2/"The White House is leaning toward releasing information to Congress about what Donald Trump and his aides were doing during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol despite the former president’s objections-a decision that could have significant political and legal ramifications.
3/"Trump has said he will cite “executive privilege” to block information requests from the House select committee investigating the events of that day,
4/"banking on a legal theory that has successfully allowed presidents and their aides to avoid or delay congressional scrutiny for decades, including during the Trump administration.
5/"But President Biden’s White House plans to err on the side of disclosure given the gravity of the events of Jan. 6, according to two people familiar with discussions who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe the private discussions.
6/"In response to questions about White House deliberations over what information to release, Biden spokesman Michael J. Gwin said the president views the attack on the Capitol as “a dark stain on our country’s history”
7/"and is “deeply committed to ensuring that something like that can never happen again, and he supports a thorough investigation.” ~WaPo
8/ALSO: "Trump has 30 days following the delivery of the documents to decide whether to object to their release, according to the statute. Even if he opposes turning them over, the Biden White House has decision-making authority and can release them, over Trump’s objections
9/"after an additional 60 days has elapsed. Trump’s remaining option would be to go to court to try to halt the release, legal advisers said"
Which Trump will do, but it won't hold in court
So what will the Committee do?

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21 Sep
NEW: per NYT
In response to Trump's power abuses House Dems are expected to introduce a package of proposed new limits on executive power designed to strengthen checks on presidency
nytimes.com/2021/09/21/us/…
2/"House Democrats are planning to introduce a package of proposed new limits on executive power on Tuesday, beginning a post-Trump push to strengthen checks on the presidency that they hope will compare to the overhauls that followed the Watergate scandal and the Vietnam War.
3/"Democrats have spent months negotiating with the Biden White House to refine a broad set of proposals that amount to a point-by-point rebuke of the ways that Donald J. Trump shattered norms over the course of his presidency.
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20 Sep
Gov't funding cr still in Appropriations
staffers from House & Senate met today
-they're hashing out remaining funding issues
It then goes to House Rules for markup
Bill is expected to be filed tonight or tomorrow am
No word yet on debt limit attachment
Leadership mtg at 5:30
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Important point:
If the House leadership do decide to attach debt limit language to the gov't funding bill it'll pass House via party line vote
Word is Senate could strip debt language from CR and send a clean bill w/o it to keep gov't open
Or shorten stop-gap funding to 3 wks
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If they shorten the gov't funding to 3 wks it'll be up in mid-Oct which is estimated to be the same time that the debt limit deadline
Pushing ALL of it
-gov't funding, debt limit & reconciliation & BIF
to mid-Oct
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fmr Trump aide Max Miller is the candidate Trump has endorsed to replace retiring House member Anthony Gonzalez in OH-16
Miller's a Trump poster child
And he's a BAD guy:
politico.com/news/magazine/…
2/"Ranging from people who grew up with Miller in the affluent Cleveland inner suburb of Shaker Heights to those he worked with and for in the White House and on Trump’s campaigns—some of whom were granted anonymity because they fear retaliation from Miller,
3/"Trump or both—these people told me Miller can be a cocky bully with a quick-trigger temper. He has a record of speeding, underage drinking and disorderly conduct—
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This pc references internal investigation docs from USCP re improper action taken by cops on 1/6
At least one was a Trump supporter, turned in by a friend of 40 yrs "he's fallen into this cult.."
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miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
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3/"The friend, who is referred to as “ANONYMOUS” in the documents, called the FBI tip line to report the conversation and expressed concerns that the agent subscribed to Trump’s election conspiracy theories.
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In late January someone connected to the Trump WH told me that Pence was "no hero"
Told me Pence seriously considered overruling the states on 1/6 until he realized he just couldn't get away with it
Per Costa & Woodward they were right ⤵️
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3/"Over and over, Pence asked if there was anything he could do.
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Pence pressed again.
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Despite the GOP's complete lack of substance
their accusations, disrespect & calls for him to resign
Today's House Foreign Affairs Afghanistan hearing worked out well for SOS Blinken
Gave him a great opportunity to tout Biden's messaging re leaving
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