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| Barr defends Trump as report clears FBI of illegal surveillance – live updates | Barr defends Trump as report clears FBI of illegal surveillance – live updates |
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| Report concludes FBI had an ‘authorized purpose’ in monitoring communications of Trump election campaign adviser Carter Page | Report concludes FBI had an ‘authorized purpose’ in monitoring communications of Trump election campaign adviser Carter Page |
| Today’s hearing has just come to and. Here’s an excerpt from Congressman Jerry Nadler’s closing remarks: | |
| Some other highlights from the day: | |
| Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the armed services committee, has called for a hearing on Afghanistan, following the Washington Post’s major investigative report today revealing that senior US officials repeatedly failed to tell the truth about the war and hid evidence that the war was un-winnable: | |
| The Post’s reporting was based on thousands of pages of unpublished notes of interviews with people directly involved in the war, including generals, diplomats, aid workers and Afghan officials. | |
| Next year America faces an epic choice ... and the results could define the country for a generation. | Next year America faces an epic choice ... and the results could define the country for a generation. |
| A message from Guardian US editor-in-chief: | A message from Guardian US editor-in-chief: |
| These are perilous times. Over the last three years, much of what the Guardian holds dear has been threatened – democracy, civility, truth. This US administration is establishing new norms of behaviour. Anger and cruelty disfigure public discourse and lying is commonplace. Truth is being chased away. | These are perilous times. Over the last three years, much of what the Guardian holds dear has been threatened – democracy, civility, truth. This US administration is establishing new norms of behaviour. Anger and cruelty disfigure public discourse and lying is commonplace. Truth is being chased away. |
| In the coming year, many vital aspects of American public life are in play – the supreme court, abortion rights, climate policy, wealth inequality, Big Tech and much more. The stakes could hardly be higher – and the need for a robust, independent press has never been greater. | In the coming year, many vital aspects of American public life are in play – the supreme court, abortion rights, climate policy, wealth inequality, Big Tech and much more. The stakes could hardly be higher – and the need for a robust, independent press has never been greater. |
| As 2020 approaches, we’re asking our US readers to help us raise $1.5m by early January to support our journalism. We hope you’ll consider making a year-end gift. | As 2020 approaches, we’re asking our US readers to help us raise $1.5m by early January to support our journalism. We hope you’ll consider making a year-end gift. |
| We also want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Guardian in 2019. You provide us with the motivation and financial support to keep doing what we do. | We also want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Guardian in 2019. You provide us with the motivation and financial support to keep doing what we do. |
| Make a contribution. | Make a contribution. |
| The White House has officially confirmed to reporters that Trump is meeting with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, tomorrow, along with Mike Pompeo “to discuss the state of the bilateral relationship”: | The White House has officially confirmed to reporters that Trump is meeting with Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, tomorrow, along with Mike Pompeo “to discuss the state of the bilateral relationship”: |
| Some context: | Some context: |
| If you’ve tuned away from the hearings this afternoon, it’s worth watching this clip of Congressman Eric Swalwell, who summarized the key framework of impeachment in these five minutes: | If you’ve tuned away from the hearings this afternoon, it’s worth watching this clip of Congressman Eric Swalwell, who summarized the key framework of impeachment in these five minutes: |
| The White House is backing bipartisan legislation aimed at curbing rising health care costs, including taking steps to restrict “surprise” medical bills in the emergency room. The AP reports: | The White House is backing bipartisan legislation aimed at curbing rising health care costs, including taking steps to restrict “surprise” medical bills in the emergency room. The AP reports: |
| Hospital groups have opposed the bill: | Hospital groups have opposed the bill: |
| Some more background here: | Some more background here: |
| Hello - Sam Levin in Los Angeles here, taking over our live coverage for the rest of this busy Monday. | Hello - Sam Levin in Los Angeles here, taking over our live coverage for the rest of this busy Monday. |
| Pete Buttigieg’s campaign has confirmed that it plans to “soon” release a list of clients the Democratic candidate served while her worked for McKinsey from 2007 to 2010. The South Bend mayor has faced intensifying pressure in recent days to disclose details of his work history, especially following revelations about McKinsey’s work with the Trump administration. | Pete Buttigieg’s campaign has confirmed that it plans to “soon” release a list of clients the Democratic candidate served while her worked for McKinsey from 2007 to 2010. The South Bend mayor has faced intensifying pressure in recent days to disclose details of his work history, especially following revelations about McKinsey’s work with the Trump administration. |
| Earlier today, McKinsey confirmed that it has authorized Buttigieg to release information about his clients. Here’s his senior advisor: | Earlier today, McKinsey confirmed that it has authorized Buttigieg to release information about his clients. Here’s his senior advisor: |
| The impeachment hearing is still going and there’s more of everything coming up in the next few hours. East coast handing blog to the west coast now, and my colleague in Los Angeles, Sam Levin. | The impeachment hearing is still going and there’s more of everything coming up in the next few hours. East coast handing blog to the west coast now, and my colleague in Los Angeles, Sam Levin. |
| Here’s what’s happened this afternoon | Here’s what’s happened this afternoon |
