Daily Update | February 27, 2019
Hetali Lodaya // 2/27/19 //
The House voted to block President Trump’s national emergency declaration. The House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena several administration officials for documents connected to family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Trump Organization wants the House Judiciary Committee to stop its investigation into the company, arguing that one of the Committee’s legal consultants has a conflict of interest. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration’s ban on bump stocks on guns can proceed. Paul Manafort’s defense team has filed its sentencing memo.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION
Michael Cohen is testifying before various congressional committees this week, likely facing questions on a broad swath of subjects (The Hill).
IMMIGRATION
The House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena several administration officials for documents connected to family separations at the U.S.-Mexico border (NYT).
The House voted to block President Trump’s national emergency declaration (NPR).
DEMOCRACY
The Voting Rights Act should be restored, writes Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) at The Hill.
Congress should start considering how to improve the transition process between administrations well ahead of the 2020 election, writes Zachary Piaker at Take Care.
CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The Trump Organization wants the House Judiciary Committee to stop its investigation into the company, arguing that one of the Committee’s legal consultants has a conflict of interest (Politico).
REGULATION
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration’s ban on bump stocks on guns can proceed (The Hill).
Deregulation under the Trump Administration is real and its benefits are measurable, argues Derek Bonett at the Cato Institute.
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
Paul Manafort’s defense team has filed its sentencing memo (The Hill).
- The memo is available at Lawfare.
Notwithstanding traditional grand jury and DOJ protections, Special Counsel Mueller’s findings should be made largely open to the public, write Ryan Goodman and Andy Wright at Just Security.
Roger Stone associate Andrew Miller’s challenge to a grand jury subpoena, where he argued that Mueller’s appointment was unlawful, has been rejected (Lawfare).
- The opinion can be found here.
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