Hilary Robin Rosenthal  //  3/1/19  //  Daily Update

President Trump had some reactions to Michael Cohen's testimony, acknowledging that Cohen didn't lie about everything. Following Cohen’s testimony, the House intelligence now intends to call the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, to testify. President Trump And North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s Second Nuclear Summit Ends With No Deal. The attorney general of Washington, D.C., issued a subpoena for documents regarding President Donald Trump's inaugural committee. The Department of Homeland Security extended temporary protected status (TPS) for U.S. residents from Sudan, El Salvador, Haiti and Nicaragua until Jan. 2, 2020. The Supreme Court appeared ready to let stand a 40-foot cross on public land in Maryland, but the justices struggled to come up with a test to clarify the separation of church and state.

TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION

President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen testified in front of the House Oversight Committee for hours yesterday, Eric Levitz recaps.

• Cohen finished his congressional testimony circuit today with a closed-door hearing by the House Intelligence Committee, writes Karoun Demirjian.
• Jan Wolfe details the legal risks President Trump might face from Cohen's testimony.
• President Trump himself had some reactions to the testimony, acknowledging Cohen didn't lie about everything during the testimony (NBC).

Following Cohen’s testimony, the House intelligence now intends to call the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, to testify (Daily Beast).

A federal appeals court upheld Robert Mueller’s appointment as special counsel, rejecting a challenge by Andrew Miller, aide to longtime Trump campaign adviser Roger Stone (AP).

• The Court ruled that Andrew Miller must comply with a subpoena to testify (NYT). 

The attorney general of Washington, D.C., issued a subpoena for documents regarding President Donald Trump's inaugural committee (NBC).

IMMIGRATION

The American Immigration Council and the Kathryn O. Greenberg Immigration Justice Clinic filed a lawsuit to compel the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Department of Justice to disclose how the BIA interprets mechanisms to reopen or reconsider immigration cases (American Immigration Council).

The Department of Homeland Security extended temporary protected status (TPS) for U.S. residents from Sudan, El Salvador, Haiti and Nicaragua until Jan. 2, 2020, analyzes Rafael Bernal.

Senators unveiled a resolution to block President Trump's emergency declaration to construct the U.S.-Mexico border wall, emphasizing the need for maintaining separation of powers in the government (The Hill).

DEMOCRACY 

The Senate confirmed acting administrator Andrew Wheeler to continue leading the Environmental Protection Agency (CNN).

• Though the vote was largely along party lines, some centrists opposed him, writes Josh Siegel.

The Senate Judiciary Committee signed off along party lines on the nomination of Neomi Rao, President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (WaPo).

• Some are unsure about the legality of the declaration, including even Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, writes Li Zhou.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejects DOJ- Antitrust Division’s challenge to AT&T-Time Warner deal, writes Brent Kendall.

CIVIL RIGHTS

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced a $5 billion school choice proposal, pitching a national tax credit scholarship program, writes Lauren Camera.

The Supreme Court appeared ready to let stand a 40-foot cross on public land in Maryland, but the justices struggled to come up with a test to clarify the separation of church and state, Nina Totenberg reports.

JUSTICE & SAFETY

President Trump And North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s Second Nuclear Summit Ends With No Deal, reports Matthew Schwartz.

• Failing to agree on steps toward nuclear disarmament, “sometimes you have to walk,” President Trump said (NYT).
• President Trump did defend Kim’s involvement in the death of University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, however, writes Josh Dawsey.

RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE

The U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia released redacted copies of memorandum orders and opinions in In Re Grand Jury Subpoena, the case involving Robert Mueller’s subpoena of an unnamed foreign government-owned company (Lawfare).

• Read them here.

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