Subject: FW: Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing for Thursday, September 27, 2018
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Office of Vice President Biden Intelligence Briefing

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*Thursday, September 27, 2018 8:00 AM EDT*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• GOP Highlighting Biden’s ‘91 Remarks On FBI Amid Kavanaugh Controversy.
<#S1>

• Biden, Boehner, Others Join AJC In Calling On US To Maintain Western
Alliances. <#S2>

• Biden: Democrats Will Retake Congress This Fall, Liberating Republicans
From Trump. <#S3>

• American Possibilities PAC Offering Small Donors Chance To Win Trip To
Meet Biden. <#S4>

• Biden Endorses Baer’s Bid To Unseat Mast In FL18. <#S5>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• Trump Says China Trying To Interfere In Midterms. <#S6>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• Trump Endorses Two-State Solution, Vows To Release Peace Plan Within
Months. <#S7>

• Haley: Kerry’s Outreach To Iranian Officials “Absolutely Is
Anti-American.” <#S8>

• Pompeo: Kim Has Been “Very Consistent In His Commitment” To
Denuclearization. <#S9>

• Trump Claims Credit For Saving Idlib From Syrian Offensive. <#S10>

• Khalilzad: New Mission In Afghanistan “Deja Vu All Over Again.” <#S11>

• Trump Open To Meeting With Maduro At UNGA. <#S12>

• Trump Signals Trade Talks With Canada Going Poorly. <#S13>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Trump Calls Allegations Against Kavanaugh “A Big, Fat Con Job.” <#S14>

• Trump Says He Would “Much Prefer” Keeping Rosenstein As Deputy AG. <#S15>

• Trump Will Sign Spending Bill Despite Absence Of Wall Funding. <#S16>

• Senate, House Reach Agreement On Opioid Bill. <#S17>

• Fed Raises Fed Funds Rate, Signals Intent To Continue Increases Into 2020.
<#S18>

• DOJ, Education Dept. Probing Claim Yale Discriminates Against
Asian-Americans. <#S19>

• Texas Student Sues Over Expulsion For Refusal To Rise For Pledge Of
Allegiance. <#S20>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• US-Cuban Biotech Joint Venture To Bring New Cancer Therapies To American
Patients. <#S21>

• St. Jude’s Collaboration Aids Pediatric Cancer Patients In Poorer
Countries. <#S22>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S23>

• Washington Post. <#S24>
Biden in the News
GOP Highlighting Biden’s ‘91 Remarks On FBI Amid Kavanaugh Controversy.

On its website, Fox News
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(9/26, Singman) reported, “Republicans are seizing on a vintage clip of
then-Sen. Joe Biden during the 1991 Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings
that show him dismissing the usefulness of having the FBI investigate”
accusation lodged by Anita Hill “against the Supreme Court nominee. It
comes as Democrats are calling on the FBI to investigate allegations of
sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.” Biden,
who in 1991 chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee, said at the time, “The
next person who refers to an FBI report as being worth anything, obviously
doesn’t understand anything. The FBI explicitly does not, in this case or
any other case, reach a conclusion, period. Period.” In a Tuesday tweet,
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, “My Democrat friends might
want to consider this from then-Judiciary Committee Chairman JOE BIDEN
(D-DE) In 1991: The ‘FBI explicitly Does Not, IN This Or Any Other Case
Reach A Conclusion, Period.’”

        Writing for the Washington Post
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(9/26), Kristine Phillips also highlighted McConnell’s tweet and adds, “An
article by the Federalist Society, one of the outside groups that Trump has
entrusted to cull his list of judicial prospects, argued that Biden himself
has done a complete about-face in telling the ‘Today’ show that the FBI
should investigate the allegations against Kavanaugh.” However, ex-Biden
chief of staff Ronald Klain “said the former vice president’s point was
that the FBI’s purpose is to investigate and take statements from
witnesses, as the agency did in 1991.” Klain is quoted as tweeting, “‘m
sorry @SenateMajLdr, maybe you should listen to my ex-boss a little more
carefully. He makes the point that the FBI takes statements from all
witnesses. And THAT is exactly what is missing now.”

        *Angela Wright On Hill-Thomas Hearings: Biden “Was Pretty Much
Useless.” *The New York Times
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(9/26, Chira) reports, “During the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for
Clarence Thomas in 1991, Senate Democrats chose not to call Angela Wright,
a former colleague of Judge Thomas’s who was prepared to accuse him of
sexual misconduct.” The Times provides “an edited and condensed” transcript
of an interview it recently conducted with Wright, who “reflected on both
the Hill-Thomas hearings and the Judiciary Committee session scheduled for”
today involving “Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford.” Wright was asked,
“How would you compare the way Senator Grassley is running the hearings
compared to the chairman at the time of the Hill hearings, then-Senator Joe
Biden?” Wright replied, “I think Joe Biden was pretty much useless. He
tried so hard to be ‘neutral’ when the situation called for anything but
neutrality.”

        *Boston Globe’s Vennochi: Anita Hill Would Haunt A 2020 Biden
Bid. *Joan
Vennochi writes in her Boston Globe
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(9/26) column that while Biden recently said that “he regrets how Hill was
treated 27 years ago,” his “colleagues weren’t the only ones to mistreat”
her. Biden “also posed questions designed to humiliate her. That
inconvenient flashback to 1991 comes” amid the Kavanaugh controversy “and
just as Biden positions himself for a 2020 presidential run.” If he runs
for president, says Vennochi, Biden’s “problem is a large and diverse field
of” rivals “whose resumes won’t include footage from 25-plus years ago,
showing a panel of insensitive men putting a woman on trial for daring to
accuse another powerful male of inappropriate conduct. That unpleasant
blast from the past is also a reminder of just how far back Biden goes in
American political history. Sorry, but it will take more than saying he was
wrong back then to make Biden the right presidential candidate in 2020.”
Biden, Boehner, Others Join AJC In Calling On US To Maintain Western
Alliances.

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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(9/26) reports, “Top former officials of both parties joined an American
Jewish Committee appeal to maintain traditional Western alliances, an
implicit rebuke to President Donald Trump’s rejection of the structures.”
In a statement, the AJC said, “We rise in defense of the precious alliance
of democracies – and its treaties, institutions and norms – that has
sustained peace and generated prosperity from the Cold War to the present
day. As students of history, we know all too well the terrible price that
has been paid when these principles were not respected and protected.” The
report adds, “Among those signing on are Democrats like former Vice
President Joe Biden and Republicans such as former U.S. House of
Representatives Speaker John Boehner,” as well as former UK Prime Minister
Tony Blair.
Biden: Democrats Will Retake Congress This Fall, Liberating Republicans
From Trump.

The Huffington Post
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(9/26, Visser) reported that during an appearance at the University of
Pennsylvania, former Vice President Joe Biden “predicted Tuesday that
Democrats will win control of both chambers of Congress in November’s
midterm elections, freeing Republicans from pressure to support President
Donald Trump.” Said Biden, “It’s going to liberate a lot of Republicans who
know better,” adding, “My dad had the expression. ... He’d say, ‘Joey
there’s no sense on dying on a small cross. If you’re going to die, make it
a big one.’ Well, my Republican colleagues don’t want to die on a small
cross.”
American Possibilities PAC Offering Small Donors Chance To Win Trip To Meet
Biden.

In an online article, CNBC
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(9/26, Daniels) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden’s political
action committee, American Possibilities PAC, “is using a trip contest to
encourage small dollar contributions from individual donors.” The group “is
asking for donations of as little as $5 in return for the chance to win a
$3,500 trip to meet” Biden, who is traveling “around the country to support
Democratic candidates in the upcoming midterm elections. ‘We’ll fly you
out, and put you up,’ said email online solicitation from the PAC. It
offers ‘the opportunity for winner and winner’s guest to meet Vice
President Joe Biden on the campaign trail.’”
Biden Endorses Baer’s Bid To Unseat Mast In FL18.

Florida Politics
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(9/26, Nicol) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday
endorsed ex-Obama Administration official Lauren Baer’s (D) bid to unseat
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) in the FL18. Biden is quoted as saying, “Lauren Baer
is exactly the kind of leader we need in Washington. Having served six
years as a senior adviser in the State Department during the Obama-Biden
Administration, she knows what it takes to get things done.”
Leading the News
Trump Says China Trying To Interfere In Midterms.

As he chaired the UN Security Council Wednesday, President Trump accused
China of trying to interfere in the midterm elections because it opposes
his trade policies. Media coverage of Trump’s claim is relatively heavy,
but it is largely negative, with most reports pointing out that he offered
no evidence to support it.

        The CBS Evening News
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(9/26, story 7, 0:10, Glor) reported Trump “accused China of wanting him to
lose the next election” and said in his news conference that “he may no
longer be friends with Chinese President Xi Jinping.” The AP
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(9/26, Miller, Lemire) says Trump “made his accusation against the backdrop
of the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the
last election to help him and amid concerns that this November’s elections
also could be vulnerable.” However, the White House “provided scant
evidence of anything akin to the level of Russia’s meddling in the 2016
presidential election.” Asked what evidence he had, Trump said there was
“plenty” but “didn’t provide details.” The Wall Street Journal
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(9/26, Salama, Volz) also points out that Trump provided no details or
evidence to support his accusation. Andrea Mitchell reported on NBC Nightly
News
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(9/26, story 6, 1:45, Holt) that the timing of the accusation “appears tied
to his trade war with China, with the US slapping tariffs on $200 billion
of Chinese exports this week.”

        The Daily Caller
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(9/26, Enjeti) reports, “This is not the first time Trump has accused China
of attempting to meddle in the election.” Similarly, the New York Times
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(9/26, Landler) reports that Trump “has accused the Chinese of election
meddling before, but never so bluntly or in such a high-profile
international setting.”

