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Trump: Day 749
-Refuses 2 Hold MbS Responsible
-Whitaker Evasive in Judicial Hearing
-Inaugural Paid Hotel $175k Per Day
-Campaign Pays Javanka Legal Fees
-Appointed 8 Club Members 2 Admin
-Employed Pipeline of Undoc Workers
-Helping 2 Make N Korea Great Again
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Day 854 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
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Day 705 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.

The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
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Day 493 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injuring 546.

Although a bump stock ban takes effect in 39 days, Congress must take action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
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Real-time American gun violence data for 2019, as of February 8th:
•1,456 gun deaths
•2,566 gun injuries
•54 kids shot
•246 teens shot
•209 armed home invasions
•133 incidents of defensive gun use
•159 unintentional shootings
•35 mass shootings

#NationalEmergency
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Maps of gun violence so far in 2019 (total incidents, gun deaths, gun injuries, incidents of defensive use).

All GVA maps are updated daily: gunviolencearchive.org/charts-and-maps
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Guns have destroyed communities in the U.S so Trump is now exporting the carnage:

Semi-automatic weapons, flamethrowers &even some grenades will become easier for US weapons manufacturers to export overseas under new Trump rules.
nbcnews.com/politics/white…
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House Judiciary chair Jerry Nadler has announced that he'll hold a markup next week on the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, which requires background checks on all firearm sales.

It's the next step to getting a vote on the legislation. bit.ly/2DmA6QE
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Day 315 without Trump publicly offering his condolences for Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, the fallen American service member who lost his life after an IED bombing in Syria. Why?
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U.S. Military Sets April Target Date for Leaving Syria - WSJ
wsj.com/articles/u-s-m…
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Day 315 Since Hope Hicks left as Trump’s 4th Communications Director after testifying to a Congressional committee that she had told "white lies" on Trump's behalf.

With Bill Shine, Trump is directing all White House messaging and communication.
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Day 294 since Trump began forcibly separating immigrant children from their families.

As of 12/21/2018 according to Trump admin:

➡️ 161 of 2,816 *separated kids* still in custody.
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FYI: The Trump admin has quietly resumed separating immigrant families at the border.

At one agency, the children were put into temporary foster care and shelters with little or no indication that they arrived at the border with their parents: propub.li/2QcsPvY
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Reminder: The Trump administration is systematically locking up thousands of children at unheard of rates - now almost 15,000 are in U.S. custody.

The government classifies these children as "unaccompanied"
n.pr/2BdhcL8
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Thousands more kids may have been separated from their parents at the border under the Trump administration than was previously thought, according to an internal government report.
abcn.ws/2DmTr5t
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Why we may never know the true number of family separations
pbs.org/newshour/natio…
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"Does anyone know how many children were separated from their parents?" Jan Schakowsky asked the panel of 3, to no response. "Does anyone know how many separated kids are still in U.S. custody?"

Schakowsky paused. More silence. "No one knows."
thedailybeast.com/hhs-official-w…
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Matt Whitaker: "There was no family separation policy."

(There was. The zero-tolerance policy necessitated the separation of kids from asylum-seeking parents who didn't cross at official ports of entry.)
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Day 242 since Trump made specific commitments to end military exercises with South Korea & eventually withdraw US forces from the peninsula without NO specific commitments on timing or verification of denuclearization from Kim Jong-un.
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No sign of progress in three days of talks to prepare second U.S.-North Korea summit
reut.rs/2Dmcdc0
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Trump says his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam will take place in Hanoi. apne.ws/pGrGacH
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Day 172 since Trump was implicated as an unindicted co-conspirator in violating federal campaign finance laws to keep affairs quiet.

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Day 64 since US Justice Department prosecutors say Trump committed a felony.

Yet, no subpoena, no indictment, no impeachment.

Which begs the question: Is Trump above the law?

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The Trump inauguration paid the Trump hotel $175,000 PER DAY for event space.

Federal prosecutors are probing the festivities. propublica.org/article/trump-…
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Day 129 since WaPo columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.

Saudi Arabia admits they were responsible for his death. Yet, the location of Khashoggi's body remains unknown.

