NEW: Confidantes say Donald Trump's plan to keep teasing a 2024 run is at least in part meant to make state or federal authorities think twice about issuing indictments he could cast as part of an attempt to keep him from reclaiming the presidency. independent.co.uk/voices/trump-2…
Foremost on Trump's mind is a probe run by @ManhattanDA Cyrus Vance, who recently hired a crack team of forensic accountants and an experienced organized crime prosecutor. independent.co.uk/voices/trump-2…
Ex-federal prosecutor @glennkirschner2 says Vance's recent moves indicate that charges are imminent: "I don’t think Cy Vance would have spent considerable state resources to hire expert forensic accountants unless he was moving toward indictment & trial” independent.co.uk/voices/trump-2…
Former Watergate & SDNY prosecutor @nickakerman said the wide scope of Vance's probe has been an open secret among the New York City defense bar for some time. independent.co.uk/voices/trump-2…
“They’re talking to former employees and talking to lots of people in New York… and they’ve been geared up for a while on this thing. So I think they’ve got a good indication of where they’re going,” @nickakerman said. independent.co.uk/voices/trump-2…
.@glennkirschner2 added that Trump's push to cast charges as political won't be as effective without the power of the presidency.
“I think it’s a less effective formula now that he can’t abuse his office & make people’s lives miserable,” he said. independent.co.uk/voices/trump-2…
“I think all of this is going to come to a very abrupt halt — not his whining & complaining and his living a life of grievance — but people paying as much attention...or caring about the impact that might have once the first indictment drops on his head”.independent.co.uk/voices/trump-2…
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...built on a vision of the future where every voice matters. Where the rights of all are protected and the rule of law is upheld. None of us has fully succeeded in achieving this vision... 2/
And in too many places, including in Europe and the United States, democratic progress is under assault…
We are in the midst of a fundamental debate about the future direction of our world. Between those who argue that – given all of the challenges we face, from the... 3/
First off, your client's aide (a known liar working for a known liar) denying a story for which I had multiple sources does not refute, & your client/his aide's LONG record of denying stories that were later confirmed as true (see Daniels, Stormy), actually...
...even more credibility to the reporting.
Second, the date is February 12, 2021.
I worked for Sputnik for a six-month period in 2017. That's not "recent."
What's more, I was fired from that job because of my *refusal* to promote the a conspiracy theory your client's media...
...allies were pushing about the murder of DNC staffer Seth Rich. In fact, your client's favorite cable network recently settled a lawsuit with the Rich family by paying a large sum of money because your friends boosted the Russian propaganda I was fired for refusing to promote.
NEW: Current and former House staffers say @HouseDemocrats push to kick @RepMTG off committees gave @GOPLeader exactly what he wanted — precedent and grievance.
One GOP staffer said Democrats’ response to Greene was “entirely predictable” and described McCarthy’s reaction in blunt terms: “Kevin is just about as happy as a pig in s**t right now.” independent.co.uk/voices/marjori…
Luke does a good job of making a case for why substack is good for many writers and subscribers here, but I would just like to point out that starting one's own newsletter product is not a viable option for the vast majority of folks writing about DC politics/policy because.. 1/
...of some major institutional roadblocks. Reporting from Capitol Hill, for instance, requires press credentials that are issued based on employment with a credentialed outlet. Getting a new publication approved is a multi-month process that is opaque, byzantine & not... 2/
...traditionally hospitable to freelancers running their own subscription-based product w/o some sort of financial backing.
Even if one wanted to do some sort of very niche agency coverage substack, press access at many depts/agencies require Hill creds as a prerequisite... 3/
Ex-@GOP Chair @MichaelSteele says efforts to restrict the ballot are par for the course for the party he once led: "“It is consistent with what we've seen from some members of my party in various states over the last 10 years or so, if not more." independent.co.uk/voices/mitch-m…
“This is an extension of the fear that Republicans have that they can't win without tipping the scales in their favor, whether it’s draconian measures on voter ID...the locations of polling places, or absentee balloting," @MichaelSteele said. independent.co.uk/voices/mitch-m…
NOW: @WhiteHouse Covid adviser @ASlavitt says "it will be months before everyone who wants a vaccine will be able to get one."
No stockpile exists, White House is maintaining supply on a 2-3 day rolling basis, sending as received from manufacturers.
.@ASlavitt says White House will give states more visibility into supply, but Congress needs to pass Biden's rescue package to ensure supply increases.
More supplies of low dead space syringes is key to increasing vaccinations, @ASlavitt says.