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9:20 AM ET, September 29, 2019

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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart, Palmer Report and Mediaite
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
AG Bill Barr reportedly “surprised and angry” at Trump-Ukraine phone call
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Rich Schapiro / NBC News:   Rudy Giuliani's former DOJ colleagues believe he committed crimes in pushing Biden probe
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 …
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Chris Jackson / Ipsos:
Ipsos - News & Polls : News - Americans believe Trump's Ukraine Call Is A Serious Issue, But Are Unsurprised By His Actions  —  A new ABC News/Ipsos public opinion survey illustrates public opinion surrounding President's recent call to the Ukrainian president.  The full questionnaire can be found on the topline questionnaire link.
Associated Press:   For Trump, a high-velocity threat like none he's ever faced
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.
Discussion: Palmer Report and Mediaite
CNN:
CNN Poll: Democrats knotted in Nevada while Biden leads South Carolina  —  Washington (CNN)Joe Biden holds a wide lead in South Carolina, while the former vice president, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren are knotted up in Nevada, according to new CNN polls conducted …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
GOP Leadership Memo Suggests Senate Cannot Block Trial If House Votes To Impeach Trump  —  “There is no way we could somehow bar the doors and prevent the managers from presenting the articles” of impeachment, states the memo.  —  The Republican leadership issued a memo Saturday clarifying …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
How Mitch McConnell could give impeachment the Merrick Garland treatment
Discussion: New York Post, The Week and CNN
Washington Post:
The gas tycoon and the vice president's son: The story of Hunter Biden's foray into Ukraine  —  When then-Vice President Joe Biden's son joined the board of an obscure Ukrainian gas company half a decade ago, it was a stunning coup for its owner, a former Ukrainian minister working to remake …
Discussion: Breitbart and Wall Street Journal
Nick Arama / RedState:
More Video Of Justin Trudeau And This Is The Worst Yet  —  Last week, pictures and video of Justin Trudeau in blackface blew up and threatened his campaign for re-election.  —  There were multiple incidents.  One was where he was dressed as Aladdin and made up in blackface at an …
Discussion: The Post Millennial
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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 …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Pelosi turns to Schiff to lead House Democrats' impeachment inquiry of Trump  —  It was a low point for House Democrats hoping to build a case to remove President Trump from office — a committee hearing in which former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski made his questioners look hapless with a flurry of deflections and delays.
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
A Former ICE Chief's Tantrum in Congress Perfectly Captures His Agency's Lawlessness
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
James Randerson / Politico:
UK Supreme Court ruling should lead to ‘consequences,’ says Boris Johnson  —  Top judges should be subjected to U.S.-style “accountability” Boris Johnson suggested following the decision by the U.K.'s Supreme Court to quash his decision to suspend parliament.
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Dan Balz / Washington Post:   Republicans might oppose impeachment, but do they condone what Trump did?
 
 
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Julian Lee / Bloomberg:
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Bloomberg Law:
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CNN:
Volker plans to appear before congressional committees next week
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Impeachment Battle to Turn for First Time on a President's Ties to a Foreign Country
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
AP Interview: The hopes and fears of Buttigieg's mom
Cheyenne Haslett / ABC News:
Warren campaign, which previously unionized, reach collective bargaining agreement
Discussion: Splinter
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Staring down impeachment, Trump sees himself as a victim of historic proportions
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Prestwick edits website to remove Trump Turnberry mention
Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs / New York Times:
When Trump's Envoy for Ukraine Resigned, a College Journalist Had the Scoop
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Jewish cousins reunited 75 years after fleeing Romania and believing each other killed in Holocaust
Marisa Iati / Washington Post:
Chief accused of slamming black teen's head into door: Trump is ‘last hope for white people’
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
Is Impeachment the End of the Road for Most of the 2020 Field?
Discussion: Political Wire
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Impeaching the Peach One
 

 
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