Why does Trump defend Saudi Arabia?
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White House refuses to meet legal requirements to determine if MBS responsible for Khashoggi killing cnn.com/2019/02/08/pol…
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Siding with Saudi crown prince, WH does NOT make determination on punishing those responsible for  Khashoggi murder under Magnitsky Act. “[Trump] maintains his discretion to decline to act on congressional committee requests when appropriate"
cnn.com/2019/02/08/pol…
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Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir on Jamal Khashoggi: “Mistakes happen. We acknowledge that this was a huge mistake."  Per @JoshNBCNews
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Foreign Affairs chair Eliot Engel: "The Admin is again making its disdain for Congress’s constitutional authority abundantly clear. With or without the Admin's assistance, the Foreign Affairs Committee will push for accountability for the brutal murder of Jamal Khashoggi."
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8 Days remain until the temporary bill providing fiscal appropriations through February 15, 2019 expires.

If Congress & Trump do not agree on a fiscal year spending bill, government agencies will again be shut down.

#TrumpShutdown
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Post-shutdown chaos: Nearly 2 weeks after the #TrumpShutdown ended, many feds still haven’t gotten their back pay, @kimberlykindy @reinlwapo & @joelachenbach report
wapo.st/2RL83zC
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60,000 immigration court hearings were delayed during the #TrumpShutdown hill.cm/KUxVP9I
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Why is Trump now considering “fencing” and a lower dollar figure, as Politico reported? Because he has almost no cards to play right now >> 
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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"In his sharpest criticism, McCabe writes that after firing Comey, Trump and the White House counsel, Don McGahn, acted like mobsters by in effect offering McCabe protection in return for loyalty."
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/f…
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“[Trump] and his men were trying to work me the way a criminal brigade would operate,” McCabe writes, recalling an Oval Office meeting soon after his elevation to acting FBI director." theguardian.com/us-news/2019/f…
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The House Judiciary Committee held a public hearing today with Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.
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Judiciary chair Jerry Nadler to Whitaker: "In my view your conduct, Mr. Whitaker—including your decision to ignore important ethics advice when you became Acting Attorney General, no matter the consequences—your conduct, sir, falls well short of the mark."
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Nadler to Whitaker: "I take your reluctance to answer questions about [Special Counsel] communications as a deeply troubling sign...Your failure to respond fully to our questions here today in no way limits the ability of this Committee to get the answers in the long run."
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Judiciary Chair Jerry Nadler on Matthew Whitaker possibly invoking executive privilege: "In other words, you reserve the right to refuse to answer the question forever. That's not how it works." Via ABC
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Matthew Whitaker has confirmed that he has been briefed on the Special Counsel's investigation but he won't confirm the number of times he has been briefed on the Special Counsel's investigation nor when those briefings took place.
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KEY from Whitaker:

“I have not talked to the president of the United States about the special counsel’s investigation.”

Also says later he hasn't talked to senior WH officials.
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Jerry Nadler asks Matthew Whitaker if he has ever been asked to approve any request or action to be taken by the Special Counsel.

Whitaker: "Mr. Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up."

The response in the room is remarkable.
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Whitaker makes another remark about members' time to Rep. Shiela Jackson-Lee.

Jackson-Lee: "Mr Attorney General, we're not joking here. And your humor is not acceptable. Now, you're here because we have a constitutional duty to ask questions."
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Steve Cohen: Would you say the Special Counsel's investigation is a witch hunt? Are you overseeing a witch hunt?
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Matthew Whitaker: Congressman, it would be inappropriate for me to talk about an ongoing investigation.
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Given Doug Collins’ innuendo about why CNN was at Roger Stone's home during the arrest, here’s the actual reason why: Reporting, piecing together clues from grand jury moves, long stake outs and the widely reported expectation Stone was in trouble cnn.com/2019/01/25/pol…
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After ranking member Doug Collins raises more objections, Eric Swalwell suggests that Collins sit with Whitaker's lawyers. Via CSPAN2
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Hakeem Jeffries to Whitaker: "This hearing is important because many Americans throughout the country who are confused. I'm confused. I really am. We're all trying to figure out who are you? Where did you come from? And how the heck did you become the head of the DOJ?"
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Fire from Jamie Raskin when Whitaker tries to challenge him: "I control this time, Mr. Whitaker...This is my time. Mr. Whitaker, you don't run this committee! You don't run the Congress of the United States & you don't run the Judiciary Committee."
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LIEU: There’s no sentence in the US Constitution that says the sitting President cannot be indicted, correct?

