bipartisanreport--2020-06-20--Federal Judge Embarrasses Trump With Fiery Explanation About Ruling

The Trump administration’s legal losses keep piling up. This Saturday, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton can proceed with the publication of his memoir covering his time in the White House. The Trump administration had brought a court case in an attempt to stop the publication of the book, but as Lamberth noted, the effort is pointless, because the official release date of the book is this coming Tuesday, and the book has already been distributed around the country. In other words, the Trump administration seems so incompetent that they’re not even effective in their attempts at bringing self-serving court cases.
As the judge summarized:
‘For reasons that hardly need to be stated, the Court will not order a nationwide seizure and destruction of a political memoir.’
“For reasons that hardly need to be stated, the Court will not order a nationwide seizure and destruction of a political memoir,” Lamberth wrote. — Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 20, 2020
Lamberth elaborated:
‘A single dedicated individual with a book in hand could publish its contents far and wide from his local coffee shop. With hundreds of thousands of copies around the globe — many in newsrooms — the damage is done. There is no restoring the status quo.’
Judge Royce Lamberth has denied the Trump administration’s attempt to block the release of John Bolton’s book, per @kpolantz. — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) June 20, 2020
The judge did have criticism for Bolton, claiming that the former Trump administration official decided “to publish his book without securing final approval from national intelligence authorities,” although Bolton’s legal team has disputed the Trump administration’s claim that there’s something classified in the book. Bolton did submit his manuscript for a pre-publication review by national security authorities, and he adjusted his manuscript in line with their findings.
Here's the key part of the judge's ruling in US v. Bolton, which I just quoted on the air on @CNN 📺 pic.twitter.com/Uu9SILcMX8 — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 20, 2020
The Associated Press notes that Lamberth’s ruling allows “for a broader election-year readership and distribution of a memoir… that paints an unflattering portrait of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decision-making during the turbulent year-and-a-half that Bolton spent in the White House.” Unflattering is definitely somewhat of an understatement — Bolton explains that from his perspective, Trump’s singularly guiding aim was to protect his re-election chances. Allegedly, Trump even asked Chinese President Xi Jinping for help with his re-election campaign and tried to get China to buy more agricultural products specifically to improve Trump’s standing among U.S. farmers. According to Bolton, Trump also privately supported the construction of concentration camps for Chinese Muslims.
JUST IN: A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s request to block the publication of John Bolton’s memoir of his time as the president’s national security adviser. — NPR (@NPR) June 20, 2020


bipartisanreport--2020-06-20--Schumer Demands Investigation Into Trump Team’s Lies About U.S. Attorney

This past Friday night , the Trump administration attempted to force out the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York , Geoffrey Berman .
In a statement , Attorney General Bill Barr made a claim that Berman was resigning , which turned out to be a brazen lie .
In a follow-up statement , Berman revealed the lie , insisting that he would not be leaving under the current circumstances .
( Barr claims that Trump has now stepped in and fired Berman directly . )
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D-N.Y. ) called on the inspector @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Department to immediately start an investigation into the circumstances of Berman ’ s attempted firing — and Schumer called on the Trump team ’ s pick to replace Berman to step aside rather than go along with the plan to kick out a prosecutor who the president may not have liked .
The Trump team picked Jay Clayton — who currently heads the Securities and Exchange Commission — to replace Berman .
Schumer compared Clayton ’ s position to that of former Attorney General Elliott Richardson , who resigned when then-President Richard Nixon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looking into the Watergate scandal .
Schumer said : ‘ Forty seven years ago , Elliott Richardson had the courage to say no to a gross abuse of presidential power .
Jay Clayton has a similar choice today : He can allow himself to be used in the brazen Trump-Barr scheme to interfere with investigations by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York , or he can stand up to this corruption , withdraw his name from consideration , and save his own reputation from overnight ruin.
’ Check out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the New York Daily News noted that Berman ’ s office has definitely handled cases that could have attracted the political ire of the president and his colleagues .
As he explained : Indeed — in the Cohen case , Trump was directly implicated in his former “ fixer ’ s ” campaign finance law violations , which included repeated attempts to essentially buy the silence of women with whom Trump had affairs .
It ’ s not the only case in which Trump has been directly tied to criminal activity — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have already faced criminal charges if he was not the president , although not necessarily for the hush money scheme .
CNN reporter Erica Orden explained that Barr had personally asked Berman to resign before the fake resignation announcement .
She shared : The next steps in this case are not immediately clear .

This past Friday night, the Trump administration attempted to force out the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffrey Berman. In a statement, Attorney General Bill Barr made a claim that Berman was resigning, which turned out to be a brazen lie. In a follow-up statement, Berman revealed the lie, insisting that he would not be leaving under the current circumstances. (Barr claims that Trump has now stepped in and fired Berman directly.) Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the inspector general’s office overseeing the Justice Department to immediately start an investigation into the circumstances of Berman’s attempted firing — and Schumer called on the Trump team’s pick to replace Berman to step aside rather than go along with the plan to kick out a prosecutor who the president may not have liked.
Incredible. Read this. The Trump administration is a clown show. https://t.co/XMUWzmFSOQ — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 20, 2020
The Trump team picked Jay Clayton — who currently heads the Securities and Exchange Commission — to replace Berman. Schumer compared Clayton’s position to that of former Attorney General Elliott Richardson, who resigned when then-President Richard Nixon demanded that he fire a special investigator looking into the Watergate scandal. Schumer said:
‘Forty seven years ago, Elliott Richardson had the courage to say no to a gross abuse of presidential power. Jay Clayton has a similar choice today: He can allow himself to be used in the brazen Trump-Barr scheme to interfere with investigations by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, or he can stand up to this corruption, withdraw his name from consideration, and save his own reputation from overnight ruin.’
Bill Barr must testify immediately. I am the most “focus on healthcare” Democrat you can find, but we simply cannot avoid or ignore this descent into autocracy. We don’t have to put this stuff in our TV ads but we damn well better do oversight and figure out what just happened. — Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 20, 2020
The Senate Democratic leader added:
‘Furthermore, I am calling for the Department of Justice Inspector General and Office of Professional Responsibility to immediately launch an investigation into the reasons behind the decision by the president and the attorney general to attempt to dismiss Mr. Berman.’
Check out his statement below:
Schumer calls for inspector general probe into Bill Barr’s attempted firing of the US attorney for the SDNY and for Jay Clayton to remove himself as the nominee for the post. pic.twitter.com/AbkL9byChX — Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 20, 2020
Reporter Chris Sommerfeldt of the New York Daily News noted that Berman’s office has definitely handled cases that could have attracted the political ire of the president and his colleagues. As he explained:
‘Berman’s office has for months been investigating Rudy Giuliani for potential criminal violations of lobbying laws over his dealings in Ukraine. Berman, of course, also ran the Michael Cohen investigation, which implicated Trump in federal crimes.’
Berman's office has for months been investigating Rudy Giuliani for potential criminal violations of lobbying laws over his dealings in Ukraine. Berman, of course, also ran the Michael Cohen investigation, which implicated Trump in federal crimes. https://t.co/mk2pekQJjE — Chris Sommerfeldt (@C_Sommerfeldt) June 20, 2020
Indeed — in the Cohen case, Trump was directly implicated in his former “fixer’s” campaign finance law violations, which included repeated attempts to essentially buy the silence of women with whom Trump had affairs. It’s not the only case in which Trump has been directly tied to criminal activity — some have long suggested that Trump would have already faced criminal charges if he was not the president, although not necessarily for the hush money scheme.
The true story of Trump’s lengthening series of Friday & Saturday night “massacres” is not the president. We know he views virtually every arm of govt as his own. It’s the public officials who aid & abet or remain silent. Our system’s checks & balances are often failing. — Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 20, 2020
CNN reporter Erica Orden explained that Barr had personally asked Berman to resign before the fake resignation announcement. She shared:
‘Barr asked Berman to resign during a meeting in NY on Friday. Berman refused. DOJ offered him alternative posts. Berman still said no. Hours later, Barr put out a press release saying Berman was “stepping down,” & two hours after that Berman said he’s not going anywhere.’
The next steps in this case are not immediately clear.
Barr asked Berman to resign during a meeting in NY on Friday. Berman refused. DOJ offered him alternative posts. Berman still said no. Hours later, Barr put out a press release saying Berman was “stepping down,” & two hours after that Berman said he’s not going anywhere. Now: https://t.co/YfSLAJolpu — erica orden (@eorden) June 20, 2020


bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Trump Says Multiple Dumb Things During Half Empty Arena Rally

Donald Trump ’ s first rally back on the campaign trail since COVID-19 began shutting down venues in March did not go as planned .
A dismal showing of supporters , which Trump claimed would be nearly a million people , turned out to not even be enough to fill an arena with a capacity of 19,000 .
Some parts of the rally , though , did go as expected .
Trump made an absolute fool of himself , demonstrating at some length that he can drink a glass of water with one hand .
The Trump supporters ’ standards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they cheered him for holding a glass correctly .
Trump also went on quite a long diatribe about the infamous ramp incident , explaining that he just didn ’ t want the media to catch him “ falling on my a**.
” According to The Daily Beast , Trump spent some time on that particular rant .
Trump told rally attendees , many of whom refused to wear a mask to protect themselves and everyone around them from contracting a virus that has killed more than 120,000 Americans , that the “ fake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic , specifically to convince people not to attend Trump ’ s rallies .
Trump also admitted to “ slowing the testing down ” during the COVID-19 crisis because he wanted to keep the numbers being reported as low as possible to avoid criticism of his leadership .
After President Trump threatened protestors with violence and arrest on Twitter prior to the rally , Trump ’ s son Eric topped him by telling the rally crowd that the Black Lives Matter protestors are “ animals ” and criticized protests by saying “ that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Apparently , he ’ s never heard of the Boston Tea Party .
‘ We ’ re going to keep the moral fabric of this country , ” he claimed , with wife Lara by his side .
“ Because when you watch the nonsense on TV , when you see these animals literally taking over our cities , burning down churches , this isn ’ t America .
That ’ s not what Americans do .
’

