The Daily 202: Paul Ryan’s party is over
-- If you had any doubt that it's Trump's party now, check out this photo he shared from his session with Republican leaders at the White House last night:
[NOTE OLD WHITE MEN!]
Honored to have Republican Congressional Leadership join me at the @WhiteHouse this evening. Lots to discuss as we continue MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING:
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| Missouri governor calls probe 'political witch hunt', will not resign |
-- Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) groped, hit and initiated other unwanted sexual conduct with a woman who used to be his hairdresser, she testified in a new report prepared by a special committee of Missouri’s predominantly Republican House of Representatives. Eli Rosenberg runs through the unsettling details: “[T]he report raised the specter of impeachment for Greitens and prompted another round of calls for Greitens to step down, including by the state’s Republican attorney general and senate hopeful Josh Hawley and Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill. … While Greitens has described the extramarital relations as ‘consensual,’ the woman said it included unwanted and potentially coerced sexual acts that she felt afraid to say no to and physical violence, in addition to the threat of photographic blackmail. … The special committee set up to investigate the charge ... wrote that it found the woman a credible witness.”
-- The NRA acknowledged in a letter to Congress it has accepted contributions from about 23 Russian-linked people since 2015. NPR’s Tim Mak reports: “The NRA said in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., [that] the sum it received from those people was just over $2,500 and most of that was ‘routine payments’ … About $525 of that figure was from ‘two individuals who made contributions to the NRA. Wyden has been querying the NRA about its Russia connections following press reports that suggest the FBI is investigating whether Russians might have tried to use the NRA or other political organizations [as part of their effort to interfere in the 2016 election]. One high-profile Russian NRA supporter, state bank official Alexander Torshin, has cultivated a years-long relationship with the organization — but he was placed under sanction by the United States with other Russians last week.”
-- Deputy national security adviser Nadia Schadlow resigned, becoming the third senior national security official to leave the White House since Trump installed John Bolton....Her resignation is likely to evoke some concern in foreign policy circles in Washington, where Schadlow has been viewed as one of the rare, reliable steady hands guiding foreign policy …”
-- ProPublica, “Trump’s Company Is Suing Towns Across the Country to Get Breaks on Taxes,” by Katherine Sullivan: “Since becoming president, Trump’s companies have filed at least nine new lawsuits against municipalities in Florida, New York and Illinois, arguing for lower tax bills … At stake is millions of dollars that communities use to fund roads, schools and police departments. Real estate owners dispute property taxes frequently, and some even sue. But experts are troubled [Trump is] doing so while in office.” “The idea that the president would have these interests and then those companies would sue localities is really a dangerous precedent,” says the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center’s Larry Noble.
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