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1) The bombshell news of the failed effort to kill Shahlai shows once again that we have no idea how deep Trump's deceptions on Iran really run.

We talked to two senior House Democrats about the news. Here are their quotes: It's alarming stuff.

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2) @RepEliotEngel, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, says he has "no doubt" that the operation is broader than we know, and largely being concealed from Congress:

“The more you hear, the more you realize that you’ve been fed a bunch of untruths."

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@RepEliotEngel 3) Rep Tom @Malinowski. a member of Foreign Affairs and a former state dept official, make this alarming point:

“If the objective was to weaken the Quds Force irrespective of ... imminent attacks on Americans, then where does that end? And is it over?”

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@RepEliotEngel @Malinowski 4) @RepEliotEngel tells us that @SecPompeo is probably NOT going to show up at the Foreign Affairs Committee hearing next week. In light of this latest news, that's incredibly derelict and indefensible:

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@RepEliotEngel @Malinowski @SecPompeo 5) Why would @SecPompeo blow off the hearing?

Maybe because he can't handle the mounting questions about the imploding rationales for the assassination.

He's struggling to explain the "imminent" attack *and* Trump's claim of threats to embassies:

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@RepEliotEngel @Malinowski @SecPompeo 6) Making this far worse, @shaneharris and team are reporting that the intelligence doesn't support Trump's claim of threats to embassies.

Note that Trump's brain is addled with Benghazi-itis.

Here's the key part:

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@RepEliotEngel @Malinowski @SecPompeo @shaneharris 7) It is in *this* context that Senate Republicans may decline to assert Congressional authority over Trump's war powers.

This is amazingly irresponsible and craven, given the uncertain depths of Trump's deceptions here. But it really might happen.

FIN

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I'm not sure the magnitude of this has sunken in.

To be clear, Lev Parnas just implicated Rudy Giuliani, and possibly Trump, in a criminal conspiracy to solicit a bribe from Ukraine.

I spoke to legal experts who confirmed this. New piece: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
One of Lev Parnas' most explosive claims is that Giuliani told him to convey the extortion demand to Ukraine, after discussing it with Trump.

Legal experts tell me Parnas actually accused Giuliani and Trump of a criminal conspiracy:

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Now that Lev Parnas alleges Rudy spoke directly to him about using military aid to extort Ukraine after discussing it with Trump, GOP Senators have zero excuse for not hearing from Bolton and Mulvaney, who have direct knowledge of the freezing of the aid:

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NPR ran a report on Trump's rally that sanitized away all the hate and depravity. If such media failure is widespread in 2020, it could have consequences, enabling Trump to supercharge Trump country under the radar, while minimizing backlash. New piece: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Trump's route to victory lies in supercharging his parts of the country with these rally performances. But he can't stir too much of a backlash among young and nonwhite voters and suburban whites.

Media sanitization of The Trump Show risks enabling that:

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In response to @NPRinskeep's objections to this piece, I added this update:
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NEW:

House Dems are set to demand that the State Department account for Yovanovitch's safety during her stalking, in light of explosive Lev Parnas documents, aide tells me.

Pompeo's stonewalling suddenly looks much worse.

That and more in my new piece:
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More NEWS:

@RepEliotEngel, chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee, tells us Yovanovitch texts are "profoundly alarming."

"This unprecedented threat to our diplomats must be investigated and if warranted prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

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@RepEliotEngel Crucial point here, from @RepEliotEngel:

Texts between Parnas and Hyde "occurred at the same time that the two men were also discussing Trump’s efforts, through Giuliani, to smear the ambassador’s reputation.”

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