Daily Update | October 1, 2019
Nicandro Iannacci // 10/1/19 //
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took part in the infamous July 25 call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine. In a recent phone call, President Trump asked the Australian prime minister to help AG Bill Barr with an investigation to counter the Mueller probe. The president is trying to identify the Ukraine whistleblower and accused Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of treason. House Democrats subpoenaed Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani for records related to interactions with Ukraine. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that the Senate will conduct a trial if the House impeaches the president. A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from four states over the cap on deductions for state and local taxes in President Trump’s tax law.
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
A small group of House Democrats are withholding support for impeachment (NYT).
- House Republicans are planning their defense. (POLITICO)
- Nearly half of Americans support impeachment, a new poll finds. (WaPo)
President Trump’s actions warrant impeachment and Republicans should not support his reelection, writes former Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) at The Washington Post.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo took part in a July 25 call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine (WSJ, BuzzFeed News).
In a recent phone call, President Trump asked the Australian prime minister to help AG Bill Barr with an investigation to counter the Mueller probe (NYT, WaPo, WSJ).
The president is trying to identify the Ukraine whistleblower and accused Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of treason (NYT, WaPo, POLITICO).
- The While House may have mishandled the Ukraine memo, writes Alex Pascal at The New York Times.
- The judiciary should take a more active role in evaluating presidential confidentiality claims, writes Michael Dorf at Dorf on Law.
House Democrats subpoenaed Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani for records related to interactions with Ukraine (NYT, POLITICO).
- Giuliani can’t rely on executive privilege to evade testimony, writes John E. Bies at Lawfare.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said that the Senate will conduct a trial if the House impeaches the president (WaPo, POLITICO).
President Trump may have lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller about his knowledge of his campaign’s contacts with Wikileaks (POLITICO).
IMMIGRATION
Judge Dolly Gee was right to invalidate the Trump administration’s regulation about the detention of minors, writes Leah Litman at Take Care.
The Trump administration is waging a war on migrants fleeing persecution, writes Omar Jadwat for the ACLU.
JUSTICE & SAFETY
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) asked DOJ to investigate any ties between Ukraine and the 2016 Clinton campaign (POLITICO).
CHECKS & BALANCES
Congress should reassert its oversight authority on tariffs, writes Tim Phillips at The Hill.
FEDERALISM
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit from four states over the cap on deductions for state and local taxes in President Trump’s tax law (POLITICO, The Hill).
RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE
The Trump administration issued sanctions against several Russians linked to attempted interference in U.S. elections (NYT, WSJ, The Hill).