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| Day Arrives (Maybe) for Trump’s Promised Revelation on Hacking | Day Arrives (Maybe) for Trump’s Promised Revelation on Hacking |
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| ■ President-elect Donald J. Trump, continuing to dismiss intelligence agencies’ conclusions that Russia tried to elect him president, says he will divulge “things that other people don’t know” on Tuesday or Wednesday. | ■ President-elect Donald J. Trump, continuing to dismiss intelligence agencies’ conclusions that Russia tried to elect him president, says he will divulge “things that other people don’t know” on Tuesday or Wednesday. |
| ■ Mr. Trump picks a corporate lobbyist trained in prying open foreign markets for American corporations as United States Trade Representative. | |
| ■ President Obama will visit Capitol Hill to strategize with Democrats on saving his domestic achievements. Vice President-elect Mike Pence will meet with congressional Republicans on plans to unravel those achievements. | ■ President Obama will visit Capitol Hill to strategize with Democrats on saving his domestic achievements. Vice President-elect Mike Pence will meet with congressional Republicans on plans to unravel those achievements. |
| What does Mr. Trump know about who hacked the presidential election, and how does he know it? Tuesday may be the day the world finds out — or not. (We still don’t have his tax returns and are waiting for that news conference he promised on the future of his businesses.) | What does Mr. Trump know about who hacked the presidential election, and how does he know it? Tuesday may be the day the world finds out — or not. (We still don’t have his tax returns and are waiting for that news conference he promised on the future of his businesses.) |
| Mr. Trump, who has dismissed as “ridiculous” the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia carried out cyberattacks in order to meddle in the election, told reporters on New Year’s Eve that he would divulge “things that other people don’t know” about the hacking, promising the revelations on Tuesday or Wednesday. | Mr. Trump, who has dismissed as “ridiculous” the intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia carried out cyberattacks in order to meddle in the election, told reporters on New Year’s Eve that he would divulge “things that other people don’t know” about the hacking, promising the revelations on Tuesday or Wednesday. |
| He gave no clues about the kind of information he claims to have about the computer breaches, but he said last week that despite his desire to “move on” from the issue, he would have intelligence officials brief him on the attacks. Mr. Trump’s statement came after President Obama announced a sweeping set of retaliatory sanctions against Russia for the hacking. | He gave no clues about the kind of information he claims to have about the computer breaches, but he said last week that despite his desire to “move on” from the issue, he would have intelligence officials brief him on the attacks. Mr. Trump’s statement came after President Obama announced a sweeping set of retaliatory sanctions against Russia for the hacking. |
| Before ringing in 2017 at his exclusive resort in Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. Trump said he wanted intelligence officials to be certain of their assessment of the hacking, which is “a very hard thing to prove,” and that the culprit “could be somebody else” other than the Russians. | Before ringing in 2017 at his exclusive resort in Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. Trump said he wanted intelligence officials to be certain of their assessment of the hacking, which is “a very hard thing to prove,” and that the culprit “could be somebody else” other than the Russians. |
| Republicans on Capitol Hill, however, appear to have all the information they need to start a high-level examination of Russian cyberattacks, beginning this week. Senator John McCain of Arizona, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has scheduled a hearing of his panel on Thursday to investigate the matter. | Republicans on Capitol Hill, however, appear to have all the information they need to start a high-level examination of Russian cyberattacks, beginning this week. Senator John McCain of Arizona, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, has scheduled a hearing of his panel on Thursday to investigate the matter. |
| Mr. Trump, whose campaign for the White House was centered on an anti-trade and anti-globalization message, on Tuesday selected Robert E. Lighthizer, an international trade lawyer who has argued in favor of protectionist policies in some cases, as his United States Trade Representative. | |
| In Mr. Lighthizer, a top trade attorney representing multinational companies at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom who was a trade official for Ronald Reagan, Mr. Trump has selected a seasoned negotiator who is intimately familiar with the benefits of global agreements. But Mr. Lighthizer has also been outspoken in pointing out their potential harm to United States interests. It is not clear what role he will play in the Trump administration now that the president-elect has created a White House National Trade Council and placed Peter Navarro, an economist who is a leading critic of China, at its helm. | |
| Mr. Lighthizer has also been harshly critical of China, and in a 2010 opinion article in The Times, he presaged some of Mr. Trump’s rhetoric on trade. | |
| “Given the Tea Party’s desire to restore America’s greatness, it will push Washington to stand up to China and re-establish American pre-eminence, even at the cost of the country’s free-trade record,” Mr. Lighthizer wrote. | |
| At the same time, he has lobbied on behalf of major American corporations to pry open foreign markets. | |
| In response to the announcement, Senator Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and an ardent free-trade supporter, appears to have given up on the kinds of expansive multilateral trade deals, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, that he once championed. What is left of the free-trade caucus now appears content with small deals with individual countries. | |
| “The incoming Trump administration has a unique opportunity to pursue new, bilateral trade pacts of the highest caliber that can be submitted to Congress for an up-or-down vote with no amendments,” Mr. Hatch wrote. | |
| The president-elect, having targeted Boeing on its Air Force One upgrade, Lockheed on its advanced military fighter jet, and of course Carrier on its Indianapolis furnace plant, seems to have taken a shine to General Motors. | |
| The irony here is that it was President Obama who saved the Lordstown G.M. plant in 2009, with his auto bailout, visiting the factory that year to take a Cruze for a spin on the plant floor. | |
| With less than three weeks left before he leaves office, Mr. Obama has a more immediate concern in Congress: how to prevent Mr. Trump and Republicans from rolling back his domestic accomplishments, especially the Affordable Care Act. | With less than three weeks left before he leaves office, Mr. Obama has a more immediate concern in Congress: how to prevent Mr. Trump and Republicans from rolling back his domestic accomplishments, especially the Affordable Care Act. |
| Mr. Obama, who returned on Monday from a two-week vacation in Hawaii, plans to make a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning to huddle privately with House and Senate Democrats and discuss how to thwart the coming Republican assault on his legacy. | Mr. Obama, who returned on Monday from a two-week vacation in Hawaii, plans to make a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning to huddle privately with House and Senate Democrats and discuss how to thwart the coming Republican assault on his legacy. |
| Democrats are strategizing about the best way to block the repeal of the health care law, as well as attempts to cut Medicare or Medicaid, and Mr. Obama has made it clear that he will use his remaining days in the White House to secure as many of his priorities as possible. | Democrats are strategizing about the best way to block the repeal of the health care law, as well as attempts to cut Medicare or Medicaid, and Mr. Obama has made it clear that he will use his remaining days in the White House to secure as many of his priorities as possible. |
| Mr. Pence will make a return to the Capitol — where he served for many years as a House member from Indiana — on Wednesday. He’ll be there to “discuss next steps to repeal and replace #Obamacare,” Speaker Paul D. Ryan said on Monday in a Twitter post. | |
| In his first speech as the newly installed Democratic leader, Mr. Schumer will put Mr. Trump on notice: “It is not our job to be a rubber stamp.” | In his first speech as the newly installed Democratic leader, Mr. Schumer will put Mr. Trump on notice: “It is not our job to be a rubber stamp.” |
| Mr. Schumer, the only congressional leader who personally knew Mr. Trump before he was elected, has suggested that Democrats can work with him on some policy matters. But Tuesday’s speech will largely consist of warnings: “It is our job to do what’s best for the American people, the middle class and those struggling to get there,” he will say, according to prepared remarks. “If the president-elect proposes legislation that achieves that — on issues like infrastructure, trade and closing the carried interest loophole, for instance — we will work in good faith to perfect and, potentially, enact it. When he doesn’t, we will resist.” | Mr. Schumer, the only congressional leader who personally knew Mr. Trump before he was elected, has suggested that Democrats can work with him on some policy matters. But Tuesday’s speech will largely consist of warnings: “It is our job to do what’s best for the American people, the middle class and those struggling to get there,” he will say, according to prepared remarks. “If the president-elect proposes legislation that achieves that — on issues like infrastructure, trade and closing the carried interest loophole, for instance — we will work in good faith to perfect and, potentially, enact it. When he doesn’t, we will resist.” |
| Mr. Schumer also will cite the Constitution, noting: “The Senate has a rich, bipartisan tradition of being a constitutional check on presidents of both parties. Many in this body have long observed that in America, we are a nation of laws, not men. That sacred constitutional duty of holding the president accountable to the law must continue. Democrats will make sure of it.” | Mr. Schumer also will cite the Constitution, noting: “The Senate has a rich, bipartisan tradition of being a constitutional check on presidents of both parties. Many in this body have long observed that in America, we are a nation of laws, not men. That sacred constitutional duty of holding the president accountable to the law must continue. Democrats will make sure of it.” |
| A handful of Republicans — including several former Republican governors and members of Congress — have joined with liberal ethics activists in pressing Mr. Trump to sell his business assets to prevent White House conflicts that could be “seriously damaging” to the presidency. | A handful of Republicans — including several former Republican governors and members of Congress — have joined with liberal ethics activists in pressing Mr. Trump to sell his business assets to prevent White House conflicts that could be “seriously damaging” to the presidency. |
| The letter sent to Mr. Trump includes the signatures of two former Republican governors, five former Republican members of the House of Representatives and a collection of prominent ethics advocates, including Peter Schweizer, the editor at large of Breitbart and the author of “Clinton Cash,” a book that criticized Hillary Clinton’s connections to the Clinton Foundation. | The letter sent to Mr. Trump includes the signatures of two former Republican governors, five former Republican members of the House of Representatives and a collection of prominent ethics advocates, including Peter Schweizer, the editor at large of Breitbart and the author of “Clinton Cash,” a book that criticized Hillary Clinton’s connections to the Clinton Foundation. |
| In a number of cases, the Republicans who signed the letter have been critics of Mr. Trump since before the election, such as former Representatives Peter Smith of Vermont and Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma. Some Republican signers, such as Arne Carlson, a former governor of Minnesota, and Christine Todd Whitman, a former governor of New Jersey, supported Hillary Clinton for president. | In a number of cases, the Republicans who signed the letter have been critics of Mr. Trump since before the election, such as former Representatives Peter Smith of Vermont and Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma. Some Republican signers, such as Arne Carlson, a former governor of Minnesota, and Christine Todd Whitman, a former governor of New Jersey, supported Hillary Clinton for president. |
| But the letter suggests that Mr. Trump is beginning to face calls from a broadening universe of people to take more aggressive steps to eliminate potential conflicts, such as selling off his real estate holdings and businesses before taking office. | But the letter suggests that Mr. Trump is beginning to face calls from a broadening universe of people to take more aggressive steps to eliminate potential conflicts, such as selling off his real estate holdings and businesses before taking office. |
| “The only way to solve the problems you face remains divesting into a blind trust managed by an independent trustee or the equivalent,” the letter says. “As long as you continue to maintain ownership of the Trump Organization, no other steps that you take will prevent the serious conflicts of interest.” | “The only way to solve the problems you face remains divesting into a blind trust managed by an independent trustee or the equivalent,” the letter says. “As long as you continue to maintain ownership of the Trump Organization, no other steps that you take will prevent the serious conflicts of interest.” |
| The letter was organized by two former White House ethics lawyers — Richard W. Painter, who served under George W. Bush, and Norman Eisen, who served in the Obama administration — as well as Fred Wertheimer, the founder of an ethics in government group called Democracy 21. | The letter was organized by two former White House ethics lawyers — Richard W. Painter, who served under George W. Bush, and Norman Eisen, who served in the Obama administration — as well as Fred Wertheimer, the founder of an ethics in government group called Democracy 21. |
| In his maiden speech as minority leader, Mr. Schumer plans to warn that “our challenges are too entrenched for mere tweeting.” | In his maiden speech as minority leader, Mr. Schumer plans to warn that “our challenges are too entrenched for mere tweeting.” |
| The president-elect is not so sure of that. On Monday night, he tried to tackle the problem of North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and ballistic missile program, which have bedeviled presidents since Bill Clinton. | The president-elect is not so sure of that. On Monday night, he tried to tackle the problem of North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and ballistic missile program, which have bedeviled presidents since Bill Clinton. |
| Which brings to mind: | Which brings to mind: |
| For what it’s worth, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, says his country will soon test a ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States. The nuclear weapon rides on top. | For what it’s worth, North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, says his country will soon test a ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States. The nuclear weapon rides on top. |