Despite Durham's inference that he won't release his report before the Election, it turns out DNI Ratcliffe has declassified & released nearly 1,000 pgs of docs rel to the Russia invest to DOJ lately
Hmmm ...
I think it's coming
Soon politico.com/news/2020/10/0…
2-"US Atty John Durham tasked by Attorney General William Barr to review the 2016-era Russia investigation -- is not expected to release information related to the probe before Election Day, according to sources on and off the Hill. Senate Republicans running similar
3-"investigations were told of the intention within the last week -- and it’s why they’ve been stepping up their releases of declassified documents. But Trump & his allies were pushing for much more than that; they wanted DOJ to indict their Obama-era foes as they seek to rewrite
4-"the Russia investigation and turn it against Democrats. The president channeled his grievances by retweeting supporters demanding that Barr immediately arrest and jail Trump’s political enemies like Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.
5-"Late Wednesday afternoon, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said his office ‘has now provided almost 1,000 pages of materials to the Department of Justice in response to Mr. Durham’s document requests.’” ~politico
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2-"Donald J. Trump needed money. His “self-funded” presidential campaign was short on funds, and he was struggling to win over leery Republican donors.
3-"His golf courses and the hotel he would soon open in the Old Post Office in Washington were eating away at what cash he had left on hand, his tax records show.
Altogether 13 men, described as 'members of a militia' were charged
6 in Fed'l Ct -with a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov Gretchen Whitmer
7 in State Ct with targeting Police & the MI State Capitol
This is stunning
This is where Trump is leading us #VOTE#VoteBlueToEndThisNightmare
2-"The government said the plot against Whitmer was stopped with the work of undercover agents and informants.
3-"Through electronic communications, two of the alleged conspirators “agreed to unite others in their cause and take violent action against multiple state governments that they believe are violating the U.S. Constitution,” the FBI said.
2-"Harris’ tone toward the laid-up president is expected to mirror Biden’s of late, according to aides and allies. The Democratic presidential contender and Harris have wished the president a speedy recovery. Their campaign pulled negative TV ads and implored staff to refrain
3-"from piling on to reporters and on social media, though as Trump emerged from the hospital late Monday, Biden suggested he would not let him off the hook for not wearing a mask and flaunting social distancing protocols.
2-"“Republican recalcitrance about the virus persists even as GOP faces growing turmoil”: “Widespread Republican recalcitrance about federal health guidelines showed few signs of waning on Monday, even as the party faces growing turmoil following President Trump’s hospitalization
3-"and as more White House aides test positive for the novel coronavirus. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and at least two of her deputies have now contracted the virus, further derailing the functioning of a West Wing plunged into crisis and adding to a long list
Word this am that Pelosi & Mnuchin met for 90 min yest @ a new CR deal, McConnell still saying too high but Mnuchin & WH & NP want something, so they'll meet again this am.
If nothing Dems will put new deal on floor, pass it & walk.
Dems want this new lower $2.2T deal
Incl $ for Stim, States & Schools, expanded u/e & more SNAP
McConnell won't budge far past his original $1T
So they're far away
Trump doesn't care @ details-just wants to send $ to voters now
It doesn't look good
But Meadows could force it
McConnell is said to be refusing to put a bill on Senate floor that exceeds his $1T by much, & doesn't have full GOP support bc GOP are 'tired of spending'
He's saying they're 'very far apart' & won't nec respond to WH pressure at this point
We'll see ..
Per NBC: CDC Dir Rob't Redfield is now expressing 'alarm' about Trump Covid advisor Scott Atlas
They're reporting Redfield told a colleague on Fri
"Everything [Atlas] says is false" news.yahoo.com/redfield-voice…
2-"Dr. Robert Redfield, who leads the CDC, suggested in a conversation with a colleague Friday that Dr. Scott Atlas is arming Trump with misleading data on a range of issues including questioning the efficacy of masks, whether young people are susceptible to the virus and the
3-"potential benefits of herd immunity. 'Everything he says is false,’ Redfield said of Atlas during a phone call made in public on a commercial airline and overheard by NBC News. Redfield acknowledged after the flight from Atlanta to Washington D.C. that he was speaking about