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| Trump admits he pushed Ukraine for dirt on Biden and calls on China to investigate – live | Trump admits he pushed Ukraine for dirt on Biden and calls on China to investigate – live |
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| Warren subtweets right-wing conspiracy theorists and promotes student debt forgiveness, plan all in one go | |
| Right-wing conspiracy theorist Jacob Wohl tried and spectacularly failed to smear 2020 front-runner Elizabeth Warren by claiming he had evidence that she had carried on a “long-term sexual relationship” with a 24-year-old bodybuilder marine. | |
| Wohl and his frequent collaborator, conservative lobbyist Jack Burkman, hosted a press conference at Burkman’s Arlington, Virginia townhouse to promote this highly implausible scandal. They even printed up a special sign for the occasion: | |
| Today’s Jacob Wohl press conference topic: pic.twitter.com/48cSCHlrpw | |
| The duo — which previously failed to smear Robert Mueller and Ilhan Omar with other highly implausible sex scandals — even organized snacks: | |
| On this momentous day in history we will be providing complimentary @DunkinDonuts 1599 • 2:30 PM EST pic.twitter.com/fp4y870Yv8 | |
| Though they failed to create a playlist to suit the occasion, a heckler reportedly remedied the situation - with Chumbawumba. | |
| It was good fun for the neighbors and tourists. | |
| Onlookers are now posing with Wohl’s Warren sign. There’s a crowd of roughly two dozen people, non-media, who just swung by to see the show, including some tourists. pic.twitter.com/ONjpIP9ncu | |
| But Elizabeth Warren appears to have had the last laugh. | |
| It's always a good day to be reminded that I got where I am because a great education was available for $50 a semester at the University of Houston (go Cougars!). We need to cancel student debt and make college free for everyone who wants it. pic.twitter.com/fHasLm0j9P | |
| Nancy Pelosi brushes off request from minority leader to suspend impeachment inquiry | |
| In response to House minority leader Kevin McCarthy’s request to suspend the impeachment inquiry until “rules and procedures are established”, House leader Nancy Pelosi responded that “there is no requirement under the Constitution, under House Rules, or House precedent that the whole House vote before proceeding with an impeachment inquiry.” | |
| Pelosi continued that she received McCarthy’s request “this morning shortly after the world witnessed President Trump on national television asking yet another foreign power to interfere in the upcoming 2020 elections. We hope you and other Republicans share our commitment to following the facts, upholding the Constitution, protecting our national security, and defending the integrity of our elections at such a serious moment in our nation’s history.” | |
| Our west coast colleague Maanvi Singh will take over coverage for the next few hours, and there are still a lot of news developments to come. | Our west coast colleague Maanvi Singh will take over coverage for the next few hours, and there are still a lot of news developments to come. |
| Earlier: | Earlier: |
| •Donald Trump has called for China to investigate his leading political rival, even as the president is the subject of impeachment proceedings for pressuring Ukraine to do the same. | •Donald Trump has called for China to investigate his leading political rival, even as the president is the subject of impeachment proceedings for pressuring Ukraine to do the same. |
| •In a press conference outside the White House, Trump said: “China should start an investigation into the Bidens because what happened in China is just about as bad as what happened in Ukraine”. | •In a press conference outside the White House, Trump said: “China should start an investigation into the Bidens because what happened in China is just about as bad as what happened in Ukraine”. |
| •The president then suggested he may specifically ask President Xi of China to begin an investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden. In the same press conference he again implored Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 rival. | •The president then suggested he may specifically ask President Xi of China to begin an investigation into Joe and Hunter Biden. In the same press conference he again implored Ukraine to investigate his potential 2020 rival. |
| •Adam Schiff, the House intelligence committee chair, described Trump’s comments as “repugnant”. Schiff said Trump’s requests to China and Ukraine: “Is an illustration that if this president has learned anything from the two years of the Mueller investigation is that he feels he can do anything with impunity.” | •Adam Schiff, the House intelligence committee chair, described Trump’s comments as “repugnant”. Schiff said Trump’s requests to China and Ukraine: “Is an illustration that if this president has learned anything from the two years of the Mueller investigation is that he feels he can do anything with impunity.” |
| Hard on the heels of the Trump-Ukraine scandal, broken in to the open by an intelligence community whistleblower complaint, comes more breaking news this afternoon that an Internal Revenue Service official has filed a whistleblower complaint relating to either the president or the vice president’s tax returns, the Washington Post reports. | Hard on the heels of the Trump-Ukraine scandal, broken in to the open by an intelligence community whistleblower complaint, comes more breaking news this afternoon that an Internal Revenue Service official has filed a whistleblower complaint relating to either the president or the vice president’s tax returns, the Washington Post reports. |
| The complainant reportedly says he was told that at least one political appointee in the Treasury Department tried to interfere with the annual audit of Donald Trump or Mike Pence’s tax returns. | The complainant reportedly says he was told that at least one political appointee in the Treasury Department tried to interfere with the annual audit of Donald Trump or Mike Pence’s tax returns. |
| The Post attributes this to “multiple people familiar with the document” and adds that the complaint was revealed in a court filing several months ago, but details have been clouded. | The Post attributes this to “multiple people familiar with the document” and adds that the complaint was revealed in a court filing several months ago, but details have been clouded. |
