Good morning, everyone. It is thursday, february 14th. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian and louis burgdorf. Happy valentines day everyone. Trying to spread the love. New in the russia probe a federal judge ruled Paul Manafort lied to the special counsels team on at least three issues and now federal prosecutors are no longer bound by a deal to recommend a lighter sentence for trumps former campaign chairman. In a written order the judge ruled manafort lied to the fbi, the special counsels office and the mueller grand jury about payments made by an unidentified firm a and to a law firm and the matter was material to their investigation. The judge also ruled that manafort made multiple false statements about his interactions and communications with Konstantin Kilimnik who the fbi has linked to russian intelligence and manafort made false statements in october of last year that were material to another Justice Department investigation. The judge said that prosecutors failed
Monday. Im erica hill in for jake. And we begin with the politics lead. New details about the time and democrats next month in the impeachment inquiry. In a letter to colleagues, adam schiff said a report laying out the case against the president will come soon after thanksgiving. This is as a white house review of the president s decision to withhold Critical Military aid to ukraine shows a coordinated effort to come up with a just fiblgation for the hold after the fact. According to the Washington Post, some of the documents containing, quote, unflattering exchanges that could look bad for President Trump. Despite the Trump Administration insisting everything was done on the up and up. As sara murray reports that internal review is raising serious questions. It raises profound constitutional questions. Reporter House Democrats seizing today on a report that the white house went searching for a legal explanation to justify President Trumps decision to freeze nearly 400 million in aid
Florida Immigration Group Pushes for Further TPS Protections
The Family Action Network Movement, a Haitian immigration advocacy group in Miami, believes TPS recipients need permanent protection.
The Department of Homeland Security announced last week that it would extend Temporary Protected Status until Oct. 4, 2021 for beneficiaries from El Salvador, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua and Sudan. Although the Family Action Network Movement, a Haitian immigration advocacy group in Miami, celebrated this announcement, Marleine Bastien, Executive Director of FANM, believes that TPS recipients need permanent protection. “FANM will continue to organize our members and fight for those in the Senate to pass The Dream and Promise Act,” she said. DHS said it was extending TPS “to ensure its continued compliance” with several U.S. district court orders. Caribbean National Weekly Network