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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Impeachment Cascade

In Defying the Odds, we discuss Trump's dishonesty and his record of disregarding the rule of law.     The update  -- recently published --includes a chapter on the 2018 midterms. Impeachment is becoming likely.

At Axios, Mike Allen sums up yesterday's developments:
  • Attorney General William Barr enlisted foreign intelligence officials, including making overtures to Britain and traveling to Italy, in a Justice Department inquiry into the U.S. intelligence community's investigation of the 2016 election, the WashPost reports:
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  • "Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ... listened in on the July 25 phone call between [Trump] and Ukraine’s president, a senior State Department official" told The Wall Street Journal.
  • "Trump Pressed Australian Leader to Help Barr Investigate Mueller Inquiry’s Origins ... The discussion was another instance of the president using American diplomacy for potential personal gain." (N.Y. Times)
  • "House Democrats ... subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani, ... Trump's personal lawyer, for a raft of documents related to his dealings with Ukrainian officials." (USA Today)