Daily Update | August 7, 2018
Abigail DeHart, Ian Eppler // 8/7/18 //
At former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s trial, Rick Gates testified that he and Manafort knowingly committed crimes. Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated that he would move forward with efforts to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, even though a judge ruled this week that it must be restored. The Trump administration restored sanctions on Iran that had previously been rescinded as part of the now-revoked nuclear agreement. Prominent Trump campaign donors are supporting a legal defense fund for Trump aides. Jelena McWilliams, President Trump’s recently confirmed nominee to head the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, will roll back rules adopted after the 2008 financial crisis.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION
At the former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort’s trial, Rick Gates testified that he and Manafort knowingly committed crimes (NYTimes, Politico, WaPo, WSJ).
- Manafort’s attorneys face a “mission impossible,” but they may be anticipating a presidential pardon, report Josh Gerstein and Darren Samuelsohn in Politico.
President Trump damaged his legal defense in his most recent tweet about the June 9 meeting at Trump Tower, contends Bob Bauer at Lawfare.
Despite President Trump’s arguments to argue to the contrary, the June 9 Trump Tower meeting may have been illegal, while the creation of the Steele dossier was not, writes Philip Bump in the Washington Post.
IMMIGRATION
Attorney General Jeff Sessions indicated that he would move forward with efforts to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, even though a judge ruled this week that it must be restored (The Hill).
President Trump’s immigration enforcement program is failing because of an immigration court backlog crisis, and even with no new arrests it would take four years to eliminate that backlog, explains Nolan Rappaport at The Hill.
JUSTICE & SAFETY
The Trump administration restored sanctions on Iran that had previously been rescinded as part of the now-revoked nuclear agreement (NYTimes, WaPo, WSJ).
The Trump Administration's decision to impose sanctions on Turkey for the release of an American pastor undercuts a human rights enforcement tool, argues Rob Berschinski at Just Security.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Steel producers with ties to the Trump administration have successfully lobbied the administration to deny tariff exceptions to their competitors, reports Jim Tankersley in the New York Times.
Prominent Trump campaign donors are supporting a legal defense fund for Trump aides (Politico, WSJ).
REGULATION
The APA is at the center of state efforts to challenge the Trump Administration’s education policy changes, writes Charlotte Mostertz in the Regulatory Review.
Jelena McWilliams, President Trump’s recently confirmed nominee to head the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, will roll back rules adopted after the 2008 financial crisis, reports Ryan Tracy in the Wall Street Journal.
The Trump administration’s rollback of auto fuel economy standards will likely be struck down, suggests Dan Farber at Legal Planet.
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