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"McCarthy could not hide his frustration with a reporter, Adam Klasfeld of @CourthouseNews, when he asked the leader to explain exactly what he had done with Mr. Parnas’s campaign contributions."

An in-depth and insightful profile of McCarthy, by @NYTLiz nytimes.com/2020/01/22/us/…
@CourthouseNews @NYTLiz McCarthy may have been frustrated, but he shouldn't have been surprised, as his office ignored detailed phone and email inquiries.

In his answer, McCarthy disclosed an interaction with Mr. Parnas at Trump's inauguration, one more than I reported here. courthousenews.com/indicted-giuli…
@CourthouseNews @NYTLiz That is to say, in his answers during two separate weekly press conferences, Leader McCarthy put new information on the public record that could be fact-checked or verified.

This is why it was useful to explore different questions related to the same topic, consistently.
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In other important news outside the impeachment universe:

SCOTUS temporarily lifted the nationwide injunction blocking the Trump admin's "public charge" immigration rule, which a lower court judge called "repugnant to the American dream," via @ByTimRyan. courthousenews.com/justices-allow…
@ByTimRyan As background, read my coverage of the initial, scathing ruling from U.S. District Judge Daniels from October.

“Immigrants have always come to this country seeking a better live for themselves and their posterity. With or without help, most succeed.”

courthousenews.com/judge-blocks-t…
@ByTimRyan House Judiciary responds to SCOTUS staying injunction blocking Trump's "public charge" rule:

"As numerous federal courts around the country have recognized, this rule is a bald attempt by the Trump Administration to rewrite our immigration laws without congressional approval."
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Pam Bondi notes that Hunter Biden joined the Burisma board while there was an *open* investigation into the company, emphasizing that word.

That emphasis cuts against her point: Any alleged misconduct predated Hunter Biden's work there.
This appears to be the first time the White House team has articulated the Biden conspiracy theory in opening args.

No House witness testified there was anything wrong with Joe Biden's decision to fire Viktor Shokin, whom the EU, IMF, and U.S. wanted out.

Quite the contrary.
"This was the prosecutor investigating Burisma: Shokin," Bondi says.

False. The EU, IMF, Ukrainian anti-corruption activists, and the United States -- including bipartisan Congress members then -- wanted Shokin out because he refused to pursue cases like Burisma's.
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During the press conference with Trump's House impeachment advisers, an NBC reporter pressed the Congress members on a precedent for a witness- and evidence-gathering-free Senate trial.

Reps. Johnson and Zeldin ducked the question.
Following up, I asked Zeldin why he kept referring to the House's impeachment trial when the Constitution says: "The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments."

Not my opinion: Here's the clause. heritage.org/constitution/#…

A vibrant back-and-forth ensued.

More TK.
After Rep. Zeldin kept referring to the "House trial," I asked him why he said that when the Constitution gives the Senate the "sole power to try all impeachments."

Rep. Meadows correctly said "should have been 'investigation.'" Zeldin buckled in.

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Via @donie. At best, this is disingenuous, at worst it's entirely misrepresenting what's happening.

Please explain how "the press" can counter lies in realtime, that may have thousands or tens of thousands of variables, targeted at distinct, secret audiences?
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