of his report to serve as "our living
message to those who come after us" so that they "don't let this problem
continue to linger as it has over so many years." And he warned that
"many more countries" are developing capabilities to do the same,
emboldened by the success of Moscow, as he reiterated the need for
"swift" action.
Asked about Trump campaign officials interacting with Russians who
offered help to their election efforts, and the failure to report such
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overtures to the FBI, Mueller said he hopes future campaigns don't think
it's acceptable to accept assistance from foreign governments. "I hope
this is not the new normal," he said, "but I fear it is."
From someone who spent 28 years in the CIA's clandestine service,
including in Moscow and running the agency's Russia operations:
'Problematic is an understatement': Mueller comments on Trump's past WikiLeaks praise
2) On Trump's past praise for WikiLeaks: "Problematic is an
understatement in terms of what it displays of giving some hope or
some boost to what is and should be illegal behavior."
Mueller faulted Trump for previously praising the anti-secrecy group,
whose leader Julian Assange now faces federal charges, and which
allegedly served as a conduit for the Russians to disseminate hacked
emails of Hillary Clinton campaign officials.
Mueller said he agrees with Mike Pompeo's characterization of
WikiLeaks as a "hostile intelligence service." Trump said "I love
WikiLeaks" at a rally in the fall of 2016. His son Don Jr. tweeted a link to
stolen documents that Mueller's report said was provided to him by
WikiLeaks in a Twitter direct message.
Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asked Mueller
whether knowingly accepting foreign assistance is an unethical thing to
do. "And a crime, given certain circumstances," Mueller replied,
nodding. "It's also unpatriotic," said Schiff. "True," replied Mueller.
Mueller reiterates that report does not exonerate President Trump on obstruction of justice
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3) Rebutting Trump's claims of total exoneration: "The president
was not exculpated for the acts that he allegedly committed."
Mueller clarified his position on whether he would have indicted the
president if not for the opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel that
says a sitting president shouldn't face criminal charges. "We did not
reach a determination as to whether the president committed a crime,"
he said.
"We did not address `collusion,' which is not a legal term," Mueller said
in his opening statement. "Rather, we focused on whether the evidence
was sufficient to charge any member of the campaign with taking part in
a criminal conspiracy. It was not."
Asked whether the president, under Justice Department policy, could be
prosecuted for obstruction of justice after he leaves office, Mueller kept
his answer succinct: "True."
Mueller says his investigation Is not a witch hunt'
4) Finally defending the integrity of his investigation: "It is not a
witch hunt."
For two years, Mueller kept quiet as Trump and his allies impugned him
and his team. Even during the news conference in May to announce his
resignation as special counsel, Mueller did not offer a full-throated
defense of his methods or personnel. On Wednesday, he replied to
GOP criticism that some of the career prosecutors on his team
previously gave money to Democrats.
"I've been in this business for almost 25 years. In those 25 years, I've
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not had occasion once to ask about somebody's political affiliation,"
Mueller said. "It is not done. What I care about is the capability of the
individual to do the job and do the job seriously and quickly and with
integrity."
Justice Department policy prohibits asking about political views as part
of a job interview. Mueller also explained that he moved former FBI
official Peter Strzok off his team as soon as he found out about anti-
Trump text messages in 2016.
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.) accused Mueller of including only "the
very worst" information about Trump in his report. "Not true," he replied,
adding that the team "strove to put in exculpatory evidence" about
Trump's conduct.
Mueller says he didn't subpoena Trump in order to expedite his investigation
5) On why he didn't subpoena the president: "We decided that we
did not want to exercise the subpoena powers because of the
necessity of expediting the end of the investigation."
The former special counsel conceded that Trump's written answers to
his questions about Russian interference — the president refused to
answer any questions about the 10 episodes of potential obstruction of
justice that his office explored — were "certainly not as useful as the
interview would be."
Despite Trump's claims that he fully cooperated, Mueller noted that the
president's team stonewalled in negotiations for over a year about a sit-
down interview and said he assumed Trump "would fight the subpoena."
Mueller explained that he needed to decide "how much time you are
willing to spend in the courts litigating an interview with the president."
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Despite claims that Mueller wanted to drag out his investigation, he
made clear that he hoped to get it wrapped up as soon as possible.
"The reason we didn't do the interview was because of the length of
time that it would take to resolve the issues attendant to that," he said.
Trump says Mueller did 'horrible job'
6) There was a coverup: "A number of people we interviewed in our
investigation, it turns out, did lie."
Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Rick Gates and George
Papadopoulos have each acknowledged that they lied to the FBI. Rep.
Val Demings (D-Fla.) asked Mueller whether it was "fair to say" that
Trump's written answers were "not only inadequate and incomplete,
because he didn't answer many of your questions, but where he did, his
answers showed that he wasn't always being truthful."
"I would say, generally," Mueller replied.
Mueller acknowledged that he caught many former members of Trump's
team not telling the truth, and this made it harder to investigate what
really happened. "That would be accurate," he said.
"And then," Schiff said, "they lied to cover it up?"
"Generally, that's true," said Mueller.
Trump tweeted as soon as the second hearing ended: "TRUTH IS A
FORCE OF NATURE!"
Indeed.
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Pelosi: 'If we have a case for impeachment, that's the place we will have to go'
THE FALLOUT:
-- Mueller's turn as a reluctant and at times uncomfortable witness
did not change the political dynamic. "Even Democrats who favor
impeachment acknowledged that Mueller's performance did not provide
the made-for-TV moment for which they had hoped," Ashley Parker,
Rachael Bade, Josh Dawsey and Mike DeBonis report. "The immediate
upshot for Democratic leaders — who have faced turmoil within their
caucus for refusal to begin impeachment proceedings against Trump —
was that the hearings appeared to do little to galvanize congressional
sentiment. Before the spectacle, many pro-impeachment Democrats
were predicting Mueller's testimony would inspire a new wave of
impeachment backers, potentially two dozen or more. But by
Wednesday afternoon, almost no new Democrats in the House had
joined the calls to start proceedings."
-- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.)
pushed for launching impeachment proceedings against Trump
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during a private meeting on Wednesday, but he was rebuffed by
Nancy Pelosi. From Politico: "At a caucus meeting following the hotly
anticipated testimony ... Nadler suggested that several House
committee chairs could begin drafting articles of impeachment against
Trump. Pelosi called the idea premature ... In the course of the wide-
ranging discussion, Nadler countered Pelosi's pushback by noting that
polls showed limited support for removing President Richard Nixon from
office when the House began impeachment hearings in 1973, but that
public support for the effort grew as more evidence came out about
Nixon's illegal behavior."
-- "Democrats are now left with one option to end Trump's
presidency: The 2020 election," writes Dan Balz: "Regardless of the
evidence of obstruction contained in Mueller's report, impeachment is a
fraught strategy for the Democrats, given public opinion and the
dynamics in the Senate. After Wednesday, the prospects for
impeachment appear more remote, which means it will be left to the
eventual Democratic presidential nominee, with the help of the party, to
develop a comprehensive case against the president, one that can win
270 electoral votes. To date, that hasn't happened. ... The barriers to
impeachment have always made it a challenging option, given that
Republican control of the Senate, to the frustration of some Democrats.
But other Democrats were advocating long before Mueller wrapped up
his investigation that the party's focus should be on the 2020 election,
rather than impeachment. That now is the only realistic course for
settling the question of the future of Trump's presidency."
Mueller corrects testimony about decision-making on obstruction of justice
Both sides were left frustrated by Mueller's approach to the
questions related to whether Trump obstructed justice — and why
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the former special counsel refused to draw a conclusion from the
evidence his team gathered. Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger
report: "Mueller failed to deliver a clear answer to either — frustrating
Democrats who hope to spotlight what they consider ample proof of
Trump's crimes and Republicans who think the special counsel unfairly
tarnished the president. ... GOP officials said that details in his report
insinuating Trump was engaged in wrongdoing — including statements
that there was substantial evidence without explicitly saying he broke
the law — unfairly damaged the president. ...
"Democrats labored in vain to get Mueller to assess whether
Trump obstructed justice. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) walked
Mueller through Trump's efforts to get then-White House counsel
Donald McGahn to push for the firing of the special counsel, one of the
most dramatic episodes detailed in the special counsel report. 'Those
are the elements of obstruction of justice,' Jeffries said. 'This is the
United States of America. No one is above the law. No one. The
president must be held accountable one way or the other.' I don't
subscribe necessarily to your — the way you analyze that,' Mueller
responded."
Fact-checking lawmakers' claims during the Mueller hearings
-- The Post's Fact Checker team analyzed eight dubious claims
from lawmakers during the hearings. (Salvador Rizzo and Glenn
Kessler)
-- This was likely Mueller's final act on Washington's center stage.
Marc Fisher writes: "The day definitively altered perceptions of Mueller.
... Mueller's shaky demeanor, though steadier as the day wore on, drew
focus away from what few conclusions he was willing to confirm or bat
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down. Mueller phased in and out of the precise, pointed style that had
characterized his long legal career. At times, especially in the afternoon
session before the Intelligence Committee, he seemed his old self,
anticipating questions, displaying sharp command of his investigation.
... But under questioning from House members, his voice grew thinner,
less certain. He sometimes searched for words. His hesitations at times
seemed intentional ... At other points, Mueller's halting manner seemed
involuntary."
3 times Mueller could not remember what was in his report
-- Mueller seemed confused about basic facts at times: "He
frequently asked lawmakers to repeat their questions, saying that he
could not hear them or that they were speaking too fast," Devlin Barrett,
Matt Zapotosky, Rosalind S. Helderman and Karoun Demirjian report.
"He also said he was unfamiliar with some of the specifics of the
investigation — a surprising admission for a prosecutor who built a
distinguished career on delving deep into the weeds of investigations, to
the point that many of his subordinates complained he was a
maddening micromanager. He called the president 'Trimp' before
quickly correcting himself. He said he was 'not familiar' with the
opposition research firm Fusion GPS that commissioned a dossier of
allegations that played a key role in the early days of the investigation
into Russian interference. ... At another point, he could not recall the
word 'conspiracy' — a basic staple in any federal prosecutor's lexicon —
and a lawmaker supplied it for him. ...
"In the hearing room, Mueller's muffled voice made his minimal
responses nearly inaudible, a sharp contrast to the lawmakers,
whose voices often boomed with indignation. Even friendly
exchanges could cause Mueller to stumble. When Rep. Greg Stanton (D-
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Ariz.) asked which president nominated Mueller to serve as the top
federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, Mueller guessed George H.W.
Bush. In fact, it was Ronald Reagan."
As the testimony concluded, Democrats revisited an old
question: Is Trump a blackmail risk? Philip Bump reports: "Toward
the end of the day, Democratic representatives sitting on the House
Intelligence Committee began to press Mueller on this point. Rep. Raja
Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) noted that counterintelligence investigations —
that is, investigations into ways in which foreign intelligence agencies
might seek to compromise government officials — were outside of the
scope of the special counsel's probe. 'Since it was outside your purview,
your report did not reach counterintelligence conclusions regarding any
Trump administration officials who might potentially be vulnerable to
compromise or blackmail by Russia, correct?' Krishnamoorthi asked.
Mueller confirmed that this was correct, noting that those investigations
would be housed at the FBI."
'Obstruction' or 'no collusion'?: Democrats. GOP launch attacks on Mueller report
COMMENTARY FROM THE OPINION PAGE:
-- "Mueller wins on the facts — but loses on TV," writes Max Boot:
"This viewer hungered for Mueller to rain down righteous wrath on the
unprincipled Republican hacks who put loyalty to their party leader
above loyalty to their country. I wanted him to say, as Joseph Welch did
at the Army-McCarthy hearings, `Have you no sense of decency?' ...
But instead of channeling his inner Joe Welch, Mueller was channeling
Joe Friday: 'Just the facts, ma'am.-
--
this is why Mueller didn't want to testify," writes Dana
Milbank: "Republican lawmakers eviscerated him, assaulting his integrity
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and his ethics, questioning his political motivations, disparaging the FBI
and even casting doubt on Russia's interference in the election."
-- "The real bombshell in Mueller's testimony wasn't about
impeaching Trump," writes Karen Tumulty: "To focus on Trump, and
whether his actions constitute impeachable offenses, is to miss the real
bombshell in Mueller's testimony — the scandal that could be unfolding
right there in front of us. That was Mueller's warning that what happened
in 2016 could happen again."
• The Editorial Board: "Mueller gave a warning on Russian
meddling. Congress — and America — should listen."
• E.J. Dionne Jr.: "Mueller's hearing proves that Trump and his
apologists are lying."
• Nicole Hemmer, co-editor of The Post's "Made by History" section:
"The GOP's questions to Mueller seemed bizarre — unless you
watch Fox News."
• Media critic Erik Wemple: "Republican lawmaker complains to
Mueller about lack of Fox News in his report."
• Molly Jong-Fast: "Mueller wasn't the hero Democrats sought. But
he reminded us that Trump is the villain."
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Attorney General William Barr testifies before a Senate committee. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
WHILE YOU WERE IN YOUR MORNING MEETINGS:
-- The Justice Department announced this morning that it plans to
resume executing prisoners awaiting the death penalty, ending
almost two decades in which the federal government had not
imposed capital punishment on prisoners. Devlin Barrett reports:
"Attorney General William P. Barr ordered the Bureau of Prisons to
schedule executions for five inmates currently on death row. The
prisoners were convicted of murdering children. The last federal
execution was in 2003. In the years since, there has been an informal
moratorium on executions of federal prisoners, as Justice Department
officials reviewed its lethal injection procedures. That practice was
underscored during the Obama administration by then-Attorney General
Eric Holder's personal opposition to the death penalty, even while he
approved prosecutors' decisions to seek the death penalty in specific
trials."
• Bar ordered the Bureau of Prisons to adopt a new policy for lethal
injections, one that officials said closely mirrors those used in
Georgia, Missouri, and Texas, replacing a three-drug lethal cocktail
with one drug, pentobarbital.
• The Justice Department has scheduled executions in December
and January for the following prisoners: Daniel Lee Lewis, for the
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killing of a family of three, including an eight-year-old girl; Lezmond
Mitchell for the killing of a 63-year-old and her nine-year
granddaughter; Wesley Ira Purkey for the rape and murder of a 16-
year-old girl and the murder of an 80-year-old woman; Alfred
Bourgeois for molesting and killing his two-year-old daughter; and
Dustin Lee Honken, for shooting and killing five people, including
two children.
-- Four automakers from three continents have struck a deal with
California to produce more fuel-efficient cars for their U.S. fleets in
coming years, undercutting one of the Trump administration's
most aggressive climate policy rollbacks. Juliet Eilperin and Brady
Dennis report: "The compromise between the California Air Resources
Board and Ford, Honda, Volkswagen and BMW of North America came
after weeks of secret negotiations and could shape future U.S. vehicle
production, even as White House officials aim to relax gas mileage
standards for the nation's cars, pickup trucks and SUVs. Mary D.
Nichols, California's top air pollution regulator, said in an interview
Wednesday that she sees the agreement as a potential `olive branch' to
the Trump administration and hopes it joins the deal, which she said
gives automakers flexibility in meeting emissions goals without the
`massive backsliding' contained in the White House proposal."
-- Jeffrey Epstein was found injured in his jail cell after a possible
suicide attempt. From NBC News New York: "Epstein, who is being
held in Metropolitan Correctional Center during his trial for conspiracy
and sex trafficking, was found semi-conscious with marks on his neck ...
Investigators are trying to piece together exactly what happened, saying
details remain murky. Two sources tell News 4 that Epstein may have
tried to hang himself, while a third source cautioned that the injuries
were not serious and questioned if Epstein might be using it as a way to
get a transfer. A fourth source said an assault has not been ruled out,
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and that another inmate was questioned. The inmate who investigators
have talked to in Lower Manhattan facility has been identified as
Nicholas Tartaglione, according to two sources. Tartaglione is a former
police officer in Westchester County who was arrested in December
2016 and accused of killing four men in an alleged cocaine distribution
conspiracy, then burying their bodies in his yard in Otisville in Orange
County, according to court records."
Joe Biden speaks Wednesday at a candidate forum at the NAACP National Convention in Detroit. (Carlos
Osorio/AP)
2020 WATCH:
-- Former vice president Joe Biden tore into Sens. Cory Booker (D-
N.J.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in a shift to aggressively counter
his 2020 opponents. Chelsea Janes and David Weigel report: "On
Wednesday, asked by NAACP panel moderator April Ryan if his views
[on mass incarceration] have evolved, Biden said the focus of criminal
justice needed to shift from 'incarceration to rehabilitation' — a solution
that [Sen. Cory] Booker, speaking to reporters after his earlier NAACP
appearance, called 'inadequate.' ... Booker described Biden as 'an
architect of mass incarceration.' After Biden left the stage, he responded
emphatically to Booker's second day of criticism by trying to turn
attention to his tenure as mayor of the troubled city of Newark, before he
became a senator. ... 'His police department was stopping and frisking
people, mostly African American men,' he said, leading the Obama
administration to intercede. 'We took action against them; the Justice
Department took action against them, held the police department
accountable.-
Biden seethed about Harris's busing attack during the previous
debate: "He told reporters he was 'overly polite' in responding to her
criticism. 'I didn't respond to an attack: 'You're not a racist.' Which is a
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nice thing to say. It was really reassuring,' Biden said in a sarcastic
tone.
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-- Biden is an old-school politician struggling to keep up with a
changing party, Phil Elliott writes in a profile for Time: "Biden tries to
put a positive gloss on things, saying the problems come with the
territory when you're the front runner. 'I'd rather be there than anywhere
else,' Biden said. 'But, you know, it's amazing.' A few hours later, he
was more open about his frustrations with his campaign. Staffers had
invited journalists to tag along as he picked up some chocolate chip ice
cream. But Biden—who believes Trump's rise was fueled by naked
authenticity and sees the same trait in himself-found the setup phony.
'After all these years of being in public office, I'm known for ice cream
and sunglasses,' Biden lamented. 'There's gotta be something better
than that.-
-- Time magazine's cover story for next week: "What Do the
Democrats Stand For? Inside a Fight Over America's Future," by
Molly Ball: "What policies will the party champion? Which voters will it
court? How will it speak to an angry and divided nation? While intraparty
tussles are perennial in politics, this one comes against a unique
backdrop: an unpopular, mendacious, norm-trampling President. ... But
for an opposition party, it's never as simple as pointing out the failures of
those in power. As desperate as Democrats are to defeat Trump, voters
demand an alternative vision. 'You will not win an election telling
everybody how bad Donald Trump is,' [said] former Senate majority
leader Harry Reid. 'They have to run on what they're going to do.-
-- Pete Buttigieg leads the 2020 Democrats in spending on private
jets. The mayor of South Bend, Ind., has spent roughly $300,000 on
private jet travel this year, far more than any of his rivals. In comparison,
Warren has spent $60,000 on private planes (but regularly flies coach),
while Sanders has spent $18,000 and Harris has spent $17,000. (AP)
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-- Hillary Clinton seriously considered picking Sen. Elizabeth
Warren (D-Mass.) as her running mate. From a Bloomberg
Businessweek cover story by Josh Green: "The Massachusetts senator
underwent a full vetting and was smuggled into Whitehaven, Clinton's
Washington home, for an interview. It went well enough that some
Clinton advisers were convinced Warren would be the best pick. ... In a
memo to Clinton written shortly after the August meeting, ... Philippe
Reines, a longtime adviser, concluded of Warren: 'If a crystal ball said
she wouldn't antagonize you for four years, it's hard to argue she isn't
the most helpful for the next four months to get you elected.— Warren
said that if Clinton had asked her to be her vice president, she would've
said yes.
Warren also explained why she didn't endorse a 2016 candidate until
after the Democratic National Convention: "Endorsing Bernie Sanders,
her ideological ally, would mean sacrificing her ability to influence
Clinton, who was widely expected to win. So Warren withheld her
endorsement until it was clear Clinton would be the nominee. In
essence, Warren bet that she had a better chance of enacting her liberal
agenda by working through Clinton than by banking on a Sanders
revolution." Warren said she felt the backlash of her decision as many of
her hardcore supporters on the left turned against her when Sanders
lost, filling her Facebook posts with vitriol and claims that she had sold
out.
-- Tensions between Sanders and MSNBC are boiling over. From
the Daily Beast: "Officials in Sanders' campaign contend that leading up
to the 2020 election, the network is one of several cable news outlets
directly contributing to a media climate where false claims go unchecked
and requests for progressive voices on-air are frequently turned down.
'More often than not these commentators are injecting their opinion
without any policy discussions,' (said) Nina Turner, the national co-chair
of Sanders' campaign. 'They're not there to tell the gospel truth.' The
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backlash from Sanders-world reached a new high on Sunday, when
MSNBC analyst Mimi Rocah, a former assistant U.S attorney for the
Southern District of New York ... launched a personal critique of
Sanders during a segment with host David Gura, saying that he makes
her 'skin crawl' and that he's not a 'pro-woman candidate.-
-- CNN is requiring a commitment of at least $300,000 in advertising
on the network before a potential sponsor can purchase a
commercial during next week's debates. Running a 30-second spot
costs around $110,000. Usually, a 30-second ad aired during CNN's
prime-time programs over the past months has cost between $7,000
and $12,000. (Variety)
-- Rep. Paul Mitchell of Michigan, a second-term Republican with a
House GOP leadership position, said he will not run for reelection
next year. Mitchell voiced frustration that "rhetoric overwhelms policy" in
Washington, making it hard to focus on the issues he wanted to address
— "trade, health care, immigration and infrastructure, to name just a
few." (John Wagner)
-- A federal judge in Arkansas blocked abortion restrictions that
were set to take effect yesterday. The judge said that the state "has
no interest in enforcing laws that are unconstitutional" and that she
would block it from enacting the three provisions, including one that
barred abortions starting at 18 weeks of pregnancy. (CNN)
A migrant child and his father stick together after being bused by Mexican migration authorities from Nuevo
Laredo to Monterrey, Mexico. (Marco Ugarte/AP)
THE IMMIGRATION WARS:
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-- A federal judge in California blocked Trump's latest asylum ban.
Maria Sacchetti and Spencer S. Hsu report: "The policy aimed to curtail
Central American migration across the southern border by requiring
asylum seekers to apply in countries they had passed through on the
way to the United States, particularly Mexico or Guatemala. U.S. District
Judge Jon S. Tigar, who halted another version of the Trump
administration's asylum ban last year, said a 'mountain' of evidence
showed that migrants could not safely seek asylum in Mexico. He said
the rule likely violated federal law in part by categorically denying
asylum to almost anyone crossing the border. U.S. law generally allows
anyone who sets foot on U.S. soil to apply for asylum. ... 'The public
undoubtedly has a pressing interest in fairly and promptly addressing
both the harms to asylum applicants and the administrative burdens
imposed by the influx of persons seeking asylum,' Tigar, an Obama
administration appointee in the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California, wrote in his 45-page ruling. 'But shortcutting the
law, or weakening the boundary between Congress and the Executive,
are not the solutions to these problems.-
-- Guatemalans fear that Trump's threats to retaliate if the country
doesn't sign a far-reaching migration agreement might cripple their
economy. Mary Beth Sheridan and Kevin Sieff report: "Trump warned
on Tuesday that he might slap tariffs on Guatemala's exports or tax the
billions of dollars in remittances its migrants send home to the Central
American country. He was reacting to President Jimmy Morales'
decision to cancel a trip he was to make to Washington last week during
which he was expected to sign a safe-third-country agreement. ...
Guatemalans were faced with another potential crisis: U.S. penalties
that could pummel their struggling economy. ... Jordan Rodas,
Guatemala's human rights prosecutor, said U.S. penalties `could
destabilize the country' by driving poverty rates higher. They could also
prompt more Guatemalans to head for the United States as they lose
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jobs or income, he said."
-- No surprise: The Justice Department said it will not prosecute
Attorney General Bill Barr or Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross
after the House voted on party lines to hold them in criminal
contempt for declining to provide documents related to the
addition of a citizenship question on the 2020 Census. From CNN:
"Both agencies have maintained that they have already provided
thousands of documents to the committee about the census question,
and that certain documents which had been withheld were done so in
line with a federal court ruling that said that many of the same
documents were privileged from disclosure in civil litigation."
-- Francisco Erwin Galicia, the U.S. citizen who spent 23 days in
Customs and Border Protection custody, said he lost 26 pounds
during his time in a Texas immigration detention center under
conditions so bad they almost drove him to self-deportation. From
the Dallas Morning News: "He said he wasn't allowed to shower and his
skin was dry and dirty. He and 60 other men were crammed into an
overcrowded holding area where they slept on the floor and were given
only aluminum-foil blankets, he said. Some men had to sleep on the
restroom area floor. Ticks bit some of the men and some were very sick,
Galicia said. But many were afraid to ask to go to the doctor because
CBP officers told them their stay would start over if they did, he said. It
was inhumane how they treated us. It got to the point where I was ready
to sign a deportation paper just to not be suffering there anymore. I just
needed to get out of there,' he said."
-- An autopsy offers jarring details about the death of a 16-year-old
Guatemalan boy in Border Patrol custody. From Texas Monthly:
"Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez crossed the border alone near
Weslaco on May 13, and was then held at a processing center for
unaccompanied minors in nearby McAllen for six days until falling ill on
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May 19. That day, a nurse practitioner found that he had a 103-degree
fever, and he tested positive for the flu. He was prescribed Tamiflu and
transferred to the Border Patrol station at Weslaco. Hernandez died the
next morning. ... The autopsy concludes that Hernandez
succumbed to the flu, complicated by pneumonia and sepsis, on or
near the toilet of his South Texas Border Patrol cell. ... The agency
is required to transfer unaccompanied children to the Office of Refugee
Resettlement within 72 hours, but officials have acknowledged
repeatedly failing to meet that requirement this year, including in
Hernandez's case. Hernandez was also never taken to a hospital
despite the apparent seriousness of his illness."
-- Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents busted an
undocumented immigrant's car window to arrest him. The man's
girlfriend live-streamed the incident as their two children sat in the car.
(CNN)
-- "How MS-13 gang's bloody campaign spilled into a San
Fernando Valley high school," from the Los Angeles Times:
"Panorama High School was already on edge after a 10th grader went
missing. Then, six students were detained in February 2018 with no
explanation. There were whispers that the missing boy had been
murdered, but the campus was in the dark about a possible motive and
suspect. Authorities now say several of the students are linked to the
killing of their missing classmate, Brayan Andino, and another man
among seven slayings allegedly carried out by a local clique of MS-13.
... But teachers, students and parents said they received little or no
information from either police or school officials about the gang's alleged
operations on campus until last week, when prosecutors announced
murder and racketeering charges against nearly two dozen adults who
are alleged to be gang members."
This July 21 aerial view shows a speedboat of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps moving around the British-
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flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which Iran seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. (Morteza Akhoondi/AP)
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- The U.S. and Europe have sharply different plans for patrols in
the Persian Gulf. Adam Taylor and James McAuley report: "As
tensions rise, the exact mandate remains uncertain, with two separate
and possibly competing plans — one led by the United States and the
other by Europe — under discussion. Meanwhile, Iran has rejected any
need for Western ships to patrol the waters along its -southern coast,
instead pledging to secure the Strait of Hormuz itself. ... The United
States has said that it envisages a scheme whereby nations would
protect ships that carry their own flag, but that joint operations would be
designed to carry out surveillance on waterways. ... British officials have
emphasized that the plan would be about ensuring freedom of
navigation in the Persian Gulf — an aim that Tehran could theoretically
support as well."
-- Iran hinted at compromise after President Hassan Rouhani
suggested that his country might release a British tanker in
exchange for the return of an Iranian ship. From the Times: "Mr.
Rouhani's explicit extension of the offer on Wednesday may have been
a gesture toward reducing the escalating tensions between Iran and the
West. Speaking after a cabinet meeting in Tehran, Mr. Rouhani also
alluded to indirect or behind-the-scenes talks about a potential easing of
tensions between Iran and the United States."
-- As expected, Trump vetoed Congress's attempt to block arms
sales to Saudi Arabia. He vetoed three different resolutions that
would've stopped several arms sales benefiting Riyadh and the United
Arab Emirates. From Karoun Demirjian and Colby Itkowitz: "The sales
would replenish part of the Saudi arsenal that lawmakers say has
been used against civilians in Yemen's civil war. Many lawmakers
also object to the idea of rewarding Saudi leaders after the killing of the
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journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ... The Trump administration has insisted
the arms sales are crucial to protect the region against a growing threat
from Iran. The vetoes come as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
plans to vote Thursday on two competing bipartisan bills to impose
sanctions on Saudi Arabia."
-- A Navy SEAL platoon was kicked out of Iraq for consuming
alcohol while deployed. Dan Lamothe reports: "U.S. Special
Operations Command said in a statement Wednesday night that the
platoon was forced out early to San Diego by the commander of the task
force, Maj. Gen. Eric T. Hill, `due to a perceived deterioration of good
order and discipline within the team during non-operational periods' of
their deployment. `The Commander lost confidence in the team's ability
to accomplish the mission,' the statement said."
-- North Korea fired a "new type of ballistic missile" into the sea,
toward Japan. Simon Denyer and John Hudson report: "South Korea's
National Security Council said it had assessed the projectiles to be a
'new type of short-range ballistic missile,' but said it would make a final
conclusion in coordination with the United States. ... A U.S. official
familiar with North Korean affairs said the move appears to explicitly test
Trump's patience, as the president has repeatedly hailed his diplomatic
success in halting the North from firing missiles into the Sea of Japan
(also known as the East Sea), an act that infuriates Tokyo."
-- Beji Caid Essebsi, a mainstay in Tunisian politics who became
the country's first freely elected president after its 2011 pro-
democracy uprising, died at 92. During his presidency, Essebsi
pursued several gender equality initiatives that challenged religious
orthodoxy in the country, including an order that allowed Muslim women
to marry non-Muslim men. (Claire Parker and Kareem Fahim)
-- American rapper ASAP Rocky was charged with having
committed an assault causing bodily harm in Sweden. The
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musician's case has sparked a diplomatic incident as Trump has asked
for his release and Sweden now faces accusations of racism and
human rights abuses. (New York Times)
-- On his first day as U.K. prime minister, Boris Johnson promised
that Britain would leave the European Union in October — "no ifs
or buts." William Booth and Karla Adam report: "'The doubters, the
doomsters, the gloomsters, they are going to get it wrong, again,'
Johnson said in his first remarks outside 10 Downing Street. 'The
people who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts, because
we're going to restore trust in our democracy.' Johnson declared, 'I have
every confidence that in 99 days' time we will have cracked it' and be
able to exit the E.U. with 'a new deal, a better deal.' He implicitly blamed
his predecessor, Theresa May, for failing in that challenge. 'After three
years of unfounded self-doubt, it is time to change the record,' he said."
Seventeen members of May's government were either sacked,
resigned or retired, a shuffle the Daily Telegraph described as a
"massacre." Johnson cleared out his cabinet of "remainers" and
replaced them with true Brexit believers. In Britain's parliamentary
democracy, the transition of power is not only brutal but also quick. May
met with Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday afternoon and resigned right
after. Minutes later, Johnson bowed to the Queen. "Lawmakers
thanked May for her service. They reserved their harshest lines for
Johnson, whom opposition rivals called `flagrant' and `reckless,' a
usurper with no mandate, and someone who is prepared to `sell
our country out to Donald Trump and his friends.' May offered tepid
support for her successor. She said she was `pleased' to hand over to
Johnson, whom 'I worked with when he was in my cabinet,' and who is
committed to delivering Brexit. Johnson notably quit May's cabinet over
her Brexit approach."
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-- "Just how crazy is Boris Johnson?" asks the New Yorker's Sam
Knight: "If there is any consolation, it is that Johnson is not an extremist
of any kind. By temperament and by upbringing, Johnson is a
metropolitan liberal: pro-choice, pro-immigration, tolerant of diversity,
educated about the world, and prepared to accept the consensus on
climate change. The problem is that he is also so unserious and so
unprincipled that it is impossible to know if he would maintain any of
those positions under meaningful duress. It is wrong to compare
Johnson to Donald Trump—they are very different. But they share
a quality of constant distraction, a permanent, enervating uncertainty
about what they will get up to next."
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
-- Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Roselle) announced his resignation last
night. "On Wednesday, the governor called a hasty news conference,
but kept the press corps waiting for hours for news that the resignation
was coming," Arelis R. Hernandez reports. "His public affairs secretary
— one of the last men standing in Rossello's corner — said that
afternoon that the governor would speak directly to the people before
the end of the day, but no time was given and the content of the
message remained unknown. And as the night dragged on and the
promised pronouncement did not come, thousands of protesters grew
louder and police reinforcements went into formation. At about 11:40
p.m., Rossellg's recorded resignation video was released on
Facebook." "Despite having the support of the people who elected me
democratically, I now feel that continuing in this position will make it
difficult for the success achieved so far to last," Rossell0 said in the
video. "Today, I'm announcing I will be resigning from the governor
position effective Friday, August 2, 2019 at 5 p.m." His replacement is
expected to be Wanda Vazquez, Puerto Rico's secretary of justice,
because of how the commonwealth's line of succession works. The
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governor, however, left open the possibility that a different successor
could take his place by the time he steps down.
Puerto Ricans celebrated on the streets after their governor resigned:
Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda joined in over Twitter:
Only one new House Democrat appears to have come out for starting
impeachment proceedings in the wake of the hearing. She's a freshman
from Massachusetts:
Another Democratic freshman congresswoman from California criticized
Senate Republicans for blocking an election security bill:
A group of D.C. interns spent the night at the Capitol as they awaited
Mueller's testimony:
A Post editor made this note about the significance of Mueller's
testimony:
Barack Obama's former chief strategist was one of many who said
Mueller has lost his fast ball:
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Trump's director of strategic communications, and a former Vice
President Pence aide, sought to spin the Mueller testimony by playing
with some acronyms:
The former world chess champion and a leading Russian dissident, who
chairs the Human Rights Foundation, saw a parallel to Russia as he
watched the Mueller hearings:
A GOP consultant, the chief strategist on Mitt Romney's 2012
presidential campaign, lamented what's happened to his party:
From a Post pollster:
The former deputy attorney general has a new gig:
Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway once again referred to an
argument among Democratic women as a "catfight" after Rep. Tulsi
Gabbard (Hawaii) said Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) isn't fit to serve as
president:
And the first lady is already preparing for Christmas:
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "There was a senator, I think it was after my
pancreatic cancer, who announced, with great glee, that I was going
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to be dead within six months. That senator, whose name I have
forgotten, is now himself dead, and I am very much alive." — Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg on outlasting her naysayers. (NPR)
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Trump ended up standing in front of a doctored presidential seal
featuring a Russian symbol:
This presidential seal does not look like the others
"A closer examination reveals alterations that seem to poke fun at the
president's golfing penchant and accusations that he has ties to Russia.
Neither the White House nor Turning Point knows how it got there or
who created it." (Michael Brice-Saddler and Reis Thebault)
The conservative group Republicans for the Rule of Law shared a new
advertisement following Mueller's testimony:
Late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert devoted their monologues to
Mueller's testimony:
Seth Meyers took a deep dive into what the former special counsel had
to say:
And a 9-year-old girl was tossed in the air by a bison in Yellowstone:
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Viral video shows a bison throw a girl into the air
The girl was released from the hospital and no citations have been
issued. (Allyson Chiu)
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THE BIG IDEA: They were there to bat cleanup, but both the
GOP's witnesses on Tuesday afternoon instead provided fresh
fodder for the impeachment case against President Trump.
Rep. Devin Nunes (Calif.), the ranking Republican on the House
Intelligence Committee, formally requested the testimony of Kurt
Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, and Tim Morrison, the
National Security Council's former senior director covering Russia and
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Ukraine.
Neither of the Republicans had any desire to blame the president who
appointed them for any misconduct. Both insisted that they didn't see
him do anything illegal. Each seemed content to throw Rudy Giuliani,
the president's personal lawyer, and Gordon Sondland, the megadonor
who became ambassador to the European Union and is testifying
today, under the bus. But they also validated key testimony from other
witnesses, deepened a damning fact pattern for Trump and said that
the underlying conduct the president stands accused of would
generally be inappropriate.
Volker said he "would have objected" if he knew at the time that
Trump brought up Joe Biden repeatedly and specifically during
the July 25 call with the Ukrainian president. "I have learned many
things that I did not know at the time of the events in question," the
former envoy proclaimed.
Volker said he drew a line between pushing for an investigation of the
company Burisma versus an investigation of Hunter Biden, who once
sat on the company's board. "In retrospect I should have seen that
connection differently, and had I done so, I would have raised my own
objections," he testified. "I don't think raising the 2016 election or Vice
President Biden or these things I consider to be conspiracy theories
are ... things that we should be pursuing."
Kurt Volker calls Biden, server investigations 'conspiracies'
Trump's former envoy also questioned the credibility of the
sources that the former New York mayor seemed to rely on. "The
allegations against Vice President Biden are self-serving and non-
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credible," Volker said. "I have known Vice President Biden for 24 years.
He is an honorable man, and I hold him in the highest regard."
Volker said Trump never told him directly that the aid was being
withheld unless the Ukrainians announced investigations. He
said the president had expressed a "general negative vied' of Ukraine
that dated back to when he came onboard in 2017. Volker said this
perception was somewhat understandable considering the Eastern
European nation's historic struggles with corruption.
But he also painted a picture of himself as out of the loop and
unaware of the machinations happening behind the scenes. He
said he connected Giuliani with a top aide to the new Ukrainian
president because he hoped it would smooth the way for a White
House meeting and improved bilateral ties. Eager to defend his own
reputation, Volker was adamant that he never personally witnessed or
participated in illegal conduct. "I was never involved with anything that I
considered to be bribery at all," he said. "Or extortion."
-- Both Morrison and Volker said they believe it's inappropriate
for an American president to ask a foreign leader to investigate
an American citizen. "I don't believe it is appropriate for the president
to do that," Volker said in response to a question from Rep. Joaquin
Castro (D-Tex.). "If we have law enforcement concerns with a U.S.
citizen generally, there are appropriate channels for that." Morrison
said he agreed. Then Rep. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) asked about a
hypothetical scenario in which a mayor, governor or member of
Congress withheld public funds from a law enforcement agency until it
investigated his or her political rival. Morrison and Volker agreed that,
too, would be improper.
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Morrison: Ukraine aid was contingent on investigations, per Sondland
-- Morrison said he reported details of the July 25 call to the
National Security Council's top lawyer. He said he worried about
the political fallout if the call became public, not its legality, and
insisted he wasn't personally bothered by anything Trump said. "As I
stated during my deposition, I feared at the time of the call on July 25th
how its disclosure would play in Washington's political climate," he
said. "My fears have been realized." Morrison also acknowledged that
Biden and Burisma were not on the talking points prepared for Trump
in advance of the conversation and did not reflect official U.S. policy.
-- Morrison said he had a "sinking feeling" that the money Trump
put a freeze on would expire if it wasn't transferred to Ukraine by
the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. He noted that this would force
the administration to explain to congressional appropriators why there
had been a hold in the first place.
-- Morrison also testified that Sondland informed him that he had
told a top aide to Volodymyr Zelensky "that the Ukrainians would
have to have the prosecutor general make a statement with
respect to the investigations as a condition of having the aid
lifted." Under questioning by the Democratic counsel for the
Intelligence Committee, Morrison said he was concerned that these
were being identified as requirements.
-- Morrison said his predecessor Fiona Hill, who is testifying on
Thursday, had warned him about the "Gordon problem,"
referring to Sondland, when he took over. "I decided to keep track
of what Ambassador Sondland was doing," he explained. "I didn't
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always act on things Gordon suggested [and] that he believed were
important."
Volker says Sondland raised investigations with Ukrainians on July 10
-- Volker said he now remembers details of the July 10 meetings
at the White House that he had forgotten, or omitted, during his
closed-door deposition in October. Last month, he said there was
no discussion of Giuliani or investigations and called the conversations
uneventful. Other officials who were there have subsequently testified
that John Bolton, then the national security adviser, abruptly ended a
meeting in his office when Sondland broached the issue of
investigations. On Tuesday, Volker said he now remembers that
Sondland did, in fact, make "a general comment" about investigations,
though he said it happened as the meeting was wrapping up anyway.
"I think all of us thought it was inappropriate," Volker said. "The
conversation did not continue, and the meeting concluded." Volker
called it "something of an eye-roll moment."
Volker said he still does not have any recollection of Sondland
bringing up investigations a second time during a follow-up
conversation with the visiting Ukrainians in the Ward Room of
the White House. "I may have been engaged in a side conversation,
or had already left the complex, because I do not recall further
discussion regarding investigations or Burisma," he said in his opening
statement.
Jennifer Williams's full opening statement at impeachment hearings
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-- Volker and Morrison appeared together on an afternoon panel
after the testimony of Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and
Jennifer Williams, Vice President Pence's special adviser on
Europe. Williams said she thought the July 25 call was "unusual"
because "it involved discussion of what appeared to be a domestic
political matter." She said no one in the national security firmament
supported withholding the aid until Trump froze it. Vindman, the
National Security Council's European affairs director, said he
considered the president's request that Ukraine investigate Biden to be
"inappropriate." The Army officer argued that "it is improper" for Trump
"to demand a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen and political
opponent."
-- Interestingly, Morrison and Vindman agreed that moving the
rough transcript of the July 25 call to a code-word-level server
was not a big deal. But they disagreed on why it happened.
Morrison said it was a mistake that resulted from an administrative
error, but Vindman saw it as a deliberate attempt to hide a sensitive
call. Vindman also said the omission of the word Burisma from the
rough transcript of the call wasn't nefarious but the result of the
transcription software.
-- The White House issued a statement from Pence's national
security adviser Keith Kellogg that said Williams never "reported
any personal or professional concerns" to him, her supervisor,
regarding the call. "As an exceedingly proud member of President
Trump's Administration and as a 34-year highly experienced combat
veteran who retired with the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army, I
heard nothing wrong or improper on the call," Kellogg said in the
statement. "I had and have no concerns."
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Vindman and Williams's impeachment inquiry testimony, in 5 minutes
MORE TEAM COVERAGE:
Sondland is testifying more bluntly this morning than he did
during his previous deposition that Trump and Giuliani sought
to condition a White House invite for Ukraine's new president to
demands that his country publicly launch investigations that
could damage Trump's political opponents. Aaron Davis reports: "I
know that members of this committee have frequently framed these
complicated issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a 'quid
pro quo?" Sondland said in his opening statement. "With regard to the
requested White House call and White House meeting, the answer is
yes."
In his sworn opening statement, Trump's ambassador also told
the House Intelligence Committee that while he never knew for
sure if the White House had frozen nearly $400 million in security
assistance as part of the pressure campaign against Ukraine, he
operated as if that was the case. "In the absence of any credible
explanation for the hold, I came to the conclusion that the aid, like the
White House visit, was jeopardized," Sondland said. "My belief was
that if Ukraine did something to demonstrate a serious intention" to
launch the investigations Trump wanted, "then the hold on military aid
would be lifted."
-- "Sondland's future — and possibly his freedom — could also
rest on whether lawmakers believe he is telling the whole truth
about his role and that of the president," Aaron and Rachael Bade
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Justice Department if they believe they have lied under oath."
-- Here are five question The Fix's Amber Phillips
wants Sondland to answer:
• Was he acting of his own volition, or at Trump's
direction?
• What did he say to Trump — and what did Trump tell
him — on a July 26 phone call from Kyiv?
• Sondland told the Ukrainians their military aid would
come when their president made an "anti-corruption
statement." Was that code for investigations into the
Bidens and 2016 election interference?
• Why didn't Sondland remember the offer he gave to the
Ukrainians in his original testimony?
• Why did he agree to testify?
-- Federal prosecutors scrutinizing Giuliani and two of his
associates on Thursday will question a top executive
at Ukraine's state-owned gas company about his encounters with
those associates as the pair pursued energy deals in Ukraine.
Tom Hamburger and Roz Helderman report: "The executive of the
Ukrainian company, Andrew Favorov, an American citizen, agreed to
meet with prosecutors for the Southern District of New York who had
asked to speak with him about his experiences with the two men, Lev
Parnas and Igor Fruman. The pair worked with Giuliani to gather
information about the Ukraine-related activities of [Joe and Hunter
Bider)]. Favorov's attorney, Lanny Breuer, said his client `will voluntarily
sit down with the government attorneys.' Breuer declined to comment
further."
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-- A federal judge said she intends to rule no later than the end of
Monday whether former White House counsel Donald McGahn
must testify under subpoena before Congress. The House
Judiciary Committee asked for an accelerated decision because
it aims to call MGahn when likely writing articles of impeachment
against Trump. Spencer Hsu reports: "U.S. District Judge Ketanji
Brown Jackson of Washington entered an order Tuesday about her
deadline intent 'absent unforeseen circumstances' shortly after a filing
from House General Counsel Douglas N. Letter arguing last week's
opening of the hearings before the House Intelligence Committee was
grounds for urgency. ... William A. Burck, McGahn's attorney, has said
that McGahn will abide by the president's instructions absent a court
reversal."
-- Republicans are running through a multitude of shifting — and,
at times, contradictory — defenses and deflections as they
continue to stick together against Trump's impeachment. Mike
DeBonis and Rachael Bade report: "While those attacks — at least 22,
according to a Washington Post tally — have done little to undermine
the core allegations under investigation in the House, they have been
remarkably successful in one respect: keeping congressional
Republicans united against impeachment as the GOP casts the probe
as partisan."
-- Democrats on the Intelligence Committee and their attorney
spoke the most yesterday. Philip Bump crunched the numbers: "We
took C-SPAN's closed captioning of the hearing and segmented each
exchange by who was asking questions and who was responding. In
total, [Schiff] spoke for more than half an hour, including lengthy
introductory and closing statements. The total time that the witnesses
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... spent answering Democrats' queries was about a minute longer
than Schiffs comments and questions. The witnesses spent about 10
more minutes answering Democratic questions than Republican ones,
in large part because more Democratic members asked questions."
-- "Vindman defended himself from claims that Morrison, his
boss, had expressed concerns about his judgment, reading from
his latest performance evaluation in which another former top
NSC official described him as 'brilliant' and 'unflappable,"' Toluse
Olorunnipa reports. "On Tuesday, Trump also sought to downplay
Vindman's role and influence. 'I never heard of him. I don't know any of
these people,' Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting at the
White House. 'I don't know Vindman at all. What I do know is that
even he said the transcript was correct.-
-- Vindman's uniform spoke loud at the hearing. His humanity
spoke louder, writes fashion critic Robin Givhan: "When Lt. Col.
Alexander Vindman appeared before the [Intelligence Committee], his
striking presence in his serviceable eyeglasses and his military uniform
exuded authority, ferocity and patriotism. As one of the Democratic
committee members noted admiringly, Vindman was wearing a Purple
Heart on his uniform. He also had a Combat Infantry Badge pinned on
the left side of his chest, indicating he'd been involved in active ground
combat. For civilian viewers, it was helpful to understand the meanings
of some of the insignia on his jacket. But even without the details,
anyone looking at the vast collage of medals spread across his
chest could understand the story they told: that Vindman is one
of the many dedicated individuals who choose to stand guard so
that others might sleep easily."
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bolstering the claims of Democrats or cited as evidence by
Republicans that Vindman is using his service as a shield from
criticism. Alex Horton reports: "While active-duty service members
routinely wear their full uniforms to testify on Capitol Hill, security
experts say the scrutiny of Vindman's uniform has become another
data point in the politicization of the space between civil society and
the military. The Army's bible for appearance standards, AR 670-1,
says all personnel 'will wear an Army uniform when on duty, unless
granted an exception by the commander to wear civilian clothes.' Most
reactions to it imply a choice where there is not one. Commentators
are projecting their own feelings without understanding military
regulations, a pretty frequent occurrence in civil-military relations,' said
Loren DeJonge Schulman, a former Obama defense official who
advised national security adviser Susan E. Rice."
-- There have been six episodes in which top Trump
administration and Ukrainian officials discussed a potential quid
pro quo, according to congressional testimony, public
statements and documents. We've gathered the evidence here.
-- Commentary from The Post's opinion page:
• Dana Milbank: "Republicans portrayed Vindman as
disloyal. They have no sense of decency."
• Media columnist Margaret Sullivan: "'I don't know what
to believe' is an unpatriotic cop-out. Do better,
Americans."
• David Von Drehle: "Coach Jordan goes to war for Team
Trump.
• Alexandra Petri: "There was definitely no irony in
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Alexander Vindman's testimony. Right?"
• Max Boot: "Why the Republican attacks on Alexander
Vindman mark a new low."
• Marc Thiessen: "The Democrats' impeachment
bombshells aren't exploding."
• Erik Wemple: "Devin Nunes's anti-media rant,
annotated."
• Paul Waldman: "At hearing, Republicans sink to new
lows in trying to expose whistleblower."
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our elected officials is proof that you made the right
decision 40 years ago to leave the Soviet Union and come
here to the United States of America in search of a better
life for our family," Vindman said in his opening statement.
"Do not worry, I will be fine for telling the truth."
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Catherine Pugh delivers an address during her inauguration ceremony to become
mayor of Baltimore in 2016. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING:
-- Baltimore's former mayor Catherine Pugh has been indicted
by a federal grand jury on wire fraud and tax evasion over
lucrative book deals for her self-published Healthy Holly
children's series. Ann Marimow and Peter Hermann report: "Pugh
resigned in May after revelations about the deals she allegedly cut with
companies connected to the city and state government, setting off
another political crisis and setback for the city. Pugh, 69, was the
second Baltimore mayor to leave office in the past decade while facing
corruption allegations.
"The indictment accuses her of a years-long scheme dating to
2007. ... Federal agents sought financial documents and other
information related to almost $800,000 she allegedly was paid for the
books, an enormous amount in the world of children's literature. Pugh
is expected to surrender to U.S. Marshals before a court appearance
Thursday, prosecutors said. Two former Baltimore employees, Gary
Brown Jr, 38, and Roslyn Wedington, 50, have pleaded guilty to
conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and to filing false tax returns,
prosecutors said in a statement."
-- Uber plans to record audio of customers during rides in the
U.S. Faiz Siddiqui scoops: "The new feature, which is first to be piloted
in some Latin American cities next month, allows users to opt in to
activate an audio recording on any trip or all trips, according to internal
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Uber. In markets where it's available, users would likely be given a
blanket warning that trips are subject to recording — and that the
feature will be active in their market. Riders and drivers will not be able
to listen back. 'When the trip ends, the user will be asked if everything
is okay and be able to report a safety incident and submit the audio
recording to Uber with a few taps,' according to an email written by an
Uber executive ... 'The encrypted audio file is sent to Uber's customer
support agents who will use it to better understand an incident and
take the appropriate action.' ... The new feature raises privacy
concerns over the potential to run afoul of wiretapping and
eavesdropping statutes aimed at ensuring people are not recorded
without their consent."
A Ukrainian soldier finds comfort in a feline friend on the front lines of war
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- U.S. military aid is helping Ukraine fend off Russian
aggression, but the drama surrounding the impeachment inquiry
is making Kyiv nervous. Sergey Morgunov, Will Englund and
Michael Birnbaum report: "Powerful night-vision devices remove the
cover of darkness. Counterartillery radar detects and pinpoints the
batteries during firing. Surveillance drones, troubled at first by Russian
hacking when introduced in 2016, have since proved their worth, Col.
Yevhen Bondar said. It all came from the United States, over the
course of five years and part of about $4 billion in military and security
assistance designed to counter the Moscow-backed separatist
rebellion in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. ... The block on a nearly
$400 million aid package, approved by Congress, was lifted Sept. 11,
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in time to beat the end of the federal fiscal year. For its part, Ukraine is
spending nearly 5.5 percent of its gross domestic product on defense
and security this year, or about $10 billion. The Trump-ordered delay
was felt in Ukraine — but not so much in terms of spot shortages of
military materiel, because equipment such as this always moves in fits
and starts. The real fallout has been one of perception among
Ukrainian officials and others — the worry that the White House
cannot always be counted on to be in Kyiv's corner."
-- But, but, but: $35 million in Pentagon aid still hasn't reached
Ukraine, despite White House assurances, reports the L.A. Times.
-- And Zelensky refused to confirm or deny whether he was
prepared to publicly announce an investigation into Burisma
after his July 25 call with Trump. CNN posted a video that shows
him rolling his eyes when asked on Tuesday, before he brushed off the
question. "I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma," he
said. "We have our country. We have our independence. We have our
problems and questions. That's it."
-- Two U.S. service members were killed overnight when their
helicopter crashed in Afghanistan while supporting combat
operations. Sayed Salahuddin and Susannah George report: "The
military said the fatalities brought to 19 the number of U.S. combat
deaths in Afghanistan this year, adding that the incident is under
investigation. The Taliban said the helicopter was shot down as
Afghan and U.S. forces were preparing to launch an attack in the
area, according to a statement from Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban
spokesman. The 19 service members killed so far this year by hostile
forces, surpasses the total of 13 who died in 2018."
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-- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is searching for a safe exit
from his position ahead of a Senate run, three GOP sources
tell Time: "Pompeo's plan had been to remain at the State
Department until early spring next year, ... but recent developments,
including the House impeachment inquiry, are hurting him politically
and straining his relationship with Trump. So Pompeo is rethinking his
calendar, say the top Republicans, one who served in the Trump
Administration, another who remains in government, and a third who
served in several high-ranking posts and is active in GOP politics. The
timing of Pompeo's resignation now will be decided by his ability to
navigate the smoothest possible exit from the administration, the three
Republicans say."
-- "Republicans tasked with keeping the party's Senate majority
in the U.S. Senate still see Pompeo as their best option in the
open-seat race to succeed retiring Republican Sen. Pat
Roberts," the Kansas City Star reports: "At a 'Save the Senate'
event on Nov. 8 at Trump International Hotel in Washington, the
National Republican Senatorial Committee executive director Kevin
McLaughlin told a room full of lawmakers, lobbyists, and GOP donors
to call Pompeo and urge him to run ... The gathering took place just
weeks after the NRSC, the party's main campaign arm for Senate
races, met with Republican Rep. Roger Marshall, the western Kansas
congressman pursuing the seat. Marshall leads all current candidates
in fundraising by about $1 million. 'I think they certainly understand
that we're the frontrunner and I feel like we're getting a lot of good
support from them right now,' Marshall said Tuesday when asked
about the October meeting."
-- Iran's security forces may have killed more than 100 protesters
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Cunningham reports: "The government has acknowledged only five
deaths, including four members of the security forces, and has blamed
the protests on foreign enemies and saboteurs. If confirmed, the higher
death toll would signal a much wider scale of unrest — a crisis taking
place under a near-total information blackout. London-based Amnesty
said at least 106 demonstrators have been killed in 21 cities since
protests began Friday, citing what it said was verified video footage
and credible witness testimony. Security forces have used firearms,
water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters, according to the
report, which also cited the use of live ammunition."
-- A small group of protesters is still inside Hong Kong's
Polytechnic University after a series of mass arrests. Tiffany
Liang, Anna Kam, Casey Quackenbush and Gerry Shih report: "Hong
Kong's police force said Tuesday that it had apprehended 1,100
people over the past day alone, as months of violent clashes appeared
to reach something of a climax. It said many of the detainees would be
charged with rioting and possession of offensive weapons. It was the
largest number of arrests and injuries on a single day since the
protests began five months ago. ... In Hong Kong, concerns rose over
the relative handful of protesters who have so far refused to leave the
besieged campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with authorities
urging them to come out peacefully but refusing to rule out action to
flush them out. ... In Washington, the U.S. Senate, in a unanimous
vote, passed legislation Tuesday aimed at protecting human
rights in Hong Kong ... The Hong Kong Human Rights and
Democracy Act now goes to the House of Representatives, which
earlier approved its own version of the measure."
-- A former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong said
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he was repeatedly tortured by Chinese secret police over a two-
week period over the protests. Simon Denyer, Tiffany Liang and
Casey Quanckenbush report: "Simon Cheng, in an account of his
treatment published on Facebook, described being handcuffed and
shackled, blindfolded and hooded, deprived of sleep, made to sit
absolutely still or hung in a uncomfortable spread-eagled position for
hours on end, and constantly threatened during incessant
interrogations. British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab said his
government was shocked and appalled by the 'brutal and disgraceful
treatment' to which Cheng was subjected after being detained during a
business trip to Shenzhen in mainland China in August, and said it had
summoned the Chinese ambassador in London to protest. But China
said its ambassador would never accept Britain's 'false allegations.-
-- Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria has allowed the Islamic
State to gain strength, according to a chilling study by the
Pentagon. From Politico: "The withdrawal and incursion allowed ISIS
to 'reconstitute capabilities and resources within Syria and strengthen
its ability to plan attacks abroad,' the quarterly report from the lead
inspector general on the U.S. military campaign against ISIS stated.
The report cited information from the Defense Intelligence
Agency. ... 'In the longer term, ISIS will probably seek to regain
control of some Syrian population centers and expand its global
footprint, the DIA said,' the inspector general added."
-- Israel struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria in response to
rocket fire on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. (NBC News)
-- Some Israelis are celebrating the Trump administration's
decision to no longer consider their settlements in the West
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Eglash report: "At a hastily arranged meeting with Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu, settler leaders gathered Tuesday at Alon Shvut,
a settlement south of Jerusalem, to relish a rare international
endorsement of their presence there. 'I admit I am very moved,'
Netanyahu said at the gathering. He called the Trump administration's
latest policy shift toward Israel 'an achievement that will stand for
generations.' For many living in Israel's settlements, the news from
Washington was a welcome relief from the drumbeat of condemnation
from the international community, including a recent European
requirement that products from the settlements carry special labeling.
... But observers said their eagerness to do more — add settlements,
expand settlements, annex parts of the West Bank — was likely to be
met with disappointment, at least in the short term. Like so much else
in the intractable Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the bombshell
announcement was a noisy outburst not likely to make much difference
on the contested ground any time soon."
Counterprogramming: On Capitol Hill, a bipartisan mix of
officials are showing support for Enes Kanter, the NBA star and
Turkish dissident, after Trump welcomed Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House last week. Jacob
Bogage reports: "Kanter's jersey from his time with the Oklahoma City
Thunder hangs in the office of Sen. James Lankford, a Republican from
Oklahoma. He talks about the NBA with Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon
Democrat known throughout the Senate as a basketball devotee. He
has discussed Interpol red notices with Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)
and joked about Boston sports fans with Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Then last week, Kanter, a center for the Boston Celtics, stood shoulder
to shoulder with Wyden and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) in the
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Kanter has used that attention and the spotlight of his NBA career to
crusade for a more democratic Turkey, befriending and recruiting to the
cause American lawmakers from each city he has played in during his
nine-year NBA career. Few other prominent Turks have taken a stand
against Erdogan in Washington."
-- Prime Ninister Boris Johnson and his challenger, Labour
leader Jeremy Corbyn, had their first debate last night ahead of
the Dec. 12 general election. William Booth and Karla Adam report:
"The debate on ITV showcased a dozen ordinary voters allowed to ask
their questions. ... Johnson promised he had a Brexit deal ready to pop
into the oven, heat and serve. Corbyn said it was 'nonsense' to say
Johnson could complete Brexit by January. He said a trade deal with
the European Union would take seven years to negotiate. ... Johnson
said he would get Brexit done — and challenged Corbyn again on his
position on Britain's leaving the European Union. Corbyn said he would
quickly negotiate a new, softer Brexit deal with the E.U. and then take
it to the public in a second referendum. ... Corbyn is trailing overall in a
sample of recent opinion surveys and, given that he did not break
through during the debate, will hope to generate more excitement
Thursday with the launch of his party's election manifesto."
