cnbc--2020-08-31--Biden condemns Portland violence — 'we must not become a nation at war with ourselves'

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the largely virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington , Delaware , August 20 , 2020 .
Democratic nominee Joe Biden deplored violent clashes in Portland , Oregon , a day after a man was fatally shot during confrontations between Black Lives Matter demonstrators and President Donald Trump 's supporters .
He accused Trump of `` fanning the flames '' to get reelected .
`` The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable .
Shooting in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unacceptable .
I condemn this violence unequivocally , '' Biden said in a lengthy statement .
`` I condemn violence of every kind by anyone , whether on the left or the right .
And I challenge Donald Trump to do the same . ''
Portland police are investigating the shooting of a man who was affiliated with a far-right group .
It 's not clear if the shooting was connected to the fights between counter-demonstrators and Trump supporters .
Clashes occurred as a large group of Trump supporters drove through downtown Portland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Saturday .
Videos from the confrontation show protesters hurling things like water bottles at the Trump caravan and Trump supporters shooting protesters with paint balls and what appears to be pepper spray .
There have been nightly protests in Portland for more than three months since the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis .
Trump has repeatedly condemned demonstrators and called for a return to `` law and order '' in Portland .
`` We must not become a country at war with ourselves .
A country that accepts the killing of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you .
A country that vows vengeance toward one another , '' Biden said .
`` But that is the America that President Trump wants us to be , the America he believes we are . ''
In a barrage of tweets responding to the Portland violence , Trump denounced Black Lives Matter protesters as `` agitators and thugs '' and shared a video of the caravan driving into Portland and called them `` GREAT PATRIOTS ! ''
The president also attacked Democratic state and local officials over the continued protests and called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accused Trump of `` fanning the flames of hate and division , '' encouraging violence and instilling fear to garner support .
`` He may believe tweeting about law and order makes him strong – but his failure to call on his supporters to stop seeking conflict shows just how weak he is , '' Biden said .
`` He may think that war in our streets is good for his reelection chances , but that is not presidential leadership – or even basic human compassion . ''
The violence in Portland comes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accused of fatally shooting two people and seriously wounding a third person during clashes in Kenosha , Wisconsin .
Kenosha , a former auto industry hub between Milwaukee and Chicago , has been gripped by unrest in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake , a 29-year-old Black man .
The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable .
Shooting in the streets of a great American city is unacceptable .
I condemn this violence unequivocally .
I condemn violence of every kind by anyone , whether on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ challenge Donald Trump to do the same .
It does not matter if you find the political views of your opponents abhorrent , any loss of life is a tragedy .
Today there is another family grieving in America , and Jill and I offer our deepest condolences .
We must not become a country at war with ourselves .
A country that accepts the killing of fellow Americans who do not agree with you .
A country that vows vengeance toward one another .
But that is the America that President Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he believes we are .
As a country , we must condemn the incitement of hate and resentment that led to this deadly clash .
It is not a peaceful protest when you go out spoiling for a fight .
What does President Trump think will happen when he continues to insist on fanning the flames of hate and division in our society and using the politics of fear to whip up his supporters ?
He is recklessly encouraging violence .
He may believe tweeting about law and order makes him strong – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporters to stop seeking conflict shows just how weak he is .
He may think that war in our streets is good for his reelection chances , but that is not presidential leadership – or even basic human compassion .
The job of a President is to lower the temperature .
To bring people who disagree with one another together .
To make life better for all Americans , not just those who agree with us , support us , or vote for us .
Donald Trump has been president for almost four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is higher , tensions run stronger , divisions run deeper .
And all of us are less safe because Donald Trump ca n't do the job of the American president .


cnbc--2020-08-31--Biden condemns Kenosha violence and rebuts Trump's 'law and order' message

`` Rioting is not protesting .
Looting is not protesting .
Setting fires is not protesting .
None of this is protesting , it 's lawlessness , plain and simple , '' said Biden .
`` And those who do it should be prosecuted .
Violence will not bring change .
It will only bring destruction .
It 's wrong in every way . ''
Property damage and clashes with police in several large cities have followed peaceful demonstrations opposing police brutality against Black people , which were triggered by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an unarmed Black man , Jacob Blake , occurred in Kenosha earlier this month , sparking protests and counterprotests there .
`` Does anyone believe there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is reelected ? ''
said Biden , part of a broader argument he made that the president himself is a contributing factor to the unrest and racial strife that has roiled the nation this summer .
WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday issued a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump 's false accusations that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that he condones violence that has erupted in cities like Kenosha , Wisconsin , and Portland , Oregon .
The speech was Biden 's most direct rebuttal so far of Trump 's and the GOP 's attacks last week during the virtual Republican National Convention .
`` Ask yourself , do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters ? ''
Biden said , dismissing false claims like the one Trump made last week , when he said Biden was a `` Trojan horse for socialism . ''
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Covid .
Safe from crime and looting , safe from racially-motivated violence , safe from bad cops .
Let me be crystal clear .
Safe from four more years of Donald Trump , '' said Biden .
`` The simple truth is Donald Trump failed to protect America , so now he 's trying to scare America . ''
On Tuesday , Trump will travel to Kenosha , where he plans to meet with law enforcement .
As of Monday afternoon , the president did not plan to meet with the family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the back seven times by a police officer in front of his children .
Democrats have criticized Trump 's visit as a divisive stunt during a time when tensions between law enforcement and Kenosha 's Black community are especially raw .
White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said Monday that Trump was going partly to `` visit hurting Americans , '' but also for a more overtly political reason : `` Highlighting that the federal government has done a lot in the way of using law and order to create peace , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech , delivered on location in Pittsburgh , represents a concerted effort to shift the focus of the election back into a referendum on Trump , and on the president 's leadership of the country over the past 3½ years , especially during the past six months of the coronavirus pandemic .
Political strategists on both sides of the aisle have acknowledged that if November 's election is a referendum on Trump , then the president will have a very difficult time getting reelected .
But if Trump can manage to shift the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then the president 's odds improve .
Biden , like Trump , is acutely aware of this dynamic .
In Pittsburgh , he accused Trump of resorting to fear mongering because more traditional reelection pitches would n't work in his favor .
`` The simple truth is Donald Trump failed to protect America .
So now , he 's trying to scare America , '' said Biden .
`` Since Donald Trump and Mike Pence ca n't run on their record that has seen more American deaths to a virus than this nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
...
Since they ca n't run on their economy that has seen more people lose their jobs than at any time since the Great Depression .
...
Since they ca n't run on the simple proposition of sending our children safely back to school .
... And since they have no agenda or vision for a second term Trump and Pence are running on this : 'You wo n't be safe in Joe Biden 's America . '
And what 's their proof ?
The violence you 're seeing in Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not images from some imagined 'Joe Biden 's America ' in the future , '' Biden continued .
`` These are images from Donald Trump 's America today .
He keeps telling you if only he was president it would n't happen .
He keeps telling us if he was president you would feel safe .
Well – he is president .
And it is happening .
And you do n't . ''
For Biden , there is a lot riding on whether or not his argument about safety resonates with voters .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ margins for more than a year , the presidential race appears to have tightened in the past several days .
It 's a shift driven in part by Trump 's hammering of a `` law and order '' message that distorts both Biden 's positions and the nature of the social justice protests this summer .
But it also likely reflects public anxiety in the wake of two killings — the double homicide of two protesters in Kenosha allegedly by a 17-year-old vigilante , and the shooting of a man at a Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While Biden has led Trump overall in nationwide polls , Trump polled 4 points better than Biden this month on the question of who voters trust most to deal with crime , 43-39 , according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll .
Following Biden 's speech , the Trump campaign claimed that Biden had `` failed to condemn the left-wing mobs burning , looting , and terrorizing American cities . ''