Donald Trump’s first rally back on the campaign trail since COVID-19 began shutting down venues in March did not go as planned. A dismal showing of supporters, which Trump claimed would be nearly a million people, turned out to not even be enough to fill an arena with a capacity of 19,000.
Trump begins his speech in Tulsa by goading his audience into booing "the fake news" for pointing out that going to this rally amid a pandemic is risky pic.twitter.com/7ySuYMd0kY — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 21, 2020
Some parts of the rally, though, did go as expected. Trump made an absolute fool of himself, demonstrating at some length that he can drink a glass of water with one hand. The Trump supporters’ standards are so low at this point, they cheered him for holding a glass correctly.
Trump also went on quite a long diatribe about the infamous ramp incident, explaining that he just didn’t want the media to catch him “falling on my a**.” According to The Daily Beast, Trump spent some time on that particular rant.
‘Speaking to a less-than-packed arena crowd in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Saturday night, Trump said that the viral video of his slow walk down the ramp—a walk that triggered speculation about his health in the media—was done so the “fake news” wouldn’t catch him “falling on my ass.”’
Trump held a rally in a middle of a pandemic to prove he can drink water like a normal human being. pic.twitter.com/XjpAlyr3Md — gifdsports (@gifdsports) June 21, 2020
Trump told rally attendees, many of whom refused to wear a mask to protect themselves and everyone around them from contracting a virus that has killed more than 120,000 Americans, that the “fake news media” had lied about the pandemic, specifically to convince people not to attend Trump’s rallies.
Trump also admitted to “slowing the testing down” during the COVID-19 crisis because he wanted to keep the numbers being reported as low as possible to avoid criticism of his leadership.
President Trump risked thousands of people’s health to explain—at some length—why he walked gingerly down a ramp at his recent commencement address at West Point. https://t.co/nql7ERvyGv — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 21, 2020
After President Trump threatened protestors with violence and arrest on Twitter prior to the rally, Trump’s son Eric topped him by telling the rally crowd that the Black Lives Matter protestors are “animals” and criticized protests by saying “that’s not what Americans do.” Apparently, he’s never heard of the Boston Tea Party.
‘We’re going to keep the moral fabric of this country,” he claimed, with wife Lara by his side. “Because when you watch the nonsense on TV, when you see these animals literally taking over our cities, burning down churches, this isn’t America. That’s not what Americans do.’
President Trump, at his Oklahoma rally, says he asked to "slow the testing down" because an increase in testing leads to an increase in coronavirus cases https://t.co/wwD49yR24K pic.twitter.com/h3r7nQzsqA — CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 21, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Congress Announces Immediate Investigation Into Firing Of SDNY Attorney

It ’ s become an obvious pattern in Trump ’ s White House : commit corrupt acts , break the law , violate the Constitution…then fire the investigators .
Just as James Comey , Steven Linick , and the Ukraine whistleblower suddenly became corrupt criminals as soon as they were revealed to have been investigating anyone in Trump ’ s orbit , it ’ s likely that Geoffrey Berman , the SDNY attorney general who was investigating Rudy Giuliani , will be the subject of many outraged Trump tweets .
That will be especially true once two whistleblowers speak in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Barr ’ s firing of Berman , which he announced on Friday was a resignation .
After Berman said publicly that he had never resigned and that he wasn ’ t going anywhere , the story changed .
Congress now intends to investigate the firing as well as an ongoing pattern of DOJ firings beginning on Wednesday .
‘ Last night , Attorney General Bill Barr told us that Geoffrey Berman of the SDNY had resigned—which was untrue .
Today , Barr told us that the President asked him to fire Mr. Berman—which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the President says he had nothing to do with the decision .
The whole thing smacks of corruption and incompetence , which is what we have come to expect from this President and his Attorney General.
’ On Saturday , Barr ’ s story about Berman ’ s “ resignation ” was changed to a firing .
In a press conference , Barr sent out a message to Berman that because he “ made a spectacle ” of his firing , Barr had asked Trump to fire Berman and he had .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , though .
Trump says he had nothing to do with the firing .
For that reason and many others that make the story shakier with every revelation , a new investigation into the Trump administration ’ s corruption will begin .
‘ ” Neither the President nor the Department of Justice have offered any explanation for Mr. Berman ’ s purported dismissal .
We know that the U.S. Attorney ’ s Office for the Southern District of New York is engaged in investigations aimed at President Trump ’ s inner circle .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ week , that the President wanted to have ‘ his own people ’ in that office to help him with his personal and political needs .
And we know that , time and time again , Bill Barr has reached into ongoing criminal investigations in order to protect the President from their consequences .
The American people are right to be outraged .
Barr may sit in the office of the chief law enforcement officer of the United States , but he clearly cares very little about the law.
’ The two whistleblowers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Judiciary Committee say they not only have proof that there were corrupt motives in the firing of Berman , but that Barr has made a habit out of firing people who were investigating Trump ’ s inner circle .
‘ The House Judiciary Committee will immediately open an investigation into this incident , as part of our broader investigation into Barr ’ s unacceptable politicization of the Department of Justice .
On Wednesday , the Committee will hear from two whistleblowers who will explain why Barr ’ s attempt to fire Mr. Berman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and wholly unacceptable pattern of conduct .
If the President removes Mr. Berman , then we will take additional steps to secure his testimony as well.
” ‘

It’s become an obvious pattern in Trump’s White House: commit corrupt acts, break the law, violate the Constitution…then fire the investigators. Just as James Comey, Steven Linick, and the Ukraine whistleblower suddenly became corrupt criminals as soon as they were revealed to have been investigating anyone in Trump’s orbit, it’s likely that Geoffrey Berman, the SDNY attorney general who was investigating Rudy Giuliani, will be the subject of many outraged Trump tweets.
Jerry Nadler on Berman firing as US attorney for the SDNY: “The House Judiciary Committee will immediately open an investigation into this incident, as part of our broader investigation into Barr’s unacceptable politicization of the Department of Justice.” — Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 20, 2020
That will be especially true once two whistleblowers speak in front of Congress about Attorney General William Barr’s firing of Berman, which he announced on Friday was a resignation. After Berman said publicly that he had never resigned and that he wasn’t going anywhere, the story changed. Congress now intends to investigate the firing as well as an ongoing pattern of DOJ firings beginning on Wednesday.
In a statement, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said:
‘Last night, Attorney General Bill Barr told us that Geoffrey Berman of the SDNY had resigned—which was untrue. Today, Barr told us that the President asked him to fire Mr. Berman—which may also be untrue, given that the President says he had nothing to do with the decision. The whole thing smacks of corruption and incompetence, which is what we have come to expect from this President and his Attorney General.’
Make no mistake—Bill Barr will go down in history as having aided and abetted the most corrupt president this country has ever seen. — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) June 20, 2020
On Saturday, Barr’s story about Berman’s “resignation” was changed to a firing. In a press conference, Barr sent out a message to Berman that because he “made a spectacle” of his firing, Barr had asked Trump to fire Berman and he had.
There’s a problem with that story, though. Trump says he had nothing to do with the firing. For that reason and many others that make the story shakier with every revelation, a new investigation into the Trump administration’s corruption will begin.
‘”Neither the President nor the Department of Justice have offered any explanation for Mr. Berman’s purported dismissal. We know that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is engaged in investigations aimed at President Trump’s inner circle. We know, from revelations earlier this week, that the President wanted to have ‘his own people’ in that office to help him with his personal and political needs. And we know that, time and time again, Bill Barr has reached into ongoing criminal investigations in order to protect the President from their consequences. The American people are right to be outraged. Barr may sit in the office of the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, but he clearly cares very little about the law.’
Here's the sequence of events: -Barr says Berman is stepping down. -Berman says that's not true and he has no intention to do so. -Barr essentially says, you're right, but I've asked the President to fire you as a result and he has done so. -Trump says he wasn't involved. — Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) June 20, 2020
The two whistleblowers who will be speaking to the House Judiciary Committee say they not only have proof that there were corrupt motives in the firing of Berman, but that Barr has made a habit out of firing people who were investigating Trump’s inner circle.
Nadler noted this, saying:
‘The House Judiciary Committee will immediately open an investigation into this incident, as part of our broader investigation into Barr’s unacceptable politicization of the Department of Justice. On Wednesday, the Committee will hear from two whistleblowers who will explain why Barr’s attempt to fire Mr. Berman is part of a larger, ongoing, and wholly unacceptable pattern of conduct. If the President removes Mr. Berman, then we will take additional steps to secure his testimony as well.”‘
Berman’s saying he’s staying “to ensure that this Office’s important cases continue unimpeded” and his vow to continue “our investigations” make clear that he was being fired over an investigation. So what kind of investigation would Attorney General Roy Cohn fire Berman for? https://t.co/Jw1SG2F1vV — George Conway (@gtconway3d) June 20, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Trump Campaign Forced To Cancel Overflow Rally Speech Because There Is No Overflow

Five days ago , Donald Trump claimed that nearly a million people had requested tickets to his first rally in months in Tulsa , Oklahoma .
Video cameras caught rabid supporters waiting outside for several days to get into the rally .
A speech was planned for the overflow who would be waiting outdoors .
As it turns out , there wasn ’ t even enough of an overflow crowd to justify a speech , which was cancelled .
The venue holds just over 19,000 people , which means that by Trump ’ s estimate , nearly 981,000 people should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t .
Photos of outside the venue show them virtually empty , without even many protestors bothering to attend .
It remains to be seen if the new White House press secretary , Kayleigh McEnany , will make the same fool of herself that Sean Spicer once did with his “ the biggest crowd to witness an inauguration…period !
” speech , but it ’ s likely that Trump will demand that she do it .
It ’ s also likely that Trump will blame the media for not showing the crowd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crowd ’ s arrival , but the photos from supporters inside the event are posting similar photos .
It ’ s unlikely that Trump will ever admit it , but it seems his base may be shrinking down to just his die-hard supporters , which appear to be fewer and fewer these days .
With news like this compounding Trump ’ s worries over polls showing him losing to Biden by as much as 14 points , the news for the Trump campaign is not positive at the moment .

