Tipsheet: GOP divided over impeachment trial strategy

View in your browser     GOP divided over impeachment trial strategy BY JORDAIN CARNEY Divisions among Senate Republicans are muddying their strategy for a potential impeachment trial. As lawmakers await any articles from the House, they’re throwing out their own ideas on what the Senate proceeding should look like. But Republicans disagree over the length of a trial and who should be asked to testify — two issues that will need to be worked out as part of negotiations on the rules of the trial. Read the full story here     Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards wins reelection BY REID WILSON Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) won a second term on Saturday, overcoming a wealthy Republican challenger in a state that has increasingly leaned to the right in recent years. Read the full story here     Growing 2020 field underscores Democratic divide BY MAX GREENWOOD Deval Patrick’s eleventh-hour decision to jump into the Democratic presidential primary — and a looming entrance from Michael Bloomberg — has rankled progressives and rank-and-file Democrats alike, who say it underscores a major disconnect between party elites and the political reality on the ground. Read the full story here     New poll catapults Buttigieg to frontrunner position in Iowa BY MARINA PITOFSKY Support among Iowa democratic voters for Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) spiked in a new poll released Saturday, with Buttigieg leading the crowded field of Democratic hopefuls. Read the full story here       Top NSC aide puts Sondland at front lines of Ukraine campaign, speaking for Trump BY MIKE LILLIS, OLIVIA BEAVERS AND MORGAN CHALFANT A senior White House official told House impeachment investigators last month that President Trump's hand-picked ambassador to Europe had pushed — on behalf of Trump himself — for Ukraine's president to launch two investigations that could help Trump politically. Read the full story here     Budget official says he didn't know why military aid was delayed: report BY RACHEL FRAZIN   White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) official Mark Sandy, who testified in the impeachment inquiry Saturday, told congressional investigators that he did not know why aid to Ukraine was held up, The New York Times reported, citing two sources. Read the full story here     White House backs Stephen Miller amid white nationalist allegations BY BRETT SAMUELS The White House is standing by senior adviser Stephen Miller as he faces calls from dozens of Democrats to resign after newly released emails showed he circulated material linked to white nationalism to conservative media before joining the administration. Read the full story here     Trump begins 'portions' of annual physical exam BY BRETT SAMUELS President Trump on Saturday began portions of his annual physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the White House said. Read the full story here     Barr defends Trump's use of executive authority, slams impeachment hearings BY TAL AXELROD Attorney General William Barr on Friday offered a strident defense of President Trump’s use of executive authority and slammed House Democrats’ impeachment investigation as an effort to undermine him. Read the full story here     Bloomberg, Patrick take different approaches after late entries into primary race BY TAL AXELROD Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick are taking starkly different approaches as they boot up their late entries into the crowded 2020 Democratic primary field. Read the full story here     Deval Patrick: a short runway, but potential to get airborne BY RICHARD A. FOWLER Opinion | In a mild voice, former governor of Massachusetts and son of Chicago, Deval Patrick entered the race for president of the United States of America. Gov. Patrick’s announcement, which had been hinted at earlier this week, came in the form of a video released to his social media followers early Thursday morning. Though Patrick is no stranger to the Democratic Party, his last-minute entry has caused many to ask this fundamental question: Is there room for one more? Read the full story here     Now for your moment of Zen from the Trump impeachment hearings BY JONATHAN TURLEY Opinion | The first week of hearings in the Trump impeachment inquiry presented a dizzying array of names and dates from the Ukrainian scandal for the public to digest. However, one Zen like question seemed to be left at the conclusion of the testimony. If a quid pro quo was uttered in Washington but no Ukrainians heard it, did it make an impeachable sound? Read the full story here     The Washington Post: How a CIA analyst, alarmed by Trump’s shadow foreign policy, triggered an impeachment inquiry BY GREG MILLER, GREG JAFFE AND PAUL SONNE The whistleblower’s nine-page memo on efforts to coerce Ukraine to boost Trump’s prospects in 2020 has led to a sprawling investigation stretching from Kyiv to the West Wing. Read the full story here     CNN: Schiff calls out Mulvaney for not complying with subpoena to testify BY KATE SULLIVAN AND KEVIN BOHN House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff on Saturday again called on White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and others to comply with congressional subpoenas and testify before Congress in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Sanders stars with Biden, Warren absent at California forum BY KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND MICHAEL R. BLOOD Bernie Sanders was greeted with booming cheers at a gathering of California Democrats Saturday, underscoring his popularity with the party’s liberal base as he looks to capture the biggest prize in the presidential primary season next year. Read the full story here     The New York Times: How Elizabeth Warren got to ‘yes’ on Medicare for All BY SHANE GOLDMACHER, SARAH KLIFF AND THOMAS KAPLAN Health care had not been a driving issue for the Massachusetts senator. But the expansive $20.5 trillion package could come to define her candidacy anyway. Read the full story here     Reuters: Pentagon's Esper says military justice ready to hold troops to account BY PHIL STEWART U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper expressed confidence on Sunday in the U.S. military justice system’s ability to hold troops to account, two days after President Donald Trump pardoned two Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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