"Rioting is not protesting. Looting is not protesting. Setting fires is not protesting. None of this is protesting, it's lawlessness, plain and simple," said Biden. "And those who do it should be prosecuted. Violence will not bring change. It will only bring destruction. It's wrong in every way."
Property damage and clashes with police in several large cities have followed peaceful demonstrations opposing police brutality against Black people, which were triggered by the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in late May. The latest police shooting of an unarmed Black man, Jacob Blake, occurred in Kenosha earlier this month, sparking protests and counterprotests there.
"Does anyone believe there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is reelected?" said Biden, part of a broader argument he made that the president himself is a contributing factor to the unrest and racial strife that has roiled the nation this summer.
WASHINGTON -- Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday issued a stinging rebuke to President Donald Trump 's false accusations that the Democratic nominee is anti-law enforcement, or that he condones violence that has erupted in cities like Kenosha, Wisconsin, and Portland, Oregon.
The speech was Biden's most direct rebuttal so far of Trump's and the GOP's attacks last week during the virtual Republican National Convention.
"Ask yourself, do I look like a radical socialist with a soft spot for rioters?" Biden said, dismissing false claims like the one Trump made last week, when he said Biden was a "Trojan horse for socialism."
"I want a safe America. Safe from Covid. Safe from crime and looting, safe from racially-motivated violence, safe from bad cops. Let me be crystal clear. Safe from four more years of Donald Trump," said Biden.
On Tuesday, Trump will travel to Kenosha, where he plans to meet with law enforcement. As of Monday afternoon, the president did not plan to meet with the family of Jacob Blake, who was shot in the back seven times by a police officer in front of his children.
Democrats have criticized Trump's visit as a divisive stunt during a time when tensions between law enforcement and Kenosha's Black community are especially raw. White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said Monday that Trump was going partly to "visit hurting Americans," but also for a more overtly political reason: "Highlighting that the federal government has done a lot in the way of using law and order to create peace," she said.
Biden's 30-minute formal speech, delivered on location in Pittsburgh, represents a concerted effort to shift the focus of the election back into a referendum on Trump, and on the president's leadership of the country over the past 3½ years, especially during the past six months of the coronavirus pandemic.
Political strategists on both sides of the aisle have acknowledged that if November's election is a referendum on Trump, then the president will have a very difficult time getting reelected. But if Trump can manage to shift the focus of the race to Biden, then the president's odds improve.
Biden, like Trump, is acutely aware of this dynamic. In Pittsburgh, he accused Trump of resorting to fear mongering because more traditional reelection pitches wouldn't work in his favor.
"The simple truth is Donald Trump failed to protect America. So now, he's trying to scare America," said Biden.
"Since Donald Trump and Mike Pence can't run on their record that has seen more American deaths to a virus than this nation suffered in every war since Korea combined. ... Since they can't run on their economy that has seen more people lose their jobs than at any time since the Great Depression. ... Since they can't run on the simple proposition of sending our children safely back to school. ... And since they have no agenda or vision for a second term Trump and Pence are running on this: 'You won't be safe in Joe Biden's America.' And what's their proof? The violence you're seeing in Donald Trump's America."
"These are not images from some imagined 'Joe Biden's America' in the future," Biden continued. "These are images from Donald Trump's America today. He keeps telling you if only he was president it wouldn't happen. He keeps telling us if he was president you would feel safe. Well – he is president. And it is happening. And you don't."
For Biden, there is a lot riding on whether or not his argument about safety resonates with voters.
After leading Trump in polls by significant margins for more than a year, the presidential race appears to have tightened in the past several days. It's a shift driven in part by Trump's hammering of a "law and order" message that distorts both Biden's positions and the nature of the social justice protests this summer.
But it also likely reflects public anxiety in the wake of two killings — the double homicide of two protesters in Kenosha allegedly by a 17-year-old vigilante, and the shooting of a man at a Trump support demonstration in Portland, Oregon.
While Biden has led Trump overall in nationwide polls, Trump polled 4 points better than Biden this month on the question of who voters trust most to deal with crime, 43-39, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
Following Biden's speech, the Trump campaign claimed that Biden had "failed to condemn the left-wing mobs burning, looting, and terrorizing American cities."


cnbc--2020-08-31--House Democrats set to subpoena USPS chief Louis DeJoy for documents related to mail delays

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on slowdowns at the Postal Service ahead of the November elections on Capitol Hill in Washington , U.S. , August 24 , 2020 .
House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney , D-N.Y. , said Monday that she plans to issue a subpoena to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents related to mail delays at the U.S .
Postal Service .
The Democrat-majority Oversight panel said in a statement that DeJoy is `` withholding from Congress '' materials that had been requested during his testimony before the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` DeJoy has not produced a single additional document since the House and Senate hearings were held , '' the statement said .
Maloney also sent a document request to Robert Duncan , the chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors , which has also been accused of withholding documents .
DeJoy , a supply-chain CEO and major Republican donor who began as chief of USPS in June , has come under fire for pursuing a slew of significant cost-cutting measures at the government agency in the months before the presidential election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden .
Those measures , which included crackdowns on overtime pay and late trips from mail deliverers , have been blamed for reports of widespread mail delays across the country .
Critics have also raised concerns amid reports of mail-sorting machines across the country being removed from facilities .
The delays come as lingering fears about the coronavirus pandemic are expected to lead to a record-shattering number of Americans casting their ballots by mail .
Some state leaders are pushing to expand voting access in order to accommodate the expected flood of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , without evidence , has aggressively decried as a recipe for massive amounts of voter fraud .
DeJoy defended his changes to the agency in testimony before the Oversight Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee .
Days before the first hearing , DeJoy said he would suspend some changes until after the Nov. 3 election in order to `` avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail . ''
But he told the Senate panel on Aug. 21 that he had `` no intention '' of bringing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ removed from service .
DeJoy also reiterated that many of the changes under the most intense scrutiny at USPS predated his tenure .
He said that he has implemented just two major changes since taking over : working within the agency to find ways to improve operations and cutting back on late deliveries .

U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on slowdowns at the Postal Service ahead of the November elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2020.
House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said Monday that she plans to issue a subpoena to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents related to mail delays at the U.S. Postal Service.
The Democrat-majority Oversight panel said in a statement that DeJoy is "withholding from Congress" materials that had been requested during his testimony before the House and Senate earlier this month.
"DeJoy has not produced a single additional document since the House and Senate hearings were held," the statement said.
Maloney also sent a document request to Robert Duncan, the chairman of the Postal Service Board of Governors, which has also been accused of withholding documents.
DeJoy, a supply-chain CEO and major Republican donor who began as chief of USPS in June, has come under fire for pursuing a slew of significant cost-cutting measures at the government agency in the months before the presidential election between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Those measures, which included crackdowns on overtime pay and late trips from mail deliverers, have been blamed for reports of widespread mail delays across the country. Critics have also raised concerns amid reports of mail-sorting machines across the country being removed from facilities.
The delays come as lingering fears about the coronavirus pandemic are expected to lead to a record-shattering number of Americans casting their ballots by mail. Some state leaders are pushing to expand voting access in order to accommodate the expected flood of mail-in votes — a scenario that Trump, without evidence, has aggressively decried as a recipe for massive amounts of voter fraud.
DeJoy defended his changes to the agency in testimony before the Oversight Committee and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Days before the first hearing, DeJoy said he would suspend some changes until after the Nov. 3 election in order to "avoid even the appearance of any impact on election mail."
But he told the Senate panel on Aug. 21 that he had "no intention" of bringing back the mail-sorting machines that had been removed from service.
DeJoy also reiterated that many of the changes under the most intense scrutiny at USPS predated his tenure. He said that he has implemented just two major changes since taking over: working within the agency to find ways to improve operations and cutting back on late deliveries.


cnbc--2020-08-31--Anthony Scaramucci hired Trump's former body man for political consulting as feud with president gre

Anthony Scaramucci hired Trump's former body man for political consulting as feud with president grew

Anthony Scaramucci , former director of communications for the White House and founder of SkyBridge Capital LLC , speaks during the Skybridge Alternatives ( SALT ) conference in Las Vegas , Nevada , on May 8 , 2019 .
President Donald Trump 's former body man went to work on Wall Street for Anthony Scaramucci after being fired from the White House just a year earlier .
John McEntee , the former body man who was later let go after reportedly being denied a security clearance , went to work for SkyBridge , the vocal Trump critic 's hedge fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House , according to a financial disclosure report and people with direct knowledge of the matter .
They declined to be named as the details had yet to be made public .
McEntee returned to the White House this year and later became head of the Office of Presidential Personnel .
During his time away from the Trump administration , he worked for SkyBridge from June 2019 until September of that year , these people said .
He was not an official employee of SkyBridge , but instead was paid as an independent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left the administration in 2018 .
Scaramucci , the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge , was fired after just 11 days as White House communications director in 2017 .
Part of McEntee 's tenure conducting contract work for the executive 's firm came as Scaramucci started to publicly turn against Trump .
Scaramucci has since backed Democratic nominee Joe Biden .
After his return to the White House earlier this year , McEntee filed a financial disclosure report that lists SkyBridge Capital as one of his sources of compensation that exceeded $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's work for the firm as `` political consulting . ''
He was paid consulting fees through his limited liability company , the McEntee Group .
People familiar with the matter said that McEntee 's consulting work revolved around Scaramucci 's famous business conference known as SALT .
In December 2019 , the conference took place in Abu Dhabi , the capital of the United Arab Emirates .
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly was one of the featured speakers .
Scaramucci said in an interview with Worth , a lifestyle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ participants .
Kelly had been interviewed during a prior SALT conference in Las Vegas .
McEntee also lists Ballard Partners , a lobbying shop run by pro-Trump bundler Brian Ballard , as a firm he worked with using an identical job description on his disclosure report .
McEntee had a stint in 2018 as a senior advisor for Trump 's reelection campaign .
Representatives for the White House , SkyBridge and Ballard Partners did not return a request for comment .
Scaramucci , who was previously a staunch Trump supporter , began to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ while McEntee was working for the firm .
In an interview with CNN at the time , Scaramucci said Trump 's `` actually dissembling a little bit , and he 's sounding more and more nonsensical . ''
He told Axios that same month , `` We are now in the early episodes of 'Chernobyl ' on HBO , where the reactor is melting down and the apparatchiks are trying to figure out whether to cover it up or start the clean-up process . ''
The president and Scaramucci have since engaged in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fund executive said in a recent interview that one of Trump 's attacks led him to picking up 50,000 new Twitter followers .
McEntee , on the other hand , appears to have settled in at his job as the chief of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel .
Axios reported in February that McEntee called on White House liaisons to identify appointees who would be deemed `` Never Trumpers . ''
He traveled with Trump and his team to storm-ravaged Lake Charles , La.
, over the weekend .

