Over the last week, the Trump administration has taken several tactical and political steps that, in any other administration, would make one would wonder if someone is asleep at the switch. More in Playbook:
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by WaPo’s Karoun Demirjian: “Attorney General William P. Barr is expected to miss House Democrats’ deadline to provide Congress the full report documenting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, increasing the likelihood lawmakers will subpoena the Justice Department.
by Laura Barrón-López in Staten Island, N.Y.: “Michael Grimm is trying to come back from the dead — again. The former Republican congressman and tax felon told POLITICO in an interview that he’s very close to launching the second bid for his old seat in as many years.who once threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony, could jeopardize Republicans’ chances in a district key to the party’s hopes of recapturing the House in 2020.
by WaPo’s Shane Harris: “Two former top CIA officials have compiled an unclassified report on the major national security challenges facing the United States, which they are distributing to every candidate running for president.and John McLaughlin call a ‘briefing book,’ is modeled on the classified oral briefing that the intelligence community provides to the nominees of each major political party running for president, usually after the nominating conventions.
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