BREAKING: Congress can't compel former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify on Mueller report, Justice Dept. says in legal opinion. https://t.co/6eW2c8pP3E
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 20, 2019
NEW Don McGahn feels "obligated" not to appear before House Judiciary and "will respect the President's instruction." His lawyer tells House that the former Trump White House lawyer must defer to @realDonaldTrump . pic.twitter.com/DqWWHz9qRC
— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) May 20, 2019
McGahn is a private citizen. It is time for the House to step up and defend its own integrity. Send the Sergeant at Arms to arrest this miscreant and hold him until he complies with the subpoena. Or at minimum, if he doesn’t show, fine him $10,000 a day.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) May 20, 2019
So Don McGahn is a member of the bar. He is a partner at the law firm Jones Day. Does Jones Day believe their partners should ignore subpoenas? Someone should ask their partners. Heck, someone should ask their clients. https://t.co/qSAZUdzwhJ
— Ian Bassin (@ianbassin) May 20, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Fox News host Pete Hegseth has personally, repeatedly lobbied Trump to pardon accused war criminals. https://t.co/fRy8Z7fypV
— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) May 21, 2019
Trump considers pardons for Americans convicted or accused of war crimes https://t.co/lt5SCQv5Dd
— Jeffrey Levin (@jilevin) May 21, 2019
You should read this.
DC judge upholds House subpoena for Trump's financial records https://t.co/U0ivX3E50k
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) May 21, 2019
This is not true. I have spent a long time looking into this, and @DeutscheBank was the only bank willing to lend to @realDonaldTrump for 20 years because of his pattern of defaults and the bank’s hunger for growth in the US. https://t.co/Qh4siSpEgM
— David Enrich (@davidenrich) May 20, 2019
To avoid the appearance of impropriety, President Obama refused to refinance his Chicago home mortgage while in office. Trump, on the other hand, borrowed $11 million last year from a small Florida bank and then appointed the bank CEO to the Atlanta Fed. https://t.co/FzLxmNAlsK
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) May 20, 2019
The links between Deutsche Bank, Justice Anthony Kennedy and his son, and Donald Trump, along with Brett Kavanaugh, need to be explored fully. Maybe we have a series of coincidences here. But maybe we do not.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) May 20, 2019
Deutsche Bank investigators flagged suspicious transactions that Trump entities engaged in *while he was president.*
These were documented in actual, existing "suspicious activity reports."
This here looks like the guts of the NYT's new investigation:https://t.co/h2xDpZo1Ii pic.twitter.com/Y4zGmSLi0F
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 20, 2019
Opinion: The evidence of Trump’s corruption just keeps growing https://t.co/Kh1m0kNzan
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 20, 2019
Notably, Jay Sekulow’s lawyers’ statement tonight did not actually deny the truth of Cohen’s testimony to the House Intelligence Committee. The statement just bad-mouthed Cohen yet again. https://t.co/d1o0THcBcI
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 21, 2019
Trump AGAIN "joking" about serving more than 2 terms. Here is where I remind you he keeps sending up these trials balloons about ending term limits or extending this time in office, almost weekly. He means it! Take this seriously. He will never leave if given the chance. https://t.co/9c4Fs4suHW
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) May 21, 2019
BREAKING (POLITICO): "Several [Congressional] members and aides said an impeachment inquiry resolution could be introduced in the House Judiciary Committee in the next several days, spurring more Democratic debate over how to respond to Trump."
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 21, 2019
.@SpeakerPelosi is a master politician but needs to recognize that it’s finally time to begin an #ImpeachmentInquiryNow into WHETHER OR NOT Trump has committed impeachable offenses. Both principle and politics demand nothing less.https://t.co/DcgyFHAIk9
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 21, 2019
Trump 'wants Farage to join State banquet' at Buckingham Palace https://t.co/jCXjMPPAs2 via @MailOnline
— Heather Venter (@heather_venter) May 19, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
Con man Farage will sacrifice many of the people who vote for him https://t.co/ge3ALoP9aL
— Kevin Maguire (@Kevin_Maguire) May 20, 2019
So the voting options for the EU Elections are…
1. Brexit at any cost
2. Botched Brexit but can we please have another go under another leader?
3. Bend-both-ways Brexit with or without a confirmatory vote
4. Bollocks to Brexit
Which one are you?
— Dr Phil Hammond (@drphilhammond) May 18, 2019
European elections: Michael Heseltine to vote Lib Dem in Brexit protest | The Independent https://t.co/0LYEXkSpWd
— Graham Simpson (@grahambsi) May 19, 2019
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WORLD
France's Le Maire says a Le Pen win in EU elections would hurt euro https://t.co/Wl3CvSGnLT pic.twitter.com/4pRnESYDWl
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) May 19, 2019
Rising anti-establishment and anti-migrant sentiments have blurred the boundaries between the nationalists and the mainstream https://t.co/jfnlekSc1l
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) May 20, 2019
Just days before key EU elections, Austria's coalition government is plunged into crisis as far-right party leader and Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache faces calls to resign after explosive revelations from a hidden camera stinghttps://t.co/mKO73K5393 pic.twitter.com/RwKTLpouDC
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 18, 2019
“The Austrian nationalists tried to get together with the Italian nationalists, and what happens? They start arguing about where the border should be.”
I spoke with @anneapplebaum about the role of nationalist parties in the upcoming EU elections. pic.twitter.com/HDt6JSdBqw
— Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) May 20, 2019