-- Years after freezing new projects, China is back to building
coal power plants. Gerry Shih reports: "In the past two years, China
has expanded its coal fleet by 43 gigawatts — roughly the entire coal-
fired capacity of Germany, according to Global Energy Monitor, a
group that tracks construction in the Chinese power industry using
public announcements and satellite images. Excluding China, global
coal power capacity would otherwise be dropping as countries in
Europe and elsewhere decommission old facilities and switch to other
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energy sources, the group said in a report released Wednesday."
-- Venice's plan to protect itself from flooding became a disaster
in itself. Chico Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli report: "It is among the most
ambitious works of civil engineering in modem Italian history, an
underwater fortress of steel designed to rise from the depths during
high tides to protect the lagoon city of Venice. But decades after being
conceived, the project remains incomplete and unusable, little more
than a refuge for the clams and barnacles that have made the
machinery their home. Venice, meantime, remains vulnerable, as
demonstrated by the tides that inundated the city last week, flooding
piazzas, churches and hotels, depositing layers of salt that eat away
marble. The city's 6 billion euro flood barrier has been under
construction since 2003 and was originally supposed to take eight
years. Now, the best guess is that it will be ready by 2021 or 2022.
Some experts say that, given the pace of sea-level rise, it may be
obsolete just decades after it starts operating. Others wonder, given its
sorry history, whether the system will ever be ready. Parts of the
underwater project are already corroding."
Edward Gallagher steps out of his court-martial in San Diego. (John
Gastaldo/Reuters)
DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE
OVERLOOKED:
-- Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, days after being
pardoned for war crimes by Trump, has been ordered to appear
before Navy leaders today, where he is expected to be notified
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officials had planned to begin the process of taking away Chief
Gallagher's Trident pin, the symbol of his membership in the SEALs,
earlier this month. But as he waited outside his commander's office,
Navy leaders sought clearance from the White House that never came,
and no action was taken. Admiral [Collin] Green now has the
authorization he needs from the Navy to act against Chief Gallagher,
and the formal letter notifying the chief of the action has been drafted
by the admiral ... The Navy also plans to take the Tridents of three
SEAL officers who oversaw Chief Gallagher — Lt. Cmdr. Robert
Breisch, Lt. Jacob Portier and Lt. Thomas MacNeil — and their letters
have been drafted as well ... Removing a Trident does not entail a
reduction in rank, but it effectively ends a SEAL's career. ... The
move sets up a potential confrontation between Mr. Trump, who
has repeatedly championed Chief Gallagher, and Admiral Green,
who has said he intends to overhaul discipline and ethics in the
SEAL teams and sees Chief Gallagher's behavior as an obstacle."
-- White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is facing
backlash after she claimed without evidence that aides to former
president Barack Obama left behind disparaging messages on
the day Trump was inaugurated. Toluse Olorunnipa and Josh
Dawsey report: "Grisham said that White House aides left 'Obama
books' throughout the White House and taped a big 'You will fail' sign
on the door of the press office before Trump aides moved in — claims
that sparked a chorus of condemnation from former Obama
administration officials. Grisham then modified her assertions later in
the day, changing key parts of her story and saying she viewed the
alleged conduct as little more than a harmless prank. ... Grisham did
not provide evidence to back up her allegations. No other
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administration official has made any similar allegations publicly in the
34 months since Trump entered the White House. Five former senior
administration officials present on Day One in 2017 said they do not
remember witnessing or hearing of any notes like the ones that
Grisham described. 'Not in my office,' said one of the former officials."
-- The American Medical Association called for an immediate ban
on all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. From the AP: "The
AMA cited a surge in underage teen use of e-cigarettes, which
typically heat a solution that contains nicotine. 'It's simple, we must
keep nicotine products out of the hands of young people,' Dr. Patrice
Harris, AMA's president, said in a statement. The doctors' group said a
separate health issue also prompted its action — the recent U.S.
outbreak of lung illnesses linked to vaping. Most of those sickened
said they vaped THC, the high-inducing ingredient in marijuana, not
nicotine. Officials believe a thickening agent used in black market THC
vaping products may be a culprit."
-- Scott Gottlieb, who served as Trump's commissioner of the
Food and Drug Administration for the first two years of the
administration, explained what he thinks the Trump
administration should do on vaping: "E-cigs aren't safe, but when
used properly they are not nearly has harmful as lighting tobacco on
fire and smoking it. Yet providing adult smokers with a safer
alternative to cigarettes cannot come at the expense of addicting
a generation of young people to nicotine with these same
products. New data from the Food and Drug Administration shows
almost a third of teens now vape. And according to a study published
in February in the Journal of the American Medical Association, young
people who start out using nicotine through e-cigs are more likely to
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smokers fully quit cigarettes."
-- The House passed a short-term spending bill to avert a
government shutdown on Friday, setting up a December
showdown over Trump's border wall that could fall in the midst
of impeachment votes. Erica Werner reports: "The legislation, which
passed 231 to 192, extends government funding through Dec. 20. It
must pass the Senate and be signed by Trump before midnight
Thursday. If not, government funding would expire, causing many
agencies to begin to shutter operations and furlough staff. The Senate
is expected to act on the legislation ahead of the deadline. A senior
administration official said Tuesday that Trump is expected to sign the
bill. ...
"Ahead of the vote, lawmakers of both parties bemoaned their failure to
agree on the 12 annual spending bills for 2020, and the resulting need
to enact short-term measures once again. ... And in an ominous
sign of increased partisanship around the spending process,
only 12 House Republicans voted in favor of the short-term
spending bill Tuesday -- many fewer than the 76 Republicans
who supported the last stop-gap bill."
-- Former House speaker John Boehner returned to a Capitol
transformed from heated partisanship into a cauldron of
constitutional standoff. Paul Kane reports: "Officially there to unveil a
portrait that will hang in a venerated room just off the House floor,
Boehner brought with him one last bid to get his former colleagues to
embrace a style that charmed friends and enemies alike. He remains
an eternal optimist who views the world as a 'glass half full' - usually
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with red wine in one hand, a Camel cigarette in the other, handkerchief
stuffed into his coat pocket to wipe away his ever-flowing tears. 'It
doesn't cost anything to be nice. I'd like to think we were able to
disagree without being disagreeable,' Boehner told several hundred
well-wishers inside Statuary Hall. 'And I'd like to think that we tried to
do the right things for the right reasons.' Boehner rejected the
chance to weigh in on impeachment, as he did again Tuesday in
an interview with Fox Business Network, where he and one of his
lobbying partners, Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), the former member
of House Democratic leadership, touted a pension plan
supported by their firm. 'I'll just observe,' Boehner said of Trump."
-- Customs and Border Protection issued a new edict regarding
which U.S. officials are worthy of a framed portrait on the
agency's walls: Just the president. Maria Sacchetti reports: "The
shrinking photo gallery is the result of an agency mandate to feature
only Senate-confirmed leaders and elected officials on its walls.
Because Trump has said he prefers to keep many top officials in
`acting' positions to make it easier to fire them, and because the
president has repeatedly refused to nominate the agency's leaders for
confirmation, Trump's photo will stand alone. ... CBP issued the edict
because Trump last week replaced acting DHS secretary Kevin
McAleenan with acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf. Because
McAleenan was CBP's most recently confirmed commissioner, he
appeared on the agency's walls in that capacity, agency spokeswoman
Stephanie Malin said. The agency displays only portraits of officials in
'confirmed leadership positions.-
-- Two jail workers were charged with falsifying records of
checks on Jeffrey Epstein the night he died. Devlin Barrett reports:
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to defraud the United States and making false records while working at
the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. They are accused
of repeatedly signing false paperwork that they conducted regular
checks Aug. 10 on Epstein and other inmates. Epstein was found
hanging in his cell early that morning, and the city's medical examiner
ruled his death a suicide. For 'substantial portions of their shifts, Noel
and Thomas sat at their desk, browsed the Internet, and moved around
the common area' of the section of the jail where Epstein was held,
known as the Special Housing Unit, or SHU, the grand jury charged.
The indictment charges that Noel and Thomas repeatedly signed false
'count slips' even though they failed to conduct the required counts at
midnight, 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. They also failed to check more frequently
on Epstein, as had been ordered by higher-ups at the jail, according to
the indictment. The document repeatedly notes that its charges are
based on 'video from the MCC's internal video surveillance system.-
-- The Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman who
carried out the 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas pleaded guilty.
From NBC News: "Douglas Haig, 57, of Mesa, Arizona, admitted he
made ammunition without a license. Haig came under investigation
when armor-piercing bullets found inside Stephen Paddock's hotel
room had Haig's fingerprints on them. Haig has admitted selling 720
rounds of tracer ammunition to the shooter in the weeks before the
massacre that killed 58 people. Haig's guilty plea involves the illegal
manufacture of armor-piercing rounds."
-- Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wants compassion for the Trump
supporter convicted of making death threats against her. Lateshia
Beachum reports: "Patrick W. Carlineo Jr., 55, of Addison, N.Y.,
entered the guilty plea before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci
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for threatening to assault and murder the freshman congresswoman
and for being a felon in possession of firearms ... The plea stems from
a March call that Carlineo made to Omar's Washington, D.C., office.
... Although he faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine,
Omar wrote an open letter to Geraci requesting that he refrain
from sentencing Carlineo to a long prison term and a large fine.
Carlineo needs compassion and restorative justice that will allow
him to understand the consequences of his actions and to make
amends, she wrote. ... Carlineo told an FBI special agent that `if our
forefathers were still alive, they'd put a bullet in her head' ... He told
investigators that he was a President Trump-loving patriot who 'hates
radical Muslims' in the government ... Carlineo told FBI agents that he
had a shotgun and a .22 caliber firearm at his home that he claimed
belonged to his girlfriend but later admitted to belonged to him..."
-- A white teen girl with a detailed plan for a racist attack on black
churchgoers in her notebook was arrested in Georgia, police
said. Derek Hawkins reports: "The 16-year-old girl was charged with
attempt to commit murder after students at her high school told
administrators she had a notebook filled with 'detailed plans' to kill
members of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in
Gainesville, Ga., according to police. The alleged plot was
'definitely racially motivated,' said Sgt. Kevin Holbrook of the
Gainesville Police Department. The notebook, he said, contained
'manifesto-type' language that discussed how she wanted to assault
black parishioners with butcher knives and other sharp-edged
weapons."
-- An Air Force master sergeant, Cory Reeves, was demoted after
being accused of spreading white nationalist propaganda, but he
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is allowed to continue serving. Katie Shepherd reports: "The
episode highlights a growing concern about active-duty military and
veterans joining the ranks of white supremacist organizations. The
leaked Discord chat logs, published by the nonprofit media collective
Unicorn Riot in March, led journalists and activists to expose members
of the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps as members of Identity
Evropa, which has been labeled a hate group by the Southern Poverty
Law Center."
-- A white supremacist manifesto received by Syracuse
University students prompted a fresh wave of concern on the
campus where nearly a dozen racist incidents in the past two
weeks have sparked calls for outside investigations. Kim Bellware
reports: "Since Nov. 7, when racist scrawls were discovered in
dormitory bathrooms and hallways, the campus of nearly 23,000
students has been shaken by at least 10 more hate-fueled episodes ...
The incidents have drawn national attention and spurred sit-ins,
protests and intervention from the state's top elected officials.
Freshman Dumebi Ebemor said Tuesday that university officials had
not canceled classes after the distribution of the manifesto, which
Syracuse police later said appears to be identical to the white
supremacist manifesto shared by the gunman in the Christchurch
massacre in New Zealand. The racist screed was sent to students in
the university's Bird Library via the Apple file-sharing feature AirDrop."
Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris take
the stage before their debate in Houston. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
2020 WATCH:
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-- We are co-hosting a Democratic debate tonight with MSNBC.
Here's what you need to know:
• Debate coverage starts at 8 p.m. EST, and the debate
will run from 9 to 11 p.m. EST.
• It's being held in Atlanta at the Tyler Perry Studios, and
you can watch online on washingtonpost.com or on our
apps, as well as on MSNBC.
• Ten candidates qualified to be onstage, meaning this
debate has two fewer candidates than last month.
-- Dave Weigel sketches out what he's watching for tonight:
• What does Pete Buttigieg do under pressure?
"Every other campaign has some level of contempt for
the South Bend, Ind., mayor. Some have expressed it
subtly, like [Elizabeth] Warren decrying 'consultant-
driven' campaigns; some have been more direct, like
former HUD secretary Julian Castro warning that
Buttigieg can't excite nonwhite voters. ... In the past,
Buttigieg has gotten around tough questions with the
help of rival candidates who didn't want to attack him."
• Can Warren fight from a corner? "The
Massachusetts senator's slip in the polls could benefit
her in one small way: It's put more pressure on
Buttigieg. ... Warren's campaign has readied itself for
attacks on her past and has been occasionally surprised
when they haven't come."
• Does Bernie Sanders still treat Warren like a
partner? "For the first time, Sanders and Warren do
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have slightly different plans: Warren would use her first
budget to begin enrolling people in an expanded version
of Medicare but not end duplicative private insurance
until three years later. The question is whether Sanders,
who is generally viewed by voters as more trustworthy
than Warren, explores that question or defends the
overall goal of his legislation, shared by Warren, against
all corners."
Biden is planning a major Iowa push after tonight's debate as
concerns grow about his weaknesses in the first voting state.
Matt Viser and Holly Bailey report: "Biden's campaign once shrugged
off the potential impact of losing the caucus vote on Feb. 3, but
concerns lately have grown about just how poorly he might do.
Desperate to avoid a humiliating showing that might have broader
repercussions, Biden is planning a renewed focus on Iowa, with an
expectation that both he and his wife, Jill, soon will make the kind of
extended trips to the state that other candidates have for months. They
also have launched a new digital campaign and could have additional
endorsements in the works."
Biden has durable support from a multiracial coalition of
working-class workers who see him as one of their own. From the
Times: "In dozens of interviews, from parades and union rallies to black
churches and political picnics, working-class Democrats who support
Mr. Biden explained their views in practical terms: they know and trust
the Scranton native from his long tenure as a Delaware senator and as
Barack Obama's vice president, they find his incremental policy
proposals realistic and they think he can win. ... Surveys in this race
indicate a return to the longstanding tradition in Democratic
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primaries or voters splitting along class lines, ana illuminate a
key slice of Mr. Biden's base. ... For some voters, Mr. Biden appeals
because there are strategic assumptions at work: many black working-
class Democrats believe that white America will only support a well-
known white male, such as Mr. Biden, while a number of working-class
white Democrats also believe he is the most acceptable nominee.
Some voters cited the misogyny and racism that female candidates
and candidates of color have experienced in previous races."
-- There are two Rhodes Scholars running for president, but
Buttigieg gets way more credit for this than Cory Booker. From
HuffPost: "HuffPost searched mentions in U.S. publications for 2019,
finding that news outlets cited Buttigieg's Rhodes scholarship 596
times. Booker had just 79 mentions." Booker also attended Stanford
and Yale Law.
-- Documents reveal that a massive "dark-money" group pumped
$140 million into Democratic and left-leaning causes in 2018.
From Politico: "The Sixteen Thirty Fund, a little-known nonprofit
headquartered in Washington, spent $141 million on more than 100
left-leaning causes during the midterm election year, according to a
new tax filing from the group. The money contributed to efforts ranging
from fighting Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and other Trump
judicial nominees to boosting ballot measures raising the minimum
wage and changing laws on voting and redistricting in numerous
states. The spending was fueled by massive anonymous donations,
including one gift totaling $51.7 million. That single donation was more
than the group had ever raised before in an entire year before [Trump]
was elected."
-- Liberal groups, anxious over Trump's growing lead in the
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money race, are committing to spend in general-election swing
states during the primaries. Michelle Ye Hee Lee reports: "By the
time voters coalesce around a nominee, Democratic operatives worry,
it will be too late to overcome Trump's fundraising advantages in the
general election. Already, pro-Trump committees have spent more than
$500 million on his reelection — far more than previous incumbents at
this point in the election. As a result, more than a dozen groups
backed by high-dollar Democratic donors have pledged to spend at
least $420 million through the primary season, focused largely on
general-election swing states. Their efforts range from running anti-
Trump digital ads to funding legal challenges to voter restriction that
could hamper Democratic turnout. 'We can't wait until we have a
candidate to do this work,' said Tara McGowan, founder and chief
executive of Acronym, a politically active nonprofit supporting
Democrats."
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, who left the Republican Party on July 4
to become an independent after concluding that Trump committed
impeachable offenses, said Volker and Morrison didn't help the GOP's
case:
From a former Republican congresswoman who was defeated in
Virginia last November:
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The official White House Twitter account attacked a current White
House official in the middle of that official's testimony before Congress:
The White House's director of social media also attacked Vindman
from his government account, prompting this observation from a Post
colleague:
The president's son also attacked the Army officer:
Twin jokes were made during Vindman's testimony:
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.) brought props:
A Politico reporter compared Volker's private deposition with his public
testimony:
One of our national security correspondents explained how Volker's
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story still doesn't really add up:
And a CNN correspondent observed another damning fact pattern
that's now taken as a given:
The two witnesses in the morning went back to work at the White
House after their testimony:
Former Obama aides pushed back on White House press secretary
Stephanie Grisham's allegations that they left hateful notes behind for
their Trump counterparts:
Actual notes Obama aides left behind for their replacements were
shared online:
ABC's White House correspondent shared some images from the day
the Trump aides moved into their offices:
Bernie Sanders took a stance in support of minor league teams:
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And Bei Bei the panda is flying to China with a really nice set up:
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who participated in the impeachment
inquiries into Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, shares what's different
about this time:
Rep. Zoe Lofgren shares what she's learned after witnessing every modern
impeachment inquiry
Stephen Colbert said Vindman wasn't afraid to clap back:
Here's one such moment:
Seth Meyers said Republicans are trying to attack the impeachment
hearing witnesses because they have no defense:
Trevor Noah took a look at another D.C. scandal:
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THE BIG IDEA: They were there to bat cleanup, but both the GOP's witnesses on
Tuesday afternoon instead provided fresh fodder for the impeachment case
against President Trump.
Rep. Devin Nunes (Calif.), the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee,
formally requested the testimony of Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine,
and Tim Morrison, the National Security Council's former senior director covering Russia
and Ukraine.
Neither of the Republicans had any desire to blame the president who appointed them
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Sondland, the megadonor who became ambassador to the European Union and is
testifying today, under the bus. But they also validated key testimony from other
witnesses, deepened a damning fact pattern for Trump and said that the underlying
conduct the president stands accused of would generally be inappropriate.
Volker said he "would have objected" if he knew at the time that Trump brought
up Joe Biden repeatedly and specifically during the July 25 call with the Ukrainian
president. "I have learned many things that I did not know at the time of the events in
question," the former envoy proclaimed.
Volker said he drew a line between pushing for an investigation of the company Burisma
versus an investigation of Hunter Biden, who once sat on the company's board. "In
retrospect I should have seen that connection differently, and had I done so, I would
have raised my own objections," he testified. "I don't think raising the 2016 election or
Vice President Biden or these things I consider to be conspiracy theories are ... things
that we should be pursuing."
Kurt Volker calls Biden, server investigations 'conspiracies'
Trump's former envoy also questioned the credibility of the sources that the
former New York mayor seemed to rely on. "The allegations against Vice President
Biden are self-serving and non-credible," Volker said. "I have known Vice President
Biden for 24 years. He is an honorable man, and I hold him in the highest regard."
Volker said Trump never told him directly that the aid was being withheld unless
the Ukrainians announced investigations. He said the president had expressed a
"general negative view" of Ukraine that dated back to when he came onboard in 2017.
Volker said this perception was somewhat understandable considering the Eastern
European nation's historic struggles with corruption.
But he also painted a picture of himself as out of the loop and unaware of the
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machinations happening behind the scenes. He said he connected Giuliani with a top
aide to the new Ukrainian president because he hoped it would smooth the way for a
White House meeting and improved bilateral ties. Eager to defend his own reputation,
Volker was adamant that he never personally witnessed or participated in illegal
conduct. "I was never involved with anything that I considered to be bribery at all," he
said. "Or extortion."
Both Morrison and Volker said they believe it's inappropriate for an American
president to ask a foreign leader to investigate an American citizen. "I don't believe
it is appropriate for the president to do that," Volker said in response to a question from
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.). "If we have law enforcement concerns with a U.S. citizen
generally, there are appropriate channels for that." Morrison said he agreed. Then Rep.
Peter Welch (D-Vt.) asked about a hypothetical scenario in which a mayor, governor or
member of Congress withheld public funds from a law enforcement agency until it
investigated his or her political rival. Morrison and Volker agreed that, too, would be
improper.
Morrison: Ukraine aid was contingent on investigations, per Sondland
— Morrison said he reported details of the July 25 call to the National Security
Council's top lawyer. He said he worried about the political fallout if the call became
public, not its legality, and insisted he wasn't personally bothered by anything Trump
said. "As I stated during my deposition, I feared at the time of the call on July 25th how
its disclosure would play in Washington's political climate," he said. "My fears have been
realized." Morrison also acknowledged that Biden and Burisma were not on the talking
points prepared for Trump in advance of the conversation and did not reflect official U.S.
policy.
— Morrison said he had a "sinking feeling" that the money Trump put a freeze on
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would expire if it wasn't transferred to Ukraine by the end of the fiscal year on
Sept. 30. He noted that this would force the administration to explain to congressional
appropriators why there had been a hold in the first place.
— Morrison also testified that Sondland informed him that he had told a top aide to
Volodymyr Zelensky "that the Ukrainians would have to have the prosecutor
general make a statement with respect to the investigations as a condition of
having the aid lifted." Under questioning by the Democratic counsel for the Intelligence
Committee, Morrison said he was concerned that these were being identified as
requirements.
— Morrison said his predecessor Fiona Hill, who is testifying on Thursday, had
warned him about the "Gordon problem," referring to Sondland, when he took
over. "I decided to keep track of what Ambassador Sondland was doing," he explained.
"I didn't always act on things Gordon suggested [and] that he believed were important."
Volker says Sondland raised investigations with Ukrainians on July 10
— Volker said he now remembers details of the July 10 meetings at the White
House that he had forgotten, or omitted, during his closed-door deposition in
October. Last month, he said there was no discussion of Giuliani or investigations and
called the conversations uneventful. Other officials who were there have subsequently
testified that John Bolton, then the national security adviser, abruptly ended a meeting in
his office when Sondland broached the issue of investigations. On Tuesday, Volker said
he now remembers that Sondland did, in fact, make "a general comment" about
investigations, though he said it happened as the meeting was wrapping up anyway. "I
think all of us thought it was inappropriate," Volker said. "The conversation did not
continue, and the meeting concluded." Volker called it "something of an eye-roll
moment."
Volker said he still does not have any recollection of Sondland bringing up
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investigations a second time during a follow-up conversation with the visiting
Ukrainians in the Ward Room of the White House. "I may have been engaged in a
side conversation, or had already left the complex, because I do not recall further
discussion regarding investigations or Burisma," he said in his opening statement.
Jennifer Williams's full opening statement at impeachment hearings
-- Volker and Morrison appeared together on an afternoon panel after the
testimony of Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams, Vice
President Pence's special adviser on Europe. Williams said she thought the July 25
call was "unusual" because "it involved discussion of what appeared to be a domestic
political matter." She said no one in the national security firmament supported
withholding the aid until Trump froze it. Vindman, the National Security Council's
European affairs director, said he considered the president's request that Ukraine
investigate Biden to be "inappropriate." The Army officer argued that "it is improper" for
Trump "to demand a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen and political
opponent."
-- Interestingly, Morrison and Vindman agreed that moving the rough transcript of
the July 25 call to a code-word-level server was not a big deal. But they disagreed
on why it happened. Morrison said it was a mistake that resulted from an administrative
error, but Vindman saw it as a deliberate attempt to hide a sensitive call. Vindman also
said the omission of the word Burisma from the rough transcript of the call wasn't
nefarious but the result of the transcription software.
-- The White House issued a statement from Pence's national security adviser
Keith Kellogg that said Williams never "reported any personal or professional
concerns" to him, her supervisor, regarding the call. "As an exceedingly proud
member of President Trump's Administration and as a 34-year highly experienced
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combat veteran who retired with the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army, I heard
nothing wrong or improper on the call," Kellogg said in the statement. "I had and have no
concerns."
Vindman and Williams's impeachment inquiry testimony, in 5 minutes
MORE TEAM COVERAGE:
Sondland is testifying more bluntly this morning than he did during his previous
deposition that Trump and Giuliani sought to condition a White House invite for
Ukraine's new president to demands that his country publicly launch
investigations that could damage Trump's political opponents. Aaron Davis reports:
"I know that members of this committee have frequently framed these complicated
issues in the form of a simple question: Was there a 'quid pro quo?" Sondland said in
his opening statement. "With regard to the requested White House call and White House
meeting, the answer is yes."
In his sworn opening statement, Trump's ambassador also told the House
Intelligence Committee that while he never knew for sure if the White House had
frozen nearly $400 million in security assistance as part of the pressure campaign
against Ukraine, he operated as if that was the case. "In the absence of any credible
explanation for the hold, I came to the conclusion that the aid, like the White House visit,
was jeopardized," Sondland said. "My belief was that if Ukraine did something to
demonstrate a serious intention" to launch the investigations Trump wanted, "then the
hold on military aid would be lifted."
"Sondland's future — and possibly his freedom — could also rest on whether
lawmakers believe he is telling the whole truth about his role and that of the
president," Aaron and Rachael Bade report. "Lawmakers in previous inquiries have
referred witnesses to the Justice Department if they believe they have lied under oath."
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-- Here are five question The Fix's Amber Phillips wants Sondland to answer:
• Was he acting of his own volition, or at Trump's direction?
• What did he say to Trump — and what did Trump tell him — on a
July 26 phone call from Kyiv?
• Sondland told the Ukrainians their military aid would come when
their president made an "anti-corruption statement." Was that code
for investigations into the Bidens and 2016 election interference?
• Why didn't Sondland remember the offer he gave to the
Ukrainians in his original testimony?
• Why did he agree to testify?
-- Federal prosecutors scrutinizing Giuliani and two of his associates on Thursday
will question a top executive at Ukraine's state-owned gas company about his
encounters with those associates as the pair pursued energy deals in Ukraine.
Tom Hamburger and Roz Helderman report: "The executive of the Ukrainian company,
Andrew Favorov, an American citizen, agreed to meet with prosecutors for the Southern
District of New York who had asked to speak with him about his experiences with the
two men, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman. The pair worked with Giuliani to gather
information about the Ukraine-related activities of [Joe and Hunter Biden]. Favorov's
attorney, Lanny Breuer, said his client 'will voluntarily sit down with the government
attorneys.' Breuer declined to comment further."
-- A federal judge said she intends to rule no later than the end of Monday whether
former White House counsel Donald McGahn must testify under subpoena before
Congress. The House Judiciary Committee asked for an accelerated decision
because it aims to call MGahn when likely writing articles of impeachment against
Trump. Spencer Hsu reports: "U.S. District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of Washington
entered an order Tuesday about her deadline intent 'absent unforeseen circumstances'
shortly after a filing from House General Counsel Douglas N. Letter arguing last week's
opening of the hearings before the House Intelligence Committee was grounds for
urgency. ... William A. Burck, McGahn's attorney, has said that McGahn will abide by
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the president's instructions absent a court reversal."
Republicans are running through a multitude of shifting — and, at times,
contradictory - defenses and deflections as they continue to stick together
against Trump's impeachment. Mike DeBonis and Rachael Bade report: "While those
attacks — at least 22, according to a Washington Post tally — have done little to
undermine the core allegations under investigation in the House, they have been
remarkably successful in one respect: keeping congressional Republicans united against
impeachment as the GOP casts the probe as partisan."
— Democrats on the Intelligence Committee and their attorney spoke the most
yesterday. Philip Bump crunched the numbers: "We took C-SPAN's closed captioning of
the hearing and segmented each exchange by who was asking questions and who was
responding. In total, [Schiff] spoke for more than half an hour, including lengthy
introductory and closing statements. The total time that the witnesses ... spent
answering Democrats' queries was about a minute longer than Schiff's comments and
questions. The witnesses spent about 10 more minutes answering Democratic questions
than Republican ones, in large part because more Democratic members asked
questions."
"Vindman defended himself from claims that Morrison, his boss, had expressed
concerns about his judgment, reading from his latest performance evaluation in
which another former top NSC official described him as 'brilliant' and
'unflappable,"' Toluse Olorunnipa reports. "On Tuesday, Trump also sought to
downplay Vindman's role and influence. 'I never heard of him. I don't know any of these
people,' Trump told reporters during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. 'I don't know
Vindman at all. What I do know is that even he said the transcript was correct.'"
Vindman's uniform spoke loud at the hearing. His humanity spoke louder, writes
fashion critic Robin Givhan: "When Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman appeared before the
[Intelligence Committee], his striking presence in his serviceable eyeglasses and his
military uniform exuded authority, ferocity and patriotism. As one of the Democratic
committee members noted admiringly, Vindman was wearing a Purple Heart on his
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uniform. He also had a Combat Infantry Badge pinned on the left side of his chest,
indicating he'd been involved in active ground combat. For civilian viewers, it was helpful
to understand the meanings of some of the insignia on his jacket. But even without the
details, anyone looking at the vast collage of medals spread across his chest
could understand the story they told: that Vindman is one of the many dedicated
individuals who choose to stand guard so that others might sleep easily."
Vindman's Army uniform became a proxy symbol, either bolstering the claims of
Democrats or cited as evidence by Republicans that Vindman is using his service
as a shield from criticism. Alex Horton reports: "While active-duty service members
routinely wear their full uniforms to testify on Capitol Hill, security experts say the
scrutiny of Vindman's uniform has become another data point in the politicization of the
space between civil society and the military. The Army's bible for appearance standards,
AR 670-1, says all personnel 'will wear an Army uniform when on duty, unless granted
an exception by the commander to wear civilian clothes.' Most reactions to it imply a
choice where there is not one. Commentators are projecting their own feelings without
understanding military regulations, a pretty frequent occurrence in civil-military relations,'
said Loren DeJonge Schulman, a former Obama defense official who advised national
security adviser Susan E. Rice."
— There have been six episodes in which top Trump administration and Ukrainian
officials discussed a potential quid pro quo, according to congressional
testimony, public statements and documents. We've gathered the evidence here.
Commentary from The Post's opinion page:
• Dana Milbank: "Republicans portrayed Vindman as disloyal. They
have no sense of decency."
• Media columnist Margaret Sullivan: "'I don't know what to believe'
is an unpatriotic cop-out. Do better, Americans."
• David Von Drehle: "Coach Jordan goes to war for Team Trump."
• Alexandra Petri: "There was definitely no irony in Alexander
Vindman's testimony. Right?"
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• Max Boot: "Why the Republican attacks on Alexander Vindman
mark a new low."
• Marc Thiessen: "The Democrats' impeachment bombshells aren't
exploding."
• Erik Wemple: "Devin Nunes's anti-media rant, annotated."
• Paul Waldman: "At hearing, Republicans sink to new lows in trying
to expose whistleblower."
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"Dad, my sitting here today, in the U.S. Capitol, talking to our elected
officials is proof that you made the right decision 40 years ago to leave the
Soviet Union and come here to the United States of America in search of a
better life for our family," Vindman said in his opening statement. "Do not
worry, I will be fine for telling the truth."
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Catherine Pugh delivers an address during her inauguration ceremony to become mayor of Baltimore in
2016. (Patrick Semansky/AP)
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING:
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— Baltimore's former mayor Catherine Pugh has been indicted by a federal grand
jury on wire fraud and tax evasion over lucrative book deals for her self-published
Healthy Holly children's series. Ann Marimow and Peter Hermann report: "Pugh
resigned in May after revelations about the deals she allegedly cut with companies
connected to the city and state government, setting off another political crisis and
setback for the city. Pugh, 69, was the second Baltimore mayor to leave office in the
past decade while facing corruption allegations.
"The indictment accuses her of a years-long scheme dating to 2007. ... Federal
agents sought financial documents and other information related to almost $800,000 she
allegedly was paid for the books, an enormous amount in the world of children's
literature. Pugh is expected to surrender to U.S. Marshals before a court appearance
Thursday, prosecutors said. Two former Baltimore employees, Gary Brown Jr, 38, and
Roslyn Wedington, 50, have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and to filing
false tax returns, prosecutors said in a statement."
Uber plans to record audio of customers during rides in the U.S. Faiz Siddiqui
scoops: "The new feature, which is first to be piloted in some Latin American cities next
month, allows users to opt in to activate an audio recording on any trip or all trips,
according to internal communications viewed by The Washington Post and confirmed by
Uber. In markets where it's available, users would likely be given a blanket warning that
trips are subject to recording — and that the feature will be active in their market. Riders
and drivers will not be able to listen back. 'When the trip ends, the user will be asked if
everything is okay and be able to report a safety incident and submit the audio recording
to Uber with a few taps,' according to an email written by an Uber executive ... 'The
encrypted audio file is sent to Uber's customer support agents who will use it to better
understand an incident and take the appropriate action.' ... The new feature raises
privacy concerns over the potential to run afoul of wiretapping and eavesdropping
statutes aimed at ensuring people are not recorded without their consent."
A Ukrainian soldier finds comfort in a feline friend on the front lines of war
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THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
U.S. military aid is helping Ukraine fend off Russian aggression, but the drama
surrounding the impeachment inquiry is making Kyiv nervous. Sergey Morgunov,
Will Englund and Michael Birnbaum report: "Powerful night-vision devices remove the
cover of darkness. Counterartillery radar detects and pinpoints the batteries during firing.
Surveillance drones, troubled at first by Russian hacking when introduced in 2016, have
since proved their worth, Col. Yevhen Bondar said. It all came from the United States,
over the course of five years and part of about $4 billion in military and security
assistance designed to counter the Moscow-backed separatist rebellion in eastern
Ukraine's Donbas region. ... The block on a nearly $400 million aid package, approved
by Congress, was lifted Sept. 11, in time to beat the end of the federal fiscal year. For its
part, Ukraine is spending nearly 5.5 percent of its gross domestic product on defense
and security this year, or about $10 billion. The Trump-ordered delay was felt in Ukraine
— but not so much in terms of spot shortages of military materiel, because equipment
such as this always moves in fits and starts. The real fallout has been one of perception
among Ukrainian officials and others — the worry that the White House cannot always
be counted on to be in Kyiv's corner."
— But, but, but: $35 million in Pentagon aid still hasn't reached Ukraine, despite
White House assurances, reports the L.A. Times.
— And Zelensky refused to confirm or deny whether he was prepared to publicly
announce an investigation into Burisma after his July 25 call with Trump. CNN
posted a video that shows him rolling his eyes when asked on Tuesday, before he
brushed off the question. "I think everybody in Ukraine is so tired about Burisma," he
said. "We have our country. We have our independence. We have our problems and
questions. That's it."
-- Two U.S. service members were killed overnight when their helicopter crashed
in Afghanistan while supporting combat operations. Sayed Salahuddin and
Susannah George report: "The military said the fatalities brought to 19 the number of
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U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan this year, adding that the incident is under
investigation. The Taliban said the helicopter was shot down as Afghan and U.S.
forces were preparing to launch an attack in the area, according to a statement from
Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman. The 19 service members killed so far this year
by hostile forces, surpasses the total of 13 who died in 2018."
-- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is searching for a safe exit from his position
ahead of a Senate run, three GOP sources tell Time: "Pompeo's plan had been to
remain at the State Department until early spring next year, ... but recent developments,
including the House impeachment inquiry, are hurting him politically and straining his
relationship with Trump. So Pompeo is rethinking his calendar, say the top Republicans,
one who served in the Trump Administration, another who remains in government, and a
third who served in several high-ranking posts and is active in GOP politics. The timing
of Pompeo's resignation now will be decided by his ability to navigate the smoothest
possible exit from the administration, the three Republicans say."
-- "Republicans tasked with keeping the party's Senate majority in the U.S. Senate
still see Pompeo as their best option in the open-seat race to succeed retiring
Republican Sen. Pat Roberts," the Kansas City Star reports: "At a 'Save the Senate'
event on Nov. 8 at Trump International Hotel in Washington, the National Republican
Senatorial Committee executive director Kevin McLaughlin told a room full of lawmakers,
lobbyists, and GOP donors to call Pompeo and urge him to run ... The gathering took
place just weeks after the NRSC, the party's main campaign arm for Senate races, met
with Republican Rep. Roger Marshall, the western Kansas congressman pursuing the
seat. Marshall leads all current candidates in fundraising by about $1 million. 'I think they
certainly understand that we're the frontrunner and I feel like we're getting a lot of good
support from them right now,' Marshall said Tuesday when asked about the October
meeting."
-- Iran's security forces may have killed more than 100 protesters as part of a
brutal crackdown on demonstrations. Erin Cunningham reports: "The government
has acknowledged only five deaths, including four members of the security forces, and
has blamed the protests on foreign enemies and saboteurs. If confirmed, the higher
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death toll would signal a much wider scale of unrest — a crisis taking place under a near-
total information blackout. London-based Amnesty said at least 106 demonstrators have
been killed in 21 cities since protests began Friday, citing what it said was verified video
footage and credible witness testimony. Security forces have used firearms, water
cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters, according to the report, which also cited
the use of live ammunition."
-- A small group of protesters is still inside Hong Kong's Polytechnic University
after a series of mass arrests. Tiffany Liang, Anna Kam, Casey Quackenbush and
Gerry Shih report: "Hong Kong's police force said Tuesday that it had apprehended
1,100 people over the past day alone, as months of violent clashes appeared to reach
something of a climax. It said many of the detainees would be charged with rioting and
possession of offensive weapons. It was the largest number of arrests and injuries on a
single day since the protests began five months ago. ... In Hong Kong, concerns rose
over the relative handful of protesters who have so far refused to leave the besieged
campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, with authorities urging them to come out
peacefully but refusing to rule out action to flush them out. ... In Washington, the U.S.
Senate, in a unanimous vote, passed legislation Tuesday aimed at protecting
human rights in Hong Kong ... The Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act
now goes to the House of Representatives, which earlier approved its own version of the
measure."
-- A former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong said he was
repeatedly tortured by Chinese secret police over a two-week period over the
protests. Simon Denyer, Tiffany Liang and Casey Quanckenbush report: "Simon
Cheng, in an account of his treatment published on Facebook, described being
handcuffed and shackled, blindfolded and hooded, deprived of sleep, made to sit
absolutely still or hung in a uncomfortable spread-eagled position for hours on end, and
constantly threatened during incessant interrogations. British Foreign Minister Dominic
Raab said his government was shocked and appalled by the 'brutal and disgraceful
treatment' to which Cheng was subjected after being detained during a business trip to
Shenzhen in mainland China in August, and said it had summoned the Chinese
ambassador in London to protest. But China said its ambassador would never accept
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Britain's 'false allegations."
- Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria has allowed the Islamic State to gain
strength, according to a chilling study by the Pentagon. From Politico: "The
withdrawal and incursion allowed ISIS to 'reconstitute capabilities and resources within
Syria and strengthen its ability to plan attacks abroad,' the quarterly report from the lead
inspector general on the U.S. military campaign against ISIS stated. The report cited
information from the Defense Intelligence Agency. ... 'In the longer term, ISIS will
probably seek to regain control of some Syrian population centers and expand its global
footprint, the DIA said,' the inspector general added."
-- Israel struck dozens of Iranian targets in Syria in response to rocket fire on the
Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. (NBC News)
-- Some Israelis are celebrating the Trump administration's decision to no longer
consider their settlements in the West Bank as illegal under international law.
Steve Hendrix and Ruth Eglash report: "At a hastily arranged meeting with Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, settler leaders gathered Tuesday at Alon Shvut, a
settlement south of Jerusalem, to relish a rare international endorsement of their
presence there. 'I admit I am very moved,' Netanyahu said at the gathering. He called
the Trump administration's latest policy shift toward Israel 'an achievement that will
stand for generations.' For many living in Israel's settlements, the news from Washington
was a welcome relief from the drumbeat of condemnation from the international
community, including a recent European requirement that products from the settlements
carry special labeling. ... But observers said their eagerness to do more — add
settlements, expand settlements, annex parts of the West Bank — was likely to be met
with disappointment, at least in the short term. Like so much else in the intractable Israeli-
Palestinian conflict, the bombshell announcement was a noisy outburst not likely to
make much difference on the contested ground any time soon."
Counterprogramming: On Capitol Hill, a bipartisan mix of officials are showing
support for Enes Kanter, the NBA star and Turkish dissident, after Trump
welcomed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House last week.
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Jacob Bogage reports: "Kanter's jersey from his time with the Oklahoma City Thunder
hangs in the office of Sen. James Lankford, a Republican from Oklahoma. He talks
about the NBA with Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat known throughout the
Senate as a basketball devotee. He has discussed Interpol red notices with Sen. Roger
Wicker (R-Miss.) and joked about Boston sports fans with Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.).
Then last week, Kanter, a center for the Boston Celtics, stood shoulder to shoulder with
Wyden and Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) in the Capitol as they introduced human
rights legislation aimed at Turkey. ... Kanter has used that attention and the spotlight of
his NBA career to crusade for a more democratic Turkey, befriending and recruiting to
the cause American lawmakers from each city he has played in during his nine-year
NBA career. Few other prominent Turks have taken a stand against Erdogan in
Washington."
-- Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his challenger, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn,
had their first debate last night ahead of the Dec. 12 general election. William Booth
and Karla Adam report: "The debate on ITV showcased a dozen ordinary voters allowed
to ask their questions. ... Johnson promised he had a Brexit deal ready to pop into the
oven, heat and serve. Corbyn said it was 'nonsense' to say Johnson could complete
Brexit by January. He said a trade deal with the European Union would take seven years
to negotiate. ... Johnson said he would get Brexit done — and challenged Corbyn again
on his position on Britain's leaving the European Union. Corbyn said he would quickly
negotiate a new, softer Brexit deal with the E.U. and then take it to the public in a second
referendum. ... Corbyn is trailing overall in a sample of recent opinion surveys and,
given that he did not break through during the debate, will hope to generate more
excitement Thursday with the launch of his party's election manifesto."
-- Years after freezing new projects, China is back to building coal power plants.
Gerry Shih reports: "In the past two years, China has expanded its coal fleet by 43
gigawatts — roughly the entire coal-fired capacity of Germany, according to Global
Energy Monitor, a group that tracks construction in the Chinese power industry using
public announcements and satellite images. Excluding China, global coal power capacity
would otherwise be dropping as countries in Europe and elsewhere decommission old
facilities and switch to other energy sources, the group said in a report released
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Wednesday."
— Venice's plan to protect itself from flooding became a disaster in itself. Chico
Harlan and Stefano Pitrelli report: "It is among the most ambitious works of civil
engineering in modern Italian history, an underwater fortress of steel designed to rise
from the depths during high tides to protect the lagoon city of Venice. But decades after
being conceived, the project remains incomplete and unusable, little more than a refuge
for the clams and barnacles that have made the machinery their home. Venice,
meantime, remains vulnerable, as demonstrated by the tides that inundated the city last
week, flooding piazzas, churches and hotels, depositing layers of salt that eat away
marble. The city's 6 billion euro flood barrier has been under construction since 2003
and was originally supposed to take eight years. Now, the best guess is that it will be
ready by 2021 or 2022. Some experts say that, given the pace of sea-level rise, it may
be obsolete just decades after it starts operating. Others wonder, given its sorry history,
whether the system will ever be ready. Parts of the underwater project are already
corroding."
Edward Gallagher steps out of his court-martial in San Diego. (John Gastaldo/Reuters)
DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED:
-- Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, days after being pardoned for war crimes
by Trump, has been ordered to appear before Navy leaders today, where he is
expected to be notified that he'll be ousted from the Navy SEALs. From the Times:
"Navy officials had planned to begin the process of taking away Chief Gallagher's
Trident pin, the symbol of his membership in the SEALs, earlier this month. But as he
waited outside his commander's office, Navy leaders sought clearance from the White
House that never came, and no action was taken. Admiral [Collin] Green now has the
authorization he needs from the Navy to act against Chief Gallagher, and the formal
letter notifying the chief of the action has been drafted by the admiral ... The Navy also
plans to take the Tridents of three SEAL officers who oversaw Chief Gallagher —
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Breisch, Lt. Jacob Portier and Lt. Thomas MacNeil — and their letters
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have been drafted as well ... Removing a Trident does not entail a reduction in rank, but
it effectively ends a SEAL's career. ... The move sets up a potential confrontation
between Mr. Trump, who has repeatedly championed Chief Gallagher, and Admiral
Green, who has said he intends to overhaul discipline and ethics in the SEAL
teams and sees Chief Gallagher's behavior as an obstacle."
— White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham is facing backlash after she
claimed without evidence that aides to former president Barack Obama left behind
disparaging messages on the day Trump was inaugurated. Toluse Olorunnipa and
Josh Dawsey report: "Grisham said that White House aides left 'Obama
books' throughout the White House and taped a big 'You will fail' sign on the door of the
press office before Trump aides moved in — claims that sparked a chorus of
condemnation from former Obama administration officials. Grisham then modified her
assertions later in the day, changing key parts of her story and saying she viewed the
alleged conduct as little more than a harmless prank. ... Grisham did not provide
evidence to back up her allegations. No other administration official has made any
similar allegations publicly in the 34 months since Trump entered the White House. Five
former senior administration officials present on Day One in 2017 said they do not
remember witnessing or hearing of any notes like the ones that Grisham described. 'Not
in my office,' said one of the former officials."
The American Medical Association called for an immediate ban on all electronic
cigarettes and vaping devices. From the AP: "The AMA cited a surge in underage teen
use of e-cigarettes, which typically heat a solution that contains nicotine. 'It's simple, we
must keep nicotine products out of the hands of young people,' Dr. Patrice Harris, AMA's
president, said in a statement. The doctors' group said a separate health issue also
prompted its action — the recent U.S. outbreak of lung illnesses linked to vaping. Most
of those sickened said they vaped THC, the high-inducing ingredient in marijuana, not
nicotine. Officials believe a thickening agent used in black market THC vaping products
may be a culprit."
— Scott Gottlieb, who served as Trump's commissioner of the Food and Drug
Administration for the first two years of the administration, explained what he
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thinks the Trump administration should do on vaping: "E-cigs aren't safe, but when
used properly they are not nearly has harmful as lighting tobacco on fire and smoking it.
Yet providing adult smokers with a safer alternative to cigarettes cannot come at
the expense of addicting a generation of young people to nicotine with these
same products. New data from the Food and Drug Administration shows almost a third
of teens now vape. And according to a study published in February in the Journal of the
American Medical Association, young people who start out using nicotine through e-cigs
are more likely to become long-term smokers. The solution is to get e-cigs out of the
hands of kids but preserve the devices' potential to help adult smokers fully quit
cigarettes."
— The House passed a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown
on Friday, setting up a December showdown over Trump's border wall that could
fall in the midst of impeachment votes. Erica Werner reports: "The legislation, which
passed 231 to 192, extends government funding through Dec. 20. It must pass the
Senate and be signed by Trump before midnight Thursday. If not, government funding
would expire, causing many agencies to begin to shutter operations and furlough staff.
The Senate is expected to act on the legislation ahead of the deadline. A senior
administration official said Tuesday that Trump is expected to sign the
"Ahead of the vote, lawmakers of both parties bemoaned their failure to agree on the 12
annual spending bills for 2020, and the resulting need to enact short-term measures
once again. ... And in an ominous sign of increased partisanship around the
spending process, only 12 House Republicans voted in favor of the short-term
spending bill Tuesday -- many fewer than the 76 Republicans who supported the
last stop-gap bill."
-- Former House speaker John Boehner returned to a Capitol transformed from
heated partisanship into a cauldron of constitutional standoff. Paul Kane reports:
"Officially there to unveil a portrait that will hang in a venerated room just off the House
floor, Boehner brought with him one last bid to get his former colleagues to embrace a
style that charmed friends and enemies alike. He remains an eternal optimist who views
the world as a 'glass half full' - usually with red wine in one hand, a Camel cigarette in
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the other, handkerchief stuffed into his coat pocket to wipe away his ever-flowing tears.
'It doesn't cost anything to be nice. I'd like to think we were able to disagree without
being disagreeable,' Boehner told several hundred well-wishers inside Statuary Hall.
'And I'd like to think that we tried to do the right things for the right reasons.' Boehner
rejected the chance to weigh in on impeachment, as he did again Tuesday in an
interview with Fox Business Network, where he and one of his lobbying partners,
Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), the former member of House Democratic leadership,
touted a pension plan supported by their firm. 'I'll just observe,' Boehner said of
Trump."
-- Customs and Border Protection issued a new edict regarding which U.S.
officials are worthy of a framed portrait on the agency's walls: Just the president.
Maria Sacchetti reports: "The shrinking photo gallery is the result of an agency mandate
to feature only Senate-confirmed leaders and elected officials on its walls. Because
Trump has said he prefers to keep many top officials in 'acting' positions to make it
easier to fire them, and because the president has repeatedly refused to nominate the
agency's leaders for confirmation, Trump's photo will stand alone. ... CBP issued the
edict because Trump last week replaced acting DHS secretary Kevin McAleenan with
acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf. Because McAleenan was CBP's most recently
confirmed commissioner, he appeared on the agency's walls in that capacity, agency
spokeswoman Stephanie Malin said. The agency displays only portraits of officials in
'confirmed leadership positions.-
- Two jail workers were charged with falsifying records of checks on Jeffrey
Epstein the night he died. Devlin Barrett reports: "A grand jury charged Tova Noel and
Michael Thomas with conspiring to defraud the United States and making false records
while working at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. They are accused of
repeatedly signing false paperwork that they conducted regular checks Aug. 10 on
Epstein and other inmates. Epstein was found hanging in his cell early that morning, and
the city's medical examiner ruled his death a suicide. For 'substantial portions of their
shifts, Noel and Thomas sat at their desk, browsed the Internet, and moved around the
common area' of the section of the jail where Epstein was held, known as the Special
Housing Unit, or SHU, the grand jury charged. The indictment charges that Noel and
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Thomas repeatedly signed false 'count slips' even though they failed to conduct the
required counts at midnight, 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. They also failed to check more frequently
on Epstein, as had been ordered by higher-ups at the jail, according to the indictment.
The document repeatedly notes that its charges are based on 'video from the MCC's
internal video surveillance system.-
- The Arizona man who sold ammunition to the gunman who carried out the 2017
mass shooting in Las Vegas pleaded guilty. From NBC News: "Douglas Haig, 57, of
Mesa, Arizona, admitted he made ammunition without a license. Haig came under
investigation when armor-piercing bullets found inside Stephen Paddock's hotel room
had Haig's fingerprints on them. Haig has admitted selling 720 rounds of tracer
ammunition to the shooter in the weeks before the massacre that killed 58 people. Haig's
guilty plea involves the illegal manufacture of armor-piercing rounds."
-- Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wants compassion for the Trump supporter convicted
of making death threats against her. Lateshia Beachum reports: "Patrick W. Carlineo
Jr., 55, of Addison, N.Y., entered the guilty plea before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank
P. Geraci for threatening to assault and murder the freshman congresswoman and for
being a felon in possession of firearms ... The plea stems from a March call that Carlineo
made to Omar's Washington, D.C., office. ... Although he faces up to 10 years in
prison and a $250,000 fine, Omar wrote an open letter to Geraci requesting that he
refrain from sentencing Carlineo to a long prison term and a large fine. Carlineo
needs compassion and restorative justice that will allow him to understand the
consequences of his actions and to make amends, she wrote.... Carlineo told an
FBI special agent that 'if our forefathers were still alive, they'd put a bullet in her head' ...
He told investigators that he was a President Trump-loving patriot who 'hates radical
Muslims' in the government ... Carlineo told FBI agents that he had a shotgun and a .22
caliber firearm at his home that he claimed belonged to his girlfriend but later admitted to
belonged to him..."
— A white teen girl with a detailed plan for a racist attack on black churchgoers in
her notebook was arrested in Georgia, police said. Derek Hawkins reports: "The 16-
year-old girl was charged with attempt to commit murder after students at her high
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school told administrators she had a notebook filled with 'detailed plans' to kill members
of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Gainesville, Ga., according to
police. The alleged plot was 'definitely racially motivated,' said Sgt. Kevin
Holbrook of the Gainesville Police Department. The notebook, he said, contained
'manifesto-type' language that discussed how she wanted to assault black parishioners
with butcher knives and other sharp-edged weapons."
An Air Force master sergeant, Cory Reeves, was demoted after being accused
of spreading white nationalist propaganda, but he is allowed to continue serving.
Katie Shepherd reports: "The episode highlights a growing concern about active-duty
military and veterans joining the ranks of white supremacist organizations. The leaked
Discord chat logs, published by the nonprofit media collective Unicorn Riot in March, led
journalists and activists to expose members of the Air Force, Army and Marine Corps as
members of Identity Evropa, which has been labeled a hate group by the Southern
Poverty Law Center."
— A white supremacist manifesto received by Syracuse University students
prompted a fresh wave of concern on the campus where nearly a dozen racist
incidents in the past two weeks have sparked calls for outside investigations. Kim
Bellware reports: "Since Nov. 7, when racist scrawls were discovered in dormitory
bathrooms and hallways, the campus of nearly 23,000 students has been shaken by at
least 10 more hate-fueled episodes ... The incidents have drawn national attention and
spurred sit-ins, protests and intervention from the state's top elected officials. Freshman
Dumebi Ebemor said Tuesday that university officials had not canceled classes after the
distribution of the manifesto, which Syracuse police later said appears to be identical to
the white supremacist manifesto shared by the gunman in the Christchurch massacre in
New Zealand. The racist screed was sent to students in the university's Bird Library via
the Apple file-sharing feature AirDrop."
Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris take the stage before their
debate in Houston. (Mike Blake/Reuters)
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2020 WATCH:
— We are co-hosting a Democratic debate tonight with MSNBC. Here's what you
need to know:
• Debate coverage starts at 8 p.m. EST, and the debate will run
from 9 to 11 p.m. EST.
• It's being held in Atlanta at the Tyler Perry Studios, and you can
watch online on washingtonpost.com or on our apps, as well as on
MSNBC.
• Ten candidates qualified to be onstage, meaning this debate has
two fewer candidates than last month.
— Dave Weigel sketches out what he's watching for tonight:
• What does Pete Buttigieg do under pressure? "Every other
campaign has some level of contempt for the South Bend, Ind.,
mayor. Some have expressed it subtly, like [Elizabeth] Warren
decrying 'consultant-driven' campaigns; some have been more
direct, like former HUD secretary Julian Castro warning that
Buttigieg can't excite nonwhite voters. ... In the past, Buttigieg has
gotten around tough questions with the help of rival candidates who
didn't want to attack him."
• Can Warren fight from a corner? "The Massachusetts senator's
slip in the polls could benefit her in one small way: It's put more
pressure on Buttigieg. ... Warren's campaign has readied itself for
attacks on her past and has been occasionally surprised when they
haven't come."
• Does Bernie Sanders still treat Warren like a partner? "For the
first time, Sanders and Warren do have slightly different plans:
Warren would use her first budget to begin enrolling people in an
expanded version of Medicare but not end duplicative private
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insurance until three years later. The question is whether Sanders,
who is generally viewed by voters as more trustworthy than Warren,
explores that question or defends the overall goal of his legislation,
shared by Warren, against all corners."
Biden is planning a major Iowa push after tonight's debate as concerns grow
about his weaknesses in the first voting state. Matt Viser and Holly Bailey report:
"Biden's campaign once shrugged off the potential impact of losing the caucus vote on
Feb. 3, but concerns lately have grown about just how poorly he might do. Desperate to
avoid a humiliating showing that might have broader repercussions, Biden is planning a
renewed focus on Iowa, with an expectation that both he and his wife, Jill, soon will
make the kind of extended trips to the state that other candidates have for months. They
also have launched a new digital campaign and could have additional endorsements in
the works."
Biden has durable support from a multiracial coalition of working-class workers
who see him as one of their own. From the Times: "In dozens of interviews, from
parades and union rallies to black churches and political picnics, working-class
Democrats who support Mr. Biden explained their views in practical terms: they know
and trust the Scranton native from his long tenure as a Delaware senator and as Barack
Obama's vice president, they find his incremental policy proposals realistic and they
think he can win. ... Surveys in this race indicate a return to the longstanding
tradition in Democratic primaries of voters splitting along class lines, and
illuminate a key slice of Mr. Biden's base. ... For some voters, Mr. Biden appeals
because there are strategic assumptions at work: many black working-class Democrats
believe that white America will only support a well-known white male, such as Mr. Biden,
while a number of working-class white Democrats also believe he is the most acceptable
nominee. Some voters cited the misogyny and racism that female candidates and
candidates of color have experienced in previous races."
— There are two Rhodes Scholars running for president, but Buttigieg gets way
more credit for this than Cory Booker. From Huff Post: "HuffPost searched mentions
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in U.S. publications for 2019, finding that news outlets cited Buttigieg's Rhodes
scholarship 596 times. Booker had just 79 mentions." Booker also attended Stanford and
Yale Law.
-- Documents reveal that a massive "dark-money" group pumped $140 million into
Democratic and left-leaning causes in 2018. From Politico: "The Sixteen Thirty Fund,
a little-known nonprofit headquartered in Washington, spent $141 million on more than
100 left-leaning causes during the midterm election year, according to a new tax filing
from the group. The money contributed to efforts ranging from fighting Supreme Court
Justice Brett Kavanaugh and other Trump judicial nominees to boosting ballot measures
raising the minimum wage and changing laws on voting and redistricting in numerous
states. The spending was fueled by massive anonymous donations, including one gift
totaling $51.7 million. That single donation was more than the group had ever raised
before in an entire year before [Trump] was elected."
-- Liberal groups, anxious over Trump's growing lead in the money race, are
committing to spend in general-election swing states during the primaries.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee reports: "By the time voters coalesce around a nominee,
Democratic operatives worry, it will be too late to overcome Trump's fundraising
advantages in the general election. Already, pro-Trump committees have spent more
than $500 million on his reelection — far more than previous incumbents at this point in
the election. As a result, more than a dozen groups backed by high-dollar Democratic
donors have pledged to spend at least $420 million through the primary season, focused
largely on general-election swing states. Their efforts range from running anti-Trump
digital ads to funding legal challenges to voter restriction that could hamper Democratic
turnout. 'We can't wait until we have a candidate to do this work,' said Tara McGowan,
founder and chief executive of Acronym, a politically active nonprofit supporting
Democrats."
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Michigan Rep. Justin Amash, who left the Republican Party on July 4 to become an
independent after concluding that Trump committed impeachable offenses, said Volker
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and Morrison didn't help the GOP's case:
From a former Republican congresswoman who was defeated in Virginia last November:
Another former GOP congressman, who represented Florida and has emerged as a
Trump critic, mocked an ex-colleague:
The official White House Twitter account attacked a current White House official in the
middle of that official's testimony before Congress:
The White House's director of social media also attacked Vindman from his government
account, prompting this observation from a Post colleague:
The president's son also attacked the Army officer:
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Twin jokes were made during Vindman's testimony:
Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.) brought props:
A Politico reporter compared Volker's private deposition with his public testimony:
One of our national security correspondents explained how Volker's story still doesn't
really add up:
And a CNN correspondent observed another damning fact pattern that's now taken as a
given:
The two witnesses in the morning went back to work at the White House after their
testimony:
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Former Obama aides pushed back on White House press secretary Stephanie
Grisham's allegations that they left hateful notes behind for their Trump counterparts:
Actual notes Obama aides left behind for their replacements were shared online:
ABC's White House correspondent shared some images from the day the Trump aides
moved into their offices:
Bernie Sanders took a stance in support of minor league teams:
And Bei Bei the panda is flying to China with a really nice set up:
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who participated in the impeachment inquiries into Richard
Nixon and Bill Clinton, shares what's different about this time:
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren shares what she's learned after witnessing every modern impeachment inquiry
Stephen Colbert said Vindman wasn't afraid to clap back:
Here's one such moment:
Seth Meyers said Republicans are trying to attack the impeachment hearing witnesses
because they have no defense:
Trevor Noah took a look at another D.C. scandal:
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Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
From
"Rabbi Y. Weiss"
To
Alix McLearenHugh Hurwitz
Date
2019/11/19 14:47
Subject:
Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor
inmates
Attachments:
TEXT.htm, Aleph Correspondence Courses.pdf, Mime.822
Thank you Alix!
Please see attached a description of our "Correspondence Courses". I can email you pdfs of the
actual courses if that would be helpful, please let me know. (We also stand ready to create new
programming once we know the criteria.)
At the very least, we are hopeful that these existing correspondence courses will be considered
as "Productive Activity" as part of Title 1 of the FSA. I would appreciate any guidance you can
provide as to that as well.
Yes, I would be interested to hear more about the community mentoring program.
Thank you again,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Tuc, Nov 19, 2019 at 2:37 PM Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov> wrote:
Hi Rabbi Weiss,
Thank you for your email.
We are working closely with a contractor to develop a process for the evaluation of programs submitted
by stakeholders and community volunteers. While we are still putting the finishing touches on that
process, we would be glad to receive any written materials about Aleph programs you may have
available, such as descriptions of the programs or research studies about them.
As for the mentoring item, we welcome volunteers to serve as mentors in some of our programs. For
example, some of our faith-based programs rely on community mentors. If these are of interest to you, I
can ask Heidi to provide additional information on how to become involved.
I hope this is helpful.
Best,
Alix
>> > "Rahhi Y WPICG" <vwealpnh-inctih ite nrn > 11/19/2019 1.1R PM > »
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Dear Alix & Hugh,
I hope this finds you well!
Dr. Sawyer testified today in the Senate that the BOP is already advising faith-based groups as to the
criteria needed to for us to enter our programs into the evaluation that's going to be done as part of
Title 1 of the FSA to determine the evidence based factors to reducing recidivism of those programs. We
are of course a faith-based group with a longstanding relationship with BOP and with programs, and as
noted in the emails below we have asked about this but I do not believe Aleph has of yet received such
advice. Can we please be advised as well of this criteria and guidance?
The Director also mentioned about "mentors" coming in as part of the FSA and we were wondering if
you can provide information about that as well as to how that is available to potential Aleph mentors?
Please know that we at Aleph are exceedingly grateful for the hard work the BOP is investing in
implementing the First Step Act and for all your hard work in general!
Thank you!
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 7:38 PM Alix McLearen <amclearenPbop.gov> wrote:
Hi Rabbi Weiss,
I assure you I haven't forgotten....we are close but have not reached a final decision just yet.
Best,
Alix
Original message
From: Y Weiss <yw(@aleph-institute.org>
Date: 8/21/19 9:12 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Al ix McLearen <amelearenPbop.gov>
Subject: Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
> > > "Y Weiss" 08/21/2019 21:12 > »
Dear Alix,
I hope this email finds you well!
Might you have an update regarding the criteria for the FSA's recidivism reduction programs? And is
there a definition yet for Productive Activity?
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Thank you!
Rabbi Weiss
On Jul 1, 2019, at 2:56 PM, Rabbi Y. Weiss <ywOaleph-inctitute.org> wrote:
Thank you Alix for taking the time to speak and for the helpful information! As we
discussed, when you are able, if you can give me a heads-up as to the when the criteria of
the recidivism reduction programming/productive activities will be coming out I would
truly appreciate that.
Thank you for your advocacy to expedite the production of that criteria and for all that
you do!
Best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 2:15 PM Alix McLearen <amrlearen@bop,gov> wrote:
Hi Rabbi Weiss,
I am free soon at about 2:30 if you would like to call me then - 202-514-4919.
Thanks,
Alix
>> > "Rabbi Y. Weiss" <ywOaleph-institute.org> 7/1/20191:46 PM >> >
Hi Alix,
Hope you are well!
Might you have a few moments available for a quick call? Please let me know when
might be good for you and at what number to call, or alternatively please feel free to
call me at your convenience at 786-365-3009...
Thanks!!
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 11:17 AM Rabbi Y. Weiss <yw@alephrinstitute.org> wrote:
Thank you Alix for this! This is incredible.
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Please let us know if we can ever assist with this area as we care deeply about this
issue.
Very best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 10:42 AM Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov> wrote:
Rabbi,
Thank you for your email and your enthusiasm about 13OP's programming and
partnerships. First, let me assure you that much of what you recommend is already
well underway. All facilities offer opportunities for inmates and to work and provide
resume preparation classes to assist them in best describing their experiences. We
also have mock job fairs and other reentry resource days with our community
partners at each local facility. Other educational and vocational offerings include
high school equivalency, English as a Second Language, Industry recognized
certification and/or College certification, BOP certificate with oversight from an
outside accredited agency, Department of Labor apprenticeships,
accommodations/interventions for special learning needs, job market soft skills, and
leisure time activities.
Federal Prison Industries also offers inmates work opportunities in some of the areas
you mention, such as call centers.
Our Wardens are always seeking partnerships to assist the inmates, so if you know of
specific organizations interested in volunteering, please let us know so we can
explain the volunteer process to them.
We look forward to our continued work together!
Best,
Alix
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Y Weiss <yw@aleph-institute.org>
Date: 4/3/19 11:54 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Cc: Robbie Rhodes <rrhodes@bop.gov> Cherry' Litsey <clitsey@bop.gov> Alix
McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov> Jason Gunther <jgunther@bop.gov>
Subject: Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
> » "Y Weiss" 04/03/2019 11:54 > »
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Thank you for your leadership on these issues and for the Bureau's continued
commitment to reentry! I look forward to discussing these ideas with your team.
Rabbi Weiss
On Apr 3, 2019, at 11:45 AM, Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz(&bop.gov> wrote:
Good to hear from you Rabbi and I am glad to hear that the event on
Monday was inspiring and well received. We are very excited about
some of the opportunities presented by the First Step Act. Specifically
to the suggestions you made below we do intend to work more with
local stakeholders and community organizations. Please note that
much of this is already happening. Every institution works with the
local community to identify and utilize partners to help provide
apprenticeship, vocational training, and other skilled
training/education. They also partner with community organizations in
job fairs and job skills training. Our staff in the Reentry Services
Division can provide you with more details and I am sure they would
be more than happy to discuss your ideas further. I have copied them
here and one of them will reach back out to you. Thanks again for
reaching out.
Hugh
>>> "Rabbi Y. Weiss" <ywPaleph-institute.org> 4/3/2019 11:10 AM
>> >
Dear Acting Director Hurwitz,
I hope this email finds you well!
I had the privilege of being at the White House this past Monday and I
cannot begin to express how inspired I was by the events surrounding
the First Step Act and how to build off that success. Specifically with
regards to the focus on reducing unemployment for former inmates,
thus helping them successfully reenter society.
To that end, and in the spirit of collecting ideas, I believe it would be
an incredible BOP initiative for corporations, small businesses and
chambers of commerce etc to partner in this amazing cause to give
inmates the tools to succeed when released. Sort of a like a mentoring
project. As you know, more than 90% of inmates will one day return to
society, yet thousands of them do not have the knowledge or skills to
write a resume, type on a computer or navigate the internet. Many do
not know how to conduct themselves at a job interview, with basic
vocabulary, nor do they know how to spell workplace words correctly.
The solution to this is obviously education. In the hope of reducing
recidivism and increasing our workforce with untapped talent,
corporations, small business and chambers of commerce should be
incentivized to partner with the BOP to give basic courses to inmates,
such as:
• Resume building inside, so that when inmates come out it's all
ready to go.
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to prepare them with appropriate answers to explain their time
gaps on resume.
• Education inside on aptitude testing; Workplace vocabulary.
• Develop programs with data entry computer software and
keyboarding skills: with emphasis on general office equipment,
mail room equipment.
• More Janitorial and forklift vocational certification programs
inside.
• Customer service telephone and related computer software
skills.
• Work/vocational programs for non labor jobs to older or
disabled releasing individuals, also emphasizing the above
"desk job" skills needed.
If there was a way for BOP and BOP Wardens to partner with local
businesses to come in and do these programs, training and mentoring
it could be a tremendous success. This should also be a part of the
programming as per the First Step Act. But if there's a way to start
this sooner than later I think it would be tremendous and would
certainly be in line with what the President stressed on Monday that he
wants to reduce unempbyment for former inmates.
Thank you and G-d bless you for your amazing work!
Best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
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Correspovtdatce Courses
A
leph currently offers several
correspondence courses.
Not only will you find these
courses to be intellectually
stimulating, but you will learn
things about Jewish customs and
your heritage that will inspire and
even surprise you! Please review the
courses offered and send in the
application below.
NEW ASERES HADIBROS (10
COMMANDMENTS) ADVANCED
COURSE NOW AVAILABLE!
Many of
you have already
completed most or all of the courses
that Aleph offers. Some of you,
especially those from more
observant homes, require courses
that are more advanced. We are
happy to
offer you the Aseres
Hadibros course. Please note: This
is NOT a correspondence course.
Through extensive commentary and
captivating stories, Sefer Aseres
Hadibros provides an in depth,
comprehensive look at the Ten
Commandments. The book is
written in English (with some
Hebrew mixed in). It is geared for
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and understand basic Hebrew
terminology without the assistance
of an English translation. It's
exuberant and vibrant color-filled
pages enhance the learning
experience, bringing the Ten
Commandments to life. Serer Aseres
Hadibros is accompanied by an
advanced level workbook which
allows the reader the opportunity to
reflect on its teachings.
If you are interested in receiving this
advanced course, Please write to
"Aseres Hadibros"c/o Aleph or email
receptionist@aleqh-institute.org
NEW! GPS for the Soul
GPS for the soul is a course that
translates and explains the Tanya.The
famous book Tanya, crafted by Rabbi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the original
founder of Chabad Chassidut, offers
comprehensive coverage of the
knowledge and guidance that is
relevant to the life of every Jew. Its
timeless message reveals how every
individual is so much more - an
intrinsic, precious part of the complete,
expansive and wholesome fabric of
the universe.This translated Tanya is a
fundamental work on the teachings of
Chassidut, saturated with enduring
wisdom. If you ever find yourself
wondering about the deeper meaning
of life; if you ever grapple with the
unique questions and the practical
implications often asked by Jews; if
you desire to strengthen your Jewish
knowledge and awareness and if you
truly seek an encompassing approach
to all these life-enhancing queries -
then this course offers tremendous
insight.
NEWT Ethics of the Fathers
"Ethics of the Fathers" is a compilation
of teachings from the Rabbis
responsible for drafting the Mishna,
the first written rendition of the Oral
Torah. Within this compilation is a
tractate called "Avot".Avot is unique in
that it is the only tractate of the
Mishnah dealing solely with ethical
and moral principles and their
applications in everyday life.lt is rich in
wise aphorisms, insights, and stories
that ring true to this day. Concepts
such as greeting everyone with a smile,
opening one's house to the poor,
respecting peers, etc. are mapped out
for us in this concise source of
applicable Torah values. Learning
Ethics of our Fathers enables us to
enrich our interpersonal relationships
and lead the best lives we possibly can
by implementing the words of
timeless wisdom from our very own
scholarly sages.
Kosher for the Clueless
but Curious
Incorporating a lifestyle change such
as keeping kosher can be daunting at
first glance. Never fear! This course
teaches the aspiring student about
Kashrut from the ground up. This is a
perfect choice for the student who
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means to keep Kosher and why it is
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strives to help students of all levels and
backgrounds find comfortable levels
of observance for their situation.
My Prayer
Prayer allows humans to connect with
the infinitely powerful creator of the
universe. This class teaches the basics
of Jewish prayer and explains its
meanings by following the text in the
Siddur (prayer book). For both the
experienced and those who are just
learning, this class helps broaden the
understandings of a person's
connection to G-d. Additionally, this
course strengthens the student's
gratitude for the multitude of
kindnesses that G-d does for all of His
creations.
The Bible for the Clueless but
Curious
Designed to teach and entertain both
the beginning bible student as well as
the advanced one, this class explains
the Torah's stories and lessons in a new,
easy to read, and exiting approach.
This class chronicles the events in all 5
books of the Torah, while also
explaining their relevance to today's
day and age.
Hebrew Reading & Writing:
"Aleph Champ"
Learn how to read and write Hebrew!
You'll receive a Reader as well as a
Workbook. Program is divided into 8
levels.
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Correspondence Courses (Cont)
Bible: "Torah: Chumash Berelshls: A
Chassidic Perspective on the Book of
Genesis"
Study the first book of the Five Books
of Moses on a whole new level. This
course is sure to give you a whole new
outlook into the lives of our
Forefathers.
"Rambam:
The 13 Principles of Faith"
The 13 Principles of Faith as
established by Maimonides have
helped guide the Jewish People for
hundreds of years. This course will
focus on the 8th Principle - the Divinity
of the Torah. Learn the validity of the
Torah, a most foundational belief in
Judaism.
Happiness: "The Ladder Up"
How can I be happy? How do I cope
with the challenges and tribulations
that consume my life?
This course will give you the tools and
method how to achieve ultimate
happiness.
"The Festival Series"
Explore the story and details behind all
the major Jewish holidays - High
Holidays, Su kkot, Simchat Torah,
Chanukah, Purim, Passover and
Shavuot. Enjoy fascinating facts and
insights that will elevate your holiday
experience to whole new level!
Oasis in Time:
The Gitt o1 Shabbat
In a 24/7 World Why do we tend to
focus on what's urgent instead of
what's truly important? Imagine. 24
hours of digital silence. No phones. No
computers. No TV. Just valuable time
with the people you love, to do all the
things you've needed to do but never
quite found the time for. We invite you
to explore the mystical, psychological,
social, and cultural dimensions of
Shabbat as we unlock a model for
achieving balance and serenity in the
modern age. Over six weeks, we'll
uncover timeless principles for how to
achieve a life of inner peace while
making each workday more
productive and fulfilling.Sign up today
fora remarkable experience.
You Be the Judge II
Do you enjoy puzzles and problem-
solving? Do you love the give-and-take
of thoughtful discussion? Can you use
logic and creativity to work your way
out of challenging situations? Then
this course is for you. The Rohr Jewish
Learning Institute's groundbreaking
course, You Be The Judge, presented
real cases brought before the beit din,
the court system of Jewish Law. We
provided the primary texts from the
Talmud and asked our students to
grapple with the facts in order to arrive
at satisfying solutions. This February,
JLI is proud to present You Be The
Judge II, a collection of six totally new
cases.You need no prior knowledge of
the Talmud and no formal legal
training. There are no prerequisites
other than an open mind.lf you missed
You Be The Judge I, we invite you to
experience for yourself the
exhilarating mental exploration that
characterizes traditional Talmud study.
And if you took our previous course, be
sure not to miss this exciting sequel.
The Land and the Spirit
Why We All Care About Israel You've
explored its language, history, politics,
and geography...Now explore its soul...
THE LAND AND THE SPIRIT:Why We All
Care About Israel Many people love
their homes and their countries, but
once they relocate, they form new
allegiances. They cannot trace the
ancestral homeland that their families
claimed two millennia ago, nor do they
continue to long for those places. Yet
no matter where they have lived, Jews
have continued to dream about the
land of Israel. Because Israel is different.
It is a land that has pulsed with energy
and mystery since the dawn of time, a
land that has captured the
imagination throughout history,a land
that breathes with the glory of our past
and the dreams of our future. And so
Israel retains its hold upon our spirit.
There is a deep connection that
continues to tug at us, a magnetic pull
that has not waned even though many
have found safe haven elsewhere.
Whether Israel makes us feel pride or
disappointment, hope or concern, we
care about its fate and its future.
Whatever our political or religious
bent, we know that Israel matters. If
you have ever wondered about Israel
and its place in the world - and in your
heart - then this course is for you.
The Kabbalah of Time
Examine time and the Jewish calendar
through the mystical lens of Kabbalah.
Time is a profound organizing element
of our existence, and the cycle of the
Jewish calendar provides a powerful
template for personal growth.
Discover both a practical
understanding of the structure of the
Jewish calendar as well as mystical
insights into recurrent patterns of
time.
These courses are designed to help you
learn more about your Jewish identity.
If you are unable to pay for the postage
to mail inyourquestion sheets, please let
us know and we will do our best to help
you (envelopes ore provided). The
courses are free. You may enroll in one
course atone time.
Please be sure to fill out all parts of
the application form on the next
page.
Thank you for your participation,
and enjoy your studies!
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Correspondence COURSE APPLICATION
Mail Course Registration to:
The Aleph Institute
Attn: Correspondence Courses
9540 Collins Ave
Surfside, FL 33154
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Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
From
Alix McLearen
To
Hugh Hunvitz, Rabbi Y. Weiss
Date
2019/11/19 14:37
Subject:
Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor
inmates
Attachments:
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Hi Rabbi Weiss,
Thank you for your email.
We are working closely with a contractor to develop a process for the evaluation of programs submitted by
stakeholders and community volunteers. While we are still putting the finishing touches on that process, we
would be glad to receive any written materials about Aleph programs you may have available, such as
descriptions of the programs or research studies about them.
As for the mentoring item, we welcome volunteers to serve as mentors in some of our programs. For
example, some of our faith-based programs rely on community mentors. If these are of interest to you, I can
ask Heidi to provide additional information on how to become involved.
I hope this is helpful.
Best,
Alix
>> > "Rabbi Y. Weiss" <yw@aleph-institute.org> 11/19/2019 1:18 PM >> >
Dear Alix & Hugh,
I hope this finds you well!
Dr. Sawyer testified today in the Senate that the BOP is already advising faith-based groups as to the criteria
needed to for us to enter our programs into the evaluation that's going to be done as part of Title 1 of the
FSA to determine the evidence based factors to reducing recidivism of those programs. We are of course a
faith-based group with a longstanding relationship with BOP and with programs, and as noted in the emails
below we have asked about this but I do not believe Aleph has of yet received such advice. Can we please be
advised as well of this criteria and guidance?
The Director also mentioned about "mentors" coming in as part of the FSA and we were wondering if you
can provide information about that as well as to how that is available to potential Aleph mentors?
Please know that we at Aleph are exceedingly grateful for the hard work the BOP is investing in
implementing the First Step Act and for all your hard work in general!
Thank you!
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
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On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 7:38 PM Alix McLearen <amclearenPbop gov> wrote:
Hi Rabbi Weiss,
I assure you I haven't forgotten....we are close but have not reached a final decision just yet.
Best,
Alix
Original message
From: Y Weiss <yw@aleph-institute.org>
Date: 8/21/19 9:12 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Alix McLearen <amclearen()bop.gov>
Subject: Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
>>> "V Weiss" 08/21/2019 21:12 >>>
Dear Alix,
I hope this email finds you well!
Might you have an update regarding the criteria for the FSA's recidivism reduction programs? And is there
a definition yet for Productive Activity?
Thank you!
Rabbi Weiss
On Jul 1, 2019, at 2:56 PM, Rabbi Y. Weiss <ywPaleph-instituteorg> wrote:
Thank you Alix for taking the time to speak and for the helpful information! As we discussed,
when you are able, if you can give me a heads-up as to the when the criteria of the recidivism
reduction programming/productive activities will be coming out I would truly appreciate
that.
Thank you for your advocacy to expedite the production of that criteria and for all that you
do!
Best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
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On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 2:15 PM Alix McLearen <amclearenr&bop.gov> wrote:
Hi Rabbi Weiss,
I am free soon at about 2:30 if you would like to call me then - 202-514-4919.
Thanks,
Alix
>>> "Rabbi Y. Weiss" <yw@aleph-institute.org> 7/1/20191:46 PM >> >
Hi Alix,
Hope you are well!
Might you have a few moments available for a quick call? Please let me know when might
be good for you and at what number to call, or alternatively please feel free to call me at
your convenience at 786-365-3009...
Thanks!!
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 11:17 AM Rabbi Y. Weiss <yw@aleph-institutRorg> wrote:
Thank you Alix for this! This is incredible.
Please let us know if we can ever assist with this area as we care deeply about this issue.
Very best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 10:42 AM Al ix McLearen <litylearenPbop.gov> wrote:
Rabbi,
Thank you for your email and your enthusiasm about BOP's programming and
partnerships. First, let me assure you that much of what you recommend is already well
underway. All facilities offer opportunities for inmates and to work and provide resume
preparation classes to assist them in best describing their experiences. We also have
mock job fairs and other reentry resource days with our community partners at each
local facility. Other educational and vocational offerings include high school equivalency,
English as a Second Language, Industry recognized certification and/or College
certification, BOP certificate with oversight from an outside accredited agency,
Department of Labor apprenticeships, accommodations/interventions for special
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learning needs, job market soft skills, and leisure time activities.
Federal Prison Industries also offers inmates work opportunities in some of the areas you
mention, such as call centers.
Our Wardens are always seeking partnerships to assist the inmates, so if you know of
specific organizations interested in volunteering, please let us know so we can explain the
volunteer process to them.
We look forward to our continued work together!
Best,
Alix
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Y Weiss <yw@aleph-institute.org>
Date: 4/3/19 11:54 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Cc: Robbie Rhodes <rrhodes@bop.gov> Cherryl Litsey <ditsey(thbop.gov> Alix
McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov>, Jason Gunther <jgunther@bop.gov>
Subject: Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
»> "V Weiss" 04/03/2019 11:54 »>
Thank you for your leadership on these issues and for the Bureau's continued
commitment to reentry! I look forward to discussing these ideas with your team.
Rabbi Weiss
On Apr 3, 2019, at 11:45 AM, Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov> wrote:
Good to hear from you Rabbi and I am glad to hear that the event on
Monday was inspiring and well received. We are very excited about some
of the opportunities presented by the First Step Act. Specifically to the
suggestions you made below we do intend to work more with local
stakeholders and community organizations. Please note that much of this is
already happening. Every institution works with the local community to
identify and utilize partners to help provide apprenticeship, vocational
training, and other skilled training/education. They also partner with
community organizations in job fairs and job skills training. Our staff in the
Reentry Services Division can provide you with more details and I am sure
they would be more than happy to discuss your ideas further. I have copied
them here and one of them will reach back out to you. Thanks again for
reaching out.
Hugh
»> "Rabbi Y. Weiss" <yw@aleph-institute.org> 4/3/2019 11:10 AM »>
Dear Acting Director Hurwitz,
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I hope this email finds you well!
I had the privilege of being at the White House this past Monday and I
carrot begin to express how inspired I was by the events surrounding the
First Step Act and how to build off that success. Specifically with regards
to the focus on reducing unemployment for former inmates, thus helping
them successfully reenter society.
To that end, and in the spirit of collecting ideas, I believe it would be an
incredible BOP initiative for corporations, small businesses and chambers
of commerce etc to partner in this amazing cause to give inmates the tools
to succeed when released. Sort of a like a mentoring project. As you
know, more than 90% of inmates will one day return to society, yet
thousands of them do not have the knowledge or skills to write a resume,
type on a computer or navigate the internet. Many do not know how to
conduct themselves at a job interview, with basic vocabulary, nor do they
know how to spell workplace words correctly.
The solution to this is obviously education. In the hope of reducing
recidivism and increasing ow workforce with untapped talent,
corporations, small business and chambers of commerce should be
incentivized to partner with the BOP to give basic courses to inmates, such
as:
• Resume building inside, so that when inmates come out it's all
ready to go.
• Interview skills and mock interviews should be held on the inside to
prepare them with appropriate answers to explain their time gaps
on resume.
• Education inside on aptitude testing; Workplace vocabulary.
• Develop programs with data entry computer software and
keyboarding skills: with emphasis on general office equipment, mail
room equipment.
• More Janitorial and forklift vocational certification programs inside.
• Customer service telephone and related computer software skills.
• Work/vocational programs for non labor jobs to older or disabled
releasing individuals, also emphasizing the above "desk job" skills
needed.
If there was a way for BOP and BOP Wardens to partner with local
businesses to come in and do these programs, training and mentoring it
could be a tremendous success. This should also be a part of the
programming as per the First Step Act. But if there's a way to start this
sooner than later I think it would be tremendous and would certainly be in
line with what the President stressed on Monday that he wants to reduce
unemployment for former inmates.
Thank you and G-d bless you for your amazing work!
Best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
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Re: HOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
From
"Rabbi Y. Weiss"
To
Alix McLearen, Hugh Hurwitz
Date
2019/11/19 13:20
Subject:
Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor
inmates
Attachments:
TEXT.htm, Mime.822
Dear Mix & Hugh,
I hope this finds you well!
Dr. Sawyer testified today in the Senate that the BOP is already advising faith-based groups as to
the criteria needed to for us to enter our programs into the evaluation that's going to be done as
part of Title 1 of the FSA to determine the evidence based factors to reducing recidivism of those
programs. We are of course a faith-based group with a longstanding relationship with BOP and
with programs, and as noted in the emails below we have asked about this but I do not believe
Aleph has of yet received such advice. Can we please be advised as well of this criteria and
guidance?
The Director also mentioned about "mentors" coming in as part of the FSA and we were
wondering if you can provide information about that as well as to how that is available to
potential Aleph mentors?
Please know that we at Aleph are exceedingly grateful for the hard work the BOP is investing in
implementing the First Step Act and for all your hard work in general!
Thank you!
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside. Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 7:38 PM Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov> wrote:
Hi Rabbi Weiss,
I assure you I haven't forgotten....we are close but have not reached a final decision just yet.
Best,
Alix
------ Original message -----
From: Y Weiss <yw@aleph-institute.org>
Date: 8/21/19 9:12 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Mix McLearen <amdearen@hop.goi>
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Subject: Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
>>> "Y Weiss" 08/21/2019 21:12 >>>
Dear Alix,
I hope this email fads you well!
Might you have an update regarding the criteria for the FSA's recidivism reduction programs?
And is there a definition yet for Productive Activity?
Thank you!
Rabbi Weiss
On Jul 1, 2019, at 2:56 PM, Rabbi Y. Weiss <yw@aleph-institine ors> wrote:
Thank you Alix for taking the time to speak and for the helpful information! As we
discussed, when you are able, if you can give me a heads-up as to the when the
criteria of the recidivism reduction programming/productive activities will be
coming out I would truly appreciate that.
Thank you for your advocacy to expedite the production of that criteria and for all
that you do!
Best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Mph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 2:15 PM Alix McLearen <ajnclearen@bop.gov> wrote:
Hi Rabbi Weiss,
I am free soon at about 2:30 if you would like to call me then - 202-514-4919.
Thanks,
Alix
>> > "Rabbi Y. Weiss" <m@alepia>
7/1/2019 1:46 PM >> >
Hi Alix,
Hope you are well!
Might you have a few moments available for a quick call? Please let me know when might
be good for you and at what number to call, or alternatively please feel free to call me at
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your convenience at 786-365-3009...
Thanks!!
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 11:17 AM Rabbi Y. Weiss <yw@aleph-institute.org> wrote:
Thank you Alix for this! This is incredible.
Please let us know if we can ever assist with this area as we care deeply about this issue.
Very best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 10:42 AM Alix McLearen <amclearenbop.gov> wrote:
Rabbi,
Thank you for your email and your enthusiasm about BOP's programming and
partnerships. First, let me assure you that much of what you recommend is already well
underway. All facilities offer opportunities for inmates and to work and provide resume
preparation classes to assist them in best describing their experiences. We also have
mock job fairs and other reentry resource days with our community partners at each
local facility. Other educational and vocational offerings include high school
equivalency, English as a Second Language, Industry recognized certification and/or
College certification, BOP certificate with oversight from an outside accredited agency,
Department of Labor apprenticeships, accommodations/interventions for special
learning needs, job market soft skills, and leisure time activities.
Federal Prison Industries also offers inmates work opportunities in some of the areas
you mention, such as call centers.
Our Wardens are always seeking partnerships to assist the inmates, so if you know of
specific organizations interested in volunteering, please let us know so we can explain
the volunteer process to them.
We look forward to our continued work together!
Best,
Alix
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Page 17068
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Original message
From: Y Weiss <ywaleph-institute.org>
Date: 4/3/19 11:54 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitzftbop.gov>
Cc Robbie Rhodes <rrhodes(@bop.gov>, Cherry' Litsey <clitsey@bop.gov>, Alix
McLearen <amclearenPbop.gov>, Jason Gunther <jguntherPbop.gov>
Subject: Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
>>> "1/Weiss" 04/03/2019 11:54 >>>
Thank you for your leadership on these issues and for the Bureau's continued
commitment to reentry! I look forward to discussing these ideas with your team.
Rabbi Weiss
On Apr 3, 2019, at 11:45 AM, Hugh Hurwitz <BS
wrote:
Good to hear from you Rabbi and I am glad to hear that the event on
Monday was inspiring and well received. We are very excited about some
of the opportunities presented by the First Step Act. Specifically to the
suggestions you made below we do intend to work more with local
stakeholders and community organizations. Please note that much of this
is already happening. Every institution works with the local community to
identify and utilize partners to help provide apprenticeship, vocational
training, and other skilled training/education. They also partner with
community organizations in job fairs and job skills training. Our staff in
the Reentry Services Division can provide you with more details and I am
sure they would be more than happy to discuss your ideas further. I have
copied them here and one of them will reach back out to you. Thanks
again for reaching out.
Hugh
>>> "Rabbi Y. Weiss" <ywOaleph-instituteorg> 4/3/2019 11:10 AM
>
Dear Acting Director Hurwitz,
> >
I hope this email finds you well!
I had the privilege of being at the White House this past Monday and I
cannot begin to express how inspired I was by the events surrounding
the First Step Act and how to build off that success. Specifically with
regards to the focus on reducing unemployment for former inmates, thus
helping them successfully reenter society.
To that end, and in the spirit of collecting ideas, I believe it would be an
incredible BOP initiative for corporations, small businesses and
chambers of commerce etc to partner in this amazing cause to give
inmates the tools to succeed when released. Sort of a like a mentoring
project. As you know, more than 90% of inmates will one day return to
society, yet thousands of them do not have the knowledge or skills to
write a resume, type on a computer or navigate the internet. Many do
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not know how to conduct themselves at a job interview, with basic
vocabulary, nor do they know how to spell workplace words correctly.
The solution to this is obviously education. In the hope of reducing
recidivism and increasing our workforce with untapped talent,
corporations, small business and chambers of commerce should be
incentivized to partner with the BOP to give basic courses to inmates,
such as:
• Resume building inside, so that when inmates come out it's all
ready to go.
• Interview skills and mock interviews should be held on the inside
to prepare them with appropriate answers to explain their time
gaps on resume.
• Education inside on aptitude testing; Workplace vocabulary.
• Develop programs with data entry computer software and
keyboarding skills: with emphasis on general office equipment,
mail room equipment.
• More Janitorial and forklift vocational certification programs inside.
• Customer service telephone and related computer software skills.
• Work/vocational programs for non labor jobs to older or disabled
releasing individuals, also emphasizing the above "desk job" skills
needed.
If there was a way for BOP and BOP Wardens to partner with local
businesses to come in and do these programs, training and mentoring it
could be a tremendous success. This should also be a part of the
programming as per the First Step Act. But if there's a way to start this
sooner than later I think it would be tremendous and would certainly be in
line with what the President stressed on Monday that he wants to reduce
unemployment for former inmates.
Thank you and G-d bless you for your amazing work!
Best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
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From:
"Rabbi Y. Weiss" <yw@aleph-institute.org>
Sent:
Tue, 19 Nov 2019 13:18:49 -0500
Subject: Re: 80P partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
To:
Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov>, Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Dear Alix & Hugh,
I hope this finds you well!
Dr. Sawyer testified today in the Senate that the BOP is already advising faith-based groups as to the criteria needed to for
us to enter our programs into the evaluation that's going to be done as part of Title 1 of the FSA to determine the evidence
based factors to reducing recidivism of those programs. We are of course a faith-based group with a longstanding
relationship with BOP and with programs, and as noted in the emails below we have asked about this but I do not believe
Aleph has of yet received such advice. Can we please be advised as well of this criteria and guidance?
The Director also mentioned about "mentors" coming in as part of the FSA and we were wondering if you can provide
information about that as well as to how that is available to potential Aleph mentors?
Please know that we at Aleph are exceedingly grateful for the hard work the BOP is investing in implementing the First Step
Act and for all your hard work in general!
Thank you!
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786.365.3009
On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 7:38 PM Alix McLearen <amclearenabon.gov> wrote:
Hi Rabbi Weiss,
I assure you I haven't forgotten....we are close but have not reached a final decision just yet.
Best,
Alix
Original message
From: Y Weiss <vw(Thaleph-institute.org>
Date: 8/21/19 9:12 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov>
Subject: Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
>>> "Y Weiss" 08/21/2019 21:12 >»
Dear Alix,
I hope this email finds you well!
Might you have an update regarding the criteria for the FSA's recidivism reduction programs? And is there a definition yet
for Productive Activity?
Thank you!
Rabbi Weiss
On Jul 1, 2019, at 2:56 PM, Rabbi Y. Weiss <vwealeph-institute.org> wrote:
EFTA00046586
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Thank you Alix for taking the time to speak and for the helpful information! As we discussed, when you are
able, if you can give me a heads-up as to the when the criteria of the recidivism reduction
programming/productive activities will be coming out I would truly appreciate that.
Thank you for your advocacy to expedite the production of that criteria and for all that you do!
Best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Suriside, Florida 33154
786.3653009
On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 2:15 PM Alix McLearen <amclearen(Thbop.gov> wrote:
Hi Rabbi Weiss,
I am free soon at about 2:30 if you would like to call me then - 202-514-4919.
Thanks,
Alix
>> > "Rabbi Y. Weiss" <yw@aleph-institute.orct> 7/1/2019 1:46 PM >> >
Hi Alix,
Hope you are well!
Might you have a few moments available for a quick call? Please let me know when might be good for you and at what
number to call, or alternatively please feel free to call me at your convenience at 786-365-3009...
Thanks!!
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surlskie, Florida 33154
786.3653009
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 11:17 AM Rabbi Y. Weiss <yw@aleph-institute.org> wrote:
Thank you Alix for this! This is incredible.
Please let us know if we can ever assist with this area as we care deeply about this issue.
Very best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Suriside, Florida 33154
786-365-3009
On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 10:42 AM Alix McLearen <amclearen@bop.gov> wrote:
Rabbi,
EFTA00046587
-----PAGE 626-----
Thank you for your email and your enthusiasm about BOP's programming and partnerships. First, let me assure
you that much of what you recommend is already well underway. All facilities offer opportunities for inmates and
to work and provide resume preparation classes to assist them in best describing their experiences. We also have
mock job fairs and other reentry resource days with our community partners at each local facility. Other
educational and vocational offerings include high school equivalency, English as a Second Language, Industry
recognized certification and/or College certification, BOP certificate with oversight from an outside accredited
agency, Department of Labor apprenticeships, accommodations/interventions for special learning needs, job
market soft skills, and leisure time activities.
Federal Prison Industries also offers inmates work opportunities in some of the areas you mention, such as call centers.
Our Wardens are always seeking partnerships to assist the inmates, so if you know of specific organizations interested in
volunteering, please let us know so we can explain the volunteer process to them.
We look forward to our continued work together!
Best
Alix
Sent from my Verizon. Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original message
From: Y Weiss <yw®aleph-institute.orq>
Date: 4/3/19 11:54 AM (GMT-05:00)
To: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Cc: Robbie Rhodes <rrhodes@boomov> Cherry' Litsey <clitsev@boo.crov> Alix McLearen <amclearen@boomov>, Jason
Gunther <jounther@bop.00v>
Subject: Re: BOP partnering with local businesses to mentor inmates
>> > "1/ Weiss" 04/03/2019 11:54 >> >
Thank you for your leadership on these issues and for the Bureau's continued commitment to reentry! I look forward to
discussing these ideas with your team.
Rabbi Weiss
On Apr 3, 2019, at 11:45 AM, Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.00v> wrote:
Good to hear from you Rabbi and I am glad to hear that the event on Monday was inspiring and well
received. We are very excited about some of the opportunities presented by the First Step Act.
Specifically to the suggestions you made below we do intend to work more with local stakeholders
and community organizations. Please note that much of this is already happening. Every institution
works with the local community to identify and utilize partners to help provide apprenticeship,
vocational training, and other skilled training/education. They also partner with community
organizations in job fairs and job skills training. Our staff in the Reentry Services Division can provide
you with more details and I am sure they would be more than happy to discuss your ideas further. I
have copied them here and one of them will reach back out to you. Thanks again for reaching out.
Hugh
>> > "Rabbi Y. Weiss' <yw@aleph-institute.orq> 4/3/2019 11:10 AM >> >
Dear Acting Director Hurwitz,
I hope this email finds you well!
I had the privilege of being at the White House this past Monday and I cannot begin to express how inspired I was by
the events surrounding the First Step Act and how to build off that success. Specifically with regards
to the focus on reducing unemployment for former inmates, thus helping them successfully reenter
society.
EFTA00046588
-----PAGE 627-----
To that end, and in the spirit of collecting ideas, I believe it would be an incredible BOP initiative for corporations, small
businesses and chambers of commerce etc to partner in this amazing cause to give inmates the
tools to succeed when released. Sort of a like a mentoring project. As you know, more than 90% of
inmates will one day return to society, yet thousands of them do not have the knowledge or skills to
write a resume, type on a computer or navigate the intemet. Many do not know how to conduct
themselves at a job interview, with basic vocabulary, nor do they know how to spell workplace words
correctly.
The solution to this is obviously education. In the hope of reducing recidivism and increasing our workforce with
untapped talent, corporations, small business and chambers of commerce should be incentivized to
partner with the BOP to give basic courses to inmates, such as:
• Resume building inside, so that when inmates come out it's all ready to go.
• Interview skills and mock interviews should be held on the inside to prepare them with
appropriate answers to explain their time gaps on resume.
• Education inside on aptitude testing; Workplace vocabulary.
Develop programs with data entry computer software and keyboarding skills: with emphasis on general office
equipment, mail room equipment.
• More Janitorial and forklift vocational certification programs inside.
• Customer service telephone and related computer software skills.
• Work/vocational programs for non labor jobs to older or disabled releasing individuals, also emphasizing the above
"desk job" skills needed.
If there was a way for BOP and BOP Wardens to partner with local businesses to come in and do
these programs, training and mentoring it could be a tremendous success. This should also be a
part of the programming as per the First Step Act. But if there's a way to start this sooner than later I
think it would be tremendous and would certainly be in line with what the President stressed on
Monday that he wants to reduce unemployment for former inmates.
Thank you and G•d bless you for your amazing work!
Best regards,
Rabbi Y. Weiss
The Aleph Institute
Advocacy Department
9540 Collins Avenue
Surfside, Florida 33154
786.365.3009
EFTA00046589
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Fwd: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Stephanie Scannell
To
Darrin Howard
Date
2019/08/21 11:10
Subject:
Fwd: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htni
Stephanie Scannell-Vessella
Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, NY 10007
p:646-836-6466
f.646-836-7665
> » Adam Johnson 8/16/2019 721 AM > »
Thank you for your guidance during the tour. Please let us know if you have further questions or need
anything else. It was great seeing you again.
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <fl
8/15/2019 2:17 PM >>>
Thank you both for everything today — really appreciate it, and lovely to see you, as always!
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 9:40 AM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Thanks! I just walked Mr. O'Callahan and Mr. Shea over to meet with the Regional Director and new Warden.
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/15/20199:31 AM >> >
FBI SA Amanda Moore
FBI TFO Michael Gildea
DOJ OIG SAC Guido Modano
DOJ OIG SA David Carpenter
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:54 AM
To: Stephanie Scannell <ssrannellObop gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Sorry about the abrupt prior email. I was hoping to get the names so we could ensure we have enough
vests for everyone.
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/2019 10:56 PM >>>
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I just round out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how many and who.
I asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
> wrote:
<!--(if mso 9)--> <!--[endifj-->
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson
>• Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss - Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnsoneboo.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannelllabop,gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleskiPusa.dolgov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
> »
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM
>> >
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
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Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellaboo.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for
screening before admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.Donaleski(@usdoj.gov> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
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Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
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> >
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
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Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area;
the 9th floor SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As
discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak
to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with
any questions, and let us know what time and where we should go, and if it would be
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Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
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Southern District of New York
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RE: Staffing in media
From
Hugh Hurwitz
To
Kerni KupecKevin PistroLec Lofthus, Patrick HovakimianTimothy
Shea
Date
2019/08/14 17:00
Subject:
RE: Staffing in media
Attachments:
TEXT.htm
Yes, never been a fan and they turn up a lot of "dirt." Even after Vice was given access 4 years ago with Pres.
Obama and filmed in our facility, they still reported garbage after that access. Not a fan, but sadly I do need
to track what they say as they have a following! Glad to hear you don't work with them.
>> > "Kupec, Kerri (OPA)" <Kerri.Kupec@usdoj.gov> 8/14/2019 4:57 PM >> >
For what it's worth, VICE is a terrible "publication" that we don't work with. BOP could cure cancer and
they would find a nefarious reason for it. But, thanks for flagging — will be on the lookout for similar
claims.
From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 4:55 PM
To: Kupec, Kerri (OPA) <kkupec@jmd.usdoj.gov>; Hovakimian, Patrick (ODAG)
<phovakimian4@jmd.usdoj.gov>
Cc: Kevin Pistro <kpistro@bop.gov>; Lofthus, Lee J (JMD) <Ilofthus@jmd.usdoj.gov>; Shea, Timothy
(OAG) <tshea@jmd.usdoj.gov>
Subject: RE: Staffing in media
Excuse the crude headline...not mine!
bttps://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmjvb4/jeffrey-epsteins-death-is-exposing-the-clusterfuck-inside-
trumps-prisons
>> > "Kupec, Kern (OPA)" <Kerri.Kupec@usdolgov> 8/14/20194:52 PM >> >
Thanks - Hugh, can you send me the story?
Original Message
From: Hovakimian, Patrick (ODAG) <phovakimian4@jmd usdoj.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 4:51 PM
To: Hugh Hurwitz <1-lHuntitz@bop.gov>
Cc: Lofthus, Lee J (JMD) lofthus@jmd.usdoj gov>; Shea, Timothy (OAG) <tshea@jmd.usdoj.gov>; Kupec,
Kerri (OPA) <kkuped@jmd.usdoj,gov>
Subject: Re: Staffing in media
Copying Kerri.
Patrick Hovakimian
202-532-3295
> On Aug 14, 2019, at 4:34 PM, Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov> wrote:
> Lee, I saw a story today claiming that BOP lost 12% of our workforce since Trump Administration started
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population had dropped 40,000 inmates, but our staffing had gone up (and pop has continued to drop
another almost 9,000 since the start of the Administration)! The drop in staffing that they are referring to
also likely includes the 5156 unfunded vacant positions that were eliminated...positions we never could fill in
the first place.
> We do not need more staff, we just need to fill the vacancies we have. I continue to point out to anyone
that will listen (and have reiterated this in several Hill briefings), the problem is not our authorized staffing
levels or funding, rather it is finding good candidates to come work for us in hard to fill areas. I have dozens
of examples where we post jobs, get 30 applicants and only 10 end up actually coming on board. At that
rate it will take a long time just to fill the vacancies we have. We are working on several new initiatives to try
and make BOP more attractive to applicants (unfortunately news like this does not help).
> Anyway, I know you know this, but also want you to know that we are working to change this narrative, but
right now we are getting drowned out by the media hysteria. Thanks.
> Hugh
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RE: Staffing in media
From
"Kupec, Kerri (OPA)"
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Hugh HunvitzKcvin PistroLce Loftus, Patrick HovakimianTimothy
Shea
Date
2019/08/14 16:58
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RE: Staffing in media
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TEXT.htm, Mime.822
For what it's worth, VICE is a terrible "publication" that we don't work with. BOP could cure cancer and
they would find a nefarious reason for it. But, thanks for flagging — will be on the lookout for similar
claims.
From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 4:55 PM
To: Kupec, Kerri (OPA) <kkupec@jmd.usdoj.gov>; Hovakimian, Patrick (ODAG)
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Subject: RE: Staffing in media
Excuse the crude headline...not mine!
https://www.vice.com/en us/article/zmjvb4/jeffrey-epsteins-death-is-exposing-the-clusterfuck-inside-
trumps-prisons
>>> "Kupec, Kerri (OPA)" <Kerri.KupecOusdoj gov> 8/14/2019 4:52 PM >> >
Thanks - Hugh, can you send me the story?
Original Message
From: Hovakimian, Patrick (ODAG) <phovakimian4@jmd.usdoj.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 4:51 PM
To: Hugh Hurwitz <1-EuniitzObop.gov>
Cc: Lofthus, Lee J (JMD) <flofthusPjmd.usdoj.gov>• Shea, Timothy (OAG) <tshea@japsiuglojacaTh; Kupec,
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Subject: Re: Staffing in media
Copying Kern.
Patrick Hovakimian
202-532-3295
> On Aug 14, 2019, at 4:34 PM, Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwit7(Wbop.gov> wrote:
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rate it will take a long time just to fill the vacancies we have. We are working on several new initiatives to try
and make BOP more attractive to applicants (unfortunately news like this does not help).
> Anyway, I know you know this, but also want you to know that we are working to change this narrative,
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> Hugh
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Subject: RE: Staffing in media
Sent:
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 20:57:40 +0000
For what it's worth, VICE is a terrible "publication" that we don't work with. BOP could cure cancer and they would find a
nefarious reason for it. But, thanks for flagging — will be on the lookout for similar claims.
From: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 4:55 PM
To: Kupec, Kerri (OPA) <kkupec@jmd.usdoj.gov>; Hovakimian, Patrick (ODAG) <phovakimian4@jmd.usdoj.gov>
Cc: Kevin Pistro <kpistro@bop.gov>; Lofthus, Lee J (JMD) <Ilofthus@jmd.usdoj.gov>; Shea, Timothy (OAG) <tshea@jmd.usdoj.gov>
Subject: RE: Staffing in media
Excuse the crude headline...not mine!
https://www.vice.com/en us/article/zmjvb4/jeffrey-epsteins-death-is-exposing-the-clusterfuck-inside-trumps-prisons
>>> "Kupec, Kern (OPA)" <Kerri.Kupec@usdoj.gov> 8/14/20194:52 PM >>>
Thanks - Hugh, can you send me the story?
Original Message
From: Hovakimian, Patrick (ODAG) <phovakimian4@imd.usdotoov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 4:51 PM
To: Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov>
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Copying Kerri.
Patrick Hovakimian
202-532-3295
> On Aug 14, 2019, at 4:34 PM, Hugh Hurwitz <HHurwitz@bop.gov> wrote:
> Lee, I saw a story today claiming that BOP lost 12% of our workforce since Trump Administration started which is double the drop
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> Hugh
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Subject: FBI raids Jeffrey Epstein's private island in ongoing probe after his apparent suicide death
From:
New York Daily News <nydailynews@nsl.nydailynews.com>
To:
cedge@bop.gov
Sent:
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 00:10:02 +0000
BREAKING NEWS
FBI raids Jeffrey Epstein's private island in ongoing
probe after his apparent suicide death
More than a dozen FBI agents raided Jeffrey Epstein's private island in the Caribbean Monday,
proving federal investigators are still fishing for evidence in their sex trafficking probe of the dead
degenerate.
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Subject: EXCLUSIVE: Guards at Jeffrey Epstein's NYC federal lockup mistakenly freed serial bank robber
From:
New York Daily News <nydailynews@nsl.nydailynews.com>
To:
cedge@bop.gov
Sent:
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 12:35:04 +0000
BREAKING NEWS
Guards at Jeffrey Epstein's jail mistakenly let
another inmate go free; blunder came just days
before accused perv's suicide
The call that serial bank robber Michael Matthews wasn't expecting came on Aug. 7 as he sat in his
cell at Metropolitan Correctional Center — the same facility where accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
was awaiting trial on charges of sexually abusing teenage girls.
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Re: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Lee Plourde
To
Adam Johnson
Date
2019/08/14 14:50
Subject:
Re: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htin
Thank you
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
Original messa e
From: Adam Johnson <
Date: 8/14/19 12:53 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: James Petrucci <jpetrucci@bop.gov>
Cc: Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov>, Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Subject: Fwd: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
>> > "Adam Johnson" 08/14/2019 12:53 >>>
Warden,
As an update, the two additional participants are from the AG's Office.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
1.> 8/14/2019 12:49 PM >>>
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, Au ust 14 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <
>• Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
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Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 201912:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannelleboes•oy>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >> >
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any
questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson
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To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroosPusa.doj.gov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <alOjohnsonPbop gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <ccrannell@bop gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <RDonaleski@usa.doj gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroosPusa.doj.gov>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
€. (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the nnenine invectioatinnc Pleace Pitle me a rail with any minions and let tic knnw what time and
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where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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Fwd: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
James PetrucciLee PlourdeStephanie
Scannell
Date
2019/08/14 12:53
Subject:
Fwd: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm
Warden,
As an update, the two additional participants are from the AG's Office.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/14/2019 12:49 PM >>>
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, Au ust 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <
>; Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed 0'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
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To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellObop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroosPusa.doj.gov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <M
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >> >
Adam,
Two additional people from D0J will join the visit:
Ed 0'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any
questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnsonCthbop.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPboo.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroosOusa.doj.gov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" ‹
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >> >
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
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Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" ‹
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russell Capone
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
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appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
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where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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FW: MCC Visit Thursday
From
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
To
Adam Johnson, Stephanie Scannell
Date
2019/08/14 12:49
Subject:
FW: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm, Mime.822
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <
>; Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <alOjohnsonPbop.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop.gpv>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleskiPusa.doj.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)<nroosPusa.dolgov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
SO Park Rnw
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>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/201912:17 PM >>>
Adam,
Two additional people from 001 will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any
questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnsonl@bop.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Ste hanie Scannell <sscannellPboo.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<
>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
> » "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM > »
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <a 10johnson(thbop gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)<
>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
IFAANRZA-7AAG
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Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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From:
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS
To:
Adam Johnson
Subject: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
Sent:
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:49:18 +0000
, Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, Au ust 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson
>; Ste hanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >> >
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
EFTA00046669
-----PAGE 708-----
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >> >
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>. Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >> >
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2n° floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9' floor SHU, and Epstein's cell,
which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will
not speak to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us
know what time and where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3r° floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
EFTA00046670
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Tel: (212) 637-2423
EFTA00046671
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RE: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
Rebekah Donalcski, Stephanie Scannell
Date
2019/08/15 09:39
Subject:
RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.Min
Thanks! I just walked Mr. O'Callahan and Mr. Shea over to meet with the Regional Director and new Warden.
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" *c
> 8/15/2019 9:31 AM >>>
FBI SA Amanda Moore
FBI TM Michael Gildea
DOJ OIG SAC Guido Modano
DOJ OIG SA David Carpenter
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson@bop.gov>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:54 AM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Sorry about the abrupt prior email. I was hoping to get the names so we could ensure we have enough
vests for everyone.
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/2019 10:56 PM >>>
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how many and who.
I asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
> wrote:
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Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <a 10jo h nson@bop. oy>; Stephanie Scannell <sscanneIl@bop gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
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<
>
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Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
t (646)836-7665
> » "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM
> >
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you
have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnsonPboozov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Ste hanie Scannell <5scannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<
>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for
screening before admission. Thanks!
> » "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM
>>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <a10johnsonPbop.goy>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannelllabop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleskiPusa.doLgpv>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
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Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
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> » "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.Donaleskauscloj.gov> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM
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Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area;
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discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak
to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with
any questions, and let us know what time and where we should go, and if it would be
easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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RE: MCC Visit Thursday
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To
Adam Johnson, Stephanie Scannell
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2019/08/15 09:31
Subject:
RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.httin, Mime.822
FBI SA Amanda Moore
FBI TFO Michael Gildea
DOJ OIG SAC Guido Modano
DOJ OIG SA David Carpenter
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:54 AM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Sorry about the abrupt prior email. I was hoping to get the names so we could ensure we have enough
vests for everyone.
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/201910:56 PM >>>
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how many and who.
I asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
> wrote:
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Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, Au ust 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <
>; Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nrooseusa.doj.gov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson@bop.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannelllthboo.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleskausa.doi.eov>
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Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
MI> 8/14/201912:17 PM
>>>
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if
you have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <a10johnson@bop.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Ste hanie Scannell <sscannellPbozgov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<
>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for
screening before admission. Thanks!
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM
>>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell(Wbop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleskiPusa.doj, gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) .rz
>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
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>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.DonaleskiPusdoj.gov> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM
> >
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch
area; the 9th floor SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off.
As discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not
speak to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call
with any questions, and let us know what time and where we should go, and if it would
be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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From:
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS
To:
Adam Johnson
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Sent:
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 13:31:49 +0000
>, Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
FBI SA Amanda Moore
FBI TFO Michael Gildea
DOJ OIG SAC Guido Modano
DOJ OIG SA David Carpenter
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:54 AM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) •c
>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Sorry about the abrupt prior email. I was hoping to get the names so we could ensure we have enough vests for everyone.
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/2019 10:56 PM >> >
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be .oinin but I don't know how many and who. I asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
> wrote:
<!--(if mso 9]-->
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <
>; Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroos@usa.doi.gov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell®bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <RDonaleski@usa.doj.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroos@usa.dagov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
EFTA00046685
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>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >> >
Adam,
Two additional people from Dal will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any questions,
thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before admission.
Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >> >
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russell Capone
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >> >
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2n° floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor SHU, and
Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal
would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give
me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to
enter via the 3r° floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
EFTA00046686
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Re: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
Rebekah Donaleski, Stephanie Scannell
Date
2019/08/15 05:57
Subject:
Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm
Thanks for the heads up. If it's possible to get them before you come, please do.
Sent from my Verizon. Samsung Galaxy smarrphone
Original message -----
From: "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" ‹
>
Date: 8/14/19 10:56 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Adam Johnson <al0johnson®bop.gov>, Stephanie Scannell <sscannell®bop.gov>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" 08/14/2019 22:56 >>>
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how
many and who. I asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
wrote:
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <al0johnson(Wbop.gov>; Stephanie Scannell <sscannelllaboo.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) ciroosPusa.cloigov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
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From: Adam Johnson <al.Wohnson@boLgov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleski@usa.doj.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" 4c
> 8/14/201912:17
PM >
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if
you have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscan nell@boatgo_v>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleskiPusa.doj.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for
screening before admission. Thanks!
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM
> > >
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Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <alOjohnsonPboo.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell csscannelkaboo.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleskigusa.doj.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroos@usa.doj.gov>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f. (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM
>>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch
area; the 9th floor SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off.
As discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not
speak to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me a
call with any questions, and let us know what time and where we should go, and if it
would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
RphokAh flnnalpcki
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Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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Fwd: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
James Petrucci. Lee Plourde
Date
2019/08/1505:55
Subject:
Fwd: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm
FYI
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Original message —
From: "Donatesta. Rebekah (USANYS)"
Date: 8/14/19 10:56 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Adam Johnson <al0joluison@bop.gov>. Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@thop.gov>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
>» "Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)" 08/14/2019 22:56 >»
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how many and who. I asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14. 2019. at 12:49 PM. Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonaleskiqz)usa.doj.gov<mailto
> wrote:
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <a I 0jolmson@bop.gonmailio
Stephanie Scannell <sseannell@bop.gonmailto:sscannell@bop.gov>>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos@usa.doj.gov<maiho:nroos4usa.doj.gov»
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan - Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea - Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman - US Attorney
Audrey Strauss - Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SONY
Craig Stewart -Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Ca
- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief. Public Corruption Unit. SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson@bop.gov<maiho
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov<mailto:sscannell@bop.gov>>: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonakskigusa.doj.gov<mailto:RDonalo
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos63,)usa.doj.gov<maiho:nroos@usa.doj.gov»
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you.
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
ISO Park Row
New York. New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)" <RebelcaltDonaleski@usdoj.gov<mailto:Rebekah.Donaleski@usdoj.gov>> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >>>
Adam.
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
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Tim Shea
In addition. Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson@WP.Pv<maille
>>
Sent: Tuesday. August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov<mailto:sscanneliCrbop.gov>>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonaleskigusa.doj.gov<mailto:RDonalet
Cc: Roos. Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos(g2usa.doj.gov<mailto:nroostitsa.doj.gov>>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before admission. Thanks!
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebelcah.Donaleski@uscloj.gov<mailto:Rebekah.Donaleski®usdoj.gov» 8113/2019338 PM >>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <a I 0johnson@bop.gov<mailto
>>
Sent: Tuesday. August 13. 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov<mailto:sucannellgbop.gov»; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonalcskietusa.doj.gov<mailtolDonalet
Cc: Roos. Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos@usa.doj.gov<maihommosgusa.doj.gov»
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Ili Rebekah,
It should not be a problem Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you.
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
Ncw York. Ncw York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.Donaleski@usdoj.gov<mailto:Rebelcah.Donaleski(ccusdoj.gov>> 8/13/2019 205 PM >>>
Adam.
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russel
Rebekah Donalcski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area: the 9th floor SHIA and Epstein's cell, which we understand to
Thanks.
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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Re: MCC Visit Thursday
From
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
To
Adam Johnson, Stephanie Scannell
Date
2019/08/14 22:56
Subject:
Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm, Mime.822
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how
many and who. I asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) ‹
>
wrote:
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <a l0johnsoneboo.gov>; Stephanie Scannell csscannellOboo gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed 0'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <a10johnsonPbop gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Ste hanie Scannell <ssrannellPbop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nrooseusa.doj.gov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank %in,
Page 17187
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Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
(646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.DonaleskiPusdoj.gov> 8/14/2019 12:17
PM >
Adam,
Two additional people from D0J will join the visit:
Ed 0'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if
you have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellObop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroosPusa.clojgov>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for
screening before admission. Thanks!
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM
>>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <a10johnson@bop gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellObop gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleskausa.doj.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
ArInn.
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Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
> > > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM
>>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russell Capone
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the r d floor pscyh observation and suicide watch
area; the 9th floor SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off.
As discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not
speak to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me a
call with any questions, and let us know what time and where we should go, and if it
would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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From:
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS
To:
Adam Johnson
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Sent:
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 02:56:50 +0000
, Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how many and who. I asked. I'm
sorry!
On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)<::
> wrote:
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <a illohnson bo
ov>; Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.eov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SONY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >> >
EFTA00046705
-----PAGE 744-----
Adam,
Two additional people from Dal will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any questions,
thanks.
From: Adam Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell a bo
ov>. Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before admission.
Thanks!
>» "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.Donaleski@usdoj.gov> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >> >
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell bo
ov>. Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >> >
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
EFTA00046706
-----PAGE 745-----
As discussed, we would like to see the 2n° floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor SHU, and
Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal
would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me
a call with any questions, and let us know what time and where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter
via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
EFTA00046707
-----PAGE 746-----
Re: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
Rebekah Donalcski, Stephanie Scannell
Date
2019/08/14 15:47
Subject:
Re: FW: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htrn
Thank you. Everything is set. See you in the morning.
