In This Episode
The President’s blanket defiance of Congressional oversight plunges the country into a constitutional crisis, the New York Times discovers that Trump avoided income tax by declaring a billion dollars of business loses, and Kamala Harris tries to reset her campaign by going after Trump. Then Stacey Abrams talks to Dan about fighting voter suppression and whether she’ll run for president. Also – Pod Save America is going on tour! Get your tickets now: crooked.com/events.
Trump claims executive privilege
- NYT: Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report
- Lawfare: Document: Justice Department Letter to Nadler Invoking Executive Privilege Over Unredacted Mueller Report
- WaPo: Trump asserts executive privilege over Mueller report in latest confrontation with Congress
- Politico: Trump invokes executive privilege over unredacted Mueller report
- CNN: Why Trump’s claim of executive privilege is different
- Lawfare: What Is a ‘Protective’ Assertion of Executive Privilege?
- Politico: Trump oversight fight raises new alarms about shattered precedents
- LA Times: Democrats are playing right into Trump’s stonewalling strategy
- Slate: Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over the Entire Mueller Report in Effort to Block Subpoenas. Can He Do That?
- WaPo: Trump’s legal case for executive privilege is strained at best
- Think Progress: Trump’s claim that the Mueller report is protected by executive privilege is hot garbage – He doesn’t have a legal claim, but he can probably run out the clock.
- Mother Jones: Sarah Sanders Explains What Executive Privilege Isn’t
- NYT: Clash Between Trump and House Democrats Poses Threat to Constitutional Order
- NBC News: Executive privilege has been invoked. What does that mean?
- Lawfare: Executive Privilege and Compelled Testimony of Presidential Advisers: Don McGahn’s Dilemma
Efforts to hold Barr in contempt
- NYT: House Panel Approves Contempt for Barr After Trump Claims Privilege Over Full Mueller Report
- WaPo: House panel votes to hold Barr in contempt; Trump asserts executive privilege over Mueller report
- Vox: The House Judiciary vote on contempt of Congress and what it means for William Barr, explained
- FiveThirtyEight: Congress Has Few Options Left To Make Barr Cooperate -Even holding him in contempt would be largely symbolic
- The Atlantic: The Rarely Used Congressional Power That Could Force William Barr’s Hand – It hasn’t been done in nearly a century, but House Democrats could arrest the attorney general after they find him in contempt
- CNN: Settlement in Fast and Furious executive privilege lawsuit between DOJ and the House
- Think Progress: House Republicans pretend that following the law would require Barr to break the law – But the attorney general is breaking the law by not complying with a subpoena.
Stopping McGahn from testifying
- WaPo: White House invokes executive privilege to bar former counsel from turning over documents to Congress
- CNN: White House instructs McGahn not to comply with Democrats’ subpoena
- Reuters: White House defies Congress on McGahn subpoena as Trump battles Democrats
- NYT: Justice Dept. Threatens House Democrats Over Contempt in Barr Battle
- CNN: Trump-Congress confrontation goes to Defcon 1
Mueller testimony
- Politico: Nadler: Trump claim of executive privilege could delay Mueller testimony
- CNN: House Judiciary chairman says US in ‘constitutional crisis’
- NYT: Trump’s Opposition to Mueller Testimony Poses a Test for Barr
- CBS: Could the Trump administration prevent Mueller from testifying before Congress?
NYT tax story bombshell
- NYT: Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures Show Over $1 Billion in Business Losses
- NYT: 5 Takeaways From 10 Years of Trump Tax Figures
- NYT: Trump Defends $1.17 Billion in Losses as Just for ‘Tax Purposes’
- New Yorker: As a Businessman, Trump Was the Biggest Loser of All
- WaPo: Stunning new revelations underscore urgency of getting Trump’s tax returns
- WaPo: Trump’s money problems were well known in the 1990s. Then came ‘The Apprentice.’
- Politico: ‘Fox & Friends’ hosts defend Trump’s massive losses as sign of ‘impressive’ business chops
- Vox: Fox & Friends wants you to think Trump losing $1 billion is impressive
Speaking of tax returns…
- NYT: Steven Mnuchin Refuses to Release Trump’s Tax Documents to Congress
- WaPo: Mnuchin rejects Democrats’ demand to hand over Trump’s tax returns, all but ensuring legal battle
- CNN: Mnuchin refuses to turn over Trump taxes to House Democrats
- Bloomberg: Mnuchin Juggles Day Job Alongside Shielding Trump’s Tax Returns
- WaPo: A day after blocking House demand for Trump’s tax returns, Mnuchin addressed gathering of his top fundraisers
- Vanity Fair: WILL STEVEN MNUCHIN GO TO PRISON FOR TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS?