Anthony Scaramucci, former director of communications for the White House and founder of SkyBridge Capital LLC, speaks during the Skybridge Alternatives (SALT) conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 8, 2019.
President Donald Trump's former body man went to work on Wall Street for Anthony Scaramucci after being fired from the White House just a year earlier.
John McEntee, the former personal assistant who was let go in 2018 after reportedly being denied a security clearance, went to work for SkyBridge, the vocal Trump critic's hedge fund, during his hiatus from the White House, according to a financial disclosure report and people with direct knowledge of the matter. They declined to be named as the details had yet to be made public.
McEntee returned to the White House this year and later became head of the Office of Presidential Personnel. During his time away from the Trump administration, he worked for SkyBridge from June 2019 until September of that year, these people said. He was not an official employee of SkyBridge, but instead was paid as an independent contractor, these people added.
Scaramucci, the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, was fired after just 11 days as White House communications director in 2017.
Part of McEntee's tenure conducting contract work for the executive's firm came as Scaramucci started to publicly turn against Trump. Scaramucci has since backed Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
After his return to the White House earlier this year, McEntee filed a financial disclosure report that lists SkyBridge Capital as one of his sources of compensation that exceeded $5,000. The filing only describes McEntee's work for the firm as "political consulting."
He was paid consulting fees through his limited liability company, the McEntee Group. People familiar with the matter said that McEntee's consulting work revolved around Scaramucci's famous business conference known as SALT.
In December 2019, the conference took place in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Former White House chief of staff John Kelly was one of the featured speakers.
Scaramucci said in an interview with Worth, a lifestyle magazine, that the conference had 1,500 participants. Kelly had been interviewed during a prior SALT conference in Las Vegas.
McEntee also lists Ballard Partners, a lobbying shop run by pro-Trump bundler Brian Ballard, as a firm he worked with using an identical job description on his disclosure report. McEntee had a stint in 2018 as a senior advisor for Trump's reelection campaign.
Representatives for the White House, SkyBridge and Ballard Partners did not respond to a request for comment.
Scaramucci, who was previously a staunch Trump supporter, began to blast the president in August 2019, while McEntee was working for the firm.
In an interview with CNN at the time, Scaramucci said Trump's "actually dissembling a little bit, and he's sounding more and more nonsensical." He told Axios that same month, "We are now in the early episodes of 'Chernobyl' on HBO, where the reactor is melting down and the apparatchiks are trying to figure out whether to cover it up or start the clean-up process."
The president and Scaramucci have since engaged in a back-and-forth Twitter feud.
The hedge-fund executive said in a recent interview that one of Trump's attacks led him to picking up 50,000 new Twitter followers.
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McEntee, on the other hand, appears to have settled in at his job as the chief of the White House Office of Presidential Personnel.
Axios reported in February that McEntee called on White House liaisons to identify appointees who would be deemed "Never Trumpers."
He traveled with Trump and his team to storm-ravaged Lake Charles, Louisiana, over the weekend.


cnbc--2020-08-31--Former Trump aide Steve Bannon 'border wall' fraud trial set for May 2021

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court , following his arraignment hearing for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering , in New York , August 20 , 2020 .
A federal judge on Monday ordered that Steve Bannon , a former top aide to President Donald Trump , and three co-defendants begin trial on May 24 , 2021 , on charges of defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to a private campaign to build a southern border wall .
`` I 'm going to be optimistic , '' said Judge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and set release bonds for Bannon 's three alleged co-conspirators .
Torres noted that the trial could be rescheduled given the coronavirus pandemic , which has significantly compromised the ability of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan and other courts to conduct normal business .
Monday 's arraignment hearing reflected the effects of the pandemic .
It was held via videoconference , with nonparticipants , including reporters , able to listen via telephone .
Bannon , who was arrested on Aug. 20 , previously had pleaded not guilty and been set free on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be secured by $ 1.75 million in cash or property as of this Thursday .
Bannon was taken into custody aboard a 150-foot yacht off the coast of Connecticut .
The ship is owned by Guo Wengui , a Chinese billionaire and associate of Bannon 's .

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits the Manhattan Federal Court, following his arraignment hearing for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering, in New York, August 20, 2020.
A federal judge on Monday ordered that Steve Bannon, a former top aide to President Donald Trump, and three co-defendants begin trial on May 24, 2021, on charges of defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors to a private campaign to build a southern border wall.
"I'm going to be optimistic," said Judge Analisa Torres as she set that date and set release bonds for Bannon's three alleged co-conspirators.
Torres noted that the trial could be rescheduled given the coronavirus pandemic, which has significantly compromised the ability of the U.S. District Court in Manhattan and other courts to conduct normal business.
Monday's arraignment hearing reflected the effects of the pandemic.
It was held via videoconference, with nonparticipants, including reporters, able to listen via telephone.
Bannon, who was arrested on Aug. 20, previously had pleaded not guilty and been set free on a $5 million bond that is to be secured by $1.75 million in cash or property as of this Thursday. Bannon was taken into custody aboard a 150-foot yacht off the coast of Connecticut. The ship is owned by Guo Wengui, a Chinese billionaire and associate of Bannon's.


cnbc--2020-08-31--Former Trump advisor Michael Flynn loses appeal seeking quick dismissal of criminal case

President Donald Trump ’ s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S .
Courthouse on June 24 , 2019 in Washington , DC .
A federal appeals court on Monday overwhelmingly rejected a bid by Michael Flynn , President Donald Trump 's first national security advisor , to force the prompt dismissal of the criminal case in which he had been convicted of lying to FBI agents .
In an 8-2 ruling , the appeals court judges indicated that Flynn 's request was premature , since U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan of Washington had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ request by the Justice Department .
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit also said Flynn had failed to show that he had a clear right to have a different judge handle his case .
The ruling sends the case back for consideration by Sullivan .
Sullivan could dismiss it , as requested , or reject that request and move toward sentencing Flynn .
If he does not dismiss the case , his refusal is certain to be appealed .
`` Today we reach the unexceptional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appeals should stay its hand and allow the district court to finish its work rather than hear a challenge to a decision not yet made , '' wrote Judge Thomas Griffith in a concurring opinion with the majority ruling .
`` That is a policy the federal courts have followed since the beginning of the Republic . ''
Griffith wrote .
A lawyer for Flynn and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to CNBC 's requests for comment on Monday 's ruling .
Flynn , a retired Army lieutenant general , pleaded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI agents about his conversations with Russia 's ambassador to the United States in the weeks leading up to Trump 's inauguration in January 2017 .
He also agreed to cooperate with then-special counsel Robert Mueller 's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election .
But after hiring a new lawyer — Sidney Powell — in 2019 , Flynn began making legal efforts to undo his guilty plea .
The Justice Department opposed those efforts until this spring , when in a stunning about-face , it asked Sullivan to toss out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the dismissal , the then-interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia , Timothy Shea , argued that the FBI 's interview of Flynn was not justified by a counterintelligence investigation and that his lies about what he said to a Russian diplomat were not `` material '' to that probe .
Instead of promptly granting that dismissal , Sullivan asked a lawyer unconnected to the case to argue to the judge against the Justice Department 's motion , and allowed outside parties to weigh in on the matter .
Flynn soon afterward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to sign off on the dismissal request .
Flynn also asked that Sullivan be removed .
Flynn 's lawyers said Sullivan had overstepped his authority by allowing outside parties to make legal arguments in the case .
At a hearing this month , Powell said Sullivan has `` discarded any semblance of the unbiased impartial adjudicator '' he is expected to be .
Earlier this summer , a three-judge panel of the appeals court ruled in Flynn 's favor , saying the case had to be dismissed .
But Sullivan then asked that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appeals court rehear the case .
It agreed to do so .
And in Monday 's decision , the court ruled in the judge 's favor , saying that he should have more time to weigh the question of whether to dismiss Flynn 's case .
The court found , on the question of Sullivan 's fairness in the case , that none of the judge 's actions that had been cited by Flynn comes close to meeting the `` very high standard '' of `` conduct .
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so extreme as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ judgment . ''
Judge Griffith , in his concurring opinion in the decision , wrote , `` In cases that attract public attention , it is common for pundits and politicians to frame their commentary in a way that reduces the judicial process to little more than a skirmish in a partisan battle . ''
`` The party affiliation of the President who appoints a judge becomes an explanation for the judge 's real reason for the disposition , and the legal reasoning employed is seen as a cover for the exercise of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who was appointed to his seat by President George W. Bush .
`` No doubt there will be some who will describe the court 's decision today in such terms , but they would be mistaken . ''
The two judges who dissented in the opinion , Karen LeCraft Henderson and Neomi Rao , were appointed to their seats by Presidents George H.W .
Bush and Trump , respectively .
Rao , in her dissent , wrote that , `` In Flynn 's case , the prosecution no longer has a prosecutor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Justice Department , which is an arm of the executive branch of government , that it wans to drop the case .
`` Yet the case continues with district court proceedings aimed at uncovering the internal deliberations of the Department , '' Rao wrote .
`` The majority gestures at the potential harms of such a judicial intrusion into the Executive Branch , but takes a wait-and-see approach , hoping and hinting that the district judge will not take the actions he clearly states he will take . ''
She also wrote that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ directing the dismissal would be `` an extraordinary remedy , it is appropriate here to prevent this judicial usurpation of the executive power and to correct the district court 's abuse of discretion . ''
Henderson wrote in her dissent that she believed that Sullivan 's `` conduct patently draws his impartiality into question , '' pointing to Sullivan 's comments at Flynn plea hearing , where the judge `` the trial judge asked whether Flynn could be guilty of treason and noted his 'disgust ' and 'disdain ' for Flynn 's actions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also should be disqualifice because he appealed the ruling of the three-judge panel that had ordered Flynn 's case dismissed .