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/14/2019 12:49 PM >>>
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <al0johnson@bop.gov>, Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <RDonaleski@usa.doj.gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nriQuaussiskj,gay>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
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-----PAGE 747-----
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
€(646)836-7665
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >>>
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you have any
questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson Pboptgov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <nroos(fusa.doj goy>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before
admission. Thanks!
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >>>
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <ssca nnell(a)bo ,ov>. Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
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>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekahnonaleski(@usdoj gov> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Birger
Craig Stewart
Russe
lRebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor
SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As discussed, we would
appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak to any of the guards present given
the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with any questions, and let us know what time and
where we should go, and if it would be easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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Re: MCC Visit Thursday
From
Adam Johnson
To
Rebekah Donalcski, Stephanie Scannell
Date
2019/08/15 08:54
Subject:
Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm
Sorry about the abrupt prior email. I was hoping to get the names so we could ensure we have enough vests
for everyone.
>> > "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/2019 10:56 PM >>>
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how many and who. I
asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS) <
> wrote:
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Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <alOjo_hnso_nPbo
ov>; Stephanie Scannell «scannellObop,gov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
>
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan — Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea — Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman — US Attorney
Audrey Strauss — Deputy US Attorney
Laura Birger- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart —Counsel to the US Attorney
Russell Capone- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <a 10johnsonPbop.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Ste hanie Scannell <sscannell0bop.gov>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<
>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
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Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
t (646)836-7665
> »
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/14/2019 12:17 PM
>»
Adam,
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition, Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tour. Let me know if you
have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson(abop gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellPbop.gpv>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<RDonaleski@usa.dolgov>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for
screening before admission. Thanks!
> »
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <
> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM
> >
Yes, thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <al(),(phnsonPboo.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Ste hanie Scannell <sccannellPboptgoy>; Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
<
>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) <
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his staff?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
t (646)836-7665
> »
"Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.DonaleskiPusdoj.gov> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM
>> >
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Craig Stewart
Russell Capone
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area;
the 9th floor SHU, and Epstein's cell, which we understand to still be cordoned off. As
discussed, we would appreciate if only MCC legal would escort us, and we will not speak
to any of the guards present given the ongoing investigations. Please give me a call with
any questions, and let us know what time and where we should go, and if it would be
easier for us to enter via the 3rd floor bridge.
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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Re: MCC Visit Thursday
From
James Petrucci
To
Adam Johnson. Lee Plourde
Date
2019/08115 06:36
Subject:
Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Attachments: TEXT.htm
No problem Adam. We'll adjust. Thanks.
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Date: 8/15/19 05:55 (GMT-05:00)
To: Lee Plourde <Iplourde@bop.gov>. James Petrucci <jpetrucci@bop.gov>
Subject: Fwd: MCC Visit Thursday
>» "Adam Johnson" 08/15/2019 05:55 >>>
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From: "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)"
Date: 8/14/19 10:56 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Adam Johnson <al0johmon@bop.gov>, Stephanie Scannell <sseannellgbop.gov>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
>>> "Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)" 08/14/2019 22:56 >>>
I just found out that additional law enforcement agents will be joining but I don't know how many and who. I asked. I'm sorry!
On Aug 14, 2019, at 12:49 PM, Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonaleski@usa.doj.gov<mailto:RDonaleskigusa.doj.gov>> wrote:
Resending, I got an error last time.
From: Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:41 PM
To: Adam Johnson <al0johnsow@bop.gov<mailici
>: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell ai bop.gov<inailto:sscannell@bop.gov>>
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos@usa.doj.gov<maiho:nroos@rna.doj.gov»
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Ed O'Callahan - Principal Deputy Attorney General
Tim Shea - Advisor at AG's office
Geoffrey Berman - US Attorney
Audrey Strauss - Deputy US Attorney
Laura Blazer- Chief of the Criminal Division, SDNY
Craig Stewart -Counsel to the US Attorney
- Chief, Public Corruption Unit, SDNY
Chief. Public Corruption Unit. SDNY
Rebekah Donaleski- AUSA
Nicholas Roos- AUSA
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson@bop.gov<inaihona>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2019 12:26 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannell@bop.gov<mailto:sscannell@bop.gov>>; Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonaleski(f_,Msa.doj.gov<mailto:RDonalei
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)<nroos@usa.doj.gov<maitto:nroos@ausa.doj.gov»
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah.
Not a problem. I will add them to the list. Do you have everyone's titles?
I will advise the Warden of the request that he accompany us on the tour.
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
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Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
150 Park Row
New York, New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
ft (646)836-7665
>» "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.Donalcskitaiteidoj.govemailto:Rcbekah.Donaleski@usdoj.gov» 8/14/2019 12:17 PM >»
Adam.
Two additional people from DOJ will join the visit:
Ed O'Callahan
Tim Shea
In addition. Geoff has asked that the new acting warden join the tow. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks.
From: Adam Johnson eal0johnson@bop.goveinailio:
>>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:03 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell <sscannellghop.gov<mailto:sscannell@hop.gov>>: Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonalcskitiusa.doj.gov<mailtoltDonalet
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) enroosfq3usa.doj.govemaiho:nroos@usa.doj.gov»
Subject: RE: MCC Visit Thursday
If it is not too much of an imposition, we ask that all visitors come to our front lobby for screening before admission. Thanks!
>>> "Donaleski, Rebekah (USANYS)" <Rebekah.Donaleskiebtadoj.govemailto:Rebekah.Donaleskiestisdoj.gov>> 8/13/2019 3:58 PM >>>
Yes. thank you. Where should we go?
From: Adam Johnson <al0johnson@bop.gov<tnaiho:
>>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 3:38 PM
To: Stephanie Scannell esscannell@bop.gpv<mailto:sscannell@bop.gov>>: Donakski. Rebekah (USANYS)<RDonakski@usa.doj.govemailto:RDonale,
Cc: Roos, Nicolas (USANYS)<nroo4t,usa.doj.gov<maiho:nroostfiusa.doj.gov>>
Subject: Re: MCC Visit Thursday
Hi Rebekah,
It should not be a problem. Does 10 am work for Mr. Berman and the rest of his stab?
Thank you,
Adam
Adam M. Johnson
Supervisory Staff Attorney
CLC New York
Metropolitan Correctional Center
ISO Park Row
New York. New York 10007
p: (646)836-6455
f: (646)836-7665
>>> "Donaleski. Rebekah (USANYS)" ez
iMin<mailto:Rebekah.DonaleskiOrmsdoj.gov>> 8/13/2019 2:05 PM >>>
Adam,
The list of visitors from our office is below:
Geoffrey Berman
Audrey Strauss
Laura Wager
Craig Stewart
MIN
Rebekah Donaleski
Nicholas Roos
As discussed, we would like to see the 2nd floor pscyh observation and suicide watch area; the 9th floor &W. and Emacin's cell, which we understand to
Thanks,
Rebekah Donaleski
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
Tel: (212) 637-2423
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The Daily 202: Marianne Williamson wants to remember the ladies in Afghanistan
From
The Washington Post
To
Charisma Edge, The Washington Post
Date
2019/08/20 10:37
Subject:
The Daily 202: Marianne Williamson wants to remember the ladies in
Afghanistan
Attachments:
TEXT.htm, Mime.822
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The Daily 202
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Listen to The Big Idea
Marianne Williamson wants to remember
the ladies in Afghanistan
Women attend a rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's reelection campaign in
Kabul on Aug. 5. He is seeking a second term on promises of ending the 18-year war,
but he's been largely sidelined over the past year as the United States negotiated
directly with the Taliban. (Rafiq MaqbooVAP)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Altar()
THE BIG IDEA: In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to
her husband as the colonists prepared to declare
independence. "And, by the way, in the new code of laws
which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire
you would remember the ladies and be more generous and
favorable to them than your ancestors," the future first lady
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pleaded to John Adams. "Do not put such unlimited power
into the hands of the husbands. Remember, all men would
be tyrants if they could."
Imagine how much greater a country we might be
today if the Founding Fathers had heeded her call to
"remember the ladies" from the get-go. Their failure to
do so was one of America's original sins. Instead, women
would not be guaranteed the right to vote for another 143
years. Things have improved significantly, but the pay gap
and sexual assault remain endemic.
Marianne Williamson is alarmed that the mistakes
made at the dawn of our republic will be repeated in
Afghanistan as the United States negotiates a troop
drawdown with the Taliban. While her fellow Democratic
presidential candidates tout their desire to end America's
longest war as soon as possible, the author and self-help
guru has emphasized more than any of her rivals the need to
use the leverage that comes with a large troop presence to
extract enforceable security guarantees for women and girls.
She says a gentleman's agreement is not good enough.
The 67-year-old said during an interview yesterday
afternoon that she's been concerned about the
subjugation of Afghan women since long before the
U.S. invasion in the wake of 9/11. "This has been a
feminist issue since before 2001," Williamson told me as
she drove from Sioux City, Iowa, to Des Moines. "One
positive thing that's come from us being there has been the
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lessening or orutaiity towaras women ana tne ngnts or
women that came into full expression as a result of
liberation."
Schoolgirls study near their temporary homes on the outskirts of Kabul. Attacks on
schools in Afghanistan tripled in 2018, according to the United Nation's children's
agency. (Rahmat Gul/AP)
Williamson expresses visceral concern that conditions
for women will revert to the way they were during the
last time the Taliban dominated if President Trump
agrees to a bad deal. Women were not allowed to attend
school before. Today, about 3.5 million are enrolled in
primary and secondary schools. Women were routinely
flogged for not wearing full-body burqas or if they went
outside without a male chaperone. Today, women can vote.
In fact, they constitute a larger share of the parliament in
Afghanistan than of the Senate in the United States.
Williamson said she's been closely tracking coverage
of the ongoing negotiations, and she finds it "very
disturbing" that safeguarding the gains made by
women over the past 18 years has not been a top
priority. "I know some people seem to think that this new
generation of Taliban leadership is somewhat more lenient
towards women, but that to me is not enough," she
explained. "I want to see that subject front and center as part
of America's official negotiating posture."
She would not have excluded the Afghanistan
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government from the bilateral U.S. talks with the
Taliban. Williamson said she would consult closely with
Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States, who is a
woman, and speak directly with other female leaders in
Kabul's civil society to get their input on what a workable
deal might look like. "If we're going to talk about moving
forward in a new direction, then we have to start now," she
said. "The rights and the protections of the women of
Afghanistan in current negotiations with the Taliban is a
perfect example. We must not wait and do these kinds of
things later."
Marianne Williamson delivers a campaign speech. (Alex Welsh for The Washington
Post)
To be sure, Williamson is still a dove at heart. On
Monday, for example, she unveiled a detailed plan to
create a Department of Peace. But while her odds of
winning the nomination certainly remain slim to none,
the first-time candidate is devoting a ton of time on the
trail to talking about a profoundly important issue that,
frankly, seems like an afterthought for the top-tier
candidates. It's always a crowd-pleaser when the various
candidates promise to "end the endless wars." Trump does
it at his rallies, as well. But the degree to which Williamson
emphasizes that a pullout must be done in a thoughtful
manner is striking. For folks who know only the reductionist
caricature of her that they've seen during the first two
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Williamson chastises her fellow Democrats for leaning
on talking points when it comes to matters of war and
peace. "'Bring them home' is a slogan. It's how we bring
them home and under what conditions do we bring them
home," she told me. "I wouldn't be running if I thought that
everything that needed to be said was already being said
about this and so many other things. ...
"Large groups of desperate people should be seen as
a national security risk," she continued. "Large groups
of desperate people are more vulnerable to ideological
capture by genuinely psychotic forces. Until we have a
fundamental break with the thinking and the behavioral
patterns of the past, all we're doing is removing a symptom
that will almost inevitably morph into another one down the
road."
Women listen to a speech during the closing ceremony of the Afghan government's
loya jirga, which translates to grand assembly, in Kabul this spring. (Jawad Jalali/EPA-
EFE)
Giving women seats at the table would be a central aim
of Williamson's foreign policy doctrine. "Over and above
the fact that we're half the human race, and violence against
women is as egregious a human rights violation as could
possibly exist on the planet, there is no serious path forward
for peace on Earth that does not include much greater
attention given to the rights and the protection of women,"
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she said. "There are four factors which, when present,
statistically raise the probability of peace and decrease the
probability of conflict. Number one is an expansion of
economic opportunities for women. Number two is the
reduction of violence against women. Number three is the
expansion of educational opportunities for children. And
number four is the amelioration of unnecessary human
suffering."
Williamson said that the voters she's been talking with
seem to appreciate her nuanced views vis-a-vis
Afghanistan. She said she doesn't discuss the country
because she thinks it will garner support but because she
thinks the issue is critically important. "It is my experience
that the American people are so much smarter than the
conventional political establishment seems to think," she
said. "I don't think the role of leadership is to wait to be told
what you should talk about. I think the role of leadership is to
say what needs to be said."
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What Trump has said about expanding gun background checks
THE DOMESTIC AGENDA:
-- Lucy and the football, cont.: The inside story of how
Trump caved to the National Rifle Association yet
again on taking meaningful action to curb gun
violence. Josh Dawsey and David Nakam_ura report: "Since
the shootings, NRA officials have repeatedly told the
president and senior White House officials that universal
background checks won't do much to prevent mass
shootings, according to people familiar with the private
conversations. NRA officials also have lobbied Vice
President Pence's office and acting White House chief
of staff Mick Mulvaney, as well as governors and
lawmakers who face potentially difficult reelection races in
2020. ... White House aides and NRA officials have pointed
out to Trump that many of the states he needs to win next
year have a strong contingency of NRA members who would
be frustrated if Trump made any drastic moves on gun
control. ...
"Trump's campaign commissioned a poll on guns after
this month's shootings, and his political advisers
warned him that there is little support for significant
action among Republican voters, and even some
Democrats, people familiar with the conversations said. `He
is going to be very careful,' said one person close to the
president ... `He isn't inclined to do much right now.' ...
"Some Republicans noted that Trump has shown no
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inclination to lead an effort on any legislation opposed
by the GOP base. Last year, he floated support for offering
a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants in
exchange for billions in funding for a border wall but quickly
backed off in the face of a conservative backlash. In
February 2017, a week after taking office, Trump rolled
back Obama-era regulations aimed at making it more
difficult for mentally ill people to buy firearms. [He did
so at the behest of the NRA.]
"Behind the scenes, Trump's communication with key
lawmakers, including Sen. Joe Manchin III, a moderate
Democrat from West Virginia who has sought to
develop bipartisan gun-control measures, has gone
mostly cold, according to Capitol Hill aides. ... [Mitch]
McConnell has rebuffed calls to bring the Senate back to
Washington to deal with the issue, and his advisers
acknowledged that he is unlikely to act without Trump's
leadership. McConnell has told advisers that he would push
legislation only if the president were fully on board."
-- Meanwhile, Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) co-sponsored the
Democratic bill to ban assault weapons. "They are
weapons of mass slaughter," he told the New York Daily
News. "I don't see any need for them in everyday society."
King said he hopes other House Republicans follow him, but
he's not optimistic.
-- A group of states is preparing to move forward with
a joint antitrust investigation of big technology
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involving state attorneys general is expected to be formally
launched as soon as next month. It is likely to focus on
whether a handful of dominant technology platforms use
their marketplace powers to stifle competition. As part of the
probe, the states are likely to issue civil investigative
demands, similar to subpoenas, to tech companies and
other businesses. The new investigation could dovetail with
plans by the Justice Department, which last month
announced its own antitrust review that will focus on tech
companies including Alphabet Inc.'s Google unit and
Facebook Inc. ... The political makeup of the multistate
group isn't set. A bipartisan probe could give the
investigation broader leverage and help insulate GOP
officials from questions over whether their actions are
motivated by political concerns, such as how online
platforms treat conservative speech."
-- Planned Parenthood officially pulled out of a federal
family planning program rather than abide by a new
Trump administration "gag rule" prohibiting clinics
from referring women for abortions. From the AP:
"Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood's acting
president and CEO, said the organization's nationwide
network of health centers would remain open and strive to
make up for the loss of federal money. But she predicted
that many low-income women who rely on Planned
Parenthood services would `delay or go without' care. 'We
will not be bullied into withholding abortion information from
our patients,' said McGill Johnson. 'Our patients deserve to
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make their own health care decisions, not to be forced to
have Donald Trump or Mike Pence make those decisions for
them.' ... Planned Parenthood was not the only organization
dropping out. Maine Family Planning, which is unaffiliated
with Planned Parenthood, also released its letter of
withdrawal Monday. The National Family Planning &
Reproductive Health Association, an umbrella group for
family planning clinics, is suing to overturn the regulations."
Conway: `The fundamentals of our economy are very strong'
-- The White House is eyeing a temporary payroll tax
cut as a way to reverse the economic slowdown.
Damian Paletta reports: "The talks are still in their early
stages and have included a range of other tax breaks. The
officials also have not decided whether to formally push
Congress to approve any of these measures ... But the
White House increasingly is discussing ideas to boost a
slowing economy ... Even though deliberations about the
payroll tax cut were held Monday, the White House released
a statement disputing that the idea was actively under
'consideration.' ... Workers pay payroll taxes on income up
to $132,900, so cutting the tax has remained a popular idea
for many lawmakers, especially Democrats seeking to
deliver savings for middle-income earners and not the
wealthiest Americans.
"But payroll tax cuts can also add dramatically to the
deficit and — depending on how they are designed —
pull billions of dollars away from Social Security. The
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taxes by more than $100 billion each year, but the
administration directed revenue to Social Security programs
so those initiatives did not lose money. The cuts added to
the deficit, however. If Washington implemented a similarly
sized reduction, the tax cut could equate to a bigger tax
break for many families than the 2017 tax law." (Economics
correspondent Heather Long prepared 15 charts to
compare the Trump economy to the Obama economy.)
-- Nearly 3 out of 4 economists surveyed by the
National Association for Business Economics predict a
recession in the United States by 2021. Jonnelle M_arte
reports: "The outlook reflects growing skepticism among
economists and investors that the U.S. economy will be able
to withstand a protracted trade war with China without
serious harm amid a weakening global outlook. ... The
survey of 226 economists was conducted from July 14 to
Aug. 1, before Trump announced the latest round of tariffs
against China and before the last bout of market volatility.
The report reinforced the pessimism seen earlier this year,
illustrating that for many economists the question is not so
much whether the U.S. economy will enter a recession but
when. Some economists delayed the timeline for when they
expect a slowdown to start. The share of economists
expecting a recession this year dropped to 2 percent from
10 percent in February. In addition, 34 percent now expect a
recession in 2021, up from 25 percent in February. Still,
about 4 out of 10 economists expect a slowdown in 2020,
roughly unchanged from the previous report."
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-- Trump called on the Fed to cut interest rates by at
least 100 basis points while attempting to play down
the risk of a recession. He also pinned the blame for a
potential economic downturn on the central bank and
its chairman, Jerome Powell. Felicia Sonmez and Damian
Palette report: "The Fed funds rate, which Trump is trying to
tell central bankers to cut, is currently set at 2.25 percent.
Slashing it 100 basis points would lower this rate to 1.25
percent, giving them very little additional wiggle room to
maneuver if a full-fledged recession began. ... Fed officials
have said they do not make decisions based on political
pressure, but Trump has taken his attacks on the central
bank to new extremes, particularly this month amid
numerous signs that the U.S. economy is weakening more
than expected. ... Trump's Twitter posts on Monday marked
a new wrinkle in his push for the Fed to cut interest rates. In
the past, he has said such a move is necessary to help the
U.S. economy. But on Monday, he said it would be
necessary to help the world economy. Other central banks,
however, have already begun cutting interest rates, and it's
unclear why Trump believes that specific actions by the Fed
would be enough to lift countries such as Germany out of a
downturn."
-- Trump's industrial policy takes a hit: U.S. Steel plans
to lay off hundreds of workers in Michigan. From
Reuters: "In a Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification filed on Aug. 5, the Pittsburgh-based company
said it expects to let go fewer than 200 workers following its
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June, the company said it would idle two blast furnaces at its
Great lakes and Gary Works plants, citing lower steel prices
and softening demand. U.S. Steel said the lay-offs at the
Michigan plant could last beyond six months. They will
impact nearly every area of the facility, from blast furnace to
finishing operations, a company spokeswoman told
Reuters."
-- Another sign of an economic slowdown: RV
shipments are slipping. Elkahrt, Ind., the capital of the
country's recreational-vehicle industry, is often watched by
economists and investors for early indications of waning
consumer demand for luxury items — an early sign of
economic anxiety. (Wall Street Journal)
-- But resilient U.S. earnings buck recession fears, per
the Financial Times: "Earnings season in the US has gone
better than analysts anticipated. Despite early forecasts for
dismal second-quarter results, earnings for S&P 500
constituents are down just 0.4 per cent as of Monday."
-- Global stocks paused this morning as investors took
a wait-and-see approach to trade developments and
the Fed's next moves, per the Wall Street Journal: "The
Stoxx Europe 600 ticked up 0.1%, with rises in its health-
care constituents mostly offset by losses in its basic-
resources sector. ... Shares in the world's largest miner,
BHP Group, dropped 1% after Chief Executive Andrew
Mackenzie said the trade dispute between the world's two
largest economies had clouded the company's outlook. In
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Asia, major indexes were mostly positive or flat, though
Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 0.2% as recent political
protests put pressure on the city's government to enter talks.
Japan's Nikkei gained 0.6% and the Korean Kospi jumped
more than 1%. ... Investors will pay close attention to the
minutes from the Federal Reserve's latest meeting on
Wednesday, as well as any statements from Chairman
Jerome Powell ahead of the economic symposium in
Jackson Hole, Wyo., starting on Friday. The U.S. dollar was
unchanged on Tuesday, holding on to its recent gains."
-- The bigger threat: Climate change could cost the
U.S. economy up to 10.5 percent of its GDP by 2100,
according to a new study published yesterday. Andrew
Freedman reports: "At a time when there's concern about a
global economic downturn, the new study, published as a
working paper in the National Bureau of Economic
Research, warns of a far bigger cut to economic growth if
global warming goes unchecked. ... The study found that
continued temperature increases of about 0.072 degrees per
year (0.04 Celsius) under a roughly 'business as usual,' or
high-emissions, scenario would yield a 7.2 percent cut to
GDP per capita worldwide by 2100. (This is relative to a
world in which countries see temperature increases equal to
their 1960 to 2014 rate of change.) In contrast, if countries
were to cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris
climate agreement, then such effects could be limited to
closer to a 1.1 percent loss in GDP per capita."
-- The White House has mounted an effort to prevent
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any more automakers from joining a pact with
California to oppose the president's auto emissions
rollbacks. From the Times: "Toyota, Fiat Chrysler and
General Motors were all summoned by a senior Trump
adviser to a White House meeting last month where he
pressed them to stand by the president's own initiative,
according to four people familiar with the talks. But even as
the White House was working to do this, it was losing
ground. Yet another company, Mercedes-Benz, is now
preparing to join the California agreement, according to two
people familiar with the German company's plans. Mr.
Trump, described by three people as `enraged' by
California's deal, has also demanded that his staffers step
up the pace to complete his plan. His proposal, however, is
directly at odds with the wishes of many automakers, which
fear that the aggressive rollbacks will spark a legal battle
between California and the federal government that could
split the United States car market in two."
Garner family reacts to NYPD firing of the officer whose chokehold led to Eric
Garner's death
-- The New York Police Department fired the officer
who was caught on video with his arm around the neck
of 43-year-old Eric Garner just before he died five
years ago. Devlin Barrett reports: "NYPD Commissioner
James P. O'Neill announced the decision Monday, weeks
after a departmental disciplinary judge recommended the
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said they would try to overturn the decision. 'In this case the
unintended consequence of Mr. Garner's death must have a
consequence of its own,' said O'Neill. 'It is clear that Daniel
Pantaleo can no longer effectively serve as a New York City
police officer.' O'Neill called the decision 'extremely difficult,'
acknowledging that the move probably would anger rank-
and-file officers. 'If I was still a cop, I'd probably be mad at
me,' he said."
-- Attorney General Bill Barr has replaced the head of
the Bureau of Prisons in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's
death in federal custody. Devlin Barrett reports: "Hugh J.
Hurwitz, the agency's acting head, will be replaced by
Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, who served as Bureau of Prisons
director from 1992 to 2003. Barr also appointed Thomas R.
Kane to serve as her deputy, a position currently vacant. ...
Even before Epstein's death, Justice Department officials
privately expressed frustration with senior officials at the
Bureau of Prisons, but the apparent management flaws
found since have angered the department's leaders,
including the attorney general. ... The Justice Department
sent additional Bureau of Prisons personnel from across the
country to buttress the workforce [at the Manhattan
correctional center], and a suicide reconstruction team was
sent to the facility to determine exactly how Epstein died."
-- Epstein signed his will just two days before his
suicide, leaving behind a nearly $600 million fortune,
according to court documents obtained by the New York
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where the convicted sex molester owned two isles ... was
filed Aug. 8. The 66-year-old former hedge-fund manager
was worth $577,672,654, or about $18 million more than he
previously stated in court papers while futilely trying to land
bail on federal sex-trafficking charges, the new documents
show. He put all of his holdings in a trust, called The 1953
Trust, after the year he was born. ... Epstein's will was filed
with court officials in St. Thomas. One of the two Brooklyn
lawyers listed as witnessing its signing is Mariel A. Colon
Miro — an attorney for drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo'
Guzman. Miro was once accused of flouting court rules by
passing a phone to Chapo's wife so the spouse could
communicate with her imprisoned husband. Miro has denied
the claim."
-- Two members of the far-right Proud Boys were
convicted of assault for fighting with members of a
leftist group in New York last year. Eli Rosenberg
reports: "A jury found Maxwell Hare, 27, of Harrisburg, Pa.,
and John Kinsman, 39, of Morristown, N.J., guilty of
attempted gang assault, three charges of attempted assault
and rioting. Hare and Kinsman were among 10 members of
the Proud Boys charged after the October street fight. All
but three of them pleaded guilty to various charges; one
faces trial later."
Warren apologizes for Native American claims
MORE ON 2020:
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-- While raising money from some of the nation's
richest people in the Hamptons, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-
Calif.) distanced herself from the Medicare-for-all plan
that she co-sponsored with Bernie Sanders. From the
Daily Beast: "I think almost every member of the United
States Senate who's running for president, and many others,
have signed on to a variety of plans in the Senate. And I
have done the same,' Harris said, according to remarks
provided by her campaign. 'All of them are good ideas,
which is why I support them. And I support Medicare-for-all.
But as you may have noticed, over the course of the many
months, I've not been comfortable with Bernie's plan.' ...
That the senator now has reservations about the legislation
was not, her campaign argued, a matter of political
convenience but, rather, the end product of having worked
on the issue more."
-- Harris, who emphasized to the Hamptons crowd
that she believes in capitalism, also held finance
events on Martha's Vineyard. She wasn't the only
candidate trying to curry favor with moneyed
elites. From Bloomberg News: "Harris's event on Sunday
night went head to head with one at musician Jon Bon Jovi's
house for Cory Booker. Pete Buttigieg will be in the
Hamptons over Labor Day weekend. Joe Biden, who'll be in
the Hamptons next weekend, has already hit up Cape Cod,
Aspen and Sun Valley, Idaho. In the woods of Water Mill, at
the home of public-relations executive Michael Kempner,
Aretha Franklin and Alicia Keys songs played in the
background as former Planned Parenthood head Cecile
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Richards, Centerview Partners' Blair Effron and Citigroup's
Ray McGuire waited to hear Harris's pitch while would-be
donors grazed on mini pizza."
-- Sanders fired back:
-- But Harris is not the only Democrat backing off her
support from Medicare-for-all. Chelsea Janes and
Michael Scheter_report: "In recent months, amid polling that
shows concern among voters about ending private
insurance, several of the Democratic hopefuls have shifted
their positions or their tone, moderating full-throated
endorsement of Medicare-for-all and adopting ideas for
allowing private insurance in some form. ... Former Texas
congressman Beto O'Rourke, who in 2017 embraced
Medicare-for-all as the 'best way,' now similarly supports a
plan that would preserve the current employer-based
insurance system. ... Five of the seven U.S. senators in
the race have co-sponsored the Medicare-for-all bill
drafted by [Sanders]. But they have begun to shade
their messages, suggesting that the bill represents a
long-term vision rather than an immediate plan. Many of
the candidates are now focusing on steps they say would
push the country closer to universal health care without a
major disruption, such as creating a 'public option' that
would let people join Medicare without making it mandatory.
Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), for example, co-sponsored the
Sanders bill and emphasizes that he still supports it, but he
describes himself as a `oraomatisf who would focus on `the
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immediate things we would do,' which do not include
eliminating private health insurance."
-- Sen. Elizabeth Warren opened her remarks at a
Native American presidential forum with a more
straightforward version of the apology she has offered
in the past for identifying as a Native American for two
decades while she was a law professor. "I want to say
this, like anyone who's been honest with themselves, I know
that I have made mistakes," Warren (D-Mass.) said. "I am
sorry for harm that I have caused. I have listened, and I have
learned a lot, and I am grateful for the many conversations
that we've had together."
"Warren used her appearance Monday to try to pivot
toward policy — she recently released a lengthy
proposal about how she would try to help close health,
income and wealth disparities in Native American
communities," Annie Linskey and Holly Bailey report. "The
bulk of her appearance focused on parts of that plan, which
would provide tribal leaders with far more influence than they
now have over federal policy that affects their land. She was
introduced by Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), one of the first
two Native American women to be elected to Congress and
a lawmaker who has worked with Warren on part of her
proposal. Haaland called it the `boldest' plan yet to `address
the promises that have been broken and the need in our
communities.-
-- After a series of racist incidents that have shaken the
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state, liberals in New Hampshire are grappling with
reparations and racial justice. Julie Zauzmer reports:
"That's a major shift from the past, says Gibson's Bookstore
owner Michael Herrmann. Herrmann's quaint shop in
Concord has served as a pit stop for politicos for years. ...
[Buttigieg, Harris, Booker, Beto O'Rourke and Julian Castro]
have stopped by in the past few months. And white voters
have asked them about their stance on reparations. When
candidates visited in 2016, reparations never came up,
Herrmann said. Now, it's part of the conversation. `It's taken
seriously in a way it wasn't just four years ago,' he said. ...
JerriAnne Boggis, the executive director of the Black
Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, said she has seen an
uptick in interest from white residents who want to learn
about race. Her organization convenes `tea talks' on
subjects like disenfranchisement or the role of religion in
racism. A few years ago, an average talk drew 40 attendees.
Recently, 300 people showed up to hear `Black Girl in
Maine' blogger Shay Stewart-Bouley."
-- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) would not say if she
would oppose a political comeback by former senator
Al Franken, whose resignation she demanded amid
allegations of sexual misconduct. She did say,
however, that she believes there is "always room for
redemption." Bob Costa reports: "And should her
campaign fail to win the Democratic nomination, Gillibrand
said she'd be willing to serve as the party's vice-presidential
nominee. `Of course,' she said. `I will do public service in all
its forms.-
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-- Former housing and urban development secretary
Julian Castro became the first 2020 candidate to
introduce a comprehensive and detailed animal welfare
plan. From HuffPost: "Castro's plan calls for $40 million in
federal funding for a 'Local Animal Communities Grant
Program,' which would help defray the costs of vaccinating,
spaying and neutering animals. The money would also go
toward programs that promote animal adoption. The plan
also says that new affordable housing units will be pet-
friendly. As part of his campaign, Castro has laid out a
housing plan that would create 3 million new affordable
housing units over 10 years. Castro also says he will work
with homeless shelters that receive federal support to
`ensure pets belonging to homeless individuals seeking
refuge are not prohibited entry.-
-- Castro qualified for the September Democratic
debates after getting 2 percent in a CNN poll.
-- Hotel assignments for the Democratic National
Convention in Milwaukee next summer could stretch
as far as Chicago's O'Hare airport. From the Journal
Sentinel: "Many of the delegates will be housed in hotel
clusters in downtown Milwaukee, near Mitchell International
Airport and in Brookfield, convention organizers have said.
The hotels around O'Hare come into play because of their
size and ability to handle large group bookings. Organizers
have noted that drive times to Milwaukee are expected to be
shorter in duration than trips to conventions in Philadelphia
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in zu-ib and charlotte, N.C., in zul -2. convention organizers
are responsible for setting up a shuttle bus system to get
delegates to and from Fisery Forum."
-- Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House
communications director, says he was wrong about
Trump all along in an op-ed for today's newspaper:
"This isn't a Road to Damascus moment; my concerns have
been building publicly for a while. And I'm not seeking
absolution. I just want to be part of the solution. The
negatives of Trump's demagoguery now clearly outweigh the
positives of his leadership, and it is imperative that
Americans unite to prevent him from serving another four
years in office. When I decided to support Trump's
candidacy and later to work in his administration, it wasn't
because I agreed with all of his policies or liked every aspect
of his personality.
"My public praise of the man was over the top at times,
but my private estimation of him was more measured,"
the Mooch asserts. "I thought Trump, despite his warts,
could bring a pragmatic, entrepreneurial approach to the
Oval Office. ... I naively thought that, by joining the
administration, I could counteract the far-right voices in the
room. I thought wrong. And, yes, many of you told me so. ...
As we lie on the bed of nails Trump has made, it's often
difficult to see how much the paradigm of acceptable
conduct has shifted. For the Republican Party, it's now a
question of whether we want to start cleaning up the mess
or continue papering over the cracks."
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-- Trump's base probably will not be enough to carry
him in the 2020 election. From the Atlantic's Ron
Brownstein: "The latest such evidence comes in a new
study released today by Navigator Research, a consortium
of Democratic research and advocacy groups. The report ...
examines a group that many analysts in both parties believe
could prove to be the key bloc of 2020 swing voters:
Americans who say they approve of Trump's management
of the economy but still disapprove of his overall
performance as president. And it shows Trump facing
significant headwinds among that potentially critical group,
partly because of the divisive language and behavior he's
taken to new heights, or lows, since last weekend— tweeting
about the congresswomen and encouraging his supporters
to attack them as well. ... In Navigator's polling, the
economy emerges clearly as Trump's greatest advantage.
... For now, these conflicted voters give the president a
crushing 55 percentage-point edge over congressional
Democrats when asked which side they trust more to handle
the issue ... But on every other front, Trump faces
headwinds. In the surveys, these voters prefer
congressional Democrats over Trump to handle taxes (by
nine points), immigration (by 10 points), and health care (by
34 points)."
Tlaib: Netanyahu took 'page out of Trump's book'
-- Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-
Mich.) blasted Israel for blocking their visit. Rachael
Bade reports: "Speaking to reporters at the Minnesota state
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house in St. Paul, Omar called into question the millions of
dollars in U.S. aid given to Israel each year and encouraged
other lawmakers to visit in their stead to see first-hand the
humanitarian conditions of Palestinians on the ground, a top
goal of their upended trip. ... Tlaib, speaking at times
through tears, took a more personal approach, expressing
remorse about not being able to visit her grandmother who
lives in the West Bank. After Israel blocked their official visit,
Tlaib (D-Mich.), a Palestinian American, made an appeal to
Israel officials to allow her to visit her relatives. Israeli
officials agreed, but would have required her to sign a
promise restricting her speech and her movement. Tlaib
ultimately declined to go. 'My grandmother said ... I'm her
bird. She said I'm her dream manifested,' Tlaib said, her
voice growing angry as she started to cry. `I'm her free bird,
so why would I come back and be caged and bow down
when my election rose her head up high, gave her dignity for
the first time?"
-- Months before blocking the congresswomen's entry
into Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a
letter opposing both Democrats to Rep. Jim McGovern
(D-Mass.). Adam Taylor reports: "The letter reveals that
Netanyahu had long identified Tlaib and Omar — fierce
critics of Israeli policy on Palestinians — as a problem for
his government. At the heart of his opposition was the idea
that they support the boycott, divestment and sanctions
(BDS) movement. Netanyahu's letter shows how the BDS
movement and its growing support could become a wedge
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-- In June, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) clashed
with her left flank after she and other moderates voted
to approve $4.6 billion in emergency aid for migrants at
the border. She learned sometimes your biggest foes
are in your own party. Jenna Portnoy reports: "'That week
showed me that for some people, ideology matters more
than putting food in the mouth of a child,' she said. `And that
was stunning to me.' In the eight months that Spanberger
has served in Congress, she has been a lawmaker in the
middle. ... As she steers through the political divisions
within her swing district, Spanberger is also trying to
navigate conflicts inside her own party. ... Spanberger and
other moderates thought an alternative bill had little chance
of getting through the Senate. ... The humanitarian aid
package was just the sort of hard-fought accomplishment
that made it worth it to leave a good-paying job at an
education company and upend a stable suburban family life,
Spanberger said ... Then she read the torrent of insults
directed at lawmakers like her."
-- Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a close ally of Speaker
Nancy Pelosi, became the highest-ranking House
Democrat to endorse impeachment proceedings
against Trump. He likely did this to boost himself in a
competitive primary for Senate in his home state. (Politico)
-- Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who appears vulnerable to
a primary challenge, said the media and GOP leaders
owe him an apology after he said that humanity might
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not exist if it weren't for rape and incest. Felicia Sonmez
reports: "He took aim at the Des Moines Register, which
broke the news of King's remarks, as well as the Associated
Press, which also reported on them. ... The Des Moines
Register did correct another quote it ran on King's remarks.
But the part about rape and incest was reported accurately."
Pouring rain soaks massive Hong Kong protest
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- Twitter and Facebook said they took action against
China for using hundreds of fake accounts to sow
discord in Hong Kong. Marie C. Baca and Tony Romm
report: This marks "the first time the social media giants had
identified Beijing directly for spearheading such an
operation. Twitter said it was suspending nearly a thousand
Chinese accounts and banning advertising from state-
owned media companies, citing a 'significant state-backed
information operation' related to protests in Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, Facebook said it was removing five Facebook
accounts, seven pages and three groups after being tipped
off to the use of `a number of deceptive tactics, including the
use of fake accounts.' ... Facebook said that the pages it
removed had about 15,500 accounts following one or more,
while 2,200 accounts joined at least one of the groups. The
company said its investigation had found 'links to individuals
associated with the Chinese government.' Though Facebook
is not considering a ban on advertising from state-sponsored
media, the company said it is working on additional
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-- Hong Kong's leader said she will try to have a
dialogue with protesters who want her gone, but didn't
offer any specifics. From the AP: "Chief Executive Carrie
Lam also said the city's police watchdog will carry out a fact-
finding study of the protests and related incidents as it looks
into 174 complaints about police behavior. The movement
held a massive but peaceful rally on Sunday after earlier
protests had been marked by violence. The government has
conditioned dialogue on the leaderless protest movement
remaining peaceful. Lam didn't say that the communication
platform will be used to specifically contact protesters. It will
be used for `open and direct' dialogue with people from all
walks of life, she told reporters, while giving few specifics on
how it would work. ... Lam's comments fell short of the
protesters' five demands, which include her resignation and
an independent inquiry into what they say was police
brutality."
-- Flexing its muscle, a rising China is investing heavily
in Central Europe. But there are lots of strings
attached, and some countries are already coming to
regret the relationship. Michael Birnbaum reports: "Czech
President Milos Zeman has met with Chinese President Xi
Jinping eight times — an unusual amount of face time for
the leader of 10 million people. Zeman has welcomed
Chinese investment and tried to position his country as
China's portal to Europe. He even appointed a Chinese
business tycoon, Ye Jianming, as an economic adviser. ...
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-- A British consular official was detained by Chinese
authorities while returning from a trip to China, the
British government said. Gerry Shih reports: "Simon
Cheng, a 28-year-old trade and investment officer at the
consulate, planned to attend a technology conference in the
border city of Shenzhen on Aug. 8 and return to Hong Kong
the same day by high-speed train, his girlfriend told Hong
Kong news website HK01.com.
Cheng's disappearance
threatens to further strain China's already tense relations
with the West. Beijing, locked in an increasingly bitter trade
dispute with the United States, has accused Washington
and London of fomenting protests that have convulsed Hong
Kong, a former British colony."
-- Democracy in retreat: Turkey suspended three of its
mayors over allegations that they're linked to Kurdish
militants. Kareem Fahim reports: "The suspension came
five months after the mayors won landslide victories in local
polls. Opposition parties criticized the move as anti-
democratic, saying it was the latest evidence that President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government is intent on
marginalizing pro-Kurdish voices. The mayors — of
Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van provinces — are members of
the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, a pro-
Kurdish party. Between them, they won nearly a million votes
in local elections held in March — easily defeating
candidates from Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development
Party, or AKP. Erdogan has frequently accused the HDP of
links to the militant Kiirrlistan VVnrkars' Party nr PKK whirh
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has fought a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish
government."
-- India loosened its clampdown on Kashmir, but the
region's leaders remain detained. Joanna Slater and
Niha Masih report: "Residents of Srinagar, the Kashmiri
capital, confirmed that the authorities had reconnected some
landlines, although many were still unreachable. Mobile
connections and Internet access remained severed, and
hundreds of local politicians were being held
incommunicado. Most schools remained closed. ... It is not
clear how long the clampdown will last. ... A top local
bureaucrat had pledged Friday that within days, life in
Jammu and Kashmir, as the region is officially known,
`would become completely normal.' But there was little sign
of that Monday."
-- "A young Indian couple married for love. Then the
bride's father hired assassins," Slater reports: "Pranay
Perumalla strode into the wedding hall in a midnight blue
suit, his face lit by a grin as he clasped the hand of his
bride, Amrutha Varshini. ... One bright afternoon less than a
month later, the couple left a doctor's appointment in the
small southern Indian city where they grew up. A man came
up behind them carrying a large butcher knife in his right
hand. He hacked Pranay twice on the head and neck, killing
him instantly. Pranay, 23, was a Dalit, a term used to
describe those formerly known as `untouchables.' Amrutha,
21, belongs to an upper caste. Her rich and powerful family
viewed the couple's union as an unacceptable humiliation.
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Her father, T. Maruthi Rao, was so enraged that he hired
killers to murder his son-in-law, court documents say."
-- A woman in El Salvador who was charged in the
death of her stillborn baby was acquitted by a judge, a
ruling that advocates say is a win in a country with one
of the world's most severe abortion bans. Michael Brice-
Saddler reports: "A judge's decision to acquit 21-year-old
Evelyn Hernandez marks the culmination of a tragic saga
that began when she was raped at the age of 18, her
lawyers said. Those close to Hernandez say she didn't know
she was nearly 34 weeks pregnant in 2016, when she
walked into a latrine and delivered a stillborn child. Her
mother found her, bleeding and unconscious, before rushing
her to a hospital. Paula Avila Guillen, director of Latin
America Initiatives at the Women's Equality Center, said a
doctor concluded that Hernandez's condition was a result of
an "incomplete abortion." Police discovered her fetus in the
latrine and charged Hernandez with aggravated homicide. In
2017, she was handed a 30-year prison sentence."
-- The U.S. warned Greece against hosting the Iranian
tanker that was released by Gibraltar a few days ago.
From the Wall Street Journal: The United States said "those
who facilitate the vessel, which is carrying oil deemed illicit,
would face immigration and potential criminal
consequences. `We have conveyed our strong position to
the Greek government on the matter, as well as all ports in
the Mediterranean that should be forewarned about
facilitating this vessel,' the State Department said. The
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Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1, previously called the Grace 1,
was moving eastward toward Kalamata, Greece, and is
expected to arrive there on Monday, according to shipping
tracker MarineTraffic. The tanker left Gibraltar's waters late
Sunday after the territory's Justice Ministry rejected a
warrant from the U.S. Justice Department seeking its
seizure for alleged violations of American sanctions.
Gibraltar officials said the territory follows the European
Union's laws, not the U.S.'s."
-- Australian Cardinal George Pell, the highest Vatican
official jailed for child abuse in the Catholic Church's
2,000-year history, appealed his guilty verdict. A.
Odysseus Patrick reports: "Pell will appear before three
judges of the Victorian Supreme Court on Wednesday
morning in Australia, and learn if he has been able to
overturn a conviction for sexually assaulting two choir boys.
Justices Anne Ferguson, Chris Maxwell and Mark Weinberg
could uphold the conviction, order a retrial, or dismiss some
or all of the charges and allow the 78 year-old to walk out of
the court building in downtown Melbourne a free man. ...
Lawyers said it was impossible to predict if the cardinal's
appeal would succeed."
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Trump coopted this Greenland meme:
Hillary Clinton hit back at Trump, who shared a misleading
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study about the results of the 2016 election:
In Minnesota last night, Elizabeth Warren drew what
appears to be the biggest crowd of her whole campaign:
Meanwhile, another presidential candidate from Warren's
home state got carded in Iowa. He just cannot catch a
break:
Kamala Harris's husband shared a picture from the beach,
where they snuck in some time after a fundraiser:
Mayor Pete Buttigieg is leading in a very Hamptons-specific
poll:
A number of Sinclair Broadcast Group stations ran and
promoted stories on their websites about new Trump
campaign merchandise:
After the leaders of the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed
Trumn's reelection. one of its members (a former chair of
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the New Hampshire GOP) stepped down in protest:
The president once again lashed out against one of his
former aides:
Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary since journalist
James Foley was murdered by ISIS in Syria:
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"So yes, you know, your candidate might be better on, I
don't know, health care than Joe is, but you've got to look
at who's going to win this election, and maybe you have to
swallow a little bit and say, `Okay, I personally like so and
so better,' but your bottom line has to be that we have to
beat Trump," said Jill Biden, the wife of Joe Biden, during
a campaign event in New Hampshire. "You may like
another candidate better, but you have to look at who's
going to win. And Joe is that person." (NBC News)
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
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Joe Biden is going on the air with his first ad in Iowa:
The White House shared a video of workers, speaking
Spanish, putting up portions of the border fence:
In a widely circulated speech, former congressman Beto
O'Rourke spoke to Arkansan voters about the ubiquitous
presence of racism in America's history:
Hasan Minhaj investigated why America's public transit
systems aren't the best:
And Trevor Noah explored the concept of "Donsplaining":
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in Afghanistan
Women attend a rally for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's reelection campaign in Kabul on Aug. 5. He is
seeking a second term on promises of ending the 18-year war, but he's been largely sidelined over the past
year as the United States negotiated directly with the Taliban. (Rafiq Maqbool/AP)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Alfaro
THE BIG IDEA: In 1776, Abigail Adams wrote a letter to her
husband as the colonists prepared to declare independence. "And.
by the way, in the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary
for you to make. I desire you would remember the ladies and be more
generous and favorable to them than your ancestors," the future first
lady pleaded to John Adams. "Do not put such unlimited power into the
hands of the husbands. Remember. all men would be tyrants if they
could."
Imagine how much greater a country we might be today if the
Founding Fathers had heeded her call to "remember the ladies"
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from the get-go. Their failure to do so was one of America's original
sins. Instead, women would not be guaranteed the right to vote for
another 143 years. Things have improved significantly, but the pay gap
and sexual assault remain endemic.
Marianne Williamson is alarmed that the mistakes made at the
dawn of our republic will be repeated in Afghanistan as the United
States negotiates a troop drawdown with the Taliban. While her
fellow Democratic presidential candidates tout their desire to end
America's longest war as soon as possible, the author and self-help
guru has emphasized more than any of her rivals the need to use the
leverage that comes with a large troop presence to extract enforceable
security guarantees for women and girls. She says a gentleman's
agreement is not good enough.
The 67-year-old said during an interview yesterday afternoon that
she's been concerned about the subjugation of Afghan women
since long before the U.S. invasion in the wake of 9/11. "This has
been a feminist issue since before 2001," Williamson told me as she
drove from Sioux City, Iowa, to Des Moines. "One positive thing that's
come from us being there has been the lessening of brutality towards
women and the rights of women that came into full expression as a
result of liberation."
Schoolgirls study near their temporary homes on the outskirts of Kabul. Attacks on schools in Afghanistan
tripled in 2018, according to the United Nation's children's agency. (Rahmat Gut/AP)
Williamson expresses visceral concern that conditions for women
will revert to the way they were during the last time the Taliban
dominated if President Trump agrees to a bad deal. Women were
not allowed to attend school before. Today, about 3.5 million are
enrolled in primary and secondary schools. Women were routinely
flogged for not wearing full-body burgas or if they went outside without a
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male chaperone. Today, women can vote. In fact, they constitute a
larger share of the parliament in Afghanistan than of the Senate in the
United States.
Williamson said she's been closely tracking coverage of the
ongoing negotiations, and she finds it "very disturbing" that
safeguarding the gains made by women over the past 18 years has
not been a top priority. "I know some people seem to think that this
new generation of Taliban leadership is somewhat more lenient towards
women, but that to me is not enough," she explained. "I want to see that
subject front and center as part of America's official negotiating posture."
She would not have excluded the Afghanistan government from
the bilateral U.S. talks with the Taliban. Williamson said she would
consult closely with Afghanistan's ambassador to the United States,
who is a woman, and speak directly with other female leaders in Kabul's
civil society to get their input on what a workable deal might look like. "If
we're going to talk about moving forward in a new direction, then we
have to start now," she said. "The rights and the protections of the
women of Afghanistan in current negotiations with the Taliban is a
perfect example. We must not wait and do these kinds of things later."
Marianne Williamson delivers a campaign speech. (Alex Welsh for The Washington Post)
To be sure, Williamson is still a dove at heart. On Monday, for
example, she unveiled a detailed plan to create a Department of
Peace. But while her odds of winning the nomination certainly
remain slim to none, the first-time candidate is devoting a ton of
time on the trail to talking about a profoundly important issue that,
frankly, seems like an afterthought for the top-tier candidates. It's
always a crowd-pleaser when the various candidates promise to "end
the endless wars." Trump does it at his rallies, as well. But the degree to
which Williamson emphasizes that a pullout must be done in a
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thoughtful manner is striking. For folks who know only the reductionist
caricature of her that they've seen during the first two debates, it's also
surprising.
Williamson chastises her fellow Democrats for leaning on talking
points when it comes to matters of war and peace. "'Bring them
home' is a slogan. It's how we bring them home and under what
conditions do we bring them home," she told me. "I wouldn't be running
if I thought that everything that needed to be said was already being
said about this and so many other things. ...
"Large groups of desperate people should be seen as a national
security risk," she continued. "Large groups of desperate people are
more vulnerable to ideological capture by genuinely psychotic forces.
Until we have a fundamental break with the thinking and the behavioral
patterns of the past, all we're doing is removing a symptom that will
almost inevitably morph into another one down the road."
Women listen to a speech during the closing ceremony of the Afghan government's loya jirga, which
translates to grand assembly, in Kabul this spring. (Jawad Jalali/EPA-EFE)
Giving women seats at the table would be a central aim of
Williamson's foreign policy doctrine. "Over and above the fact that
we're half the human race, and violence against women is as egregious
a human rights violation as could possibly exist on the planet, there is
no serious path forward for peace on Earth that does not include much
greater attention given to the rights and the protection of women," she
said. "There are four factors which, when present, statistically raise the
probability of peace and decrease the probability of conflict. Number
one is an expansion of economic opportunities for women. Number two
is the reduction of violence against women. Number three is the
expansion of educational opportunities for children. And number four is
the amelioration of unnecessary human suffering."
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Williamson said that the voters she's been talking with seem to
appreciate her nuanced views vis-a-vis Afghanistan. She said she
doesn't discuss the country because she thinks it will garner support but
because she thinks the issue is critically important. "It is my experience
that the American people are so much smarter than the conventional
political establishment seems to think," she said. "I don't think the role of
leadership is to wait to be told what you should talk about. I think the
role of leadership is to say what needs to be said."
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THE DOMESTIC AGENDA:
-- Lucy and the football, cont.: The inside story of how Trump
caved to the National Rifle Association yet again on taking
meaningful action to curb gun violence. Josh Dawsey and David
Nakamura report: "Since the shootings, NRA officials have repeatedly
told the president and senior White House officials that universal
background checks won't do much to prevent mass shootings,
according to people familiar with the private conversations. NRA
officials also have lobbied Vice President Pence's office and acting
White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, as well as governors and
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lawmakers who face potentially difficult reelection races in 2020. ...
White House aides and NRA officials have pointed out to Trump that
many of the states he needs to win next year have a strong contingency
of NRA members who would be frustrated if Trump made any drastic
moves on gun control. ...
"Trump's campaign commissioned a poll on guns after this
month's shootings, and his political advisers warned him that
there is little support for significant action among Republican
voters, and even some Democrats, people familiar with the
conversations said. 'He is going to be very careful,' said one person
close to the president ... 'He isn't inclined to do much right now.' ...
"Some Republicans noted that Trump has shown no inclination to
lead an effort on any legislation opposed by the GOP base. Last
year, he floated support for offering a path to citizenship for some
undocumented immigrants in exchange for billions in funding for a
border wall but quickly backed off in the face of a conservative backlash.
In February 2017, a week after taking office, Trump rolled back
Obama-era regulations aimed at making it more difficult for
mentally ill people to buy firearms. [He did so at the behest of the
NRA.]
"Behind the scenes, Trump's communication with key lawmakers,
including Sen. Joe Manchin III, a moderate Democrat from West
Virginia who has sought to develop bipartisan gun-control
measures, has gone mostly cold, according to Capitol Hill aides. ...
[Mitch] McConnell has rebuffed calls to bring the Senate back to
Washington to deal with the issue, and his advisers acknowledged that
he is unlikely to act without Trump's leadership. McConnell has told
advisers that he would push legislation only if the president were fully on
board."
-- Meanwhile, Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) co-sponsored the Democratic
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bill to ban assault weapons. "They are weapons of mass slaughter,"
he told the New York Daily News. "I don't see any need for them in
everyday society." King said he hopes other House Republicans follow
him, but he's not optimistic.
-- A group of states is preparing to move forward with a joint
antitrust investigation of big technology companies. From the Wall
Street Journal: "The effort involving state attorneys general is expected
to be formally launched as soon as next month. It is likely to focus on
whether a handful of dominant technology platforms use their
marketplace powers to stifle competition. As part of the probe, the states
are likely to issue civil investigative demands, similar to subpoenas, to
tech companies and other businesses. The new investigation could
dovetail with plans by the Justice Department, which last month
announced its own antitrust review that will focus on tech companies
including Alphabet Inc.'s Google unit and Facebook Inc. ... The political
makeup of the multistate group isn't set. A bipartisan probe could give
the investigation broader leverage and help insulate GOP officials from
questions over whether their actions are motivated by political concerns,
such as how online platforms treat conservative speech."
-- Planned Parenthood officially pulled out of a federal family
planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration
"gag rule" prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions.
From the AP: "Alexis McGill Johnson, Planned Parenthood's acting
president and CEO, said the organization's nationwide network of health
centers would remain open and strive to make up for the loss of federal
money. But she predicted that many low-income women who rely on
Planned Parenthood services would 'delay or go without' care. 'We will
not be bullied into withholding abortion information from our patients,'
said McGill Johnson. 'Our patients deserve to make their own health
care decisions, not to be forced to have Donald Trump or Mike Pence
make those decisions for them.' ... Planned Parenthood was not the
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only organization dropping out. Maine Family Planning, which is
unaffiliated with Planned Parenthood, also released its letter of
withdrawal Monday. The National Family Planning & Reproductive
Health Association, an umbrella group for family planning clinics, is
suing to overturn the regulations."
Conway: The fundamentals of our economy are very strong'
-- The White House is eyeing a temporary payroll tax cut as a way
to reverse the economic slowdown. Damian Paletta reports: "The
talks are still in their early stages and have included a range of other tax
breaks. The officials also have not decided whether to formally push
Congress to approve any of these measures ... But the White House
increasingly is discussing ideas to boost a slowing economy ... Even
though deliberations about the payroll tax cut were held Monday, the
White House released a statement disputing that the idea was actively
under 'consideration.' ... Workers pay payroll taxes on income up to
$132,900, so cutting the tax has remained a popular idea for many
lawmakers, especially Democrats seeking to deliver savings for middle-
income earners and not the wealthiest Americans.
"But payroll tax cuts can also add dramatically to the deficit and —
depending on how they are designed — pull billions of dollars
away from Social Security. The payroll tax cuts during the Obama
administration reduced taxes by more than $100 billion each year, but
the administration directed revenue to Social Security programs so
those initiatives did not lose money. The cuts added to the deficit,
however. If Washington implemented a similarly sized reduction, the tax
cut could equate to a bigger tax break for many families than the 2017
tax law." (Economics correspondent Heather Long prepared 15
charts to compare the Trump economy to the Obama economy.)
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-- Nearly 3 out of 4 economists surveyed by the National
Association for Business Economics predict a recession in the
United States by 2021. Jonnelle Marte reports: "The outlook reflects
growing skepticism among economists and investors that the U.S.
economy will be able to withstand a protracted trade war with China
without serious harm amid a weakening global outlook. ... The survey of
226 economists was conducted from July 14 to Aug. 1, before Trump
announced the latest round of tariffs against China and before the last
bout of market volatility. The report reinforced the pessimism seen
earlier this year, illustrating that for many economists the question is not
so much whether the U.S. economy will enter a recession but when.
Some economists delayed the timeline for when they expect a
slowdown to start. The share of economists expecting a recession this
year dropped to 2 percent from 10 percent in February. In addition, 34
percent now expect a recession in 2021, up from 25 percent in
February. Still, about 4 out of 10 economists expect a slowdown in
2020, roughly unchanged from the previous report."
-- Trump called on the Fed to cut interest rates by at least 100 basis
points while attempting to play down the risk of a recession. He
also pinned the blame for a potential economic downturn on the
central bank and its chairman, Jerome Powell. Felicia Sonmez and
Damian Paletta report: "The Fed funds rate, which Trump is trying to tell
central bankers to cut, is currently set at 2.25 percent. Slashing it 100
basis points would lower this rate to 1.25 percent, giving them very little
additional wiggle room to maneuver if a full-fledged recession began. ...
Fed officials have said they do not make decisions based on political
pressure, but Trump has taken his attacks on the central bank to new
extremes, particularly this month amid numerous signs that the U.S.
economy is weakening more than expected. ... Trump's Twitter posts on
Monday marked a new wrinkle in his push for the Fed to cut interest
rates. In the past, he has said such a move is necessary to help the
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U.S. economy. But on Monday, he said it would be necessary to help
the world economy. Other central banks, however, have already begun
cutting interest rates, and it's unclear why Trump believes that specific
actions by the Fed would be enough to lift countries such as Germany
out of a downturn."
-- Trump's industrial policy takes a hit: U.S. Steel plans to lay off
hundreds of workers in Michigan. From Reuters: "In a Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed on Aug. 5, the Pittsburgh-
based company said it expects to let go fewer than 200 workers
following its decision to halt production at the Michigan facility. In mid-
June, the company said it would idle two blast furnaces at its Great
lakes and Gary Works plants, citing lower steel prices and softening
demand. U.S. Steel said the lay-offs at the Michigan plant could last
beyond six months. They will impact nearly every area of the facility,
from blast furnace to finishing operations, a company spokeswoman told
Reuters."
-- Another sign of an economic slowdown: RV shipments are
slipping. Elkahrt, Ind., the capital of the country's recreational-vehicle
industry, is often watched by economists and investors for early
indications of waning consumer demand for luxury items — an early sign
of economic anxiety. (Wall Street Journal)
-- But resilient U.S. earnings buck recession fears, per the Financial
Times: "Earnings season in the US has gone better than analysts
anticipated. Despite early forecasts for dismal second-quarter results,
earnings for S&P 500 constituents are down just 0.4 per cent as of
Monday."