Five days ago, Donald Trump claimed that nearly a million people had requested tickets to his first rally in months in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Video cameras caught rabid supporters waiting outside for several days to get into the rally. A speech was planned for the overflow who would be waiting outdoors.
Almost One Million people request tickets for the Saturday Night Rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 15, 2020
As it turns out, there wasn’t even enough of an overflow crowd to justify a speech, which was cancelled. The venue holds just over 19,000 people, which means that by Trump’s estimate, nearly 981,000 people should have been waiting outside. They weren’t. Photos of outside the venue show them virtually empty, without even many protestors bothering to attend.
Hmmm The over-crowd area for Trump's rally is so spacious wonder if Trump's campaign cancelled Pence's speech because it will be hard to hear him above the excited crowd🤔🤔🤔 https://t.co/jQLk9oyafc — jenme (@JenmeJen) June 20, 2020
It remains to be seen if the new White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, will make the same fool of herself that Sean Spicer once did with his “the biggest crowd to witness an inauguration…period!” speech, but it’s likely that Trump will demand that she do it. It’s also likely that Trump will blame the media for not showing the crowd or having taken photos prior to the crowd’s arrival, but the photos from supporters inside the event are posting similar photos.
Pitiful turnout at Trump's Tulsa hate rally. Trump boasted a million tickets? Looks like most who signed up were trolling 😂 Also, Trump has cancelled his planned speech to the overflow crowd because there IS no overflow. #TrumpIsALoser https://t.co/E3tDhL4jmq — 🌊 Shane 🌊 🆘🇺🇸😷 (@egheitasean) June 20, 2020
It’s unlikely that Trump will ever admit it, but it seems his base may be shrinking down to just his die-hard supporters, which appear to be fewer and fewer these days. With news like this compounding Trump’s worries over polls showing him losing to Biden by as much as 14 points, the news for the Trump campaign is not positive at the moment.
Paging Sean Spicer for a crowd estimate in Tulsa — Dan Rather (@DanRather) June 20, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Al Franken Master-Trolls Trump Over Tulsa Rally Size

The Trump campaign planned for huge crowds at their rally this past Saturday night in Tulsa , Oklahoma , but a huge crowd did not show up .
Instead , the campaign was barely able to muster a sizable crowd inside the arena — according to local reports , attendance topped out at around 6,200 in an arena that could fit up to 19,000 people .
The Trump campaign was obviously planning for a lot more attendees , since besides booking the big venue , they ’ d originally even set up an outdoor stage for Trump to give a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — but an overflow crowd never showed up .
Former Senator Al Franken trolled Trump on Sunday over his failed attempt at a huge rally .
The Trump campaign has come up with an array of ridiculous excuses for the low rally crowd size .
They ’ ve even claimed that protesters were blocking access to the rally , as if that explains the fact that the arena seems to have been barely one-third full .
That claim , however , is incorrect — outside of a brief closure of one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , any prospective rally attendee could just walk right on inside .
People just didn ’ t want to show up .
The lack of enthusiasm for Trump is showing up in the polls .
Consistently , presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Trump in polls taken on both the national level and on the levels of many individual swing states , including many states that Trump won in 2016 , like Michigan , Wisconsin , and Pennsylvania .
Trump has largely refused to acknowledge the dismal poll numbers , claiming that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news .

The Trump campaign planned for huge crowds at their rally this past Saturday night in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but a huge crowd did not show up. Instead, the campaign was barely able to muster a sizable crowd inside the arena — according to local reports, attendance topped out at around 6,200 in an arena that could fit up to 19,000 people. The Trump campaign was obviously planning for a lot more attendees, since besides booking the big venue, they’d originally even set up an outdoor stage for Trump to give a speech to an “overflow” crowd — but an overflow crowd never showed up. Former Senator Al Franken trolled Trump on Sunday over his failed attempt at a huge rally.
Franken shared on Twitter:
‘6,200 people at Trump rally in Tulsa. Acts that had bigger crowds at the same venue in 2019: – Sha Na Na – The Pips (w/o Gladys Knight) – Loverboy – John Tesh – The West Virginia Touring Company of La Traviata’
6,200 people at Trump rally in Tulsa. Acts that had bigger crowds at the same venue in 2019: – Sha Na Na
– The Pips (w/o Gladys Knight)
– Loverboy
– John Tesh
– The West Virginia Touring Company of La Traviata — Al Franken (@alfranken) June 21, 2020
The Trump campaign has come up with an array of ridiculous excuses for the low rally crowd size. They’ve even claimed that protesters were blocking access to the rally, as if that explains the fact that the arena seems to have been barely one-third full. That claim, however, is incorrect — outside of a brief closure of one of the four entrances hours before the events began, any prospective rally attendee could just walk right on inside. People just didn’t want to show up.
The lack of enthusiasm for Trump is showing up in the polls. Consistently, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Trump in polls taken on both the national level and on the levels of many individual swing states, including many states that Trump won in 2016, like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Trump has largely refused to acknowledge the dismal poll numbers, claiming that they’re some kind of fake news.
Check out Twitter’s response to Franken:


bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Stormy Daniels Compares Trump’s Genital Size To Tulsa Rally Crowd

On Saturday night in Tulsa , the Trump campaign held its first rally in months .
Although they ’ d planned for huge crowds to the point that they set up an entire stage where President Donald Trump would address the “ overflow ” crowd — an overflow crowd never even showed up , and the planned outdoor speech was cancelled .
Only about 6,200 people attended the rally , which is about one-third of the arena ’ s capacity of 19,000 .
After the debacle , in which the Trump campaign was left preparing for a crowd that never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Daniels mocked Trump for his team ’ s ineptitude .
Daniels , of course , is one of the women who Trump and his cronies tried to silence about her affair with the eventual president .
In the lead-up to the rally , the Trump campaign claimed that around one million people had RSVP ’ ed .
One million people were never going to show up , of course , and many of those RSVPs seem to have been trolling attempts in which people flooded the Trump campaign ’ s system with useless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ apparent trolling attempts seem to have been effective , since the Trump campaign was so convinced they were going to have a big crowd that they set up that whole stage for Trump to give a second speech that they were eventually forced to cancel , since close to nobody was in the “ overflow ” crowd at all . )
Trump ’ s main rally speech itself was full of much of the president ’ s familiar nonsense .
For example , at one point , he used the racist term “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coronavirus , and at another point , he claimed that he ’ d asked White House officials to scale down Coronavirus testing in order to keep Coronavirus case counts down .
A White House official eventually claimed that Trump ’ s claim about asking to have testing dialed back was just a joke .

On Saturday night in Tulsa, the Trump campaign held its first rally in months. Although they’d planned for huge crowds to the point that they set up an entire stage where President Donald Trump would address the “overflow” crowd — an overflow crowd never even showed up, and the planned outdoor speech was cancelled. Only about 6,200 people attended the rally, which is about one-third of the arena’s capacity of 19,000. After the debacle, in which the Trump campaign was left preparing for a crowd that never showed up, adult film star Stormy Daniels mocked Trump for his team’s ineptitude. Daniels, of course, is one of the women who Trump and his cronies tried to silence about her affair with the eventual president.
SCOOP: A Tulsa Fire Dept spox confirmed to @Forbes that they clocked turnout at Trump's rally at just under 6,200, far less than the BOK Center's 19,200 capacity. The campaign had expected enough to warrant a second speech to the overflow section. https://t.co/5j651hSRjs — Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) June 21, 2020
Daniels tweeted:
‘Told ya’ll he exaggerates about the size of things.’
Told ya'll he exaggerates about the size of things. — Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) June 21, 2020
In the lead-up to the rally, the Trump campaign claimed that around one million people had RSVP’ed. One million people were never going to show up, of course, and many of those RSVPs seem to have been trolling attempts in which people flooded the Trump campaign’s system with useless data. (A lot of those apparent trolling attempts seem to have been effective, since the Trump campaign was so convinced they were going to have a big crowd that they set up that whole stage for Trump to give a second speech that they were eventually forced to cancel, since close to nobody was in the “overflow” crowd at all.)
BREAKING via @CNN: Trump cancels his planned address to the "overflow crowd" because nearly no one showed up. pic.twitter.com/vrIQLhTEkL — Matt Rogers 🎙 (@Politidope) June 20, 2020
Trump’s main rally speech itself was full of much of the president’s familiar nonsense. For example, at one point, he used the racist term “Kung Flu” to refer to the Coronavirus, and at another point, he claimed that he’d asked White House officials to scale down Coronavirus testing in order to keep Coronavirus case counts down. A White House official eventually claimed that Trump’s claim about asking to have testing dialed back was just a joke.
Re: this joke: 121,000 Americans have died so far from coronavirus. — Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) June 21, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Trump Exposed Attempting To Stop SDNY Bank Investigation

