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In a stunning development, former Justice Department inspector general @mrbromwich has called on insiders to report political manipulation. I just had a long talk with Bromwich. It's hair-raising stuff. He sees an "existential threat." Our interview:
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@mrbromwich Here are some highlights from my interview with former Justice Department inspector general @mrbromwich.

Alarmingly, Bromwich notes that Trump is carrying out his corrupt directives to William Barr *in public,* that is, right out here on Twitter:

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@mrbromwich Former DOJ IG inspector @mrbromwich also tells me this moment is an "existential threat" to our institutions.

And he calls on DOJ insiders to step forward and report what they see. Bromwich thinks investigations of Trump's foes are a very real danger:

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@mrbromwich This is a really interesting point. Former DOJ IG @mrbromwich says Judge Amy Jackson has it in her power to hold a hearing, to demand that DOJ account for its interference on Roger Stone's behalf, which was plainly done at Trump's command:

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@mrbromwich And here's something House Democrats need to take more seriously.

Former DOJ IG @mrbromwich says more aggressive oversight would almost *certainly* result in a lot more insiders coming forward and reporting malfeasance and political manipulation:

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@mrbromwich Final point.

Trump is now *openly celebrating* the fact that with the Stone reversal, his AG did his corrupt political bidding.

Trump is flaunting the fact that Barr is helping him erase Russia investigation's significance.

Rubbing our faces in it.

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Numerous House Dems are privately pushing to hear testimony from the prosecutors who quit the Roger Stone case in protest against Bill Barr's meddling, aides tell me.

This would ratchet up the response to Barr big time.

Lots more in my new piece:

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A crucial point:

Some House Democrats are adamant that the prosecutors on the Roger Stone case must be heard from *before* William Barr testifies to Congress on March 31, to prevent Barr from getting away with stonewalling:

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Another key point:

Everyone is obsessing over William Barr's attack on Trump's tweets.

But Barr also offered a *new chronology* of events leading up to the Roger Stone meddling.

The account is actually damning. And it raises new unanswered questions:

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Need a 2020 message? Trump wants to gut health care for millions -- while demanding billions for the useless, hateful wall he vowed to make Mexico pay for.

Trump's proposed hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts are a big liability. Act like it, Dems.

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Defending Medicaid from Trump can unify Dems. It can bridge the gap between the young, nonwhite and/or urban voters in the base and the suburban whites Ds hope to keep in their anti-Trump coalition through 2020.

Medicaid won for Ds in the suburbs in 2019:
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Here's another Trump abuse of power that should alarm you. Trump will likely pervert classification authority to keep info buried that would undercut his campaign claims and inform voters about Russian interference. I talked to @ChrisMurphyCT about this:
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@ChrisMurphyCT “It is possible the president will be able to keep classified all the information the US gathers about Russian attempts to support his election. That’s the nightmare scenario.”

A bracing @ChrisMurphyCT interview about another Trumpian abuse of power:

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@ChrisMurphyCT This is the next frontier in Trump's lawlessness.

@ChrisMurphyCT has asked GAO to systematically review Trump's abuse of the classification process to bury unflattering information.

Trump has *already* abused this power. It will get worse. Here's how.

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