Daily Update | February 6, 2019
Mackenzie Walz // 2/6/19 //
New York federal prosecutors delivered a subpoena to Trump’s inaugural committee, requesting an array of documents related to the committee’s donations and spending. Two years later, President Trump’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement hotline is still being criticized as racist and anti-immigrant. The Trump Administration concluded there is no evidence that a foreign entity materially impacted US election systems during the 2018 election. Trade negotiations between the United States and the European Union are likely doomed as each side has made propositions the other finds unacceptable. President Trump will nominate senior Treasury Department official and World Bank critic, David Malpass, as President of the World Bank.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS & LITIGATION
The Special Counsel’s report must be made public for the American people to learn the identity of the “senior Trump Campaign official” referenced in Roger Stone’s indictment, asserts Joyce Vance at Just Security.
New York federal prosecutors delivered a subpoena to Trump’s inaugural committee, requesting an array of documents related to the committee’s donations and spending (WaPo; WSJ).
New York federal prosecutors have requested interviews with multiple senior members of the Trump Organization, likely in connection with the Office’s ongoing investigations into the Organization (The Hill).
IMMIGRATION
Two years later, President Trump’s Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement hotline is still being criticized as racist and anti-immigrant (WaPo; NYT).
JUSTICE & SAFETY
Abandoning the INF treaty rather than enforcing it will waste money and put the safety of the United States and its allies at risk, writes Katrine vanden Heuvel at The Washington Post.
REGULATION
Trade negotiations between the United States and the European Union are likely doomed as each side has made propositions the other finds unacceptable, argue Hans Von Der Burchard and Adam Behsudi at Politico.
President Trump will nominate senior Treasury Department official and World Bank critic, David Malpass, as President of the World Bank (LATimes; WSJ).
CHECKS & BALANCES
Neomi Rao, the current OIRA Administrator, is a qualified candidate to serve on the DC Circuit, which is the leading administrative law court, argues Chris Walker.
The Trump Administration has sent more DOJ views letters to Congress in defense of executive powers than the Obama Administration had at this stage (Lawfare).
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
The Trump Administration concluded there is no evidence that a foreign entity materially impacted US election systems during the 2018 election (The Hill).
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Immigration Checks & Balances Regulation Justice & Safety Russian Interference