Attorney General ( AG ) William Barr tried to fire the Geoff Berman the Attorney General Southern District of New York ( SDNY ) .
Of course , his stealth tactic was sneaking the news out on a Friday evening as big news was being made in Tulsa , Oklahoma .
Donald Trump planned his 2020 campaign kick-off with anywhere between 100,000 to one million people risking their lives to see the president .
When fewer than 6,200 individuals showed , POTUS was embarrassed and slunk back to Washington , DC .
The overwhelming stripes of empty blue seats in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gang — at a minimum .
That left the news free to check on Trump ’ s former National Security Adviser ( NSA ) John Bolton .
ABC ’ s Martha Raddatz got the scoop in the form of her live video ( below ) .
She wanted to know whether Trump planned to interfere in the SDNY investigation of a state-owned Turkish bank .
Bolton told ABC ’ s Martha Raddatz last week that Trump ’ s suggestion of getting involved in the investigation felt like “ obstruction of justice to me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was investigating the bank , because it kept violating the US ’ s : Representative Hakeem Jeffries ( D-NY ) was interested in convincing Berman to testify before Congress : This interview was completed before Trump actually sent the SDNY Geoff Berman the letter that formally fired him on Saturday .
As a result , all sorts of questions arose about what Trump had to do with Barr ’ s Justice of Department ( DOJ ) .
At first , the department said Berman was going to be “ stepping down ” from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Berman .
He said he had no plans to leave .
He would not resign unless a Senate-approved replacement had been selected .
With Berman ’ s refusal to step down , Barr had few choices left to him .
After all , he could not legally fire the attorney from SDNY .
Instead , he asked Trump to formally fire Berman .
In addition , the SDNY had been looking into one of the president ’ s fixers , former Mayor of the New York City Rudy Giuliani .
It had already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and other friends of the president .
Cohon used up all of his chits when he turned state ’ s evidence before the House Intelligence Committee .
Bolton noted that POTUS turned to Turkey ’ s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan , and said that he would “ take care of this : ” The former national security adviser pointed out that if a US bank had violated the sanctions against Iran , there was a big problem .
There was no doubt about Bolton ’ s war hawk tendencies about Iran : Then , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ act was “ criminal ” or “ high crimes and misdemeanors ” ( the bar to reach impeachment ) .
He responded : The BuzzFeed News had a letter that showed Barr letting Berman know he had asked the president to formally fire him , given the attorney would not step down until the Senate approved his replacement .
Barr wrote : The AG informed Berman that his assumption that Berman had to wait until the pending cases were appropriately settled was simply not true .
He also alleged the AG would get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the iI ] nspector General .
Barr continued : After considering Barr ’ s for several hours , Berman released his statement indicating he would leave “ effective immediately.
” Barr decided not to install one of Trump ’ s golf-playing buddies .
Instead , he said that Berman ’ s deputy , Audrey Strauss would temporarily fill his position .
This was the tradition succession .
Berman wrote : The White House decided it would nominate the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Jay Clayton to fill the permanent position .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Berman being fired .
Trump responded that he was “ not involved ” in the matter of firing Berman : Bolton ’ s people released a clip of the interview on Saturday ( below ) .
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Attorney General (AG) William Barr tried to fire the Geoff Berman the Attorney General Southern District of New York (SDNY). Of course, his stealth tactic was sneaking the news out on a Friday evening as big news was being made in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Donald Trump planned his 2020 campaign kick-off with anywhere between 100,000 to one million people risking their lives to see the president.
When fewer than 6,200 individuals showed, POTUS was embarrassed and slunk back to Washington, DC. The overwhelming stripes of empty blue seats in the auditorium were depressing to the Trump gang — at a minimum.
That left the news free to check on Trump’s former National Security Adviser (NSA) John Bolton. ABC’s Martha Raddatz got the scoop in the form of her live video (below). She wanted to know whether Trump planned to interfere in the SDNY investigation of a state-owned Turkish bank.
Bolton told ABC’s Martha Raddatz last week that Trump’s suggestion of getting involved in the investigation felt like “obstruction of justice to me:”
‘The December 2018 episode is detailed in Bolton’s forthcoming book entitled “The Room Where It Happened.”’
It appeared that the SDNY was investigating the bank, because it kept violating the US’s:
‘[S]anctions against Iran. Bolton asserted that Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had discussed the investigation several times, with the Turkish president wanting a settlement for Halkbank.’
Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was interested in convincing Berman to testify before Congress:
‘Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says he hopes former U.S. attorney for SDNY Geoffrey Berman will testify before Congress “because I think he has a lot to say about a continuing pattern of chaos, crisis and corruption that we have seen from the Trump administration.” https://t.co/n0lcA5Reyx pic.twitter.com/pb6R8pIz2q — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 21, 2020’
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries says he hopes former U.S. attorney for SDNY Geoffrey Berman will testify before Congress “because I think he has a lot to say about a continuing pattern of chaos, crisis and corruption that we have seen from the Trump administration.” https://t.co/n0lcA5Reyx pic.twitter.com/pb6R8pIz2q — This Week (@ThisWeekABC) June 21, 2020
This interview was completed before Trump actually sent the SDNY Geoff Berman the letter that formally fired him on Saturday. As a result, all sorts of questions arose about what Trump had to do with Barr’s Justice of Department (DOJ).
At first, the department said Berman was going to be “stepping down” from his job, which was news to Berman. He said he had no plans to leave. He would not resign unless a Senate-approved replacement had been selected.
With Berman’s refusal to step down, Barr had few choices left to him. After all, he could not legally fire the attorney from SDNY. Instead, he asked Trump to formally fire Berman.
In addition, the SDNY had been looking into one of the president’s fixers, former Mayor of the New York City Rudy Giuliani. It had already prosecuted the original fixer, Michael Cohon and other friends of the president.
Cohon used up all of his chits when he turned state’s evidence before the House Intelligence Committee.
Bolton noted that POTUS turned to Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and said that he would “take care of this:”
‘And the president said to Erdoğan at one point, ‘Look, those prosecutors in New York are Obama people. Wait till I get my people in, and then we’ll take care of this. And I thought to myself — and I’m a Department of Justice alumnus myself. “I’ve never heard any president say anything like that. Ever.”‘
The former national security adviser pointed out that if a US bank had violated the sanctions against Iran, there was a big problem. There was no doubt about Bolton’s war hawk tendencies about Iran:
‘[W]e would have toasted them and quite properly so.”
Bolton added that Attorney General (AG) William Barr:
‘[s]aid Attorney General William Barr allowed for the appropriate prosecution of the bank after Turkey wouldn’t agree to a “reasonable settlement.’
Then, Raddatz asked him if he believed this act was “criminal” or “high crimes and misdemeanors” (the bar to reach impeachment). He responded:
‘I don’t think I know enough about all the circumstances, but I tell ya, it did feel like obstruction of justice to me.’
The BuzzFeed News had a letter that showed Barr letting Berman know he had asked the president to formally fire him, given the attorney would not step down until the Senate approved his replacement. Barr wrote:
”Unfortunately, with your statement of last night, you have chosen public spectacle over public service. Because you have declared that you have no intention of resigning, I have asked the President to remove you as of today, and he has done so.’
The AG informed Berman that his assumption that Berman had to wait until the pending cases were appropriately settled was simply not true. He also alleged the AG would get involved should pending cases be flagged for the iI]nspector General. Barr continued:
‘This is obviously false. I fully expect that the office will continue to handle all cases in the normal course and pursuant to the Department’s applicable standards, policies, and guidance.’
After considering Barr’s for several hours, Berman released his statement indicating he would leave “effective immediately.” Barr decided not to install one of Trump’s golf-playing buddies. Instead, he said that Berman’s deputy, Audrey Strauss would temporarily fill his position. This was the tradition succession. Berman wrote:
‘I could leave the District in no better hands than Audrey’s.’
The White House decided it would nominate the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission Jay Clayton to fill the permanent position.
Saturday, the president spoke to reporters about Berman being fired. Trump responded that he was “not involved” in the matter of firing Berman:
‘That’s [Barr’s] department, not my department. That’s really up to him. I’m not involved.’
Bolton’s people released a clip of the interview on Saturday (below). The complete interview will air on ABC at 9 p.m. Sunday evening:
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bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--GOP Defectors Release New Anti-Trump Video That Has Donald Irate

At President Donald Trump ’ s Saturday night rally in Tulsa , Oklahoma , he told a laughably melodramatic story about his exit from the stage after the recent West Point military academy commencement ceremony that he participated in .
Observers noted that when Trump walked down the ramp off that stage , he seemed to be shuffling as if he was struggling for balance , but Trump , who is seemingly forever pathologically desperate to make himself look good , tried to depict himself as accomplishing something grand by having walked down the stage at all .
The anti-Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shared a video ( which had been made by Twitter user @ FindAClearTruth ) on Sunday that compared Trump ’ s pathetic spectacle to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ’ s jog up the stage at the 2016 West Point commencement ceremony .
The ad begins with footage of Trump ’ s ridiculous explanation for his visible shuffling at the recent West Point ceremony .
Trump compared the ramp he walked down to an ice-skating rink and complained about his own supposedly slippery shoes .
When Biden spoke at a commencement ceremony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he literally jogged up the ramp to the stage .
Trump ’ s inane attempt to try and make his West Point spectacle into something other than a troubling instance of the president ’ s behavior was not the only ridiculous point of his weekend rally in Oklahoma .
He also , for instance , used the racist term “ Kung Flu ” to refer to the Coronavirus and claimed that he ’ d asked White House officials to scale back testing in order to keep Coronavirus case numbers down .
A White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s claim about suppressing testing was a joke .
There was another problem at the rally — a lot fewer people showed up than the campaign was expecting .
They planned for so many attendees that they set up an outdoor stage where Trump would speak to the “ overflow ” crowd .
That stage was taken down and those plans were cancelled because the arena itself wasn ’ t even half full .

