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Rich Schapiro / NBC News:
Rudy Giuliani butt-dials NBC reporter, heard discussing need for cash and trashing Bidens — “The problem is we need some money,” Giuliani says to unidentified man during accidental call to NBC News writer. — Late in the evening on Oct. 16, Rudy Giuliani made a phone call to this reporter.
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ProPublica:
How a Veteran Reporter Worked with Giuliani's Associates to Launch the Ukraine Conspiracy — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.
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CNN:
Feds blow door off safe, issue subpoenas as probe into Giuliani associates escalates — (CNN)Federal prosecutors in New York have subpoenaed the brother of one of the recently indicted associates of Rudy Giuliani, according to two people familiar with the matter, as they escalate their investigation in the campaign-finance case.
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Steve Contorno / Tampa Bay Times:
Arrested Giuliani associates were VIPs at Ron DeSantis' inauguration — Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman attended the January celebration and were on a special list to get seats near the front, according to an email. — The two Rudy Giuliani associates accused of violating federal campaign laws attended …
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Key Witness in Impeachment Inquiry Asks Federal Court to Rule Over Testifying — The move raises new doubts about whether President Trump's closest aides will be able to cooperate with the inquiry. — WASHINGTON — A key witness in the impeachment investigation filed a lawsuit Friday asking …
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Washington Post:
Trump frustrated as White House effort to defy impeachment inquiry fails to halt witness testimony, advisers say — After weeks of dismissing the impeachment inquiry as a hollow partisan attack, President Trump and his closest advisers now recognize the snowballing probe poses a serious threat …
New York Times:
Impeachment Inquiry Is Legal, Judge Rules, Giving Democrats a Victory — The finding came in an order directing the Justice Department to hand over secret grand jury evidence from the Mueller investigation to House impeachment investigators. — Breaking News Update: The House is legally engaged …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge rules DOJ must turn over Mueller grand jury material to House Democrats — A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Justice Department must turn over former special counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury evidence to the House Judiciary Committee, a groundbreaking victory for Democrats …
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Washington Post:
White House restores trade benefits for Ukraine after more than two months of delay — The White House trade representative restored some of Ukraine's trade privileges Friday evening, reinstating benefits that were initially prepared for approval in late August.
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NBC News:
Federal judge orders Justice Department to turn over Mueller grand jury material
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
NSC official plans to testify in impeachment probe even if White House tries to block him
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CNBC:
Judge calls Trump impeachment probe legal, says House must get Mueller grand jury information
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump dismisses need for impeachment team: 'I'm the team'
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The Daily Caller
Craig Karmin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Organization Exploring Sale of Marquee Washington Hotel — Move is motivated partly by ethical criticisms concerning profiting on the property — The Trump Organization is exploring a sale of the rights to the company's opulent Washington, D.C., hotel, a move it says is motivated partly …
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emptywheel:
13 Routine Aspects of FBI Investigations Sidney Powell Says Should Not Be Used with Mike Flynn — Last night Sidney Powell submitted what procedurally is called her “reply” brief in a bid to compel Brady production. Even if her object were to obtain Brady, this is best thought as her opening bid …
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Sidney Powell Drops Bombshell Showing How The FBI Trapped Michael Flynn
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
FBI agents manipulated Flynn file, as Clapper allegedly urged ‘kill shot’: court filing
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Impeachment hearings depict a quid pro quo that evolved over time — After some 65 hours of testimony along with public comments from Trump, his aides and allies, a clear portrait is emerging. — WASHINGTON — Grilled under oath for dozens of hours on Capitol Hill, at least three current …
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Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Could This Straight Shooter Bring Trump One Step Closer to Impeachment? — “He's been at this a long time and he's not about to give that all up to protect anyone,” one State Department official told The Daily Beast. — There's a new character about to take the stage in the impeachment drama.
New York Times:
Microsoft Wins Pentagon's $10 Billion JEDI Contract, Thwarting Amazon — SAN FRANCISCO — The Department of Defense on Friday awarded a $10 billion technology contract to Microsoft, in what was a closely scrutinized contest after President Trump said he might intervene in the hard-fought commercial battle.