        Reuters
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(9/26, Bayoumy, Nichols) quotes Trump as saying, “China has been attempting
to interfere in our upcoming 2018 election, coming up in November. Against
my administration.” Reuters adds that he “made no reference to suspected
Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and provided no evidence for his
allegation about China.” USA Today
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(9/26, Shesgreen, Fritze) also says Trump “did not offer any specific
evidence of China’s meddling,” but adds that in a tweet later Wednesday,
“he highlighted a four-page advertorial that ran Sunday in the Des Moines
(Iowa) Register newspaper.” Trump tweeted
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“China is actually placing propaganda ads in the Des Moines Register and
other papers, made to look like news. That’s because we are beating them on
Trade, opening markets, and the farmers will make a fortune when this is
over!” The New York Post
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(9/26, Moore) also says Trump “followed up on his claim” with the tweet
highlighting the Chinese ads.

        To Politico
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(9/26, Shamon), Trump’s comment was “a striking assertion” that “echoed
recent remarks by White House national security adviser John Bolton, who
pointed the finger at China without giving concrete evidence of Beijing’s
interference with U.S. elections.” Axios
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(9/26, Vavra) reports that Bolton “has previously said the government is
concerned about Chinese interference in U.S. elections, but the
administration has not yet provided specific evidence of direct tampering
or misinformation campaigns of the sort Russia pursued in 2016.” The Washington
Times
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(9/26, Boyer, Taylor) reports that Trump later indicated “that he was
referring in part to China’s retaliatory tariffs against U.S. farm
products, as opposed to the type of cyber-hacking that Russia conducted in
the 2016 U.S. elections.” Trump told reporters, “You have statements made
[by the Chinese] that they were going to hit our farmers, those are my
voters. ... I love the farmers, I’m taking care of the farmers. I’m opening
up markets like nobody’s ever opened markets before.”

        The Washington Post
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(9/26, Nakashima) says that “in a hastily-arranged press call on ‘Chinese
interference,’ a senior administration official offered no examples of
activity specifically constituting interference in the 2018 election,” but
said that China has hurt “farmers and workers in states and districts that
voted for the president because he stood up to the ways China has taken
advantage of our country economically.” While CQ Roll Call
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(9/26, Bennett) says the official “provided scant examples of a
Russia-style disinformation warfare campaign,” the Washington Examiner
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(9/26, Nelson) says “the senior official offered a broad critique of China,
going beyond allegations of election-related interference.” The official
“said China was responsible for ‘cyberbullying’ American scholars” and
attempting to “stifle free speech on U.S. college campuses.” In addition,
“he said China wrongfully penalizes critics by withholding travel visas.”

        According to Bloomberg News
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(9/26) US national security officials “are on high alert for attempted
election interference by a foreign adversary,” but “Russia has been seen as
a more likely threat than China.” Bloomberg says that on September 12, DNI
Coats said China is “one of several countries with ‘capabilities; to
interfere in the elections,” but added, “it’s more than Russia here that
we’re looking at,” and “he didn’t allege that Beijing had taken any
action.” Mitchell also said on NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by
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(9/26, story 6, 1:45, Holt) that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was
present for Trump’s remarks, is “strongly denying” the President’s
accusations. Fox News’ Special Report
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(9/26) showed Wang saying, “We did not and will not interfere in any
country’s domestic affairs. We refuse to accept any unwarranted accusations
against China.”

        *B-52s Flew Over South China Sea Last Week. *Reuters
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(9/26, Ali) reports that US B-52 bombers flew “in the vicinity of the South
China Sea this week” in “a move that is likely to cause anger in Beijing
amid heightened tensions between the two countries.” According to Reuters,
“Such flights are common, but usually upset Beijing. In June, China’s
foreign ministry said no military ship or aircraft could scare China away
from its resolve to protect its territory after two U.S. Air Force B-52
bombers flew near disputed islands in the South China Sea.”

        *WSJournal Details China’s Systematic Extraction Of US Firms’
Technologies. *Citing interviews with corporate and government officials in
the US and China and a review of regulatory and other documents, the Wall
Street Journal
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(9/26, A1, Wei, Davis) reports that China’s removal of technology from US
companies has become systematic.

        *Media Analyses: Trump Reveled In “Freewheeling” News
Conference. *Several
news outlets run colorful analyses of what the AP
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(9/26) calls Trump’s “freewheeling” Wednesday news conference. The AP says
Trump “dismissed as ‘fake news’ reports that he was laughed at during his
speech to the U.N. General Assembly, said he wanted Rod Rosenstein to
remain in his Justice Department job, said he rejected a one-on-one meeting
with the Canadian prime minister, and accused China of interfering in the
2018 midterm election.” The New York Times
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(9/26, Grynbaum) reports Trump “doubted the character of George Washington
(‘Didn’t he have a couple things in his past?’), urged a wire-service
reporter to ask a tough question (‘Give it to me, Reuters!’) and referred
to a Kurdish correspondent as ‘Mr. Kurd.’” The Times writes that while
Trump “denounces news organizations as ‘the enemy of the people,’” he “made
clear that he is never more comfortable, never more engaged, than when he
is sparring with the news media that he loves to say he hates. ... ‘I could
be doing this all day long,’ Mr. Trump said happily, after an hour of
challenging, cajoling, teasing and shouting down the reporters in the
room.”

        The Washington Post
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(9/26, Parker) says that “an animated Trump delivered bluster, falsehoods,
insults, breaking news and, as he quipped at one point, more than a hint of
his trademark “braggadocios.” But what was perhaps most remarkable was just
how transparent and revealing Trump continues to be.”

        *Haley: World Leaders Laughed At Trump Because They Loved His
Honesty. *USA Today
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(9/26, Kelly) reports UN Ambassador Haley said Wednesday that world leaders
who laughed during Trump’s UNGA speech on Tuesday did so because “they
loved how honest he is.” Haley told Fox News’ Fox & Friends[image: Image
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(9/26), “They loved how honest he is. It’s not diplomatic, and they find it
funny.” She added that diplomats were “falling over themselves” to get a
picture with Trump and tell him “how great his speech was.” Haley told Fox,
“They love that he’s honest with them and they’ve never seen anything like
it. So, there’s respect there. I saw that the media was trying to make it
something disrespectful. That’s not what it was. They love to be with him.”
Foreign Policy
Trump Endorses Two-State Solution, Vows To Release Peace Plan Within Months.

Fox News’ Special Report
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(9/26) reported that President Trump “for the first time” is endorsing a
two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Fox’s John Roberts
added
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that Trump, who “briefly met” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu on Wednesday, said a two-state solution “would work best, and he
touted the relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem, suggesting the
Israelis would have to make a concession to the Palestinians.” The AP
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(9/26, Lee) likewise says the comments marked “the first time since taking
office” that Trump “endorsed a two-state solution as the best way to
resolve the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.” Trump told
reporters he believes that two states “works best.” To the AP, he “has
previously been vague on the topic, suggesting that he would support
whatever the parties might agree to.” The Wall Street Journal
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(9/26, Schwartz) calls it a shift by Trump, while Axios
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(9/26, Ravid) says “the Palestinians have been anxiously waiting for Trump
to say this.”

        The New York Times
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(9/26, Landler) reports Trump “said Wednesday that he hoped to present his
long-anticipated peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians within four
months.” Speaking before meeting with Netanyahu, Trump “was more
declarative than he has previously been about both the timing and nature of
the proposal his administration has been working on in secret for nearly 20
months.” While the White House “has kept timing of the plan...under tight
wraps,” the President said he planned to release it “over the next two to
three to four months.” The Washington Times
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(9/26, Boyer) reports he said, “We’re working along on” the plan, adding,
“I really believe something will happen. It is a dream of mine to be able
to get that done prior to the end of my first term.”

        The Washington Post
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(9/26, Gearan, Eglash) says Trump also “put the Israeli leader on the spot
by saying that his decision last year to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv
to contested Jerusalem must be reciprocated by Israeli concessions to the
Palestinians.” Said Trump, “Israel will have to do something that will be
good for the other side.” Netanyahu, however, “did not respond.” The New
York Post
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(9/26, Steinbuch) reports Trump said “that while he’s with Netanyahu ‘100
percent,’ Israel will have to do something that is good for the other
side.”

        *Jordan’s King Abdullah: One-State Solution Would Be “Disaster For
All Of Us.” *Jordanian King Abdullah II was asked on Fox News’ Special
Report
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(9/26) about his “concerns about the peace process.” Abdullah said, “What
I’m worried about is we will go from the two-state solution to a one-state
solution, which is a disaster for all of us in the region.” He added that
he “can understand Palestinian frustration,” because “at the moment the
Americans are speaking to one side and not speaking to the other, so that’s
the impasse we are at.”

        *Abdullah Seeks Aid For Palestinians, Help With Refugees. *Fox
News’ Special Report
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(9/26) reported Jordanian King Abdullah II is “urging” the UN to continue
humanitarian aid for Palestinians “after President Trump cut off $350
million in aid for the UN agency that distributes the funding.” Abdullah is
also “asking for help for Jordan with refugees.” Abdullah said in an
interview on Fox News’ Special Report
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(9/26) that 21 percent of Jordan’s population is refugees, and “that’s not
to count almost a million illegal workers that we made a decision not to
send back to Egypt because it would destabilize their economy.” He said the
refugee situation puts a “tremendous” amount of pressure on Jordan,
likening it to “60 million Canadians just appearing on [the US] border in a
period of two to three years.” Abdullah added that Jordan needs to “become
self-sufficient, but donor fatigue is a major problem and it’s an
international responsibility. ... We’re actually taking the load off a lot
of other countries. Help us because we are doing the right thing.”
Haley: Kerry’s Outreach To Iranian Officials “Absolutely Is Anti-American.”

Appearing on Fox News’ Fox & Friends
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(9/26), UN Ambassador Haley said former Secretary of State John Kerry’s
meetings with Iranian officials have been “hurtful to America.” Haley
added, “When we are sitting there trying to get Iran to come to the table
in a way that they understand: the ballistic missile testing has to stop,
the support of terrorism has to stop, they have to quit selling arms to the
Houthis – to have another American go in and say, ‘don’t worry about it,’
that absolutely is anti-American, and it was hurtful to the American
people.”