At President Donald Trump’s Saturday night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he told a laughably melodramatic story about his exit from the stage after the recent West Point military academy commencement ceremony that he participated in. Observers noted that when Trump walked down the ramp off that stage, he seemed to be shuffling as if he was struggling for balance, but Trump, who is seemingly forever pathologically desperate to make himself look good, tried to depict himself as accomplishing something grand by having walked down the stage at all. The anti-Trump GOP group known as The Lincoln Project shared a video (which had been made by Twitter user @FindAClearTruth) on Sunday that compared Trump’s pathetic spectacle to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s jog up the stage at the 2016 West Point commencement ceremony.
Lincoln saved the union. FDR vanquished Naziism. JFK sent us to the moon. Obama saved the economy. Trump walked down a ramp. https://t.co/uUhmR02R5w — Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) June 21, 2020
The ad begins with footage of Trump’s ridiculous explanation for his visible shuffling at the recent West Point ceremony. Trump compared the ramp he walked down to an ice-skating rink and complained about his own supposedly slippery shoes. When Biden spoke at a commencement ceremony for the same school in 2016, he literally jogged up the ramp to the stage.
This is art. pic.twitter.com/ZPJxHu20TV — The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 21, 2020
Trump’s inane attempt to try and make his West Point spectacle into something other than a troubling instance of the president’s behavior was not the only ridiculous point of his weekend rally in Oklahoma. He also, for instance, used the racist term “Kung Flu” to refer to the Coronavirus and claimed that he’d asked White House officials to scale back testing in order to keep Coronavirus case numbers down. A White House official later claimed that Trump’s claim about suppressing testing was a joke.
NEW: A White House official says Trump was JK when he was talking about slowing down testing to suppress # of cases:
“He was clearly speaking in jest to call out the media’s absurd coverage. We are leading the world in testing, and we are proud to have conducted 25M plus tests.” — Weijia Jiang (@weijia) June 21, 2020
There was another problem at the rally — a lot fewer people showed up than the campaign was expecting. They planned for so many attendees that they set up an outdoor stage where Trump would speak to the “overflow” crowd. That stage was taken down and those plans were cancelled because the arena itself wasn’t even half full.
Trump's rally only had 6200 people, the Tulsa fire department confirms. The arena held 19,000. — Contented Independent (@ContentedIndie) June 21, 2020


bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Chris Wallace Shames Trump Adviser Over Hilariously Low Rally Attendance

On Saturday night , the Trump campaign held its first rally in months after shutdowns of most large events amidst concerns about the Coronavirus .
The Trump campaign had prepared for such high attendance that they set up an outdoor stage where Trump himself could speak to the “ overflow ” crowd — but those plans were cancelled when no overflow crowd showed up , and inside the arena , only about 6,200 Trump fans showed up , although the venue could house a full 19,000 .
In other words , there were a lot of empty seats .
During @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chris Wallace put top Trump campaign adviser Mercedes Schlapp on the spot over her inane refusals to admit the truth — namely , that the Trump campaign ’ s big “ comeback ” rally had spectacularly poor attendance .
During her attempted defense of the low turnout , Schlapp claimed that protesters who were supposedly blocking entrance to the rally were at least partially to blame , but that ’ s simply not true .
Schlapp then proceeded to try and evade the issue , eventually getting around to claiming that at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ’ s .
The problem is that Biden hasn ’ t even returned to holding campaign rallies yet , because the Coronavirus threat is still very real .
Schlapp responded by completely giving up any semblance of attempting to sound reasonable , apparently .
She commented : She doesn ’ t know what Wallace is saying ?
He ’ s saying that the Trump campaign majorly failed in their attempt to garner a humongous crowd , and they ’ re way off-the-edge for denying that fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : As of just after noon Eastern time , the only post that Trump himself had made on Twitter this Sunday — the day after the rally — was a vague message wishing his followers a happy Father ’ s Day .
However , Trump seems likely to take up the issue of the Tulsa crowd size at some point in the near future — he very often goes feverishly after his perceived political opponents , after all .
What conspiracy theory will Trump dream up next ?
Maybe he ’ ll say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crowd !
Or maybe he ’ ll deny that over half the arena was apparently empty altogether , along the lines of his team ’ s lie that his inauguration was the most well-attended U.S. presidential inauguration ever .

On Saturday night, the Trump campaign held its first rally in months after shutdowns of most large events amidst concerns about the Coronavirus. The Trump campaign had prepared for such high attendance that they set up an outdoor stage where Trump himself could speak to the “overflow” crowd — but those plans were cancelled when no overflow crowd showed up, and inside the arena, only about 6,200 Trump fans showed up, although the venue could house a full 19,000. In other words, there were a lot of empty seats. During Fox News Sunday this weekend, host Chris Wallace put top Trump campaign adviser Mercedes Schlapp on the spot over her inane refusals to admit the truth — namely, that the Trump campaign’s big “comeback” rally had spectacularly poor attendance.
"The president received a report that only about 25 people were assembled in the overflow space the campaign had reserved for a crowd Trump claimed five days earlier would top 40,000." @Kevinliptakcnn @kaitlancollins https://t.co/2OVqhTVsNq — Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) June 21, 2020
During her attempted defense of the low turnout, Schlapp claimed that protesters who were supposedly blocking entrance to the rally were at least partially to blame, but that’s simply not true.
Wallace bluntly pointed out:
‘[Trump] didn’t fill an arena last night. And you guys were so far off that you had planned an outdoor rally and there wasn’t an overflow crowd and watching the coverage and talking to [Fox News correspondent] Mark Meredith on the ground today, protesters did not stop people from coming to that rally.’
Schlapp then proceeded to try and evade the issue, eventually getting around to claiming that at least Trump’s rally sizes are better than presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s. The problem is that Biden hasn’t even returned to holding campaign rallies yet, because the Coronavirus threat is still very real.
Wallace bluntly commented:
‘Mercedes, please don’t filibuster. Please don’t filibuster. We’re showing pictures here and it shows big empty areas, frankly it makes you guys look silly when you deny the reality of what happened.’
Schlapp responded by completely giving up any semblance of attempting to sound reasonable, apparently. She commented:
‘We are not denying the reality — I don’t know what you’re saying.’
She doesn’t know what Wallace is saying? He’s saying that the Trump campaign majorly failed in their attempt to garner a humongous crowd, and they’re way off-the-edge for denying that fact.
As Wallace put it:
‘There are empty seats there. The other half of the rally was empty. The arena was empty. You can’t deny it.’
Watch some of the exchange below:
"You guys were so far off that you had planned an outdoor rally, and there wasn't an overflow crowd … the fact is, people didn't show up" — Chris Wallace grills Trump campaign spokesperson Mercedes Schlapp on Trump's underwhelming Tulsa crowd pic.twitter.com/1wdWK7Cpta — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 21, 2020
As of just after noon Eastern time, the only post that Trump himself had made on Twitter this Sunday — the day after the rally — was a vague message wishing his followers a happy Father’s Day.
However, Trump seems likely to take up the issue of the Tulsa crowd size at some point in the near future — he very often goes feverishly after his perceived political opponents, after all. What conspiracy theory will Trump dream up next? Maybe he’ll say that aliens abducted the rest of the crowd! Or maybe he’ll deny that over half the arena was apparently empty altogether, along the lines of his team’s lie that his inauguration was the most well-attended U.S. presidential inauguration ever.
Crowd sizes in general elections typically don't indicate much. But when you make them your sole metric, brag about the registrations to attend and it falls short, it becomes the story https://t.co/qLA8HTHlqC — Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 21, 2020


bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Michelle Wishes Barack ‘Happy Fathers Day’ Like A Graceful First Lady

