Daily Update | October 15, 2019
Hetali Lodaya // 10/15/19 //
Former top Russia advisor Fiona Hill testified Monday that Rudy Guiliani ran a “shadow foreign policy” related to Ukraine in order to benefit the president. Federal prosecutors are looking into Rudy Giuliani’s ties to Ukraine. The president has imposed sanctions on Turkey. DHS is asking Congress to grant the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) the power to issue subpoenas to internet service providers requiring them to provide data for private subscribers that CISA believes to be vulnerable to threat.
TRUMP: INVESTIGATIONS AND LITIGATION
CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) has obtained new documents through a FOIA related to the firing of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. (CREW)
IMMIGRATION
The government’s potential argument that DACA was legitimately rescinded based on a risk that it would be enjoined anyway by a court should be rejected, writes Tim Duncheon at The Regulatory Review.
USCIS Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli is a potential pick for the new Secretary of Homeland Security. (ImmigrationProf Blog)
CIVIL RIGHTS
The Census Bureau is asking states for driver’s license records that typically include citizenship data. (CBS)
DEMOCRACY
The president has imposed sanctions on Turkey. (WaPo)
REGULATION
DHS is asking Congress to grant the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) the power to issue subpoenas to internet service providers requiring them to provide data for private subscribers that CISA believes to be vulnerable to threat. (Lawfare)
REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
Federal prosecutors are looking into Rudy Giuliani’s ties to Ukraine. (WSJ)
The president’s pushback to the impeachment inquiry could have long-term effects on the balance of power between Congress and the executive branch, writes Keith E. Whittington at The Atlantic.
Former top Russia advisor Fiona Hill testified Monday that Rudy Guiliani ran a “shadow foreign policy” related to Ukraine in order to benefit the president. (WaPo)
The impeachment inquiry is going to drag the Supreme Court back into the politics that Chief Justice Roberts has wanted to avoid, writes James J. Barney at The Hill.