WHITAKER: That is the opinion of the office. 

LIEU: I don’t actually care what DOJ policy is, I’m asking you about the Constitution.
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As the Whitaker hearing ended: “I fully intend to call you back” to respond to unanswered questions, Chairman Nadler says, “under subpoena if necessary.”
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Ex-FBI official Frank Figliuzzi: "Listen, I'm not kidding when I say I have interviewed terrorists who are more cooperative and respectful than Matt Whitaker was today." @MSNBC
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Maria Butina and government prosecutors agree that Butina is not yet ready for sentencing because "[t]he defendant’s cooperation is not yet complete." Continuance until Feb. 26 requested.
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Prosecutors working for Mueller have asked Judge Amy Berman Jackson to impose a limited gag order on Roger Stone for statements related to his trial.

Prosecutors aren't asking to silence Stone entirely, but don't want him talking about his case.
washingtonpost.com/local/legal-is…
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Robert Mueller wants to know more about a secret $1 million loan made to Paul Manafort's family in the days after the FBI raided his home, according to Bloomberg. It's unclear right now who actually funded the loan. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Prosecutors suggest Manafort may have lied to investigators because he wanted a pardon from Trump. @SharonLNYT
nytimes.com/2019/02/07/us/…
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Ivanka Trump says she knew “almost nothing” about talks over the Trump Tower Moscow project.

Yeah, OK.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/ivank…
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Trump campaign is paying Abbe Lowell’s fees repping Kushner and Ivanka Trump.

Do Trump supporters know their campaign donations are funding Trump and family's legal defense?!?
abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump…
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Trump's longtime bodyguard, Keith Schiller, has received $225,000 so far from the RNC, through his one-man consulting firm.

Schiller is being paid by the RNC...to remain silent.
cnbc.com/2019/02/08/fir…
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Trump is the first modern president to hire his customers.

Since taking office, Trump has appointed at least eight people who identified themselves as current or former members of his private clubs to senior posts in his administration. #PayToPlay
usatoday.com/story/news/inv…
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Trump’s Bedminster golf course employed so many undocumented immigrants that there’s an entire town in Costa Rica built on Trump paychecks.

“My whole town practically lived there,” one said of the Trump course.
washingtonpost.com/politics/my-wh…
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The workers say Trump paid them $8/hour to operate heavy equipment. No benefits.

A licensed, legal operator would have cost him $51/hour, including benefits.
washingtonpost.com/politics/my-wh…
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Trump's biz has indicated they didn't know they had illegal workers until late last year.

But in 2011, a Bedminster cop working a hit-and-run found a Trump worker using a fake name & papers. He told the club's head of security 7 yrs ago.
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During the campaign, Trump cited use of E-Verify to answer claims his company hired unauthorized immigrants. That wasn't universally true.

He also said that those who hire such immigrants should face large fines or criminal charges.
wapo.st/2I26Zbb
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Beto O'Rourke is counterprogramming Trump's Monday visit to El Paso Monday with a "Celebration of El Paso," including a march, music and a Beto speech at the same time Trump is speaking across town.
#CelebrationOfElPaso
thehill.com/homenews/campa…
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@MeghanMcCain on Ivanka and Jared attending her dad's funeral: “I thought that my family had made it clear, at least I had, that the Trumps are unwelcome around me"
bit.ly/2ROOiHm
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Federal prosecutors are reviewing the National Enquirer's handling of its story about Jeff Bezos' affair to determine if the company violated an earlier cooperation deal with prosecutors, two people familiar with the matter tell Bloomberg News. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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"Hogan Gidley came into the hold room briefly. He didn't have a explanation for how Trump was tweeting during his physical." Via @ByBrianBennett (pool report # 4)
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Trump’s “very good health” should last for “duration of his Presidency, and beyond,” his doctor says
wapo.st/2E0GtuE
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WH officials have launched a mole hunt to find the leaker who revealed Trump's private schedules; one Trump official said the culprit is likely a career government employee who works in the White House, not a person appointed by Trump himself: politi.co/2IayW0y
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Every president since Nixon has voluntarily given their tax returns. Trump hasn’t.

There’s a reason for that, he has a lot to hide.
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Dem lawmakers build case for obtaining Trump's tax returns
hill.cm/AhxzGgZ
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