If you paid more than $750 in federal income taxes in 2015 and 2016, you paid more than the sitting tycoon president of the United States in those years, the Times reports.
The same reportedly would be true if you paid a penny in 10 of the 15 prior years.
Flagging for Turkey-watchers.
Like the Pulitzer Prize-winning story accusing Trump of fraud, this barnburner by @susannecraig and others is a long read—filled with revelations.
Reading and digesting now.
Bookmarking: The investigation on Trump’s failed hotel deal in Azerbaijan and Trump Towers Istanbul.
“The president’s conflicts have been most evident with Turkey, where his business community and the authoritarian government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have not hesitated to leverage various Trump enterprises to their advantage.”
In a 2015 radio interview early in his campaign, Trump told Steve Bannon that his Trump Towers Istanbul was a “conflict of interest.”
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Trump tried to end-run a federal judge's ruling blocking the deployment of the Oregon National Guard by sending the *California* National Guard to Portland.
A hearing is about to start for a judge to decide whether to block him again.
At the start of DOJ lawyer Eric Hamilton's arguments, Senior U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer already gives him a hot bench.
Hamilton's arguments: the Posse Comitatus Act is a criminal statute with no civil application.
Breyer peppers him with questions.
Breyer: What is the remedy? ... Let's assume [the President] violates the terms of the Posse Comitatus Act. ... The facts aren't in dispute. They're disputed in this case. ... What then is the remedy?"
Trump’s appeal of a federal judge’s ruling finding his federalization of the National Guard illegal heads to court minutes from now (noon Pacific Time).
Follow along for analysis, and watch live on the court’s YouTube page.
BREAKING: Trump admin must process education grants "without delay"
A federal judge preserved his ability to enforce the ruling even if the Senate passes a budget bill restraining his contempt power. @AllRiseNews allrisenews.com/p/linda-mcmaho…
A quick thread on this:
This is the first time I personally have seen a court proactively address the possibility of Congress restraining the enforcement power of the federal judiciary.
(There are a lot of cases out there, and perhaps it's come up elsewhere.)
Here's how it went down:
Assistant NYAG Andrew Amer brought up the restraints on contempt power included in the budget bill toward the end of the hearing.