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"The rule of law means the commander-in-chief...(can't) be held to a lower standard than his subordinates. The rule of law is more important than the tenure of office of any official."
—Sen. Roger Wicker (1998)

He claims "no proof" Trump did wrong.
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Sen. @RogerWicker claims "no...quid pro quo." (Latin: "favor for a favor").

On the call, Trump said, "I would like you to do us a favor, though."

In testimony, Trump official Gordon Sondland said: "Was there a 'quid pro quo?' ... the answer is yes."
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@SenatorWicker claims "no proof" of wrongdoing and that Ukraine "didn't even know the aid was being held up."

But Pentagon official Laura Cooper told Congress Ukraine sent emails to her staff indicating they knew the aid was being withheld on July 25.
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Sen. @RogerWicker says he thinks the Trump-Zelensky call was "legitimately about corruption in Ukraine."

Ambassador Kurt Volker testified that mentions of investigating "Burisma" corruption were "equivalent to investigating former Vice President Biden."
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Sen. Wicker suggested maybe Ukraine attacked US elections in 2016

NYT reported: "Intelligence officials informed senators...that Russia engaged in a yearslong campaign to frame Ukraine as responsible for Moscow's own hacking of the 2016 election."
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Lev Parnas, who helped Giuliani push for Biden investigations in Ukraine, arranged meetings in Europe for Rep. Devin Nunes' own unspecified investigations, @thedailybeast reports.

Nunes is the *top Republican* on the committee handling impeachment.
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Really important question: Which Nunes investigations was Lev Parnas helping with?
Thanks for answering this @VickyPJWard: cnn.com/2019/11/22/pol…
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BREAKING: JFP confirms that Democrat Shanda Yates, a 38-year-old political newcomer, defeated GOP incumbent Bill Denny in the Mississippi House District 64 race 51%-49%.

Denny has held that seat since 1987—when she was 6. Dems didn't even field a challenger in 2015. #MSelex
Hester Jackson-McCray also ousted a GOP Mississippi House incumbent and made history as a black woman elected in a majority white district in DeSoto County. She won by 13 votes after losing that same seat 68-32 in 2015. Voter turnout jumped by ~1/3.
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Also from today: Trump's visit to Mississippi boosted GOP turnout in the region he visited by 5%, but boosted Democratic turnout by 12%.

Jim Hood lost the gov race by 5.7 pts, but Dems ran up numbers in suburbs & won some counties for 1st time in decades.
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On the same day his Justice Department argued to the Supreme Court that President Obama exceded his powers with DACA, Bill Barr laments that other branches of government have "encroached on presidential authority."

Did he just mean "white Republican presidents' authority"?
Let's be clear: Most constitutional scholars say that executive authority has *grown* in recent decades as Congress cèdes authority to the president.

Seems to be that Barr is lamenting the checks on abuses of power by the current president.
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Je suis désolé, French keyboard was on.
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