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Trump and Ukraine: at least four national security officials reportedly flagged concerns – live | Trump and Ukraine: at least four national security officials reportedly flagged concerns – live |
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Meanwhile, the Guardian’s chief political correspondent David Smith is in Minneapolis, where Trump is holding a campaign rally. | |
Eric Trump: “Minneapolis! Are you guys tired of winning yet?” pic.twitter.com/Ucd0jzGfuy | |
Pete Buttigieg has just taken the stage at the LGBT forum to a standing ovation. But before he got the first question, he was immediately interrupted by protesters, who appeared to be shouting “trans lives matter” and “black trans lives matter”. | |
At the #EqualityTownHall, Pete Buttigieg's segment is interrupted with a #TransLivesMatter protest. @Andersoncooper smoothly credits the importance of their protest. pic.twitter.com/70LNZdF1yK | |
The South Bend mayor acknowledged the demonstrators, saying, “My experience as a white cisgender gay man” is not the same as black trans women, and that people should speak out against the “epidemic of violence against black trans women in this country”. | |
Anderson Cooper asked the mayor a personal question about coming out. Buttigieg said, “It was like was a civil war. I knew I was different long before I was able to say I was gay.” | |
Joe Biden, speaking at the LGBT forum, just started a sentence, “When I came out...” sparking laughter in the audience. CNN’s Anderson Cooper responded, “Now that would be news.” | |
“I got something to tell you!” Biden joked. | |
Some other Biden moments: | |
Shannon Scott, a proud veteran and trans woman and member of @HRC’s Board of Governors, asks @JoeBiden about what he will do to support transgender military service members.#EqualityTownHall #PowerOfOurPride pic.twitter.com/NVoLOLsZgl | |
Asked about Saudi Arabia, Biden gets in Cooper’s face and says, “They have very little redeeming social value.” | |
When asked about HIV health disparities, Biden said: | |
We have to make sure there is no ability for hospitals or healthcare providers to discriminate... It’s really important we begin to educate people about what’s going on.” | |
He went on a tangent about stereotypes about gay people, ending on this: | |
“San Francisco! Gay bathhouses! Round the clock sex!” - Biden, somehow | |
Here’s Cory Booker backstage at the forum talking about violence against incarcerated LGBTQ people: | |
Cory Booker talks about violence against LGBTQ migrants in detention at #EqualityTownHall pic.twitter.com/dJnWAk1oeJ | |
Hello - Sam Levin here in Los Angeles, taking over the blog for the rest of the day. I’m at the LGBT 2020 forum at the Novo in downtown LA, where Cory Booker is first up. | Hello - Sam Levin here in Los Angeles, taking over the blog for the rest of the day. I’m at the LGBT 2020 forum at the Novo in downtown LA, where Cory Booker is first up. |
The New Jersey senator said he supported California’s move this week to make HIV prevention medication available to patients without a doctor’s prescription. | The New Jersey senator said he supported California’s move this week to make HIV prevention medication available to patients without a doctor’s prescription. |
“We’re going to fight to make sure health insurance companies actually cover this,” he said, adding, “We need to do more sex education in this country that is science-based.” | “We’re going to fight to make sure health insurance companies actually cover this,” he said, adding, “We need to do more sex education in this country that is science-based.” |
Booker also said he was sick of seeing politicians declare their support of LGBT people only after they discover they have an LGBT family member. | Booker also said he was sick of seeing politicians declare their support of LGBT people only after they discover they have an LGBT family member. |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "spoke to this...[he] says I cannot pass a law to make someone love me, but I can stop them from lynching me," says @CoryBooker on his fight for inclusion. "You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. All the people." #EqualityTownHall pic.twitter.com/hrhVWokjk8 | Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. "spoke to this...[he] says I cannot pass a law to make someone love me, but I can stop them from lynching me," says @CoryBooker on his fight for inclusion. "You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. All the people." #EqualityTownHall pic.twitter.com/hrhVWokjk8 |
Several 2020 candidates released LGBTQ policy plans today in advance of the forum, hosted by CNN and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC): | Several 2020 candidates released LGBTQ policy plans today in advance of the forum, hosted by CNN and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC): |
