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MORE’s attempt to stonewall investigations by House Democrats by preventing former aides such as White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying is an uphill legal battle. The White House has signaled that it will assert executive privilege to block McGahn and others from testifying. But Trump allowed McGahn to speak to special counsel MORE and permitted the release of the special counsel’s redacted report without asserting executive privilege, a decision that could make it hard to justify the new argument in court. “It’s unlikely that the Whi

According to his tax return, in 2018 Sanders received $5,241 from his Burlington gig. Sanders receives a salary of $174,000 a year as a Senator. CNBC reported: Khanna used his opposition in a bid to unseat Honda, also a California Democrat, in 2014, which failed.

“I was criticized rather strongly because I said that when we talk about the right to vote that right should exist for people who are currently in jail,” Sanders said to applause from the people attending the event. “And I was told this was a terrible idea despite the fact that in Canada and in countries all over the world — why did I say that?” Sanders said. “I said that because the right to vote is essential.

“Our election was corrupted, our democracy assaulted, our sovereignty and security violated. This is the definitive conclusion of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s report.

“We’re fighting all the subpoenas,” he told reporters at the White House as he left for a trip to Georgia to talk about the opioid epidemic. The president described the Congressional Democrat subpoena requests as “ridiculous,” arguing that the Mueller investigation was already the “most thorough investigation, probably, in the history of our country.” “I thought after two years we’d be finished with it,” Trump said. He said he assumed that Mueller checked his taxes, checked his financials, and did not say anything. Trump then urged Democrats to move on. “I say it’s enough!” Trump said.

Michael Cohen was at a breaking point. He told friends he was suicidal. He insisted to lawyers he would never go to jail. Most of all, he feared that President Trump, his longtime boss, had forsaken him. “Basically he needs a little loving and respect booster,” one of Cohen’s legal advisers at the time, Robert Costello, wrote in a text message to Rudy Giuliani, the president’s lead lawyer. “He is not thinking clearly because he feels abandoned.” That was in June. The “booster” from Trump never arrived.

Trump promotes baseless claim of British spying  Trump says he would ask Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him  The first term representative faces more questions about large loans she made to her 2018 campaign during a 10-way primary.   Protesters gathered as the former attorney general spoke Wednesday night.

Opinion | Nancy Gertner Why does Barr’s spin matter? Barr can influence the pending investigations arising out of the Mueller investigation.  Editorial The man with the constitutional responsibility to protect this country repeatedly tried to thwart the investigation.   Trump promotes baseless claim of British spying  Trump says he would ask Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him  The first term representative faces more questions about large loans she made to her 2018 campaign during a 10-way primary.

Opinion | Nancy Gertner Why does Barr’s spin matter? Barr can influence the pending investigations arising out of the Mueller investigation.  Editorial The man with the constitutional responsibility to protect this country repeatedly tried to thwart the investigation.   Trump promotes baseless claim of British spying  Trump says he would ask Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him  The first term representative faces more questions about large loans she made to her 2018 campaign during a 10-way primary.

Opinion | Nancy Gertner Why does Barr’s spin matter? Barr can influence the pending investigations arising out of the Mueller investigation.  Editorial The man with the constitutional responsibility to protect this country repeatedly tried to thwart the investigation.   Trump promotes baseless claim of British spying  Trump says he would ask Supreme Court to intervene if Democrats move to impeach him  The first term representative faces more questions about large loans she made to her 2018 campaign during a 10-way primary.