President Barack Obama ’ s father was an absentee dad .
The president wrote Dreams from My Father : A Story of Race and Inheritance in part to exorcise some of the old paternal-related demons in 2004 .
Yet , he managed to become a wonderful father himself to his two daughters Malia and Sasha .
They grew up in the White House , which is never an easy feat , given the fishbowl environment surrounding them .
The book ’ s description reaches into long shadows of this president ’ s father-son .
relationship .
The couple could not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ given all the publicity .
Yet , the love in Michelle Obama ’ s tweet chimes a chord within us all .
She tweeted : ‘ Elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review , Obama was offered a book contract , but the intellectual journey he planned to recount became instead this poignant , probing memoir of an unusual life .
Born in 1961 to a white American woman and a black Kenyan student , Obama was reared in Hawaii by his mother and her parents , his father having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home to Africa .
‘ So Obama ’ s not-unhappy youth is nevertheless a lonely voyage to racial identity , tensions in school , struggling with black literature ?
With one month-long visit when he was 10 from his commanding father .
After college , Obama became a community organizer in Chicago .
He slowly found place and purpose among folks of similar hue but different memory , winning enough small victories to commit himself to the work ?
He ’ s now a civil rights lawyer there .
‘ Before going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; with his father dead , he still confronted obligation and loss , and found wellsprings of love and attachment .
Obama leaves some lingering questions ?
his mother is virtually absent , but still has written a resonant book .
Photos not seen by PW .
Author tour.
’ Michelle Obama grew up in a family with both parents .
She has spoken proudly as she described his fight against multiple sclerosis for years .
He even maintained a full-time job at the Post Office in spite of his illness .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : The former White House couple spoke to The Washington Post about their privacy and security in a digital world : Spokesperson for First Lady Michelle Obama , Kristina Schake , issued a statement that read , “ We have reminded outlets of this request in order to protect the privacy and security of these girls.
” ‘ From the beginning of the administration , the White House has asked news outlets not to report on or photograph the Obama children when they are not with their parents and there is no vital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the spokeswoman for first lady Michelle Obama in a statement early Tuesday .
“ We have reminded outlets of this request in order to protect the privacy and security of these girls.
” ‘ ‘ But the administration decided to acknowledge the trip after an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale struck Mexico on Tuesday , potentially imperiling Malia Obama , 13 , and her friends .
That spurred questions from reporters about Malia ’ s safety , compelling the administration to issue a statement that she was in Mexico and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has existed through many administrations by informal agreement with the White House Correspondents ’ Association , which represents the interests of journalists who cover the president .
Presidential administrators have long been protective of each of the first families ’ minor children .
Reporters in Washington have generally .
observed the taboo : No stories or photographs of them outside official and semi-official events , according to The Washington Post .
In an ABC News interview Mrs. Obama said she told White House staff : : The president had left the Oval Office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family every night at 6:00 p.m .
He went to parent-teacher conferences .
Both of the girls ’ parents have been great believers of “ rules and routine ” to help children thrive .
Senior Adviser to the 44th president Valerie Jarrett said in an interview : However , even though both of the Obama ’ s value healthy , organic food , they allowed “ the girls eat cake at birthday parties and often indulged in ice cream and other snacks on the campaign trail.
” Michelle Obama ’ s brother Craig @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world caught fire with the former First Lady ’ s Fathers Day wish .
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President Barack Obama’s father was an absentee dad. The president wrote Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance in part to exorcise some of the old paternal-related demons in 2004. Yet, he managed to become a wonderful father himself to his two daughters Malia and Sasha. They grew up in the White House, which is never an easy feat, given the fishbowl environment surrounding them. The book’s description reaches into long shadows of this president’s father-son. relationship.
The couple could not have had an easy relationship either, given all the publicity. Yet, the love in Michelle Obama’s tweet chimes a chord within us all. She tweeted:
‘Thank you for the way you love our girls—and all the young people in this country, no matter who they are or where they come from. We feel your warmth and generosity today and everyday. Happy #FathersDay , Barack!’
Barack Obama book’s publisher described the president’s life:
‘Elected the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama was offered a book contract, but the intellectual journey he planned to recount became instead this poignant, probing memoir of an unusual life. Born in 1961 to a white American woman and a black Kenyan student, Obama was reared in Hawaii by his mother and her parents, his father having left for further study and a return home to Africa. ‘So Obama’s not-unhappy youth is nevertheless a lonely voyage to racial identity, tensions in school, struggling with black literature? With one month-long visit when he was 10 from his commanding father. After college, Obama became a community organizer in Chicago. He slowly found place and purpose among folks of similar hue but different memory, winning enough small victories to commit himself to the work? He’s now a civil rights lawyer there. ‘Before going to law school, he finally visited Kenya; with his father dead, he still confronted obligation and loss, and found wellsprings of love and attachment. Obama leaves some lingering questions?his mother is virtually absent, but still has written a resonant book. Photos not seen by PW. Author tour.’
Michelle Obama grew up in a family with both parents. She has spoken proudly as she described his fight against multiple sclerosis for years. He even maintained a full-time job at the Post Office in spite of his illness.
She said, according to The Fabiosa magazine:
‘He never stopped smiling and laughing even while struggling to button his shirt, even while using two canes to get himself across the room to give my mom a kiss.’
The former White House couple spoke to The Washington Post about their privacy and security in a digital world:
‘White House officials on Monday urged Web sites to take down a wire service report about a spring-break trip to Mexico by one of the president’s daughters. The story, officials said, violated an unwritten rule guiding news coverage of the president’s family — that is, that the media don’t report on routine or mundane activities involving Obama’s children.’
Spokesperson for First Lady Michelle Obama, Kristina Schake, issued a statement that read, “We have reminded outlets of this request in order to protect the privacy and security of these girls.”
‘From the beginning of the administration, the White House has asked news outlets not to report on or photograph the Obama children when they are not with their parents and there is no vital news interest,” said Kristina Schake, the spokeswoman for first lady Michelle Obama in a statement early Tuesday. “We have reminded outlets of this request in order to protect the privacy and security of these girls.”‘ ‘But the administration decided to acknowledge the trip after an earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale struck Mexico on Tuesday, potentially imperiling Malia Obama, 13, and her friends. That spurred questions from reporters about Malia’s safety, compelling the administration to issue a statement that she was in Mexico and safe.’
The ban on such coverage has existed through many administrations by informal agreement with the White House Correspondents’ Association, which represents the interests of journalists who cover the president.
Presidential administrators have long been protective of each of the first families’ minor children. Reporters in Washington have generally. observed the taboo: No stories or photographs of them outside official and semi-official events, according to The Washington Post.
Reuters’ White House reporter Caren Bohan said:
‘There’s a general feeling among the press corps that it wants to be respectful” of the president’s children. I’m a parent of two school-age children myself, so I completely understand that their parents want privacy for them. I think a lot of reporters respect that.’
She added:
‘The problem with the Internet is that everyone sees themselves as a newsmaker.’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/president-obamas-daughters-privacy-is-difficult-to-protect-in-internet-age/2012/03/20/gIQA5UGWQS_story.html
In an ABC News interview Mrs. Obama said she told White House staff::
‘That was the first thing I said to some of the staff when I did my visit. Don’t make their beds. Make mine. Skip the kids. They have to learn these things.’
The president had left the Oval Office to be available for dinner with his family every night at 6:00 p.m. He went to parent-teacher conferences.
Michelle Obama’s goal was:
‘Both [parents] are committed to keeping their daughters grounded their friends and aides say.
President Obama added:
‘Right now, they’re not self-conscious. You know, they don’t have an attitude And I think one of our highest priorities over the next four years is retaining that.’
Both of the girls’ parents have been great believers of “rules and routine” to help children thrive. Senior Adviser to the 44th president Valerie Jarrett said in an interview:
‘Michelle won’t keep them up just to talk to their father. Bedtime is part of their normalcy. It isn’t going to be interrupted because he’s at a fund-raiser.’
However, even though both of the Obama’s value healthy, organic food, they allowed “the girls eat cake at birthday parties and often indulged in ice cream and other snacks on the campaign trail.”
Michelle Obama’s brother Craig Robinson said in an interview:
‘Those are some special girls, and everyone is rooting for them to make it through this intact.’
Twitter world caught fire with the former First Lady’s Fathers Day wish. Check out some of the responses below:
Happy Father’s Day President Obama!!! Have a beautiful, safe and blessed day. God bless you ❤ 🙏 pic.twitter.com/C2GTeFOUEI — Vivianbray14 (@VivianBray14) June 21, 2020
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bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Official Attendance For Trump Tulsa Rally Revealed & It’s ‘SAD!’

Why did Donald Trump hold a rally near the center of the country and certainly in one of America ’ s coronavirus hotspots ?
Before the president went into the Bank of Oklahoma auditorium in Tulsa , OK , the campaign ’ s people were tearing down the outside overflow stage .
It seems , POTUS held a party and no one came .
At least only 6,200 appeared beneath the wrap of blue seats .
If the president was in a bad mood before , imagine how bad the Air Force One ride back to Washington , D.C. was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their lives to help him show that COVID-19 was disappearing .
Trump ’ s people were expecting anywhere between 100,000 and one million attendees , but they had to be far more than disappointed .
After all , this event was supposed to kick off the president ’ s 2020 campaign .
Tickets had been flying off of the computer .
Campaign Chair for Trump , Brad Parscale , tweeted on Monday , according to The New York Times : Health officials warned people against attending this closed-in environment , including the president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggested Americans watch for cases to spike sharply in 10 days to two weeks .
The United States already had 2.3 million reported cases of the coronavirus and an ever-increasing 122,000 fatalities .
The campaign staff thought that they would fill up the BOK to the rafters with 19,200 maskless supporters and reach an even larger overflow audience outside .
Instead , the staff watched with growing dismay as the crowd trickled in the doors , barely filling a third of the blue seats , that appeared to be silently mocking the man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The reporters tweeted photos panoraming this sparse crowd at the auditorium and showing bands of blue empty seats .
Communications Director Tim Murtaugh tried to come up with an excuse and ended up blaming the media and the protesters .
Protesters had gathered to celebrate Juneteenth in honor of the end of slavery .
They also had been commemorating the massacre of three-hundred members of a wealthy Black town filled with doctors , attorneys , and other professionals .
The town was nicknamed the Black Wall Street .
Information Officer for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Forbes magazine that it had counted the crowd and came up with a little under 6,200 people .
A new Fox News Poll showed that 59 percent of American believed : So what happened that made the numbers go so awry ?
Apparently , a grandmother suggested on the social media app TikTok that young people reserve seats for Trump ’ s rally and then , be no-shows .
Other TikTok members jumped onto this idea , Forbes reported : TikTok teens and K-Pop stars took at least partial credit for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign kick-off .
So how did it work ?
YouTuber Elijah Daniel , 26 , explained : He said “ These kids are smart : ” A woman from Fort Dodge , IA Mary Jo Laupp , 51 , prepared a video that went viral with over 700,000 likes and over two million views : An 18-year-old from upstate New York , Erin Hoffman , heard about the campaign to undermine the president from a friend .
Twitter and TikTok spread the information : The Mueller Report Adventures : In Bite-Sizes on this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people .
Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery .
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Why did Donald Trump hold a rally near the center of the country and certainly in one of America’s coronavirus hotspots? Before the president went into the Bank of Oklahoma auditorium in Tulsa, OK, the campaign’s people were tearing down the outside overflow stage. It seems, POTUS held a party and no one came.
At least only 6,200 appeared beneath the wrap of blue seats. If the president was in a bad mood before, imagine how bad the Air Force One ride back to Washington, D.C. was.
The president expected people to risk their lives to help him show that COVID-19 was disappearing. Trump’s people were expecting anywhere between 100,000 and one million attendees, but they had to be far more than disappointed. After all, this event was supposed to kick off the president’s 2020 campaign. Tickets had been flying off of the computer.
Campaign Chair for Trump, Brad Parscale, tweeted on Monday, according to The New York Times:
‘[T]hat the campaign had fielded more than one million ticket requests, but reporters at the event noted the attendance was lower than expected. The campaign also canceled planned events outside the rally for an anticipated overflow crowd that did not materialize.’
Health officials warned people against attending this closed-in environment, including the president’s coronavirus experts. They also suggested Americans watch for cases to spike sharply in 10 days to two weeks.
The United States already had 2.3 million reported cases of the coronavirus and an ever-increasing 122,000 fatalities.
The campaign staff thought that they would fill up the BOK to the rafters with 19,200 maskless supporters and reach an even larger overflow audience outside.
Instead, the staff watched with growing dismay as the crowd trickled in the doors, barely filling a third of the blue seats, that appeared to be silently mocking the man who occasionally sits in the Oval Office.
The reporters tweeted photos panoraming this sparse crowd at the auditorium and showing bands of blue empty seats. Communications Director Tim Murtaugh tried to come up with an excuse and ended up blaming the media and the protesters.
Protesters had gathered to celebrate Juneteenth in honor of the end of slavery. They also had been commemorating the massacre of three-hundred members of a wealthy Black town filled with doctors, attorneys, and other professionals. The town was nicknamed the Black Wall Street.
Information Officer for the Tulsa Fire Department Andrew Little, told The Forbes magazine that it had counted the crowd and came up with a little under 6,200 people.
A new Fox News Poll showed that 59 percent of American believed:
‘[C]rowded campaign events are a bad idea, given the risks posed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The poll also found that Republicans sharply diverge with Trump on the issue of mask wearing, with 70% saying they have a favorable view of them despite Trump consistently eschewing masks at public appearances.’
So what happened that made the numbers go so awry? Apparently, a grandmother suggested on the social media app TikTok that young people reserve seats for Trump’s rally and then, be no-shows. Other TikTok members jumped onto this idea, Forbes reported:
‘They recruited ‘K-pop stans,’ fans of Korean pop music, a massive and active community on social media, to do the same. While it is unlikely this effort denied people any seats, as the rally was first come first serve, it may have accounted for a substantial chunk of the ticket registrations.’
TikTok teens and K-Pop stars took at least partial credit for the social media bombing of Trump’s campaign kick-off. So how did it work? YouTuber Elijah Daniel, 26, explained:
‘It spread mostly through Alt TikTok — we kept it on the quiet side where people do pranks and a lot of activism. K-pop Twitter and Alt TikTok have a good alliance where they spread information amongst each other very quickly. They all know the algorithms and how they can boost videos to get where they want.’
He said “These kids are smart:”
‘The majority of people who made them deleted them after the first day because we didn’t want the Trump campaign to catch wind. These kids are smart and they thought of everything.’
A woman from Fort Dodge, IA Mary Jo Laupp, 51, prepared a video that went viral with over 700,000 likes and over two million views:
‘I recommend all of those of us that want to see this 19,000-seat auditorium barely filled or completely empty go reserve tickets now, and leave him standing there alone on the stage.’
She added:
‘There are teenagers in this country who participated in this little no-show protest, who believe that they can have an impact in their country in the political system even though they’re not old enough to vote right now.’
An 18-year-old from upstate New York, Erin Hoffman, heard about the campaign to undermine the president from a friend. Twitter and TikTok spread the information:
‘Trump has been actively trying to disenfranchise millions of Americans in so many ways, and to me, this was the protest I was able to perform. He doesn’t deserve the platform he has been given.’
Featured image is a screenshot via YouTube.
The Mueller Report Adventures: In Bite-Sizes on this Facebook page. These quick, two-minute reads interpret the report in normal English for busy people. Mueller Bite-Sizes uncovers what is essentially a compelling spy mystery. Interestingly enough, Mueller Bite-Sizes can be read in any order.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--‘CNN Sunday’ Goes Off The Rails After Trump Advisor Says China Created COVID-19

