Profile picture
, 3 tweets, 1 min read
My Authors
Read all threads
2020 will be an epic year in US politics.

The @Telegraph Washington team will be sending an email every Thursday breaking down all the latest from the campaign trail.

👇Click below to sign up👇
telegraph.co.uk/us2020-brs
There’ll be a chunk of analysis, something on a key moment you may have missed, recommended reads from the US journo scene, latest on the polls, plus other bits. Aim is to keep Brits in the know with the race.
Hope lots of colour and insights from the ground too. We’ll be in Iowa then New Hampshire for a week each for the first two Democrat nominee votes (less than a month away!). Plus for all the big moments - conventions, debates, etc.
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh.

Enjoying this thread?

Keep Current with Ben Riley-Smith

Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @benrileysmith see all

Profile picture
Ben Riley-Smith
@benrileysmith
Clear blue skies and -3 degrees for the first proper day of Trump’s impeachment trial. Will be dominated by process rows as Republicans try to pass their proposed rules. 1pm EST (6pm UK) start.
Republican proposal for trial is...

- 24hrs for Dems to make case over two days

- 24hrs for Trump team to make defence over two days

- 16hrs of questions from senators

- Then likely vote on new witnesses

Means Trump could be cleared by mid-next week
Republicans expected to have the votes to agree their rules. (Key moderates like Romney backed last night)

Dems will push for witnesses today, not expected to succeed. (Moderate Republicans want to decide on that after opening statements).
Read 7 tweets
Profile picture
Ben Riley-Smith
@benrileysmith
NEW: Republican resolution outlining the rules for Trump’s impeachment trial just released.

- 24hrs for Dems to make case (over two days)

- 24hrs for Trump’s team to make defence (over two days)

- 16hrs of senator questions

- Then vote on new witnesses/evidence
Widely expected these rules will be adopted tomorrow - 51 of 100 senators need to vote for them and there are 54 Republicans.
Senior Republican leadership aide tonight downplaying chance of voting to dismiss the case straight away (as Trump has called for).

Quoting @LindseyGrahamSC saying there aren’t the votes to pass and @tedcruz saying acquittal after trial is better than dismissing at start.
Read 4 tweets
Profile picture
Ben Riley-Smith
@benrileysmith
NEW: Trump's lawyers will argue that it was legitimate for him to bring up the Bidens during call with Ukrainian pres.

Source working with the president’s legal team says in briefing just now 'there plainly is' legislate reason to mention both Bidens + Ukraine election meddling
The argument goes like this...

The way Dems have framed their case is that mentioning Bidens/Burisma + Ukraine meddling is inherently illegitimate.

Trump's lawyers will argue against that, saying there are justifications for mentioning. [Eg meddling is national security issue.]
Another key argument Trump's lawyers will push again and again in the trial - no law broken.

They will argue every presidential impeachment has made claims a law was violated. That's not the case here.

Therefore impeachment articles are defective.
Read 4 tweets

Related threads

Profile picture
Ayla Ferrone
@AylaFerrone
#BREAKING: Will Lewis now taking the stand.
Lewis says the whole controversy ramped up with the blog post. He says at this point he directed staff to contact SLED. Says SLED never spoke with him, neither did the solicitor's office or anyone else.
Lewis talking about his background. Says he tried college and it "wasn't his thing." Says he went into the Airforce and then got into law enforcement.
Read 60 tweets
Profile picture
Chrissy Stroop
@C_Stroop
1. It's the end of the month, so I'm gonna do a little monthly recap of what I've been up to this month and make a little pitch for supporting me via @Patreon if you find my work valuable and can afford to:

patreon.com/cstroop

#MondayMotivation #EmptyThePews #crowdfunding
@Patreon 2. If I had to summarize what I've been up to this month, I'd say my work has primarily focused on pushing back against attempts to whitewash Christian nationalism and the dangerous anti-democratic views of the Christian Right. I did so in @jdforward here

forward.com/opinion/431687…
@Patreon @jdforward 3. And I followed up further on what's wrong with attempts to represent white evangelicals' Christian Zionism as benign in this piece for @RDispatches:

rewire.news/religion-dispa…

#exvangelical #EmptyThePews #Resist
Read 17 tweets
Profile picture
Yeshua's Soldier ⚪
@BanksyArtist
#BREAKING #NEWS
Jeffrey Epstein arrested again on sex trafficking minors and will face up to 45 years in prison.

Credit to @jkbjournalist Julie K. Brown, who was (I believe) the first to report on #Epstein the billionaire Pedo.

thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstei…
2
#QAnon research has brought to surface many disturbing elements in regards to #Epstein his friends, private island, private her, temple of sacrifice and even who supplies these sick ppl with #Children
3
#QAnon
We have been expecting the arrest of Jeffrey for along time.
Attached are Q posts relating to his sick world.
Feel free to ask any questions.
There is a lot to go into.

#Epstein
Read 43 tweets
Profile picture
Sotiri Dimpinoudis ❁‏
@sotiridi
#Breaking: Just in - Austrian Prime Minister Sebastian Kurz says and confirms that there was financial support, and a connection between the #NewZealand terrorist and the Generation Identity movement in #Austria
#Update: Just in - The leader of the Generation Identity movement in #Austria is Austrian "Martin Sellner" however they deny that there is a leader in the movement.
#Update: The shooter at the #NewZealand terror attacks donated money to the Generation Identity movement in #Austria, but how much money has not been disclosed, by the Austrian Prime minister Sebastian Kurz.
Read 10 tweets
Profile picture
Sotiri Dimpinoudis
@sotiridi
#Breaking:Just in #Venezuela is experiencing a nation wide Power outage! For almost 1 hour! Maduro regime is claiming sabotage at the power station. The #Caracas airport control tower is working on generators to keep flight landing and departing.
#Breaking: Just in - Reports that generator in the biggest "Hospital de Clínicas" in #Caracas in #Venezuela has failed to start the power in the building.
#Update: Traffic in #Venezuela and in #Caracas is a complete mess. Not enough police officers in the country to guide every important traffic stop.
Read 223 tweets
Profile picture
Paula Chertok🗽
@PaulaChertok
🔥#BREAKING Roger Stone Is Indicted AND Arrested in Mueller Investigation Into Trump Campaign nyti.ms/2Hurg8I #TrumpRussia
‼️FBI agents arrested Roger Stone at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Longtime adviser to Trump, Stone was charged with 7 counts—obstruction, making false statements and witness tampering—over his communications with WikiLeaks & Dem emails. #TrumpRussia #MuellerInvestigation
Sarah Sanders, seriously: Roger Stone’s arrest and indictment has nothing to do with the president or the WH. Will the same standard apply to others who gave false statements like Hillary Clinton and James Comey? CNN is guilty of collusion. President Trump is tough on Russia.
Read 15 tweets

Trending hashtags

#Jarabulus #Faith #unroll #Hotep #Yemekteyiz #airline #Syria #Erdogan #ALABAMA #TimRyan #BDS #TehranPlaneCrash #WINNING #Gaza #PCUCPA #WestBank #StrangerThings #ILLINOIS #GazaUnderAttack #IsraeliCrimes #Army #CongressionalBlackCaucus #WATCH #USCongress #Brussels
Follow Us on Twitter!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!