President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on June 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.
A federal appeals court on Monday overwhelmingly rejected a bid by Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's first national security advisor, to force the prompt dismissal of the criminal case in which he had been convicted of lying to FBI agents.
In an 8-2 ruling, the appeals court judges indicated that Flynn's request was premature, since U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan of Washington had not yet even ruled on the dismissal request by the Justice Department.
The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit also said Flynn had failed to show that he had a clear right to have a different judge handle his case.
The ruling sends the case back for consideration by Sullivan. Sullivan could dismiss it, as requested, or reject that request and move toward sentencing Flynn. If he does not dismiss the case, his refusal is certain to be appealed.
"Today we reach the unexceptional yet important conclusion that a court of appeals should stay its hand and allow the district court to finish its work rather than hear a challenge to a decision not yet made," wrote Judge Thomas Griffith in a concurring opinion with the majority ruling.
"That is a policy the federal courts have followed since the beginning of the Republic." Griffith wrote.
A lawyer for Flynn and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment on Monday's ruling.
Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general, pleaded guilty in December 2017 to lying to FBI agents about his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the United States in the weeks leading up to Trump's inauguration in January 2017.
He also agreed to cooperate with then-special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
But after hiring a new lawyer — Sidney Powell — in 2019, Flynn began making legal efforts to undo his guilty plea. The Justice Department opposed those efforts until this spring, when in a stunning about-face, it asked Sullivan to toss out the case.
In a filing seeking the dismissal, the then-interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Timothy Shea, argued that the FBI's interview of Flynn was not justified by a counterintelligence investigation and that his lies about what he said to a Russian diplomat were not "material" to that probe.
Instead of promptly granting that dismissal, Sullivan asked a lawyer unconnected to the case to argue to the judge against the Justice Department's motion, and allowed outside parties to weigh in on the matter.
Flynn soon afterward asked the appeals court to compel Sullivan to sign off on the dismissal request.
Flynn also asked that Sullivan be removed. Flynn's lawyers said Sullivan had overstepped his authority by allowing outside parties to make legal arguments in the case.
At a hearing this month, Powell said Sullivan has "discarded any semblance of the unbiased impartial adjudicator" he is expected to be.
Earlier this summer, a three-judge panel of the appeals court ruled in Flynn's favor, saying the case had to be dismissed.
But Sullivan then asked that the entire line-up of judges on the appeals court rehear the case.
It agreed to do so. And in Monday's decision, the court ruled in the judge's favor, saying that he should have more time to weigh the question of whether to dismiss Flynn's case.
The court found, on the question of Sullivan's fairness in the case, that none of the judge's actions that had been cited by Flynn comes close to meeting the "very high standard" of "conduct . . . so extreme as to display clear inability to render fair judgment."
Judge Griffith, in his concurring opinion in the decision, wrote, "In cases that attract public attention, it is common for pundits and politicians to frame their commentary in a way that reduces the judicial process to little more than a skirmish in a partisan battle."
"The party affiliation of the President who appoints a judge becomes an explanation for the judge's real reason for the disposition, and the legal reasoning employed is seen as a cover for the exercise of raw political power," wrote Griffith, who was appointed to his seat by President George W. Bush.
"No doubt there will be some who will describe the court's decision today in such terms, but they would be mistaken."
The two judges who dissented in the opinion, Karen LeCraft Henderson and Neomi Rao, were appointed to their seats by Presidents George H.W. Bush and Trump, respectively.
Rao, in her dissent, wrote that, "In Flynn's case, the prosecution no longer has a prosecutor," given the statement by the Justice Department, which is an arm of the executive branch of government, that it wans to drop the case.
"Yet the case continues with district court proceedings aimed at uncovering the internal deliberations of the Department," Rao wrote. "The majority gestures at the potential harms of such a judicial intrusion into the Executive Branch, but takes a wait-and-see approach, hoping and hinting that the district judge will not take the actions he clearly states he will take."
She also wrote that while an order by the appeals court directing the dismissal would be "an extraordinary remedy, it is appropriate here to prevent this judicial usurpation of the executive power and to correct the district court's abuse of discretion."
Henderson wrote in her dissent that she believed that Sullivan's "conduct patently
draws his impartiality into question," pointing to Sullivan's comments at Flynn plea hearing, where the judge "
the trial judge asked whether Flynn could be guilty of treason and noted his 'disgust' and 'disdain' for Flynn's actions."
Henderson wrote that the judge also should be disqualifice because he appealed the ruling of the three-judge panel that had ordered Flynn's case dismissed.
— CNBC's Tucker Higgins contributed to this report


cnbc--2020-08-31--Leon Cooperman undecided on election, suggests Biden has 'decent character' but unclear policies

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman told CNBC on Monday he 's not sure whom he will vote for in the November election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden .
`` I have not decided , '' Cooperman said on `` Squawk Box . ''
But the Omega Family Office chairman added that , `` this election , in my opinion , is pivotal in the long-term outlook . ''
Cooperman — a vocal critic of Sen. Elizabeth Warren during her unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination , castigating her wealth-tax proposal as `` probably unconstitutional '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Biden on his personal ideology .
`` We have to make sure that we stay as a capitalist nation .
Everybody thinks that Biden is a socialist .
I do n't think so , but he 's got to speak out .
He 's got to speak out loudly and clearly what he stands for , '' Cooperman said .
Cooperman also has been critical of Trump , suggesting last fall in a CNBC interview that Trump should consider not running for reelection if he did n't become `` a president for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ base . ''
In explaining why he remains undecided , Cooperman said Monday of Trump , `` the bottom line is we have a man with limited character who has good economic ideas , but he 's very divisive in his dialogue . ''
On the other side , `` we have a man of decent character who I 'm not sure what he stands for , '' Cooperman said of Biden .
Cooperman flat-out rejected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 's call last week that Biden should not participate in presidential debates with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing I heard .
If he ca n't debate President Trump , who the hell is going to vote for him ? ''
Cooperman said .
`` It 's up to him to address the issue of law and order .
It 's up to him address the issue of capitalism versus socialism . ''
Expressing concerns about Biden taking stances to appease the far-left wing of the Democratic Party , Cooperman suggested that he 's `` surrounded by socialists . ''
He said Biden `` seems like a good man , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's strong and resolute in his views . ''
Cooperman — a major philanthropist who has signed The Giving Pledge created by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett — emphasized that he recognizes his good fortunes and is willing to be taxed .
`` I 'm willing to work six months a year for the government and six months a year for myself .
I think that 's fair , '' he said .
But , he added , `` I just get driven up a pole when these politicians talk about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do they have in mind ? ''
Cooperman , the son of a Bronx plumber , has mostly donated to Republican candidates in recent years , according FEC data .
But in 2016 , he donated $ 1,000 to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton .
He donated $ 2,700 to Republicans Jeb Bush and $ 2,000 to Sen. Marco Rubio earlier in the 2016 campaign cycle .

Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman told CNBC on Monday he's not sure whom he will vote for in the November election between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden.
"I have not decided," Cooperman said on "Squawk Box." But the Omega Family Office chairman added that, "this election, in my opinion, is pivotal in the long-term outlook."
Cooperman — a vocal critic of Sen. Elizabeth Warren during her unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, castigating her wealth-tax proposal as "probably unconstitutional" — said he wants to hear more from Biden on his personal ideology.
"We have to make sure that we stay as a capitalist nation. Everybody thinks that Biden is a socialist. I don't think so, but he's got to speak out. He's got to speak out loudly and clearly what he stands for," Cooperman said.
Cooperman also has been critical of Trump, suggesting last fall in a CNBC interview that Trump should consider not running for reelection if he didn't become "a president for the entire country and not just his base."
In explaining why he remains undecided, Cooperman said Monday of Trump, "the bottom line is we have a man with limited character who has good economic ideas, but he's very divisive in his dialogue."
On the other side, "we have a man of decent character who I'm not sure what he stands for," Cooperman said of Biden.
Cooperman flat-out rejected House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's call last week that Biden should not participate in presidential debates with Trump.
"That's the craziest thing I heard. If he can't debate President Trump, who the hell is going to vote for him?" Cooperman said. "It's up to him to address the issue of law and order. It's up to him address the issue of capitalism versus socialism."
Expressing concerns about Biden taking stances to appease the far-left wing of the Democratic Party, Cooperman suggested that he's "surrounded by socialists." He said Biden "seems like a good man, but we've got to make sure he's strong and resolute in his views."
Cooperman — a major philanthropist who has signed The Giving Pledge created by Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett — emphasized that he recognizes his good fortunes and is willing to be taxed. "I'm willing to work six months a year for the government and six months a year for myself. I think that's fair," he said. But, he added, "I just get driven up a pole when these politicians talk about 'paying your fair share.' What do they have in mind?"
Cooperman, the son of a Bronx plumber, has mostly donated to Republican candidates in recent years, according FEC data. But in 2016, he donated $1,000 to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. He donated $2,700 to Republicans Jeb Bush and $2,000 to Sen. Marco Rubio earlier in the 2016 campaign cycle.


