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| FBI hit by shutdown as Trump edges closer to declaring emergency – live | |
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| CNN is reporting that special counsel Robert Mueller’s team met with Tony Fabrizio, one of Trump’s pollsters and a former business partner of Paul Manafort last year. | |
| The report comes days after it was revealed that Manafort shared polling with Konstantin Kilimnik, an employee of his with ties to Russian intelligence. | |
| A source familiar with the special counsel’s interest said Fabrizio’s interview included questions about his polling work for Manafort in Ukraine rather than his internal Trump campaign polling. It is not clear what other topics were broached in the interview or whether it solely focused on Fabrizio’s knowledge of Manafort’s business dealings. | |
| Former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe just said in an interview with MSNBC that he would make a decision on a presidential bid by March. | |
| "I would put my progressive credentials up against anybody," @TerryMcAuliffe tells @mitchellreports. Says he'll make 2020 decision by March | |
| CBS is currently in negotiations to interview Trump during the Super Bowl pregame show next month. | |
| Trump did a pregame interview with Fox in 2017 but declined to do one with NBC last year. | |
| CBS Sports chairman Sean McManus says that CBS is still discussing with the White House about a Super Bowl LIII pregame interview with President Trump. “No announcement on that right now.” | |
| Pro Trump superPACs are already investing in opposition research against potential Democratic opponents in 2020. | Pro Trump superPACs are already investing in opposition research against potential Democratic opponents in 2020. |
| Buzzfeed reports that pro-Trump super PAC America First is making a significant investment in America Rising, the longtime Republican opposition research group to help shape the Democratic field. | Buzzfeed reports that pro-Trump super PAC America First is making a significant investment in America Rising, the longtime Republican opposition research group to help shape the Democratic field. |
| Those close to Trump say the work from America Rising will be used against Democrats in the primary to hammer candidates they think will be most challenging for Trump to beat, weakening the overall field and the eventual Democratic nominee. | Those close to Trump say the work from America Rising will be used against Democrats in the primary to hammer candidates they think will be most challenging for Trump to beat, weakening the overall field and the eventual Democratic nominee. |
| FBI agents are saying that the government shutdown is having an impact on their work. | FBI agents are saying that the government shutdown is having an impact on their work. |
| The Associated Press reports: | The Associated Press reports: |
| The association that represents thousands of FBI agents says the partial federal government shutdown is affecting the bureau’s operations. | The association that represents thousands of FBI agents says the partial federal government shutdown is affecting the bureau’s operations. |
| The FBI Agents Association sent a petition Thursday to the White House and congressional leaders encouraging them to fund the FBI immediately. | The FBI Agents Association sent a petition Thursday to the White House and congressional leaders encouraging them to fund the FBI immediately. |
| The association’s president, Tom O’Connor, told reporters in a conference call that Friday will be the first day that FBI personnel will not receive a paycheck. | The association’s president, Tom O’Connor, told reporters in a conference call that Friday will be the first day that FBI personnel will not receive a paycheck. |
| He said the problems caused by the shutdown could make it harder to recruit and retain agents, cause delays at the FBI lab and in getting or renewing security clearances. | He said the problems caused by the shutdown could make it harder to recruit and retain agents, cause delays at the FBI lab and in getting or renewing security clearances. |
| One of Steve King’s Republican colleagues has condemned his most recent remarks. | One of Steve King’s Republican colleagues has condemned his most recent remarks. |
| This is an embrace of racism, and it has no place in Congress or anywhere. https://t.co/jUXsNgckPE | This is an embrace of racism, and it has no place in Congress or anywhere. https://t.co/jUXsNgckPE |
| In other news today, former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke has a dental appointment. | In other news today, former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke has a dental appointment. |
| breaking news: beto is at the dentist pic.twitter.com/ceFP9aOYL0 | breaking news: beto is at the dentist pic.twitter.com/ceFP9aOYL0 |
| A former top staffer on Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign has been accused of sexual misconduct. | A former top staffer on Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign has been accused of sexual misconduct. |
