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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Trump blurs lines between personal lawyer, attorney general — WASHINGTON (AP) — As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in President Donald Trump's outreach to Ukraine …
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How a Shadow Foreign Policy in Ukraine Prompted an Impeachment Inquiry — WASHINGTON — Petro O. Poroshenko was still the president of Ukraine earlier this year when his team sought a lifeline. With the polls showing him in clear danger of losing his re-election campaign, some of his associates …
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POLITICUSUSA and Washington Post
Zachary Basu / Axios:
AG Bill Barr reportedly “surprised and angry” at Trump-Ukraine phone call — Attorney General Bill Barr was “surprised and angry” to find that President Trump had grouped him together with his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani during a controversial July 25 phone call with the president of Ukraine …
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Hullabaloo
Rich Schapiro / NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani's former DOJ colleagues believe he committed crimes in pushing Biden probe — “I think the Giuliani that I know would prosecute the Giuliani of today,” said Jeffrey Harris, who worked closely with him in the 1980s. — On a Friday in late July, Rudy Giuliani boarded a plane …
emptywheel:
Bill Barr's (Claimed) Surprise about Being in the Zelensky Transcript Is Irrelevant To His (Non) Recusal — Bill Barr continues to excel at placing carefully worded self-exonerations in the press. Consider this AP story, purportedly telling how helpless little Billy Barr has been put …
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Washington Post:
State Dept. intensifies email probe of Hillary Clinton's former aides — The Trump administration is investigating the email records of dozens of current and former senior State Department officials who sent messages to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email …
CNN:
Mulvaney on shaky ground in wake of whistleblower fallout, sources say — (CNN)Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney is on shaky ground in the wake of a bad week for President Trump, according to multiple sources with knowledge of discussions surrounding the whistleblower fallout.
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Associated Press:
For Trump, a high-velocity threat like none he's ever faced — WASHINGTON (AP) — From the moment Donald Trump became a national political figure, he has been shadowed by investigations and controversy. — They have been layered, lengthy and often inconclusive, leaving many Americans scandal-weary and numb to his behavior.
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The Boston Globe:
Forget impeachment. Donald Trump needs to resign — THE VISCERAL REACTION I had to the summary of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was that he should resign the presidency. So obvious and brazen was the abuse of presidential power …
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RedState and Palmer Report
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Public opinion polls show shift toward impeaching Trump
Public opinion polls show shift toward impeaching Trump
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Disrn and New York Post
Benjamin Wittes / Lawfare:
Collusion After the Fact — The Washington Post reported last night: … Shortly after the story broke, I received a message from a person directly involved with the FBI's decision to open a counterintelligence and obstruction investigation of President Trump in the immediate aftermath of the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
If Democrats impeach Trump, a GOP House would probably impeach the next Democratic president — House Democrats are poised to impeach President Trump once they've spent more time following the leads in the whistleblower complaint. But should they take that step in a heavily partisan process …
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Washington Monthly, POLITICUSUSA, The Week and New York Post
Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Chief accused of slamming black teen's head into door: Trump is ‘last hope for white people’ — A former New Jersey police chief standing trial for allegedly slamming a black teenager's head into a door jamb reportedly called President Trump “the last hope for white people” before the 2016 election.
David Marcus / The Federalist:
Susan Rice: Obama Put Call Transcripts On Top Secret Server, Too — Former national security adviser Susan Rice acknowledged last night that the Obama administration moved transcripts of conversations with foreign leaders onto the same top-secret server where the Trump administration stored …
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RedState, Patterico's Pontifications, ABC News and Occupy Democrats
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Staring down impeachment, Trump sees himself as a victim of historic proportions
Staring down impeachment, Trump sees himself as a victim of historic proportions
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Balloon Juice, Slate and Splinter
Ari Fleischer / Fox News:
Dem drive to impeach Trump over Ukraine call is hysterical, hyperbolic and hypocritical
Dem drive to impeach Trump over Ukraine call is hysterical, hyperbolic and hypocritical
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Jamal Khashoggi's death made the Saudi crown prince a pariah. Trump has helped rehabilitate him on the world stage. — At the annual Group of 20 gathering of world leaders in Osaka, Japan, in June, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, beamed before cameras …
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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
When Trump's Envoy for Ukraine Resigned, a College Journalist Had the Scoop — An editor at Arizona State University's student newspaper beat everyone else to the news that Kurt Volker had stepped down. — Kurt D. Volker has traveled halfway around the world as a United States diplomat.
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Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
Embarrassing Leaks Led to Clampdown on Trump's Phone Records — After blowup over calls with Mexican, Australian leaders, officials moved toward greater secrecy, now an issue in impeachment inquiry — WASHINGTON—The White House moved to clamp down on access to records of presidential phone calls …
Ephrat Livni / Quartz:
Ukraine's president is being dubbed “Monica Zelensky” at home — Ukraine president Vlodymyr Zelensky probably always dreamed of being an internationally known household name, given his first chosen profession was acting. — But the actor-turned-president, who ran on an anti-corruption platform …
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Jeff Schogol / Task & Purpose:
The Pentagon is doing its damnedest to avoid being dragged into the Ukraine mess
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Trump's Ukraine call sparks new questions over intelligence chief's firing
Trump's Ukraine call sparks new questions over intelligence chief's firing
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CNBC and Alternet.org
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Republicans might oppose impeachment, but do they condone what Trump did? — For most of the time President Trump has been in office, Republican elected officials have chosen to look away or down during difficult moments. They have preferred silence over speaking out …
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Trump blasts ‘savages’ — Ocasio-Cortez, three other women of color, Schiff, Nadler — “Savages” started to trend on Twitter after the president's post, which comes amid a House impeachment inquiry into his dealings with Ukraine. — President Donald Trump blasted six members of the House …
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Bud Kennedy / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
11,000 college votes in '18 turned Tarrant County purple. Now campus voting may end — More than 11,000 votes were cast on local college campuses like UT Arlington and TCU last year — many for Democrats. — Now, county officials have no plans to offer college voting sites for the 2020 election.
Ivana Kottasová / CNN:
Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman — (CNN)British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been referred to a police watchdog over his alleged relationship with an American businesswoman when he was mayor of London.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Impeaching the Peach One — There are observers, including critics of President Trump, who are skeptical of the push for impeachment. Not because he hasn't earned the contempt and sanction of Congress, but because the politics are too risky. Will the public support an impeachment investigation …
Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Mark Amodei Is First House Republican to Support Trump Impeachment Inquiry — The four-term congressman from Nevada said he was withholding judgment on whether President Trump committed an impeachable offense. — Representative Mark Amodei of Nevada on Friday became the first Republican member …
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Jeremy Hobson / WBUR:
Former Sen. Jeff Flake On The Trump Impeachment Inquiry 05:54