        *Haley: Iran “The Biggest Issue” Facing US Right Now. *Also during
her Fox News’ Fox & Friends
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(9/26) appearance, Haley said, “Honestly, Iran is the biggest issue we have
right now. ... We are having multiple attacks from their proxies on our
Embassy in Iraq. They are very involved, whether it’s Lebanon or Yemen,
they are constantly in the middle of trouble. And they are not on our side.
What we have to do is make sure that the international community knows
trying to do business with Iran is only helping terrorists. You are not
helping the international community.”

        Meanwhile, during an interview with CBS This Morning[image: Image
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(9/26, O'Donnell), Secretary of State Pompeo condemned Iranian President
Hassan Rouhani’s speech at the UN on Tuesday in which he likened President
Trump’s “tendencies” to a “Nazi disposition.” Said Pompeo, “It is
outrageous for him to say such things, for a holocaust-denying country that
is threatening Israel to compare the United States or its leader to Nazis
is among the most outrageous things I have heard.”

        *Despite Iran Threat, US Pulling Some Missile-Defense Systems Out
Of Mideast. *The Wall Street Journal
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(9/26, Lubold) reports that the Pentagon is removing some US missile
systems from the Middle East in October, US military officials said. The
Journal warns that the move that will leave US allies in the region with
fewer defenses even as the Administration ramps up its rhetoric against the
threat posed by Iran.

        *Perry: Oil Markets Will Be “Stable” After Iran Sanctions Take
Force. *The Hill
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(9/26, Cama) reports Energy Secretary Perry predicted Wednesday that world
oil markets will be “stable” after the Administration reimposes sanctions
on Iran on November 4. Amid “fears of massive price spikes from a major oil
producer effectively dropping out of the market,” Perry told reporters, “In
the short run, is there potential for price spikes? Sure, I mean a lot of
things could happen out there, I don’t want to speculate on them because
they haven’t happened.” He added, “It’s not in anyone’s interests for these
oil prices to spike, so everything that we can do to send a message to the
global market that we’re going to do everything within reason to keep a
stable supply of crude...is a good message.”

        *EU Mulls Special Trade Status For Iran Amid Renewed US Sanctions. *
Reuters
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(9/26, Campos) reports EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said
Wednesday that “a so-called Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) under
consideration to facilitate trade with Iran could be in place ‘before
November,’” when the US reimposes sanctions. The SPV “aims to keep trade
flowing even if possible US sanctions hit Tehran.”

        *Iranian Foreign Minister Criticizes Renewed US Sanctions. *The AP
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(9/26) reports that during comments at a meeting at the UN General Assembly
about “eliminating nuclear weapons,” Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad
Javad Zarif criticized the reimposition of US sanctions, calling the move
“an act of ‘unprecedented vengeance.’” He “issued a statement calling the
US withdrawal from the nuclear deal ‘unlawful and unjustified’” and
“criticized Trump for pushing for even more modern nuclear weapons.”

        *Rouhani: Iran Does Not Want To Go To War With US Forces In Region.
*Reuters
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(9/26, Hafezi) reports Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that
Tehran “had no intention to go to war with US forces in the Middle East.”
Rouhani told reporters, “We do not wish to go to war with American forces
in the region.” Regarding the future of the 2015 nuclear deal, Rouhani
said, “As long as the deal serves our interests we will remain in the pact.
... Remaining members of the deal have taken very good steps forward but
Iran has higher expectations.”

        *Experts Warn Administration’s Stance On Iran May Increase US
Isolation. *USA Today
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(9/26, Shesgreen, Fritze) reports that experts are warning that the US may
“end up isolated” as it seeks “global support” during this week’s UN
General Assembly meetings for the reimplementation of sanctions against
Iran. For instance, USA Today reports that during this week’s UN meetings,
“French President Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
both plan to meet with Iran’s leader, Hassan Rouhani, on the sidelines of
the UN’s formal sessions,” and indication they may want “to continue
working with Tehran despite the US pressure.” Experts also caution that
“the red-hot rhetoric used by Trump and his advisers at this week’s UN
meetings may widen the rift over Iran, rather than rallying allies to
America’s side.”

        *Iranian-Made Parts Found In Explosives Used By Houthis. *The
Washington
Times
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(9/26, Boylan) reports that “to fight Arab Coalition forces, Yemen’s Houthi
rebels have standardized and mass-produced landmines and improvised
explosive devices with Iranian-made components, according to a new report
released Wednesday” by the Conflict Armament Research (CAR) organization.
The report also shows that improvised mines and explosive devices (IEDs)
“are mass-produced by Houthi forces on a scale only previously achieved by
Islamic State forces in Iraq and Syria.”
Pompeo: Kim Has Been “Very Consistent In His Commitment” To
Denuclearization.

In an interview with CBS This Morning
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(9/26, O'Donnell), Secretary of State Pompeo said that in private messages
to President Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been “very
consistent” on his “intent on denuclearizing’ the Korean Peninsula.” Said
Pompeo, “He understands that, he understands the scope of that and what
that means, he’s been very consistent in his commitment in delivering on
that promise, we need to find our way forward to achieve that for the
world.” Pompeo also confirmed that North Korea will be allowing inspectors
into nuclear testing sites, and said he will be traveling to Pyongyang
“before too long” in order to get the conditions “just right.” Said Pompeo,
“We’re working our ways to make sure that this verification that we have
talked about since the beginning, and many have been skeptical, we’re going
to get this right. We’re going to deliver on the commitment that Chairman
Kim has made to the world and then there’s going to be a brighter future
for the North Korean people.”

        *Pompeo To Visit North Korea In October. *The Washington Times
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(9/26, Muñoz) reports that on Wednesday, State Department spokesperson
Heather Nauert confirmed that Pompeo will visit North Korea in October.
Said Nauert, “Secretary Pompeo accepted Chairman Kim’s invitation to travel
to Pyongyang next month to make further progress on the implementation of
the commitments from the US-DPRK Singapore Summit.” The visit is designed
to focus on denuclearization as well as “the second summit between
President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un.” The Washington Post
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(9/26, Hudson) reports “a senior State Department official” said the
upcoming trip “will focus on laying a foundation for a successful summit”
between Trump and Kim, “and creating a basis for more negotiations.”

        USA Today
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(9/26, Shesgreen, Fritze) reports the State Department announced Pompeo’s
trip after he met with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho on the
sidelines of this week’s UN General Assembly. Reuters
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(9/26, Brunnstrom, Holland) reports Pompeo said he had a “very positive”
meeting with Ri on Wednesday and will travel to Pyongyang again next month.
On Twitter
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Pompeo said the meeting involved discussion about the second summit as well
as “next steps toward denuclearization of #NorthKorea.” The AP
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(9/26, Klug) reports Pompeo also said, “Much work remains, but we will
continue to move forward.”

        *Trump Says Details Of Kim Summit To Be Announced Soon; Warns Deal
Could Take Years. *The Washington Times
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(9/26, Muñoz) reports Trump told reporters at the UN General Assembly on
Wednesday “that his administration will announce details about his second
meeting with Kim Jong-un ‘in the very near future.’” He said, “I’ll be
meeting with Chairman Kim in the very near future.” Trump added, “We’ll be
announcing where and when in the very near future.” The New York Times
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(9/26, Sanger) reports Trump also warned that a nuclear deal with North
Korea could take years, “reversing the position he took a year ago that
Pyongyang had to disarm rapidly.” The President told reporters, “I don’t
want to get into the time game. I got all the time in the world. I don’t
have to rush it.”

        Trump, the Washington Times
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(9/26, Miller) reports, also said former President Obama “confided that he
almost went to war with North Korea.” Trump told reporters that Obama made
the admission during the transition, “when he also said that nuclear-armed
North Korea was one of the biggest challenges facing the country.” Said
Trump, “He told me he was very close to going into war. That could have
been a world war very easily. ... If I wasn’t elected you would have had a
war.”

        *Pompeo To Chair UN Security Council Meeting On North Korea. *Fox
News’ Special Report
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(9/26) briefly reported Pompeo on Thursday will chair a UN Security Council
meeting focused on North Korea.
Trump Claims Credit For Saving Idlib From Syrian Offensive.

The AP
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(9/26) reports President Trump on Wednesday “claim[ed] credit for saving
the rebel-held Syrian stronghold of Idlib from a Russian-backed offensive
that could have resulted in thousands of deaths and a humanitarian crisis.”
Trump told reporters at the UN “that he instructed his national security
team to warn Russia about the operation after he heard about it from a
supporter at a rally and read a news story.” He “also recalled that he used
his Twitter account to warn of consequences in the event that chemical
weapons were used there.”

        *Senate Panel Advances Sanctions Targeting Russia For Syria
Support. *The Washington Post
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(9/26, Demirjian) reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on
Wednesday “advanced the latest legislative effort to hit Russia with new
sanctions – this time, for its support of the government in Syria and its
role in what human rights advocates and international officials have
identified as mass atrocities akin to war crimes.” The bill would impose
sanctions against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over “war
crimes” and “crimes against humanity,” including his use of chemical
weapons. It would also extend sanctions “to individuals and entities
supporting Assad’s government and its war effort – a prohibition that by
definition includes countries such as Russia and Iran.”
Khalilzad: New Mission In Afghanistan “Deja Vu All Over Again.”

The Washington Post
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(9/26, Morello) reports the quest to end the war in Afghanistan “now partly
falls on the shoulders of Zalmay Khalilzad,” a veteran US diplomat who
describes the experience as “deja vu all over again.” Khalilzad helped the
Bush Administration “plan the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001,” and later
became special envoy to Afghanistan and Ambassador to Kabul. Last week, he
was “sworn in again as a special envoy – this time tasked with helping
jump-start talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.” In an
interview, Khalilzad said, “It seems some Talibs, or the Taliban as a
whole, are looking for possible reconciliation and a political settlement
to end the conflict. And my job is very narrow this time, narrowly focused
on testing that proposition and helping, if there is reality to it, to
facilitate and help the parties to reach an agreement and to participate,
if needed, in the meetings and discussions leading to a possible
agreement.”
Trump Open To Meeting With Maduro At UNGA.

