People who are involved and who are implicated. This is where plots end, right . Somewhere in a parallel universe, somebodys beach read novel about the biggest american political scandal since watergate and maybe the biggest political scandal ever, somebody in a parallel universe reading this book has just finished their book. Its come to a tidy end. Now theyre thinking maybe theyll switch to scifi for something more realistic the next time. But this is not a novel. This is not a movie. This is our real life. And now we have to figure out what is going to happen next. What ought to happen next, what is likely to happen next. Now that the Trump Campaign has admitted that they worked with the russians during the campaign. The russian government did meddle in our election last year, to try to hurt Hillary Clintons chances, to try to help Donald Trumps chances. The Trump Campaign, after all those months of denials, all of those vehement denials, up to and including the president himself, t
Cannot possibly commit obstruction of justice and that he has a Broad Authority to pardon himself. This morning, trump tweeted he has the right to pardon himself but wouldnt because hes done nothing wrong. This comes after the president s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said in interviews the president might have the authority to pardon himself. Do you and the president s attorneys believe the president has the power to pardon himself. Hes not but he probably does. He has no intention of pardoning himself but he probably does. Its an interesting constitution argument. Can the president pardon himself . Jesse the white house also addressing the issue. The president s had have an absolute right to pardon myself. Why does he think that. Does he agree with Rudy Giuliani that a pardon for himself would be unthinkable and lead to immediate impeachment . Thankfully the president hasnt done anything wrong and wouldnt need a pardon. Does the president believe he is above the law . Certainly not. The presi
Edition of early start. Its july 4th. Happy 4 of july. 5 00 a. M. In the east. We start with President Trump and the first lady who celebrated at the white house hosting military families for an afternoon picnic. No shortage of headlines. Members of the Senate Intelligence committee breaking with their house colleagues. The senate panel says the Intel Community was correct in its assessment. Russia tried to boost President Trumps election by meddling in the election. They said there was no reason to dispute the conclusion that putin tried to help the election chances. That confirmed by the entire National Security team even though the president himself has repeatedly refused to say russia was meddling to help him. Meantime, the lawyer for peter strzok says he may not comply with a House Judiciary Committee subpoena ordering him to appear early next week. My client will testify publicly soon, somewhere, sometime. This is not a search for truth. This is a chance for republican members of
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Jedediah i come with information. That is absolutely right. Ed very, very tragic story. Pete police are desperately searching for answers as an employee is accused of gunning down four people and 12d injuring four others. Jedediah polices deadly shootout with police. We are on the perimeter where that shooting took place. Virginia state troopers are still trying to piece together exactly what happened. Lets get you caught up to date with what we know. Authorities say they do know who the gunman is. He was a long Time Employee here of the city. They have not released his identity yet. Investigators say they are also still trying to piece together his motive and they were notifying his family overnight. We do expect to learn more about him a little bit later on today. As to a Motive Police have not been speculating yet because this is a massive investigation. The shooting took place on multiple levels of this municipal complex. It didnt even happen in just one office. Police say thought