LGBTQ+ activists and organizers have made enormous strides toward equality—but that hard-won progress is already under attack. We need a president who is ready to fight back. I've got a plan to secure LGBTQ+ rights and equality. https://t.co/j8pelUdSmS | LGBTQ+ activists and organizers have made enormous strides toward equality—but that hard-won progress is already under attack. We need a president who is ready to fight back. I've got a plan to secure LGBTQ+ rights and equality. https://t.co/j8pelUdSmS |
Today, I introduced a plan to ensure everyone in the LGBTQ+ community is able to live proudly and openly, without fear of discrimination. We can restore equality and dignity in the White House. https://t.co/tS2YM46az7 | Today, I introduced a plan to ensure everyone in the LGBTQ+ community is able to live proudly and openly, without fear of discrimination. We can restore equality and dignity in the White House. https://t.co/tS2YM46az7 |
With his candidacy, @PeteButtigieg is shining a light on the LGBTQ+ community, and as president he would work to ensure people like Rob and Leif feel safe and seen: https://t.co/QqTeDy6er2 pic.twitter.com/HPrDJoh3sW | With his candidacy, @PeteButtigieg is shining a light on the LGBTQ+ community, and as president he would work to ensure people like Rob and Leif feel safe and seen: https://t.co/QqTeDy6er2 pic.twitter.com/HPrDJoh3sW |
Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill will testify to Congress that the president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Guiliani, and EU ambassador Gordon Sondland circumvented the National Security Council, according to NBC reporters. | Donald Trump’s former Russia adviser Fiona Hill will testify to Congress that the president’s personal lawyer, Rudy Guiliani, and EU ambassador Gordon Sondland circumvented the National Security Council, according to NBC reporters. |
Hill’s planned testimony has stoked fear among people close to Trump, per a former senior White House official. Also a key test for whether House can get testimony from *former* officials despite threat White House may assert executive privilege.W/ @carolelee @kwelkernbc https://t.co/TvkXOPx4Ue | Hill’s planned testimony has stoked fear among people close to Trump, per a former senior White House official. Also a key test for whether House can get testimony from *former* officials despite threat White House may assert executive privilege.W/ @carolelee @kwelkernbc https://t.co/TvkXOPx4Ue |
The officials reportedly raised concerns both before and immediately after Donald Trump’s July call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. It’s unclear whether any of the same officials later spoke with the whistleblower who filed the complaint now central to the Democrat’s impeachment inquiry. | The officials reportedly raised concerns both before and immediately after Donald Trump’s July call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. It’s unclear whether any of the same officials later spoke with the whistleblower who filed the complaint now central to the Democrat’s impeachment inquiry. |
One official who had listened on the call immediately went to White House lawyer Eisenberg, and at least two others did so by the end of the day, according to the Post. | One official who had listened on the call immediately went to White House lawyer Eisenberg, and at least two others did so by the end of the day, according to the Post. |
It’s unclear whether or how Eisenberg acted on the complaints, or if he informed White House counsel Pat Cipollone of what he had heard. | It’s unclear whether or how Eisenberg acted on the complaints, or if he informed White House counsel Pat Cipollone of what he had heard. |
At least four national security officials raised concerns over the Trump administrations’ efforts to pressure Ukraine with a White House lawyer, the Washington Post reports: | At least four national security officials raised concerns over the Trump administrations’ efforts to pressure Ukraine with a White House lawyer, the Washington Post reports: |
The nature and timing of the previously undisclosed discussions with National Security Council legal adviser John Eisenberg indicate that officials were delivering warnings through official White House channels earlier than previously understood — including before the call that precipitated a whistleblower complaint and the impeachment inquiry of the president. | The nature and timing of the previously undisclosed discussions with National Security Council legal adviser John Eisenberg indicate that officials were delivering warnings through official White House channels earlier than previously understood — including before the call that precipitated a whistleblower complaint and the impeachment inquiry of the president. |