| The FBI director, Christopher Wray, has given an interview where he accepts the findings of the Department of Justice internal watchdog that the agency was justified and legitimate in its launch of an investigation into the Trump election campaign’s dealings with Russia during the 2016 election. | The FBI director, Christopher Wray, has given an interview where he accepts the findings of the Department of Justice internal watchdog that the agency was justified and legitimate in its launch of an investigation into the Trump election campaign’s dealings with Russia during the 2016 election. |
| The UN security council will meet tomorrow over rising tensions between the US and North Korea. The meeting is at the request of the US. | The UN security council will meet tomorrow over rising tensions between the US and North Korea. The meeting is at the request of the US. |
| The new US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade deal is oh so close. | The new US-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade deal is oh so close. |
| Management consulting kingpin McKinsey will allow 2020 Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg to disclose which clients he served when working for McKinsey from 2007 to 2020. | Management consulting kingpin McKinsey will allow 2020 Democratic candidate Pete Buttigieg to disclose which clients he served when working for McKinsey from 2007 to 2020. |
| The FBI director, Christopher Wray, tells ABC the idea that there’s a secret, underground liberal deep state organization with the US intelligence community, working to undermine Donald Trump, is an affront to the agency. | The FBI director, Christopher Wray, tells ABC the idea that there’s a secret, underground liberal deep state organization with the US intelligence community, working to undermine Donald Trump, is an affront to the agency. |
| Democratic 2020 election candidate Pete Buttigieg has been given the green light by consulting giant McKinsey to disclose the clients he worked for while he was at McKinsey in the not-too-distant past. | Democratic 2020 election candidate Pete Buttigieg has been given the green light by consulting giant McKinsey to disclose the clients he worked for while he was at McKinsey in the not-too-distant past. |
| As the Guardian wrote just last week: Secrecy surrounds much of the work of McKinsey, seen by many as the gold standard in management consulting. While it has worked with Fortune 500 companies, it has also been accused by the Massachusetts attorney general of fanning the flames of the opioid epidemic by advising Purdue Pharma on how to “turbocharge” sales of the drug, and it has worked to expand the influence of authoritarian regimes such as Russia and Saudi Arabia. In his book The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business, Duff McDonald wrote that McKinsey “may be the single greatest legitimizer of mass layoffs”. | As the Guardian wrote just last week: Secrecy surrounds much of the work of McKinsey, seen by many as the gold standard in management consulting. While it has worked with Fortune 500 companies, it has also been accused by the Massachusetts attorney general of fanning the flames of the opioid epidemic by advising Purdue Pharma on how to “turbocharge” sales of the drug, and it has worked to expand the influence of authoritarian regimes such as Russia and Saudi Arabia. In his book The Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business, Duff McDonald wrote that McKinsey “may be the single greatest legitimizer of mass layoffs”. |
| Buttigieg’s time at the firm warrants greater scrutiny and transparency, no doubt about it. | Buttigieg’s time at the firm warrants greater scrutiny and transparency, no doubt about it. |
| Next year America faces an epic choice ... and the results could define the country for a generation. | Next year America faces an epic choice ... and the results could define the country for a generation. |
| A message from Guardian US editor-in-chief: | A message from Guardian US editor-in-chief: |
| These are perilous times. Over the last three years, much of what the Guardian holds dear has been threatened – democracy, civility, truth. This US administration is establishing new norms of behaviour. Anger and cruelty disfigure public discourse and lying is commonplace. Truth is being chased away. | These are perilous times. Over the last three years, much of what the Guardian holds dear has been threatened – democracy, civility, truth. This US administration is establishing new norms of behaviour. Anger and cruelty disfigure public discourse and lying is commonplace. Truth is being chased away. |
| In the coming year, many vital aspects of American public life are in play – the supreme court, abortion rights, climate policy, wealth inequality, Big Tech and much more. The stakes could hardly be higher – and the need for a robust, independent press has never been greater. | In the coming year, many vital aspects of American public life are in play – the supreme court, abortion rights, climate policy, wealth inequality, Big Tech and much more. The stakes could hardly be higher – and the need for a robust, independent press has never been greater. |
| As 2020 approaches, we’re asking our US readers to help us raise $1.5m by early January to support our journalism. We hope you’ll consider making a year-end gift. | As 2020 approaches, we’re asking our US readers to help us raise $1.5m by early January to support our journalism. We hope you’ll consider making a year-end gift. |
| We also want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Guardian in 2019. You provide us with the motivation and financial support to keep doing what we do. | We also want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported the Guardian in 2019. You provide us with the motivation and financial support to keep doing what we do. |
| Make a contribution. | Make a contribution. |
| USMCA draws near. The US trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, and Jared Kushner, senior adviser to his father-in-law Potus, are off to Mexico tomorrow to try to get the new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal in the bag. | USMCA draws near. The US trade representative, Robert Lighthizer, and Jared Kushner, senior adviser to his father-in-law Potus, are off to Mexico tomorrow to try to get the new US-Mexico-Canada trade deal in the bag. |