| The report comes amid heightened tension between the treasury department and House Democrats over Trump’s tax returns, which have never been released, and the integrity of the annual audit of his and Pence’s tax returns, which is supposed to be sealed off from any partisan involvement. | The report comes amid heightened tension between the treasury department and House Democrats over Trump’s tax returns, which have never been released, and the integrity of the annual audit of his and Pence’s tax returns, which is supposed to be sealed off from any partisan involvement. |
| Kurt Volker, the former US special envoy for the Ukraine, says he warned Rudy Giuliani that information Giuliani was receiving on Joe and Hunter Biden, from Ukraine, was false, according to the Washington Post. | Kurt Volker, the former US special envoy for the Ukraine, says he warned Rudy Giuliani that information Giuliani was receiving on Joe and Hunter Biden, from Ukraine, was false, according to the Washington Post. |
| Volker gave testimony in the House this morning. According to the Post, Volker told House investigators that he had “tried to caution Guiliani that his sources, including Ukraine’s former top prosecutor, were unreliable and that he should be careful about putting faith in the prosecutor’s stories, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the closed door meeting”. | Volker gave testimony in the House this morning. According to the Post, Volker told House investigators that he had “tried to caution Guiliani that his sources, including Ukraine’s former top prosecutor, were unreliable and that he should be careful about putting faith in the prosecutor’s stories, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the closed door meeting”. |
| From the Post: | From the Post: |
| The former US special envoy for Ukraine told House investigators on Thursday that he warned President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, that Giuliani was receiving untrustworthy information from Ukrainian political figures about former vice president Joe Biden and his son, according to two people familiar with his testimony. | The former US special envoy for Ukraine told House investigators on Thursday that he warned President Trump’s personal attorney, Rudolph W. Giuliani, that Giuliani was receiving untrustworthy information from Ukrainian political figures about former vice president Joe Biden and his son, according to two people familiar with his testimony. |
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| Volker was named in the whistleblower complaint as the diplomat who set up a meeting between Giuliani and a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Trump’s effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens. | Volker was named in the whistleblower complaint as the diplomat who set up a meeting between Giuliani and a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Trump’s effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens. |
| A tweet: | A tweet: |
| ELECTION INTERFERENCE! | ELECTION INTERFERENCE! |
| More from Adam Schiff, who has continued to criticize Trump’s earlier exhortation for China to investigate Biden: | More from Adam Schiff, who has continued to criticize Trump’s earlier exhortation for China to investigate Biden: |
| “Once again, having the president of the United States suggesting, urging, a foreign country to interfere in our presidential elections is an illustration that if this president has learned anything from the two years of the Mueller investigation is that he feels he can do anything with impunity.” | “Once again, having the president of the United States suggesting, urging, a foreign country to interfere in our presidential elections is an illustration that if this president has learned anything from the two years of the Mueller investigation is that he feels he can do anything with impunity.” |
| Trump suggests the “pharmaceutical” industry, and other industries, could be behind what he describes as a “hoax”. | Trump suggests the “pharmaceutical” industry, and other industries, could be behind what he describes as a “hoax”. |
| I’m not sure which of the things Trump believes to be a hoax he is discussing, but it’s likely the Mueller investigation or the Ukraine scandal. | I’m not sure which of the things Trump believes to be a hoax he is discussing, but it’s likely the Mueller investigation or the Ukraine scandal. |
| Trump then sits down and signs his Medicare bill. Then he hands out some pens to people standing around him. He leaves the stage to the Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want. (The band have repeatedly asked him not to use their music.) | Trump then sits down and signs his Medicare bill. Then he hands out some pens to people standing around him. He leaves the stage to the Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want. (The band have repeatedly asked him not to use their music.) |
| A brief riff from Trump just now, floating a venture into the media business... | A brief riff from Trump just now, floating a venture into the media business... |
| Trump laments that CNN is the one U.S. cable news channel with an international presence."We ought to start our own network and put some real news out there," he says. | Trump laments that CNN is the one U.S. cable news channel with an international presence."We ought to start our own network and put some real news out there," he says. |
| This is in the midst of a speech nominally about health care https://t.co/5T9xObqggS | This is in the midst of a speech nominally about health care https://t.co/5T9xObqggS |
| Vice-president Mike Pence appears to have fallen in line with Trump. Pence has spent this afternoon defending Trump’s pressuring of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. | Vice-president Mike Pence appears to have fallen in line with Trump. Pence has spent this afternoon defending Trump’s pressuring of Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden. |
| In particular, Pence said: “The American people have a right to know if the vice president of the United States, or his family, profited from his position.” Interesting. | In particular, Pence said: “The American people have a right to know if the vice president of the United States, or his family, profited from his position.” Interesting. |
| .@VP Pence defended Trump soliciting election help from Ukraine [a felony] by pressing Zelensky to investigate the Bidens. "The American people have a right to know if the vice president of the United States, or his family, profited from his position."pic.twitter.com/6Rpw1tnTZ4 | .@VP Pence defended Trump soliciting election help from Ukraine [a felony] by pressing Zelensky to investigate the Bidens. "The American people have a right to know if the vice president of the United States, or his family, profited from his position."pic.twitter.com/6Rpw1tnTZ4 |