NEW: The Justice Department says it has effectively run out the clock on Dems' effort to get testimony about Trump's alleged obstruction of justice.

politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
In its lengthy filing, DOJ also implied — thought not explicitly — that Trump will be leaving office. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
Trump is, of course, actually leaving office, but most of the administration has not yet acknowledged it. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
Here is the full DOJ filing in McGahn: politico.com/f/?id=00000175…

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12 Nov
NEW: Trump will be out of power in January, but the congressional investigations into his finances and his alleged obstruction are poised to continue as House Dems hope to rack up hard-fought wins in court.

w/ @AndrewDesiderio

politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
House legal efforts to access Trump’s financial records and to force ex-WH counsel Don McGahn to testify are both scheduled to linger into next year.

Pelosi and Biden will hold enormous sway over what happens to the litigation in those cases. politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
Does Biden try to turn the page on the Trump era? Will he drop objections to House subpoenas? Does he try to fight them on narrower grounds to protect Executive Branch?

How badly does Pelosi want wins for Congress’ oversight power? politico.com/news/2020/11/1…
Read 5 tweets
10 Nov
MCCABE sworn in via video: Image
GRAHAM keeps omitting that the document sent from the CIA to FBI about Clinton concocting collusion narrative was a *Russian* allegation, not verified by U.S.

Also, Clinton was publicly accusing Trump of links to Russiaa after Trump's "Russia, if you're listening" presser.
MCCABE says that after Trump fired Comey and told the Russians it relieved pressure on him, "we had many reasons at that point to believe that the president himself might pose a danger to national security."
Read 6 tweets
6 Nov
NEW: The Postal Service discovered more than 1,000 ballots in Philadelphia facilities and 300 in Pittsburgh on Thursday and is rushing them to election officials ahead of a 5pm Friday deadline, according to a court filing posted just after midnight.

politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
Here's the full breakdown of ballot sweeps in Pa. and NC:

politico.com/f/?id=00000175…
PA permit ballots to be delivered until 5pm Friday, as long as they were postmarked by Election Day. Judge Emmet Sullivan has been leaning on the Postal Service to ensure every ballot that hits a mail facility reaches election officials in time.

politico.com/news/2020/11/0…
Read 4 tweets
5 Nov
There is no scenario in which this could actually work -- legally or otherwise.
There are many reasons the suggestion is ludicrous but one is this: Congress settles disputes over electors, and the House would never allow these votes to be counted.
And that requires this plan to clear so many other virtually impossible hurdles that it would almost certainly never get this far.
Read 4 tweets
4 Nov
(They have not won Pennsylvania, and it might not be relevant to the final tally)
PA governor responds to Trump effort to stop vote-counting and prematurely claim victory >>>
Trump's Michigan lawsuit, intended to stop counting, has been filed in the state's Court of Claims.
Read 5 tweets
4 Nov
JUST IN: Postal Service files a new explanation in court explaining its failure to comply with Judge SULLIVAN's order but says it complied in spirit anyway.
SULLIVAN is *furious.* He says “11th hour” decision not to comply is a problem.

“Someone may have to pay a price for that,” he says.
SULLIVAN emphasizes he doesn’t hold the DOJ attorney responsible. “It’s your clients, each and every one of them, starting at the top of the food chain.”
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