During CNN ’ s State of the Union this Sunday morning , the clown show of the Trump administration reached a new height when top Trump adviser Peter Navarro suggested that Chinese authorities may have purposefully created the Coronavirus , presumably as some kind of weapon against the United States .
That claim is absolutely unhinged , tinfoil hat-level , paranoid nonsense — but it ’ s coming from a longtime top adviser to the president of the United States who has stuck around through the departures of many top officials .
There is absolutely no apparent evidence supporting Navarro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ The Chinese Communist Party did tremendous damage to this society and this economy .
I mean last night , they tore down statues of Ulysses S. Grant and Francis Scott Key , and it ’ s like , what is going on in this country ?
And it ’ s all tied up in , I think , a lot of pent-up frustration about what ’ s going on in this world .
And so my job is to help create jobs for this president , and we ’ ve got a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jake Tapper subsequently seized on the fact that Navarro had described the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic as the work of the Chinese Communist Party against the United States .
Tapper asked : And , staggeringly , Navarro did not fundamentally dispute the point .
He insisted that the virus is a “ product ” of China , explaining : ‘ You did not hear me wrong .
That virus was a product of the Chinese Communist Party , and until we get some information about what happened in those labs and what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know that that virus was spawned in China .
That is what I mean .
Spawned in China.
’ Tapper asked if he thinks the virus was “ purposely created , ” and Navarro added : ‘ That ’ s an open question , but I ’ ll tell you this : in 2006 , in a book I wrote , called The Coming China Wars , on page 150 , I predicted that China would create a viral pandemic that could possibly kill millions .
Why did I do that at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that authoritarian , repressive , non-transparent society is geared towards giving us exactly what they ’ ve given us , which is a pandemic.
’ It is laughably ridiculous that Navarro ’ s justification for his outrageous claim that China may have created the Coronavirus is something that he himself wrote over a decade ago .
That is an amazing feat of circular reasoning .
He ’ s trying to insist , basically , that his questioning is credible because he says so — and that ’ s the extent of his argument @ @ @ @ @ @ @ top presidential adviser is spewing on national television , how can Americans expect the president to lead any sort of remotely effective response to the Coronavirus ?
During a weekend rally in Oklahoma , Trump even quipped that he ’ d supposedly asked administration officials to dial down testing in an effort to keep overall Coronavirus case numbers down .
A White House official claimed that Trump was “ clearly joking , ” as reporter Michael Bender put it .

During CNN’s State of the Union this Sunday morning, the clown show of the Trump administration reached a new height when top Trump adviser Peter Navarro suggested that Chinese authorities may have purposefully created the Coronavirus, presumably as some kind of weapon against the United States. That claim is absolutely unhinged, tinfoil hat-level, paranoid nonsense — but it’s coming from a longtime top adviser to the president of the United States who has stuck around through the departures of many top officials. There is absolutely no apparent evidence supporting Navarro’s assessment of the situation.
Navarro ranted:
‘The Chinese Communist Party did tremendous damage to this society and this economy. I mean last night, they tore down statues of Ulysses S. Grant and Francis Scott Key, and it’s like, what is going on in this country? And it’s all tied up in, I think, a lot of pent-up frustration about what’s going on in this world. And so my job is to help create jobs for this president, and we’ve got a long road ahead of us.’
Host Jake Tapper subsequently seized on the fact that Navarro had described the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic as the work of the Chinese Communist Party against the United States. Tapper asked:
‘Did you say China created this virus? Did I hear you wrong?’
And, staggeringly, Navarro did not fundamentally dispute the point. He insisted that the virus is a “product” of China, explaining:
‘You did not hear me wrong. That virus was a product of the Chinese Communist Party, and until we get some information about what happened in those labs and what happened at that wet market, we know that that virus was spawned in China. That is what I mean. Spawned in China.’
Tapper asked if he thinks the virus was “purposely created,” and Navarro added:
‘That’s an open question, but I’ll tell you this: in 2006, in a book I wrote, called The Coming China Wars, on page 150, I predicted that China would create a viral pandemic that could possibly kill millions. Why did I do that at the time? Because the whole structure of that authoritarian, repressive, non-transparent society is geared towards giving us exactly what they’ve given us, which is a pandemic.’
Watch below:
Jake Tapper: Did I just hear you say China created this virus? Peter Navarro: You did not hear me wrong. That virus was a product of the Chinese Communist Party. Tapper: But you think it was purposely created? Navarro: That is an open question. pic.twitter.com/gv4FBa2M0W — Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) June 21, 2020
It is laughably ridiculous that Navarro’s justification for his outrageous claim that China may have created the Coronavirus is something that he himself wrote over a decade ago. That is an amazing feat of circular reasoning. He’s trying to insist, basically, that his questioning is credible because he says so — and that’s the extent of his argument.
When this nonsense is what a top presidential adviser is spewing on national television, how can Americans expect the president to lead any sort of remotely effective response to the Coronavirus?
During a weekend rally in Oklahoma, Trump even quipped that he’d supposedly asked administration officials to dial down testing in an effort to keep overall Coronavirus case numbers down. A White House official claimed that Trump was “clearly joking,” as reporter Michael Bender put it.
Re: this joke: 121,000 Americans have died so far from coronavirus. — Michael C. Bender (@MichaelCBender) June 21, 2020


bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Schiff Outmaneuvers Trump During Sunday ‘Meet The Press’ After SDNY Firing

The Trump administration isn ’ t exactly earning many fans .
At the end of last week , Attorney General Bill Barr pressured Geoffrey Berman off the job as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York , offering no apparent immediate details of an explanation .
After Barr lied that Berman was resigning , the attorney general then got Trump to supposedly step in to fire Berman directly .
This weekend during an appearance on NBC ’ s Meet the Press , House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff ( D-Calif. ) roundly condemned the Trump administration ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congressional efforts to reveal the corruption that Trump , Barr , and their cronies might like to keep hidden .
At the time of his unceremonious firing , Berman ’ s office had investigated a number of cases related to the president , which may have attracted the Trump team ’ s ire .
President Donald Trump himself has previously established that he ’ s perfectly willing to intervene in investigations he doesn ’ t like when it suits him — after just months on the job as president , Trump fired the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Director James Comey .
Special Counsel Robert Mueller outlined a significant number of instances in which the president has been accused of obstruction of justice .
‘ Berman clearly had a concern about why he was being pushed out , and given the firings of these inspector generals , given the way that Barr has sought to intervene in cases to help out people like Michael Flynn or Roger Stone and to seek additional punishment for people like Michael Cohen , then you really have to question what ’ s really at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and now completed one.
’ Indeed — Berman is far from the first recent seemingly politically motivated firing of someone getting close to the Trump team .
For example , the president also recently fired Steve Linick from his post as the inspector general overseeing the State Department .
Linick , who was responsible for oversight of the department , had been conducting a number of investigations of cases involving the Trump-appointed Secretary of State , Mike Pompeo .
On Sunday , after host Chuck Todd asked if observers “ should expect to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the next week or two , ” Schiff continued : ‘ I certainly hope that he will come and testify before Congress , and I know Chairman Nadler intends to investigate this , and he should .
It ’ s , I think , the most disastrous management of the Justice Department in modern memory , and like so much of what we have seen in this administration , it doesn ’ t come as a surprise anymore , but yet , it ’ s completely demoralizing to the people in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law.
’ Nadler has invited Berman to testify before the House Judiciary Committee .
He invited him to a hearing scheduled for this week about politicization of the Justice Department , but Nadler subsequently stated that Berman “ has earned a moment to catch his breath ” but “ understands that he has an open invitation to testify before the Committee.
” This week , Nadler ’ s committee is already slated to hear from figures like Aaron Zelinsky , a federal prosecutor who ’ d been handling Trump ally Roger Stone ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case in apparent protest after Barr ’ s team intervened to lower the government ’ s sentencing recommendation for Stone .

