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Daily Update | November 30, 2018

Abigail DeHart  //  11/30/18  //  Daily Update

President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress related to his involvement in real estate deals in Russia on behalf of Donald Trump. President Trump said that a presidential pardon for his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is "not off the table." President Trump and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen have defended the firing of tear gas across the border into Mexico, but it might not be legal. The Trump Administration released an official set of examples to help states roll back key elements of the Affordable Care Act. The Department of Education’s proposed new Title IX regulation protects schools, not students, in cases of sexual violence.

 

TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s draft court document reveals that he can charge President Trump’s campaign associates and the campaign itself for violations of federal campaign finance law, contend Bob Bauer and Ryan Goodman at Just Security.

President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress related to his involvement in real estate deals in Russia on behalf of Donald Trump (NYT; WSJ; AP).

  • The criminal information and plea agreement are available here.
  • Analysis of major takeaways can be found here.

 

IMMIGRATION

President Trump and DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen have defended the firing of tear gas across the border into Mexico, but it might not be legal (NYT).

 

CIVIL RIGHTS

The Department of Education’s proposed new Title IX regulation protects schools, not students, in cases of sexual violence, argue Joanna L. Grossman and Deborah L. Brake at the Verdict.

 

RULE OF LAW

President Trump said that a presidential pardon for his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is "not off the table" (NYT).

 

REGULATION 

The Trump Administration released an official set of examples to help states roll back key elements of the Affordable Care Act (NPR; WaPo).

  • The Department of Health and Human Services statement can be found here.

 

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