At the time, the officials were unnerved by the removal in May of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; subsequent efforts by Trump’s lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani to promote Ukraine-related conspiracies; as well as signals in meetings at the White House that Trump wanted the new government in Kiev to deliver material that might be politically damaging to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. | At the time, the officials were unnerved by the removal in May of the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; subsequent efforts by Trump’s lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani to promote Ukraine-related conspiracies; as well as signals in meetings at the White House that Trump wanted the new government in Kiev to deliver material that might be politically damaging to Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. |
Republican lawmakers pledge to return donations from arrested Guiliani associates | Republican lawmakers pledge to return donations from arrested Guiliani associates |
House republican leader Kevin McCarthy and Florida governor Ron DeSantis have both pledged to return thousands in campaign donations made by Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who were arrested and charged with campaign finance violations. | House republican leader Kevin McCarthy and Florida governor Ron DeSantis have both pledged to return thousands in campaign donations made by Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, who were arrested and charged with campaign finance violations. |
McCarthy, who received $2,700 directly from the Parnas and Furman and plans to donate the money to charity, according to Vice news. DeSantis, who was given $50,000 last year by the two Florida businessmen will return the money, according to the Miami Herald. | McCarthy, who received $2,700 directly from the Parnas and Furman and plans to donate the money to charity, according to Vice news. DeSantis, who was given $50,000 last year by the two Florida businessmen will return the money, according to the Miami Herald. |
Attorney general William Barr met privately with Rupert Murdoch at the media giant’s New York home, according to the New York Times. | Attorney general William Barr met privately with Rupert Murdoch at the media giant’s New York home, according to the New York Times. |
Murdoch’s Fox News channel has drawn the president’s ire after the outlet published a poll saying that the majority of Americans favor impeachment. But Murdoch is a frequent confidant of Trump. | Murdoch’s Fox News channel has drawn the president’s ire after the outlet published a poll saying that the majority of Americans favor impeachment. But Murdoch is a frequent confidant of Trump. |
It is unclear what Barr and Murdoch discussed during their meeting, the Times reported. | It is unclear what Barr and Murdoch discussed during their meeting, the Times reported. |
Republican senate leader Lindsay Graham reportedly described the “YPG Kurds” as a “threat” during an August phone call with a man he believed to be Turkey’s defense minister, Politico reports. | Republican senate leader Lindsay Graham reportedly described the “YPG Kurds” as a “threat” during an August phone call with a man he believed to be Turkey’s defense minister, Politico reports. |
“Thank you so much for calling me, Mr. Minister,” Graham said. “I want to make this a win-win, if we can.” | “Thank you so much for calling me, Mr. Minister,” Graham said. “I want to make this a win-win, if we can.” |
But it wasn’t the Turkish defense minister at all. Instead, it was Alexey Stolyarov and Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian pranksters with suspected ties to the country’s intelligence services who go by “Lexus and Vovan.” ... | But it wasn’t the Turkish defense minister at all. Instead, it was Alexey Stolyarov and Vladimir Kuznetsov, Russian pranksters with suspected ties to the country’s intelligence services who go by “Lexus and Vovan.” ... |
Kevin Bishop, a spokesman for Graham, confirmed the call’s authenticity to POLITICO. “We have been successful in stopping many efforts to prank Senator Graham and the office, but this one slipped through the cracks,” he said. “They got him.” | Kevin Bishop, a spokesman for Graham, confirmed the call’s authenticity to POLITICO. “We have been successful in stopping many efforts to prank Senator Graham and the office, but this one slipped through the cracks,” he said. “They got him.” |
The substance of Graham’s conversation with Stolyarov, who was posing as Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, is newly relevant in light of the South Carolina senator’s push for sanctions on Turkey as punishment for their offensive against the Kurds in northern Syria. Graham labeled the Kurds a “threat” to Turkey in the call, seemingly contradicting what he has said publicly in recent days. | The substance of Graham’s conversation with Stolyarov, who was posing as Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, is newly relevant in light of the South Carolina senator’s push for sanctions on Turkey as punishment for their offensive against the Kurds in northern Syria. Graham labeled the Kurds a “threat” to Turkey in the call, seemingly contradicting what he has said publicly in recent days. |