The Trump administration isn’t exactly earning many fans. At the end of last week, Attorney General Bill Barr pressured Geoffrey Berman off the job as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, offering no apparent immediate details of an explanation. After Barr lied that Berman was resigning, the attorney general then got Trump to supposedly step in to fire Berman directly. This weekend during an appearance on NBC’s Meet the Press, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) roundly condemned the Trump administration’s dangerously belligerent behavior, and he touted Congressional efforts to reveal the corruption that Trump, Barr, and their cronies might like to keep hidden.
At the time of his unceremonious firing, Berman’s office had investigated a number of cases related to the president, which may have attracted the Trump team’s ire. President Donald Trump himself has previously established that he’s perfectly willing to intervene in investigations he doesn’t like when it suits him — after just months on the job as president, Trump fired the then-head of the Russia investigation, FBI Director James Comey. Special Counsel Robert Mueller outlined a significant number of instances in which the president has been accused of obstruction of justice.
In this case, Schiff commented:
‘Berman clearly had a concern about why he was being pushed out, and given the firings of these inspector generals, given the way that Barr has sought to intervene in cases to help out people like Michael Flynn or Roger Stone and to seek additional punishment for people like Michael Cohen, then you really have to question what’s really at the basis of this Friday night attempted massacre and now completed one.’
Indeed — Berman is far from the first recent seemingly politically motivated firing of someone getting close to the Trump team. For example, the president also recently fired Steve Linick from his post as the inspector general overseeing the State Department. Linick, who was responsible for oversight of the department, had been conducting a number of investigations of cases involving the Trump-appointed Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.
On Sunday, after host Chuck Todd asked if observers “should expect to see Mr. Berman in front of Congress in the next week or two,” Schiff continued:
‘I certainly hope that he will come and testify before Congress, and I know Chairman Nadler intends to investigate this, and he should. It’s, I think, the most disastrous management of the Justice Department in modern memory, and like so much of what we have seen in this administration, it doesn’t come as a surprise anymore, but yet, it’s completely demoralizing to the people in the department and dangerous to the rule of law.’
Watch Schiff’s comments below:
WATCH: Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff says Berman's firing "doesn't come as a surprise anymore." #MTP #IfItsSunday@RepAdamSchiff: "It is completely demoralizing to the people in the department and dangerous to the rule of law." pic.twitter.com/faYugRcYVi — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) June 21, 2020
Nadler has invited Berman to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. He invited him to a hearing scheduled for this week about politicization of the Justice Department, but Nadler subsequently stated that Berman “has earned a moment to catch his breath” but “understands that he has an open invitation to testify before the Committee.”
Mr. Berman, who resisted Attorney General Barr until a trusted deputy was in place before stepping down, has earned a moment to catch his breath. He understands that he has an open invitation to testify before the Committee. 2/2 https://t.co/gQxnGgVNYE — Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) June 21, 2020
This week, Nadler’s committee is already slated to hear from figures like Aaron Zelinsky, a federal prosecutor who’d been handling Trump ally Roger Stone’s case but stepped away from the case in apparent protest after Barr’s team intervened to lower the government’s sentencing recommendation for Stone.


bipartisanreport--2020-06-21--Nadler Makes Bill Barr Impeachment Declaration On ‘CNN Sunday’

Attorney General Bill Barr seems to view himself as some kind of personal errand-runner for the president .
Last Friday , the latest debacle revealing Barr ’ s political fealty to Trump unfolded when the corrupt AG began an eventually successful campaign to pressure Geoffrey Berman out of his position as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York .
( Berman ’ s office has carried out multiple Trump-related investigations , which may have weighed on the Trump team ’ s animosity towards him . )
During an appearance on CNN ’ s State of the Union this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nadler ( D-N.Y. ) had only condemnation for Barr , and he also condemned the complicit Republicans in Congress who ’ ve refused to do anything about the Trump administration ’ s abuse of power .
‘ I don ’ t think calls for [ Barr ’ s ] impeachment are premature any more than calls for the president ’ s impeachment were premature , but they are a waste of time at this point because we know that we have a corrupt Republican majority in the Senate which will not consider an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no matter what the facts , so we ’ re instead going to do what we have to do without that — including barring $ 50 million from his own personal budget.
’ Host Jake Tapper followed up with the question of whether Nadler was calling every Senate Republican “ corrupt ” who voted against convicting Trump at the end of his impeachment trial , and Nadler insisted that “ in the sense of being corrupt against the interests of the country , yes , ” he was calling them corrupt .
Check @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on CNN below : Amidst the tumult over Barr ’ s antagonism of now former U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman , Nadler has already invited Berman to testify , although it ’ s not clear if or when the former official may do so .
Nadler specifically invited Berman to a House Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for this week covering the topic of the politicization of the Justice Department .
After Berman was , in fact , successfully pressured off the job , Nadler added on Twitter that the now former official “ has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and “ has an open invitation to testify before the Committee.
” Berman ’ s firing proceeded in quite a brazenly corrupt fashion .
Friday evening , Barr issued a statement claiming that Berman was resigning , but Berman promptly issued his own statement insisting that he was doing no such thing .
Barr then tried to get the president involved , claiming that he ’ d gotten Trump to fire Berman directly .
At that point , Berman agreed to leave his post and be replaced by his deputy — although @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he was “ not involved , ” although the president may have been simply incompetently lying .

Attorney General Bill Barr seems to view himself as some kind of personal errand-runner for the president. Last Friday, the latest debacle revealing Barr’s political fealty to Trump unfolded when the corrupt AG began an eventually successful campaign to pressure Geoffrey Berman out of his position as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. (Berman’s office has carried out multiple Trump-related investigations, which may have weighed on the Trump team’s animosity towards him.) During an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union this weekend, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) had only condemnation for Barr, and he also condemned the complicit Republicans in Congress who’ve refused to do anything about the Trump administration’s abuse of power.
Nadler insisted:
‘We’ve seen a pattern… of Barr corruptly impeding all these investigations, so this is just more of the same.’
He added:
‘I don’t think calls for [Barr’s] impeachment are premature any more than calls for the president’s impeachment were premature, but they are a waste of time at this point because we know that we have a corrupt Republican majority in the Senate which will not consider an impeachment no matter what the evidence and no matter what the facts, so we’re instead going to do what we have to do without that — including barring $50 million from his own personal budget.’
Host Jake Tapper followed up with the question of whether Nadler was calling every Senate Republican “corrupt” who voted against convicting Trump at the end of his impeachment trial, and Nadler insisted that “in the sense of being corrupt against the interests of the country, yes,” he was calling them corrupt.
Check out video of Nadler’s appearance on CNN below:
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler says calls for the impeachment of AG Bill Barr are “a waste of time at this point because we know that we have a corrupt Republican majority in the Senate which will not consider an impeachment no matter what the evidence” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/9GACiXIvDO — State of the Union (@CNNSotu) June 21, 2020
Amidst the tumult over Barr’s antagonism of now former U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, Nadler has already invited Berman to testify, although it’s not clear if or when the former official may do so. Nadler specifically invited Berman to a House Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for this week covering the topic of the politicization of the Justice Department.
Nadler shared on Twitter:
‘America is right to expect the worst of Bill Barr, who has repeatedly interfered in criminal investigations on Trump’s behalf. We have a hearing on this topic on Wednesday. We welcome Mr. Berman’s testimony and will invite him to testify.’
America is right to expect the worst of Bill Barr, who has repeatedly interfered in criminal investigations on Trump’s behalf. We have a hearing on this topic on Wednesday. We welcome Mr. Berman’s testimony and will invite him to testify. https://t.co/SpVYzLhANR — Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) June 20, 2020
After Berman was, in fact, successfully pressured off the job, Nadler added on Twitter that the now former official “has earned a moment to catch his breath” and “has an open invitation to testify before the Committee.”
Mr. Berman, who resisted Attorney General Barr until a trusted deputy was in place before stepping down, has earned a moment to catch his breath. He understands that he has an open invitation to testify before the Committee. 2/2 https://t.co/gQxnGgVNYE — Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) June 21, 2020
Berman’s firing proceeded in quite a brazenly corrupt fashion. Friday evening, Barr issued a statement claiming that Berman was resigning, but Berman promptly issued his own statement insisting that he was doing no such thing. Barr then tried to get the president involved, claiming that he’d gotten Trump to fire Berman directly. At that point, Berman agreed to leave his post and be replaced by his deputy — although after that, Trump claimed to reporters that he was “not involved,” although the president may have been simply incompetently lying.