-- Global stocks paused this morning as investors took a wait-and-
see approach to trade developments and the Fed's next moves, per
the Wall Street Journal: "The Stoxx Europe 600 ticked up 0.1%, with
rises in its health-care constituents mostly offset by losses in its basic-
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resources sector. ... Shares in the world's largest miner, BHP Group,
dropped 1% after Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie said the trade
dispute between the world's two largest economies had clouded the
company's outlook. In Asia, major indexes were mostly positive or flat,
though Hong Kong's Hang Seng slipped 0.2% as recent political
protests put pressure on the city's government to enter talks. Japan's
Nikkei gained 0.6% and the Korean Kospi jumped more than 1%. ...
Investors will pay close attention to the minutes from the Federal
Reserve's latest meeting on Wednesday, as well as any statements
from Chairman Jerome Powell ahead of the economic symposium in
Jackson Hole, Wyo., starting on Friday. The U.S. dollar was unchanged
on Tuesday, holding on to its recent gains."
-- The bigger threat: Climate change could cost the U.S. economy
up to 10.5 percent of its GDP by 2100, according to a new study
published yesterday. Andrew Freedman reports: "At a time when
there's concern about a global economic downturn, the new study,
published as a working paper in the National Bureau of Economic
Research, warns of a far bigger cut to economic growth if global
warming goes unchecked. ... The study found that continued
temperature increases of about 0.072 degrees per year (0.04 Celsius)
under a roughly `business as usual,' or high-emissions, scenario would
yield a 7.2 percent cut to GDP per capita worldwide by 2100. (This is
relative to a world in which countries see temperature increases equal to
their 1960 to 2014 rate of change.) In contrast, if countries were to cut
greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris climate agreement,
then such effects could be limited to closer to a 1.1 percent loss in GDP
per capita."
-- The White House has mounted an effort to prevent any more
automakers from joining a pact with California to oppose the
president's auto emissions rollbacks. From the Times: "Toyota, Fiat
Chrysler and General Motors were all summoned by a senior Trump
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adviser to a White House meeting last month where he pressed them to
stand by the president's own initiative, according to four people familiar
with the talks. But even as the White House was working to do this, it
was losing ground. Yet another company, Mercedes-Benz, is now
preparing to join the California agreement, according to two people
familiar with the German company's plans. Mr. Trump, described by
three people as 'enraged' by California's deal, has also demanded that
his staffers step up the pace to complete his plan. His proposal,
however, is directly at odds with the wishes of many automakers, which
fear that the aggressive rollbacks will spark a legal battle between
California and the federal government that could split the United States
car market in two."
Garner family reacts to NYPD firing of the officer whose chokehold led to Eric Garner's death
-- The New York Police Department fired the officer who was
caught on video with his arm around the neck of 43-year-old Eric
Garner just before he died five years ago. Devlin Barrett reports:
"NYPD Commissioner James P. O'Neill announced the decision
Monday, weeks after a departmental disciplinary judge recommended
the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, be terminated. Pantaleo's union said they
would try to overturn the decision. 'In this case the unintended
consequence of Mr. Garner's death must have a consequence of its
own,' said O'Neill. 'It is clear that Daniel Pantaleo can no longer
effectively serve as a New York City police officer.' O'Neill called the
decision `extremely difficult,' acknowledging that the move probably
would anger rank-and-file officers. 'If I was still a cop, I'd probably be
mad at me,' he said."
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-- Attorney General Bill Barr has replaced the head of the Bureau of
Prisons in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein's death in federal custody.
Devlin Barrett reports: "Hugh J. Hurwitz, the agency's acting head, will
be replaced by Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, who served as Bureau of
Prisons director from 1992 to 2003. Barr also appointed Thomas R.
Kane to serve as her deputy, a position currently vacant. ... Even before
Epstein's death, Justice Department officials privately expressed
frustration with senior officials at the Bureau of Prisons, but the apparent
management flaws found since have angered the department's leaders,
including the attorney general. ... The Justice Department sent
additional Bureau of Prisons personnel from across the country to
buttress the workforce [at the Manhattan correctional center], and a
suicide reconstruction team was sent to the facility to determine exactly
how Epstein died."
-- Epstein signed his will just two days before his suicide, leaving
behind a nearly $600 million fortune, according to court documents
obtained by the New York Post: "The court document, filed in the US
Virgin Islands, where the convicted sex molester owned two isles ... was
filed Aug. 8. The 66-year-old former hedge-fund manager was worth
$577,672,654, or about $18 million more than he previously stated in
court papers while futilely trying to land bail on federal sex-trafficking
charges, the new documents show. He put all of his holdings in a trust,
called The 1953 Trust, after the year he was born. ... Epstein's will was
filed with court officials in St. Thomas. One of the two Brooklyn lawyers
listed as witnessing its signing is Mariel A. Colon Miro — an attorney for
drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman. Miro was once accused of
flouting court rules by passing a phone to Chapo's wife so the spouse
could communicate with her imprisoned husband. Miro has denied the
claim.
II
-- Two members of the far-right Proud Boys were convicted of
assault for fighting with members of a leftist group in New York
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last year. Eli Rosenberg reports: "A jury found Maxwell Hare, 27, of
Harrisburg, Pa., and John Kinsman, 39, of Morristown, N.J., guilty of
attempted gang assault, three charges of attempted assault and rioting.
Hare and Kinsman were among 10 members of the Proud Boys charged
after the October street fight. All but three of them pleaded guilty to
various charges; one faces trial later."
Warren apologizes for Native American claims
MORE ON 2020:
-- While raising money from some of the nation's richest people in
the Hamptons, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) distanced herself from
the Medicare-for-all plan that she co-sponsored with Bernie
Sanders. From the Daily Beast: "I think almost every member of the
United States Senate who's running for president, and many others,
have signed on to a variety of plans in the Senate. And I have done the
same,' Harris said, according to remarks provided by her campaign. 'All
of them are good ideas, which is why I support them. And I support
Medicare-for-all. But as you may have noticed, over the course of the
many months, I've not been comfortable with Bernie's plan.' ... That the
senator now has reservations about the legislation was not, her
campaign argued, a matter of political convenience but, rather, the end
product of having worked on the issue more."
-- Harris, who emphasized to the Hamptons crowd that she
believes in capitalism, also held finance events on Martha's
Vineyard. She wasn't the only candidate trying to curry favor with
moneyed elites. From Bloomberg News: "Harris's event on Sunday
night went head to head with one at musician Jon Bon Jovi's house for
Cory Booker. Pete Buttigieg will be in the Hamptons over Labor Day
weekend. Joe Biden, who'll be in the Hamptons next weekend, has
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already hit up Cape Cod, Aspen and Sun Valley, Idaho. In the woods of
Water Mill, at the home of public-relations executive Michael Kempner,
Aretha Franklin and Alicia Keys songs played in the background as
former Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards, Centerview Partners'
Blair Effron and Citigroup's Ray McGuire waited to hear Harris's pitch
while would-be donors grazed on mini pizza."
-- Sanders fired back:
-- But Harris is not the only Democrat backing off her support from
Medicare-for-all. Chelsea Janes and Michael Scherer report: "In recent
months, amid polling that shows concern among voters about ending
private insurance, several of the Democratic hopefuls have shifted their
positions or their tone, moderating full-throated endorsement of
Medicare-for-all and adopting ideas for allowing private insurance in
some form. ... Former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke, who in 2017
embraced Medicare-for-all as the `best way,' now similarly supports a
plan that would preserve the current employer-based insurance system.
... Five of the seven U.S. senators in the race have co-sponsored
the Medicare-for-all bill drafted by [Sanders]. But they have begun
to shade their messages, suggesting that the bill represents a long-
term vision rather than an immediate plan. Many of the candidates
are now focusing on steps they say would push the country closer to
universal health care without a major disruption, such as creating a
'public option' that would let people join Medicare without making it
mandatory. Sen. Cory Booker (N.J.), for example, co-sponsored the
Sanders bill and emphasizes that he still supports it, but he describes
himself as a 'pragmatist' who would focus on `the immediate things we
would do,' which do not include eliminating private health insurance."
-- Sen. Elizabeth Warren opened her remarks at a Native American
presidential forum with a more straightforward version of the
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apology she has offered in the past for identifying as a Native
American for two decades while she was a law professor. "I want to
say this, like anyone who's been honest with themselves, I know that I
have made mistakes," Warren (D-Mass.) said. "I am sorry for harm that I
have caused. I have listened, and I have learned a lot, and I am grateful
for the many conversations that we've had together."
"Warren used her appearance Monday to try to pivot toward policy
— she recently released a lengthy proposal about how she would
try to help close health, income and wealth disparities in Native
American communities," Annie Linskey and Holly Bailey report. "The
bulk of her appearance focused on parts of that plan, which would
provide tribal leaders with far more influence than they now have over
federal policy that affects their land. She was introduced by Rep. Deb
Haaland (D-N.M.), one of the first two Native American women to be
elected to Congress and a lawmaker who has worked with Warren on
part of her proposal. Haaland called it the 'boldest' plan yet to 'address
the promises that have been broken and the need in our communities.-
-- After a series of racist incidents that have shaken the state,
liberals in New Hampshire are grappling with reparations and racial
justice. Julie Zauzmer reports: "That's a major shift from the past, says
Gibson's Bookstore owner Michael Herrmann. Herrmann's quaint shop
in Concord has served as a pit stop for politicos for years. ... [Buttigieg,
Harris, Booker, Beto O'Rourke and Julian Castro] have stopped by in
the past few months. And white voters have asked them about their
stance on reparations. When candidates visited in 2016, reparations
never came up, Herrmann said. Now, it's part of the conversation. `It's
taken seriously in a way it wasn't just four years ago,' he said. ...
JerriAnne Boggis, the executive director of the Black Heritage Trail of
New Hampshire, said she has seen an uptick in interest from white
residents who want to learn about race. Her organization convenes lea
talks' on subjects like disenfranchisement or the role of religion in
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racism. A few years ago, an average talk drew 40 attendees. Recently,
300 people showed up to hear 'Black Girl in Maine' blogger Shay
Stewart-Bouley."
-- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) would not say if she would
oppose a political comeback by former senator Al Franken, whose
resignation she demanded amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
She did say, however, that she believes there is "always room for
redemption." Bob Costa reports: "And should her campaign fail to win
the Democratic nomination, Gillibrand said she'd be willing to serve as
the party's vice-presidential nominee. 'Of course,' she said. 'I will do
public service in all its forms.-
-- Former housing and urban development secretary Julian Castro
became the first 2020 candidate to introduce a comprehensive and
detailed animal welfare plan. From HuffPost: "Castro's plan calls for
$40 million in federal funding for a 'Local Animal Communities Grant
Program,' which would help defray the costs of vaccinating, spaying and
neutering animals. The money would also go toward programs that
promote animal adoption. The plan also says that new affordable
housing units will be pet-friendly. As part of his campaign, Castro has
laid out a housing plan that would create 3 million new affordable
housing units over 10 years. Castro also says he will work with
homeless shelters that receive federal support to `ensure pets belonging
to homeless individuals seeking refuge are not prohibited entry.-
-- Castro qualified for the September Democratic debates after
getting 2 percent in a CNN poll.
-- Hotel assignments for the Democratic National Convention in
Milwaukee next summer could stretch as far as Chicago's O'Hare
airport. From the Journal Sentinel: "Many of the delegates will be
housed in hotel clusters in downtown Milwaukee, near Mitchell
International Airport and in Brookfield, convention organizers have said.
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The hotels around O'Hare come into play because of their size and
ability to handle large group bookings. Organizers have noted that drive
times to Milwaukee are expected to be shorter in duration than trips to
conventions in Philadelphia in 2016 and Charlotte, N.C., in 2012.
Convention organizers are responsible for setting up a shuttle bus
system to get delegates to and from Fisery Forum."
-- Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications
director, says he was wrong about Trump all along in an op-ed for
today's newspaper: "This isn't a Road to Damascus moment; my
concerns have been building publicly for a while. And I'm not seeking
absolution. I just want to be part of the solution. The negatives of
Trump's demagoguery now clearly outweigh the positives of his
leadership, and it is imperative that Americans unite to prevent him from
serving another four years in office. When I decided to support Trump's
candidacy and later to work in his administration, it wasn't because I
agreed with all of his policies or liked every aspect of his personality.
"My public praise of the man was over the top at times, but my
private estimation of him was more measured," the Mooch
asserts. "I thought Trump, despite his warts, could bring a pragmatic,
entrepreneurial approach to the Oval Office. ... I naively thought that, by
joining the administration, I could counteract the far-right voices in the
room. I thought wrong. And, yes, many of you told me so. ... As we lie
on the bed of nails Trump has made, it's often difficult to see how much
the paradigm of acceptable conduct has shifted. For the Republican
Party, it's now a question of whether we want to start cleaning up the
mess or continue papering over the cracks."
-- Trump's base probably will not be enough to carry him in the
2020 election. From the Atlantic's Ron Brownstein: "The latest such
evidence comes in a new study released today by Navigator Research,
a consortium of Democratic research and advocacy groups. The report
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... examines a group that many analysts in both parties believe could
prove to be the key bloc of 2020 swing voters: Americans who say they
approve of Trump's management of the economy but still disapprove of
his overall performance as president. And it shows Trump facing
significant headwinds among that potentially critical group, partly
because of the divisive language and behavior he's taken to new
heights, or lows, since last weekend— tweeting about the
congresswomen and encouraging his supporters to attack them as well.
... In Navigator's polling, the economy emerges clearly as Trump's
greatest advantage. ... For now, these conflicted voters give the
president a crushing 55 percentage-point edge over congressional
Democrats when asked which side they trust more to handle the issue
... But on every other front, Trump faces headwinds. In the surveys,
these voters prefer congressional Democrats over Trump to handle
taxes (by nine points), immigration (by 10 points), and health care (by
34 points)."
Tlaib: Netanyahu took 'page out of Trump's book'
-- Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) blasted
Israel for blocking their visit. Rachael Bade reports: "Speaking to
reporters at the Minnesota state house in St. Paul, Omar called into
question the millions of dollars in U.S. aid given to Israel each year and
encouraged other lawmakers to visit in their stead to see first-hand the
humanitarian conditions of Palestinians on the ground, a top goal of
their upended trip. ... Tlaib, speaking at times through tears, took a
more personal approach, expressing remorse about not being able to
visit her grandmother who lives in the West Bank. After Israel blocked
their official visit, Tlaib (D-Mich.), a Palestinian American, made an
appeal to Israel officials to allow her to visit her relatives. Israeli officials
agreed, but would have required her to sign a promise restricting her
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speech and her movement. Tlaib ultimately declined to go. `My
grandmother said ... I'm her bird. She said I'm her dream manifested,'
Tlaib said, her voice growing angry as she started to cry. `I'm her free
bird, so why would I come back and be caged and bow down when my
election rose her head up high, gave her dignity for the first time?-
-- Months before blocking the congresswomen's entry into Israel,
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a letter opposing both
Democrats to Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.). Adam Taylor reports:
"The letter reveals that Netanyahu had long identified Tlaib and Omar —
fierce critics of Israeli policy on Palestinians — as a problem for his
government. At the heart of his opposition was the idea that they
support the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement.
Netanyahu's letter shows how the BDS movement and its growing
support could become a wedge between the Israeli government and
Democrats."
-- In June, Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) clashed with her left
flank after she and other moderates voted to approve $4.6 billion in
emergency aid for migrants at the border. She learned sometimes
your biggest foes are in your own party. Jenna Portnoy reports:
'"That week showed me that for some people, ideology matters more
than putting food in the mouth of a child,' she said. `And that was
stunning to me.' In the eight months that Spanberger has served in
Congress, she has been a lawmaker in the middle. ... As she steers
through the political divisions within her swing district, Spanberger is
also trying to navigate conflicts inside her own party. ... Spanberger and
other moderates thought an alternative bill had little chance of getting
through the Senate. ... The humanitarian aid package was just the sort
of hard-fought accomplishment that made it worth it to leave a good-
paying job at an education company and upend a stable suburban
family life, Spanberger said ... Then she read the torrent of insults
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directed at lawmakers like her."
-- Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), a close ally of Speaker Nancy
Pelosi, became the highest-ranking House Democrat to endorse
impeachment proceedings against Trump. He likely did this to boost
himself in a competitive primary for Senate in his home state. (Politico)
-- Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who appears vulnerable to a primary
challenge, said the media and GOP leaders owe him an apology
after he said that humanity might not exist if it weren't for rape and
incest. Felicia Sonmez reports: "He took aim at the Des Moines
Register, which broke the news of King's remarks, as well as the
Associated Press, which also reported on them. ... The Des Moines
Register did correct another quote it ran on King's remarks. But the part
about rape and incest was reported accurately."
Pouring rain soaks massive Hong Kong protest
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- Twitter and Facebook said they took action against China for
using hundreds of fake accounts to sow discord in Hong Kong.
Marie C. Baca and Tony Romm report: This marks "the first time the
social media giants had identified Beijing directly for spearheading such
an operation. Twitter said it was suspending nearly a thousand Chinese
accounts and banning advertising from state-owned media companies,
citing a `significant state-backed information operation' related to
protests in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Facebook said it was removing five
Facebook accounts, seven pages and three groups after being tipped
off to the use of 'a number of deceptive tactics, including the use of fake
accounts.' ... Facebook said that the pages it removed had about
15,500 accounts following one or more, while 2,200 accounts joined at
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least one of the groups. The company said its investigation had found
`links to individuals associated with the Chinese government.' Though
Facebook is not considering a ban on advertising from state-sponsored
media, the company said it is working on additional transparency
measures."
-- Hong Kong's leader said she will try to have a dialogue with
protesters who want her gone, but didn't offer any specifics. From
the AP: "Chief Executive Carrie Lam also said the city's police watchdog
will carry out a fact-finding study of the protests and related incidents as
it looks into 174 complaints about police behavior. The movement held a
massive but peaceful rally on Sunday after earlier protests had been
marked by violence. The government has conditioned dialogue on the
leaderless protest movement remaining peaceful. Lam didn't say that
the communication platform will be used to specifically contact
protesters. It will be used for `open and direct' dialogue with people from
all walks of life, she told reporters, while giving few specifics on how it
would work. ... Lam's comments fell short of the protesters' five
demands, which include her resignation and an independent inquiry into
what they say was police brutality."
-- Flexing its muscle, a rising China is investing heavily in Central
Europe. But there are lots of strings attached, and some countries
are already coming to regret the relationship. Michael Birnbaum
reports: "Czech President Milos Zeman has met with Chinese President
Xi Jinping eight times — an unusual amount of face time for the leader
of 10 million people. Zeman has welcomed Chinese investment and
tried to position his country as China's portal to Europe. He even
appointed a Chinese business tycoon, Ye Jianming, as an economic
adviser. ... The relationship has hit some serious bumps."
-- A British consular official was detained by Chinese authorities
while returning from a trip to China, the British government said.
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Gerry Shih reports: "Simon Cheng, a 28-year-old trade and investment
officer at the consulate, planned to attend a technology conference in
the border city of Shenzhen on Aug. 8 and return to Hong Kong the
same day by high-speed train, his girlfriend told Hong Kong news
website HK01.com. ... Cheng's disappearance threatens to further strain
China's already tense relations with the West. Beijing, locked in an
increasingly bitter trade dispute with the United States, has accused
Washington and London of fomenting protests that have convulsed
Hong Kong, a former British colony."
-- Democracy in retreat: Turkey suspended three of its mayors over
allegations that they're linked to Kurdish militants. Kareem Fahim
reports: "The suspension came five months after the mayors won
landslide victories in local polls. Opposition parties criticized the move
as anti-democratic, saying it was the latest evidence that President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government is intent on marginalizing pro-
Kurdish voices. The mayors — of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van provinces
— are members of the opposition Peoples' Democratic Party, or HDP, a
pro-Kurdish party. Between them, they won nearly a million votes in
local elections held in March — easily defeating candidates from
Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP. Erdogan has
frequently accused the HDP of links to the militant Kurdistan Workers'
Party, or PKK, which has fought a decades-long insurgency against the
Turkish government."
-- India loosened its clampdown on Kashmir, but the region's
leaders remain detained. Joanna Slater and Niha Masih report:
"Residents of Srinagar, the Kashmiri capital, confirmed that the
authorities had reconnected some landlines, although many were still
unreachable. Mobile connections and Internet access remained
severed, and hundreds of local politicians were being held
incommunicado. Most schools remained closed. ... It is not clear how
long the clampdown will last. ... A top local bureaucrat had pledged
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Friday that within days, life in Jammu and Kashmir, as the region is
officially known, 'would become completely normal.' But there was little
sign of that Monday."
-- "A young Indian couple married for love. Then the bride's father
hired assassins," Slater reports: "Pranay Perumalla strode into the
wedding hall in a midnight blue suit, his face lit by a grin as he clasped
the hand of his bride, Amrutha Varshini. ... One bright afternoon less
than a month later, the couple left a doctor's appointment in the small
southern Indian city where they grew up. A man came up behind them
carrying a large butcher knife in his right hand. He hacked Pranay twice
on the head and neck, killing him instantly. Pranay, 23, was a Dalit, a
term used to describe those formerly known as 'untouchables.' Amrutha,
21, belongs to an upper caste. Her rich and powerful family viewed the
couple's union as an unacceptable humiliation. Her father, T. Maruthi
Rao, was so enraged that he hired killers to murder his son-in-law, court
documents say."
-- A woman in El Salvador who was charged in the death of her
stillborn baby was acquitted by a judge, a ruling that advocates
say is a win in a country with one of the world's most severe
abortion bans. Michael Brice-Saddler reports: "A judge's decision to
acquit 21-year-old Evelyn Hernandez marks the culmination of a tragic
saga that began when she was raped at the age of 18, her lawyers said.
Those close to Hernandez say she didn't know she was nearly 34
weeks pregnant in 2016, when she walked into a latrine and delivered a
stillborn child. Her mother found her, bleeding and unconscious, before
rushing her to a hospital. Paula Avila Guillen, director of Latin America
Initiatives at the Women's Equality Center, said a doctor concluded that
Hernandez's condition was a result of an "incomplete abortion." Police
discovered her fetus in the latrine and charged Hernandez with
aggravated homicide. In 2017, she was handed a 30-year prison
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sentence."
-- The U.S. warned Greece against hosting the Iranian tanker that
was released by Gibraltar a few days ago. From the Wall Street
Journal: The United States said "those who facilitate the vessel, which is
carrying oil deemed illicit, would face immigration and potential criminal
consequences. `We have conveyed our strong position to the Greek
government on the matter, as well as all ports in the Mediterranean that
should be forewarned about facilitating this vessel,' the State
Department said. The Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1, previously called
the Grace 1, was moving eastward toward Kalamata, Greece, and is
expected to arrive there on Monday, according to shipping tracker
MarineTraffic. The tanker left Gibraltar's waters late Sunday after the
territory's Justice Ministry rejected a warrant from the U.S. Justice
Department seeking its seizure for alleged violations of American
sanctions. Gibraltar officials said the territory follows the European
Union's laws, not the U.S.'s."
-- Australian Cardinal George Pell, the highest Vatican official jailed
for child abuse in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history,
appealed his guilty verdict. A. Odysseus Patrick reports: "Pell will
appear before three judges of the Victorian Supreme Court on
Wednesday morning in Australia, and learn if he has been able to
overturn a conviction for sexually assaulting two choir boys. Justices
Anne Ferguson, Chris Maxwell and Mark Weinberg could uphold the
conviction, order a retrial, or dismiss some or all of the charges and
allow the 78 year-old to walk out of the court building in downtown
Melbourne a free man. ... Lawyers said it was impossible to predict if
the cardinal's appeal would succeed."
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Trump coopted this Greenland meme:
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Hillary Clinton hit back at Trump, who shared a misleading study about
the results of the 2016 election:
In Minnesota last night, Elizabeth Warren drew what appears to be the
biggest crowd of her whole campaign:
Meanwhile, another presidential candidate from Warren's home state
got carded in Iowa. He just cannot catch a break:
Kamala Harris's husband shared a picture from the beach, where they
snuck in some time after a fundraiser:
Mayor Pete Buttigieg is leading in a very Hamptons-specific poll:
A number of Sinclair Broadcast Group stations ran and promoted stories
on their websites about new Trump campaign merchandise:
After the leaders of the Log Cabin Republicans endorsed Trump's
reelection, one of its members (a former chair of the New Hampshire
GOP) stepped down in protest:
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The president once again lashed out against one of his former aides:
Yesterday marked the fifth anniversary since journalist James Foley was
murdered by ISIS in Syria:
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"So yes, you know, your candidate might be better on, I don't know, health
care than Joe is, but you've got to look at who's going to win this election,
and maybe you have to swallow a little bit and say, 'Okay, I personally like
so and so better,' but your bottom line has to be that we have to beat
Trump," said Jill Biden, the wife of Joe Biden, during a campaign event in
New Hampshire. "You may like another candidate better, but you have to
look at who's going to win. And Joe is that person." (NBC News)
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Joe Biden is going on the air with his first ad in Iowa:
The White House shared a video of workers, speaking Spanish, putting
up portions of the border fence:
In a widely circulated speech, former congressman Beto O'Rourke
spoke to Arkansan voters about the ubiquitous presence of racism in
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America's history:
Hasan Minhaj investigated why America's public transit systems aren't
the best:
And Trevor Noah explored the concept of "Donsplaining":
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Hope Hicks's FBI interviews underscore
Trump's impulse to stonewall and hold
back damaging info
President Trump kisses Hope Hicks goodbye on her last day as White House
communications director on March 29, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Alfaro
THE BIG IDEA: What emails about Ukraine does President Trump
think, or hope, will never get out?
During two interviews with FBI agents and members of Bob Mueller's
team last year, former White House communications director Hope
Hicks recounted the president's reaction to the discovery of damning
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emails about the meeting his son Donald Trump Jr., son-in-law Jared
Kushner and campaign chairman Paul Manafort took with a Russian
emissary at Trump Tower in June 2016.
"Throughout Hicks' conversations with Trump, it was clear to her that
Trump did not think the emails would get out," according to the FBI's
summary of her first interview, which was released on Monday night in
response to an open-records lawsuit. "Hicks' impression was Trump
meant the emails would not get out to the press, but he did not say
that explicitly."
Hicks said she thought the messages would come out eventually and
warned Trump that they would become "a massive" story." She wanted
"Junior" — as the FBI summaries refer to the president's eldest son — to
give an interview to a friendly media outlet, where he could take
"softball questions," to minimize the fallout. "The President said they
should not do anything, asked why so many people had the emails,
and said they needed to let the lawyers deal with it," Hicks recalled to
the FBI.
There are no fresh bombshells in these new summaries. The juiciest
material appeared in Mueller's 448-page report on his investigation into
Russian interference in the 2016 election. But the memos about
Hicks's FBI sit-downs, which both occurred in March 2018, offer a
revealing window into how Trump tries to control bad news. Trump's
unwillingness to rip off the Band-Aid and get out in front of bad facts
has resulted in a drip, drip, drip of revelations that have clouded most
of his tenure in office.
-- Hicks's comments are newly relevant against the backdrop of
the impeachment inquiry. The White House's categorical refusal to
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comply with subpoenas for documents, from phone records to emails,
has made it harder for investigators to corroborate sworn testimony
from witnesses about the alleged campaign to coerce Ukraine's new
president to announce an investigation into former vice president Joe
Biden in exchange for a White House meeting and nearly $400 million
in military aid that had already been approved by Congress.
A confidential White House review of Trump's decision to freeze the
aid has turned up hundreds of documents that reveal extensive efforts
to generate an after-the-fact justification for the decision and a debate
over whether the delay was legal, three of my colleagues reported last
week. But none of those emails have been turned over to investigators.
Trump appointees at the departments of State, Energy and Defense
have also defied subpoenas and refused to produce documents that
get at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. They have justified doing
so by making absolutist claims of presidential privilege that have led to
protracted litigation in the courts. The White House is refusing to
participate at all in the House Judiciary Committee's first impeachment
hearing on Wednesday.
For her part, Ivanka Trump repeatedly conducted official government
business on her personal email account throughout much of 2017,
sending hundreds of emails in potential violation of federal
recordkeeping rules. The White House adviser did so after her father
made Hillary Clinton's private email use as secretary of state a
centerpiece of his stump speech, egging on crowds as they chanted
"Lock her up." The House Oversight Committee has unsuccessfully
sought to subpoena Ivanka Trump's emails.
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Hope Hicks testifies during a closed-door hearing of the House Judiciary Committee
on June 19. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post)
-- House Democrats are also quietly debating whether they
should expand articles of impeachment to include charges
stemming from the Mueller report, including the episode Hicks
discussed with the FBI. "Members of the House Judiciary Committee
and other more liberal-minded lawmakers and congressional aides
have been privately discussing the possibility of drafting articles that
include obstruction of justice or other 'high crimes' they believe are
clearly outlined in [the Mueller report] — or allegations that Trump has
used his office to benefit his bottom line," Rachael Bade reports. "The
idea, however, is running into resistance from some moderate
Democrats wary of impeachment blowback in their GOP-leaning
districts, as well as Democratic leaders who sought to keep
impeachment narrowly focused on allegations that Trump pressured
Ukraine to investigate his political rivals ... The debate is expected to
play out in leadership and caucus meetings this week."
When the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Hicks to appear for
a closed-door interview this June about the possible instances of
obstruction of justice outlined in the Mueller report, the former White
House communications director refused to answer any question related
to her interactions with Trump after Election Day in 2016. Citing a
directive from White House lawyers, Hicks declined to answer 155
different questions from lawmakers, according to a transcript.
BuzzFeed News and CNN filed lawsuits under the Freedom of
Information Act to force the release of these FBI notes, known as
"302 reports," that were created as part of the two-year Mueller
probe. The 295-page tranche that went out last night is quite
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repetitive, and the interviews are still mostly whited out. The media
outlets pledged to challenge the heavy redactions as part of the
ongoing litigation to obtain records.
Hicks left the White House last year and now works at the Fox
Corporation in Los Angeles as a public relations executive. During
another closed-door deposition in February 2018, while she was still
employed by the White House, Hicks acknowledged that she
occasionally told "white lies" for Trump. Hicks was advised at the
beginning of both her interviews that it is a crime to lie to the FBI in the
course of an investigation, which she acknowledged.
-- Hicks told the FBI agents that "Trump was angry, surprised,
and frustrated" when Mueller was appointed as special counsel
in May 2017. "The only other time she had seen Trump like that was
when the Access Hollywood tape came out during the campaign,"
according to the FBI notes.
"Trump thought the fact that the intelligence community
assessed the Russians had interfered in the 2016 election was
his Achilles heel," she added, according to the summary. "Even if it
had no impact on the election, Trump thought that was what people
would think. He thought the assessment took away from what he did."
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Hope Hicks confers with Trump in the Oval Office on June 16, 2017. (Jabin
Botsford/The Washington Post)
-- Hicks was treated like family during her time as a member of
the Trump inner circle. The president referred to her affectionately
as "Hopey." He called her more often than his chief of staff at the time.
The onetime fashion model from Greenwich, Conn., whose dad was a
top executive at the NFL, was tight with the president's kids, who she
had gotten to know during her work for the Trump Organization before
the presidential campaign.
That's how she ended up in the White House residence on the
morning of June 22, 2017, with only Trump, Kushner and Ivanka
Trump. "Kushner had a manila folder with documents with him and
said to the President that they had found one thing that the President
should know about, but it was not a big deal," according to Hicks'
account. "Kushner told Trump that he, Don Jr. and Paul Manafort had
attended a meeting during the campaign. When he started to open the
folder, Hicks said, the president stopped him and said he did not want
to know about it." Hicks believed Kushner's folder included emails
about the June 2016 meeting.
The next week, on June 28, Kushner asked Hicks and his
spokesman Josh Raffel to go to the offices of someone whose
name has been redacted (perhaps a lawyer) to review
documents. "Hicks was shocked by the emails concerning the
meeting she and Raffel reviewed," the FBI write-up says. "She thought
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they looked really bad."
The next day, on June 29, Hicks joined Kushner, Ivanka Trump
and the president in his personal dining room to discuss about
the emails. "Hicks' initial reaction was that they should get in front of
the emails," according to the FBI summary. "Kushner responded that it
wasn't a big deal, just a meeting about Russian adoption. Kushner
reminded the president that he had previously mentioned a meeting,
and the President said he did not want to know about it."
When Hicks said the story was going to become "massive," the FBI
summary says, "the President did not want to talk about it and did not
want details." Trump then asked Kushner when his document
production was due. Kushner told him it would be a couple of weeks.
"Then leave it alone," Trump told Kushner, according to Hicks.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump board Air Force One in October. (Andrew
Harnik/AP)
Fast forward a week to July 7. Kushner and Ivanka Trump came
to Hicks's hotel room in Germany to confer about how to
respond to a story the New York Times was working on about
the Trump Tower meeting. The next day, while they were all at the
G-20 summit, Hicks alerted Trump about what the Times was chasing.
The president told her not to comment.
Hicks and Trump talked again later that day. "The President asked
what the meeting was about. Hicks told him Kushner and Junior had
told her the meeting was about Russian adoption," according to the
FBI summary. "The President said words to the effect of, 'Then just say
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that,' and dictated what she should say."
When they got to Air Force One for the flight back, one of
Junior's representatives texted Hicks the statement that the
president's son wanted to provide to the media. "She took that to
the President's cabin and read him Junior's statement," according to
the FBI summary. "He told her they should not respond. Hicks
advocated for providing the full story. The President did not say what
was wrong with Junior's statement, but just felt they were giving the
media too much. ... After meeting with Trump about Junior's statement,
Hicks returned to a seat and started texting with Junior. They worked
on the statement for a period and ultimately settled on the statement
that went to the press."
During that flight back to Washington, Hicks also went to Trump's
cabin to tell him that then-White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus
knew about the emails. There are four redacted paragraphs about what
happened next.
-- A reminder of what was in the emails: British music publicist Rob
Goldstone, who Don Jr. knew from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in
Moscow, emailed the candidate's son to say that he knew a person
who wanted "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."
Goldstone explained: "This is part of Russia and its government's
support of Trump"
"[I]f it's what you say I love it," Don Jr. replied, "especially later in the
summer."
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That's how the Trump Tower meeting got set up. It wasn't adoption.
During the transition, Hicks told reporters in a statement that the
Trump campaign had "no contact" with "any foreign entity," including
the Russians. She told the FBI that she recalled talking about this with
fellow advisers Kellyanne Conway, Stephen Miller, Jason Miller and
"probably" Kushner. "Hicks told the group she was planning to respond
to the press and there was no hesitation or pushback from any of
them," according to the FBI notes.
President Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn before boarding
Marine One on Monday. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
-- Other takeaways from the FBI notes released last night:
1. Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer, told FBI
agents in November 2018 that he informed Trump during the
campaign that he had spoken with a "woman from the Kremlin"
about the plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. "Cohen told
Trump he spoke with a woman from the Kremlin who had asked
specific and great questions about Trump Tower Moscow, and that he
wished Trump Organization had assistants that were that good and
competent," according to the FBI summary.
"He also said that in his letter to Congress about the development, he
initially wrote that he had 'limited contact with Russian officials.' But
that line was struck from the letter. Cohen said he did not know who
specifically struck it," BuzzFeed notes. "It was the decision of the JDA
to take it out," the document says, referring to lawyers from the Joint
Defense Aareement who represented the Trump family. Cohen. and
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Kushner, "and Cohen did not push back." Cohen also told the FBI that
he spoke with Trump's attorney Jay Sekulow about pardons after his
home and office were raided. Sekulow told the AP that Cohen's
statements were false.
2. Former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates told the
FBI that, if Rudy Giuliani had been the attorney general, some in
the president's orbit believed he wouldn't have recused himself,
as Jeff Sessions did, from the Russia investigation. "After the
recusal, he recalled conversations where people offered their opinion
that had Rudy Giuliani been attorney general, he would not have
recused himself," according to the FBI summary. "Gates knew Giuliani
had been the first choice for attorney general, but turned it down
because he wanted to be Secretary of State instead."
3. Former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein told the FBI
he was "angry, ashamed, horrified and embarrassed" at how Jim
Comey was fired as FBI director. "Rosenstein said he was asked
during a White House meeting one day before Comey's firing to
produce a memo laying out his concerns with the FBI chief. He said he
knew when he left the office that day that Comey would be fired,
though he said he did not expect for his memo to be immediately
released, and was surprised by the portrayal in the media that the
termination was his idea instead of the White House's," the AP reports.
"Rosenstein said he expected Comey would be contacted by either
Trump or Sessions so a meeting could be scheduled and he could be
fired in person. Comey instead learned of his firing from television while
speaking with agents in Los Angeles.
"At one point during the interview, as Rosenstein was describing how
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the Clinton case, the deputy attorney general 'paused a moment,
appearing to have been overcome by emotion, but quickly recovered
and apologized,' according to the FBI."
-- The Post just published a six-part digital series to go along
with the illustrated Mueller report. This is drawn directly from
episodes detailed in the report in which prosecutors found possible
evidence of obstruction of justice, as well as congressional testimony
and Washington Post reporting. Dialogue is taken from text messages,
contemporaneous notes and interviews conducted by Mueller's team
and the FBI. The digital project pairs with a graphic nonfiction book
being published today by Scribner.
-- Crowd-sourcing a Big Idea: I'm planning to write an edition of
the Daily 202 later this week on the 10 biggest storylines of the
2010s, based on reader input. If you could sum up this decade in
one word or phrase, what would it be? Besides Trump, what do you
think was the single most important story or issue of the decade? How
will history remember "the teens"? Message me at
James.Hohmann@washpost.com, and I'll highlight some of the most
thoughtful emails. Thanks to everyone who wrote in yesterday. So
many smart answers!
Attorney General William Barr listens as Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Nov. 26.
(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATIONS:
-- Attorney General Bill Barr has told associates he disagrees
with the
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key findings in an upcoming report about the FBI's Russia
investigation. Barr appears to disagree "that the FBI had enough
information in July 2016 to justify launching an investigation into
members of the Trump campaign," Devlin Barrett and Karoun Demirjian
scoop. "The Justice Department's inspector general, Michael
Horowitz, is due to release his long-awaited findings in a week, but
behind the scenes at the Justice Department, disagreement has
surfaced about one of Horowitz's central conclusions on the origins of
the Russia investigation. ... The inspector general report, currently in
draft form, is being finalized after input from various witnesses and
offices that were scrutinized by the inspector general. Barr or a senior
Justice Department official could submit a formal letter as part of that
process, which would then be included in the final report."
-- The Ukrainian government became aware of Trump's freeze on
military aid in July, according to former deputy foreign minister
Olena Zerkal. From the Times: "'We had this information,' Ms. Zerkal
said in an interview. 'It was definitely mentioned there were some
issues.' ... Ms. Zerkal's account is the first public acknowledgment by
a Ukrainian official that senior figures in Kyiv knew about the aid freeze
during the Trump administration's pressure campaign — and that the
Zelensky administration sought to keep that fact from surfacing
to avoid getting drawn into the American impeachment debate.
She said her own government blocked a trip she had planned to
Washington to meet members of Congress in October, worried she
would discuss matters related to impeachment and drag its president
into an inquiry he has been eager to avoid. 'They worried about this,'
she said of Mr. Zelensky's advisers. 'They said, 'This is not the time for
you to travel to D.C." The cancellation of her trip was confirmed by
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-- The Ukraine pressure campaign began as an effort to
undermine the Mueller investigation. Rosalind S. Helderman
reports: "As 2018 came to a close, the special counsel investigation
was bearing down on [Trump.] ... It was in this uncertain moment that
[Giuliani] said he had the idea to focus on Ukraine. ... The direct
connection between the Mueller investigation and the Ukraine pressure
campaign, often lost as the administration has reeled from controversy
to controversy, shows the deep imprint the Russia investigation has
had on the president. ... Giuliani has repeatedly said the public does
not appreciate the extent to which his work in Ukraine was driven by
the Mueller investigation, rather than — as Democrats have alleged —
as an effort to bolster Trump's 2020 reelection."
-- The Senate Intelligence Committee already investigated
allegations of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 campaign. From
Politico: "Trump's allies have defended his demand for political
investigations from Ukraine by claiming that the government in Kyiv
tried to sabotage his candidacy ... But the Republican-controlled
Senate Intelligence Committee thoroughly investigated that
theory, according to people with direct knowledge of the inquiry,
and found no evidence that Ukraine waged a top-down
interference campaign akin to the Kremlin's efforts to help
Trump win in 2016. The committee's Republican chairman, Richard
Burr of North Carolina, said in October 2017 that the panel would be
examining `collusion by either campaign during the 2016 elections.' But
an interview that fall with the Democratic consultant at the heart of the
accusation that Kyiv meddled, Alexandra Chalupa, was fruitless, a
committee source said, and Republicans didn't follow up or request
any more witnesses related to the issue."
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-- House Republicans said Trump acted out of "genuine"
concern about corruption in Ukraine and wariness about foreign
aid in a preemptive rebuttal to Democratic allegations that
Trump abused his power. Mike DeBonis reports: "In a 123-page
draft report, GOP investigators assert that Democrats failed to make
the case that Trump committed impeachable high crimes and
misdemeanors ... Nor, the Republicans say, do Democrats have a
basis for impeachment in Trump's decision to spurn House document
requests and witness subpoenas pertaining to Trump's Ukraine
dealings. Instead, the draft GOP report contends, the impeachment
effort is 'an orchestrated campaign to upend our political system' ...
The Republican report will serve as an initial blueprint for the GOP
defense of Trump..."
-- House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-
Calif.) said the majority's report will be released publicly today.
"We are putting the finishing touches on the report," he told MSNBC's
Rachel Maddow. The panel is scheduled to vote this evening to
approve its public release ahead of tomorrow's Judiciary hearing.
-- Federal prosecutors will probably bring more charges against
Giuliani's associates Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas. From NPR: "A
superseding indictment — which could add to or modify the existing
charges - is likely, prosecutors said on Monday, but also adding that
they're continuing to evaluate the case. The U.S. Attorney's Office for
the Southern District of New York and FBI investigators are making
their way through what prosecutor Douglas Zolkind called a
'voluminous' amount of evidence in the case — around 9 gigabytes'
worth. Clearing their way through that material — which includes
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set the stage for the next steps."
-- The IRS whistleblower who raised concerns about political
interference in the presidential audit program declined to
voluntarily appear for a transcribed interview with the Senate
Finance Committee, possibly because he was threatened with
retaliation by his superiors. From CNN: "After raising concerns over
the summer, the whistleblower met in November with Republican and
Democratic staffers on the committee but has declined an invitation to
appear for a follow-up
[T]he whistleblower declined the transcribed
interview after an official informed the whistleblower that it could be
considered a violation of IRS code to provide the committee with any
information related to an individual taxpayer. Under IRS code 6103,
IRS employees can be fired, fined or even jailed for disclosing taxpayer
information. It is unclear what next step the committee will take. One
option would be to issue a subpoena, but it is not clear that is the route
the committee would take."
-- Commentary from The Post's opinion page:
• Columnist Dana Milbank: "Pat Cipollone is the dog that
caught the car."
• The Editorial Board: "If Trump has a substantive
defense, he should send advisers to testify."
• Deputy editorial page editor Ruth Marcus:
"Impeachment feels a lot like Kavanaugh 2.0."
• Columnist Catherine Rampell: "The more love Always
Trumpers show, the more dangerous Trump becomes."
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Duncan Hunter leaves federal court after a hearing in San Diego.(Denis Poroy/AP)
DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE
OVERLOOKED:
-- Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) plans to plead guilty to misusing
campaign funds at a hearing set for 1 p.m. Eastern. "I think it's
important not to have a public trial for three reasons. And those three
reasons are my kids," Hunter said in an interview with San Diego-
based TV station KUSI. In July, federal prosecutors alleged that the
congressman used campaign donations to finance extramarital
affairs -- including trips, dinners and drinks -- with at least five
women, including three lobbyists, a woman who worked in his
congressional office and another who worked for a member of
House leadership. Hunter told the local TV station that he "did make
mistakes" but that "not a single dime of taxpayer money is involved in
this." He said he will plead guilty to only one of four counts against him
as part of the deal. "Whatever my time in custody is, I will take that
hit," he said.
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When he was first indicted last summer, Hunter called this a
politically motivated witch hunt and said he was looking forward
to the trial so he could fully vindicate himself. Initially, Hunter and
his wife were charged with using more than $250,000 in campaign
funds to pay for personal expenses including family vacations, theater
tickets and school tuition. The couple allegedly agreed in electronic
communications to claim that some of the expenses were intended to
help veterans, even though they weren't. Then, in June, Margaret
Hunter pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring with her husband to
spend $25,000 in campaign funds for personal use. As part of the plea
deal, she flipped on her husband and agreed to testify against him.
Today's plea deal means that the first two members of Congress
to endorse Trump for president in 2016 will be convicted
criminals. Hunter and Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) came out for Trump
in February of that year, about a week before Jeff Sessions became
the first senator to endorse Trump. Earlier this year, Collins resigned
from Congress and pleaded guilty to insider trading charges. The crime
he confessed to occured while he was standing on the White House
lawn at a picnic hosted by Trump. These episode underscore just how
swampy Trump's Washington has been.
Hunter didn't say whether he will resign as part of the plea deal,
but that seems like a safe assumption. He's already facing serious
primary challenges from former congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
and former San Diego city councilman Carl DeMaio, Felicia Sonmez
notes. Hunter won the congressional seat after his father, Duncan
Hunter Sr., retired from it to run for president in 2008.
-- The North Dakota company that Trump urged military officials
to hire for border wall construction received a $400 million
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contract to build a span of new barriers across an Arizona
wildlife refuge. Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey report: "North Dakota-
based Fisher Sand and Gravel won the contract to build in the Cabeza
Prieta National Wildlife Refuge in Yuma County, Ariz., the Defense
Department said, with a target completion date of Dec. 30, 2020.
Trump has repeatedly pushed for Fisher to get a wall-building
contract, urging officials with the Army Corps of Engineers to
pick the firm — only to be told that Fisher's bids did not meet
standards. Trump's entreaties on behalf of the company have
concerned some officials who are unaccustomed to a president getting
personally involved in the intricacies of government contracting.
"Trump has been enamored with Tommy Fisher, the company's
chief executive, who has made multiple appearances on Fox
News to promote his firm and insists that it would do a better job than
those the government had already chosen. ... Fisher has worked with
some Trump allies — including former Kansas secretary of state Kris
Kobach and ex-White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon — to build
border fencing on private land using private donations. ... Trump has
pledged to complete 450 to 500 miles of new border barriers by the
end of next year. So far his administration has built about 85 miles of
fencing, almost all of it in areas where tall steel bollards are replacing
smaller, older structures that were there before he took office."
-- A new biography of Melania Trump by CNN's Kate Bennett
reveals that the first lady doesn't just live in her own bedroom.
She actually lives on a different floor of the White House than the
president: "Melania Trump has her own quarters in the White House.
... It is true the first couple doesn't share a bedroom, according to
several sources, and the first lady prefers her own large, private space
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in a suite of rooms on a separate floor." Bennett also reveals that the
first lady was "beside herself with guilt" after her speech at the
Republican National Convention was criticized for including parts from
a speech given by Michelle Obama: "Not only did Melania Trump feel
badly for her speechwriter, she also felt she had let down her husband
on what should have been her most triumphant speaking engagement
to date. The truth was, sources conclude, it was Donald Trump that let
down Melania Trump. A skeleton staff of political neophytes neglected
to read Melania Trump's speech, much less vet it for content."
-- According to the new book, the first lady suspects that
longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone was behind the release
of nude photos from her modeling days during the 2016
campaign. From the Guardian: "Bennett also writes that the first lady
'still refuses to believe' her husband played a role in the release. ...
Stone denied Bennett's claim while the White House poured scorn on
her book."
-- The Supreme Court heard a Second Amendment case for the
first time in a decade, but the debate ended up being on whether
a case concerning gun restrictions is still worth considering.
Robert Barnes reports: "The controversy involves now-rescinded
restrictions unique to New York City about whether citizens who have a
license to keep a gun in their homes may transport them to firing
ranges outside of the city or to a second home in the state. After the
Supreme Court took the case to decide whether those restrictions
violated the constitutional right to keep and bear arms, the city got rid
of them. Then the state of New York passed a law that would keep
them from being reenacted. The unstated purpose of both the city and
state actions might have been to make the case moot and deny
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to carry a gun outside the home. ... The arguments Monday suggested
that New York would have had trouble defending the old regulations.
But most of the hour-long discourse was consumed with questions
about whether the court still has a live controversy before it, a
requirement for rendering an opinion. The court denied New York's
earlier plea to dismiss the case as moot. It said it would consider the
question after argument."
-- Barr's Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to let
federal executions proceed next week by "setting aside" a
district court's injunction that blocks it from carrying out lethal
injections as planned. Mark Berman reports: "This request, which
came hours after an appeals court blocked a similar application,
marked an escalation of the administration's push to restart federal
executions after a nearly two-decade hiatus. .... The Justice
Department argued in its 38-page filing Monday that the judge's
interpretation of the law is 'implausible.' The filing, signed by Noel
Francisco, the solicitor general, dismissed what it called a 'flawed
injunction against the implementation of lawful executions.' [Barr], in
announcing plans to resume executions, had said the department
owes it to victims to carry out the sentences, though some relatives of
the first inmate facing execution have urged the administration to call
off the lethal injection and sentence him to life in prison instead."
-- The Senate confirmed Trump's pick to replace Energy
Secretary Rick Perry. Several Democrats joined Republicans in
approving Deputy Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette's promotion, 70-
15. (AP)
-- Trump recently gave states the power to ban refugees. But
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deeply conservative and devout Utah wants more of them. Griff
Witte reports: "The governor, a Republican who aligns with Trump on
most issues, wrote the president a letter in late October. He didn't want
to keep refugees out. He didn't want to reduce their numbers. He
wanted Trump to send more. 'We empathize deeply with individuals
and groups who have been forced from their homes and we love giving
them a new home and a new life,' Gov. Gary R. Herbert wrote. Such
newcomers, he added, have become 'productive employees and
responsible citizens.' They have been an asset to Utah, he said, not a
liability. Republicans in the state legislature quickly backed up their
governor, daring to defy a president who has repeatedly shown an
unwillingness to tolerate intraparty dissent. So did Republican
members of the state's congressional delegation. So did Republicans
in city halls. Democrats across Utah added their support. 'I have to be
honest: I don't have any idea why it's a partisan issue nationally. It's
never been one here,' said Brad Wilson, the state's Republican
speaker of the House. 'Regardless of political party, we value these
people.",
-- Ballroom dancers say a clampdown on immigration is hurting
business. From the AP: "When no Americans replied to her ads
seeking a dance instructor, studio owner Chris Sabourin looked
overseas. But she was stymied again by a federal tightening of visa
application rules she and others contend is hampering the ballroom
dance industry. ... Federal records ... show a slight uptick since 2017
in initial denials of O-1 visa applications from individuals with
'extraordinary ability or achievement' — the visa that many of the
foreign dancers seek — as well as for O-1 visa applicants who were
given a second chance to meet eligibility requirements.
Representatives of the dance industry say they've seen the processing
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times for those nonimmigrant visas, which allow the dancers to work in
the U.S. for up to three years, increase from weeks to months, with
uncertainty the application will be approved."
-- A janitor working for the Border Patrol saved and
photographed migrants' belongings that were thrown away by
U.S. officials. From the Los Angeles Times: "While working as a
janitor at the same facility from 2003 to 2014, photographer Tom Kiefer
secretly collected the belongings and later began shooting them. ...
The first items to pull Kiefer's attention were 15 to 20 toothbrushes. At
the time, he didn't think about photographing them. He just felt
compelled to remove them from the trash. 'When I started seeing a
rosary, or a Bible, or a wallet, I realized that no one would believe me if
I had not collected these items.' It took about six years of collecting —
blankets, cellphones, toilet paper, depression medication, shoelaces
— before Kiefer began photographing. ... Kiefer estimates he has more
than 100,000 items collected and stored in his studio and other spaces
around Ajo. The word he uses to describe how he copes with the
magnitude of his collection: compartmentalize. ... `Our government is
actually taking away a Bible or rosary," he said. "I mean, how
twisted is that?"
-- The United Auto Workers has bolstered its financial controls in
an effort to prevent embezzlement and bribery that was
uncovered as part of a federal probe of the union. From the AP:
"The moves announced Monday by Secretary-Treasurer Ray Curry
come after last month's resignation of President Gary Jones, who has
been implicated in the scandal. Several other union officials have been
charged or implicated in the probe, which embarrassed the union
leadership and angered many of its 400,000 members when it became
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public starting in zoi i. curry says tne retorms will put cnecKs ana
balances in place to prevent financial misconduct."
-- Former president Jimmy Carter was hospitalized again to treat
a urinary tract infection. Michael Brice-Saddler reports: "The Carter
Center says 'he is feeling better and looks forward to returning home
soon.' The incident comes three weeks after Carter was hospitalized
ahead of a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain caused by a
subdural hematoma, a collection of blood outside the brain, spurred by
his recent falls. He was released from the hospital on Wednesday, in
time for Thanksgiving, and there were no complications from the
surgery."
This is an aerial view of a lake on the Greenland Ice Sheet before, left, and after
drainage, right. (Thomas R. Chudley)
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- Cracks in the Greenland ice sheet are producing massive
waterfalls, raising scientists' concerns for sea level rise. Andrew
Freedman reports: "A cerulean lake consisting of glacial meltwater on
the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, located about 18 miles from
where the Store Glacier meets the sea in west Greenland, briefly
became one of the world's tallest waterfalls during the course of five
hours in July 2018. The waterfall, like many others on the ice sheet's
surface, was triggered by cracks in the ice sheet. In the case of this
one meltwater lake that scientists closely observed in July 2018, the
water cascaded more than 3,200 feet to the underbelly of the glacier,
where the ice meets bedrock. There, the water can help lubricate the
base of the ice sheet, helping the ice move faster toward the sea. The
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observations of scientists, armed with aerial drones and other high-
tech equipment, of the partial lake drainage that resulted could help
researchers better understand how surface melting of the ice sheet
could affect its melt rate, and improve global sea level rise projections.
"Scientists are keenly interested in how meltwater on the surface
of the Greenland ice sheet — the largest contributor to global sea
level rise — acts to speed up the movement of ice toward the sea
by lubricating the underside of the ice surface. The new study,
published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, suggests that scientists are underestimating the number of
melt ponds that partially, and rapidly, drain into the ice sheet each
year. This means tweaks may be needed to the computer models used
to predict sea level rise from Greenland. This is the first study to show
that partial lake drainage can occur through cracks in the ice, rather
than overtopping or other mechanisms, which was previously the
assumption. This means even more water is reaching the base of the
ice sheet than previously thought."
-- Trump revved up his global trade war yesterday by not only
announcing tariffs on metals from Brazil and Argentina, but also
by threatening even harsher penalties on dozens of popular
French products. David J. Lynch, Rachel Siegel and Terrence
McCoy report: "The administration said the moves were necessary
because U.S. trading partners were acting unfairly to disadvantage
both the country's traditional economic pillars as well as its best hopes
for future prosperity. ... The unexpected announcement upends the
Latin American countries' 2018 agreement with Trump to accept
quotas on their shipments to the United States instead of the import
taxes. ... Later, Robert E. Lighthizer, the president's chief trade
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negotiator, reieasea me results of a nve-montn investigation tnat
concluded a French digital services tax discriminated against American
Internet companies and should be met with tariffs of up to 100 percent
on $2.4 billion in products such as cheese, yogurt, sparkling wine and
makeup. The proposal, which awaits a presidential decision, threatens
to intensify simmering transatlantic trade friction ...
"Fallout from the president's renewed embrace of tariffs could
cloud prospects for future or ongoing talks with countries in
Asia and Europe. ... Administration officials worry that the French tax
could set a precedent for other countries. Lighthizer said he may
open investigations into similar taxes in Austria, Italy and
Turkey. ... The president's enthusiasm for tariffs is not shared by
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, who has said they are
making executives so uncertain about the outlook that companies are
delaying investments and slowing the economy. ... Typically, the
United States provides businesses with some warning of tariff
changes, delaying their effective date to allow goods in transit to arrive
at American ports without being taxed. But the president tweeted that
his tariff order was `effective immediately.-
-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, hit with the new tariffs, has
learned the hard way what so many others have discovered
before him: A good personal relationship with Trump has its
limits. David Nakamura and Anne Gearan report: "Bolsonaro and his
country's diplomats in Washington were blindsided after Trump issued
a pair of early morning tweets announcing punishing tariffs on steel
and aluminum imports ... For Bolsonaro, a far-right leader who had
patterned his campaign after Trump's and aggressively sought to
ingratiate himself with the White House, the tariffs represented an
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administration's foreign policy largely on good personal chemistry with
a president who craves validation — but who views virtually all
relationships as transactional and, potentially, disposable."
-- This is not the first time that Bolsonaro has gotten burned by
Trump. Terrence McCoy reports: "Over and over in recent months,
Bolsonaro has been surprised and stung by Trump's slights and about-
faces. Trump told Bolsonaro this year he would back Brazil's bid to join
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — a
promise Bolsonaro then touted as a political achievement. But then the
U.S. recommendation letter leaked, showing that the Trump
administration was supporting Romania and Argentina for membership,
not Brazil. A few weeks later, the U.S. government refused Bolsonaro's
request to lift its ban on Brazilian imports of beef over safety concerns
— again taking his administration by surprise. Now Trump is targeting
one of the most important industries in Brazil, at a time when
unemployment is above 10 percent and the economy has stalled."
-- Stocks sank amid disappointing manufacturing and
construction data and Trump's escalating trade wars. Taylor
Telford and Thomas Heath report: "'All this trade friction is weighing on
the manufacturing sector, reminding us that protectionism is not a
victimless crime,' said Kristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at
Invesco. Nine of 11 stock market sectors declined Monday, with
industrials, information technology and real estate leading the slide. All
but seven of the Dow 30 blue chips finished in negative territory, with
Boeing, American Express and United Technologies the biggest
drags."
-- The Trump administration quietly released more than $100
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million in military assistance to Leoanon aver montns or
unexplained delays that led some lawmakers to compare it to the
frozen aid for Ukraine that prompted the impeachment inquiry.
From the AP: "The $105 million in Foreign Military Financing funds for
the Lebanese Armed Forces was released just before the
Thanksgiving holiday and lawmakers were notified of the step on
Monday, according to two congressional staffers and an administration
official. ... The money had languished in limbo at the Office of
Management and Budget since September although it had already won
congressional approval and had overwhelming support from the
Pentagon, State Department and National Security Council. The White
House has yet to offer any explanation for the delay despite repeated
queries from Congress."
-- China is using DNA to map faces as Beijing's pursuit of
control over a Muslim ethnic group continues pushing the rules
of science and consent. From the Times: "With a million or more
ethnic Uighurs and others from predominantly Muslim minority groups
swept up in detentions across Xinjiang, officials in Tumxuk have
gathered blood samples from hundreds of Uighurs — part of a mass
DNA collection effort dogged by questions about consent and how the
data will be used. In Tumxuk, at least, there is a partial answer:
Chinese scientists are trying to find a way to use a DNA sample to
create an image of a person's face. The technology, which is also
being developed in the United States and elsewhere, is in the early
stages of development and can produce rough pictures good enough
only to narrow a manhunt or perhaps eliminate suspects. But given the
crackdown in Xinjiang, experts on ethics in science worry that China is
building a tool that could be used to justify and intensify racial profiling
and other state discrimination against Uighurs."