cnbc--2020-09-01--White House moves to halt evictions as fears of coronavirus-fueled housing crisis grow

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will invoke its authority to halt evictions through the end of the year in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic .
The moratorium — a draft of which was posted to the Federal Register — is the most significant step taken so far by the White House to fend off what experts predict will be a flood of evictions across the country , after enhanced federal unemployment aid and a federal eviction moratorium expired at the end of July .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8 executive order , which asked the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services to consider whether eviction-halting measures were necessary to help quell the Covid-19 crisis .
The CDC 's order applies to people who would also have been eligible for the stimulus checks sent directly to millions of Americans earlier this year — individuals with $ 99,000 or less in income , or couples filing jointly with $ 198,000 or less .
Those who are eligible must meet additional criteria before presenting their landlords with a declaration , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ website .
They have to show that they have made efforts to seek government help and can not pay their rent due to the impact of the pandemic , and they must demonstrate that they are likely to become homeless or move into congregate housing if evicted .
A senior administration official told reporters in a call Tuesday evening that the Department of Housing and Urban Development wants state and local officials to use certain available block-grant programs to help renters and landlords who may be unable to collect rent from some tenants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coronavirus Relief Fund , a piece of the stimulus bill signed into law in March , can also be used for rental assistance , another official added .
`` President Trump is committed to helping hard-working Americans stay in their homes and combating the spread of the coronavirus , '' said Brian Morgenstern , deputy White House press secretary , on the call .
`` The administration has also made federal funds available to alleviate any economic impact to tenants , landlords and property owners , '' Morgenstern said .
Congress and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earlier this summer on an extension of coronavirus aid , and millions of Americans whose livelihoods have yet to recover from the pandemic effectively saw their financial lifeline cut off on July 31 .
Major questions also remain as to the feasibility of such a broad moratorium on evictions .
Housing experts warn that barring landlords from evicting nonpaying tenants without compensating them could have a massive destabilizing effect , felt first in the commercial housing market and then in credit markets , as both large and small-scale landlords default on mortgages .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ between House Democrats and the White House over the size and scale of another coronavirus relief bill , House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Trump to use his executive power to halt evictions .
But she noted that without money to prop up renters and landlords , a moratorium could do as much harm as good .
`` He can extend the moratorium , and I hope that he does , '' Pelosi said on CNBC on Aug. 6 .
`` But you ca n't just extend the moratorium , you 've got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they extend the moratorium , people wo n't have to pay their rent just yet .
It 'll get pushed further down the road , unless we get some money for them to compensate for what they have to get .
And that 's not just for the renters , that 's for the landlords , '' said Pelosi .
`` What good is a moratorium until the end of the year , if you do n't have some money to help pay the rent ? ''
This is a developing story .
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Tuesday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will invoke its authority to halt evictions through the end of the year in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
The moratorium — a draft of which was posted to the Federal Register — is the most significant step taken so far by the White House to fend off what experts predict will be a flood of evictions across the country, after enhanced federal unemployment aid and a federal eviction moratorium expired at the end of July.
The move followed President Donald Trump's Aug. 8 executive order, which asked the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services to consider whether eviction-halting measures were necessary to help quell the Covid-19 crisis.
The CDC's order applies to people who would also have been eligible for the stimulus checks sent directly to millions of Americans earlier this year — individuals with $99,000 or less in income, or couples filing jointly with $198,000 or less.
Those who are eligible must meet additional criteria before presenting their landlords with a declaration, which will be made available on the CDC website. They have to show that they have made efforts to seek government help and cannot pay their rent due to the impact of the pandemic, and they must demonstrate that they are likely to become homeless or move into congregate housing if evicted.
A senior administration official told reporters in a call Tuesday evening that the Department of Housing and Urban Development wants state and local officials to use certain available block-grant programs to help renters and landlords who may be unable to collect rent from some tenants for months.
The $150 billion Coronavirus Relief Fund, a piece of the stimulus bill signed into law in March, can also be used for rental assistance, another official added.
"President Trump is committed to helping hard-working Americans stay in their homes and combating the spread of the coronavirus," said Brian Morgenstern, deputy White House press secretary, on the call.
"The administration has also made federal funds available to alleviate any economic impact to tenants, landlords and property owners," Morgenstern said.
Congress and the White House failed to reach a deal earlier this summer on an extension of coronavirus aid, and millions of Americans whose livelihoods have yet to recover from the pandemic effectively saw their financial lifeline cut off on July 31.
Major questions also remain as to the feasibility of such a broad moratorium on evictions. Housing experts warn that barring landlords from evicting nonpaying tenants without compensating them could have a massive destabilizing effect, felt first in the commercial housing market and then in credit markets, as both large and small-scale landlords default on mortgages.
As talks broke down in early August between House Democrats and the White House over the size and scale of another coronavirus relief bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called on Trump to use his executive power to halt evictions. But she noted that without money to prop up renters and landlords, a moratorium could do as much harm as good.
"He can extend the moratorium, and I hope that he does," Pelosi said on CNBC on Aug. 6. "But you can't just extend the moratorium, you've got to have money."
"If they extend the moratorium, people won't have to pay their rent just yet. It'll get pushed further down the road, unless we get some money for them to compensate for what they have to get. And that's not just for the renters, that's for the landlords," said Pelosi.
"What good is a moratorium until the end of the year, if you don't have some money to help pay the rent?"
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.


cnbc--2020-09-01--WH's Meadows says state and local aid is biggest road block to stimulus deal, despite 'real progress

WH's Meadows says state and local aid is biggest road block to stimulus deal, despite 'real progress'

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told CNBC on Tuesday that aid to state and local governments poses the biggest obstacle to a pandemic relief deal , even as `` real progress '' was being made between Democrats and Republicans .
Democrats have pushed for nearly $ 1 trillion in aid to municipalities hit by revenue shortfalls as a result of the coronavirus crisis , but Meadows told `` Squawk on the Street '' that figure was not `` based on reality . ''
Meadows said the GOP would support only $ 150 billion in new funding to state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on top of a previously allocated $ 150 billion , would rectify what he said was an approximately $ 275 billion loss in revenues sustained during the recession .
`` As we look at the number of things that we actually agree to , and the amounts of money allocated to those areas , probably the biggest stumbling block that remains is the amount of money that would go to state and local help , '' Meadows said .
Talks between the White House and Democratic congressional leaders broke down last month after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the terms of a fifth package designed to contain the economic fallout caused by the Covid-19 pandemic .
Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have represented President Donald Trump in the negotiations with Democrats , who are being led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif. , and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer , D-N.Y .
While some aspects of a potential rescue bill , such as direct payments to Americans and more money for small businesses , have bipartisan support , the White House is opposed to spending as much as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as unemployment assistance and funding for state and local governments .
Amid the election year impasse , the GOP has floated passing a `` skinny '' bill including only the areas on which the two sides agree , but Democrats have rejected the idea .
Meadows said he expected a `` targeted proposal '' from Senate Republicans to be put forward some time next week .
`` Democrats have compromised in these negotiations , '' Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said last week .
`` We offered to come down $ 1 trillion if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 trillion .
We welcome the White House back to the negotiating table but they must meet us halfway . ''

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told CNBC on Tuesday that aid to state and local governments poses the biggest obstacle to a pandemic relief deal, even as "real progress" was being made between Democrats and Republicans.
Democrats have pushed for nearly $1 trillion in aid to municipalities hit by revenue shortfalls as a result of the coronavirus crisis, but Meadows told "Squawk on the Street" that figure was not "based on reality."
Meadows said the GOP would support only $150 billion in new funding to state and local governments. That figure, on top of a previously allocated $150 billion, would rectify what he said was an approximately $275 billion loss in revenues sustained during the recession.
"As we look at the number of things that we actually agree to, and the amounts of money allocated to those areas, probably the biggest stumbling block that remains is the amount of money that would go to state and local help," Meadows said.
Talks between the White House and Democratic congressional leaders broke down last month after the two sides failed to agree on the terms of a fifth package designed to contain the economic fallout caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have represented President Donald Trump in the negotiations with Democrats, who are being led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
While some aspects of a potential rescue bill, such as direct payments to Americans and more money for small businesses, have bipartisan support, the White House is opposed to spending as much as the Democrats have asked for on items such as unemployment assistance and funding for state and local governments.
Amid the election year impasse, the GOP has floated passing a "skinny" bill including only the areas on which the two sides agree, but Democrats have rejected the idea. Meadows said he expected a "targeted proposal" from Senate Republicans to be put forward some time next week.
"Democrats have compromised in these negotiations," Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill said last week. "We offered to come down $1 trillion if the White House would come up $1 trillion. We welcome the White House back to the negotiating table but they must meet us halfway."


cnbc--2020-09-01--Trump's success filling the courts could limit Biden's efforts to remake them

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about safety in America during a campaign event in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , August 31 , 2020 .
Joe Biden will need more than a win in November and a Democratic takeover of the Senate if he wants to rival President Donald Trump when it comes to shaping the makeup of the federal courts .
He might also need lots of judges to retire .
While plenty of attention has been paid to possible openings on the Supreme Court , only a tiny fraction of legal cases ever make @ @ @ @ @ @ @ land .
And there are no vacancies on the nation 's powerful federal appeals courts .
`` He has no opportunity when he first comes in to fill any appellate vacancies because there wo n't be any , '' said Carl Tobias , a law professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who researches federal judicial selection .
No president going back at least as far as Ronald Reagan has been inaugurated without any spots to fill on federal appeals courts .
When Trump took office , 17 such vacancies existed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the GOP-controlled Senate under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stonewalled nominations made by former President Barack Obama .
Over the nearly four years of Trump 's first term , the Senate has confirmed more than 50 of his appointees to appeals courts .
Those appointees now make up more than 1 in every 4 judges on the federal appellate bench .
The administration 's focus on confirming appeals court judges , even at the expense of district court judges and other priorities , was `` ruthless , mercenary and single-minded , '' Tobias said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ draw the same amount of scrutiny as Supreme Court justices , they can wield a similar amount of influence in the regions over which they preside .