Reuters
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(9/26, Nichols, Ulmer) reports Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro headed
for New York on Wednesday to attend the UN General Assembly and President
Trump “said he would be open to meeting.” Said Trump, “I would certainly be
open to it, I’m willing to meet with anybody. We’re going to take care of
Venezuela, if he’s here and he wants to meet, it was not on my mind, it was
not on my plate, but if I can help people that’s what I’m here for.” The
White House, however, “said no meeting was planned between the two leaders,
and Venezuela’s information ministry did not respond to a request for
comment.” The Washington Post
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(9/26, Morello, Faiola) reports that although Maduro did not meet Wednesday
with Trump, he did hold talks with “two men who symbolize adversarial
relations with the United States – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.”

        The Miami Herald
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(9/26, Wyss), meanwhile, reports that during his address to the General
Assembly on Wednesday, Maduro accused the US and its allies “of trying to
assassinate him to end his ‘socialist revolution’ and seize Venezuela’s
vast oil and mineral wealth.” Maduro “said Washington was scared of
Venezuela’s autonomy and independence and determined to stop it all costs.”
He also “reiterated his claim that the US and Colombia were behind the Aug.
4 explosion of a drone at a military parade in Caracas where he was
speaking.”

        *Neighbors Refer Venezuela To ICC For Rights Abuses. *The New York
Times
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(9/26, Londoño, Simons) reports that “five Latin American countries and
Canada on Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court to consider
prosecuting senior officials in Venezuela for extensive human rights
abuses, the first time that member nations have referred another member to
the tribunal.” The Times says the step by Argentina, Chile, Colombia,
Paraguay and Peru “represented an extraordinary rebuke of President Nicolás
Maduro.”

        *Morales: US Not “Interested In Upholding Democracy.” *Bloomberg
News
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(9/26, Olorunnipa, Epstein) reports Trump was “forced to sit through a
lengthy tongue-lashing” Wednesday from Bolivian President Evo Morales at a
meeting of the UN Security Council. To Bloomberg, it was “likely the
harshest any foreign leader has ever spoken to Trump in public.” Said
Morales, “I would like to say to you, frankly and openly here, that in no
way is the United States interested in upholding democracy.” He added, “The
United States could not care less about human rights or justice. If this
were the case, it would have signed the international conventions and
treaties that have protected human rights. It would not have threatened the
investigation mechanism of the International Criminal Court, nor would it
promote the use of torture, nor would it have walked away from the Human
Rights Council. And nor would it have separated migrant children from their
families, nor put them in cages.”
Trump Signals Trade Talks With Canada Going Poorly.

Fox News’ Special Report
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(9/26) reported President Trump on Wednesday “said...that things are not
going well in trade talks with Canada,” and that he “denied” Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau a meeting at the UN General Assembly “because of
that.” The New York Times
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(9/26, Rappeport, Tankersley) reports Trump “said he rejected a meeting”
with Trudeau and “threatened on Wednesday to punish Canada by taxing the
cars it exports into America, signaling a new low in relations between the
two nations.” Said Trump, “Frankly, we’re thinking about just taxing cars
coming in from Canada. That’s the mother lode. That’s the big one. We’re
very unhappy with the negotiations and the negotiating style of Canada.”

        *Trudeau: Canada May Not Agree To Revised NAFTA By US-Set Deadline.
*Reuters
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(9/26, Lawder) reports Trudeau on Wednesday “shrugged off US pressure to
quickly agree to a deal on NAFTA and indicated it was possible the three
member nations might fail to conclude a new pact.” In doing so, Reuters
says, Trudeau “cast further doubt on the future of” NAFTA as “business
groups are openly fretting about the damage that a collapse could provoke.”
Trudeau “has repeatedly said he is ready to walk away from the talks rather
than sign a document he thinks is bad.”

        *CEO Says Trump Tariffs Have Cost Ford $1 Billion. *Reuters
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(9/26, Carey, Shepardson) reports that Ford CEO James Hackett said
Wednesday that “steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the Trump
administration have cost Ford...about $1 billion in profits.” Hackett is
quoted as saying, “From Ford’s perspective the metals tariffs took about $1
billion in profit from us. The irony of which is we source most of that in
the U.S. today anyway. If it goes on any longer, it will do more damage.”
Hackett “did not specify what period the $1 billion covered, but a
spokesman said the automaker’s CEO was referring to internal forecasts at
Ford for higher tariff-related costs in 2018 and 2019.”

        *Many Farmers Say Federal Aid Will Not Offset Tariff Damage. *The Wall
Street Journal
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(9/26, Newman) reports that US farmers are expected to experience a 13
percent overall drop in income this year due mainly to tariffs, and many
are concerned payments from the federal government’s aid package will not
fully compensate them. To date, the USDA has given out $35 million in aid
from the $5 billion it dedicated to offset losses from global trade
disputes last month.

        *Dixon Ticonderoga Getting Federal Benefits Despite Moving Most
Production Out Of US. *The Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=052-74a&t=c>
(9/26, A1, Paletta) reports on its front page on how Dixon Ticonderoga has
been using US trade law “to reap government benefits and protection as it
also moved almost all pencil production to Mexico and China. The company
has collected nearly $5 million in federal funding aimed at victims of
foreign trade abuse since 2005 and has requested millions more.” The fact
that the company “has a Georgia distribution center has allowed Dixon to
successfully petition the US government to impose a 114.9 percent tariff on
Chinese competitors – more than doubling the costs for some other pencil
makers.” The US International Trade Commission has “removed Dixon’s
designation as a ‘domestic’ manufacturer because it made so few pencils at
its Georgia plant.”

        *Powell: Trump Tariffs Are Not Causing Inflation. *Breitbart
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(9/26, Carney) reports that in his press conference Wednesday, Federal
Reserve Chair Jay Powell said the Fed is “not particularly concerned that
escalating tariffs will hold back economic growth or cause consumer prices
to rise.” According to Breitbart, Powell “said that although the Fed has
heard concerns from business leaders the data do not show tariffs pushing
up prices.” Powell is quoted as saying, “We’re not seeing it yet. We just
aren’t. We’re watching very closely.”

        *Trump: Abe Has Agreed To Bilateral US-Japan Trade Talks. *Reuters
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(9/26, Holland) reports Trump announced Wednesday that he and Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have agreed to “start talks on a bilateral free
trade agreement that Tokyo has been resisting.” According to Reuters,
“Trump has made clear he is unhappy with Japan’s $69 billion trade surplus
with the United States – nearly two-thirds of it from auto exports – and
wants a two-way agreement to address it.” Japanese officials, however, are
“worried that Trump will demand a reduction in Japanese auto imports, and
fret that Trump could impose steep import tariffs on autos and auto parts,
which would deal a big blow to the export-reliant economy.” The Washington
Times
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(9/26, Miller) says a “centerpiece of the proposed deal would be increased
US car sales in Japan and Japanese agriculture sales in the US.” Trump said
of the deal, “It can only be better for the United States. It couldn’t get
any worse than what has happened over the years.”
Domestic Policy
Trump Calls Allegations Against Kavanaugh “A Big, Fat Con Job.”

President Trump on Wednesday addressed the allegations against Supreme
Court Justice-designate Kavanaugh during an afternoon press conference. In
his remarks, Trump once again accused Senate Democrats of being behind the
spate of accusations. NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by sender.
Video]
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(9/26, lead story, 3:35, Alexander) showed Trump saying, “They know it’s a
big, fat con job, and they go into a room, and I guarantee you, they laugh
like hell. ... You have this other con artist, [Michael] Avenatti, come out
with another beauty today. These are false accusations.” The CBS Evening
News
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(9/26, lead story, 5:00, Glor) noted Trump also said, “What they’ve done to
this family, what they’ve done to these children, these beautiful children
of his, and what they’ve done to his wife. And they know it’s a big, fat
con job, so it wouldn’t have mattered if the FBI came back with the
cleanest score, and you understand that very well,” that “if they would
have come back with the most perfect, we found everything, and he’s
perfectly innocent of everything, it wouldn’t have made a difference. You
wouldn’t have gotten one vote.”

        Another NBC Nightly News
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(9/26, story 4, 1:50, Holt) segment showed Trump being asked whether all
Kavanaugh accusers are liars. He replied, “I can’t tell you. I have to
watch tomorrow. I just heard about one a little while ago. I can tell you
her lawyer is a low life, okay? I can’t tell you whether or not they are
liars until I hear them. I’ll be watching. Believe it or not, I’m going to
see what is said. It’s possible that they will be convincing. Now, with all
of that being said,” Kavanaugh “has been for many years one of the most
respected people in Washington. Every single person knows him, a lot of
people know him well, and those people don’t believe what’s going on. I can
always be convinced. I have to hear it.”

        ABC World News Tonight
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(9/26, lead story, 5:05, Karl) showed Trump saying, “People are going to
have to make a decision. Thirty-six years, there’s no charge. All of a
sudden, the hearings are over and the rumors start coming out. The senators
are very capable people, they’re very good people. I know many of them,
they’re friends of mine. These are very talented, very good people. They’re
going to have to believe what they believe.” The New York Times
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(9/26, Shear) points out that while he said the allegations against
Kavanaugh “are all false,” Trump also told reporters “he ‘can always be
convinced’ after watching the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.” The
Times goes on to call Trump’s press conference “rambling and combative.”

        Jake Tapper said of Trump’s remarks on CNN’s Situation Room[image:
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(9/26), “I think he did himself no favors when it came to the idea of
supporting Kavanaugh. He did, a few times during this press conference, say
things to try to suggest that he had an open mind about it, he wants to
hear, he could be persuaded. But I think overwhelmingly the idea was this
is a con job, these women are lying, their accusations are false, I don’t
believe it. ... He painted this picture of sexual assault as if it is just
a world full of women waiting to make false accusations against men and
none of them are accurate, none of them are true.”