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-- North Korea said that dialogue with the U.S. has been nothing
but a "foolish trick" and warned Washington that it could be on
the receiving end of an unwelcome Christmas gift. Simon Denyer
reports: "The North Korean regime has given the United States until
the end of the year to drop its 'hostile policy,' come up with a new
approach to talks and offer concessions in return for its decision to end
nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in 2018. But
a recent decision by the United States to postpone a joint air drill with
South Korea clearly hasn't satisfied Pyongyang. Ri Thae Song, vice
foreign minister in charge of U.S. affairs, accused Washington of trying
to buy time by calling for a 'sustained and substantial dialogue,' but he
rejected this approach. ... 'The DPRK has done its utmost with
maximum perseverance not to backtrack from the important steps it
has taken on its own initiative,' he said in a statement carried by the
Korean Central News Agency. 'What is left to be done now is the U.S.
option and it is entirely up to the U.S. what Christmas gift it will select
to get.' North Korea has a history of timing launches with an eye on
international developments and even U.S. holidays."
-- On the first day of the NATO Summit, Trump slammed French
President Emmanuel Macron's criticism of NATO as "very, very
nasty" and "disrespectful." Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and
Michael Birnbaum report: Referring to comments Macron made "last
month in an interview with The Economist — in which Macron
described the 'brain death' of NATO due to lack of American support —
Trump attacked Macron during his first remarks on the first day of the
NATO 70th anniversary summit in London, calling the comments 'very
insulting.' You just can't go around making statements like that about
NATO,' Trump said, sitting next to NATO Secretary-General Jens
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— a combative stance that has alarmed Western allies and seemed to
prompt Macron's comments — Trump took umbrage at the French
assessment of the alliance, and depicted France as the beneficiary of
American largesse. 'I would say that nobody needs NATO more than
France,' Trump said."
-- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a pair of bills. One
requires all consumer electronic devices sold in the country to
be pre-installed with Russian software. Another will require
individual journalists to register as foreign agents. From Fox
News: "Government officials say the law will help Russian IT firms
compete with foreign companies, which dominate Russia's mobile
phone market, Reuters reported. Another law signed by Putin Monday
is a bill that gives the government the right to register bloggers,
journalists and social media users as foreign agents. The bill is an
extension of an existing law adopted in response to the U.S. Justice
Department's 2017 decision to label the Russian state-funded network
RT as a foreign agent. The new law applies to anyone who distributes
content produced by media outlets registered as foreign agents and
receives payments from abroad. Individuals registered as foreign
agents will be subject to additional government scrutiny."
-- The American woman who claims convicted sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein forced her to have sex with Britain's Prince
Andrew told the BBC that the episodes were "disgusting" and
asked for support from the British public. William Booth and Karla
Adam report: "'This is not some sordid sex story, this is a story of
being trafficked, this is a story of abuse, and this is a story of your
guys' royalty,'
told the BBC in an hour-long
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documentary that aired Monday night. ...
— now 35 and a
mother of three — told the BBC that she was passed around to
Epstein's rich and powerful friends `like a platter of fruit.' She
said she was trafficked to Andrew three times in 2001 and 2002:
once in London at the home of Epstein's girlfriend, once at
Epstein's New York mansion and once on a private Caribbean
island owned by Epstein. 'It didn't last long,' she said of the first of
three alleged encounters with the prince. 'He got up, and he said
thanks, I sat there in bed, just horrified and ashamed and felt dirty,'
said." The prince has denied that he had sex with her.
-- The rape and killing of a veterinarian on her way home from
work have shaken India. Joanna Slater reports: "The killing of the 26-
year-old veterinarian in the South Indian city of Hyderabad last week
has provoked outrage and anguish across India, the latest in a series
of gruesome, high-profile crimes against women and girls. Police
arrested four men and said they had confessed to the killing. Speaking
in Parliament on Monday, India's defense minister called it an
`inhuman' crime that has 'brought shame to the entire country.' ... After
news of the veterinarian's killing spread, demonstrations erupted in
Hyderabad over the weekend. Thousands of people protested at a
police station near where the woman's body was found and outside the
gated compound where her family lives. In New Delhi, a young
woman was arrested for holding a sign in a high-security area
outside Parliament that read, `Why can't I feel safe in my own
India?"
-- The Pacific island nation of Samoa will shut down government
services for two days so civil servants can focus on a nationwide
immunization drive as the country struggles to end a measles
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outbreak that has so far claimed more than 50 lives, most of
them children. From NPR: "Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele
Malielegaoi announced the closure on Monday, saying the government
is relying on 'village councils, faith-based organizations, and church
leaders, village mayors and government women representatives' to
persuade the public to get vaccinated. As a result, he said, all but
public utility government services will be shuttered Dec. 5 and 6. More
than 3,700 measles cases have been reported since the outbreak
began in October, with 198 recorded within a 24-hour period. Fifty-
three people have died and of those, 48 are children under 4 years
old."
-- The Post today launched the first episode of its Spanish-
language podcast, "El Washington Post." Our podcast will round
up a panel of renowned journalists who will explore the top international
headlines in twice-weekly episodes.
An aerial view shows the Biden campaign bus as it travels from a campaign stop in
Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
2020 WATCH:
-- Joe Biden may lose the Iowa caucuses. But, by betting on
strong support from black voters in Southern states and urban
areas, he may still secure the 1,990 delegates needed to clinch
the Democratic nomination. From the Times: "If Mr. Biden retains
his strength with black voters, he'd have a structural advantage in the
nomination race that is greater than his uneven lead in national polls
suggests. ... While Iowa and New Hampshire may generate political
momentum for a winner because they vote first, the two states award
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very few delegates. By contrast, a candidate who is popular in
California, Texas and predominantly black districts in the South could
pick up big shares of delegates. A recent poll shows Mr. Biden at 44
percent among black voters in South Carolina, the early voting state
with a majority-black Democratic electorate, and a historic harbinger
for how the South will vote. The same poll had Mr. Biden's next closest
competitor, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, trailing him by more
than 30 percentage points among black voters. ...
"Some of the most delegate-rich districts in Southern states like
Tennessee, Alabama and South Carolina have large shares of black
Democratic voters. (Vermont is an exception; its population is largely
white, but it has only one district with 11 Democratic delegates.)
Under party rules, more delegates are awarded in districts with
high concentrations of Democrats. Because black people
overwhelmingly vote Democratic, areas with many black
residents tend to have higher numbers of Democratic delegates.
This is a big reason why black Democrats are so sought-after in the
race for the party's nomination. Historically, black Democratic primary
voters have tended to back a single candidate, helping thrust the
voting bloc to the forefront in Southern states where black voters make
up the majority of the Democratic electorate. If a single candidate can
get huge vote margins with black Democrats, like Barack Obama did in
2008 and Hillary Clinton did in 2016, he or she can amass a big
delegate lead over other candidates."
-- In a wide-raging interview aboard the "No Malarkey" bus, the
former vice president said he doesn't need Obama's
endorsement, scoffed at the idea that Elizabeth Warren is
building enthusiasm and accused Pete Buttigieg of stealing his
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plans. From Politico: "Biden reiterated that he asked Obama not to
endorse him, and he stuck by that stance even when asked whether
he'd want Obama's backing if the field narrowed to three people. 'No,
because everyone knows I'm close with him,' Biden said. 'I don't need
an Obama endorsement.' ... Biden was asked about a POLITICO
Magazine article that recently reported how Obama had confided in
another candidate that his former vice president 'really doesn't have it'
when it comes to an intimate connection with voters. 'He may have
said that. And if it's true, and he said it, there's truth to it,' Biden
acknowledged on Monday before saying that he has 'mostly
campaigned for other people in the time I've been here. And I've never
been in a position seeking the nomination where I have had the money
and the organization to be able to get open headquarters all over the
state.' ...
"Biden lamented media coverage that he said initially dismissed
the durability of his candidacy because he was too moderate and
didn't embrace policies like Medicare for All. Biden said the field
was now moving closer to his views and away from the left. When
asked whether he unintentionally set the stage for Buttigieg, who is
leading in the polls in Iowa, Biden grew animated. 'Set it up? He stole
it! Set it up?' Biden said of the mayor of South Bend, Ind. ... The
former vice president then accused the media of going too easy on
Buttigieg, saying his opponent had once supported a more liberal
health care plan but then pivoted ... When asked about another polling
leader in Iowa and elsewhere — Warren — Biden dismissed her rise
and the notion that she had momentum behind her. 'Look at the polling
everywhere. Tell me. Tell me where the polling has manifested itself,'
he said. 'She lives in Massachusetts, she's invested millions and
millions of dollars in New Hampshire, why shouldn't she be known
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there?"
-- Three state lawmakers acknowledge that lobbyists helped craft
their op-eds attacking Medicare-for-all. Jeff Stein reports: "Montana
state Rep. Kathy Kelker (D) and Sen. Jen Gross (D) acknowledged in
interviews that editorials they published separately about the single-
payer health proposal included language provided by John MacDonald,
a lobbyist and consultant in the state who disclosed in private emails
that he worked for an unnamed client. Gross said MacDonald
contacted her on behalf of the Partnership for America's Health Care
Future, a multimillion-dollar industry group founded in 2018 and funded
by hospitals, private insurers, drug companies and other private health-
care firms. Additionally, an aide to Ohio state Sen. Steve Huffman (R)
confirmed in a brief interview that the lawmaker's op-ed criticizing
Medicare-for-all was written with the help of Kathleen DeLand, an
Ohio-based lobbyist. None of the lawmakers' columns discloses that
they were written with the help of a lobbyist."
-- The Trump campaign denied credentials to journalists from
Bloomberg News, accusing the organization of "bias" against
the president. Kayla Epstein and Derek Hawkins report: "Bloomberg
News faced a journalistic quandary when its owner, former New York
mayor Mike Bloomberg, decided to jump into the 2020 Democratic
primary last month. In a widely criticized decision, editor in chief John
Micklethwait announced that the newsroom would continue its tradition
of not investigating Bloomberg's personal life and finances, and would
extend the same policy to his Democratic opponents. The move was
intended to avoid conflict of interest in the Democratic primary.
Micklethwait noted, however, that Bloomberg News would continue to
investigate the Trump administration. After the Trump campaign
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announcea its aecision monaay to oar tsioomperg News, vresiaent
Trump took to Twitter to attack the news outlet and the New York
Times for their coverage of him."
-- The New York Times is overhauling its traditional closed-door
endorsement process for Democratic presidential candidates
and will instead conduct interviews with the contenders on the
record and air parts of the discussions — along with the editorial
board's final decision — on its show "The Weekly." (Politico)
-- A month after ending his presidential campaign, Beto
O'Rourke is setting his focus on flipping the Texas state house.
From the Houston Chronicle: "With Texas Democrats nine seats away
from retaking the majority of seats in the Texas House, O'Rourke is
trying to convince his donor base to send money to an organization
called Flip The Texas House, which has targeted 17 House Districts in
which Republican candidates won by fewer than 10 percentage points
last year. More than half are districts in which O'Rourke won the
majority of votes as he ran for U.S. Senate."
-- With just a week remaining before the deadline to run for office
in Texas next year, some of O'Rourke's supporters are still
hoping to see him jump into the race to unseat Sen. John
Cornyn (R). They even commissioned a poll that shows he'd sail
through the Senate primary were he to join the race. From the
Dallas Morning News: "The poll also shows him in a near-tie, trailing
Cornyn 46-42 at this point, which is far stronger than others already
seeking the nomination. O'Rourke's campaign operation has gone
dormant. He didn't respond to messages on Monday and hasn't said
lately whether he's interested. ... During his presidential campaign,
O'Rourke said flatly and repeatedly that he would not even consider
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running for the Senate in 2020 ... 'I know it's a bit of a longshot to try
and convince Beto to do this, but it is clear to a lot of people in Texas
that that would be the best thing for us,' said Alan Metni, executive
director of the Democratic Policy Institute, the group that
commissioned the new poll."
-- Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp isn't expected to
nominate Rep. Douglas Collins, Trump's pick, for a soon-to-be-
open Senate seat. He's now facing heavy backlash — including
threats of a primary challenge. Seung Min Kim reports: "Kemp is
expected to tap business executive Kelly Loeffler for the Senate seat
being vacated by retiring Sen. Johnny lsakson (R) ... The public outcry
against Kemp and Loeffler from Trump allies has led some of them to
threaten a primary challenge against the first-term governor, and they
have urged the president's supporters to flood Kemp's office with calls
pushing him not to select Loeffler. ... Conservative radio host Mark
Levin derided Kemp as 'another Romney,' referring to the 2012 GOP
presidential nominee and current senator from Utah, Mitt Romney, as
he accused the Georgia governor of being on the precipice of
appointing a 'RINO,' a Republican in name only ... The formal
announcement from Kemp is expected on Wednesday, the officials
said, so as to not interfere with Isakson's farewell address on the
Senate floor Tuesday afternoon."
-- In a big break for Republican hopes of holding the Senate, Sen.
Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) no longer faces a primary challenge in his
reelection bid. From the News & Observer: "Raleigh retired
businessman Garland Tucker is ending his campaign for the
Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate ... Tucker invested more
than $1.5 million of his own money to challenge Tiflis, who is seeking a
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period in North Carolina. Tucker, who joined the race in May, opted not
to file. ... The letter cited the attention on the ongoing impeachment
inquiry into [Trump] as well as
role as one of his defenders in the
Senate as a reason for Tucker's decision to end his campaign."
-- An outspoken Holocaust denier, activist anti-Semite and white
supremacist filed again for a Chicago-area House seat. From the
Chicago Sun-Times: "Arthur Jones, of suburban Lyons, won the GOP
nomination in 2018 because he was the only Republican on the 3rd
District primary ballot. In the general election, he was easily beaten by
Rep. Dan Lipinski, D-III., but received about 26 percent of the vote
even after his views were exposed."
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
George Conway, husband of Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and a
conservative critic of the president, replied to one of her tweets:
He also retweeted this:
A former Justice Department spokesman notes that Duncan Hunter's
guilty plea will come as a relief to quite a few people:
From the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York,
who was fired by Trump:
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Amy Klobuchar attacked Senate Republicans for not taking up bills
that have passed the House, a talking point intended to push back on
the GOP talking point that impeachment is distracting Democrats from
getting anything done:
Trump once again went after the two FBI officials whose texts were
selectively leaked by his appointees at the DOJ. A Los Angeles Times
reporter noted the irony of the president's line of attack:
From a former federal prosecutor:
A former senior lawyer for the National Security Agency, who is now at
Brookings, chastised Barr:
A former Republican congressman who is now an independent shared
this thought:
And Trump's former national security adviser, who is now a convicted
fellon, has a holiday wish:
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "What would you have done to
me? You would have torn my ears off," Joe Biden told
reporters after accusing Pete Buttigieg of stealing his
health-care plan. "I would be a plagiarizing, no good, old
man who did bum bum bum." (Politico)
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
Over the past three years, Trump and some of his allies have at times
sounded like Vladimir Putin when talking about election interference:
When Republicans have sounded like Vladimir Putin on election interference
Hasan Minhaj discussed why billionaires won't save the world:
Trevor Noah had a bit of fun talking about Joe Biden's "malarkey" bus:
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President Trump kisses Hope Hicks goodbye on her last day as White House communications director on
March 29, 2018. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Mara
THE BIG IDEA: What emails about Ukraine does President Trump think, or hope,
will never get out?
During two interviews with FBI agents and members of Bob Mueller's team last year,
former White House communications director Hope Hicks recounted the president's
reaction to the discovery of damning emails about the meeting his son Donald Trump Jr.,
son-in-law Jared Kushner and campaign chairman Paul Manafort took with a Russian
emissary at Trump Tower in June 2016.
"Throughout Hicks' conversations with Trump, it was clear to her that Trump did not think
the emails would get out," according to the FBI's summary of her first interview, which
was released on Monday night in response to an open-records lawsuit. "Hicks'
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impression was Trump meant the emails would not get out to the press, but he did not
say that explicitly."
Hicks said she thought the messages would come out eventually and warned Trump that
they would become "a massive" story." She wanted "Junior" — as the FBI summaries
refer to the president's eldest son — to give an interview to a friendly media outlet, where
he could take "softball questions," to minimize the fallout. "The President said they
should not do anything, asked why so many people had the emails, and said they
needed to let the lawyers deal with it," Hicks recalled to the FBI.
There are no fresh bombshells in these new summaries. The juiciest material appeared
in Mueller's 448-page report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016
election. But the memos about Hicks's FBI sit-downs, which both occurred in March
2018, offer a revealing window into how Trump tries to control bad news. Trump's
unwillingness to rip off the Band-Aid and get out in front of bad facts has resulted in a
drip, drip, drip of revelations that have clouded most of his tenure in office.
-- Hicks's comments are newly relevant against the backdrop of the impeachment
inquiry. The White House's categorical refusal to comply with subpoenas for
documents, from phone records to emails, has made it harder for investigators to
corroborate sworn testimony from witnesses about the alleged campaign to coerce
Ukraine's new president to announce an investigation into former vice president Joe
Biden in exchange for a White House meeting and nearly $400 million in military aid that
had already been approved by Congress.
A confidential White House review of Trump's decision to freeze the aid has turned up
hundreds of documents that reveal extensive efforts to generate an after-the-fact
justification for the decision and a debate over whether the delay was legal, three of my
colleagues reported last week. But none of those emails have been turned over to
investigators.
Trump appointees at the departments of State, Energy and Defense have also defied
subpoenas and refused to produce documents that get at the heart of the impeachment
inquiry. They have justified doing so by making absolutist claims of presidential privilege
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that have led to protracted litigation in the courts. The White House is refusing to
participate at all in the House Judiciary Committee's first impeachment hearing on
Wednesday.
For her part, Ivanka Trump repeatedly conducted official government business on her
personal email account throughout much of 2017, sending hundreds of emails in
potential violation of federal recordkeeping rules. The White House adviser did so after
her father made Hillary Clinton's private email use as secretary of state a centerpiece of
his stump speech, egging on crowds as they chanted "Lock her up." The House
Oversight Committee has unsuccessfully sought to subpoena Ivanka Trump's emails.
Hope Hicks testifies during a closed-door hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on June 19. (Katherine
Frey/The Washington Post)
-- House Democrats are also quietly debating whether they should expand articles
of impeachment to include charges stemming from the Mueller report, including
the episode Hicks discussed with the FBI. "Members of the House Judiciary
Committee and other more liberal-minded lawmakers and congressional aides have
been privately discussing the possibility of drafting articles that include obstruction of
justice or other 'high crimes' they believe are clearly outlined in [the Mueller report] — or
allegations that Trump has used his office to benefit his bottom line," Rachael Bade
reports. "The idea, however, is running into resistance from some moderate Democrats
wary of impeachment blowback in their GOP-leaning districts, as well as Democratic
leaders who sought to keep impeachment narrowly focused on allegations that Trump
pressured Ukraine to investigate his political rivals ... The debate is expected to play out
in leadership and caucus meetings this week."
When the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed Hicks to appear for a closed-door
interview this June about the possible instances of obstruction of justice outlined in the
Mueller report, the former White House communications director refused to answer any
question related to her interactions with Trump after Election Day in 2016. Citing a
directive from White House lawyers, Hicks declined to answer 155 different questions
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from lawmakers, according to a transcript.
-- BuzzFeed News and CNN filed lawsuits under the Freedom of Information Act to
force the release of these FBI notes, known as "302 reports," that were created as
part of the two-year Mueller probe. The 295-page tranche that went out last night is
quite repetitive, and the interviews are still mostly whited out. The media outlets pledged
to challenge the heavy redactions as part of the ongoing litigation to obtain records.
Hicks left the White House last year and now works at the Fox Corporation in Los
Angeles as a public relations executive. During another closed-door deposition in
February 2018, while she was still employed by the White House, Hicks acknowledged
that she occasionally told "white lies" for Trump. Hicks was advised at the beginning of
both her interviews that it is a crime to lie to the FBI in the course of an investigation,
which she acknowledged.
-- Hicks told the FBI agents that "Trump was angry, surprised, and frustrated"
when Mueller was appointed as special counsel in May 2017. "The only other time
she had seen Trump like that was when the Access Hollywood tape came out during the
campaign," according to the FBI notes.
"Trump thought the fact that the intelligence community assessed the Russians
had interfered in the 2016 election was his Achilles heel," she added, according to
the summary. "Even if it had no impact on the election, Trump thought that was what
people would think. He thought the assessment took away from what he did."
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Hope Hicks confers with Trump in the Oval Office on June 16. 2017. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
-- Hicks was treated like family during her time as a member of the Trump inner
circle. The president referred to her affectionately as "Hopey." He called her more often
than his chief of staff at the time. The onetime fashion model from Greenwich, Conn.,
whose dad was a top executive at the NFL, was tight with the president's kids, who she
had gotten to know during her work for the Trump Organization before the presidential
campaign.
That's how she ended up in the White House residence on the morning of June 22,
2017, with only Trump, Kushner and Ivanka Trump. "Kushner had a manila folder
with documents with him and said to the President that they had found one thing that the
President should know about, but it was not a big deal," according to Hicks' account.
"Kushner told Trump that he, Don Jr. and Paul Manafort had attended a meeting during
the campaign. When he started to open the folder, Hicks said, the president stopped him
and said he did not want to know about it." Hicks believed Kushner's folder included
emails about the June 2016 meeting.
The next week, on June 28, Kushner asked Hicks and his spokesman Josh Raffel
to go to the offices of someone whose name has been redacted (perhaps a lawyer)
to review documents. "Hicks was shocked by the emails concerning the meeting she
and Raffel reviewed," the FBI write-up says. "She thought they looked really bad."
The next day, on June 29, Hicks joined Kushner, Ivanka Trump and the president
in his personal dining room to discuss about the emails. "Hicks' initial reaction was
that they should get in front of the emails," according to the FBI summary. "Kushner
responded that it wasn't a big deal, just a meeting about Russian adoption. Kushner
reminded the president that he had previously mentioned a meeting, and the President
said he did not want to know about it."
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When Hicks said the story was going to become "massive," the FBI summary says, 'the
President did not want to talk about it and did not want details." Trump then asked
Kushner when his document production was due. Kushner told him it would be a couple
of weeks. "Then leave it alone," Trump told Kushner, according to Hicks.
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump board Air Force One in October. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
Fast forward a week to July 7. Kushner and Ivanka Trump came to Hicks's hotel
room in Germany to confer about how to respond to a story the New York Times
was working on about the Trump Tower meeting. The next day, while they were all at
the G-20 summit, Hicks alerted Trump about what the Times was chasing. The president
told her not to comment.
Hicks and Trump talked again later that day. "The President asked what the meeting
was about. Hicks told him Kushner and Junior had told her the meeting was about
Russian adoption," according to the FBI summary. "The President said words to the
effect of, 'Then just say that,' and dictated what she should say."
When they got to Air Force One for the flight back, one of Junior's representatives
texted Hicks the statement that the president's son wanted to provide to the
media. "She took that to the President's cabin and read him Junior's statement,"
according to the FBI summary. "He told her they should not respond. Hicks advocated
for providing the full story. The President did not say what was wrong with Junior's
statement, but just felt they were giving the media too much. ... After meeting with
Trump about Junior's statement, Hicks returned to a seat and started texting with Junior.
They worked on the statement for a period and ultimately settled on the statement that
went to the press."
During that flight back to Washington, Hicks also went to Trump's cabin to tell him that
then-White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus knew about the emails. There are four
redacted paragraphs about what happened next.
— A reminder of what was in the emails: British music publicist Rob Goldstone, who
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Don Jr. knew from the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, emailed the candidate's
son to say that he knew a person who wanted "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."
Goldstone explained: "This is part of Russia and its government's support of Trump"
"[I]f it's what you say I love it," Don Jr. replied, "especially later in the summer."
That's how the Trump Tower meeting got set up. It wasn't adoption.
During the transition, Hicks told reporters in a statement that the Trump campaign had
"no contact" with "any foreign entity," including the Russians. She told the FBI that she
recalled talking about this with fellow advisers Kellyanne Conway, Stephen Miller, Jason
Miller and "probably" Kushner. "Hicks told the group she was planning to respond to the
press and there was no hesitation or pushback from any of them," according to the FBI
notes.
President Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn before boarding Marine One on
Monday. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
— Other takeaways from the FBI notes released last night:
1. Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal lawyer, told FBI agents in November
2018 that he informed Trump during the campaign that he had spoken with a
"woman from the Kremlin" about the plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
"Cohen told Trump he spoke with a woman from the Kremlin who had asked specific and
great questions about Trump Tower Moscow, and that he wished Trump Organization
had assistants that were that good and competent," according to the FBI summary.
"He also said that in his letter to Congress about the development, he initially wrote that
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he had 'limited contact with Russian officials.' But that line was struck from the letter.
Cohen said he did not know who specifically struck it," BuzzFeed notes. "It was the
decision of the JDA to take it out," the document says, referring to lawyers from the Joint
Defense Agreement who represented the Trump family, Cohen, and Kushner, "and
Cohen did not push back." Cohen also told the FBI that he spoke with Trump's attorney
Jay Sekulow about pardons after his home and office were raided. Sekulow told the AP
that Cohen's statements were false.
2. Former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates told the FBI that, if Rudy
Giuliani had been the attorney general, some in the president's orbit believed he
wouldn't have recused himself, as Jeff Sessions did, from the Russia
investigation. "After the recusal, he recalled conversations where people offered their
opinion that had Rudy Giuliani been attorney general, he would not have recused
himself," according to the FBI summary. "Gates knew Giuliani had been the first choice
for attorney general, but turned it down because he wanted to be Secretary of State
instead."
3. Former deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein told the FBI he was "angry,
ashamed, horrified and embarrassed" at how Jim Comey was fired as FBI director.
"Rosenstein said he was asked during a White House meeting one day before Comey's
firing to produce a memo laying out his concerns with the FBI chief. He said he knew
when he left the office that day that Comey would be fired, though he said he did not
expect for his memo to be immediately released, and was surprised by the portrayal in
the media that the termination was his idea instead of the White House's," the AP
reports. "Rosenstein said he expected Comey would be contacted by either Trump or
Sessions so a meeting could be scheduled and he could be fired in person. Comey
instead learned of his firing from television while speaking with agents in Los Angeles.
"At one point during the interview, as Rosenstein was describing how he had 'always
liked Jim Comey' but disagreed with his decisions in the Clinton case, the deputy
attorney general 'paused a moment, appearing to have been overcome by emotion, but
quickly recovered and apologized,' according to the FBI."
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— The Post just published a six-part digital series to go along with the illustrated
Mueller report. This is drawn directly from episodes detailed in the report in which
prosecutors found possible evidence of obstruction of justice, as well as congressional
testimony and Washington Post reporting. Dialogue is taken from text messages,
contemporaneous notes and interviews conducted by Mueller's team and the FBI. The
digital project pairs with a graphic nonfiction book being published today by Scribner.
-- Crowd-sourcing a Big Idea: I'm planning to write an edition of the Daily 202 later
this week on the 10 biggest storylines of the 2010s, based on reader input. If you
could sum up this decade in one word or phrase, what would it be? Besides Trump, what
do you think was the single most important story or issue of the decade? How will history
remember "the teens"? Message me at James.Hohmann@washpost.com, and I'll
highlight some of the most thoughtful emails. Thanks to everyone who wrote in
yesterday. So many smart answers!
Attorney General William Barr listens as Trump speaks in the Oval Office on Nov. 26. (Jabin Botsford/The
Washington Post)
THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATIONS:
-- Attorney General Bill Barr has told associates he disagrees with the Justice
Department's inspector general on one of the key findings in an upcoming report
about the FBI's Russia investigation. Barr appears to disagree "that the FBI had
enough information in July 2016 to justify launching an investigation into members of the
Trump campaign," Devlin Barrett and Karoun Demirjian scoop. "The Justice
Department's inspector general, Michael Horo-witz, is due to release his long-awaited
findings in a week, but behind the scenes at the Justice Department, disagreement has
surfaced about one of Horowitz's central conclusions on the origins of the Russia
investigation. ... The inspector general report, currently in draft form, is being finalized
after input from various witnesses and offices that were scrutinized by the inspector
general. Barr or a senior Justice Department official could submit a formal letter as part
of that process, which would then be included in the final report."
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-- The Ukrainian government became aware of Trump's freeze on military aid in
July, according to former deputy foreign minister Olena Zerkal. From the Times:
"'We had this information,' Ms. Zerkal said in an interview. 'It was definitely mentioned
there were some issues.' ... Ms. Zerkal's account is the first public acknowledgment by a
Ukrainian official that senior figures in Kyiv knew about the aid freeze during the Trump
administration's pressure campaign — and that the Zelensky administration sought to
keep that fact from surfacing to avoid getting drawn into the American
impeachment debate. She said her own government blocked a trip she had planned to
Washington to meet members of Congress in October, worried she would discuss
matters related to impeachment and drag its president into an inquiry he has been eager
to avoid. 'They worried about this,' she said of Mr. Zelensky's advisers. 'They said, 'This
is not the time for you to travel to D.C." The cancellation of her trip was confirmed by
Congressional aides."
— The Ukraine pressure campaign began as an effort to undermine the Mueller
investigation. Rosalind S. Helderman reports: "As 2018 came to a close, the special
counsel investigation was bearing down on [Trump.] ... It was in this uncertain moment
that [Giuliani] said he had the idea to focus on Ukraine. ... The direct connection
between the Mueller investigation and the Ukraine pressure campaign, often lost as the
administration has reeled from controversy to controversy, shows the deep imprint the
Russia investigation has had on the president. ... Giuliani has repeatedly said the public
does not appreciate the extent to which his work in Ukraine was driven by the Mueller
investigation, rather than — as Democrats have alleged — as an effort to bolster
Trump's 2020 reelection."
-- The Senate Intelligence Committee already investigated allegations of Ukrainian
interference in the 2016 campaign. From Politico: "Trump's allies have defended his
demand for political investigations from Ukraine by claiming that the government in Kyiv
tried to sabotage his candidacy ... But the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence
Committee thoroughly investigated that theory, according to people with direct
knowledge of the inquiry, and found no evidence that Ukraine waged a top-down
interference campaign akin to the Kremlin's efforts to help Trump win in 2016. The
committee's Republican chairman, Richard Burr of North Carolina, said in October 2017
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that the panel would be examining 'collusion by either campaign during the 2016
elections.' But an interview that fall with the Democratic consultant at the heart of the
accusation that Kyiv meddled, Alexandra Chalupa, was fruitless, a committee source
said, and Republicans didn't follow up or request any more witnesses related to the
issue."
-- House Republicans said Trump acted out of "genuine" concern about
corruption in Ukraine and wariness about foreign aid in a preemptive rebuttal to
Democratic allegations that Trump abused his power. Mike DeBonis reports: "In a
123-page draft report, GOP investigators assert that Democrats failed to make the case
that Trump committed impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors ... Nor, the
Republicans say, do Democrats have a basis for impeachment in Trump's decision to
spurn House document requests and witness subpoenas pertaining to Trump's Ukraine
dealings. Instead, the draft GOP report contends, the impeachment effort is 'an
orchestrated campaign to upend our political system' ... The Republican report will serve
as an initial blueprint for the GOP defense of Trump..."
— House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said the
majority's report will be released publicly today. "We are putting the finishing
touches on the report," he told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. The panel is scheduled to
vote this evening to approve its public release ahead of tomorrow's Judiciary hearing.
-- Federal prosecutors will probably bring more charges against Giuliani's
associates Igor Fruman and Lev Parnas. From NPR: "A superseding indictment —
which could add to or modify the existing charges — is likely, prosecutors said on
Monday, but also adding that they're continuing to evaluate the case. The U.S.
Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and FBI investigators are making
their way through what prosecutor Douglas Zolkind called a 'voluminous' amount of
evidence in the case — around 9 gigabytes' worth. Clearing their way through that
material — which includes electronic devices, phone records, bank records and more —
would set the stage for the next steps."
-- The IRS whistleblower who raised concerns about political interference in the
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presidential audit program declined to voluntarily appear for a transcribed
interview with the Senate Finance Committee, possibly because he was
threatened with retaliation by his superiors. From CNN: "After raising concerns over
the summer, the whistleblower met in November with Republican and Democratic
staffers on the committee but has declined an invitation to appear for a follow-up ...
[T]he whistleblower declined the transcribed interview after an official informed the
whistleblower that it could be considered a violation of IRS code to provide the
committee with any information related to an individual taxpayer. Under IRS code 6103,
IRS employees can be fired, fined or even jailed for disclosing taxpayer information. It is
unclear what next step the committee will take. One option would be to issue a
subpoena, but it is not clear that is the route the committee would take."
-- Commentary from The Post's opinion page:
• Columnist Dana Milbank: "Pat Cipollone is the dog that caught the
car."
• The Editorial Board: "If Trump has a substantive defense, he
should send advisers to testify."
• Deputy editorial page editor Ruth Marcus: "Impeachment feels a
lot like Kavanaugh 2.0."
• Columnist Catherine Rampell: "The more love Always Trumpers
show, the more dangerous Trump becomes."
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Duncan Hunter leaves federal court after a hearing in San Diego.(Denis Poroy/AP)
DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE OVERLOOKED:
— Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) plans to plead guilty to misusing campaign funds
at a hearing set for 1 p.m. Eastern. "I think it's important not to have a public trial for
three reasons. And those three reasons are my kids," Hunter said in an interview with
San Diego-based TV station KUSI. In July, federal prosecutors alleged that the
congressman used campaign donations to finance extramarital affairs -- including
trips, dinners and drinks — with at least five women, including three lobbyists, a
woman who worked in his congressional office and another who worked for a
member of House leadership. Hunter told the local TV station that he "did make
mistakes" but that "not a single dime of taxpayer money is involved in this." He said he
will plead guilty to only one of four counts against him as part of the deal. "Whatever my
time in custody is, I will take that hit," he said.
When he was first indicted last summer, Hunter called this a politically motivated
witch hunt and said he was looking forward to the trial so he could fully
vindicate himself. Initially, Hunter and his wife were charged with using more than
$250,000 in campaign funds to pay for personal expenses including family vacations,
theater tickets and school tuition. The couple allegedly agreed in electronic
communications to claim that some of the expenses were intended to help veterans,
even though they weren't. Then, in June, Margaret Hunter pleaded guilty to one count of
conspiring with her husband to spend $25,000 in campaign funds for personal use. As
part of the plea deal, she flipped on her husband and agreed to testify against him.
Today's plea deal means that the first two members of Congress to endorse
Trump for president in 2016 will be convicted criminals. Hunter and Rep. Chris
Collins (R-N.Y.) came out for Trump in February of that year, about a week before Jeff
Sessions became the first senator to endorse Trump. Earlier this year, Collins resigned
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from Congress and pleaded guilty to insider trading charges. The crime he confessed to
occured while he was standing on the White House lawn at a picnic hosted by Trump.
These episode underscore just how swampy Trump's Washington has been.
Hunter didn't say whether he will resign as part of the plea deal, but that seems
like a safe assumption. He's already facing serious primary challenges from former
congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and former San Diego city councilman Carl DeMaio,
Felicia Sonmez notes. Hunter won the congressional seat after his father, Duncan
Hunter Sr., retired from it to run for president in 2008.
-- The North Dakota company that Trump urged military officials to hire for border
wall construction received a $400 million contract to build a span of new barriers
across an Arizona wildlife refuge. Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey report: "North Dakota-
based Fisher Sand and Gravel won the contract to build in the Cabeza Prieta National
Wildlife Refuge in Yuma County, Ariz., the Defense Department said, with a target
completion date of Dec. 30, 2020. Trump has repeatedly pushed for Fisher to get a
wall-building contract, urging officials with the Army Corps of Engineers to pick
the firm — only to be told that Fisher's bids did not meet standards. Trump's
entreaties on behalf of the company have concerned some officials who are
unaccustomed to a president getting personally involved in the intricacies of government
contracting.
"Trump has been enamored with Tommy Fisher, the company's chief executive,
who has made multiple appearances on Fox News to promote his firm and insists
that it would do a better job than those the government had already chosen. ... Fisher
has worked with some Trump allies — including former Kansas secretary of state Kris
Kobach and ex-White House adviser Stephen K. Bannon — to build border fencing on
private land using private donations. ... Trump has pledged to complete 450 to 500 miles
of new border barriers by the end of next year. So far his administration has built about
85 miles of fencing, almost all of it in areas where tall steel bollards are replacing
smaller, older structures that were there before he took office."
-- A new biography of Melania Trump by CNN's Kate Bennett reveals that the first
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lady doesn't just live in her own bedroom. She actually lives on a different floor of
the White House than the president: "Melania Trump has her own quarters in the
White House. ... It is true the first couple doesn't share a bedroom, according to several
sources, and the first lady prefers her own large, private space in a suite of rooms on a
separate floor." Bennett also reveals that the first lady was "beside herself with guilt"
after her speech at the Republican National Convention was criticized for including parts
from a speech given by Michelle Obama: "Not only did Melania Trump feel badly for her
speechwriter, she also felt she had let down her husband on what should have been her
most triumphant speaking engagement to date. The truth was, sources conclude, it was
Donald Trump that let down Melania Trump. A skeleton staff of political neophytes
neglected to read Melania Trump's speech, much less vet it for content."
-- According to the new book, the first lady suspects that longtime Trump
confidant Roger Stone was behind the release of nude photos from her modeling
days during the 2016 campaign. From the Guardian: "Bennett also writes that the first
lady 'still refuses to believe' her husband played a role in the release. ... Stone denied
Bennett's claim while the White House poured scorn on her book."
-- The Supreme Court heard a Second Amendment case for the first time in a
decade, but the debate ended up being on whether a case concerning gun
restrictions is still worth considering. Robert Barnes reports: "The controversy
involves now-rescinded restrictions unique to New York City about whether citizens who
have a license to keep a gun in their homes may transport them to firing ranges outside
of the city or to a second home in the state. After the Supreme Court took the case to
decide whether those restrictions violated the constitutional right to keep and bear arms,
the city got rid of them. Then the state of New York passed a law that would keep them
from being reenacted. The unstated purpose of both the city and state actions might
have been to make the case moot and deny conservatives on the court a chance to
explore whether there is a right to carry a gun outside the home. ... The arguments
Monday suggested that New York would have had trouble defending the old regulations.
But most of the hour-long discourse was consumed with questions about whether the
court still has a live controversy before it, a requirement for rendering an opinion. The
court denied New York's earlier plea to dismiss the case as moot. It said it would
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consider the question after argument."
Barr's Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to let federal executions
proceed next week by "setting aside" a district court's injunction that blocks it
from carrying out lethal injections as planned. Mark Berman reports: "This request,
which came hours after an appeals court blocked a similar application, marked an
escalation of the administration's push to restart federal executions after a nearly two-
decade hiatus. .... The Justice Department argued in its 38-page filing Monday that the
judge's interpretation of the law is 'implausible.' The filing, signed by Noel Francisco, the
solicitor general, dismissed what it called a 'flawed injunction against the implementation
of lawful executions.' [Barr], in announcing plans to resume executions, had said the
department owes it to victims to carry out the sentences, though some relatives of the
first inmate facing execution have urged the administration to call off the lethal injection
and sentence him to life in prison instead."
— The Senate confirmed Trump's pick to replace Energy Secretary Rick Perry.
Several Democrats joined Republicans in approving Deputy Energy Secretary Dan
Brouillette's promotion, 70-15. (AP)
Trump recently gave states the power to ban refugees. But deeply conservative
and devout Utah wants more of them. Griff Witte reports: "The governor, a Republican
who aligns with Trump on most issues, wrote the president a letter in late October. He
didn't want to keep refugees out. He didn't want to reduce their numbers. He wanted
Trump to send more. 'We empathize deeply with individuals and groups who have been
forced from their homes and we love giving them a new home and a new life,' Gov. Gary
R. Herbert wrote. Such newcomers, he added, have become 'productive employees and
responsible citizens.' They have been an asset to Utah, he said, not a liability.
Republicans in the state legislature quickly backed up their governor, daring to defy a
president who has repeatedly shown an unwillingness to tolerate intraparty dissent. So
did Republican members of the state's congressional delegation. So did Republicans in
city halls. Democrats across Utah added their support. 'I have to be honest: I don't have
any idea why it's a partisan issue nationally. It's never been one here,' said Brad Wilson,
the state's Republican speaker of the House. 'Regardless of political party, we value
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these people.-
-- Ballroom dancers say a clampdown on immigration is hurting business. From
the AP: "When no Americans replied to her ads seeking a dance instructor, studio owner
Chris Sabourin looked overseas. But she was stymied again by a federal tightening of
visa application rules she and others contend is hampering the ballroom dance industry.
... Federal records ... show a slight uptick since 2017 in initial denials of O-1 visa
applications from individuals with 'extraordinary ability or achievement' — the visa that
many of the foreign dancers seek — as well as for O-1 visa applicants who were given a
second chance to meet eligibility requirements. Representatives of the dance industry
say they've seen the processing times for those nonimmigrant visas, which allow the
dancers to work in the U.S. for up to three years, increase from weeks to months, with
uncertainty the application will be approved."
-- A janitor working for the Border Patrol saved and photographed migrants'
belongings that were thrown away by U.S. officials. From the Los Angeles Times:
"While working as a janitor at the same facility from 2003 to 2014, photographer Tom
Kiefer secretly collected the belongings and later began shooting them. ... The first items
to pull Kiefer's attention were 15 to 20 toothbrushes. At the time, he didn't think about
photographing them. He just felt compelled to remove them from the trash. 'When I
started seeing a rosary, or a Bible, or a wallet, I realized that no one would believe me if
I had not collected these items.' It took about six years of collecting — blankets,
cellphones, toilet paper, depression medication, shoelaces — before Kiefer began
photographing. ... Kiefer estimates he has more than 100,000 items collected and stored
in his studio and other spaces around Ajo. The word he uses to describe how he copes
with the magnitude of his collection: compartmentalize. ... `Our government is actually
taking away a Bible or rosary," he said. "I mean, how twisted is that?"
— The United Auto Workers has bolstered its financial controls in an effort to
prevent embezzlement and bribery that was uncovered as part of a federal probe
of the union. From the AP: "The moves announced Monday by Secretary-Treasurer
Ray Curry come after last month's resignation of President Gary Jones, who has been
implicated in the scandal. Several other union officials have been charged or implicated
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in the probe, which embarrassed the union leadership and angered many of its 400,000
members when it became public starting in 2017. Curry says the reforms will put checks
and balances in place to prevent financial misconduct."
-- Former president Jimmy Carter was hospitalized again to treat a urinary tract
infection. Michael Brice-Saddler reports: "The Carter Center says 'he is feeling better
and looks forward to returning home soon.' The incident comes three weeks after Carter
was hospitalized ahead of a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain caused by a
subdural hematoma, a collection of blood outside the brain, spurred by his recent falls.
He was released from the hospital on Wednesday, in time for Thanksgiving, and there
were no complications from the surgery."
This is an aerial view of a lake on the Greenland Ice Sheet before, left, and after drainage, right. (Thomas R.
Chudley)
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- Cracks in the Greenland ice sheet are producing massive waterfalls, raising
scientists' concerns for sea level rise. Andrew Freedman reports: "A cerulean lake
consisting of glacial meltwater on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet, located about
18 miles from where the Store Glacier meets the sea in west Greenland, briefly became
one of the world's tallest waterfalls during the course of five hours in July 2018. The
waterfall, like many others on the ice sheet's surface, was triggered by cracks in the ice
sheet. In the case of this one meltwater lake that scientists closely observed in July
2018, the water cascaded more than 3,200 feet to the underbelly of the glacier, where
the ice meets bedrock. There, the water can help lubricate the base of the ice sheet,
helping the ice move faster toward the sea. The observations of scientists, armed with
aerial drones and other high-tech equipment, of the partial lake drainage that resulted
could help researchers better understand how surface melting of the ice sheet could
affect its melt rate, and improve global sea level rise projections.
"Scientists are keenly interested in how meltwater on the surface of the Greenland
ice sheet — the largest contributor to global sea level rise — acts to speed up the
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movement of ice toward the sea by lubricating the underside of the ice surface.
The new study, published Monday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
suggests that scientists are underestimating the number of melt ponds that partially, and
rapidly, drain into the ice sheet each year. This means tweaks may be needed to the
computer models used to predict sea level rise from Greenland. This is the first study to
show that partial lake drainage can occur through cracks in the ice, rather than
overtopping or other mechanisms, which was previously the assumption. This means
even more water is reaching the base of the ice sheet than previously thought."
— Trump revved up his global trade war yesterday by not only announcing tariffs
on metals from Brazil and Argentina, but also by threatening even harsher
penalties on dozens of popular French products. David J. Lynch, Rachel Siegel and
Terrence McCoy report: "The administration said the moves were necessary because
U.S. trading partners were acting unfairly to disadvantage both the country's traditional
economic pillars as well as its best hopes for future prosperity. ... The unexpected
announcement upends the Latin American countries' 2018 agreement with Trump to
accept quotas on their shipments to the United States instead of the import taxes. ...
Later, Robert E. Lighthizer, the president's chief trade negotiator, released the results of
a five-month investigation that concluded a French digital services tax discriminated
against American Internet companies and should be met with tariffs of up to 100 percent
on $2.4 billion in products such as cheese, yogurt, sparkling wine and makeup. The
proposal, which awaits a presidential decision, threatens to intensify simmering
transatlantic trade friction ...
"Fallout from the president's renewed embrace of tariffs could cloud prospects for
future or ongoing talks with countries in Asia and Europe. ... Administration officials
worry that the French tax could set a precedent for other countries. Lighthizer said he
may open investigations into similar taxes in Austria, Italy and Turkey. ... The
president's enthusiasm for tariffs is not shared by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H.
Powell, who has said they are making executives so uncertain about the outlook that
companies are delaying investments and slowing the economy. ... Typically, the United
States provides businesses with some warning of tariff changes, delaying their effective
date to allow goods in transit to arrive at American ports without being taxed. But the
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president tweeted that his tariff order was 'effective immediately.'"
— Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, hit with the new tariffs, has learned the hard
way what so many others have discovered before him: A good personal
relationship with Trump has its limits. David Nakamura and Anne Gearan report:
"Bolsonaro and his country's diplomats in Washington were blindsided after Trump
issued a pair of early morning tweets announcing punishing tariffs on steel and
aluminum imports ... For Bolsonaro, a far-right leader who had patterned his campaign
after Trump's and aggressively sought to ingratiate himself with the White House, the
tariffs represented an embarrassing reality check on his strategy of gambling his
administration's foreign policy largely on good personal chemistry with a president who
craves validation — but who views virtually all relationships as transactional and,
potentially, disposable."
— This is not the first time that Bolsonaro has gotten burned by Trump. Terrence
McCoy reports: "Over and over in recent months, Bolsonaro has been surprised and
stung by Trump's slights and about-faces. Trump told Bolsonaro this year he would back
Brazil's bid to join the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development — a
promise Bolsonaro then touted as a political achievement. But then the U.S.
recommendation letter leaked, showing that the Trump administration was supporting
Romania and Argentina for membership, not Brazil. A few weeks later, the U.S.
government refused Bolsonaro's request to lift its ban on Brazilian imports of beef over
safety concerns — again taking his administration by surprise. Now Trump is targeting
one of the most important industries in Brazil, at a time when unemployment is above 10
percent and the economy has stalled."
— Stocks sank amid disappointing manufacturing and construction data and
Trump's escalating trade wars. Taylor Telford and Thomas Heath report: "'All this
trade friction is weighing on the manufacturing sector, reminding us that protectionism is
not a victimless crime,' said Kristina Hooper, chief global market strategist at Invesco.
Nine of 11 stock market sectors declined Monday, with industrials, information
technology and real estate leading the slide. All but seven of the Dow 30 blue chips
finished in negative territory, with Boeing, American Express and United Technologies
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the biggest drags."
— The Trump administration quietly released more than $100 million in military
assistance to Lebanon after months of unexplained delays that led some
lawmakers to compare it to the frozen aid for Ukraine that prompted the
impeachment inquiry. From the AP: "The $105 million in Foreign Military Financing
funds for the Lebanese Armed Forces was released just before the Thanksgiving holiday
and lawmakers were notified of the step on Monday, according to two congressional
staffers and an administration official. ... The money had languished in limbo at the
Office of Management and Budget since September although it had already won
congressional approval and had overwhelming support from the Pentagon, State
Department and National Security Council. The White House has yet to offer any
explanation for the delay despite repeated queries from Congress."
— China is using DNA to map faces as Beijing's pursuit of control over a Muslim
ethnic group continues pushing the rules of science and consent. From the Times:
"With a million or more ethnic Uighurs and others from predominantly Muslim minority
groups swept up in detentions across Xinjiang, officials in Tumxuk have gathered blood
samples from hundreds of Uighurs — part of a mass DNA collection effort dogged by
questions about consent and how the data will be used. In Tumxuk, at least, there is a
partial answer: Chinese scientists are trying to find a way to use a DNA sample to create
an image of a person's face. The technology, which is also being developed in the
United States and elsewhere, is in the early stages of development and can produce
rough pictures good enough only to narrow a manhunt or perhaps eliminate suspects.
But given the crackdown in Xinjiang, experts on ethics in science worry that China is
building a tool that could be used to justify and intensify racial profiling and other state
discrimination against Uighurs."
North Korea said that dialogue with the U.S. has been nothing but a "foolish
trick" and warned Washington that it could be on the receiving end of an
unwelcome Christmas gift. Simon Denyer reports: "The North Korean regime has
given the United States until the end of the year to drop its 'hostile policy,' come up with
a new approach to talks and offer concessions in return for its decision to end nuclear
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and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in 2018. But a recent decision by the
United States to postpone a joint air drill with South Korea clearly hasn't satisfied
Pyongyang. Ri Thae Song, vice foreign minister in charge of U.S. affairs, accused
Washington of trying to buy time by calling for a 'sustained and substantial dialogue,' but
he rejected this approach. ... 'The DPRK has done its utmost with maximum
perseverance not to backtrack from the important steps it has taken on its own initiative,'
he said in a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency. 'What is left to be
done now is the U.S. option and it is entirely up to the U.S. what Christmas gift it will
select to get.' North Korea has a history of timing launches with an eye on international
developments and even U.S. holidays."
-- On the first day of the NATO Summit, Trump slammed French President
Emmanuel Macron's criticism of NATO as "very, very nasty" and "disrespectful."
Ashley Parker, Philip Rucker and Michael Birnbaum report: Referring to comments
Macron made "last month in an interview with The Economist — in which Macron
described the 'brain death' of NATO due to lack of American support — Trump attacked
Macron during his first remarks on the first day of the NATO 70th anniversary summit in
London, calling the comments 'very insulting.' You just can't go around making
statements like that about NATO,' Trump said, sitting next to NATO Secretary-General
Jens Stoltenberg at a one-on-one meeting between the two leaders Tuesday morning.
Though Trump himself has long been a vocal critic of NATO — a combative stance that
has alarmed Western allies and seemed to prompt Macron's comments — Trump took
umbrage at the French assessment of the alliance, and depicted France as the
beneficiary of American largesse. 'I would say that nobody needs NATO more than
France,' Trump said."
-- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a pair of bills. One requires all
consumer electronic devices sold in the country to be pre-installed with Russian
software. Another will require individual journalists to register as foreign agents.
From Fox News: "Government officials say the law will help Russian IT firms compete
with foreign companies, which dominate Russia's mobile phone market, Reuters
reported. Another law signed by Putin Monday is a bill that gives the government the
right to register bloggers, journalists and social media users as foreign agents. The bill is
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an extension of an existing law adopted in response to the U.S. Justice Department's
2017 decision to label the Russian state-funded network RT as a foreign agent. The new
law applies to anyone who distributes content produced by media outlets registered as
foreign agents and receives payments from abroad. Individuals registered as foreign
agents will be subject to additional government scrutiny."
-- The American woman who claims convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein forced
her to have sex with Britain's Prince Andrew told the BBC that the episodes were
"disgusting" and asked for support from the British public. William Booth and Karla
Adam report: "'This is not some sordid sex story, this is a story of being trafficked, this is
a story of abuse, and this is a story of your guys' royalty,'
told
the BBC in an hour-long documentary that aired Monday night. ...
— now 35
and a mother of three — told the BBC that she was passed around to Epstein's
rich and powerful friends `like a platter of fruit.' She said she was trafficked to
Andrew three times in 2001 and 2002: once in London at the home of Epstein's
girlfriend, once at Epstein's New York mansion and once on a private Caribbean
island owned by Epstein. 'It didn't last long,' she said of the first of three alleged
encounters with the prince. 'He got up, and he said thanks, I sat there in bed, just
horrified and ashamed and felt dirty,'
said." The prince has denied that he had
sex with her.
— The rape and killing of a veterinarian on her way home from work have shaken
India. Joanna Slater reports: "The killing of the 26-year-old veterinarian in the South
Indian city of Hyderabad last week has provoked outrage and anguish across India, the
latest in a series of gruesome, high-profile crimes against women and girls. Police
arrested four men and said they had confessed to the killing. Speaking in Parliament on
Monday, India's defense minister called it an 'inhuman' crime that has 'brought shame to
the entire country.' ... After news of the veterinarian's killing spread, demonstrations
erupted in Hyderabad over the weekend. Thousands of people protested at a police
station near where the woman's body was found and outside the gated compound where
her family lives. In New Delhi, a young woman was arrested for holding a sign in a
high-security area outside Parliament that read, `Why can't I feel safe in my own
India?"
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-- The Pacific island nation of Samoa will shut down government services for two
days so civil servants can focus on a nationwide immunization drive as the
country struggles to end a measles outbreak that has so far claimed more than 50
lives, most of them children. From NPR: "Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
announced the closure on Monday, saying the government is relying on 'village councils,
faith-based organizations, and church leaders, village mayors and government women
representatives' to persuade the public to get vaccinated. As a result, he said, all but
public utility government services will be shuttered Dec. 5 and 6. More than 3,700
measles cases have been reported since the outbreak began in October, with 198
recorded within a 24-hour period. Fifty-three people have died and of those, 48 are
children under 4 years old."
— The Post today launched the first episode of its Spanish-language podcast, "El
Washington Post." Our podcast will round up a panel of renowned journalists who will
explore the top international headlines in twice-weekly episodes.
An aerial view shows the Biden campaign bus as it travels from a campaign stop in Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty
Images)
2020 WATCH:
-- Joe Biden may lose the Iowa caucuses. But, by betting on strong support from
black voters in Southern states and urban areas, he may still secure the 1,990
delegates needed to clinch the Democratic nomination. From the Times: "If Mr.
Biden retains his strength with black voters, he'd have a structural advantage in the
nomination race that is greater than his uneven lead in national polls suggests. ... While
Iowa and New Hampshire may generate political momentum for a winner because they
vote first, the two states award very few delegates. By contrast, a candidate who is
popular in California, Texas and predominantly black districts in the South could pick up
big shares of delegates. A recent poll shows Mr. Biden at 44 percent among black voters
in South Carolina, the early voting state with a majority-black Democratic electorate, and
a historic harbinger for how the South will vote. The same poll had Mr. Biden's next
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closest competitor, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, trailing him by more than 30
percentage points among black voters. ...
"Some of the most delegate-rich districts in Southern states like Tennessee, Alabama
and South Carolina have large shares of black Democratic voters. (Vermont is an
exception; its population is largely white, but it has only one district with 11 Democratic
delegates.) Under party rules, more delegates are awarded in districts with high
concentrations of Democrats. Because black people overwhelmingly vote
Democratic, areas with many black residents tend to have higher numbers of
Democratic delegates. This is a big reason why black Democrats are so sought-after in
the race for the party's nomination. Historically, black Democratic primary voters have
tended to back a single candidate, helping thrust the voting bloc to the forefront in
Southern states where black voters make up the majority of the Democratic electorate. If
a single candidate can get huge vote margins with black Democrats, like Barack Obama
did in 2008 and Hillary Clinton did in 2016, he or she can amass a big delegate lead over
other candidates."
— In a wide-raging interview aboard the "No Malarkey" bus, the former vice
president said he doesn't need Obama's endorsement, scoffed at the idea that
Elizabeth Warren is building enthusiasm and accused Pete Buttigieg of stealing
his plans. From Politico: "Biden reiterated that he asked Obama not to endorse him,
and he stuck by that stance even when asked whether he'd want Obama's backing if the
field narrowed to three people. 'No, because everyone knows I'm close with him,' Biden
said. 'I don't need an Obama endorsement.' ... Biden was asked about a POLITICO
Magazine article that recently reported how Obama had confided in another candidate
that his former vice president 'really doesn't have it' when it comes to an intimate
connection with voters. 'He may have said that. And if it's true, and he said it, there's
truth to it,' Biden acknowledged on Monday before saying that he has 'mostly
campaigned for other people in the time I've been here. And I've never been in a
position seeking the nomination where I have had the money and the organization to be
able to get open headquarters all over the state.' ...
"Biden lamented media coverage that he said initially dismissed the durability of
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his candidacy because he was too moderate and didn't embrace policies like
Medicare for All. Biden said the field was now moving closer to his views and away
from the left. When asked whether he unintentionally set the stage for Buttigieg, who is
leading in the polls in Iowa, Biden grew animated. 'Set it up? He stole it! Set it up?' Biden
said of the mayor of South Bend, Ind. ... The former vice president then accused the
media of going too easy on Buttigieg, saying his opponent had once supported a more
liberal health care plan but then pivoted ... When asked about another polling leader in
Iowa and elsewhere — Warren — Biden dismissed her rise and the notion that she had
momentum behind her. 'Look at the polling everywhere. Tell me. Tell me where the
polling has manifested itself,' he said. 'She lives in Massachusetts, she's invested
millions and millions of dollars in New Hampshire, why shouldn't she be known there?"
— Three state lawmakers acknowledge that lobbyists helped craft their op-eds
attacking Medicare-for-all. Jeff Stein reports: "Montana state Rep. Kathy Kelker (D)
and Sen. Jen Gross (D) acknowledged in interviews that editorials they published
separately about the single-payer health proposal included language provided by John
MacDonald, a lobbyist and consultant in the state who disclosed in private emails that he
worked for an unnamed client. Gross said MacDonald contacted her on behalf of the
Partnership for America's Health Care Future, a multimillion-dollar industry group
founded in 2018 and funded by hospitals, private insurers, drug companies and other
private health-care firms. Additionally, an aide to Ohio state Sen. Steve Huffman (R)
confirmed in a brief interview that the lawmaker's op-ed criticizing Medicare-for-all was
written with the help of Kathleen DeLand, an Ohio-based lobbyist. None of the
lawmakers' columns discloses that they were written with the help of a lobbyist."
— The Trump campaign denied credentials to journalists from Bloomberg News,
accusing the organization of "bias" against the president. Kayla Epstein and Derek
Hawkins report: "Bloomberg News faced a journalistic quandary when its owner, former
New York mayor Mike Bloomberg, decided to jump into the 2020 Democratic primary
last month. In a widely criticized decision, editor in chief John Micklethwait announced
that the newsroom would continue its tradition of not investigating Bloomberg's personal
life and finances, and would extend the same policy to his Democratic opponents. The
move was intended to avoid conflict of interest in the Democratic primary. Micklethwait
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noted, however, that Bloomberg News would continue to investigate the Trump
administration. After the Trump campaign announced its decision Monday to bar
Bloomberg News, President Trump took to Twitter to attack the news outlet and the New
York Times for their coverage of him."
-- The New York Times is overhauling its traditional closed-door endorsement
process for Democratic presidential candidates and will instead conduct
interviews with the contenders on the record and air parts of the discussions -
along with the editorial board's final decision — on its show "The Weekly."