U.S. Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about safety in America during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 31, 2020.
Joe Biden will need more than a win in November and a Democratic takeover of the Senate if he wants to rival President Donald Trump when it comes to shaping the makeup of the federal courts.
He might also need lots of judges to retire.
While plenty of attention has been paid to possible openings on the Supreme Court, only a tiny fraction of legal cases ever make it to the highest court in the land. And there are no vacancies on the nation's powerful federal appeals courts.
"He has no opportunity when he first comes in to fill any appellate vacancies because there won't be any," said Carl Tobias, a law professor at the University of Richmond School of Law who researches federal judicial selection.
No president going back at least as far as Ronald Reagan has been inaugurated without any spots to fill on federal appeals courts.
When Trump took office, 17 such vacancies existed, largely thanks to the fact that the GOP-controlled Senate under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stonewalled nominations made by former President Barack Obama.
Over the nearly four years of Trump's first term, the Senate has confirmed more than 50 of his appointees to appeals courts. Those appointees now make up more than 1 in every 4 judges on the federal appellate bench. The administration's focus on confirming appeals court judges, even at the expense of district court judges and other priorities, was "ruthless, mercenary and single-minded," Tobias said.
While appeals court judges don't draw the same amount of scrutiny as Supreme Court justices, they can wield a similar amount of influence in the regions over which they preside.


cnbc--2020-09-01--House Democrats say coronavirus small-business program helped businesses but wasted billions in the

House Democrats say coronavirus small-business program helped businesses but wasted billions in the process

A federal coronavirus small-business loan program has helped millions of companies stay afloat during the pandemic , but may have also sunk billions of dollars on `` fraud , waste , and abuse , '' House Democrats said Tuesday .
The conclusion from majority staff on the House coronavirus subcommittee came in a new report on the Paycheck Protection Program , a key piece of the more than $ 2 trillion bipartisan stimulus legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump earlier this year .
Trump signed off on additional funding for the program in April , giving it a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As the Covid-19 crisis rages on , Democratic lawmakers and the White House are at an impasse over the details of another relief bill that would replenish funds for small businesses that have struggled to survive under strict social distancing measures .
But the Democrats ' report Tuesday said that `` a lack of oversight and accountability '' may have diverted large chunks of the funding away from those who needed it .
The preliminary analysis of the program found that more than $ 1 billion went to companies that received multiple loans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 96.3 million went to companies barred from dealing with the federal government .
The report said $ 195 million also went to government contractors who had previously been flagged for `` significant performance and integrity issues . ''
An analysis of a government database of the loans also raised thousands of red flags — such as mismatched addresses — when compared with the information companies used to obtain the funds .
The flags were connected to more than 11,000 borrowers and totaled $ 2.98 billion , according to the report .
Still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million loans approved as part of the program as of Aug. 8 have protected many small businesses from being forced to close their doors .
In announcing the investigation , the subcommittee sent letters to several big banks , noting that their probe is still ongoing and that they have concerns about whether the money was going to small businesses or to big companies and well-funded entities .
The 10-page report from the subcommittee does not directly address that question .
The Treasury Department declined to comment .
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House coronavirus panel , led by Majority Whip James Clyburn , D-S.C .
The U.S. Small Business Administration referred CNBC to a separate report released earlier Tuesday by Republicans on the Covid-19 subcommittee , who declared the program a `` resounding success . ''
That report praises Trump 's `` swift action '' for providing crucial relief to business owners , while criticizing Democrats who `` jeopardized paychecks for millions of small business employees by attaching conditions to additional funding '' during negotiations .

A federal coronavirus small-business loan program has helped millions of companies stay afloat during the pandemic, but may have also sunk billions of dollars on "fraud, waste, and abuse," House Democrats said Tuesday.
The conclusion from majority staff on the House coronavirus subcommittee came in a new report on the Paycheck Protection Program, a key piece of the more than $2 trillion bipartisan stimulus legislation signed into law by President Donald Trump earlier this year. Trump signed off on additional funding for the program in April, giving it a total of about $670 billion.
As the Covid-19 crisis rages on, Democratic lawmakers and the White House are at an impasse over the details of another relief bill that would replenish funds for small businesses that have struggled to survive under strict social distancing measures.
But the Democrats' report Tuesday said that "a lack of oversight and accountability" may have diverted large chunks of the funding away from those who needed it.
The preliminary analysis of the program found that more than $1 billion went to companies that received multiple loans and that more than 600 loans totaling $96.3 million went to companies barred from dealing with the federal government. The report said $195 million also went to government contractors who had previously been flagged for "significant performance and integrity issues."
An analysis of a government database of the loans also raised thousands of red flags — such as mismatched addresses — when compared with the information companies used to obtain the funds. The flags were connected to more than 11,000 borrowers and totaled $2.98 billion, according to the report.
Still, the report says that the 5.2 million loans approved as part of the program as of Aug. 8 have protected many small businesses from being forced to close their doors.
In announcing the investigation, the subcommittee sent letters to several big banks, noting that their probe is still ongoing and that they have concerns about whether the money was going to small businesses or to big companies and well-funded entities. The 10-page report from the subcommittee does not directly address that question.
The Treasury Department declined to comment. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is set to testify later Tuesday before the House coronavirus panel, led by Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C.
The U.S. Small Business Administration referred CNBC to a separate report released earlier Tuesday by Republicans on the Covid-19 subcommittee, who declared the program a "resounding success."
That report praises Trump's "swift action" for providing crucial relief to business owners, while criticizing Democrats who "jeopardized paychecks for millions of small business employees by attaching conditions to additional funding" during negotiations.
— CNBC's Ylan Mui contributed to this report.


cnbc--2020-09-01--Appeals court grants Trump delay of subpoena for his tax returns by Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.

President Donald Trump arrives at Morristown municipal airport for a weekend at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster , New Jersey , August 2 , 2019 .
A federal appeals court in New York City on Tuesday granted President Donald Trump a temporary block of a grand jury subpoena seeking his income tax returns from his accountants .
The move came several hours after a three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit heard arguments seeking the delay from Trump 's lawyer .
The panel said that the subpoena , issued by a grand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. , would be stayed pending a broader appeal of a lower court judge 's ruling this month that said the subpoena could be executed .
An argument on the merits of that appeal will be held Sept. 25 at the 2nd Circuit .
A lawyer Trump for the Manhattan district attorney , who is seeking those returns as part of a criminal probe , had told the panel earlier Tuesday that if the panel granted a stay of the subpoena , they would both be willing to agree to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court order upholding that demand for documents .
Trump 's lawyer , William Consovoy , told the panel during a hearing that if it does not grant him a stay pending a full appeal hearing of a lower court order , he wants an administrative stay that would allow the president time to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block the subpoena for now .
`` You can expect something from us by the end of the day , '' said Judge John Walker after listening to arguments over the stay from Consovoy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vance Jr. 's office .