        *Trump Says If He Nominated George Washington, Democrats Would Be
Against Him. *Politico
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(9/26, Shamon) notes that during his press conference, Trump also said,
“Look, if we brought George Washington here and we said, ‘We have George
Washington,’ the Democrats would vote against him.” Trump went on to quip,
“He may have had some – I think – accusations made. Didn’t he have a couple
of things in his past? George Washington would be voted against 100 percent
by [Senate Minority Leader] Schumer and the con artists. One hundred
percent. One hundred percent. So it really doesn’t matter from their
standpoint.”

        *Trump: GOP Senators “Could Not Be More Respectful” Of Ford. *
Politico
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(9/26, Morin) reports that “Trump on Wednesday praised the way Senate
Republicans have handled sexual assault allegations against...Kavanaugh,
saying GOP lawmakers ‘could not be more respectful] to accuser Christine
Blasey Ford.” Said Trump, “I think the Senate, the Republicans could not be
nicer in the way they’re handling this. ... They could have pushed it
through 2 1/2 weeks ago and you wouldn’t be talking about it right now,
which is frankly what I would have preferred, but they didn’t do that.” CQ
Roll Call
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(9/26, Bennett) notes Trump also said, “I think I might have pushed it
ahead a lot faster.”

        Meanwhile, Breitbart
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(9/26, Spiering) reports Trump also “said Wednesday that Republicans on the
Senate Judiciary Committee should have forced a vote to confirm...Kavanaugh
sooner.”

        *Trump: Past “False Charges” Against Him Give Him Unique
Perspective On Kavanaugh Saga. *The CBS Evening News[image: Image removed
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(9/26, lead story, 5:00, Glor) reported that Trump was asked how the past
allegations of sexual impropriety affect his reaction to the Kavanaugh
charges, and he said, “Well, it does impact my opinion, you know why?
Because I’ve had a lot of false charges made against me. I’m a very famous
person, unfortunately. I’ve been a famous person for a long time. But I’ve
had a lot of false charges made against me. Really false charges. I know
friends that have false charges. People want fame. They want money. They
want whatever. So when I see it, I view it differently than somebody
sitting home watching television where they say, oh, judge Kavanaugh this
or that. It’s happened to me many times.”

        *ABC’s Vega: Trump Comment On Presumption Of Innocence “Astounding
Moment.” *ABC World News Tonight
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(9/26, lead story, 5:05, Karl) reported Trump “was also asked what message
he’s sending to young men across this country by defending judge Kavanaugh
so strongly, even before he hears from Dr. Ford.” ABC’s Cecilia Vega added,
“This is the message to young men President Trump is sending. Quote: ‘When
you are guilty until proven innocent, it’s not supposed to be that way.’ He
just called this a dangerous period in our country, a powerful cultural
moment. I’ve got to tell you...this was an astounding moment in covering
this presidency. More than an hour and 20 minutes, more than a dozen
different topics covered. This was supposed to be...Trump making his case
for his nominee ahead of tomorrow’s hearing. The question” is: “Did he help
or did he hurt him?” Breitbart
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(9/26, Spiering) notes “Trump said that he grew up hearing the phrase
‘innocent until proven guilty,’ suggesting that it was the proper
application of justice in America,” and “said that the allegations of
sexual misconduct against Kavanaugh set a different standard by his enemies
because he was nominated to the Supreme Court.” Said Trump, “I think that’s
a very very dangerous standard for our country.”

        According to a Washington Post
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(9/26, Rucker, Costa, Dawsey, Parker) analysis, however, “Trump’s expansive
argument cast doubt on the credibility not only of the three women who have
accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault, but also on scores of other women who
have claimed sexual abuse by prominent men, including the president
himself.” With “his defiant rush to rescue Kavanaugh’s nomination, Trump
effectively sought to draw a line in the sand against the growing number of
allegations that have felled male authority figures in politics, the media
and business.”

        Washington Post conservative blogger Jennifer Rubin tweeted
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“Defending Kavanaugh, Trump laments #MeToo as ‘very dangerous’ for powerful
men... can’t get anything by that guy. Yes, the age of unchallenged rich
guy privilege is drawing to an end”.

        *Flake Urges Colleagues To Keep Open Mind, Slams Trump’s Comments
On Allegations. *USA Today
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(9/26, Groppe) reports that Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) – “one of the potential
swing votes on” Kavanaugh’s confirmation “called on his colleagues
Wednesday to have an open mind about the allegations against Kavanaugh and
to recognize that both Kavanaugh and his accuser are human beings.” Flake
“said he doesn’t believe Kavanaugh is ‘some kind of serial sexual
predator’” nor “does he think Christine Blasey Ford is part of a vast
conspiracy to smear him.” Rather, “he called them ‘unwitting combatants in
an undeclared war.’” Flake also “disclosed that he’s received a death
threat from a man who called his Arizona office to say he is tired of Flake
‘interrupting our president.’”

        The Hill
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(9/26, Carney) reports Flake also “ripped both President Trump and his
fellow lawmakers on Wednesday for their handling of a sexual assault
allegation against...Kavanaugh.” Said Flake, “I do not believe that a claim
of sexual assault is invalid because a 15-year-old girl didn’t promptly
report the assault to the authorities, as the President of the United
States said just two days ago. ... How uninformed and uncaring do you have
to be to say things like that, much less believe them? Do we have any idea
what kind of message that sends, especially to young women? How many times
do we have to marginalize and ignore women before we learn that important
lesson?”

        *Flake’s Upcoming Visit To New Hampshire Stokes Speculation About
2020 Run. *The Washington Times
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(9/26, McLaughlin) reports Flake “is scheduled to return to New Hampshire
next week, a visit that is sure to stoke speculation about him running
against...Trump in the 2020 GOP nomination race or launching an independent
bid.” The Times adds that “Flake, who is not seeking re-election, has been
one of the most vocal Republican critics of Mr. Trump and also is one of a
few GOP lawmakers that has been coy about whether they plan to support the
nomination of...Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.”

        *Kennedy Says He Wants To Hear From Ford. *In an interview with the New
York Times
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(9/26, Peters), Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said he wants hear Ford’s “story
first hand. There’s been a lot of coverage in our media, predictably, about
this issue. But the only human beings that I know that talked with Dr. Ford
other than her lawyers have been the reporters at The Washington Post. I’m
not saying it’s wrong. But the Constitution doesn’t say The Washington Post
gets to decide. It says the Senate. And I want to hear from Dr. Ford.”
Asked why some of his colleagues “haven’t been willing to say as
forcefully...that she deserves to be heard,” Kennedy said, “I can only
speak for me. I don’t know that this is going to be a battle of truth as
much as it’s going to be a battle of memory. Thirty-six years is a long,
long time.”

        *Republicans Appear Determined To Proceed With Committee Vote
Tomorrow. *The AP
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(9/26, Fram, Mascaro, Kellman) reports that Senate Republicans “indicated
they were still determined to have the committee vote on recommending”
Judge Kavanaugh “on Friday,” following tomorrow’s Senate Judiciary
Committee hearing featuring Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. Senate
Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley said “that about 20 committee
investigators are ‘tracking down all allegations/leads & talking to all
witnesses & gathering all evidence.’” Bloomberg News
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(9/26, Litvan, John, Stohr) notes Sen. John Thune (R-SD) “said party
leaders still intend to hold the Judiciary vote on Friday, stay through the
weekend and confirm Kavanaugh on the Senate floor next week.” Thune
“declined to say if there are 50 votes for Kavanaugh at this point, though
he predicted the nominee will ‘get confirmed in the end.’”

        The Des Moines (IA) Register
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(9/26, Petroski) indicates, meanwhile, that Grassley also “left open the
possibility that the committee may not vote Friday,” saying, “Well you are
asking me to speculate. But here is where we are: You take this one step at
a time.” Moreover, the Washington Examiner
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(9/26, Weaver) reports, Grassley “opened the door to holding a second
hearing after a third woman accused...Kavanaugh of mistreating women, and
being in the room when she was gang-raped.”

        *Judiciary Committee Examining New Physical Assault Allegation
Against Kavanaugh. *Kasie Hunt reported on NBC Nightly News[image: Image
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(9/26, story 3, 0:50, Holt) that “the Senate Judiciary Committee is probing
an additional anonymous allegation of physical assault against Brett
Kavanaugh.” The charge “came in a letter. The senators saying the woman
involved her own daughter who witnessed Judge Kavanaugh shove a woman up
against a wall in a sexual manner while drunk in 1998.” Hunt added that
privately, “some Republicans are starting to worry that things might be
moving a little bit too quickly, and my sources tell me if there is another
allegation, Republicans might start voicing doubts and that would be
especially true if it were proven that he is not telling the truth.”
Politico
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(9/26, Everett, Schor, Bresnahan) reports that Kavanaugh “denied any
involvement in the events alleged in that complaint,” telling Judiciary
Committee staff, “It’s ridiculous. Total twilight zone. And no, I’ve never
done anything like that.”

        *Democrats Demand Trump Withdraw Kavanaugh Nomination. *Mary Bruce
reported on ABC World News Tonight
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(9/26, story 4, 3:00, Muir) that with the new allegations against
Kavanaugh, Democrats on the Judiciary Committee “are now demanding the
President withdraw Kavanaugh’s nomination.”

        *Avenatti Client Alleges Kavanaugh Was Involved In Luring Girls
Into Gang Rapes. *Media reports are taking pains to describe the
allegations against Judge Kavanaugh by Julie Swetnick, a woman represented
by Stormy Daniel’s lawyer Michael Avenatti, as lacking any corroboration.
The New York Times
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(9/26, Eder, Rutenberg, Ruiz) says, for example, that “none of Ms.
Swetnick’s claims could be independently corroborated,” and that Avenatti
“declined to make her available for an interview.” NBC Nightly News[image:
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(9/26, lead story, 3:35, Alexander) also reported is “has not independently
corroborated Swetnick’s claims, and...Avenatti would not make her available
for an interview,” and ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed by
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(9/26, story 2, 2:25, Muir) that it “has been unable to corroborate
Swetnick’s allegations.”

