Tipsheet: Mueller's depictions will fuel Trump angst

View in your browser     The Memo: Mueller's depictions will fuel Trump angst BY NIALL STANAGE Special counsel Robert Mueller painted a damning picture of the Trump administration, even as he handed the president a victory on the central issue of collusion with Russia. The Trump White House, as portrayed by Mueller, revolves around an impulsive and angry president who issues orders that underlings often defy, ignore or seek to delay. Read the full story here     Twenty years after Columbine, Dems bullish on gun reform BY MIKE LILLIS Two decades after the Columbine shooting massacre in Colorado, gun reform efforts have found new life in the nation's capital. Read the full story here     Trump frustrated with aides who talked to Mueller BY JORDAN FABIAN AND BRETT SAMUELS President Trump is venting frustration with associates who cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation after their notes and first-hand observations were used to paint a negative and damaging picture of his presidency. Read the full story here     Dems reject Barr's offer to view Mueller report with fewer redactions BY OLIVIA BEAVERS Top congressional Democrats on Friday rejected Attorney General William Barr's offer to let a select group of lawmakers review redacted sections of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative report. Read the full story here       Warren calls for House to begin impeachment proceedings BY MAX GREENWOOD AND JESSE BYRNES  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday called for the House to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump, wading into a topic that other 2020 White House hopefuls have so far been wary of discussing. Read the full story here     Romney 'sickened' by Trump's behavior in Mueller report BY JORDAIN CARNEY   Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said Friday that he is "sickened" by the behavior described in special counsel Robert Mueller's report, including the actions of President Trump. Read the full story here     Five former Obama ambassadors back Buttigieg BY JONATHAN EASLEY A group of five former ambassadors who served under former President Obama are lining up behind Pete Buttigieg, giving the South Bend, Ind., mayor a jolt of institutional fundraising support amid his meteoric rise in the Democratic presidential primary. Read the full story here     Giuliani: 'In some ways I'd love to have a trial' to contest some Mueller findings BY ARIS FOLLEY President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani said Friday that in some ways he’d “love to have a trial” to contest some of the findings in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Read the full story here     Cummings on impeachment: 'We may very well come to that' BY CRISTINA MARCOS House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) suggested Friday that impeachment proceedings against President Trump could be a possibility following the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report. Read the full story here     Ocasio-Cortez plans visit to Kentucky despite being disinvited by GOP colleague BY ARIS FOLLEY Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) still has plans to visit Kentucky despite one of her GOP colleagues walking back an invitation for her to visit his district. Read the full story here     Judge rules Flint residents can sue federal government over water crisis BY REBECCA BEITSCH A federal judge this week said residents of Flint, Mich., can sue the federal government over its response to the city's drinking water crisis. Read the full story here     Alan Dershowitz: Is Julian Assange another Pentagon Papers case? BY ALAN DERSHOWITZ Opinion | Before WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gained asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2012, he and his British legal team asked me to fly to London to provide legal advice about United States law relating to espionage and press freedom. I cannot disclose what advice I gave them, but I can say that I believed then, and still believe now, that there is no constitutional difference between WikiLeaks and the New York Times. Read the full story here     The case for Stacey Abrams BY KRYSTAL BALL Opinion | To run or not to run, that is the question Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has pondered aloud as she makes the rounds promoting the reissue of her 2018 book. Abrams has a number of options to consider. She could run for Senate in 2020. She could wait and take another crack at governor in 2022. Or, she could jump into the already swirling pool of Democratic presidential hopefuls. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Can this unconventional college’s experiment in higher education survive? BY NICK ANDERSON Hampshire College, an icon of alternative higher education — where no admission tests are considered and no one gets a letter grade — is fighting for its life, embarking on a frantic fundraising campaign and an urgent effort to cut expenses without losing its soul. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Should a White Man Be the Face of the Democratic Party in 2020? BY ASTEAD W. HERNDON AND MATT FLEGENHEIMER Interviews with several dozen Democratic voters around the country show how the party, which enjoyed victories in 2018 that were powered by female and nonwhite candidates, is now grappling with two complicated questions about race, gender and politics in the Trump era. Read the full story here     CNN: 20 years after Columbine, former Principal Frank DeAngelis is still learning how to move on BY DAKIN ANDONE Twenty years after two students stormed the Colorado campus, killing 12 students and one teacher, Frank DeAngelis is inextricably linked to Columbine — and to the event that has come to mark a horrific and ongoing chapter in America's saga of school massacres. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Fake news? Mueller isn’t buying it BY DAVID BAUDER President Donald Trump and his team love to deride unfavorable stories as “fake news,” but it’s clear from Robert Mueller’s report that the special counsel isn’t buying it. Read the full story here     NBC News: Congo's Ebola response threatened by conspiracy theories, rumors BY GABE JOSELOW AND LINDA GIVETASH People who have contracted Ebola are opting to die at home rather than seek treatment as conspiracy theories fuel distrust of the government and of health workers grappling with the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the workers and aid groups. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.