President Donald Trump arrives at Morristown municipal airport for a weekend at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, August 2, 2019.
A federal appeals court in New York City on Tuesday granted President Donald Trump a temporary block of a grand jury subpoena seeking his income tax returns from his accountants.
The move came several hours after a three-judge panel on the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit heard arguments seeking the delay from Trump's lawyer.
The panel said that the subpoena, issued by a grand jury at the behest of Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., would be stayed pending a broader appeal of a lower court judge's ruling this month that said the subpoena could be executed.
An argument on the merits of that appeal will be held Sept. 25 at the 2nd Circuit.
A lawyer Trump for the Manhattan district attorney, who is seeking those returns as part of a criminal probe, had told the panel earlier Tuesday that if the panel granted a stay of the subpoena, they would both be willing to agree to an expedited schedule to appeal a lower court order upholding that demand for documents.
Trump's lawyer, William Consovoy, told the panel during a hearing that if it does not grant him a stay pending a full appeal hearing of a lower court order, he wants an administrative stay that would allow the president time to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block the subpoena for now.
"You can expect something from us by the end of the day," said Judge John Walker after listening to arguments over the stay from Consovoy and a lawyer from Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.'s office.


cnbc--2020-09-01--Trump's doctor says the president has not had a 'stroke,' 'mini-stroke' or heart emergencies

Dr. Sean Conley , third from right , a Navy veteran and President Donald Trump personal physician , walks to Marine One from the White House in Washington , Saturday , April 28 , 2018 , for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Michigan with the president .
`` I can confirm that President Trump has not experienced nor been evaluated for a cerebrovascular accident ( stroke ) , transient ischemic attack ( mini stroke ) , or any acute cardiovascular emergencies , as have been incorrectly reported in the media , '' Conley said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's physician , in his statement said that Trump `` has asked that I ... address the recent public comments regarding his health . ''
Trump 's tweet in turn , came shortly after FoxNews.com , the online sister of Fox News , published an article noting that Joe Lockhart , who had served as White House press secretary under President Bill Clinton , on Monday tweeted , `` Did @ realDonaldTrump have a stroke which he is hiding from the American public ? ''
The statement came hours after Trump claimed on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to say that your favorite President , me , went to Walter Reed Medical Center , having suffered a series of mini-strokes . ''
President Donald Trump 's doctor , in an extraordinary official statement issued at the behest of the president Tuesday , said that Trump has not experienced or been evaluated for a stroke , mini-stroke or heart-related emergencies .
`` The President remains healthy and I have no concerns about his ability to maintain the rigorous schedule ahead of him , '' Conley said .
`` As stated in my @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remain fit to execute the duties of the Presidency , '' he added The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC when asked what media outlets or reporters had claimed he may hay suffered a stroke , mini-stroke or heart attack .
But in recent days , there has been speculation on Twitter , by Lockhart ' and others , that the president may have had a stroke at the time he made a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center last November .
That visit was not previously announced on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the time had claimed that Trump went to the hospital for medical tests as part of his annual physical .
Lockhart 's tweet came on the heels of a report by CNN about a forthcoming book by New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt , which discusses the Walter Reed visit .
Schmidt wrote that he had learned `` in the hours leading up to Trump 's trip to the hospital , word went out in the West Wing for the vice president [ Mike Pence ] to be on standby to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if Trump had to undergo a procedure that would have required him to be anesthetized . ''
After Lockhart posted his tweet speculating on the question of whether Trump had had a stroke , Dr. Ronny Jackson , a former White House physician for Trump , replied to it in what Lockhart said was an attack .
Jackson , who is running for a seat in Congress representing a Texas district , later deleted the reply , Lockhart said .
Jackson `` basically said that this was all fake news and he could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health , '' Lockhart told CNBC .
`` Not sure how he could do that since he was n't the doc at the time of the Walter Reed visit , '' Lockhart added .
Trump 's reelection campaign later called for CNN to fire Lockhart as a political analyst for `` knowingly pushing a conspiracy theory about President Trump 's health . ''
`` If another CNN employee said similar things about Barack Obama they 'd be fired immediately , so the same standard should be applied here , '' the campaign said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is , of course , unless CNN is complicit in the smear campaign in order to level the playing field against Joe Biden , somebody who truly has lost a step . ''

Dr. Sean Conley, third from right, a Navy veteran and President Donald Trump personal physician, walks to Marine One from the White House in Washington, Saturday, April 28, 2018, for the short trip to Andrews Air Force Base en route to Michigan with the president.
"I can confirm that President Trump has not experienced nor been evaluated for a cerebrovascular accident (stroke), transient ischemic attack (mini stroke), or any acute cardiovascular emergencies, as have been incorrectly reported in the media," Conley said.
Dr. Sean Conley, the president's physician, in his statement said that Trump "has asked that I ... address the recent public comments regarding his health."
Trump's tweet in turn, came shortly after FoxNews.com, the online sister of Fox News, published an article noting that Joe Lockhart, who had served as White House press secretary under President Bill Clinton , on Monday tweeted, "Did @realDonaldTrump have a stroke which he is hiding from the American public?"
The statement came hours after Trump claimed on Twitter that unnamed people are "trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes."
President Donald Trump 's doctor, in an extraordinary official statement issued at the behest of the president Tuesday, said that Trump has not experienced or been evaluated for a stroke, mini-stroke or heart-related emergencies.
"The President remains healthy and I have no concerns about his ability to maintain the rigorous schedule ahead of him," Conley said.
"As stated in my last report, I expect him to remain fit to execute the duties of the Presidency," he added
The White House did not immediately respond to CNBC when asked what media outlets or reporters had claimed he may hay suffered a stroke, mini-stroke or heart attack.
But in recent days, there has been speculation on Twitter, by Lockhart' and others, that the president may have had a stroke at the time he made a visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center last November.
That visit was not previously announced on his official schedule.
The White House at the time had claimed that Trump went to the hospital for medical tests as part of his annual physical.
Lockhart's tweet came on the heels of a report by CNN about a forthcoming book by New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt, which discusses the Walter Reed visit.
Schmidt wrote that he had learned "in the hours leading up to Trump's trip to the hospital, word went out in the West Wing for the vice president [Mike Pence] to be on standby to take over the powers of the presidency temporarily if Trump had to undergo a procedure that would have required him to be anesthetized."
After Lockhart posted his tweet speculating on the question of whether Trump had had a stroke, Dr. Ronny Jackson, a former White House physician for Trump, replied to it in what Lockhart said was an attack.
Jackson, who is running for a seat in Congress representing a Texas district, later deleted the reply, Lockhart said.
Jackson "basically said that this was all fake news and he could attest to the President being in great health," Lockhart told CNBC.
"Not sure how he could do that since he wasn't the doc at the time of the Walter Reed visit," Lockhart added.
Trump's reelection campaign later called for CNN to fire Lockhart as a political analyst for "knowingly pushing a conspiracy theory about President Trump's health."
"If another CNN employee said similar things about Barack Obama they'd be fired immediately, so the same standard should be applied here," the campaign said in a prepared statement. "That is, of course, unless CNN is complicit in the smear campaign in order to level the playing field against Joe Biden, somebody who truly has lost a step."
-- Additional reporting by CNBC's Christina Wilkie.


cnbc--2020-09-01--USPS board Chairman Robert Duncan serving as a director for Mitch McConnell-aligned super PAC

Robert Duncan , chairman of the U.S .
Postal Service board of governors , is displayed on a television monitor while speaking during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington , D.C. , on Monday , Aug. 24 , 2020 .
The chairman of the U.S .
Postal Service board of governors is a director for a super PAC aligned with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell .
Robert Duncan , chairman of the board that selects the postmaster general , is listed as a director for the Senate Leadership Fund , according to a new Virginia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the end of August .
The PAC is run by allies of McConnell , including Steven Law , the majority leader 's former chief of staff .
The group aims to protect and expand the Republican majority in the Senate .
The revelation comes as USPS leaders face scrutiny from Democrats after the post office removed mail-sorting machines and implemented other cutbacks at a time when millions of voters are preparing to cast ballots by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic .
House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney , D-N.Y. , said she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ General Louis DeJoy for documents related to mail delays .
She also expects to request documents from Duncan himself , who , along with the other board members , was responsible for selecting DeJoy to lead the agency .
As CNBC previously reported , Duncan , who is often called Mike , was listed on a 2019 filing as a director for the PAC .
He 's also a director of American Crossroads , a super PAC backing President Donald Trump 's reelection bid .
A spokesman for the PACs told CNBC that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a number of issues , including executive compensation .
`` Mike Duncan has been a member of the boards of directors of American Crossroads and Senate Leadership Fund for a number of years , and he continues to serve in that role , '' said the spokesman , Jack Pandol .
`` Our boards , like most boards , oversee organizational policies , financial management , senior executive compensation and management performance — but are not involved in directing day-to-day operations or projects . ''
A USPS spokesman did not return a request @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is on track to have its best election cycle for fundraising since it was formed in 2015 .
It has raised just over $ 129 million in the 2020 cycle , close to $ 1 million away from its 2018 record of $ 130 million , according to data from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics .
The PAC had $ 117 million on hand going into the final three months of the election .
It has only spent nearly $ 17 million .
Top donors to the PAC include casino magnate Sheldon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman ; and Timothy Mellon , chairman of Pan Am Systems .