        Reuters
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(9/26, Hurley, Heavey) reports Swetnick “said she attended more than 10
house parties in the Washington area from 1981 to 1983 where Kavanaugh was
present,” and “described gang rapes she said occurred in which boys would
line up to rape incapacitated girls.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed
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(9/26, lead story, 3:35, Alexander) notes Swetnick also said she “witnessed
Kavanaugh and high school friend Mark Judge fondling girls without their
consent, saying in 1982 she was the victim of a gang or train rape.”
Swetnick “does not specifically name Kavanaugh as being involved in the
rape, but says both were present, and she believes she was drugged.” The Los
Angeles Times
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(9/26, Finnegan) also points out that “she said she witnessed efforts by
Kavanaugh, his friend...Judge and others to get girls ‘inebriated and
disoriented so they could then be “gang raped” in a side room or bedroom by
a “train” of numerous boys.’” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by
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(9/26, lead story, 3:35, Alexander) reported Kavanaugh said in a statement,
“This is ridiculous and from the Twilight Zone. I don’t know who this is
and this never happened.” An attorney for Judge, “in an email to The Hill
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(9/26, Axelrod) said Judge ‘vehemently denies’ Swetnick’s allegations.”

        The CBS Evening News
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(9/26, story 2, 2:55, Reid) reported Kavanaugh “himself was asked about the
house parties earlier this week” by Senate aides. To the question “did you
ever participate in or were you ever aware of any gang rape that happened
at a party that you attendee,” Kavanaugh replied, “That’s totally false and
outrageous. Never done any such thing, known about any such thing.” The New
York Times
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(9/26, Eder, Rutenberg, Ruiz) says Swetnick “offered no explanation in her
statement of how she came to attend the same parties, nor did she identify
other people who could verify her account.” The Wall Street Journal
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(9/26, Ballhaus, Andrews), meanwhile, interviews Kavanaugh’s high school
girlfriend, who defends the nominee and calls the allegations preposterous.
The CBS Evening News
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(9/26, story 2, 2:55, Reid) also reported that “64 people who say they knew
Brett Kavanaugh in high school sent this letter to the Senate Judiciary
Committee. They say that they don’t remember anyone named Julie Swetnick.
They call her allegations nonsense and reprehensible.”

        Avenatti first aired his accusations on Twitter
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posting “a sworn declaration from my client. We demand an immediate FBI
investigation into the allegations. Under no circumstances should Brett
Kavanaugh be confirmed absent a full and complete investigation.” Avenatti
later said on ABC’s The View
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(9/26), “The details in this declaration are specific. They are shocking.
But above all else they are true.” He went on to tell CNN’s The Lead[image:
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(9/26), “It was only within the last couple of hours that [the Senate
Judiciary Committee] finally got back to us and said that they want to meet
with my client. We’re considering that request. But frankly, that’s not how
this should be handled. The FBI should be brought in to do a proper
investigation.” Avenatti said on CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time[image: Image
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(9/26) that his client stands behind her allegations. Avenatti added, “She
is 100 percent credible. We want the FBI involved immediately to vet these
allegations, to take interviews with all of the witnesses.”

        The Washington Post
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(9/26, Shapira) reports Swetnick “is an experienced Web developer in the
Washington area who has held multiple security clearances for her work on
government-related networks.” She is “the child of two government
bureaucrats” who “has spent most of her life around Washington.” Swetnick’s
father “said Wednesday he was shocked to learn from a Washington Post
reporter that his daughter had made the explosive allegations.”

        *Media Analyses, Kavanaugh Lawyer, Graham See Inconsistencies In
Swetnick Account. *The New York Times
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(9/26, Eder, Rutenberg, Ruiz) reports that “Swetnick grew up in Montgomery
County, Md., graduating from Gaithersburg High School in 1980 before
attending college at the University of Maryland, according to a résumé for
her posted online.” Kavanaugh “graduated from Georgetown Prep in 1983.”
Breitbart
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(9/26, Pollak) notes “that means she would have met Kavanaugh while she was
17 or 18, and he was 15 or 16 years old.” John McCormack of the Weekly
Standard
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(9/26) asks, “Did high school students from Georgetown Prep like Kavanaugh
frequently attend parties with University of Maryland college students like
Swetnick in the early 1980s?”

        The Washington Times
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(9/26, Dinan, Muñoz) reports Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) “called the new
allegations ‘outrageous’ and ‘largely inconsistent.’” Said Graham, “I have
a difficult time believing any person would continue to go to – according
to the affidavit – 10 parties over a two-year period where women were
routinely gang raped and not report it. ... I also find it curious these
charges were not brought forward until 2018, two days before a confirmation
vote.”

        The Hill
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(9/26, Wise) reports “at least two GOP senators on Wednesday” also raised
doubts about the latest sexual misconduct allegations...by going
after...Avenatti.” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) “said during an interview on
Fox News on Wednesday afternoon that ‘the source is being considered,’
explaining, “not the accuser, per se, but Avenatti. Avenatti, who, you
know, lawyer to porn stars.’” Graham “similarly went after Avenatti,
issuing a statement arguing that ‘the lawyer to porn stars has just taken
this debacle to an even lower level.’” The Daily Caller
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(9/26, Prince) notes Graham also tweeted
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“I hope people will be highly suspicious of this allegation presented
by...Avenatti.”

        NBC Nightly News
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(9/26, story 2, 2:10, Holt) showed Beth Wilkinson, an attorney for
Kavanaugh, saying, “I’ve got to believe if this was happening over two
years with all these women and men, someone else would have heard about it
and would have reported it by now.” Wilkinson was asked on Fox News’
Special Report
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(9/26) if Kavanaugh is considering withdrawing his nomination in light of
the latest allegations. Wilkinson said, “He’s not. And it’s very
unfortunate that it’s come to this today. ... If this allegation has merit,
I don’t understand why her attorney didn’t bring it forward before and why
he hasn’t gone to the police.” Wilkinson added that “you have to question
the motives when they come forward with the most salacious, most outrageous
allegations the day before the hearing.”

        *Senate Democrats Lend Credence To Accusations, Question
Kavanaugh’s “Character.” *USA Today
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(9/26, Estepa) reports that “in the face of the new allegations against
Kavanaugh, the Democrats of the Senate Judiciary Committee have called on
Trump to either withdraw Kavanaugh’s nomination or to direct the FBI to
reopen an investigation into his background.” Said the Democrats in a
statement, “The standard of character and fitness for a position on the
nation’s highest court must be higher than this.” The New York Times
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(9/26, Fandos) reports Senate Minority Leader Schumer also said that
Kavanaugh “ought to withdraw,” and Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) that “he would
file a lawsuit seeking to halt the nomination on procedural grounds.”

        *Trump Dismisses Allegation As “Ridiculous,” Calls “Third Rate
Lawyer” Avenatti A “Lowlife.” *Reuters
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(9/26, Hurley, Heavey) also reports Trump dismissed the allegation as
“ridiculous,” and the Washington Post
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(9/26, Gardner) that during his press conference Wednesday afternoon he
said, “I can tell you her lawyer is a lowlife.” Trump also tweeted
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=08e-c29&t=c>,
“Avenatti is a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations,
like he did on me and like he is now doing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is
just looking for attention and doesn’t want people to look at his past
record and relationships – a total low-life!”

        The Washington Times
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(9/26, Muñoz) recounts that “Avenatti became a ‘resistance’ hero against
the Trump administration while representing” Stormy Daniels “in her lawsuit
against the president.”

        Avenatti was asked on CNN’s The Lead[image: Image removed by
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(9/26) about Trump’s criticism of him. Avenatti said, “Donald Trump knows
nothing of my background, knows nothing of my nearly 20-year record as an
attorney. I’ve represented Democrats. I’ve represented Republicans. I’ve
represented working people all over the United States. ... And they don’t
know what to do with the allegation, so now what they want to do is, they
want to try to attack me and it’s disgusting.” Avenatti was asked on CNN’s
Cuomo Prime Time
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(9/26) about Trump’s claim that he is a con man. Avenatti said, “If anyone
knows a con, I guess it would be Donald Trump based on the last two years.
You know, look, this guy has zero credibility in the eyes of most
Americans, and certainly in the eyes of the world. He’s a habitual liar.”

        *Swetnick’s Ex-Boyfriend Filed Restraining Order Against Her.
*The Washington
Examiner
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(9/26, Lim) reports “an ex-boyfriend of the third woman accusing Supreme
Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct filed a restraining
order against her in Florida more than a decade ago.” Swetnick’s former
boyfriend Richard Vinneccy “petitioned a Miami-Dade County court in 2001
for an injunction against her after their four-year relationship
deteriorated,” though his case “was dismissed after an affidavit of
nonability to advance fees was filed.” Vinneccy, “a registered Democrat,
cast doubt on Swetnick’s credibility.” Vinneccy told Politico
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(9/26, Caputo, Korecki), “Right after I broke up with her, she was
threatening my family, threatening my wife and threatening to do harm to my
baby at that time.” Avenatti “said he was not aware of the restraining
order and dismissed its relevance to Swetnick’s accusation.”

        *Accusation Of Rape On Boat In 1985 Recanted. *In a tweet
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Wednesday, Bloomberg News White House reporter Jennifer Epstein
highlighted, “Another accusation against Kavanaugh that he was asked about
by Senate staffers this week: an alleged rape on a boat in Rhode Island in
1985. Kavanaugh denies.” Epstein included a copy of part of a transcript of
the meeting. However, in response, Alex Pfeiffer, executive producer for
Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, tweeted
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“Transcript notes that the guy who made the accusation is fairly deranged.
He tweeted, ‘Dear Pentagon, please save my country from the parasite that
occupies the White House. Our you waiting until Russians parachute in like
in Red Dawn? Please help!’” The Washington Times
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(9/26, Richardson) reports that the accusation “was recanted shortly after
it surfaced.” The Daily Caller
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(9/26, Hasson) says both CNN and The Hill spread the accusation “without
mentioning that the man who made the accusation has since retracted the
claim and apologized for making it.”