| Politico reports that Robert Becker, who ran Sanders’s operation in Iowa, was accused of misconduct during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 2016. | Politico reports that Robert Becker, who ran Sanders’s operation in Iowa, was accused of misconduct during the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia in 2016. |
| Becker, now 50 years old, told the 20-something woman that he had always wanted to have sex with her and made a reference to riding his “pole,” according to the woman and three other people who witnessed what happened or were told about it shortly afterward by people who did. Later in the night, Becker approached the woman and abruptly grabbed her wrists. Then he moved his hands to her head and forcibly kissed her, putting his tongue in her mouth as he held her, the woman and other sources said. | Becker, now 50 years old, told the 20-something woman that he had always wanted to have sex with her and made a reference to riding his “pole,” according to the woman and three other people who witnessed what happened or were told about it shortly afterward by people who did. Later in the night, Becker approached the woman and abruptly grabbed her wrists. Then he moved his hands to her head and forcibly kissed her, putting his tongue in her mouth as he held her, the woman and other sources said. |
| The report also details other allegations of misconduct against Becker, who is the latest former Sanders staffer to face allegations of inappropriate conduct during the campaign. Former Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told Politico that Becker would not be employed by the Vermont senator in any future campaign. | The report also details other allegations of misconduct against Becker, who is the latest former Sanders staffer to face allegations of inappropriate conduct during the campaign. Former Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver told Politico that Becker would not be employed by the Vermont senator in any future campaign. |
| Tensions between Florida’s former governor Rick Scott and its newly elected governor Ron DeSantis are building after DeSantis allies think Scott deliberately insulted them. | Tensions between Florida’s former governor Rick Scott and its newly elected governor Ron DeSantis are building after DeSantis allies think Scott deliberately insulted them. |
| Politico suggests that at the root of this are dueling White House ambitions in 2024. | Politico suggests that at the root of this are dueling White House ambitions in 2024. |
| Others in Tallahassee saw the outline of a coming 2024 clash. The governorship of Florida is a good springboard to the White House, and each man might believe that Florida isn’t big enough for the two of them — just as it wasn’t for former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio in the 2016 GOP primary. | Others in Tallahassee saw the outline of a coming 2024 clash. The governorship of Florida is a good springboard to the White House, and each man might believe that Florida isn’t big enough for the two of them — just as it wasn’t for former Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio in the 2016 GOP primary. |
| An “inconsiderate” Scott leaves DeSantis camp fuming at the way, they say, the former guv frustrated & slighted his successor —from 11th hour appointments to throwing a rival inaugural ball to hosting a party at the Gov Mansion after DeSantis fam moves inhttps://t.co/Lp2mW3TKCy | An “inconsiderate” Scott leaves DeSantis camp fuming at the way, they say, the former guv frustrated & slighted his successor —from 11th hour appointments to throwing a rival inaugural ball to hosting a party at the Gov Mansion after DeSantis fam moves inhttps://t.co/Lp2mW3TKCy |
| Trump’s address to the nation on Tuesday drew roughly 40 million viewers as it was televised on both broadcast networks and cable news. However, the joint Democratic response from Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi drew slightly more viewers. Ratings increased 4% from the period from 9:00-9:15 EST to that from 9:15-9:30 EST. | Trump’s address to the nation on Tuesday drew roughly 40 million viewers as it was televised on both broadcast networks and cable news. However, the joint Democratic response from Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi drew slightly more viewers. Ratings increased 4% from the period from 9:00-9:15 EST to that from 9:15-9:30 EST. |
| Trump just insisted that he never meant Mexico would directly pay for a border wall when he pledged Mexico would pay for it on the campaign trail. | Trump just insisted that he never meant Mexico would directly pay for a border wall when he pledged Mexico would pay for it on the campaign trail. |
| “Obviously I never meant Mexico would write a check.” | “Obviously I never meant Mexico would write a check.” |