Robert Duncan, chairman of the U.S. Postal Service board of governors, is displayed on a television monitor while speaking during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020.
The chairman of the U.S. Postal Service board of governors is a director for a super PAC aligned with Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Robert Duncan, chairman of the board that selects the postmaster general, is listed as a director for the Senate Leadership Fund, according to a new Virginia state business record that was filed at the end of August.
The PAC is run by allies of McConnell, including Steven Law, the majority leader's former chief of staff. The group aims to protect and expand the Republican majority in the Senate.
The revelation comes as USPS leaders face scrutiny from Democrats after the post office removed mail-sorting machines and implemented other cutbacks at a time when millions of voters are preparing to cast ballots by mail due to the coronavirus pandemic.
House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said she plans to issue a subpoena to Postmaster General Louis DeJoy for documents related to mail delays. She also expects to request documents from Duncan himself, who, along with the other board members, was responsible for selecting DeJoy to lead the agency.
As CNBC previously reported, Duncan, who is often called Mike, was listed on a 2019 filing as a director for the PAC. He's also a director of American Crossroads, a super PAC backing President Donald Trump's reelection bid.
A spokesman for the PACs told CNBC that Duncan is on the boards that oversee a number of issues, including executive compensation.
"Mike Duncan has been a member of the boards of directors of American Crossroads and Senate Leadership Fund for a number of years, and he continues to serve in that role," said the spokesman, Jack Pandol. "Our boards, like most boards, oversee organizational policies, financial management, senior executive compensation and management performance — but are not involved in directing day-to-day operations or projects."
A USPS spokesman did not return a request for comment.
The Senate Leadership Fund is on track to have its best election cycle for fundraising since it was formed in 2015. It has raised just over $129 million in the 2020 cycle, close to $1 million away from its 2018 record of $130 million, according to data from the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.
The PAC had $117 million on hand going into the final three months of the election. It has only spent nearly $17 million.
Top donors to the PAC include casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Miriam; Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman; and Timothy Mellon, chairman of Pan Am Systems.


cnbc--2020-09-01--Judge forges ahead with Michael Flynn case after ex-Trump aide loses bid for quick dismissal

A federal judge is moving forward with Michael Flynn 's criminal case after an appeals court rejected the effort from President Donald Trump 's former national security advisor to have the case quickly dismissed .
Judge Emmet Sullivan on Tuesday ordered lawyers for Flynn , the Department of Justice and a court-appointed lawyer to file a joint status report later this month outlining their suggestions for the next steps .
Those steps must include a proposal for holding oral arguments on the Justice Department 's request to drop its prosecution of Flynn , who pleaded guilty in 2017 of lying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that plea early this year .
The judge 's order in U.S. District Court in Washington , D.C. , came a day after a federal appeals court overwhelmingly rejected Flynn 's bid to force Sullivan to quickly grant the DOJ 's request to dismiss its case .
The Justice Department in May had moved to drop the prosecution , following the release of previously undisclosed documents in the case that had also led Flynn 's legal team to seek a withdrawal of his guilty plea .
But rather than grant the motion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make arguments against dismissal , and allowed outside parties to weigh in on the matter .
Flynn 's lawyers blasted that appointment — and Gleeson 's argument that the DOJ committed a `` gross abuse '' of power in seeking to drop its case — and accused Sullivan of bias .
Before Sullivan had ruled on the bid to dismiss , Flynn 's lawyers petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for a `` writ of mandamus , '' which would force the lower-court judge to grant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The lawyers also asked the appeals court to assign any additional proceedings in Flynn 's case to another judge .
Earlier this summer , a three-judge appeals panel ruled in Flynn 's favor , saying the case had to be dismissed .
But Sullivan then asked that the entire lineup of judges on the appeals court rehear the case .
In an 8-2 ruling on Monday , that court found that none of the judge 's actions came close to meeting the `` very high standard '' of `` conduct .
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to render fair judgment . ''
The decision also said Flynn had failed to show that he had a clear right to have a different judge handle his case .
On Tuesday , Sullivan ordered the parties to file the joint status report by Sept. 21 .
In addition to providing a plan for oral arguments , the parties must propose a schedule for the DOJ and Flynn to file briefs , as well as for a response to any briefs from outsiders , known as amicus curiae .

A federal judge is moving forward with Michael Flynn's criminal case after an appeals court rejected the effort from President Donald Trump's former national security advisor to have the case quickly dismissed.
Judge Emmet Sullivan on Tuesday ordered lawyers for Flynn, the Department of Justice and a court-appointed lawyer to file a joint status report later this month outlining their suggestions for the next steps.
Those steps must include a proposal for holding oral arguments on the Justice Department's request to drop its prosecution of Flynn, who pleaded guilty in 2017 of lying to FBI agents before seeking to withdraw that plea early this year.
The judge's order in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., came a day after a federal appeals court overwhelmingly rejected Flynn's bid to force Sullivan to quickly grant the DOJ's request to dismiss its case.
The Justice Department in May had moved to drop the prosecution, following the release of previously undisclosed documents in the case that had also led Flynn's legal team to seek a withdrawal of his guilty plea.
But rather than grant the motion, Sullivan appointed retired federal Judge John Gleeson to make arguments against dismissal, and allowed outside parties to weigh in on the matter. Flynn's lawyers blasted that appointment — and Gleeson's argument that the DOJ committed a "gross abuse" of power in seeking to drop its case — and accused Sullivan of bias.
Before Sullivan had ruled on the bid to dismiss, Flynn's lawyers petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit for a "writ of mandamus," which would force the lower-court judge to grant the motion to drop the case. The lawyers also asked the appeals court to assign any additional proceedings in Flynn's case to another judge.
Earlier this summer, a three-judge appeals panel ruled in Flynn's favor, saying the case had to be dismissed.
But Sullivan then asked that the entire lineup of judges on the appeals court rehear the case.
In an 8-2 ruling on Monday, that court found that none of the judge's actions came close to meeting the "very high standard" of "conduct . . . so extreme as to display clear inability to render fair judgment."
The decision also said Flynn had failed to show that he had a clear right to have a different judge handle his case.
On Tuesday, Sullivan ordered the parties to file the joint status report by Sept. 21. In addition to providing a plan for oral arguments, the parties must propose a schedule for the DOJ and Flynn to file briefs, as well as for a response to any briefs from outsiders, known as amicus curiae.


cnbc--2020-09-01--Biden transition team won't take full access to federal office space due to the coronavirus

Former Vice President Joe Biden 's team is now eligible for something every presidential campaign gets at this time of an election year — federal office space and government resources .
The only problem is they will largely be unable to use it , due to the coronavirus .
Sept. 1 marks the beginning of a new phase of the presidential transition effort that is quietly taking place behind a backdrop of bitter political warfare between Biden and President Donald Trump .
The Democrat 's team is now eligible for office space at the Commerce Department in Washington and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tuesday , the Biden team also receives funding and the right to process security clearances for transition officials .
They also become ex-officio members of the two executive branch transition committees — one at the White House and one with Cabinet agencies .
It 's all part of a larger , legally mandated presidential transition effort designed to ensure that no matter who wins in November , the incoming government will have plenty of time and resources to be effective on Inauguration Day in January .
The Trump administration is also involved in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that there will be a large amount of staff turnover ahead of a potential second term for the president .
But the virus is getting in the way of the carefully laid plans .
`` Like many organizations around the country , the Biden transition team will continue to do our work remotely .
While we have access to GSA space , the number of staff needed inside the office will be limited , '' a Biden transition spokesman told CNBC .
`` A portion of our work is dedicated to ensuring continuity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including the handling of sensitive information which may require socially distant interaction .
Our team is following the direction of public health experts and medical professionals to develop a plan to keep our staff and their families safe . ''
The overall transition effort is overseen by the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service 's Center for Presidential Transition , which works with teams representing both candidates to develop plans to understand and staff up an enormously complicated federal government .
Despite the bitter intensity of the presidential campaign , the non-partisan officials say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` So far , so good , '' said David Marchick , director for the Center for Presidential Transition .
`` The three major players — the Trump White House , the career officials in the agencies and the Biden team — are all taking their transition work very seriously .
This will be the most important transition since 1932 given the United States simultaneously face economic , health and social justice crises . ''
Marchick said he does not underestimate the scale of the challenge ahead for transition officials on both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first or second term is a huge undertaking in a normal election year .
This year , the degree of difficulty is many times greater . ''

Former Vice President Joe Biden's team is now eligible for something every presidential campaign gets at this time of an election year — federal office space and government resources.
The only problem is they will largely be unable to use it, due to the coronavirus.
Sept. 1 marks the beginning of a new phase of the presidential transition effort that is quietly taking place behind a backdrop of bitter political warfare between Biden and President Donald Trump. The Democrat's team is now eligible for office space at the Commerce Department in Washington and a government supported IT network.
As of Tuesday, the Biden team also receives funding and the right to process security clearances for transition officials. They also become ex-officio members of the two executive branch transition committees — one at the White House and one with Cabinet agencies.
It's all part of a larger, legally mandated presidential transition effort designed to ensure that no matter who wins in November, the incoming government will have plenty of time and resources to be effective on Inauguration Day in January. The Trump administration is also involved in the transition effort, given the expectation that there will be a large amount of staff turnover ahead of a potential second term for the president.
But the virus is getting in the way of the carefully laid plans.
"Like many organizations around the country, the Biden transition team will continue to do our work remotely. While we have access to GSA space, the number of staff needed inside the office will be limited," a Biden transition spokesman told CNBC. "A portion of our work is dedicated to ensuring continuity of government across all federal agencies, including the handling of sensitive information which may require socially distant interaction. Our team is following the direction of public health experts and medical professionals to develop a plan to keep our staff and their families safe."
A Trump transition official declined to comment.
The overall transition effort is supported by the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service's Center for Presidential Transition, which works with teams representing both candidates to develop plans to understand and staff up an enormously complicated federal government.
Despite the bitter intensity of the presidential campaign, the non-partisan officials say things behind the scenes are going smoothly.
"So far, so good," said David Marchick, director for the Center for Presidential Transition. "The three major players — the Trump White House, the career officials in the agencies and the Biden team — are all taking their transition work very seriously. This will be the most important transition since 1932 given the United States simultaneously face economic, health and social justice crises."
Marchick said he does not underestimate the scale of the challenge ahead for transition officials on both sides. "A transition to a first or second term is a huge undertaking in a normal election year. This year, the degree of difficulty is many times greater."
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cnbc--2020-09-01--Former Trump aide Steve Bannon 'border wall' fraud trial set for May 2021