- WaPo: The Daily 202: Mnuchin’s refusal to release Trump’s taxes recalls a treasury secretary who resisted White House pressure
- Politico: Dems to decide Thursday whether to go to court for Trump’s taxes
- WaPo: Pelosi says revelations about Trump’s finances show the need to see his tax returns
- CNN: Key Democrat considers next steps after Mnuchin refuses to hand over Trump’s tax info
- AP: On Trump’s tax returns, many unanswered questions
- Bloomberg Op-Ed: Congress Has the Upper Hand on Trump’s Tax Returns
State laws regarding tax returns
- Mother Jones: California Just Moved One Step Closer to Forcing Trump to Release His Taxes
- NBC News: NY state Senate passes bill allowing Congress to get Trump tax returns
- Politico Magazine: How to Get Trump’s Tax Returns—Without a Subpoena
Democratic reticence on oversight issues
- WaPo: Pelosi says Trump is ‘becoming self-impeachable’
- CNN: Nancy Pelosi: ‘Trump is goading us to impeach him’
- WaPo: McConnell calls for end to investigations of Trump, says ‘case closed’.
- WaPo: Mitch McConnell tries to make Trump’s misconduct disappear
- WaPo: Who signed the letter asserting Trump would have been charged with obstruction if he weren’t president, and what they hope happens next
- NYT: Facing a Trump Stonewall, Democrats Struggle for Options to Compel Cooperation
- NYT: The Subpoena and Contempt Fight Between Trump and Congress, Explained
- Crooked: DEMOCRATS WON’T DO THE RIGHT THING UNLESS WE MAKE THEM
- WaPo: Schiff: The case for impeachment hearings is getting stronger
Donald Trump Jr. gets subpoenaed
- NYT: Donald Trump Jr. Is Subpoenaed to Testify to Senate Panel on Russia Contacts
- WaPo: Donald Trump Jr. subpoenaed by Senate panel for further testimony on campaign’s Russia contacts
2020
- NYT: Kamala Harris Is Trying to Reset Her Campaign by Taking On Trump
- NYT: Trump’s New ‘Nasty’ Woman: Kamala Harris
- The Hill: Kamala Harris hits Trump on ‘foul language,’ failure to call out ‘domestic terrorism’
- HuffPo: Kamala Harris Says Getting Trump Out Of Office ‘Is Critical To Our Security’
- WaPo: Power Up: Kamala Harris, seeking to change her narrative, proposes relief for public defenders
- NBC News: Kamala Harris blows past Democratic rivals in fundraising in communities of color
- WaPo: To Kamala Harris, black voters’ views on ‘electability’ are being shaped by the pundits
- Politico: Kamala Harris unloads on pundits who say only a white man can beat Trump
- WaPo: Only one 2020 Democrat fully grasps the threat Trump poses
- WaPo: Joe Biden’s strong debut puts pressure on other candidates vying to challenge Trump
- WaPo: The Trailer: Where 2020’s primary challenges are coming from
Stacey Abrams
- Foreign Affairs: The Fight Over Identity Politics
- Ted Talk: 3 Questions You Ask Yourself About Everything You Do
- CNN: Stacey Abrams’ entire Democratic response speech
- Mother Jones: A Teary Stacey Abrams Just Dropped Major Hints About Her Next Move
- NYT: Stacey Abrams Will Not Run for Senate in 2020
- WaPo: Stacey Abrams’s next move could bolster Democrats in Georgia — and her own political fortunes
- Vanity Fair: DOES STACEY ABRAMS WANT TO BE PRESIDENT, OR WHAT?
- CNN: Stacey Abrams will not run for Senate
- Elle: Is Stacey Abrams Running for Office in 2020?
- Newsweek: KAMALA HARRIS SAYS STACEY ABRAMS, ANDREW GILLUM WOULD HAVE WON 2018 ELECTIONS WITHOUT VOTER SUPPRESSION
- The Bulwark: Stacey Abrams, Donald Trump, and the Assault on the Democratic Process
- Vox: Stacey Abrams’s new essay on identity politics reveals why she’s a rising star
- NYT: Why Stacey Abrams is Still Saying She Won
- The Root: Stacey Abrams Says There Was ‘Incompetence’ in Media Coverage of Her Campaign, Will Announce Her Future Political Plans in the Coming Weeks
- Stacey Abrams at the 2019 Women in the World Summit
- SXSW Stacey Abrams
- Stacey Abrams on The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
- Late Night with Seth Meyers: Stacey Abrams Explains her Unique Campaign Strategy
- Tampa Bay Times: House committee passes Amendment 4 bill along party lines
- AP: Amendment 4 advocate on Time’s list of most influential
- Truthout: Stacey Abrams: “We Have to Work Harder” Than Those Who Would Suppress the Vote
- Tennessean: Gov. Bill Lee signs new Tennessee law that punishes voter signup missteps; lawsuit filed
- NYT: Tennessee’s Vengeful Lawmakers
- Axios: O’Rourke on voting rights: “We will put Stacey Abrams in charge”