(Politico)
-- A month after ending his presidential campaign, Beto O'Rourke is setting his
focus on flipping the Texas state house. From the Houston Chronicle: "With Texas
Democrats nine seats away from retaking the majority of seats in the Texas House,
O'Rourke is trying to convince his donor base to send money to an organization called
Flip The Texas House, which has targeted 17 House Districts in which Republican
candidates won by fewer than 10 percentage points last year. More than half are districts
in which O'Rourke won the majority of votes as he ran for U.S. Senate."
— With just a week remaining before the deadline to run for office in Texas next
year, some of O'Rourke's supporters are still hoping to see him jump into the race
to unseat Sen. John Cornyn (R). They even commissioned a poll that shows he'd
sail through the Senate primary were he to join the race. From the Dallas Morning
News: "The poll also shows him in a near-tie, trailing Cornyn 46-42 at this point, which is
far stronger than others already seeking the nomination. O'Rourke's campaign operation
has gone dormant. He didn't respond to messages on Monday and hasn't said lately
whether he's interested. ... During his presidential campaign, O'Rourke said flatly and
repeatedly that he would not even consider running for the Senate in 2020 ... 'I know it's
a bit of a longshot to try and convince Beto to do this, but it is clear to a lot of people in
Texas that that would be the best thing for us,' said Alan Metni, executive director of the
Democratic Policy Institute, the group that commissioned the new poll."
-- Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp isn't expected to nominate Rep. Douglas
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Collins, Trump's pick, for a soon-to-be-open Senate seat. He's now facing heavy
backlash — including threats of a primary challenge. Seung Min Kim reports: "Kemp
is expected to tap business executive Kelly Loeffler for the Senate seat being vacated by
retiring Sen. Johnny Isakson (R) ... The public outcry against Kemp and Loeffler from
Trump allies has led some of them to threaten a primary challenge against the first-term
governor, and they have urged the president's supporters to flood Kemp's office with
calls pushing him not to select Loeffler. ... Conservative radio host Mark Levin derided
Kemp as 'another Romney,' referring to the 2012 GOP presidential nominee and current
senator from Utah, Mitt Romney, as he accused the Georgia governor of being on the
precipice of appointing a 'RINO,' a Republican in name only ... The formal
announcement from Kemp is expected on Wednesday, the officials said, so as to not
interfere with lsakson's farewell address on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon."
— In a big break for Republican hopes of holding the Senate, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-
N.C.) no longer faces a primary challenge in his reelection bid. From the News &
Observer: "Raleigh retired businessman Garland Tucker is ending his campaign for the
Republican nomination in the U.S. Senate ... Tucker invested more than $1.5 million of
his own money to challenge Tillis, who is seeking a second term in 2020. Monday
marked the beginning of the 2020 filing period in North Carolina. Tucker, who joined the
race in May, opted not to file. ... The letter cited the attention on the ongoing
impeachment inquiry into [Trump] as well as Tillis' role as one of his defenders in the
Senate as a reason for Tucker's decision to end his campaign."
— An outspoken Holocaust denier, activist anti-Semite and white supremacist filed
again for a Chicago-area House seat. From the Chicago Sun-Times: "Arthur Jones, of
suburban Lyons, won the GOP nomination in 2018 because he was the only Republican
on the 3rd District primary ballot. In the general election, he was easily beaten by Rep.
Dan Lipinski, D-III., but received about 26 percent of the vote even after his views were
exposed."
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
George Conway, husband of Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and a conservative critic
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of the president, replied to one of her tweets:
He also retweeted this:
A former Justice Department spokesman notes that Duncan Hunter's guilty plea will
come as a relief to quite a few people:
From the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, who was fired by
Trump:
Amy Klobuchar attacked Senate Republicans for not taking up bills that have passed the
House, a talking point intended to push back on the GOP talking point that impeachment
is distracting Democrats from getting anything done:
Trump once again went after the two FBI officials whose texts were selectively leaked by
his appointees at the DOJ. A Los Angeles Times reporter noted the irony of the
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president's line of attack:
From a former federal prosecutor:
A former senior lawyer for the National Security Agency. who is now at Brookings.
chastised Barr:
A former Republican congressman who is now an independent shared this thought:
And Trump's former national security adviser, who is now a convicted fellon. has a
holiday wish:
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "What would you have done to me? You would
have torn my ears off," Joe Biden told reporters after accusing Pete
Buttigieg of stealing his health-care plan. "I would be a plagiarizing, no
good, old man who did bum bum bum." (Politico)
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Little clamoring for impeachment in New
Hampshire, even as both House members
endorse inquiry
Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), far right, poses for a setfie at the Capitol earlier this year
with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). (J. Scott
Applewhite/AP)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Alfaro
THE BIG IDEA:
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Both of New Hampshire's
House members endorsed launching an impeachment
inquiry against President Trump on Friday afternoon,
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state, including many Democrats, do not support such
a move.
Reps. Chris Pappas and Annie Kuster are among about a
dozen House Democrats who have come out for the
impeachment inquiry since former special counsel Bob
Mueller testified last week, despite continued resistance
from Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That brings the total to 106
members, by our tally, which is just under half the
Democratic caucus.
The divisions in the Granite State capture in miniature
the difficult needle that party leaders must figure out
how to thread to prevail in 2020. The Wards are
Democrats who loathe Trump, for instance, but they don't
support impeachment. "I hate to say this, but I agree with
Nancy Pelosi. Not that Congress is doing much of
anything anyway, but it would be a waste of
Congress's time and our money to impeach," said
Bryan Ward, 31, an IT network engineer who voted for
Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primary and
lives in Penacook.
"In my heart of hearts, I'm pretty sure he's going to win the
next election, but at this point in the term, I'm not sure
impeachment is the best use of resources," said Meghan
Ward, 35, a former stage manager who is working odds-
and-ends jobs as she studies to get her teacher's license.
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Their 3-year-old son sat between them on Saturday night
during a minor league baseball game here. Meghan voted
for Hillary Clinton in the primary because she considered
Sanders too much of a socialist and thinks his plans are
unrealistic. But she refers to Trump as "Cheeto" and
laments the president's remarkably resilient poll numbers
despite constant controversies that she's convinced would
cripple any other president.
Bryan is more optimistic than his wife that Trump will lose in
November 2020, but he's not excited about the crop of 2020
alternatives. "I'll wait until the field gets narrowed down a
little bit, but right now not one of the candidates really
speaks to me," he said. "There's no middle ground anymore.
There's never compromise. It's so, so, so contentious. It's
red team vs. blue team."
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, a minor league baseball team, play the Fightin Phils
of Reading, Pa., on Saturday at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, N.H.
(James Hohmann/The Washington Post)
This was the most frequent refrain during more than 30
conversations I had on Saturday evening with a cross
section of New Hampshire voters at Northeast Delta
Dental Stadium in the heart of downtown in this small
state's biggest city. The Fisher Cats, an affiliate of the
Toronto Blue Jays, were playing a doubleheader against the
Fightin Phils of Reading, Pa. Every ticket in the stadium cost
$14 at the box office, and there was a fireworks show
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arterwara.
All the folks I talked with at the Fisher Cats game said they
plan to vote next year, but none are the kinds of people who
hang out at political events and yell at politicians. Pappas
and Kuster, like so many House Democrats jumping on the
impeachment bandwagon, are catering more to the
hardened activists who volunteer and donate to their
campaigns than the electorate more broadly.
"[Trump's] choices aren't great, but I'm not sure he's
done anything that's deserving of him getting kicked
out of office," said Rich Fortier, 38, a lifelong Democrat
from the Lakes Region up north. "There's probably a
protocol for that." Fortier, a high school special education
teacher, is frustrated that politicians in both parties are not
paying more attention to education, and he worries about
budget cuts as the economy slows down. "To me, it seems
they're distracted by the battles away from the issues that
matter," he said. "They're not worried about the future of the
country or things like that."
Another Democrat, Beck Bryon, said the country is in a
"precarious position" and warned that Trump is
turning it into a "dictatorship," but she considers
impeachment a "Catch-22." She explained that "it could
be beneficial," but the 40-year-old calibration technician
worried about what would happen if the president was
removed from office by the Senate. Vice President Pence
would take over, and she thinks he might more effectively
enact the same agenda and perhaps have an easier time
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winning the 2020 election. "So it's potentially smarter to
wait," she explained.
As the first state with a primary, New Hampshire will
not just be pivotal in determining the Democratic
nominee but will probably be a top battleground again
in the 2020 general election. Clinton carried the Granite
State by just 2,700 votes, or less than half a percentage
point, after Barack Obama won it twice by more than five
points.
The specter of impeachment galvanizes many Trump
supporters. Republican Wayne Jutras, a salesman who
lives near the ballpark, appreciates that Trump is running
the government like it's a business. He said Democrats are
only coming after him because they resent his success at
growing the economy. "They're just trying to dig up some dirt
on him," said Jutras, 55, between licks of a vanilla ice cream
cone. "It's like anything else: If you're playing for the New
York Yankees, you're not going to be cheering for the
Boston Red Sox. They're doing their best, but of course
they're going to try to impeach him."
Many middle-of-the-road voters see impeachment as a
distraction. Tom and Suanne Milligan, retirees in their 70s,
moved from Indiana last year to live closer to their
grandchildren in Canaan, N.H. "We're non-Trump
Republicans," he said. "I really don't like any of what's going
on." In 2016, he voted for Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson
and she voted for Green Party nominee Jill Stein. They said
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it's hard to imagine voting for Trump in 2020, but they
continue to support GOP candidates down the ballot and
hope their party breaks out of Trump's thrall sooner than
later. But both disapprove of Democrats trying to impeach
the president. "It seems like the Democrats are just trying to
appease their own voters," said Suanne. Tom agreed. "Move
on," he said. "It's just divisive, and I don't think it's really
going to amount to anything."
Trump: 'I watched Bob Mueller, and they have nothing'
-- Public and private polling bolsters what I
encountered on the ground: Most Americans oppose
impeaching Trump, and overall public opinion has
been shifting slightly away from impeachment since
the release of the Mueller report.
An ABC News-Ipsos poll published on Sunday showed
that Mueller's testimony has failed to move the needle
of public opinion. Among those who say they read, saw or
heard about Mueller's testimony, just under half said it made
no difference in their views about impeaching the president,
while 27 percent said it made them more likely to support
impeachment (almost all Democrats) and 26 percent said it
made them less likely (almost all Republicans).
"Independents were much more likely to echo the comments
made by Republicans than those made by Democrats," ABC
notes. "A majority of self-described Independents - 60% --
described the testimony as a waste of time and taxpayer
money or questioned Mueller's fitness. About one in five —
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Independents had more mixed assessments."
A Washington Post-ABC poll released earlier this month
found that 59 percent of Americans said the House should
not begin impeachment proceedings. That's slightly higher
than Post polling throughout the year, which found
opposition to impeachment at 54 percent to 56 percent. Last
summer at this time, 49 percent said Congress should
begin impeachment proceedings. That's down to 37
percent in our latest poll. But, but, but: Among
Democrats, the number is 61 percent. About half of
Democrats, 49 percent, said they "strongly" support
impeachment.
Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) waves to supporters after voting last November in
Contoocook, N.H. She easily won a fourth term. (Geoff Forester/Concord
Monitor/AP)
-- Those numbers explain why so many Democratic
politicians are staking out a position at odds with the
views of most voters. But the ground truth is that, even
on the left, there's less intensity around impeachment
than there was a few months ago.
For example, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was the first
major Democratic presidential candidate to endorse
impeachment when the Mueller report came out in April, and
she saw a spike in small-dollar fundraising because of it.
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The majority of her 2020 rivals eventually followed, another
proof point of the field's leftward lurch. But Warren did not
bring up impeachment during either of the two events
she held in New Hampshire on Saturday.
Not a single voter asked the senator about it during a house
party in Bow or a town hall in Derry. When a reporter
questioned Warren about this during a gaggle, she noted
that she endorsed impeachment after reading the Mueller
report because she felt she had an obligation to do so. But
she added that her campaign is focused on removing Trump
at the ballot box in 2020. "I'm not running on impeachment,"
she said.
To be sure, each of the dozen voters I interviewed after
Warren's first event, in the grassy backyard of a
supporter's home, said they support impeachment. But
their explanations were measured, and several
acknowledged the political risks.
"I'm hearing what Nancy says, and I understand where
she's coming from," said Shannon Mills, 69, a dentist
who served 30 years in the Air Force. (Folks in New
Hampshire, so accustomed to access, love referring to
national political figures like the speaker by their first
names.) "But this is not about politics. You've sworn an oath
to defend the Constitution. You cannot ignore the egregious
crimes committed by the president. They have to do their
jobs. Look, I'm concerned impeachment could make the
president look sympathetic to a certain segment of the voting
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Mills said he believes that Trump welcoming Russian help in
2016, combined with the efforts documented by Mueller to
interfere with the investigation that followed, is much worse
than the behavior that led House Republicans to impeach
Bill Clinton two decades ago. "Clinton lied about an affair,
but he didn't sell our country out to the Russians," Mills
reasoned. "Neither one is something I approve of. I'm not a
big fan of Bill Clinton, either."
State Rep. Rebecca McWilliams (D), who represents
Concord, said she was impressed that Kuster, her
congresswoman, endorsed an impeachment inquiry. "I
didn't know I'd ever see Annie do that because she's
so cautious," said McWilliams, 37, a practicing
attorney and mother of two, as she waited in line for a
selfie with Warren. "I don't believe the Mueller report has
been the big bomb we thought it'd be. I think it's probably
more the 24-hour news cycle we're barraged with. The
weight of it all is that this guy is a liar, he's been using the
presidency to enrich himself, and he doesn't have our
country's best interests at heart. The Mueller report is only a
piece of it. It's the culmination."
-- Of the two New Hampshire House members, Pappas
is considered much more vulnerable than Kuster. He
just got elected last year. Notably, he announced his support
for the impeachment inquiry at 6:30 on Friday night — about
six hours after Kuster issued her statement. A short video
that Pappas posted to YouTube begins with a preamble
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about how he has "been working hard with members of both
parties to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, improve
care for our veterans, rebuild our infrastructure and ensure
that everyone in our state has access to clean drinking
water." Then he called impeachment "another pressing
issue we can't ignore."
"After weeks of careful consideration and after
countless conversations with my constituents, I
believe it is imperative that Congress continues its
oversight work by opening an impeachment inquiry,"
Pappas continued. "I have said many times that we should
not take this step for political purposes and that we should
not avoid our responsibility because it might feel politically
convenient. It's up to Congress to put all the facts on the
table and hold leaders accountable, and I'm committed to
that process while maintaining my focus on the concerns of
the people of New Hampshire."
"Our Democracy is at Stake," Kuster wrote in an open
letter to her constituents on Friday. "The Special
Counsel reiterated that he did not exonerate the President,
and that because of Department of Justice policy, he could
not charge the President with a crime even if he had the
evidence to do so. Under the Constitution, that job falls to
us."
-- Both Kuster and Pappas declined interview requests
to discuss impeachment, which speaks volumes about
how politically delicate the issue is in their state. More
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senators declined to join their House counterparts. "I
think we need to continue to investigate the charges, but I
think at this time there is not a consensus to move forward
with impeachment proceedings," said Jeanne Shaheen, who
faces a competitive reelection fight next year, in a local radio
interview.
"Impeachment is a grave step that should not be taken
lightly," said Maggie Hassan, the former governor who
narrowly defeated Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte
in 2016, in a statement. "I am not convinced that initiating an
impeachment inquiry is the best course of action at this
time, but it is ultimately the House of Representatives'
decision."
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Pelosi downplays impeachment calls after meeting with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
-- Trump has signaled repeatedly that he believes
impeachment will help his reelection prospects, and
he's all but dared Democrats to do it by refusing to
cooperate with House oversight. Many Republican
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also think the issue will unite their base. Trump aides
have said that the reelection campaign could tout an
acquittal by the Senate, even if it was on party lines, as a
form of exoneration. This tracks with what I heard from
Republicans I talked with at the Fisher Cats game.
Ken Grenier, a unionized postal worker who supports
Trump, is angry that Democrats are trying to remove a
president from power outside an election. "I've got to
keep this PG for the paper, but right now they're
extremely anti-American," said the 57-year-old. "It's just
wasting more time and money to distract people from the
good things that Trump is doing. They pushed `collusion' for
so long, and they're so invested in it, that they can't back
away, even though they know the Republicans in the Senate
are not going to vote to remove him from office."
After voting for Ted Cruz in the 2016 primary, Grenier has
been grateful for the president's tireless efforts to secure the
southern border. He was thrilled that the Supreme Court
allowed the administration late Friday to move forward with
construction of the wall. He's also pleased about the
president's judicial nominations and efforts to reduce access
to abortion.
Grenier volunteered that he disapproves of Trump's
recent attacks on the four minority congresswomen
who call themselves the Squad. The president must
stop "flapping his gums" on Twitter, he explained, as
his wife nodded in agreement. "The Dems were in free
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fall for a while, and then Trump's tweets about the
Squad unified them. I wish he hadn't done that."
House Judiciary considers Trump impeachment after Mueller
-- Nationally, Democrats continue to be divided about
the right approach. Four House members from
Washington state announced their support on Sunday for
opening an impeachment inquiry, prompting Sen. Patty
Murray (D-Wash.) to issue her own statement last night
saying that she agrees.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.)
said on Sunday that his "personal view" is that Trump "richly
deserves impeachment," but he says his committee still
needs "more evidence" before opening an inquiry. "The
question is," Nadler told CNN, "can we develop enough
evidence to put before the American people?"
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-
Calif.) defended Pelosi's approach. "I worry equally about
the message of taking an impeachment case to trial, losing
that case, having the president acquitted and then having an
adjudication that this conduct is not impeachable," Schiff
said on NBC. "There's no making the case to the cult of the
president's personality that is the Senate GOP, but we
should at least be able to make the case to the American
people. I want to make sure that that's true before we go
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Calif. Allyson Chiu, Meagan Flynn and Faiz Siddiqui report:
"One gunman was killed by officers at the scene, Gilroy
Police Chief Scot Smithee said early Monday morning.
Police are still searching for a possible second suspect,
although it's unclear if that person also fired on the crowd or
assisted the shooter. ... The first reports of gunshots at the
Gilroy Garlic Festival came in around 5:41 p.m. local time,
just as the event was wrapping up its third and final day.
Smithee said he has `no idea' what the shooter's motive was
on Sunday. He added that officers already stationed at the
festival 'engaged the suspect in less than a minute.'
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Romero, the child's father told NBC Bay Area. The boy's
mother and grandmother were also injured in the shooting.
... The shooter was carrying an `assault-type rifle,' the City
of Gilroy said in a statement early Monday. Investigators
believe the suspect entered the festival by cutting through a
perimeter fence, Smithee told reporters. He noted that
security at the festival's official entrances is `very tight.' ...
Many evacuees were left stranded after the festival because
their vehicles were parked at what had turned into an active
crime scene. Some gathered on a stagecoach outside the
festival, while others called ride-hailing services to get home.
"Julissa Contreras and her boyfriend, Mario Camargo,
were browsing at a food tent when they saw a man in a
military-style outfit emerge from a nearby access road
and start shooting `left to right and right to left,'
Contreras told The Post in a phone interview. Contreras
and Camargo ran in different directions, each taking shelter
behind tents with crying children and frantic parents. Some
people froze and others sprinted. Some appeared to play
dead, Camargo said. Once they heard the gunfire stop,
Contreras and Camargo each made a run for the entrance,
eventually reuniting in the parking lot. Camargo said he saw
two wounded people as he fled. ... Contreras said there
was one moment that she couldn't stop thinking about.
When the gunfire broke out, she looked in the direction
of the gunman and saw children fleeing an inflatable
slide, all trying to squeeze through the same tiny exit.
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'I'm never going to torget that image, she said."
-- Videos uploaded to social media showed the chaotic
scenes:
Dan Coats is expected to resign as director of National Intelligence
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN:
-- Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats will
leave his position next month, and Trump announced
Sunday that he will nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-
Tex.), a third-term congressman, as his replacement.
Coats, a former Republican senator from Indiana and
ambassador to Germany, was often at odds with Trump over
the wisdom of negotiating with Russia, the status of Iran's
nuclear weapons program and the severity of foreign threats
to U.S. elections. Ratcliffe, who sits on the House Judiciary
and Intelligence committees, has made his name in
Congress as one of the GOP's most dogged critics of
perceived anti-Trump bias at the FBI and in the special
counsel's investigation.
Ratcliffe will probably get confirmed by a Republican-
controlled Senate that seems reluctant to challenge
Trump, but the appointment of an outspoken partisan
loyalist raises a litany of legitimate questions about the
president's politicization of the intelligence
community. Ratcliffe launched perhaps the most spirited
defenses of Trump during the Mueller hearings last
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possibly obstructed justice when he never intended to
decide whether the president had committed a crime.
Trump's announcement that Ratcliffe will get the job came a
few hours after the congressman went on Fox News to
defend the president and attack the Mueller report as an
untrustworthy document written by liberals.
Ratcliffe to Mueller: 'You didn't follow the special counsel regulations'
-- "For months, Coats had recognized that his
relationship with Trump, which was never strong, had
frayed beyond repair. ... Coats had felt isolated and
excluded from important national security decision-making,"
notes Shane Harris, our intelligence beat reporter.
Ratcliffe "has no background in intelligence, though he
did serve as a terrorism prosecutor and the U.S. attorney in
the Eastern District of Texas in the George W. Bush
administration. He also served as the mayor of Heath, Tex.,
a town of about 9,000 outside Dallas. ... Trump has
repeatedly blasted the intelligence agencies as having
tried to undermine his campaign and has, without
evidence, accused former senior intelligence officials
from the Obama administration of illegally spying on
him. Ratcliffe echoed those allegations Sunday on Fox
News. 'What I do know as a former federal prosecutor is
that it does appear that there were crimes committed during
the Obama administration,' he said, declining to identify
anyone by name."
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-- "Last year, Ratcliffe's name was floated as a possible
replacement for former attorney general Jeff
Sessions," Karoun Demi]:*Tian notes_in_asklebar. "He joined
the House Intelligence Committee earlier this year, where he
has been considered the GOP's replacement for former
congressman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), an accomplished
prosecutor skilled in executing detailed, stinging
examinations of witnesses in closed-door interviews and
from the dais. ... Ratcliffe represents the seventh-most-
Republican district in the country, according to the Cook
Political Voting Index."
Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser sits for a portrait at The Washington Post last week.
(Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post)
-- Trump's nominee to be vice chair of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, Gen. John Hyten, is facing a confirmation
hearing tomorrow that will force senators on the
Armed Services Committee to decide whether they
believe an Army colonel's charges that he sexually
assaulted her while she was under his command —
accusations he denies. Demirjian reports: "Col. Kathryn
Spletstoser has accused Hyten, who is currently responsible
for the country's nuclear arsenal as the head of U.S.
Strategic Command, of making unwanted sexual contact
with her on several occasions in 2017 while the two were
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are wary of taking her uncorroborated word over the
categorical denials of a decorated four-star Air Force
general endorsed by high-ranking colleagues. ... The Air
Force's Office of Special Investigations investigated
Spletstoser's allegations but could not substantiate her
claims. ...
"Spletstoser said the committee [led by Sen. Jim Inhofe
(R-Okla.)] has denied her request to speak at the
hearing, unless she has `new information' to present.
Spletstoser's public remarks would probably mirror much of
what she has told the panel in private and alleged in a
Washington Post interview. ... The first time was in January
2017, she alleges, when Hyten grabbed her left hand as she
was exiting a work meeting in his hotel room in Palo Alto,
Calif., pulling it in toward his groin so she could feel his
erection before she moved her hand away. In June 2017,
Spletstoser said, Hyten interrupted a work meeting in his
Washington, D.C., hotel room to fondle her breasts and kiss
her — and she pushed him away and admonished him, she
said. ... Yet it was during the Reagan National Defense
Forum in December 2017 that Spletstoser said Hyten made
his most aggressive move, arriving uninvited at her hotel
room in workout clothes carrying a binder, and claiming he
wanted to discuss work matters. Within minutes,
Spletstoser said, Hyten had pinned her against him and
begun `grinding on me hard, like he wants to take my clothes
off and have sex ... and then I realize, he's ejaculating.'
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"If Spletstoser's account is correct, it would mean
Hyten committed a crime, but if she is lying, as an
active-duty service member, she will have committed a
crime for which she could be court-martialed. ... Former
Air Force secretary Heather Wilson, who was briefed on
investigators' findings before leaving her position earlier this
year, said in an interview Sunday that `the Air Force left no
stone unturned in its investigation and the Senate has been
thorough as well.' Based on what I know of the complete
investigation,' she continued, `I believe General Hyten was
falsely accused.-
-- For this week's New Yorker, Connie Bruck profiles
Harvard law professor and Trump ally Alan Dershowitz,
writing about his controversial history as the attorney
to men such as O.J. Simpson, Mike Tyson and Jeffrey
Epstein and the accusations he's faced following his
close relationship to Epstein. Dershowitz, who was
accused by Epstein victim
of abuse,
told the New Yorker that he's innocent and defended his
work by saying that "every honest criminal lawyer will tell you
that he defends the guilty and the innocent."
Demonstrators demand the resignation of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales,
featured in a poster Saturday that reads in Spanish "traitor," after the government
signed an agreement with the Trump administration to require migrants passing
through the Central American country to seek asylum there, rather than pushing on
toward the United States. (Oliver de Ros/AP)
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-- In pressuring Guatemala to accept a deal to absorb
vast numbers of asylum seekers, the Trump
administration has embarked on a dramatic and risky
strategy to slash the number of Central Americans
flooding the U.S. border. "The accord — which was
negotiated in secret and signed at the White House on
Friday — could plunge Guatemala's young democracy
into a constitutional crisis," Mary Beth Sheridan reports.
"It could also saddle one of the hemisphere's poorest
countries with tens of thousands of Salvadoran and
Honduran migrants who would be barred from making their
claims in the United States. The agreement is one of the
boldest steps yet taken by Trump to stanch the flow of
migrants to the U.S. border. It aims to close off the U.S.
asylum system to the migrants who have crossed through
Guatemala en route to the United States. They would
instead have to seek protection in Guatemala.
"But the agreement is built on a fragile political and
legal base. The Guatemalan Constitutional Court ruled
earlier this month that President Jimmy Morales
needed approval from the Guatemalan Congress to
sign the accord, something he has not received. Some
analysts said Morales could get around the ruling with his
argument that the deal is simply a cooperation agreement,
not a treaty. Others note Morales has at times simply
shrugged off court rulings he dislikes. ... Guatemala holds
a runoff presidential election on Aug. 11, and both
candidates have criticized Morales's neaotiation of
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such a broad agreement in secret. While the next
Guatemalan government could cancel the deal, it would face
intense pressure from the Trump administration to not do
so. ... The agreement is also likely to be challenged in U.S.
courts by opponents who say Guatemala does not qualify as
a `safe' country, because of high levels of violence.
"Morales, who finishes his four-year term in January, is
highly unpopular. Guatemalans were startled by a
widely published photo showing their government
minister, Enrique Degenhart, signing the agreement as
Trump loomed over his shoulder, an image suggesting
the Central American country's submission. On
Saturday, hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the
presidential palace in Guatemala City to protest the
agreement. Guatemalan analysts have suggested Morales
made the deal with Trump in hopes of winning support from
the U.S. government. Morales faces allegations of financial
crimes related to his 2015 electoral campaign but has been
shielded by presidential immunity, which he loses in
January. He says he is innocent."
• Julian Castro warned that migrants may "end up
dead" because of the deal. The Democratic
presidential candidate said the country is not
safe. (CBS News)
• To try curbing the number of Central American
migrants reaching the U.S., Mexico has pledged to
help create jobs in Honduras. (Al Jazeera)
• An Arizona Republican state senator apologized
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for saying that "we're going to look like South
American countries very quickly" because
immigrants are "just flooding us ... and
overwhelming us." Sen. Sylvia Allen faced backlash
after the Phoenix New Times published an audio
recording of her speech at the Arizona Republican Party
headquarters in Phoenix. (Morgan Krakow)
-- Federal prosecutors are investigating Trump's close
friend and campaign fundraiser Thomas J. Barrack
Jr. in connection to foreign lobbying. From the Times:
"Investigators have looked in particular at whether Mr.
Barrack or others violated the law requiring people who try to
influence American policy or opinion at the direction of
foreign governments or entities to disclose their activities to
the Justice Department, people familiar with the case said.
The inquiry had proceeded far enough last month that Mr.
Barrack, who played an influential role in the campaign and
acts as an outside adviser to the White House, was
interviewed, at his request, by prosecutors in the public
integrity unit of the United States attorney's office in
Brooklyn." Barrack's spokesman said that, in expectation of
the Times article, his lawyer had contacted the prosecutor's
office and confirmed it has no more questions for him. "Mr.
Barrack has not been accused of wrongdoing, and his aides
said he never worked on behalf of foreign states or
entities. ...
"But as the scrutiny of Mr. Barrack indicates, prosecutors
continue to pursue questions about foreign influence.
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Among other lines of inquiry, they have sought to determine
whether Mr. Barrack and others tried to sway the Trump
campaign or the new administration on behalf of the United
Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia ... Investigators have also
questioned witnesses about Mr. Barrack's involvement with
a proposal from an American group that could give Saudi
Arabia access to nuclear power technology. ... Central to
the inquiry into Mr. Barrack are his dealings with [Rashid al-
Malik, an Emirati businessman], who is well connected in
the court of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. ... When
Mr. Trump was elected, Mr. al-Malik received a coveted
invitation to the inaugural's most exclusive event —
the chairman's dinner, hosted by Mr. Barrack."
-- A leading Russian critic of Vladimir Putin was
hospitalized with suspected poisoning. From ABC
News: Alexei Navalny "was taken by ambulance to the
hospital early on Sunday morning from the jail with what
authorities said was a 'severe allergic reaction,' his
spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter. Initially, one
of Navalny's close colleagues suggested the cause was
likely unsanitary conditions in the jail, but by the evening
Navalny's lawyer released a statement from his long-time
doctor saying that his symptoms were the result of 'an
undefined chemical substance.-
-- A crackdown on Moscow protesters this weekend
suggests a new, more hostile approach by Putin
toward the Russian opposition. Matthew Bodner reports:
"Analysts said the scale of the roundup — nearly 1,400
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demonstrators were swept off the streets in Moscow on
Saturday, according to the monitoring group OVD-Info —
suggested a change in approach for a Russian elite that is
increasingly concerned about political stability. ...
Thousands took to the streets of central Moscow on
Saturday to demand that independent candidates be allowed
to run in upcoming elections for city parliament. It was the
latest demonstration in a protest movement that began two
weeks ago after the city election commission rejected the
candidacies of several opposition-minded candidates, citing
falsified supporter signatures."
-- In Hong Kong, protesters once again took to the
streets and turned neighborhoods into foggy
battlegrounds. Shib_ani Mahtani reports: "The clouds of gas
left bystanders — including children, tourists and the elderly
— choking and sputtering, underscoring the growing risks of
Hong Kong's deepening political crisis, now in its eighth
weekend. Police said that protesters threw paint bombs,
corrosive liquid and bricks at them, and that 49 people were
arrested. Protesters had convened to demonstrate against
what they saw as police brutality over the course of the
protests, including in the neighborhood of Yuen Long the
day before."
-- Iran's deputy foreign minister said an emergency
meeting in Vienna between Tehran and other
signatories of the 2015 nuclear deal was constructive
but inconclusive. Adam Taylor reports: "Earlier Sunday,
the head of Iran's nuclear agency was reported to have told
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lawmakers that Iran had enriched 24 metric tons of uranium
since the nuclear deal was reached in 2015. The remarks by
Ali Akbar Salehi of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization were
reported widely by state-run and semiofficial media, which
cited conservative lawmakers present at the closed-door
meeting. The claim, if confirmed, would suggest that Iran
has produced far more enriched uranium than was
previously known, exceeding the deal's limit many times
over. But some analysts were skeptical."
-- The targeting of Washington Post contributing
columnist Jamal Khashoggi was no aberration. Vanity
Fair's Ayman Mohyeldin reports on a targeted campaign by
Saudi Arabia against dissidents: "Prince Khaled bin Farhan
al-Saud sat in one of the few safe locations he frequents in
Dusseldorf and ordered each of us a cup of coffee. With his
close-cropped goatee and crisp gray suit, he looked
surprisingly relaxed for a hunted man. He described his
constant fear of being abducted, the precautions he takes
when venturing outside, and how German law enforcement
officials routinely check on him to make sure he is all right.
As we sat over coffee, he relayed a story that at first
sounded innocuous. One day in June 2018, his mother, who
lives in Egypt, called him with what she thought was good
news. The Saudi Embassy in Cairo had contacted her, she
said, and had a proposal: The kingdom wanted to mend
relations with the prince and was willing to offer him $5.5
million as a goodwill gesture. .. .
"But as tempting as the overture was, he claimed he
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never considered it seriously. And when he followed
up with Saudi officials, he realized the deal had a
dangerous catch. They had told him he could collect
his payment only if he personally came to a Saudi
embassy or consulate. That immediately set off alarm
bells. He declined the offer. Two weeks later, on October 2,
2018, bin Farhan saw a startling news report. [Khashoggi]
had gone to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to pick up
paperwork required for his pending marriage. Minutes after
his arrival—as revealed in leaked audiotape transcripts
compiled by Turkish authorities—Khashoggi was tortured
and strangled by a Saudi hit squad. ... Bin Farhan was
dumbstruck as he watched television news shows and saw
surveillance-camera footage of Khashoggi's last hours alive.
The prince realized all too clearly: By refusing to go to a
Saudi consulate to pick up his payment, he might have
narrowly avoided a similar fate."
'Disgusting,' A hate agenda': Lawmakers condemn Trump's tweet rant targeting
Cummings
DIVIDED AMERICA:
-- Trump created another racial firestorm by
spending the weekend attacking the city of Baltimore
and the congressional district of Democratic Rep.
Elijah Cummings, saying it represents a "disgusting,
rat and rodent infested mess." City leaders fired back.
Fredrick Kunkle and Hannah Natanson report: "Maryland's
political leaders and residents reacted with outrage — and
sometimes resignation — to Trump's tweetstorm ... Some
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said Trump's language describing a majority black city
represented by an African American lawmaker
demonstrated his predilection for degrading political
opponents. ... Others said that even if the president were
half right about Baltimore's woes, he has a duty to do more
than use them as a political weapon."
-- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's (R) muted response to
Trump's comments stirred more anger. Antonio Olivo
and Rebecca Tan report: "In a statement delivered by his
spokesman, Hogan said: 'Baltimore City is truly the very
heart of our state, and more attacks between politicians
aren't going to get us anywhere.' On social media, where the
Twitter hashtag #WeAreBaltimore was trending on Sunday,
Hogan's critics called the governor `weak' and `gutless' for
not delivering a forceful rebuke of the president."
-- Others didn't hold back their disdain:
• "Better to have a few rats than to be one," the
Baltimore Sun's editorial board said in response to
Trump's comments: "In pointing to the 7th [District],
the president wasn't hoping his supporters would
recognize landmarks like Johns Hopkins Hospital,
perhaps the nation's leading medical center. He wasn't
conjuring images of the U.S. Social Security
Administration, where they write the checks that so
many retired and disabled Americans depend upon. It
wasn't about the beauty of the Inner Harbor or the proud
history of Fort McHenry. And it surely wasn't about the
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income is actually above the national average. No, he
was returning to an old standby of attacking an African
American lawmaker from a majority black district on the
most emotional and bigoted of arguments. It was only
surprising that there wasn't room for a few classic
phrases like `you people' or `welfare queens' or `crime-
ridden ghettos' or a suggestion that the congressman
`go back' to where he came from."
• "We are African Americans, we are patriots, and we
refuse to sit idly by," 149 African Americans who
served in the Obama administration say in an op-
ed published by The Post.
• Former president Barack Obama, who doesn't
comment often on politics, shared the op-ed on
Twitter: "I've always been proud of what this team
accomplished during my administration. But more than
what we did, I'm proud of how they're continuing to fight
for an America that's better," he wrote. Michelle Obama,
who also shies away from commenting on the Trump
administration, also criticized Trump's comments.
"What truly makes our country great is its diversity," the
former first lady tweeted, "I've seen that beauty in so
many ways over the years. Whether we are born here or
seek refuge here, there's a place for us all. We must
remember it's not my America or your America. It's our
America." (Colby Itkowitz)
-- White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told
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tweets had "zero to do with race," and Wallace called
him out. From Mediaite: "'Nobody objects to the president
defending his border policies, but this seems, Mick, to be
the worst kind of ... racial stereotyping. Black congressman,
majority-black district,' Wallace shot back. `No human being
would want to live there.' Is he saying people that live in
Baltimore are not human beings?' Mulvaney again insisted
that Trump is going after Cummings for saying `things that
are not true about the border.' ... Wallace responded by
saying, `You say it has zero to do with race. There is a clear
pattern here, Mick.-
-- Keeping the story alive on Sunday, Trump accused
Cummings and his allies of being the real racists. From
the Times: "Trump said Democrats who called him racist as
a result were themselves playing 'the Race Card,' as he put
it on Twitter. The president later specifically referred to Mr.
Cummings as a racist without explaining why. 'If racist Elijah
Cummings would focus more of his energy on helping the
good people of his district, and Baltimore itself, perhaps
progress could be made in fixing the mess that he has
helped to create over many years of incompetent leadership,'
Mr. Trump wrote. ... Mr. Trump posted repeated tweets
throughout the day denying that he was racist and
attacking Mr. Cummings and Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
herself a Baltimore native and daughter and sister of
former mayors. He defended himself by citing record-low
unemployment for African-Americans on his watch."
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son-in-law, owns more than a dozen apartment
complexes in Baltimore that have been cited for
hundreds of code violations and, critics say, provide
substandard housing to low-income tenants. Rebecca
Tan reports: "Kushner Cos., which started operating in
Maryland in 2013, has owned almost 9,000 rental units
across 17 complexes, many of them in Baltimore County,
the Baltimore Sun reported earlier this year. ... In 2017,
Baltimore County officials revealed that apartments owned
by the Kushner firm were responsible for more than 200
code violations, all accrued in the span of the calendar year.
Repairs were made only after the county threatened fines,
local officials said, and even after warnings, violations on
nine properties were not addressed, resulting in monetary
sanctions." ProPubli a and the Times originally reported on
Kushner's Baltimore real estate "empire" in 2017.
-- Wanda Vazquez Garced, the unpopular justice
minister who was next in Puerto Rico's line of
succession, announced that she will not take over as
governor, hoping to put a stop to continuing street
protests. In a tweet, Vazquez said she has no interest in
the position and said she hopes the ousted Ricardo
Rossello appoints a new secretary of state who can take
over instead. (CNN)
"I understand that eve
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is offensive to some people." — Mulvaney on Trump's
comments about Baltimore. (Felicia Sonmez)
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Trump attacked Al Sharpton after the reverend said he was
traveling to Baltimore:
A Post reporter responded to Trump's campaign manager
appearing to mock homicides in Baltimore:
A Vox reporter reminded us once again that there's always a
tweet. Trump called on Barack Obama to bring Baltimore
together during the 2015 Freddie Gray riots:
A Democratic senator from Connecticut decided to unfollow
the president:
A Times reporter reflected on the significance of Trump's
words when combined with his accomplishments:
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A Times reporter on a flight to Baltimore shared this
moment:
A reporter for Salvadoran online newspaper El Faro shared
images from migrants on the road traveling to the U.S.:
Julian Castro, the 2020 candidate, poked fun at attempts by
his twin brother, a congressman, to look different than him:
And Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, guest-edited an issue of
Vogue:
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
John Oliver explained how the United Kingdom ended up
with Boris Johnson as its prime minister:
The former first lady trolled Trump by posting this video of
dancers from Baltimore after the president ridiculed the city:
The CEO of Under Armour celebrated Baltimore, the city
where the company is headquartered:
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A new political advertisement for Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu features Trump and Vladimir Putin:
India's prime minister ventured into the wild with Bear
Grylls:
And cyclists made their way around the Louvre's pyramid for
this year's Tour de France:
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Little clamoring for impeachment in New Hampshire,
even as both House members endorse inquiry
Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), far right, poses for a selfie at the Capitol earlier this year with Reps. Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Altaro
THE BIG IDEA:
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Both of New Hampshire's House members
endorsed launching an impeachment inquiry against President
Trump on Friday afternoon, bowing to pressure from their left
flanks at the start of a 46-day summer recess. But most people in
this swing state, including many Democrats, do not support such a
move.
Reps. Chris Pappas and Annie Kuster are among about a dozen House
Democrats who have come out for the impeachment inquiry since
former special counsel Bob Mueller testified last week, despite
continued resistance from Speaker Nancy Pelosi. That brings the total
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to 106 members, by our tally, which is just under half the Democratic
caucus.
The divisions in the Granite State capture in miniature the difficult
needle that party leaders must figure out how to thread to prevail
in 2020. The Wards are Democrats who loathe Trump, for instance, but
they don't support impeachment. "I hate to say this, but I agree with
Nancy Pelosi. Not that Congress is doing much of anything
anyway, but it would be a waste of Congress's time and our money
to impeach," said Bryan Ward, 31, an IT network engineer who
voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic primary and lives
in Penacook.
"In my heart of hearts, I'm pretty sure he's going to win the next election,
but at this point in the term, I'm not sure impeachment is the best use of
resources," said Meghan Ward, 35, a former stage manager who is
working odds-and-ends jobs as she studies to get her teacher's license.
Their 3-year-old son sat between them on Saturday night during a minor
league baseball game here. Meghan voted for Hillary Clinton in the
primary because she considered Sanders too much of a socialist and
thinks his plans are unrealistic. But she refers to Trump as "Cheeto" and
laments the president's remarkably resilient poll numbers despite
constant controversies that she's convinced would cripple any other
president.
Bryan is more optimistic than his wife that Trump will lose in November
2020, but he's not excited about the crop of 2020 alternatives. "I'll wait
until the field gets narrowed down a little bit, but right now not one of the
candidates really speaks to me," he said. "There's no middle ground
anymore. There's never compromise. It's so, so, so contentious. It's red
team vs. blue team."
The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, a minor league baseball team, play the Fightin Phils of Reading, Pa., on
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Saturday at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in Manchester, N.H. (James Hohmann/The Washington Post)
This was the most frequent refrain during more than 30
conversations I had on Saturday evening with a cross section of
New Hampshire voters at Northeast Delta Dental Stadium in the
heart of downtown in this small state's biggest city. The Fisher
Cats, an affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, were playing a doubleheader
against the Fightin Phils of Reading, Pa. Every ticket in the stadium cost
$14 at the box office, and there was a fireworks show afterward.
All the folks I talked with at the Fisher Cats game said they plan to vote
next year, but none are the kinds of people who hang out at political
events and yell at politicians. Pappas and Kuster, like so many House
Democrats jumping on the impeachment bandwagon, are catering more
to the hardened activists who volunteer and donate to their campaigns
than the electorate more broadly.
"[Trump's] choices aren't great, but I'm not sure he's done
anything that's deserving of him getting kicked out of office," said
Rich Fortier, 38, a lifelong Democrat from the Lakes Region up
north. "There's probably a protocol for that." Fortier, a high school
special education teacher, is frustrated that politicians in both parties are
not paying more attention to education, and he worries about budget
cuts as the economy slows down. "To me, it seems they're distracted by
the battles away from the issues that matter," he said. "They're not
worried about the future of the country or things like that."
Another Democrat, Beck Bryon, said the country is in a
"precarious position" and warned that Trump is turning it into a
"dictatorship," but she considers impeachment a "Catch-22." She
explained that "it could be beneficial," but the 40-year-old calibration
technician worried about what would happen if the president was
removed from office by the Senate. Vice President Pence would take
over, and she thinks he might more effectively enact the same agenda
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and perhaps have an easier time winning the 2020 election. "So it's
potentially smarter to wait," she explained.
As the first state with a primary, New Hampshire will not just be
pivotal in determining the Democratic nominee but will probably be
a top battleground again in the 2020 general election. Clinton carried
the Granite State by just 2,700 votes, or less than half a percentage
point, after Barack Obama won it twice by more than five points.
The specter of impeachment galvanizes many Trump supporters.
Republican Wayne Jutras, a salesman who lives near the ballpark,
appreciates that Trump is running the government like it's a business.
He said Democrats are only coming after him because they resent his
success at growing the economy. "They're just trying to dig up some dirt
on him," said Jutras, 55, between licks of a vanilla ice cream cone. "It's
like anything else: If you're playing for the New York Yankees, you're
not going to be cheering for the Boston Red Sox. They're doing their
best, but of course they're going to try to impeach him."
Many middle-of-the-road voters see impeachment as a distraction.
Tom and Suanne Milligan, retirees in their 70s, moved from Indiana last
year to live closer to their grandchildren in Canaan, N.H. "We're non-
Trump Republicans," he said. "I really don't like any of what's going on."
In 2016, he voted for Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson and she voted
for Green Party nominee Jill Stein. They said it's hard to imagine voting
for Trump in 2020, but they continue to support GOP candidates down
the ballot and hope their party breaks out of Trump's thrall sooner than
later. But both disapprove of Democrats trying to impeach the president.
"It seems like the Democrats are just trying to appease their own
voters," said Suanne. Tom agreed. "Move on," he said. "It's just divisive,
and I don't think it's really going to amount to anything."
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Trump: 'I watched Bob Mueller, and they have nothing'
-- Public and private polling bolsters what I encountered on the
ground: Most Americans oppose impeaching Trump, and overall
public opinion has been shifting slightly away from impeachment
since the release of the Mueller report.
An ABC News-Ipsos poll published on Sunday showed that
Mueller's testimony has failed to move the needle of public
opinion. Among those who say they read, saw or heard about Mueller's
testimony, just under half said it made no difference in their views about
impeaching the president, while 27 percent said it made them more
likely to support impeachment (almost all Democrats) and 26 percent
said it made them less likely (almost all Republicans). "Independents
were much more likely to echo the comments made by Republicans
than those made by Democrats," ABC notes. "A majority of self-
described Independents — 60% -- described the testimony as a waste of
time and taxpayer money or questioned Mueller's fitness. About one in
five — 19% -- of Independents mentioned that the testimony proved or
confirmed Trump's guilt. The remaining 20% of Independents had more
mixed assessments."
A Washington Post-ABC poll released earlier this month found that 59
percent of Americans said the House should not begin impeachment
proceedings. That's slightly higher than Post polling throughout the year,
which found opposition to impeachment at 54 percent to 56 percent.
Last summer at this time, 49 percent said Congress should begin
impeachment proceedings. That's down to 37 percent in our latest
poll. But, but, but: Among Democrats, the number is 61 percent.
About half of Democrats, 49 percent, said they "strongly" support
impeachment.
Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) waves to supporters after voting last November in Contoocook, N.H. She easily
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won a fourth term. (Geoff Forester/Concord Monitor/AP)
-- Those numbers explain why so many Democratic politicians are
staking out a position at odds with the views of most voters. But
the ground truth is that, even on the left, there's less intensity
around impeachment than there was a few months ago.
For example, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) was the first major
Democratic presidential candidate to endorse impeachment when the
Mueller report came out in April, and she saw a spike in small-dollar
fundraising because of it. The majority of her 2020 rivals eventually
followed, another proof point of the field's leftward lurch. But Warren did
not bring up impeachment during either of the two events she held
in New Hampshire on Saturday.
Not a single voter asked the senator about it during a house party in
Bow or a town hall in Derry. When a reporter questioned Warren about
this during a gaggle, she noted that she endorsed impeachment after
reading the Mueller report because she felt she had an obligation to do
so. But she added that her campaign is focused on removing Trump at
the ballot box in 2020. "I'm not running on impeachment," she said.
To be sure, each of the dozen voters I interviewed after Warren's
first event, in the grassy backyard of a supporter's home, said they
support impeachment. But their explanations were measured, and
several acknowledged the political risks.
"I'm hearing what Nancy says, and I understand where she's
coming from," said Shannon Mills, 69, a dentist who served 30
years in the Air Force. (Folks in New Hampshire, so accustomed to
access, love referring to national political figures like the speaker by
their first names.) "But this is not about politics. You've sworn an oath to
defend the Constitution. You cannot ignore the egregious crimes
committed by the president. They have to do their jobs. Look, I'm
concerned impeachment could make the president look sympathetic to
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a certain segment of the voting population. ... But the truth has to be
told."
Mills said he believes that Trump welcoming Russian help in 2016,
combined with the efforts documented by Mueller to interfere with the
investigation that followed, is much worse than the behavior that led
House Republicans to impeach Bill Clinton two decades ago. "Clinton
lied about an affair, but he didn't sell our country out to the Russians,"
Mills reasoned. "Neither one is something I approve of. I'm not a big fan
of Bill Clinton, either."
State Rep. Rebecca McWilliams (D), who represents Concord, said
she was impressed that Kuster, her congresswoman, endorsed an
impeachment inquiry. "I didn't know I'd ever see Annie do that
because she's so cautious," said McWilliams, 37, a practicing
attorney and mother of two, as she waited in line for a selfie with
Warren. "I don't believe the Mueller report has been the big bomb we
thought it'd be. I think it's probably more the 24-hour news cycle we're
barraged with. The weight of it all is that this guy is a liar, he's been
using the presidency to enrich himself, and he doesn't have our
country's best interests at heart. The Mueller report is only a piece of it.
It's the culmination."
-- Of the two New Hampshire House members, Pappas is
considered much more vulnerable than Kuster. He just got elected
last year. Notably, he announced his support for the impeachment
inquiry at 6:30 on Friday night — about six hours after Kuster issued her
statement. A short video that Pappas posted to YouTube begins with a
preamble about how he has "been working hard with members of both
parties to bring down the cost of prescription drugs, improve care for our
veterans, rebuild our infrastructure and ensure that everyone in our
state has access to clean drinking water." Then he called impeachment
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"another pressing issue we can't ignore."
"After weeks of careful consideration and after countless
conversations with my constituents, I believe it is imperative that
Congress continues its oversight work by opening an
impeachment inquiry," Pappas continued. "I have said many times
that we should not take this step for political purposes and that we
should not avoid our responsibility because it might feel politically
convenient. It's up to Congress to put all the facts on the table and hold
leaders accountable, and I'm committed to that process while
maintaining my focus on the concerns of the people of New Hampshire."
"Our Democracy is at Stake," Kuster wrote in an open letter to her
constituents on Friday. "The Special Counsel reiterated that he did not
exonerate the President, and that because of Department of Justice
policy, he could not charge the President with a crime even if he had the
evidence to do so. Under the Constitution, that job falls to us."
-- Both Kuster and Pappas declined interview requests to discuss
impeachment, which speaks volumes about how politically delicate
the issue is in their state. More significantly, both of New
Hampshire's Democratic senators declined to join their House
counterparts. "I think we need to continue to investigate the charges,
but I think at this time there is not a consensus to move forward with
impeachment proceedings," said Jeanne Shaheen, who faces a
competitive reelection fight next year, in a local radio interview.
"Impeachment is a grave step that should not be taken lightly,"
said Maggie Hassan, the former governor who narrowly defeated
Republican incumbent Kelly Ayotte in 2016, in a statement. "I am not
convinced that initiating an impeachment inquiry is the best course of
action at this time, but it is ultimately the House of Representatives'
decision."
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Pelosi downplays impeachment calls after meeting with Rep. Ocasio-Cortez
-- Trump has signaled repeatedly that he believes impeachment
will help his reelection prospects, and he's all but dared Democrats
to do it by refusing to cooperate with House oversight. Many
Republican strategists focused on trying to win back the House
also think the issue will unite their base. Trump aides have said that
the reelection campaign could tout an acquittal by the Senate, even if it
was on party lines, as a form of exoneration. This tracks with what I
heard from Republicans I talked with at the Fisher Cats game.
Ken Grenier, a unionized postal worker who supports Trump, is
angry that Democrats are trying to remove a president from power
outside an election. "I've got to keep this PG for the paper, but
right now they're extremely anti-American," said the 57-year-old.
"It's just wasting more time and money to distract people from the good
things that Trump is doing. They pushed 'collusion' for so long, and
they're so invested in it, that they can't back away, even though they
know the Republicans in the Senate are not going to vote to remove him
from office."
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After voting for Ted Cruz in the 2016 primary, Grenier has been grateful
for the president's tireless efforts to secure the southern border. He was
thrilled that the Supreme Court allowed the administration late Friday to
move forward with construction of the wall. He's also pleased about the
president's judicial nominations and efforts to reduce access to abortion.
Grenier volunteered that he disapproves of Trump's recent attacks
on the four minority congresswomen who call themselves the
Squad. The president must stop "flapping his gums" on Twitter, he
explained, as his wife nodded in agreement. "The Dems were in
free fall for a while, and then Trump's tweets about the Squad
unified them. I wish he hadn't done that."
House Judiciary considers Trump impeachment after Mueller
-- Nationally, Democrats continue to be divided about the right
approach. Four House members from Washington state announced
their support on Sunday for opening an impeachment inquiry, prompting
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) to issue her own statement last night
saying that she agrees.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said on
Sunday that his "personal view" is that Trump "richly deserves
impeachment," but he says his committee still needs "more evidence"
before opening an inquiry. "The question is," Nadler told CNN, "can we
develop enough evidence to put before the American people?"
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
defended Pelosi's approach. "I worry equally about the message of
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taking an impeachment case to trial, losing that case, having the
president acquitted and then having an adjudication that this conduct is
not impeachable," Schiff said on NBC. "There's no making the case to
the cult of the president's personality that is the Senate GOP, but we
should at least be able to make the case to the American people. I want
to make sure that that's true before we go down this path."
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Multiple people reportedly injured in shooting at California food festival
-- Three people are dead and at least 15 injured after a shooting
Sunday evening at a food festival in Gilroy, Calif. Allyson Chiu,
Meagan Flynn and Faiz Siddiqui report: "One gunman was killed by
officers at the scene, Gilroy Police Chief Scot Smithee said early
Monday morning. Police are still searching for a possible second
suspect, although it's unclear if that person also fired on the crowd or
assisted the shooter. ... The first reports of gunshots at the Gilroy Garlic
Festival came in around 5:41 p.m. local time, just as the event was
wrapping up its third and final day. Smithee said he has `no idea' what
the shooter's motive was on Sunday. He added that officers already
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stationed at the festival 'engaged the suspect in less than a minute.'
"Among the dead is a 6-year-old boy named Steven Romero, the
child's father told NBC Bay Area. The boy's mother and grandmother
were also injured in the shooting. ... The shooter was carrying an
'assault-type rifle,' the City of Gilroy said in a statement early Monday.
Investigators believe the suspect entered the festival by cutting through
a perimeter fence, Smithee told reporters. He noted that security at the
festival's official entrances is 'very tight.' ... Many evacuees were left
stranded after the festival because their vehicles were parked at what
had turned into an active crime scene. Some gathered on a stagecoach
outside the festival, while others called ride-hailing services to get home.
"Julissa Contreras and her boyfriend, Mario Camargo, were
browsing at a food tent when they saw a man in a military-style
outfit emerge from a nearby access road and start shooting `left to
right and right to left,' Contreras told The Post in a phone
interview. Contreras and Camargo ran in different directions, each
taking shelter behind tents with crying children and frantic parents.
Some people froze and others sprinted. Some appeared to play dead,
Camargo said. Once they heard the gunfire stop, Contreras and
Camargo each made a run for the entrance, eventually reuniting in the
parking lot. Camargo said he saw two wounded people as he fled. ...
Contreras said there was one moment that she couldn't stop
thinking about. When the gunfire broke out, she looked in the
direction of the gunman and saw children fleeing an inflatable
slide, all trying to squeeze through the same tiny exit. 'I'm never
going to forget that image,' she said."
-- Videos uploaded to social media showed the chaotic scenes:
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Dan Coats is expected to resign as director of National Intelligence
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN:
-- Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats will leave his
position next month, and Trump announced Sunday that he will
nominate Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Tex.), a third-term congressman,
as his replacement. Coats, a former Republican senator from Indiana
and ambassador to Germany, was often at odds with Trump over the
wisdom of negotiating with Russia, the status of Iran's nuclear weapons
program and the severity of foreign threats to U.S. elections. Ratcliffe,
who sits on the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees, has made
his name in Congress as one of the GOP's most dogged critics of
perceived anti-Trump bias at the FBI and in the special counsel's
investigation.
Ratcliffe will probably get confirmed by a Republican-controlled
Senate that seems reluctant to challenge Trump, but the
appointment of an outspoken partisan loyalist raises a litany of
legitimate questions about the president's politicization of the
intelligence community. Ratcliffe launched perhaps the most spirited
defenses of Trump during the Mueller hearings last Wednesday,
criticizing the former special counsel for providing evidence of the 10
episodes in which Trump possibly obstructed justice when he never
intended to decide whether the president had committed a crime.
Trump's announcement that Ratcliffe will get the job came a few hours
after the congressman went on Fox News to defend the president and
attack the Mueller report as an untrustworthy document written by
liberals.
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Ratcliffe to Mueller: 'You didn't follow the special counsel regulations'
-- "For months, Coats had recognized that his relationship with
Trump, which was never strong, had frayed beyond repair. ... Coats
had felt isolated and excluded from important national security decision-
making," notes Shane Harris, our intelligence beat reporter. Ratcliffe
"has no background in intelligence, though he did serve as a
terrorism prosecutor and the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of
Texas in the George W. Bush administration. He also served as the
mayor of Heath, Tex., a town of about 9,000 outside Dallas. ... Trump
has repeatedly blasted the intelligence agencies as having tried to
undermine his campaign and has, without evidence, accused
former senior intelligence officials from the Obama administration
of illegally spying on him. Ratcliffe echoed those allegations
Sunday on Fox News. 'What I do know as a former federal prosecutor
is that it does appear that there were crimes committed during the
Obama administration,' he said, declining to identify anyone by name."
-- "Last year, Ratcliffe's name was floated as a possible
replacement for former attorney general Jeff Sessions," Karoun
Demirjian notes in a sidebar. "He joined the House Intelligence
Committee earlier this year, where he has been considered the GOP's
replacement for former congressman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), an
accomplished prosecutor skilled in executing detailed, stinging
examinations of witnesses in closed-door interviews and from the dais.
... Ratcliffe represents the seventh-most-Republican district in the
country, according to the Cook Political Voting Index."
Army Col. Kathryn Spletstoser sits for a portrait at The Washington Post last week. (Carolyn Van Houten/The
Washington Post)
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-- Trump's nominee to be vice chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
Gen. John Hyten, is facing a confirmation hearing tomorrow that
will force senators on the Armed Services Committee to decide
whether they believe an Army colonel's charges that he sexually
assaulted her while she was under his command — accusations he
denies. Demirjian reports: "Col. Kathryn Spletstoser has accused Hyten,
who is currently responsible for the country's nuclear arsenal as the
head of U.S. Strategic Command, of making unwanted sexual contact
with her on several occasions in 2017 while the two were traveling for
work. ... [Some] Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Armed
Services Committee [have] said they are wary of taking her
uncorroborated word over the categorical denials of a decorated four-
star Air Force general endorsed by high-ranking colleagues. ... The Air
Force's Office of Special Investigations investigated Spletstoser's
allegations but could not substantiate her claims. ...