        *Men Claim They, Not Kavanaugh, Had Encounter With Ford. *USA Today
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(9/26, Hayes) reports that the Senate Judiciary Committee has questioned
two men who say they, not Kavanaugh, “had the disputed encounter with
Christine Blasey Ford at a 1982 house party that led to sexual assault
allegations.” A release from Senate Judiciary Chairman Charles Grassley
says the men told the committee that they “had the encounter with Dr. Ford
in 1982 that is the basis of his complaint.”

        *Ramirez’s Attorneys Noncommittal About Participating In Judiciary
Committee Probe. *The Daily Caller
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(9/26, Daley) cites emails which show that attorneys for Kavanaugh accuser
Deborah Ramirez “repeatedly declined to say whether their client would
participate” with the Senate Judiciary Committee investigation. The email
exchange, which took place between Sept. 23 and Sept. 25 “create
significant doubt as to whether Ramirez will ever answer questions in a
formal setting about her allegations.” In all, the committee’s Republican
lawyers “asked if Ramirez would cooperate with their inquiry six times, but
never received a definitive response.” In an interview with NBC’s Today[image:
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on Wednesday, Ramirez attorney John Clune “again declined to take a
definitive position as to whether his client would appear before the
committee.” He said, “That’s a decision that I’ll certainly let [Ramirez]
make. ... I would be very concerned about doing that but it wouldn’t
surprise me if she would agree to do that.”

        The New York Times
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(9/26, Saul, Pogrebin, McIntire, Protess) describes Kavanaugh and Ramirez’s
time at Yale more than 30 years ago, reporting that Ramirez, “the daughter
of a telephone company lineman and a medical technician,” worked “at a
residential dining hall and cleaning dorm rooms ahead of class reunions,
common jobs for students who had to scrape together money for tuition,” and
“saw herself as an outsider at Yale.” Kavanaugh “attended Georgetown
Preparatory, an elite Jesuit school in suburban Washington, where his
parents moved in the capital’s political circles. ... At Yale, he seemed to
settle in quickly with a crowd not unlike his high school friends.”

        *In Prepared Testimony, Kavanaugh Decries “Grotesque” Character
Assassination. *The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday released
Supreme Court Justice-designate Brett Kavanaugh’s prepared opening remarks
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for Thursday’s hearing on Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual misconduct
allegation against him. The Los Angeles Times
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(9/26, Haberkorn) reports that Kavanaugh plans to tell the panel that he is
the victim of a “grotesque and obvious character assassination.” The Times
says the statement is Kavanaugh’s “strongest pushback to date against what
he and Republicans say are politically motivated attempts to block his
confirmation to the high court.” In comments the Times says are
“reminiscent of the response by then-nominee Clarence Thomas in 1991” to
accusations from Anita Hill, Kavanaugh plans to say, “There has been a
frenzy to come up with something – anything, no matter how far-fetched or
odious – that will block a vote on my nomination. ... These are last-minute
smears, pure and simple. They debase our public discourse.”

        USA Today
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(9/26, Wolf) says that in the statement, Kavanaugh acknowledges sometimes
drinking “too many” beers on in high school and doing things “that make me
cringe now” but “forcefully denied allegations of sexual assault.” The
Washington
Post
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(9/26, Gardner) quotes Kavanaugh as saying in the statement, “What I’ve
been accused of is far more serious than juvenile misbehavior. ... I never
did anything remotely resembling what Dr. Ford describes.” The Washington
Times
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(9/26, Swoyer) says Kavanaugh calls sexual assault “morally wrong” and
“contrary to my religious faith.” While he “said he does not question
accuser Christine Blasey Ford’s claim that she was sexually assaulted at a
high school party,” he “denied he was involved in any way.” The New York
Times
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(9/26, Fandos) quotes Kavanaugh’s statement as saying, “I am not
questioning that Dr. Ford may have been sexually assaulted by some person
in some place at some time. ... But I have never done that to her or to
anyone.”

        The Washington Free Beacon
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(9/26, Cawthorne) reports that in his statement Kavanaugh “notes that when
he was publicly accused by Ford, he immediately denied the allegation
unequivocally and categorically” and that “he wanted to testify as soon as
possible ‘under oath’ to clear his name.” Kavanaugh adds that in the past
few days “other false and uncorroborated accusations have been aired” but
he will not be “intimidated into withdrawing from this process.”

        *Kavanaugh Tells Committee Staff He Is Victim Of “Smear
Campaign.” *Meanwhile,
the Washington Post
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(9/26, Gardner) reports that in interviews with Judiciary Committee staff
this week, “Kavanaugh denied every intensely detailed allegation levied
against him by two women who have accused him of sexual misconduct.”
Kavanaugh, who “vehemently denied two new and unsubstantiated allegations
that were passed on to the committee by senators,” said, “This is crazy
town. It’s a smear campaign. ... It’s trying to take me down, trying to
take down my family.”

        *Ford Statement Says Kavanaugh “Assault” Altered Her Life. *ABC
World News Tonight
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(9/26, story 3, 2:15, Moran) said that in her opening statement
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Ford “paints a picture, takes you inside that room, recalls she was wearing
a one-piece bathing suit which might have protected her, and she says
‘Brett’s assault on my drastically altered my life for a very long time. I
was too afraid and ashamed to tell anyone.’”

        *Senators Reject Ford Request To Limit Press Access To Hearing. *The
Washington Times
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(9/26, Dinan) reports that senators have rejected Ford’s request
restrictions on press access to her testimony, but they “did agree to some
limits compared to the mass of reporters that had access to Supreme Court
nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s original testimony earlier this month.” There
will be “48 reporters from newspapers, magazines and wire services,” which
is “far more than the four seats Ms. Blasey Ford’s lawyers had wanted.” In
addition, “there will be seven news photographers at any given time, which
is more than the three Ms. Blasey Ford’s team had wanted.”

        *Ford Polygraph “Not Indicative Of Deception.” *Politico
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(9/26, Schor) reports that Ford’s attorneys on Wednesday “released a copy
of a polygraph test that she took in August regarding her sexual assault
allegation against Brett Kavanaugh, with a conclusion that her account of
the episode is ‘not indicative of deception.’” Ford “shared her account of
the assault with the examiner,” and “three separate algorithms were applied
to the results of a polygraph examination as she attested to the
truthfulness of her story, according to the report. All three concluded
that Ford was speaking truthfully.”

        *Ford Attorneys Submit Affidavits From People She Told About
Allegations. *The Daily Caller
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(9/26, Bogorowski) reports that Ford’s attorneys “say they submitted sworn
declarations to the Senate Judiciary Committee from four people who say she
told them about” the alleged assault by Kavanaugh. However, none “claim
they were at the high school party Blasey Ford describes in her
allegations.”

        *Kavanaugh Provides Senators With His Calendar From Summer Of 1982.
*The AP
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(9/26, Jalonick) reports that Kavanaugh’s attorneys have provided the
Senate Judiciary Committee with detailed pages of Kavanaugh’s calendar from
the summer of 1982, which when Ford said she believes the assault took
place. In the pages, “Kavanaugh listed in green-and-white squares the
activities that filled his summer when he was 17 years old – exams, movies,
sports and plenty of parties.” The pages, which run from May through
August, “mention several parties at various houses and also a beach week,
highlighted in all caps the week after his exams end.” However, nothing
“appears to mention Ford.” The pages provide “a snapshot of Kavanaugh’s
life that summer,” adding that “several days are blank and it’s unlikely
the calendar documents every single thing he did.” It is “unclear if the
calendars will affect the opinions of the senators on the committee about
Ford’s allegation.”

        *Republicans Hope Career Prosecutor Will Lend Credibility To
Hearing. *Nancy Cordes reported on the CBS Evening News[image: Image
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(9/26, story 3, 2:45, Glor) reported that during Thursday’s hearing, the 21
senators on the panel “will get five minutes each tomorrow to question”
Ford and another five for Kavanaugh. Republicans “plan to cede most of
their time to Arizona prosecutor and sex crimes expert Rachel Mitchell, who
they have hired for this hearing.” Jan Crawford said on the CBS
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(9/26, story 4, 1:50, Glor) that Ford is “going to be asked about that one
event at a party that happened in high school while Kavanaugh will be asked
about his entire life.”

        The Washington Post
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(9/26, Farzan) calls Mitchell, “an unknown career prosecutor from Arizona
with little comparable experience.” Mitchell, “who runs the special victims
division of the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office,” has “never been
involved in such a high-profile case or faced the glare of the national
media.” However, the Post points out that she “championed a manual for
local prosecutors that recommends questioning victims of sexual assault
with a ‘neutral, fact finding attitude,’ placing the ‘best interest of the
victim’ first.” Republicans hope Mitchell’s presence “will help bring
credibility to the hearing.” The New York Times
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(9/26, Romero) says Mitchell “has a long record as an evenhanded prosecutor
of sex and domestic abuse cases, though some Arizonans...have expressed
disappointment that she is not always as aggressive against abuse suspects
as they would like.”

        *Kavanaugh Was Reportedly Quick To Agree To Fox News Interview. *The
Washington Post
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(9/26, Ellison) has a feature on “the Kavanaugh media defense,” writing
that according to a source, Brett Kavanaugh needed little convincing about
doing a Fox News interview alongside his wife to defend himself against
sexual assault allegations. Fox’s Martha MacCallum “represented exactly the
demographic the White House feels it is trying to convince of Kavanaugh’s
fitness to serve on the Supreme Court,” and so she was selected. The
interview was seen by President Trump “as a success, according to two
people who spoke with him about it,” though “Kavanaugh’s representation of
his college experience was so chaste that it spurred some of his former
classmates to speak to The Washington Post about how he regularly drank to
excess.”