| Trump also continued to express his openness to declaring a national emergency to use the military to construct a border wall without congressional approval. | Trump also continued to express his openness to declaring a national emergency to use the military to construct a border wall without congressional approval. |
| “If this doesn’t work out, I’ll probably will do it, maybe definitely,” he said. | “If this doesn’t work out, I’ll probably will do it, maybe definitely,” he said. |
| President Trump spoke to reporters at the White House before leaving for his trip to the border. | President Trump spoke to reporters at the White House before leaving for his trip to the border. |
| He insisted ““I don’t have temper tantrums” and further pushed back at claims from Democrats that he slammed the table in the White House Situation Room before storming out of the meeting (or, as Trump has put it, saying “bye bye.”) “I didn’t pound the table. I didn’t pound the table. That is a lie,” said Trump. | He insisted ““I don’t have temper tantrums” and further pushed back at claims from Democrats that he slammed the table in the White House Situation Room before storming out of the meeting (or, as Trump has put it, saying “bye bye.”) “I didn’t pound the table. I didn’t pound the table. That is a lie,” said Trump. |
| He also yet again insisted that “Mexico paying for wall indirectly, many, many times over” and that without a barrier on the border, MS-13 would enter the United States. | He also yet again insisted that “Mexico paying for wall indirectly, many, many times over” and that without a barrier on the border, MS-13 would enter the United States. |
| Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is giving a foreign policy speech in Cairo right now that is a direct rebuke of Obama’s speech there a decade ago. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is giving a foreign policy speech in Cairo right now that is a direct rebuke of Obama’s speech there a decade ago. |
| Adam Kredo from the Washington Free Beacon reports: | Adam Kredo from the Washington Free Beacon reports: |
| Pompeo took direct aim at Obama, standing in the same city the former president did when he advocated a fundamental shift in U.S. policy in the region, one that denies Islamic radicalism as the root of jihadi fervor. | Pompeo took direct aim at Obama, standing in the same city the former president did when he advocated a fundamental shift in U.S. policy in the region, one that denies Islamic radicalism as the root of jihadi fervor. |
| “Remember: It was here, in this very city, another American stood before you,” he said. “He told you that radical Islamist terrorism doesn’t stem from ideology. He told you 9/11 led my country to abandon its ideals, particularly in the Middle East.” | “Remember: It was here, in this very city, another American stood before you,” he said. “He told you that radical Islamist terrorism doesn’t stem from ideology. He told you 9/11 led my country to abandon its ideals, particularly in the Middle East.” |
| “He told you that the United States and the Muslim world needed ‘a new beginning,’” Pompeo continued. “And the results of these misjudgments were dire. In falsely seeing ourselves as a force for what ails the Middle East, we were timid about asserting ourselves when the times—and our partners—demanded it.” | “He told you that the United States and the Muslim world needed ‘a new beginning,’” Pompeo continued. “And the results of these misjudgments were dire. In falsely seeing ourselves as a force for what ails the Middle East, we were timid about asserting ourselves when the times—and our partners—demanded it.” |
| America, under Obama, “underestimated” the scourge of radical terrorism. | America, under Obama, “underestimated” the scourge of radical terrorism. |
| Steve King, the controversial Iowa Republican congressman, gave an interview with the New York Times after a serious primary challenger emerged against him yesterday. King, known for his racially charged comments, made yet another inflamatory statement. | Steve King, the controversial Iowa Republican congressman, gave an interview with the New York Times after a serious primary challenger emerged against him yesterday. King, known for his racially charged comments, made yet another inflamatory statement. |
| Rep. Steve King to the New York Times: “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” https://t.co/wjSsq6jONO | Rep. Steve King to the New York Times: “White nationalist, white supremacist, Western civilization — how did that language become offensive?” https://t.co/wjSsq6jONO |
| Good morning, Donald Trump is on his way to the Mexican border, the government shutdown has reached its 20th day and there’s growing speculation that a national emergency may be declared in an attempt by Trump to force construction of a wall. | Good morning, Donald Trump is on his way to the Mexican border, the government shutdown has reached its 20th day and there’s growing speculation that a national emergency may be declared in an attempt by Trump to force construction of a wall. |
| It’s Thursday in American politics. | It’s Thursday in American politics. |