The funniest plot turn will be when Trump pretends he's never heard of Rudy Giuliani.
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) October 10, 2019
Trump, just now, on the two men arrested in the campaign finance scheme: "You'll have to ask Rudy Giuliani."
Trump, last year on the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels: "You'll have to ask Michael Cohen." pic.twitter.com/BJav0BfCTg
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) October 10, 2019
… trump just told reporters a few minutes ago he doesn't know the two giuliani associates arrested today, but added it's "possible" there's a photo of him with them.
it's not just possible.
the @miamiherald published it on monday.https://t.co/xIyrehwRRM pic.twitter.com/LTEZTq7Z8a
— fake nick ramsey (@nick_ramsey) October 10, 2019
Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman had lunch with Rudy Giuliani at the Trump hotel in Washington YESTERDAY, a source who saw them tells @nataliewsj. They were arrested later that night at Dulles, where they were awaiting an international flight. https://t.co/BzPwutU0Ie
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) October 10, 2019
Scoop: Rudy Giuliani was also planning to head to Vienna tonight–one day after Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman were trying to do the same with one-way tickets. https://t.co/e4lJr6V3Z5
— Elaina Plott (@elainaplott) October 10, 2019
NEW: Rudy Giuliani says he was planning to fly to Vienna roughly 24 hours after his business associates, Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, were arrested trying to flee the country for Vienna, where Manafort associate Firtash is holed up.
by @elainaplott #Maddow https://t.co/ntarwb7nEX pic.twitter.com/1xLhTgGSL5— Polly Sigh (@dcpoll) October 10, 2019
For God's sake. https://t.co/6bTrYghCXG
— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) October 11, 2019
We should be so lucky that Rudy would flee the country with a one-way ticket.
— Molly Knight (@molly_knight) October 10, 2019
And…
Good luck keeping the articles of impeachment short https://t.co/jWYG3Z6PpM
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) October 9, 2019
EXCLUSIVE At least four national security officials raised alarms about Ukraine policy before and after Trump call with Ukrainian president – weeks before whistleblower complaint. With @GregJaffe https://t.co/NtMQAngqRA
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) October 10, 2019
EXCLUSIVE: Fiona Hill to testify to Congress that Giuliani, Sondland circumvented the NSC and normal White House process to run a shadow #Ukraine policy, a person familiar with her testimony tells @NBCNews
— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) October 10, 2019
As Trump's GOP allies continue to slam his Syria troop decision as a 'disaster,' new reports reveal Trump is in panic mode, even calling McConnell as often as three times a day – warning McConnell he will amplify attacks on Republicans who are criticizing him. pic.twitter.com/FC9oRYOYOX
— TheBeat w/Ari Melber (@TheBeatWithAri) October 10, 2019
President Trump on Syria: "We've won. We beat ISIS. We beat them badly and decisively. We have no soldiers. The last thing I want to do is bring thousands and thousands of soldiers in and beat everybody again. We've already done that."
FULL VIDEO: https://t.co/SqHYibLgTv pic.twitter.com/CwrELqunPp
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 10, 2019
Trump admitted in 2015 that when it comes to Turkey, “I have a little conflict of interest ‘cause I have a major, major building in Istanbul.” Might the revenues Trump derives from Turkey influence his decision to let Erdogan have his way? https://t.co/C6UtcWDVcR
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) October 11, 2019
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WORLD
#BREAKING Trump asks US diplomats to broker Turkey-Kurds ceasefire in Syria: official pic.twitter.com/l09MXaegxA
— AFP news agency (@AFP) October 10, 2019
Live from N. Syria: death toll rises as allies feel betrayed @clarissaward reports https://t.co/GG6xrR9NWc pic.twitter.com/ge44WarxEm
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) October 10, 2019
For Putin, Turkish move into Syria a chance to ramp up Middle East role https://t.co/vvBUNHJ2Sx pic.twitter.com/8waKCBfPo6
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) October 10, 2019
Kurdistanis and Catalans rally in Barcelona against Turkey's assault on Western Kurdistan (Northern Syria). pic.twitter.com/fRlgrAWfMw
— Polla Garmiany ☀️ (@PollaGarmiany) October 10, 2019
Also…
As PG&E shuts down power, remember that PG&E:
– paid 8 execs $62 million in 36 months: https://t.co/UJ7E4Iwbxk
– spent $18 million on lobbying since 2016: https://t.co/NxFSf9CIaB
– "pumped out $4.5 billion in dividends and let the tree budget wither" https://t.co/6JovOUcDgb
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) October 10, 2019
My grandpa used to write out his checks for his PG&E bill to “Pacific Graft & Extortion” and it went through every time. #pge #pgeshutdown
— Tylor Hall (@thatguytylor) October 9, 2019
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
Friday’s FT: “Johnson and Varadkar see Brexit deal ‘pathway’ as talks shift mood” #bbcpapers #TomorrowsPapersToday (via @hendopolis) pic.twitter.com/75rclmpwH8
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) October 10, 2019
So am hearing that there has been very significant movement from British side on the customs issue in the Johnson-Varadkar talks. Not clear on detail and not clear what concessions expected in return. But if what I hear is correct, it changes the picture substantially
— Pat Leahy (@PatLeahyIT) October 10, 2019
► VIDEO: Leo Varadkar believes a Brexit deal can be done by the October deadline https://t.co/nR3QBqLdOC pic.twitter.com/IrrAkYZx6k
— Irish Times Video (@irishtimesvideo) October 10, 2019
On the possibility of Northern Ireland staying in the EU customs union, even temporarily, the DUP Brexit spokesman Sammy Wilson tells the FT: “We won’t be agreeing to that if that is what is being discussed.”
— Laura Hughes (@Laura_K_Hughes) October 10, 2019
The 5 ways a Hard Brexit will worsen Britain's healthcare https://t.co/r2H5txNNFa pic.twitter.com/SZy9f4tAwH
— Forbes (@Forbes) October 10, 2019
Could 2019 be remembered as the year that shame finally died? | Brigid Delaney https://t.co/wMkIXtRTY8
— The Guardian (@guardian) October 10, 2019