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Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Microsoft snags hotly contested $10 billion defense contract, beating out Amazon
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Orion Rummler / Axios:
Microsoft wins Pentagon's $10 billion cloud computing contract
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Kamala Harris skipping South Carolina forum over Trump award — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris is pulling out of a South Carolina criminal justice forum over organizers' handling of President Donald Trump's appearance. — The California senator's campaign …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Giuliani Is Drawing Attention to Hunter Biden's Work in Romania. But There's a Problem. — Hunter Biden worked to help a Romanian executive facing corruption charges. But so did the former New York mayor — and a former F.B.I. director. — WASHINGTON — Rudolph W. Giuliani …
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Kansas City Star:
Mike Pompeo, either quit and run for U.S. Senate in Kansas or focus on your day job — BY THE KANSAS CITY STAR EDITORIAL BOARD — If Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is running to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, Republican of Kansas, then he should quit his rather important day job and do that.
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Matthew Kelly / The Sunflower:
Pompeo offers reserved vote of confidence in top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine
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Alicia Cohn / The Hill:
Cummings pallbearer skips McConnell handshake at memorial — A pallbearer at Rep. Elijah Cummings's (D-Md.) memorial on Thursday shook hands with all top congressional leaders except Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). — Video captured the pallbearer, who has been identified …
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Bobby Gehlen / ABC News:
Barack Obama, Clintons, family honor Elijah Cummings at funeral
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Washington Post:
We represent the whistleblower. Their identity is no longer relevant. — The public now knows more about the call with Ukraine than what was in the complaint. — Our client's whistleblower complaint about President Trump's efforts to solicit interference from Ukraine in the 2020 U.S. election …
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
As Impeachment Heats Up, a Trump Family Anniversary Party for Jared and Ivanka at Camp David — It's no Bedminster—Trump called it “very rustic”—but presidents have often retreated there when trouble looms. Afterward, Jared is off to Israel and MBS's “Davos in the Desert.”
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
CNN Fails To Disclose Key Facts About Andrew McCabe In Interview About DOJ Criminal Investigation — CNN interviewed Andrew McCabe on Friday about developments in a Justice Department criminal investigation of the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, but the network failed to disclose …
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump and Barr's big counterattack: Actually, they're still covering up the Russia conspiracy
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
Biden throws his campaign a lifeline — By reversing course and dropping his opposition to super PACs, Joe Biden has all but admitted he's getting swamped in fundraising. — But it was a strategic retreat that could end up paying big dividends for his cash-starved campaign.
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
DNC raises thresholds for December debate — The halfway mark of the Democratic debate calendar is coming up, and the sixth debate will likely feature the smallest stage yet. — New thresholds announced by the Democratic National Committee for the sixth debate — which will be hosted …
Martyn McLaughlin / Scotsman:
Trumps ‘frustrated’ at inability to pursue ‘foreign investment’ deals, says Trump Org executive — Donald Trump's most senior executive in the UK has said the Trump family is feeling frustrated at being unable to pursue “foreign investments” and overseas business opportunities …
Just Security:
George Washington's Advisors Agreed: Impeachment Did Away with Executive Privilege — President George Washington's decision to withhold diplomatic papers from the House of Representatives with respect to the Jay Treaty has become an important precedent in current debates over executive privilege.
CNN:
Republican campaigns unload donations from Giuliani's indicted associates — These Trump photos posted on private Instagram raise eyebrows — (CNN)Republican lawmakers and political action committees that took money from Rudy Giuliani's two associates who are now at the center …
Greg Bensinger / Washington Post:
Google CEO, in leaked video, says company is ‘genuinely struggling’ with employee trust — At company's weekly town hall with employees, executives assail leaks and defend hiring DHS official — Google CEO Sundar Pichai acknowledged the tech giant is struggling with how to deal …
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CNBC:
Embattled Rep. Katie Hill's husband claims he got jobs at non-profit where she worked because of her ‘influence’ — Rep. Katie Hill's husband got multiple jobs at a non-profit group where she held senior positions due to her ‘influence,’ he says in their divorce case.
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