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Good morning from inside the media room at the USDC Eastern District of Virginia. Bijan Kian's status conference with Judge Trenga gets underway this morning at 10AM. Story to come @CourthouseNews. Trial set for Feb, so today I'm expecting negotiating around docs/schedule etc.
Friendly reminder for those new to USDC EDVA coverage - while there is a media room, there isn't a closed circuit TV feeding the activity in the courtroom down to reporters. That means I can only update once out of the courtroom. Stay tuned.
Story is online and it will be updated: courthousenews.com/ex-flynn-assoc…
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Update on Bijan Kian: Citing a significant amount of evidence to obtain from foreign countries, defense attys asked to delay trial date until September. Judge Trenga denied the request for now, saying defense must first file a motion outlining...
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why they need until September & what foreign evidence they may need to require. He also told them to work "realistically but diligently" to meet the speedy trial date which is currently set for Feb 11.
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For now, Trenga has asked that defense attorneys file any motion to continue by Jan 21. A hearing on that motion will be held Feb 7.
Full story breaking down details from today coming up @CourthouseNews
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House Dems released their rules package last night. Vote goes down this week. Here's a taste of whats inside as House Dems push for a return to "regular order":
- Bills that go thru the Rules committee must have a hearing and markup session before going to floor
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- All major bill text must be available 72 hours before it can be voted on
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- State in rules that any member who has been indicted should resign
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There's many others and you can take a look at the entire package here:
documentcloud.org/documents/5673…
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One thing I'd like to say about reporting in 2018 and I speak only for myself here:
If I was a reporter in the same capacity today during the Obama administration, I would have questioned, critiqued and demanded high standards as I do with Trump.
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If Obama would have handled himself on Twitter as Trump does today, I would react and respond and report the same way.
I dont change my reporting based on the political party in power. And when this administration ends and another begins...
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Should it be a Dem or Republican in office in 2020, if anything were to change for me it would be this: I will demand even HIGHER standards of performance from them, ask even more questions of them and expose the hypocrisies and falsehoods with greater fervor. But why?
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A former business partner of Michael Flynn has been charged with acting as an agent of a foreign government and conspiracy for his efforts to get Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen extradited from the United States. washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
According to the indictment, Bijan Kian conspired with a Turkish businessman to illegally influence government officials and public opinion against Gulen. Flynn was secretly working to advance the interests of his Turkish clients while publicly serving as a key surrogate to Trump
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BREAKING: Former Michael Flynn Business Associates Indicted in Turkey Lobbying Case via @NYTimes nyti.ms/2GoQ2qx?smid=n…
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Digging through the 21-page indictment right now. The charges themselves do not appear to relate to any alleged kidnapping.

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The indictment, however, is filled with references to Gulen, and has some explosive information. Thread ahead.
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Tomorrow 👉 Daniel Rabin

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