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Another blindside: Intel officials didn't tell Trump ODNI was going to brief lawmakers on Russia/2020. Trump in Oval Feb. 14 blamed Maguire for the episode and failure to inform him. (NYT 1st reported on situation yday.) Story w @cstrohm @HouseInSession bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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SCOOP: Associates of a Ukrainian oligarch fighting extradition to the U.S. were working to dig up dirt on Joe Biden last summer in an effort to get Rudy Giuliani’s help in the oligarch’s legal case, according to three people familiar with the exchanges. bloom.bg/35LjwaH
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SCOOP: Trump blindsided key Republican allies on Tuesday when the White House blocked a diplomat’s testimony in the House impeachment probe, and the lawmakers later asked the president to make sure it doesn’t happen again. bloom.bg/35k3sfS
Chris Strohm retweeted
NEWS: Trump blindsided his House Republican allies when Gordon Sondland was blocked from testifying in the impeachment inquiry this morning -- and they later went to the White House to tell him: do better. By @josh_wingrove + @HouseInSession
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Barr says he'd resign rather than let Trump use exec privilege to cover up crimes. BUT he also cited DOJ policy that you can't prosecute a president while in office AND policy to NOT release damaging info when DOJ decides not to prosecute. SO>>> bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Barr said he may write the version of Mueller’s final report that would go to Congress and be made public, a twist on the debate over the special counsel’s eventual findings. bloom.bg/2Fx70kt
Trump’s attorney general nominee told Lindsey Graham that he’ll let Robert Mueller complete his Russia probe and err on the side of transparency in handling Mueller’s final report. bloom.bg/2Fj9a7L
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The FBI routinely reopens background investigations when new allegations/information is developed. I see it all the time for my clients throughout the federal govt.
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Facebook says its discovered an ongoing effort to influence this November's elections with fake accounts and pages on its network, but it's too early to say which government is doing it
Mueller warns that Russians still meddling, seeks protective order in troll farm case bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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