memeorandum: History will be cruel to many who saw Trump treachery and DIDN'T become whistle-blowers (Will Bunch/Inquirer.com)

5:15 PM ET, September 29, 2019

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Biden Campaign Demands TV News Execs Stop Booking Giuliani — In a Sunday letter, the former vice president's aides say that it is editorially irresponsible to book the president's personal lawyer. — Joe Biden's presidential campaign made an extraordinary request to executives …

Discussion: Axios, The Gateway Pundit, Politico and Mediaite

Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:

Trump-Supporting Lawyers diGenova and Toensing Teamed Up With Giuliani to Dig Up Ukraine Dirt on Biden: Report — According to a top U.S. official, all three were working off the books apart from the administration, Fox News reported on Sunday morning. — In a bombshell report Sunday morning …

Discussion: Vanity Fair and Politico, more at Mediagazer »

Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:

Rudy Giuliani fires back at former White House aide who accused him of spreading ‘completely false’ theory — Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, defended himself Sunday on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” from accusations lodged by a former White House official …

Discussion: Vox, POLITICUSUSA, Breitbart, Occupy Democrats, Daily Kos, HuffPost, The Week, New York Post, Axios and Mediaite

Los Angeles Times:

Former Ukraine prosecutor says he saw no evidence of wrongdoing by Biden — Ukraine's top law enforcement official repeatedly rebuffed President Trump's personal lawyer's demands to investigate Joe Biden and his son, insisting he had seen no evidence of wrongdoing that he could pursue despite Trump's allegations.

Kat Tenbarge / Business Insider:

Trump reportedly worked with 2 ‘off the books’ lawyers to pressure Ukraine for damaging information about Joe Biden, in addition to Giuliani — Fox News' Chris Wallace reported Sunday morning that President Donald Trump has worked with two personal lawyers, in addition to former …

Discussion: The Daily Beast

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Biden Campaign Urges TV Networks to Stop Booking Giuliani — Advisers to the former vice president wrote to executives at ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News to “demand” that Mr. Giuliani not be invited on the air to discuss Ukraine and President Trump. — Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s presidential …

Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:

Former Trump Security Adviser Says He's ‘Deeply Disturbed’ by Ukraine Call — Thomas P. Bossert, the president's first homeland security adviser, also said part of the president's request to Ukraine was based on a “completely debunked” conspiracy theory. — WASHINGTON — President Trump's …

Discussion: Politico

Chris Francescani / ABC News:

President Trump's former national security advisor ‘deeply disturbed’ by Ukraine scandal: ‘Whole world is watching’ — President Donald Trump's first Homeland Security and counterterrorism advisor, who resigned after a year in the office, said on “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” …

Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story

Rishika Dugyala / Politico:
Giuliani says Trump ‘framed by the Democrats’

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Allan Smith / NBC News: ‘Enough’: Trump's ex-homeland security adviser ‘disturbed,’ …

Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Giuliani was not working alone in Biden Ukraine probe

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, HuffPost, Townhall, The Guardian, Splinter and New York Post

Zachary Basu / Axios: Ex-Trump adviser: The best way to self-impeach is to hire Rudy Giuliani

CBS News:

CBS News poll: Majority of Americans and Democrats approve of Trump impeachment inquiry — More than half of Americans — and an overwhelming number of Democrats — say they approve of the fact that Congress has opened an impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

Discussion: Axios, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Week and Rolling Stone

Kendall Karson / ABC News:

Only 17% of Americans surprised by Trump's actions tied to Ukraine: POLL — Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Donald Trump's encouragement of a foreign leader to investigate Trump's political rival and his family is a serious problem, but only 17% said they were surprised …

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA, Washington Post, NB Blog, Slate, Pirate's Cove and Axios

Chris Jackson / Ipsos: Ipsos - News & Polls : News - Americans believe Trump's Ukraine Call Is A Serious Issue …

Jacob Knutson / Axios:

Without evidence, Stephen Miller claims whistleblower is a “deep-state operative” — White House senior adviser Stephen Miller claimed on “Fox News Sunday” that the whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Trump's interactions with Ukraine is a “deep state operative” …

Discussion: Politico and Breitbart

Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Stephen Miller says Trump is ‘real whistleblower’ and calls complaint ‘partisan hit job’ in contentious interview

Discussion: Splinter, Politico and CNN

Ivan Nechepurenko / New York Times:
Kremlin Says It Hopes Putin's Calls With Trump Won't Be Made Public

Discussion: Vox

USA Today:

Is Donald Trump's Justice Department part of the Ukraine scandal cover-up? — A campaign finance violation isn't the only federal crime suggested by what we know. Why would Justice walk away with so much left on the table? — CONNECT — Despite compelling evidence implicating President Donald Trump …

Gregory W. Meeks / Washington Post:

Dear anonymous op-ed writer: Your plan didn't work — Gregory W. Meeks, a Democrat, represents New York's 5th Congressional District in the House of Representatives. — Dear anonymous: — This month marks a year since you published an op-ed in the New York Times claiming that within …

Will Bunch / Inquirer.com:

History will be cruel to many who saw Trump treachery and DIDN'T become whistle-blowers — There's been a lot of failure in American politics these last four years, but has there been any more miserable and embarrassing than the alleged and, we now know, probably mythical “Resistance Inside The Trump Administration”?

Andrea Jefferson / Political Flare:

How Melania Obtained Her ‘Einstein Visa’ Under Scrutiny After She Lied About Having University Degree — Back in 2000, Melania Knauss, a Slovenian model dating Donald Trump, began petitioning the government for the right to permanently reside in the United States under a program reserved for people with “extraordinary ability.”

Eli Saslow / Washington Post:

'Out here, it's just me': In the medical desert of rural America, one doctor for 11,000 square miles — VAN HORN, Tex. — He woke up to the sound of an ambulance's siren, knowing that the ambulance would soon be delivering another patient to him. Ed Garner, 68, changed into medical scrubs and walked out to his truck.

Elizabeth Vaughn / RedState:

Nancy Pelosi's December 2018 Rule Changes Block Republicans From Participating In Impeachment Process — In December 2018, the soon-to-be Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, was busy making changes in the House rules for the incoming 116th Congress. She was actually setting the stage …

Discussion: The Last Refuge, The New Neo and ABC News

Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:

A cold call from someone she never met changed Elizabeth Warren's life. It was Harry Reid. — The ex-Senate majority leader boosted the 2020 contender's career at key points. Even she's not quite sure why. — WASHINGTON — Elizabeth Warren was a professor at Harvard Law School …

Zachary Basu / Axios:

Schiff says House Intel has reached agreement for whistleblower testimony — House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on ABC's “This Week” that he's reached an agreement with the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower to come before the committee as soon as the acting director …

Discussion: Politico and Breitbart

Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:

Iran, Burisma and Hunter Biden: The Democrats' terrible decision to go all in on impeachment — When Britain, Germany and France issued a joint statement blaming Iran for the attack on the Saudi Arabian oil refinery this week, it represented a major shift in the world's approach to the rogue regime in Tehran.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway