NEW: @JayCarney on #Debates2020 : “I know Vice President @JoeBiden sees this as a serious challenge. @realDonaldTrump has an advantage in that he is an expert at delivering memorable sound bites and engaging in short-form scrums."
NEW: @JayCarney on #Debates2020: @realDonaldTrump "gets in regular practice with all his short encounters with the press, and that kind of format, ironically, is close enough to what you experience in a debate that I doubt he’ll be rusty.”
NEW: source familiar w/ @JoeBiden campaign's thinking on #Debates2020 whether the campaign is concerned about a debate night gaffe from the former VP the source defended Biden, saying that “the American people know this about him.”
“In fact, it makes him more relatable to them,”
NEW: @JoeBiden “will certainly stand up for himself and for American families" should @realDonaldTrump
lob personal attacks at the former VP. #Debates2020
But @Lis_Smith says @JoeBiden "brushed" off attacks during primary debates, saying “That’s going to be a really critical skill against Trump.” #debates2020
.@Lis_Smith says Trump will “do everything in his power” to get Biden “off message&in the mud with him.”
"History has shown that if you get down in the mud w/ Trump, you probably won’t come out a winner of that one. & that sort of discipline is going to be really important.”
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NEW: Laptop connected to Hunter Biden linked to FBI money laundering probe, according to documents obtained by Fox News, sources -- per @JakeBGibson and I
NEW: The FBI’s subpoena of a laptop and hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden came in connection with a money laundering investigation in late 2019, according to documents obtained by Fox News and verified by multiple federal law enforcement officials who reviewed them
NEW: It is unclear, at this point, whethe investigation is ongoing or if it was directly related to Hunter Biden.
Multiple federal law enforcement officials & two govt officials,confirmed authenticity of docs, which were signed by FBI Special Agent Joshua Wilson.
NEW: @realDonaldTrump held a call with his campaign this AM, @TeamTrump, and predicted victory on Nov. 3.
"We’re going to win, and we’re going to win strong...I wouldn’t have told you that two or three weeks ago. I am more excited today than I was two weeks ago.”
NEW: @realDonaldTrump said he is "very happy, this is the day of both campaigns that I feel the best about winning. Because we’re winning in many states," touting performance in NC, PA, Ohio, Iowa, Michigan, & said he's confident in New Mexico, Minnesota
NEW: @realDonaldTrump added that he will "run up the coast — we’re going to get Florida, South Carolina, Georgia — we’re doing very, very well."
“We are in the best shape we’ve ever been in.”
NEW: @DNI_Ratcliffe says “The @FBI has had possession” of #HunterBiden laptop.
“Without commenting on any investigation that they may or may not have, their investigation is not centered around Russian disinformation and the IC is not playing any role with respect to that.”
"Ratcliffe is 100% correct," a senior intel official said. "There is no intel at this time to support @AdamSchiff
statement....Numerous foreign adversaries are seeking to influence American politics policies,& media narratives."
NEW: Senate Homeland Security Committee subpoenaed Cambridge Professor Stefan Halper as part of probe into origins of #CrossfireHurricane. Halper has been long reported as an #FBI informant, including during 2016, when he made contacts w/ @carterwpage@GeorgePapa19
NEW:Halper is compelled to produce all records related to FBI's #CrossfireHurricane probe; DOJ IG's review of that investigation;& the #unmasking of US "persons or entities affiliated, formally or informally, with the Trump campaign,Trump transition, or Trump administration.”
NEW: Halper is required to produce those documents to @SenRonJohnson committee on October 14 at 5:00pm.
“getting additional insight on Russian activities from [REDACTED]”per @JohnBrennan notes. "alleged approved by @HillaryClinton a proposal from one of her foreign policy advisers to vilify @realDonaldTrump by stirring up scandal claiming interference by Russian security service"
NEW: @JohnBrennan notes state @HillaryClinton
proposal was “on 28 of July." In the margin, Brennan writes "POTUS," but that section of the notes is redacted.