        *Sexual Assault Survivor Kuster Says Kavanaugh’s “Moral Character”
Matters. *Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH), “a survivor of sexual assault at a
fraternity party at an Ivy League school 40 years ago,” writes in USA Today
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(9/26) that while she “never told a soul about my attack for 40 years,” if
her “assailant was ever nominated for a lifetime appointment to the United
States Supreme Court where he would decide the fate and future of women and
girls across this great nation for generations to come, I would report
every detail. ... The burden of proof in a legislative procedure is to
AFFIRM confirmation for a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the
land. This requires the highest level of scrutiny imaginable – namely, that
this person demonstrates the highest level of moral character, including
empathy and compassion for all persons.”

        *Jones Is First GOP Lawmaker To Call For FBI Probe Of Kavanaugh
Allegations. *The Hill
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(9/26, Wong) reports that Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) is the first GOP
lawmakers to call for an FBI investigation into the allegations against
Kavanaugh. Jones told The Hill, “I think there should be an investigation
by the FBI. I really do. ... What in the world difference would 10 days
make? Why not wait 10 days, why not wait two weeks to find out the truth?”

        *Feinstein: Kavanaugh Was Not Truthful About Handling Grand Jury
Secrets. *The Washington Examiner
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(9/26, Biery) reports Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) is accusing Kavanaugh
“of not being forthright in his answers during Senate testimony about grand
jury secrets he handled while working for independent counsel Kenneth Starr
two decades ago.” Feinstein told Politico
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(9/26, Gerstein) in a statement, “According to a memo from the National
Archives, Brett Kavanaugh instructed Hickman Ewing, a colleague and deputy
counsel in the Starr investigation, to ‘call [Chris] Ruddy’ about matters
before a grand jury, which would be illegal to disclose. ... I asked Judge
Kavanaugh in questions for the record whether he had shared ‘information
learned through grand jury proceedings.’ His answer, which says that he
acted ‘consistent with the law,’ conflicts with the official memo from Mr.
Ewing.”

        *WPost: Kavanaugh Has “Two Unattractive Options.” *Under the
headline, “Brett Kavanaugh Has No Good Choices Anymore,” a Washington Post
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(9/26, Paul) analysis says Kavanaugh “is faced with two unattractive
options: withdraw or testify at a high-profile hearing Thursday. He has
pledged to do the latter, though either leaves his name tarnished.” George
Washington University professor Jonathan Turley said, “He’s been accused of
being an attempted rapist. There’s not a viable option for Kavanaugh beyond
appearing at this hearing and defending his actions and reputation.” The
Post adds that “many lawyers think a withdrawal would cement the
allegations into his record.”

        *Newsbusters: Networks Devoted Only 8% Of Coverage To Kavanaugh
Denials, Lack Of Evidence. *The Washington Times
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(9/26, Harper) reports that Rich Noyes of Newsbusters released a study
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that found “during the twelve days since Democratic Senator Dianne
Feinstein publicly announced the existence of an unspecified allegation
against Brett Kavanaugh, the ABC, CBS and NBC morning and evening news
shows have spent nearly six hours (344 minutes) regurgitating various
unproved allegations against the Supreme Court nominee. But only a tiny
percentage of that coverage – a measly eight percent – has been devoted to
Kavanaugh’s denials and the lack of corroboration for his accusers’
accounts.”

        *Eyeing Suburban Women, Female Candidates Adjust Response To
Kavanaugh Allegations. *The New York Times
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(9/26, Zernike) reports that Democratic and Republican House candidates
believe they need the votes of college-educated suburban white women this
November. Those voters “are more inclined than most voters” to say that
Kavanaugh should not be confirmed in the wake of the allegations against
him. The Times adds that “to voice alienating female voters” without
“straying from the party’s support” for Kavanaugh, Republican women running
in those districts “have had to calibrate their response to those
allegations.” They “have argued that his accusers must be heard. And in an
indication of how fraught the situation is, many Democratic women running
for those seats have so far largely held back from deploying the
allegations as a weapon against their opponents.”

        *Yale Law School Grapples With Nomination Of Alumnus Kavanaugh. *The
New York Times
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(9/26, Chen) reports on the reactions at Yale Law School to the Supreme
Court nomination of 1990 graduate Brett Kavanaugh. Even before the recent
sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh, some current students had
denounced the school for touting the nomination, and it is now
“experiencing an unusually intense bout of existential hand-wringing,
buffeted by the allegations...the paroxysms of the #MeToo movement, and a
more diverse, politicized student body uncomfortable with the privilege of
an Ivy League pedigree, even as it actively pursues it.”

        *Politico/Morning Consult Poll: 37% Oppose Confirming Kavanaugh,
34% Support. *Politico
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(9/26, Shepard) reports “opposition to Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination has
ticked up following sexual assault accusations against President Donald
Trump’s pick for the Supreme Court.” Politico adds that “34 percent of
voters say Kavanaugh should be confirmed to the high court, according to a
new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, while 37 percent oppose confirming
Kavanaugh. Nearly 3-in-10 voters, 29 percent, have no opinion.”

        *WPost, NYTimes Editorials: FBI Should Investigate Allegations
Against Kavanaugh. *The Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=0b9-c74&t=c>
(9/26) argues in an editorial Thursday’s hearing of the Senate Judiciary
Committee “would not be a fair substitute for an FBI investigation into Mr.
Kavanaugh’s behavior with women during high school and college,” and the
latest accusation from Julie Swetnick “only enhances the case for pausing
while professionals gather what facts exist.” Similarly, a New York Times
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(9/26) editorial says that with a third Kavanaugh accuser stepping forward,
“this destructive stampede of a confirmation, driven so far by partisan
calculation, needs to yield at last to common sense: Let qualified
investigators – the F.B.I. – do their job.”
Trump Says He Would “Much Prefer” Keeping Rosenstein As Deputy AG.

NBC Nightly News
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(9/26, story 5, 0:45, Holt) reported, “The President making big headlines
about the high-stakes meeting tomorrow with the Deputy Attorney General Rod
Rosenstein, the man who oversees the Mueller investigation.” NBC’s Kristen
Welker: “The President said ‘we’ll see’ when asked if he was planning to
fire Rod Rosenstein. He says he may delay a meeting set for tomorrow to
focus on” a Senate hearing related to Supreme Court Justice-designate
Kavanaugh. ABC World News Tonight
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(9/26, story 5, 0:55, Muir) recoundted that Rosenstein “was reported to
have suggested wiretapping the President at one point, and getting Cabinet
members to use the 25th Amendment to force him out. Rosenstein earlier this
week was summoned to the White House on Monday.” ABC added that Rosenstein
was reportedly “expecting to be fired. But moments ago, this is what the
President said about Rosenstein’s future.” Trump: “He said he never said
it. He said he doesn’t believe it, he said he has a lot of respect for me,
and he was very nice and we’ll see. I would much prefer keeping Rod
Rosenstein, much prefer.”

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(9/26) about Trump saying he may delay his meeting with Rosenstein that is
scheduled for Thursday. Tapper said, “He’s a showman, as we know, and he
probably realizes that a double bill on one day is a waste. You have a good
story to play out on Friday if he keeps Rosenstein or if he fires
Rosenstein. That’s what it seemed like he was talking about, the idea that
he didn’t want to step on one story with another story. Both of them, of
course, are indicative of the chaos that marks the Trump Administration.”

        The Washington Post
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(9/26, Dawsey) reports that Trump “sought Wednesday to defuse the confusion
surrounding the future of his deputy attorney general, saying he would
prefer to keep...Rosenstein in the job and might even delay a scheduled
meeting between the two on Thursday that some had feared could lead to his
ouster.” Trump said at a news conference that “he liked Rosenstein and
hoped he would remain in the position. ‘I’m talking to him; we’ve had a
good talk,’ said the president.” The New York Times
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(9/26, Benner) reports that White House officials “declined to say whether
the meeting between Mr. Rosenstein and Mr. Trump had ever been planned for
or put on the president’s calendar.”

        USA Today
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(9/26, Jackson) reports that Trump “appear[ed] to offer support for the
deputy attorney general.” Trump said “I would certainly prefer” not to fire
Rosenstein, “but he did not make a commitment one way or another before
meeting with him face-to-face.” Meanwhile, although Trump initially set his
meeting with Rosenstein for Thursday, he told reporters Wednesday that he
“may call Rod tonight or tomorrow and ask for a little bit of a delay to
the meeting, because I don’t want to do anything that gets in the way of
this very important Supreme Court pick.”

        The Justice Department referred questions about the scheduling of
the meeting to the White House, according to the AP
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(9/26, Tucker), which said that “any delay in the meeting would prolong the
uncertainty of Rosenstein’s status,” although “the White House has sought
to tamp down anxiety that Rosenstein would be fired.” In fact, the AP
continues, “White House officials called senators Monday to say Trump had
said he wouldn’t be firing Rosenstein at the meeting, according to two
people familiar with the conversations who spoke on condition of
anonymity.” USA Today
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(9/26, Jackson, Johnson) likewise reports that it’s “very possible the
deputy attorney general will stay on for the foreseeable future, said the
officials speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss an internal
matter.”

        With that possibility in mind, Neal Katyal, who served as Acting
Solicitor General from May 2010 until June 2011, writes in a Washington Post
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(9/26, Katyal) op-ed that to protect Mueller’s investigation, Rosenstein
should prepare for his potential ouster “by sending Congress, through
appropriate channels, a description of the evidence of wrongdoing Mueller
has already turned up.” Katyal says that the “special counsel regulations
did contemplate interim reports to Congress in certain circumstances.
Nothing in the regulations forbids them, and while there are possible
restrictions on grand jury material and the like, there is much information
that could be provided.”

        *Ryan Declines To Back Calls For Rosenstein To Testify About Secret
2017 Meeting. *The AP
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(9/26, Jalonick) reports that House Speaker Ryan said Wednesday that
Congress “shouldn’t step in the way” as the House Freedom Caucus demands
that Rosenstein testify before the House Judiciary Committee. Rep. