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Sunday, February 24, 2019

Sunday shows - Mueller report in spotlight

 
 
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Schiff warns against withholding Mueller report: 'We are going to get to the bottom of this'
By MICHAEL BURKE
 
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday warned the Department of Justice (DOJ) against withholding special counsel Robert Mueller's final report and threatened action if the report isn't released. 
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Bharara: It would seem 'odd and unusual' if Mueller report isn't made public
By MICHAEL BURKE
 
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Sunday that it would be "odd and unusual" if special counsel Robert Mueller's final report isn't made public.
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Former acting solicitor general: If Mueller investigation is a witch hunt, he's 'found a coven'
By MICHAEL BURKE
 
Former acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal said Sunday that if Robert Mueller's investigation is a "witch hunt," the special counsel has "found a coven at this point."
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'We'll just have to see' whether lawmakers can believe Cohen testimony, GOP senator says
By BRETT SAMUELS 
 
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) said Sunday that lawmakers will "just have to see" whether Michael Cohen can be believed when he testifies this week after President Trump's former attorney pleaded guilty to lying to Congress.
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McCabe says Trump insult 'bizarre and untrue'
By MICHAEL BURKE 
 
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe responded Sunday to President Trump calling him a "poor man's J. Edgar Hoover," calling it "bizarre and untrue."
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Pompeo: Trump's meet with Kim 'substantial step' that 'may not get everything done'
By BRETT SAMUELS
 
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday underscored the Trump administration's efforts to denuclearize North Korea, but acknowledged that the president may not accomplish that goal during this week's summit with Kim Jong Un.
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CNN's Jake Tapper calls out Pompeo over Trump declaring North Korea no longer a nuclear threat
By ALICIA COHN
 
CNN's Jake Tapper called out Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday for contradicting President Trump on North Korea.
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Dem senator: 'Pretty clear' Kim wants one-on-one with Trump to 'elicit concessions'
By BRETT SAMUELS 
 
Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Sunday expressed concerns that President Trump may give up more concessions than he receives in his meeting with week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Pompeo vows no letup in pressure on Venezuela's Maduro
By BRETT SAMUELS 
 
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the Trump administration will not cease its pressure on Nicolás Maduro until the embattled Venezuelan president understands his administration's "days are numbered."
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DNC chair: GOP labeling Democratic policies socialist because 'they’re wrong on the issues'
By BRETT SAMUELS 
 
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez on Sunday pushed back against Republicans likening certain Democratic policies to socialism, and compared some hallmarks of President Trump's time in office to "repressive socialist regimes."
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Dem Party chief defends initial response to Smollett incident: 'We acted on the facts as we knew at the time'
By BRETT SAMUELS
 
Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez on Sunday defended the initial responses of some Democrats to Jussie Smollett's claim that he was the victim of a hate crime after police said the actor orchestrated the incident himself.
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Bannon: 'Zero' doubt Trump will run for reelection
By BRETT SAMUELS
 
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he has "zero" doubt that President Trump will run for reelection in 2020, but cautioned the release of the special counsel's report could shake up the political landscape.
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Arkansas governor: 'It would be very difficult' for candidate to challenge Trump in primary
By MICHAEL BURKE 
 
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) said Sunday that it "would be very difficult" for someone to mount a successful primary challenge to President Trump in 2020.
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Bannon predicts 2019 will be 'most vitriolic year' in US politics 'since before the Civil War'
By BRETT SAMUELS
 
"I think 2019 will be the most vitriolic year in American politics since before the Civil War," he said. "And I include Vietnam in that. I think we’re in for a very nasty 2019."
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Dem chairman: Trump the 'greatest threat' to US democracy 'since the Civil War'
By RACHEL FRAZIN 
 
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) in an interview airing Sunday called President Trump the "greatest threat" to U.S. democracy since "the Civil War."
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GOP rep says after deployment to border that situation warrants emergency declaration
By BRETT SAMUELS
 
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said Sunday that he believes the situation at the southern border constitutes a national emergency after witnessing it first hand when he was deployed to Arizona with his Air National Guard unit. 
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Jeh Johnson: Military needs to do better job of 'rooting out' extremists
By MICHAEL BURKE 
 
Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Sunday that the military needs to do a better job of "rooting out" individuals with extremist views, after a Coast Guard lieutenant was accused of plotting to kill prominent Democratic lawmakers and journalists. 
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