"Spletstoser said the committee [led by Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.)]
has denied her request to speak at the hearing, unless she has `new
information' to present. Spletstoser's public remarks would probably
mirror much of what she has told the panel in private and alleged in a
Washington Post interview. ... The first time was in January 2017, she
alleges, when Hyten grabbed her left hand as she was exiting a work
meeting in his hotel room in Palo Alto, Calif., pulling it in toward his groin
so she could feel his erection before she moved her hand away. In June
2017, Spletstoser said, Hyten interrupted a work meeting in his
Washington, D.C., hotel room to fondle her breasts and kiss her — and
she pushed him away and admonished him, she said. ... Yet it was
during the Reagan National Defense Forum in December 2017 that
Spletstoser said Hyten made his most aggressive move, arriving
uninvited at her hotel room in workout clothes carrying a binder, and
claiming he wanted to discuss work matters. Within minutes, Spletstoser
said, Hyten had pinned her against him and begun `grinding on me hard,
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like he wants to take my clothes off and have sex ... and then I realize,
he's ejaculating.'
"If Spletstoser's account is correct, it would mean Hyten committed
a crime, but if she is lying, as an active-duty service member, she
will have committed a crime for which she could be court-
martialed. ... Former Air Force secretary Heather Wilson, who was
briefed on investigators' findings before leaving her position earlier this
year, said in an interview Sunday that `the Air Force left no stone
unturned in its investigation and the Senate has been thorough as well.'
`Based on what I know of the complete investigation,' she continued, 'I
believe General Hyten was falsely accused.-
-- For this week's New Yorker, Connie Bruck profiles Harvard law
professor and Trump ally Alan Dershowitz, writing about his
controversial history as the attorney to men such as O.J. Simpson,
Mike Tyson and Jeffrey Epstein and the accusations he's faced
following his close relationship to Epstein. Dershowitz, who was
accused by Epstein victim
of abuse, told the
New Yorker that he's innocent and defended his work by saying that
"every honest criminal lawyer will tell you that he defends the guilty and
the innocent."
Demonstrators demand the resignation of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, featured in a poster
Saturday that reads in Spanish "traitor," after the government signed an agreement with the Trump
administration to require migrants passing through the Central American country to seek asylum there, rather
than pushing on toward the United States. (Oliver de Ros/AP)
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- In pressuring Guatemala to accept a deal to absorb vast
numbers of asylum seekers, the Trump administration has
embarked on a dramatic and risky strategy to slash the number of
Central Americans flooding the U.S. border. "The accord — which
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was negotiated in secret and signed at the White House on Friday
— could plunge Guatemala's young democracy into a
constitutional crisis," Mary Beth Sheridan reports. "It could also saddle
one of the hemisphere's poorest countries with tens of thousands of
Salvadoran and Honduran migrants who would be barred from making
their claims in the United States. The agreement is one of the boldest
steps yet taken by Trump to stanch the flow of migrants to the U.S.
border. It aims to close off the U.S. asylum system to the migrants who
have crossed through Guatemala en route to the United States. They
would instead have to seek protection in Guatemala.
"But the agreement is built on a fragile political and legal base. The
Guatemalan Constitutional Court ruled earlier this month that
President Jimmy Morales needed approval from the Guatemalan
Congress to sign the accord, something he has not received. Some
analysts said Morales could get around the ruling with his argument that
the deal is simply a cooperation agreement, not a treaty. Others note
Morales has at times simply shrugged off court rulings he dislikes. ...
Guatemala holds a runoff presidential election on Aug. 11, and
both candidates have criticized Morales's negotiation of such a
broad agreement in secret. While the next Guatemalan government
could cancel the deal, it would face intense pressure from the Trump
administration to not do so. ... The agreement is also likely to be
challenged in U.S. courts by opponents who say Guatemala does not
qualify as a 'safe' country, because of high levels of violence.
"Morales, who finishes his four-year term in January, is highly
unpopular. Guatemalans were startled by a widely published photo
showing their government minister, Enrique Degenhart, signing the
agreement as Trump loomed over his shoulder, an image
suggesting the Central American country's submission. On
Saturday, hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the presidential
palace in Guatemala City to protest the agreement. Guatemalan
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analysts have suggested Morales made the deal with Trump in hopes of
winning support from the U.S. government. Morales faces allegations of
financial crimes related to his 2015 electoral campaign but has been
shielded by presidential immunity, which he loses in January. He says
he is innocent."
• Julian Castro warned that migrants may "end up dead"
because of the deal. The Democratic presidential candidate said
the country is not safe. (CBS News)
• To try curbing the number of Central American migrants
reaching the U.S., Mexico has pledged to help create jobs in
Honduras. (Al Jazeera)
• An Arizona Republican state senator apologized for saying
that "we're going to look like South American countries very
quickly" because immigrants are "just flooding us ... and
overwhelming us." Sen. Sylvia Allen faced backlash after the
Phoenix New Times published an audio recording of her speech at
the Arizona Republican Party headquarters in Phoenix. (Morgan
Krakow)
-- Federal prosecutors are investigating Trump's close friend and
campaign fundraiser Thomas J. Barrack Jr. in connection to
foreign lobbying. From the Times: "Investigators have looked in
particular at whether Mr. Barrack or others violated the law requiring
people who try to influence American policy or opinion at the direction of
foreign governments or entities to disclose their activities to the Justice
Department, people familiar with the case said. The inquiry had
proceeded far enough last month that Mr. Barrack, who played an
influential role in the campaign and acts as an outside adviser to the
White House, was interviewed, at his request, by prosecutors in the
public integrity unit of the United States attorney's office in Brooklyn."
Barrack's spokesman said that, in expectation of the Times article, his
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lawyer had contacted the prosecutor's office and confirmed it has no
more questions for him. "Mr. Barrack has not been accused of
wrongdoing, and his aides said he never worked on behalf of foreign
states or entities. ...
"But as the scrutiny of Mr. Barrack indicates, prosecutors continue to
pursue questions about foreign influence. Among other lines of inquiry,
they have sought to determine whether Mr. Barrack and others tried to
sway the Trump campaign or the new administration on behalf of the
United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia ... Investigators have also
questioned witnesses about Mr. Barrack's involvement with a proposal
from an American group that could give Saudi Arabia access to nuclear
power technology. ... Central to the inquiry into Mr. Barrack are his
dealings with [Rashid al-Malik, an Emirati businessman], who is well
connected in the court of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. ... When
Mr. Trump was elected, Mr. al-Malik received a coveted invitation to
the inaugural's most exclusive event — the chairman's dinner,
hosted by Mr. Barrack."
-- A leading Russian critic of Vladimir Putin was hospitalized with
suspected poisoning. From ABC News: Alexei Navalny "was taken by
ambulance to the hospital early on Sunday morning from the jail with
what authorities said was a 'severe allergic reaction,' his spokeswoman
Kira Yarmysh wrote on Twitter. Initially, one of Navalny's close
colleagues suggested the cause was likely unsanitary conditions in the
jail, but by the evening Navalny's lawyer released a statement from his
long-time doctor saying that his symptoms were the result of 'an
undefined chemical substance.-
-- A crackdown on Moscow protesters this weekend suggests a
new, more hostile approach by Putin toward the Russian
opposition. Matthew Bodner reports: "Analysts said the scale of the
roundup — nearly 1,400 demonstrators were swept off the streets in
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Moscow on Saturday, according to the monitoring group OVD-Info —
suggested a change in approach for a Russian elite that is increasingly
concerned about political stability. ... Thousands took to the streets of
central Moscow on Saturday to demand that independent candidates be
allowed to run in upcoming elections for city parliament. It was the latest
demonstration in a protest movement that began two weeks ago after
the city election commission rejected the candidacies of several
opposition-minded candidates, citing falsified supporter signatures."
-- In Hong Kong, protesters once again took to the streets and
turned neighborhoods into foggy battlegrounds. Shibani Mahtani
reports: "The clouds of gas left bystanders — including children, tourists
and the elderly — choking and sputtering, underscoring the growing
risks of Hong Kong's deepening political crisis, now in its eighth
weekend. Police said that protesters threw paint bombs, corrosive liquid
and bricks at them, and that 49 people were arrested. Protesters had
convened to demonstrate against what they saw as police brutality over
the course of the protests, including in the neighborhood of Yuen Long
the day before."
-- Iran's deputy foreign minister said an emergency meeting in
Vienna between Tehran and other signatories of the 2015 nuclear
deal was constructive but inconclusive. Adam Taylor reports: "Earlier
Sunday, the head of Iran's nuclear agency was reported to have told
lawmakers that Iran had enriched 24 metric tons of uranium since the
nuclear deal was reached in 2015. The remarks by Ali Akbar Salehi of
Iran's Atomic Energy Organization were reported widely by state-run
and semiofficial media, which cited conservative lawmakers present at
the closed-door meeting. The claim, if confirmed, would suggest that
Iran has produced far more enriched uranium than was previously
known, exceeding the deal's limit many times over. But some analysts
were skeptical."
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-- The targeting of Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal
Khashoggi was no aberration. Vanity Fair's Ayman Mohyeldin
reports on a targeted campaign by Saudi Arabia against dissidents:
"Prince Khaled bin Farhan al-Saud sat in one of the few safe locations
he frequents in Dusseldorf and ordered each of us a cup of coffee. With
his close-cropped goatee and crisp gray suit, he looked surprisingly
relaxed for a hunted man. He described his constant fear of being
abducted, the precautions he takes when venturing outside, and how
German law enforcement officials routinely check on him to make sure
he is all right. ... As we sat over coffee, he relayed a story that at first
sounded innocuous. One day in June 2018, his mother, who lives in
Egypt, called him with what she thought was good news. The Saudi
Embassy in Cairo had contacted her, she said, and had a proposal: The
kingdom wanted to mend relations with the prince and was willing to
offer him $5.5 million as a goodwill gesture. ...
"But as tempting as the overture was, he claimed he never
considered it seriously. And when he followed up with Saudi
officials, he realized the deal had a dangerous catch. They had told
him he could collect his payment only if he personally came to a
Saudi embassy or consulate. That immediately set off alarm bells. He
declined the offer. Two weeks later, on October 2, 2018, bin Farhan saw
a startling news report. [Khashoggi] had gone to the Saudi consulate in
Istanbul to pick up paperwork required for his pending marriage.
Minutes after his arrival—as revealed in leaked audiotape transcripts
compiled by Turkish authorities—Khashoggi was tortured and strangled
by a Saudi hit squad. ... Bin Farhan was dumbstruck as he watched
television news shows and saw surveillance-camera footage of
Khashoggi's last hours alive. The prince realized all too clearly: By
refusing to go to a Saudi consulate to pick up his payment, he might
have narrowly avoided a similar fate."
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'Disgusting,' A hate agenda': Lawmakers condemn Trump's tweet rant targeting Cummings
DIVIDED AMERICA:
-- Trump created another racial firestorm by spending the weekend
attacking the city of Baltimore and the congressional district of
Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, saying it represents a
"disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." City leaders fired back.
Fredrick Kunkle and Hannah Natanson report: "Maryland's political
leaders and residents reacted with outrage — and sometimes
resignation — to Trump's tweetstorm ... Some said Trump's language
describing a majority black city represented by an African American
lawmaker demonstrated his predilection for degrading political
opponents. ... Others said that even if the president were half right
about Baltimore's woes, he has a duty to do more than use them as a
political weapon."
-- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's (R) muted response to Trump's
comments stirred more anger. Antonio Olivo and Rebecca Tan report:
"In a statement delivered by his spokesman, Hogan said: 'Baltimore City
is truly the very heart of our state, and more attacks between politicians
aren't going to get us anywhere.' On social media, where the Twitter
hashtag #WeAreBaltimore was trending on Sunday, Hogan's critics
called the governor 'weak' and 'gutless' for not delivering a forceful
rebuke of the president."
-- Others didn't hold back their disdain:
• "Better to have a few rats than to be one," the Baltimore
Sun's editorial board said in response to Trump's comments:
"In pointing to the 7th [District], the president wasn't hoping his
supporters would recognize landmarks like Johns Hopkins Hospital,
perhaps the nation's leading medical center. He wasn't conjuring
images of the U.S. Social Security Administration, where they write
the checks that so many retired and disabled Americans depend
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upon. It wasn't about the beauty of the Inner Harbor or the proud
history of Fort McHenry. And it surely wasn't about the economic
standing of a district where the median income is actually above the
national average. No, he was returning to an old standby of
attacking an African American lawmaker from a majority black
district on the most emotional and bigoted of arguments. It was only
surprising that there wasn't room for a few classic phrases like you
people' or `welfare queens' or `crime-ridden ghettos' or a suggestion
that the congressman `go back' to where he came from."
• "We are African Americans, we are patriots, and we refuse to
sit idly by," 149 African Americans who served in the Obama
administration say in an op-ed published by The Post.
• Former president Barack Obama, who doesn't comment often
on politics, shared the op-ed on Twitter: "I've always been proud
of what this team accomplished during my administration. But more
than what we did, I'm proud of how they're continuing to fight for an
America that's better," he wrote. Michelle Obama, who also shies
away from commenting on the Trump administration, also criticized
Trump's comments. "What truly makes our country great is its
diversity," the former first lady tweeted, "I've seen that beauty in so
many ways over the years. Whether we are born here or seek
refuge here, there's a place for us all. We must remember it's not my
America or your America. It's our America." (Colby Itkowitz)
-- White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told Chris
Wallace on "Fox News Sunday" that Trump's tweets had "zero to
do with race," and Wallace called him out. From Mediaite: "'Nobody
objects to the president defending his border policies, but this seems,
Mick, to be the worst kind of ... racial stereotyping. Black congressman,
majority-black district,' Wallace shot back. `No human being would want
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to live there.' Is he saying people that live in Baltimore are not human
beings?' Mulvaney again insisted that Trump is going after Cummings
for saying 'things that are not true about the border.' ... Wallace
responded by saying, `You say it has zero to do with race. There is a
clear pattern here, Mick.-
-- Keeping the story alive on Sunday, Trump accused Cummings
and his allies of being the real racists. From the Times: "Trump said
Democrats who called him racist as a result were themselves playing
`the Race Card,' as he put it on Twitter. The president later specifically
referred to Mr. Cummings as a racist without explaining why. `If racist
Elijah Cummings would focus more of his energy on helping the good
people of his district, and Baltimore itself, perhaps progress could be
made in fixing the mess that he has helped to create over many years of
incompetent leadership,' Mr. Trump wrote. ... Mr. Trump posted
repeated tweets throughout the day denying that he was racist and
attacking Mr. Cummings and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, herself a
Baltimore native and daughter and sister of former mayors. He
defended himself by citing record-low unemployment for African-
Americans on his watch."
-- Jared Kushner, the president's senior adviser and son-in-law,
owns more than a dozen apartment complexes in Baltimore that
have been cited for hundreds of code violations and, critics say,
provide substandard housing to low-income tenants. Rebecca Tan
reports: "Kushner Cos., which started operating in Maryland in 2013,
has owned almost 9,000 rental units across 17 complexes, many of
them in Baltimore County, the Baltimore Sun reported earlier this year.
... In 2017, Baltimore County officials revealed that apartments owned
by the Kushner firm were responsible for more than 200 code violations,
all accrued in the span of the calendar year. Repairs were made only
after the county threatened fines, local officials said, and even after
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warnings, violations on nine properties were not addressed, resulting in
monetary sanctions." ProPublica and the Times originally reported on
Kushner's Baltimore real estate "empire" in 2017.
-- Wanda Vazquez Garced, the unpopular justice minister who was
next in Puerto Rico's line of succession, announced that she will
not take over as governor, hoping to put a stop to continuing street
protests. In a tweet, Vazquez said she has no interest in the position
and said she hopes the ousted Ricardo Rossello appoints a new
secretary of state who can take over instead. (CNN)
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
"I understand that everything that Donald Trump says is offensive to
some people." — Mulvaney on Trump's comments about
Baltimore. (Felicia Sonmez)
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Trump attacked Al Sharpton after the reverend said he was traveling to
Baltimore:
A Post reporter responded to Trump's campaign manager appearing to
mock homicides in Baltimore:
A Vox reporter reminded us once again that there's always a tweet.
Trump called on Barack Obama to bring Baltimore together during the
2015 Freddie Gray riots:
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A Democratic senator from Connecticut decided to unfollow the
president:
A Times reporter reflected on the significance of Trump's words when
combined with his accomplishments:
A Times reporter on a flight to Baltimore shared this moment:
A reporter for Salvadoran online newspaper El Faro shared images from
migrants on the road traveling to the U.S.:
Julian Castro, the 2020 candidate, poked fun at attempts by his twin
brother, a congressman, to look different than him:
And Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, guest-edited an issue of Vogue:
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
John Oliver explained how the United Kingdom ended up with Boris
Johnson as its prime minister:
The former first lady trolled Trump by posting this video of dancers from
Baltimore after the president ridiculed the city:
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The CEO of Under Armour celebrated Baltimore, the city where the
company is headquartered:
A new political advertisement for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu features Trump and Vladimir Putin:
India's prime minister ventured into the wild with Bear Grylls:
And cyclists made their way around the Louvre's pyramid for this year's
Tour de France:
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What Sondland allegedly said after Trump
hung up on July 26 badly undercuts him
and the president
Career diplomat David Holmes, a political counselor at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv,
arrives at the Capitol on Friday. House investigators released the transcript of his
deposition on Monday night. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
BY JAMES HOHMANN
with Mariana Alfaro
THE BIG IDEA: David Holmes, the political counselor at the U.S.
Embassy in Ukraine, testified that he "vividly" remembers his
July 26 lunch at a restaurant in Kyiv because he'd "never seen
anything like this."
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Gordon Sondland used his unsecured cellphone to update President
Trump on his meeting that morning with Ukrainian President Volodymyr
Zelensky. Holmes said he could hear Trump say, "So he's going to do
the investigation?" And he said Sondland responded, "Oh yeah, he's
going to do it." The ambassador explained to the president that
Zelensky, whom Trump spoke with the day before, "loves your a--,"
according to the transcript of Holmes's deposition released last night
by House impeachment investigators.
But it's what purportedly transpired after this two-minute conservation
that's most problematic for both Sondland and Trump. According to
Holmes, the E.U. ambassador volunteered that the president cared
more about the investigation of Joe Biden that Rudy Giuliani was
pursuing than anything having to do directly with Ukraine.
Holmes explained that he asked Sondland, point blank, whether it was
true that the president "doesn't give a s--- about Ukraine" because "it
had been very difficult for us to get the president interested in what we
were trying to do in Ukraine."
"Ambassador Sondland agreed that the president did not give a s---
about Ukraine," Holmes said under oath. "I asked why not, and
Ambassador Sondland stated, the President only cares about 'big
stuff.' I noted that there was 'big stuff going on in Ukraine, like a war
with Russia. And Ambassador Sondland replied that he meant 'big stuff
that benefits the president,' like the 'Biden investigation that Mr.
Giuliani was pushing.-
-- Holmes, a career Foreign Service officer, has agreed to testify
publicly on Thursday at 9 a.m. alongside Fiona Hill, the former
National Spcnritv Council official who also nrnvided damaninn
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closed-door testimony against Sondland. The 213-page
transcript suggests that Holmes is poised to offer a gripping
narrative for the benefit of a television audience.
"This was an extremely distinctive experience in my Foreign Service
career," Holmes said. "I've never seen anything like this, someone
calling the President from a mobile phone at a restaurant, and then
having a conversation of this level of candor, colorful language. There's
just so much about the call that was so remarkable that I remember it
vividly."
-- House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) questioned
Holmes about his bluntness with Sondland. "I'm not proud of my
language," the diplomat answered. "But the informal tone of the lunch
and the language I had heard him using in his call with the president,
we were just sort of, you know, two guys talking about stuff, and it
seemed to me that was the kind of language that he used." Holmes
recalled that Sondland's exact words were: "Nope, not at all, doesn't
give a s--- about Ukraine."
Waiters were coming and going as all this played out on the outdoor
terrace at SHO, a central Kyiv restaurant. Holmes said he was
surprised a presidential conversation so candid would take place on a
cellphone since the Russians own or hold significant stakes in the
mobile networks and government officials should always assume that
they're being monitored. Acting ambassador Bill Taylor revealed the
July 26 call between Trump and Sondland during his testimony last
week.
Unraveling three discrepancies in Gordon Sondland's testimony
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-- Holmes's sworn testimony links Trump himself much more
directly to the efforts to coerce Ukraine to investigate Biden at a
time when the former vice president was leading in polls. It also
further undermines another favorite GOP talking point: that Trump put
assistance on ice because he was sincerely concerned about
corruption and the rule of law in Kyiv. The rough transcript of Trump's
initial April call with Zelensky, released Friday, revealed that the
president didn't even broach corruption during that conversation,
despite the White House's readout from the time that said he had
raised the issue. "I think the Ukrainians gradually came to understand
that they were being asked to do something in exchange for the
meeting and the security assistance hold being lifted," Holmes
testified.
Not to mention, the president's reported disregard for Ukraine's future
is a boon for the Kremlin's propaganda efforts in Russia's ongoing
invasion in the east and its occupation of Crimea.
-- It stands to reason that Sondland would know about Trump's
interest in Biden. The rough transcript of the July 25 call shows
Trump mentioning his political challenger to Zelensky. But Sondland
insisted under oath that he didn't know the president was
interested in securing a Biden investigation until later. "Sondland
did not disclose any conversation with Trump while in Kyiv in his
testimony or in the follow-up statement," Glenn Kessler notes. "In his
initial deposition, he said: 'Again, I recall no discussions with any State
Department or White House official about former vice president Biden
or his son. Nor do I recall taking part in any effort to encourage an
investigation into the Bidens.'
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"Sondland in his testimony indicated that he did not understand
until late in the game that administration requests that Ukraine
investigate the Ukrainian gas company Burisma — where Hunter
Biden was a director — were related to the Biden family. He
expressed ignorance about statements and tweets made by Trump's
personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, making that connection. 'I
became aware of his [Giuliani's] interest in Burisma sometime in the
intervening period, but I never made the connection between Burisma
and the Bidens until the very end,' Sondland said. 'I heard the word
'Burisma,' but I didn't understand that Biden and Burisma were
connected.-
Trump on Sondland: 'I hardly know the gentleman'
-- Tomorrow morning, Sondland will get a chance to clear up
these and other discrepancies during his own televised
testimony. Holmes's deposition gives him more to answer for when
he's in the hot seat. The Portland, Ore., hotelier already significantly
revised his testimony regarding the existence of a quid pro quo after
other officials gave conflicting accounts of his role.
-- Trump claimed last week that he doesn't have any recollection
of the July 26 conversation, and the White House refuses to turn
over call logs that could illuminate the extent of the president's
Ukrainian-related contacts. The president has begun distancing
himself from Sondland. "I hardly know the gentleman," Trump said on
Nov. 8. The president has previously taken this tack with Michael
Flynn, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort and others who he apparently
concluded had outlived their usefulness to him.
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-- Sondland previously sought to minimize his contacts with
Trump. "I think I've spoken with President Trump — and this is a guess
— maybe five or six times since I've been an ambassador," he said
during his deposition. "And one of those I recall was a Christmas,
`Merry Christmas,' and it was zero substance."
But former National Security Council senior director Tim
Morrison said it was his understanding that Sondland had a lot
of conversations with the president. "Ambassador Sondland
believed and at least related to me that the president was giving him
instructions," Morrison testified, adding that Sondland related to him
that he was "discussing these matters with the president."
-- Democrats also released the transcript last night from
Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale's
appearance. Hale, the top career official at Foggy Bottom, revealed
that Mike Pompeo spoke with Giuliani by phone on March 28 and
March 29 as officials in the department tried to get a statement of
support for then-Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch as the president's
personal lawyer participated in a smear campaign against her. Hale
said Yovanovitch was doing an "exceptional" job.
Pompeo: 'I'm not going to get into issues surrounding the Democrat impeachment
inquiry'
-- Pompeo continues to defy a subpoena and refuses to turn over
records that could validate — or undercut — some of the most
damning witness testimony about Trump's conduct. Sondland
turned over communications from his personal devices to the State
Department, but State won't share them with investigators.
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-- Holmes also testified that aides to Energy Secretary Rick Perry
were "very aggressive in terms of promoting an agenda" in
Ukraine, as well as in "excluding embassy personnel from meetings
without giving explanations."
-- He will return to the Capitol on Thursday with a deep reservoir
of credibility because he has a proven track record of speaking
truth to power. "Holmes won an award in 2014 for raising concerns
about then-President Barack Obama's policy toward Afghanistan,
where Holmes had served," Anne Gearan reports. "The 'constructive
dissent' honor recognizes mid-level State Department officials who use
an internal process to flag problems they observe, which in his case
was about how Obama had, in his view, muddied decision-making on
Afghanistan and Pakistan. ... A rising star in the Foreign Service,
Holmes had a string of sought-after jobs before landing as the senior
political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv. In addition to the National
Security Council — a high-stress, high-profile plum — Holmes also
was picked for a prestigious job working for the State Department's No.
3 official during the Obama administration."
-- Two more-junior staffers who were sitting at the table might
also be able to corroborate Holmes's testimony if Sondland
disputes his allegations: Suriya Jayanti arranged Sondland's
schedule in Kyiv, and Tara Maher, a political officer at the U.S.
Embassy in Brussels, where Sondland is based.
-- Holmes said he also told others in the embassy: The encounter
was so "extraordinary" that Holmes immediately told his direct
supervisor at the embassy. "You're not going to believe what I just
heard," he recalled telling her. "I would refer back to it repeatedly in our
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morning staff meetings," he added. "We'd talk about what we're trying
to do. ... And I would say, 'Well, as we know, he doesn't really care
about Ukraine. He cares about some other things.-
-- House investigators have now released all but two deposition
transcripts. Mark Sandy from the Office of Management and Budget
testified on Saturday and hasn't come back to the Capitol to approve
the text. Philip Reeker, the acting assistant secretary of state in the
Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, has not completed a review
of his transcript either.
Jennifer Williams and Alexander Vindman arrive on Tuesday morning to testify before
the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building. (Chip
Somodevilla/Getty Images)
HAPPENING TODAY:
-- Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, European affairs director at the
National Security Council, and Jennifer Williams, Vice President
Pence's special adviser on Europe and Russia, are testifying this
morning. They are the first public witnesses who heard Trump's July
25 call with Zelensky. This afternoon, lawmakers will hear from Kurt
Volker, a former Trump administration envoy to Ukraine, and Morrison,
the former top Russia and Europe adviser on the National Security
Council.
-- Vindman, a Purple Heart recipient, plans to testify about his
alarm at Trump's request that Ukraine investigate his political
opponents. "But Republicans are also seizing on Vindman's
testimony as an opportunity, signaling that they plan to try to
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discredit one of the key witnesses in the inquiry by questioning
his motives and his loyalty to the president," Tom Hamburger,
Carol Leonnig and Rachael Bade report. "Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)
suggested in a letter released Monday that Vindman fits the profile of
`a significant number of bureaucrats and staff members within the
executive branch [who] have never accepted President Trump as
legitimate and ... react by leaking to the press and participating in the
ongoing effort to sabotage his policies and, if possible, remove him
from office.' Vindman's lawyer, Michael Volkov, called Johnson's
assertion `such a baseless accusation, so ridiculous on its face, that it
doesn't even warrant a response.-
-- "Trump and many of his allies have seized on a core defense
strategy by attacking career public servants who are testifying as
witnesses in the probe and spreading disinformation about their
motives as `unelected bureaucrats," Elise Viebeck and Isaac
Stanley-Becker report.
-- Vindman is the second of three immigrants scheduled to
testify. (My Big Idea from Friday explains the significance.)
-- Volker will modify his testimony and plans to say this
afternoon that he didn't know the aid to Ukraine was tied to
investigations. From the Times: "Mr. Volker will say that he did not
realize that others working for Mr. Trump were tying American security
aid to a commitment to investigate Democrats. His testimony,
summarized by a person informed about it who insisted on anonymity
to describe it in advance, will seek to reconcile his previous closed-
door description of events with conflicting versions offered
subsequently by other witnesses. ... Mr. Volker will modify his account
as well, addressing disparities between his testimony and that of other
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witnesses. While he has been lumped together with Mr. Sondland and
Energy Secretary Rick Perry as 'the three amigos' working on behalf of
the president, he plans to try to distinguish his role, insisting that he
was not part of any inappropriate pressure and that he was unaware of
certain events that he has only now learned about through other
testimony. ...
"Mr. Volker plans to say that he never knew that Mr. Sondland
told the Ukrainians that the aid and investigations were linked
and that he did not know that Mr. Zelensky was being pressed to
appear on CNN and announce that he would open the
investigations Mr. Trump sought. He also will seek to explain why
his description of a key July 10 meeting in the White House with
Ukrainian officials differed from those provided by several others.
According to other witnesses, John R. Bolton, then the national
security adviser, abruptly ended the meeting when Mr. Sondland
raised the investigations."
-- State Department officials were informed that Zelensky was
feeling pressure from the Trump administration to investigate
Biden even before the July phone call, the AP reports: "In early
May, officials at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, including then-Ambassador
Marie Yovanovitch, were told Zelenskiy was seeking advice on how to
navigate the difficult position he was in ... He was concerned [Trump]
and associates were pressing him to take action that could affect the
2020 U.S. presidential race ... State Department officials in Kyiv and
Washington were briefed on Zelenskiy's concerns at least three times
... Notes summarizing his worries were circulated within the
department ... The briefings and the notes show that U.S. officials
knew early that Zelenskiy was feeling pressure to investigate Biden,
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even though the Ukrainian leader later denied it in a joint news
conference with Trump in September."
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), left, confers with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) during a
Finance Committee committee hearing on Oct. 24. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
MORE ON THE INVESTIGATIONS:
-- Two senators are looking into a second whistleblower's
allegations that at least one political appointee at the Treasury
Department tried to interfere with an audit of Trump or Vice
President Pence. Jeff Stein and Tom Hamburger scoop: "Staff
members for Sens. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden
(Ore.), the chairman and ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance
Committee, met with the IRS whistleblower earlier this month ...
Follow-up interviews are expected to further explore the whistleblower's
allegations. It could not be learned to what extent the senators
consider the whistleblower a credible source. Trump administration
officials have previously played down the complaint's significance and
suggested that it is politically motivated. The whistleblower, a career
IRS official, initially filed a complaint in July, reporting that he was told
that at least one Treasury political appointee attempted to improperly
interfere with the annual audit of the president's or vice president's tax
returns.
"In recent weeks, the whistleblower filed additional
documentation related to the original complaint, which was
given to congressional officials in July ... The IRS whistleblower
complaint was first disclosed in an August court filing by Rep. Richard
E. Neal (D-Mass.), the chairman of the House Ways and Means
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Committee. ... Neal made the disclosure in court filings as part of his
battle with the Trump administration over the president's tax returns,
which the Treasury Department has refused to furnish. ... The
Treasury inspector general has opened a review of the Treasury
Department's handling of House Democrats' request for Trump's
tax returns. Asked whether that review would look at the IRS
whistleblower's complaint, Rich Delmar, the acting inspector general,
said in an email that 'the inquiry is ongoing, and will take into account
that aspects of the underlying matter are the subject of litigation.-
-- The impeachment inquiry is expanding to explore whether
Trump lied to former special counsel Bob Mueller, the House's
general counsel told a federal appeals court. Ann E. Marimow,
Spencer S. Hsu and Rachael Bade report: "The statement came during
arguments over Congress's demand for the urgent release of secret
grand jury evidence from Mueller's probe of Russia's 2016 election
interference, with House lawyers detailing fresh concerns about
Trump's truthfulness that could become part of the impeachment
inquiry. The hearing followed Friday's conviction of longtime
Trump friend Roger Stone for lying to Congress. Testimony and
evidence at his trial appeared to cast doubt on Trump's written
answers to Mueller's questions ... 'Did the president lie? Was the
president not truthful in his responses to the Mueller investigation?'
General Counsel Douglas N. Letter said in court. 'The House is now
trying to determine whether the current president should remain in
office,' Letter added. 'This is something that is unbelievably serious
and it's happening right now, very fast.' ... Behind the scenes, there's
been debate among Democratic lawmakers about whether articles of
impeachment should include obstruction of justice allegations detailed
in Mueller's renort "
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-- Mitch McConnell said he still "can't imagine a scenario" that
would lead to Trump's conviction in the Senate. "I can't imagine a
scenario under which President Trump would be removed from office
with 67 votes in the Senate," the Senate majority leader said,
according the Louisville Courier-Journal.
-- The Supreme Court placed a temporary hold on a lower court's
ruling that said accounting firm Mazars USA must turn over eight
years of Trump's financial records. Robert Barnes reports: "The
House itself had acquiesced to such a move earlier Monday. Without
the court's intervention, the firm would have been required to turn over
the records Wednesday. Trump last week asked the high court to stop
the order from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. ... House
General Counsel Douglas N. Letter said in a letter to the court Monday
morning that the committee will oppose Trump's motion. But 'out of
courtesy to this court,' Letter said the committee did not oppose
putting the D.C. Circuit's ruling on hold temporarily. Roberts said in his
short order that the House's opposition to Trump's filing should be filed
by Thursday."
-- Another federal judge blocked the House from obtaining
Trump's New York state tax returns without a court review.
Spencer S. Hsu reports: "U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols of
Washington entered the unusual order in a potentially precedent-
setting case, which came even though the House committee has not
said whether it wants the records and has sought to toss out Trump's
lawsuit, filed last July. Nichols's 19-page decision and order came one
week after the judge dismissed New York state officials from the
lawsuit, which sought to bar the House from requesting and state
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oniciats worn turning over i rump s returns using New y one s i rust mot,
signed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) and enacted July 7. ... New
York tax officials had agreed not to turn over Trump's records any
sooner than seven days after Nichols ruled on whether the Trump
lawsuit should be heard before him or before a federal judge in New
York."
-- Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham
announced that he will hold a hearing on Dec. 11 featuring
Justice Department Inspector General Nichael Horowitz. From
Politico: "Horowitz's scheduled appearance before the committee
comes as the inspector general is wrapping up an investigation into the
origins of the FBI probe into the 2016 Trump campaign's dealings with
Russia. ... In a statement announcing the hearing, Graham described
Horowitz as 'a good man that has served our national well.' ... The
South Carolina Republican added that Horowitz 'will deliver a detailed
report of what he found regarding his investigation, along with
recommendations as to how to make our judicial and investigative
systems better.-
-- Nepotism alert: What does Rudy Giuliani's son Andrew
actually do in the White House all day? The Atlantic's Elaina Plott
tried to figure it out: "The younger Giuliani has served in the Office of
Public Liaison, beginning as an associate director, since March 2017,
making him one of the longest-serving members of the Trump
administration. According to White House personnel records from
2018, he earns a salary of $90,700. The public-liaison office deals with
outreach to outside coalitions, and several of the current and former
administration officials I spoke to for this story said Giuliani
helps arrange sports teams' visits to the White House. ... But
snorts-team visits are more special-occasion than schedulina staple in
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the business of government, especially in this White House, where
many title-winning teams decline invitations to visit or are simply not
invited at all. ... Steve Munisteri, who was principal director of the
public-liaison office and Giuliani's supervisor from February 2017 to
February 2019, told me that Giuliani fills out his time by serving as the
office's representative at White House meetings about the opioid
crisis.
"Others who have worked with Giuliani offered a different take on his
White House tenure. 'He doesn't really try to be involved in
anything,' one former senior White House official told me
... 'He's just having a nice time.' Yet for the differing opinions on the
nature of Giuliani's role, the officials I spoke to were certain that
Giuliani had nabbed a White House post in the first place because of
his father. A second former senior White House official plainly called it
'a nepotism job.-
-- Former secretary of state Rex Tillerson said it's "wrong" to ask
another country for personal favors. "If you're seeking some kind of
personal gain and you're using — whether it's American foreign aid or
American weapons or American influence — that's wrong. And I think
everyone understands that," he told PBS NewsHour. (Well, not
everyone.)
-- Jimmy Finkelstein, the owner of the Hill newspaper, has stayed
out of the impeachment headlines, despite playing a crucial role
in the saga. From CNN: "Finkelstein was [John] Solomon's direct
supervisor at The Hill and created the conditions which permitted
Solomon to publish his conspiratorial stories without the traditional
oversight implemented at news outlets. And he has kept a watchful eye
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on tne newspapers coverage to ensure it is not too critical or tne
President. As one former veteran employee of The Hill told CNN
Business, 'Solomon is a symptom of the larger problem of Jimmy
Finkelstein.' ... The paper's editor-in-chief sent staff a note Monday
morning notifying employees that editors 'are reviewing, updating,
annotating with any denials of witnesses, and when appropriate,
correcting any [of Solomon's] pieces referenced during the ongoing
congressional inquiry.' ... Finkelstein has been friends with Trump for
decades. In fact, according to a former employee at The Hill, he
'boasts that he's a close friend' of the President."
-- Rep. Devin Nunes's attorney is representing one of the
congressman's former aides in a new defamation lawsuit against
Politico. McClatchy reports: "Kashyap 'Kash' Patel, a lawyer who
worked for Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee when
Nunes was the committee's chairman, is suing Politico over an Oct. 23
story with the headline 'Nunes Protege Fed Ukraine Info to Trump.' ...
Patel is represented by Virginia attorney Steven Biss, who has filed five
lawsuits on behalf of Nunes this year alleging that news organizations,
Twitter, anonymous social media users and political consultants
conspired against the California congressman. ... The news story at
the center of Patel's lawsuit reported that Patel tried to involve himself
in the Trump administration's Ukraine policy. Patel now works [on] the
National Security Council. The story by Politico reporter Natasha
Bertrand was based on sources who described diplomats' testimony at
closed-door House Intelligence Committee hearings..."
Politico spokesman Brad Dayspring calls the suit baseless: "This
lawsuit is high on bombast and low on merit. It is unserious and is a
public relations tactic designed to intimidate journalists and media
oraanizations from doina their iob." he said in a statement.
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-- Tribalism alert: A remarkable 2 in 3
Americans say that nothing they hear in the inquiry will change
their minds on impeachment, according to a new NPR-PBS-
Marist poll. "It's a tangible example of just how locked in most
Americans are in their partisan positions, even as nearly a dozen
people have either testified or are set to testify in the impeachment
inquiry. The poll was conducted Nov. 11-15 — before, during and after
the testimonies of the first three witnesses to be called in the inquiry.
... By a 47%-41% margin, Americans say they are more likely to
support impeachment based on what they've heard or read from the
testimonies and evidence presented. And the testimonies could
actually be serving to harden their views - 86% of Democrats said
they are now more likely to support impeachment after hearing
testimony and evidence while 83% of Republicans said they are less
likely to now support impeachment. ... Some 70% of registered voters
say they've been paying 'very' or 'fairly' close attention to the House
impeachment inquiry. And 53% of those paying at least fairly close
attention say they're more likely to support impeachment."
-- Notable commentary from The Post's opinion page:
• Dana Milbank: "Trump-friendly judges run out the clock
on impeachment."
• Foreign affairs columnist Robert Kagan: "Republicans
are pushing the U.S. to accept quid pro quo as the new
normal."
• Catherine Rampell: "Trump and Republicans are on the
hunt for Real Crimes."
• The Post's Editorial Board: "Republicans' defense of
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I rump IS tuil of noies.-
• Michael Gerson: "Trump spurs a Wild West of
continuously worsening political rhetoric."
• Eugene Robinson: "For Trump, incompetent bribery is
still bribery."
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Pompeo: Israeli settlements in West Bank do not violate international law
THE NEW WORLD ORDER:
-- Mike Pompeo declared that Israel's West Bank settlements do
not violate international law. Karen DeYoung, Steve Hendrix and
John Hudson report: "The move upends more than 40 years of U.S.
policy that has declared Israeli expansion into territories occupied
since the 1967 war a major obstacle to settling the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. In response to a question, Pompeo denied that the
announcement was connected to turmoil in Israel in which Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has supported the Israeli
annexation of West Bank territory, is fighting for his political life. ...
Pompeo said the administration was returning to policy under Ronald
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Reagan, pointing out that Reagan said in a 1981 interview that
settlements were 'not illegal.' Reagan went on in that interview,
however, to say that settlements were 'ill-advised." Pompeo said the
Trump administration, as it did with recognition of Jerusalem as the
Israeli capital and Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan
Heights, has simply "recognized the reality on the ground."
-- A bid by Netanyahu's rival to form a new Israeli government
has entered its final, fraught stretch. Ruth Eglash reports: Benny
Gantz's options are limited. "The most obvious choice — uniting with
[Netanyahu's] ruling Likud party — appears increasingly unlikely, while
forming a government dependent on smaller parties with sharply
conflicting ideologies seems an almost impossible gamble. Gantz has
until midnight Wednesday to announce a government, then secure
enough support in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, to approve the new
configuration. If not, Israel will enter politically uncharted territory, with
even the keenest of political observers saying they have no idea what
might happen next — though most are betting it will set Israel on the
path to a third national election in less than a year."
-- An American and an Australian who were being held hostage
for the past three years were released by the Taliban. That
announcement came shortly after it was revealed that three
detained Taliban commanders had been flown to Qatar. Sayed
Salahuddin and Sharif Hassan report: "American Kevin King and
Australian Timothy Weeks were instructors at the American University
of Kabul when they were kidnapped in 2016. The militants are Mali
Khan, Hafiz Rashid and Anas Haqqani, a younger brother of the
Taliban's deputy leader and son of the Haqqani network's founder.
They were held in a government detention center at Bagram air base.
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The Haqqani network is an insurgent group closely allied with the
Taliban. It is accused of orchestrating many of the sophisticated and
deadly attacks against Afghan and foreign installations in recent
years."
-- Swedish prosecutors announced that the alleged rape
investigation involving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has
been dropped. Karla Adam reports: "Eva-Marie Persson, the deputy
director of public prosecution, said in a statement that 'my overall
assessment is that the evidential situation has been weakened to such
an extent that that there is no longer any reason to continue the
investigation.' In 2010, Assange was accused of committing sexual
offences in Sweden. A case involving an alleged rape was abandoned
in 2017, but then reopened earlier this year after Assange was evicted
from the Ecuador Embassy in London. Assange is currently serving a
50-week sentence in Britain for jumping bail in 2012 and is fighting
extradition to the United States, which accuses him of publishing
secret documents."
-- As violence spikes, some Hong Kong activists see salvation in
their British citizenship. Rick Noack reports: "As the Hong Kong
leadership — backed by Beijing — is increasingly cracking down on
pro-democracy protests in the semiautonomous territory, some argue
that the West's most credible leverage over the Chinese leadership
there hinges on the British National Overseas (BNO) passport
category. Issued to those who were residents of Hong Kong before the
transfer of power in 1997, the passports entitle holders to some but not
all rights that British citizens can rely on. Passport holders can, for
instance, travel to Britain for up to six months without a visa or seek
consular assistance abroad, but they are not entitled to stay in the
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holders full British citizenship are gradually mounting, however, amid
concerns that China may be breaking its promise to maintain Hong
Kong's semiautonomous status for at least three more decades."
-- China slammed Hong Kong judges after they ruled that
demonstrators could wear face masks. Gerry Shih, Tiffany Liang
and David Crawshaw report: "The central government's Hong Kong
affairs office said that Monday's judgment 'blatantly challenged the
authority' of China's legislature and of Hong Kong Chief Executive
Carrie Lam, and created 'severe negative social and political impact.'
... The comments poured fuel on one of the central grievances of Hong
Kong's protest movement — encroachment by the mainland
government on the semiautonomous territory's affairs — and could
exacerbate clashes after days of violent standoffs on university
campuses. But they reflect the Chinese government's diminishing
patience for the unrest, as evidenced by an increasingly harsh line
from officials and state media, some of which have urged police to use
live ammunition against protesters."
-- About 100 protestors remain holed up at a university
surrounded by police in Hong Kong. From the Guardian: "Lam ...
said about 600 protesters surrendered to authorities at the Polytechnic
University campus in Kowloon overnight, after police allowed two
representatives to mediate between the two sides. About 20 activists
were evacuated to seek medical help. In her first public remarks since
the crisis began more than 36 hours ago, Lam said that 200 of those
who surrendered were children and were not arrested. She said
however that authorities reserved the right to make further
investigations in the future. Lam said the other 400 who left the
campus have been arrested. ... Groups of protesters have tried to
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-----PAGE 989-----
escape the tight police cordon around the campus. Late on Monday,
dozens were seen abseiling down a footbridge as police fired tear gas,
to drivers on motorbikes who whisked them away. Others tried to flee
through manhole covers. ... Police said they had allowed Red Cross
volunteers into the university to ferry out injured protesters but said the
rest had no option but to give themselves up."
-- American federal agencies have failed to adequately respond
to the threat of Chinese government-funded programs that have
recruited scientists and exploited U.S. research to strengthen
China's own economy and military. From the Wall Street Journal:
"With what are known as `talent programs,' the Chinese government
provides compensation and resources to researchers who at times
illicitly transfer intellectual property to China, in some cases setting up
shadow labs overseas mirroring their U.S. research, according to the
report released Monday by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations. Participants are routinely told to conceal their
participation from U.S. authorities, the report said. ... The Chinese
government has concentrated recruitment efforts on those born in
China but working in the U.S., although it also has recruited some
people who are not ethnic Chinese. The report included examples of
U.S.-funded scientists who allegedly willfully failed to disclose their
participation in China's Thousand Talents Plan, the best-known of
more than 200 similar Chinese programs, or engaged in other activities
counter to U.S. research values, the report said."
-- North Korean veteran diplomat and Foreign Ministry adviser
Kim Kye Gwan said the country is no longer interested in
holding talks with the U.S., saying it does not want to "gift the
U.S. president with something he can brag about." Anne Gearan
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-----PAGE 990-----
reports: "Trump has been hoping for a third summit with North Korea,
ideally within about three months, to show that his bold effort to
befriend and persuade Kim is working. ... Talks have been bogged
down for months, with North Korea demanding relief from economic
sanctions before any meaningful discussion of disarmament. The
Trump administration has stuck to its dual approach, retaining
sanctions while offering free-flowing, direct leader-to-leader talks that
traditional diplomacy would reserve for the very end of a process. Kim
Kye Gwan's statement to the Korean-language website of the official
Korean Central News Agency [said] ... that despite the two leaders'
previous meetings, 'there has not been much improvement in relations
with the United States.-
-- The U.S. broke off talks with South Korea over how to share
the cost of the two nations' military alliance. Min Joo Kim reports:
"Trump has demanded South Korea raise fivefold its contribution to
cover the cost of stationing 28,500 U.S. troops in the country, asking
for nearly $5 billion, officials on both sides said. But that demand has
triggered anger from Korean lawmakers and sparked concerns that
Trump may decide to reduce the U.S. troop presence in the Korean
Peninsula if talks break down. The top U.S. negotiator, James DeHart,
said the U.S. side decided to cut short the negotiations on Tuesday
morning, the second of two days of planned talks. In a rare public
show of disunity between the allies, he blamed South Korea for making
proposals that `were not responsive to our request for fair and
equitable burden sharing.' ... Trump insists that South Korea, as a
`very wealthy nation,' needs to pay more. His demand for up to $5
billion would imply South Korea was effectively not only being asked to
cover local costs but also the entire wage bill for the U.S. troops."
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once had a "very special relationship" with Boris Johnson, said
the U.K. prime minister has fed her "to the wolves" while
ghosting her. William Booth and Karla Adam report: "British
authorities are looking into accusations that she received undue
advantages because of her association with Johnson, including grants
and contracts and participation in three trade missions abroad as part
of Johnson's entourage. .. . Whether there are grounds for a
criminal investigation won't be announced until after Britain's
Dec. 12 election. And whether Arcuri's accusations of bad behavior
can hurt Johnson and his Conservative Party at the polls is unclear. ...
Johnson, 55, is separated from his wife and living with his
partner, Carrie Symonds, 31, at the prime minister's official
residence at 10 Downing Street. This arrangement, a first in British
history, is barely commented on in the news media. . . . He remains
Britain's most popular politician.-
-- As she named herself Bolivia's interim leader, Jeanine Afiez
said her "only objective" would be to call for new elections. Yet
in the week since she assumed power, the conservative leader
has acted like anything but a caretaker as she undoes 14 years of
socialist rule under former president Evo Morales. Anthony Faiola
and Rachelle Krygier report: "In just seven days, the U.S.-backed
leader has replaced Bolivia's top military brass, cabinet
ministers and the heads of major state-owned companies with
appointees of her own. Her administration has threatened to
arrest `seditious' lawmakers, and ejected allies of the old
government including Venezuelan diplomats and Cuban doctors.
Her new foreign minister announced Bolivia's exit from the Alliance for
the Peoples of Our America, a union of socialist nations based in
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Caracas. As supporters of Morales took to the streets last week to
object, Anez issued a presidential decree granting security forces
immunity from prosecution for 'participating in operations to reestablish
internal order.' Within hours, a confrontation between soldiers and
Morales supporters near Cochabamba left nine dead."
-- Libya's U.N.-backed government believes that two Russians
arrested on spying allegations earlier this year were employed by
the Kremlin-friendly Wagner Group, a security firm. Missy Ryan
and Sudarsan Raghavan report: "Fathi Bashagha, who serves as
interior minister for the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord
(GNA), said the Russian nationals were arrested on suspicion of
attempting to influence planned municipal elections and gather
information on the GNA's military operations against a rival force,
which is based in eastern Libya and backed by Russia. Speaking in an
interview during a visit to Washington, Bashagha said the men had
provided 'confessions' and remained in detention while the GNA
attorney general investigates their activities. The alleged intelligence
operation coincides with mounting concern about Russian
involvement in a battle for control of Tripoli and the larger
schism in the country that has impaired the oil industry and
provided a foothold to Islamist militant groups."
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, shown Saturday, as Trump visited for
what officials claimed was a physical exam. (Stefani Reynolds/EPA-
EFE/Shutterstock)
DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS THAT SHOULD NOT BE
OVERLOOKED:
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-- Trump's health is under scrutiny again after an unplanned visit
to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland.
Toluse Olorunnipa and Amy Gardner report: "In a memo released by
the White House late Monday, Trump's doctor, Sean Conley, wrote
that Trump's 'interim checkup' over the weekend had been 'routine,'
and was only kept secret because of 'scheduling uncertainties.'
'Despite some speculation, the President has not had any chest pain,
nor was he evaluated or treated for any urgent or acute issues,' Conley
wrote in the memo. 'Specifically, he did not undergo any specialized
cardiac or neurologic evaluations.' While Trump claimed that he had
begun 'phase one' of his annual physical, Conley said Trump would
have a 'more comprehensive examination' next year. Trump described
his condition on Twitter as 'very good (great!)'; Conley's memo did not
characterize the president's overall health. It did include cholesterol
figures that had dropped since Trump's last physical exam in February.
It is unusual for a president to undergo a physical exam in multiple
stages months apart, and the circumstances surrounding Trump's visit
renewed questions about the White House's handling of his medical
information, according to several experts. ... Two people who
interacted with Trump late last week said that he seemed to be hoarse
and have signs of a cold but that nothing serious seemed amiss."
• "Trump's mysterious hospital visit raises many
questions. His explanation for it didn't answer any
of them," writes the Post's Editorial Board.
-- Prosecutors are preparing to file charges against two Bureau
of Prisons workers who were supposed to regularly check on
millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein the night he hanged
himself in his cell. Devlin Barrett and Matt Zapotosky report: "The
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two corrections workers, wnose names nave not men reieasea, tell
under suspicion immediately after Epstein was found early on the
morning of Aug. 10 in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, a
federal jail used primarily for people awaiting trial. The New York City
medical examiner ruled his death a suicide by hanging, although
lawyers for the disgraced financier have questioned that conclusion. ...
The death of the most high-profile defendant in the federal prison
system led to a major shake-up at the Bureau of Prisons. Attorney
General William P. Barr brought in a former director of the agency to
run it again, and replaced the top official at the MCC, saying the
preliminary investigation had found 'serious irregularities at the center.'
"Those irregularities include logs indicating that Epstein was
checked on regularly, in accordance with MCC procedures.
Investigators don't believe those checks happened ... Prosecutors
have been focused on charges against the officers of falsifying federal
records ... In recent weeks, they sought to have the officers plead
guilty, though they refused."
-- Emails obtained by CBS News show that San Diego billionaire
Doug Manchester was pressed by Republican National
Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel to donate half a million
bucks to the party while his Senate confirmation to become the
ambassador to the Bahamas hung in the balance. "Manchester
donated $1 million to Mr. Trump's inauguration fund. He was offered
the Bahamas post the day after Mr. Trump was sworn in. Manchester
said Mr. Trump told him, 'I should probably be the ambassador to the
Bahamas and you should be president.' Then, for two and a half years,
Manchester's nomination stalled in the Senate. ... He wrote back to
McDaniel's request for $500,000, 'As you know I am not supposed to
do any hut my wife is sending a contribution for 5100.000. Assuming I
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get voted out of the [Foreign Relations Committee] on Wednesday to
the floor we need you to have the majority leader bring it to a majority
vote ... Once confirmed, I our [sic] family will respond!"
-- The Trump State Department appointee who inflated her
résumé has resigned amid fresh questions about the Trump
team's clearly flawed vetting process. Reis Thebault reports: In a
letter of resignation to Pompeo, Mina Chang "defended herself and
criticized the 'toxic environment' at the agency, where she had served
as a deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Conflict and
Stabilization Operations since April. Chang denied creating or
commissioning the Time cover and wrote that her resignation should
be seen 'as a protest and not as surrender,' closing by saying that
stepping down was 'the only acceptable moral and ethical option for
me at this time.' ... 'The Department of State is experiencing what I
and many believe is the worst and most profound moral crisis
confronting career professionals and political appointees in the
Department's history,' wrote Chang, who had no diplomatic experience
before joining the State Department. ...Chang, in her rebuttal
document, argued that her 'background was fully investigated by the
FBI and State Department's Diplomatic Security. No questions were
raised or concerns identified during the process."
-- In Georgia, Democrats are finding out that turning the state
blue is easier to predict than to pull off. Jenna Johnson reports:
"Four Gwinnett County Democratic Party leaders gathered on living-
room couches to ... [address a pressing] priority: In less than a month,
Republican state leaders plan to purge the registrations of 330,000
voters who haven't participated in recent elections — roughly 22,000 of
whom are registered in Gwinnett County, many of them likely
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Democrats. They spent hours debating how best to find these voters
and keep them registered, and organizing phone banks, including one
ahead of a Democratic debate watch party Wednesday night. Then
came a text message from another county party member who had
heard that the state party was organizing a similar effort, as was a
nonprofit group. 'We don't have time for this,' Bianca Keaton, the first
black woman to lead the Gwinnett County Democrats, said with
exasperation. 'We are moving ahead with the plan we made this
morning. I don't want them in Gwinnett County.' The exchange was yet
another reminder that while Democrats see themselves as poised to
take over the state, they are a long way from building the kind of
coordinated effort that Georgia Republicans — and Democrats in
places like Virginia and elsewhere — have long enjoyed."
-- In Virginia, Democratic lawmakers rushed to file bills as the
legislative window opened for next year's General Assembly
session, setting out voting rights, gun control, LGBTQ
protections and the Equal Rights Amendment as priorities for
their newfound majority. Gregory S. Schneider reports: "It was bad
timing for Republican leaders, who traveled to Richmond Monday to
officially shut down the special legislative session on gun control that
they had cut short over the summer. As the state's docket began filling
with Democratic proposals, Republican leaders presided over the floor
of the Senate and House of Delegates for probably the last time before
their rivals take over. ... House Democrats chose [Democratic Del.
Eileen] Filler-Corn as their speaker-designee, putting her in line to be
the chamber's first female leader in its 400-year history. Republicans
made no effort Monday to draw attention to proposed legislation, which
can be filed until 10 days after the session starts Jan. 8."
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-- Three people were killed during a shooting in a Walmart
parking lot in Duncan, Okla. Katie Mettler reports: "The shooting
took place just before 10 a.m., reported the Duncan Banner. Officers
with the Duncan Police Department responded to the Walmart
Supercenter on Highway 81 in Duncan, a city 65 miles southwest of
Oklahoma City. A man and woman were found dead inside a car in the
parking lot, and another man was found dead outside the car, police
said in the statement. It was not immediately clear whether the alleged
shooter was among those who died. A handgun was found at the
scene, authorities said. The Duncan Banner reported that Red River
Technology Center and Duncan Public Schools were put on lockdown."
-- The shooting at a Fresno, Calif., backyard gathering that left
four dead was a targeted attack, police said. Derek Hawkins, Katie
Shpeherd and Katie Mettler report: "The shooting stunned Southeast
Asian Hmong residents in Fresno, which is home to the largest Hmong
population in California and the second-largest Hmong population in
the United States. ... The attackers, armed with semiautomatic pistols,
fled on foot before partygoers could make out their faces in the
darkness, police said. ... Fresno Police Deputy Chief Andrew Hall said
the department was mobilizing an 'Asian gang task force' to investigate
whether the attack was connected to recent a spike in violent crime in
the city by Asian gangs. There was no indication that the residents
were involved in gangs, he said, but investigators believe the gunman
intentionally targeted the house."
-- About 60 percent of Superfund sites overseen by the
Environmental Protection Agency could be hit by climate
change, a new Government Accountability Office report found.
Dino Grandoni and Brady Dennis report: "GAO investigators said the
anpnry nppric tn takes mnre annnaccivp antinn tn anknnwlprinp rickc
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facing some of the nation's most polluted sites — and to safeguard
them amid a changing climate. Even as they agreed with the GAO on
certain points, Trump administration officials formally rejected a
recommendation to clarify how preparing toxic sites to withstand the
impacts of climate change is part of the EPA's mission."
-- WeWork could lay off thousands of employees as the company
tries to recover from a disastrous attempt to go public. Marie C.
Baca reports: "That means WeWork could lose about a third of the
12,500-person head count it had in June, according to a company
filing. WeWork Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure told employees
that layoffs would begin this week." There are also reports that the
New York attorney general is investigating the former chief executive
for alleged self-dealing.
SOCIAL MEDIA SPEED READ:
Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee criticized Pompeo:
A freelance reporter in Hong Kong shared devastating images from the
detention of protesters inside one of the city's university campuses:
Pete Buttigieg is surging in Iowa, but a new poll shows that he has
literally no support among black voters in South Carolina:
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Ken Cuccinelli is now tweeting under his potential DHS title, even
though he has not been confirmed for it:
An interview of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) went viral for
uncomfortable reasons, and a BuzzFeed reporter quickly got to the
bottom of it:
The MSNBC show that aired the interview and Swalwell tried to set the
record straight:
A Supreme Court justice shared some details about the job:
A World War II veteran in Texas is turning 100:
And a 2020 contender had a bit of "Breaking Bad" fun:
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I did not feel courageous. I was
simply doing my duty as a citizen, providing information to
the Senate that I believed would be relevant to the
Supreme Court nomination process," said Christine
Blasey Ford of her decision to testify against Supreme
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Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. "I thought anyone in my
position would, of course, do the same thing."
VIDEOS OF THE DAY:
The South Dakota government's new advertising campaign takes aim
at the state's methamphetamine addiction crisis. The $449,000 ad
blitz centers around the slogan: "Meth. We're On It," Michael Brice-
Saddler reports. Many online mocked it and a marketing expert went
as far as saying it was a "colossal blunder":
Seth Meyers finds the evidence against Trump to be "overwhelming":
Stephen Colbert can't believe Trump actually went on Twitter and
attacked the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine while she spoke to
the House investigators:
Colbert also visited New Zealand and drove around the island with
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern:
And Trevor Noah thinks Trump had a pretty bad weekend:
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