Donald Trump continued his attack on the Robert Mueller investigation last night ahead of his former adviser Roger Stone’s latest court hearing in Washington.
The president was particularly stirred by the release of transcripts of House Judiciary Committee interviews with FBI lawyer Lisa Page over whether the bureau had an “insurance policy” against Mr Trump’s election, the existence of which agent Peter Strzok appeared to suggest in a series of anti-Trump text messages exchanged with Ms Page during the 2016 campaign.
“This is a total disgrace and should NEVER happen to another President!” Mr Trump tweeted after the development was given extensive coverage by Fox News, taking the story as further evidence of the “witch hunt” against him represented by Mr Mueller's Russia probe and the string of investigations into his affairs launched by House Democrats.
Former Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos can move forward with her defamation lawsuit filed against Donald Trump, despite the president claiming he could not be sued in a state court.
New York’s appellate court made the announcement on Thursday. Ms Zervos has sued Mr Trump for claiming she was lying about her accusations of sexual misconduct against him.
“We reject defendant President Trump's argument that the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution prevents a New York State court - and every other state court in the country - from exercising its authority under its state constitution,” the judges wrote in a statement. “Instead, we find that the Supremacy Clause was never intended to deprive a state court of its authority to decide cases and controversies under the state's constitution.”
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Donald Trump is gearing up for the upcoming US Senate vote to possibly rebuke his national emergency declaration that allows him to circumvent Congress and pull federal funding for border wall construction.
The president tweeted on Thursday, “A vote for today’s resolution by Republican Senators is a vote for Nancy Pelosi, Crime, and the Open Border Democrats!”
The US House of Representatives has overwhelmingly voted in support of a resolution demanding Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election be made public and provided to Congress upon its completion.
The House resolution is unable to actually force Donald Trump, the White House or the US Justice Department to send Congress materials related to the report that may violate current law or the agency’s rules surrounding official releases of investigatory findings, however.
Still, the vote is seen as a critical demand from the Democratic-controlled House to be able to review the full report from the Special Counsel’s investigation into whether the president’s campaign wrongfully conspired with Russia to sway the election against Hillary Clinton — an effort the Kremlin was pushing throughout the last general election, according to the US Intelligence Community.
The court has announced a trial date for Roger Stone arriving on 5 November, 2019.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump is tweeting about his long-promised border wall.
“Prominent legal scholars agree that our actions to address the National Emergency at the Southern Border and to protect the American people are both CONSTITUTIONAL and EXPRESSLY authorized by Congress,” the president began.
He added, “If, at a later date, Congress wants to update the law, I will support those efforts, but today’s issue is BORDER SECURITY and Crime!!! Don’t vote with Pelosi!”
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has announced she will not be penalising Roger Stone for violating his gag order, though he will be forced to sign a document before leaving the courthouse on Thursday.
“I don’t intend to dwell on it this morning,” she told the courtroom.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson is criticising Roger Stone’s lawyers for not informing the court about his upcoming book.
She reportedly told the lawyers, “There’s no explanation for awkward”.
Roger Stone has arrived to the courthouse and went through security. His appearance has also brought some high-profile guests, including former adviser to Donald Trump, Sam Nunberg, who told reporters, “I’m just here for the circus”.
We’re waiting to hear whether Judge Amy Berman Jackson will imprison Roger Stone for violating his gag order. The judge has played a prominent role in recent developments surrounding Donald Trump — just yesterday, she sentenced Paul Manafort to 73 months in jail, in addition to a separate sentencing he received from another judge the week prior.
Stone’s status hearing begins at 10:00 am EST.
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