5 00 a. M. On the east coast and we start with President Trump facing more obstruction of justice questions in the wake of a wide ranging New York Times report. The times says the president pushed to have a federal prosecutor appointed during his administration to oversee the Michael Cohen investigation. Mr. Trump by that point had already been implicated in the cohen probe. The times reports late last year he still called then acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker to ask if the u. S. Attorney in manhattan could supervise it. The report is raising obstruction concerns even in places that usually downplay them. The phone call would be evidence of what . Corrupt intent. That is, an effort to use the levers of power of the government for a corrupt purpose. Would that be obstruction . Yes. Well, it would be attempted obstruction. Its still unclear what whitaker did in response to the president s call. Theres no evidence that he took any action. The Justice Department says whitaker made
And biden knocking trump claiming the Obama Administration deserves credit for the booming economy. I know President Trump likes to take credit for the economy and the Economic Growth and low unemployment numbers. But guess what are the facts . Not the alternative facts. President trump inherited an economy from Obamabiden Administration that was given to him. Just like he inherited Everything Else in his life. Dana all right. Juan, biden rebranding the Obama Administration to the Obamabiden Administration. It helps him. Helps him with black voters and minorities. What struck me, hes really intent on the idea saying, were not angry. Despite all the talk about democrats want to impeach trump, democrats are so angry that defines the democratic base. Nope, hes saying, you know what . People like the idea that we would return to stability and civil discourse and civil debate. Thats a winning ticket. Thats not only i might add a rebuttal to trump, i think its a rebuttal to other democrats.
Democratic US Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Bar Foreign Payments to President usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers introduced legislation on Tuesday that would bar the president and other top officials from accepting payments from foreign governments while in office, a measure clearly aimed at Republic.
The bill follows a previous report by the House Oversight Committee Democrats alleging former President Donald Trump received $7.8 million from 20 governments.