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Seth Moulton said the subdued first day of his campaign was supposed to send a larger message: “The job I am applying for is fundamentally a job about serving the country.”   Biden’s entrance will set him up as the frontrunner among Democrats, and will settle the crowded and diverse Democratic presidential field at 20 candidates.

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.

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.

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.

MORE and his team did not speak with “the people who were closest” to him and his campaign, even though Mueller interviewed several former aides and the president did not agree to sit with the special counsel. “Isn’t it amazing that the people who were closest to me, by far, and knew the Campaign better than anyone, were never even called to testify before Mueller,” Trump tweeted.

The head of the House Judiciary Committee issued a subpoena Monday seeking the public testimony of former White House counsel Don McGahn to probe possible obstruction of justice by MORE’s report. Chairman MORE (D-N.Y.) described McGahn as a critical witness who may be able to shed light on cases in which he says Trump may have sought to obstruct Mueller’s investigation, a matter that is being examined as part of his panel’s sprawling probe into possible obstruction of justice, public corruption and abuses of power by the president and his inn

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. MORE's report revealed evidence of obstruction of justice. "We have very good reason to believe that there is an investigation that has been conducted which has produced evidence that tells us that this president and his administration engaged in obstruction of justice.

Five Democratic presidential hopefuls made their cases to an audience of college students during a marathon series of CNN town halls on Monday, an event that offered one of the clearest glimpses to date of the still-emerging primary field. Those town halls - featuring Sens.

Democratic leaders are racing to keep the impeachment genie in its bottle. The release of special counsel MORE’s handling of the investigation, lending a new boost to the small but vocal group of Democrats pushing to oust the president — and creating new challenges for party leaders advocating a more deliberative approach.

“I’m running because we have to beat Donald Trump, and I want us to beat Donald Trump because I love this country,” he said in the video. Moulton, 40, is in his third term as a member of Congress. He is a Marine veteran and served four tours in Iraq. He gained attention in 2018 after leading an insurgency against Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)’s bid for House Speaker after Democrats won the House. His efforts were unsuccessful, and he eventually backed her. He has also taken shots at freshman star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).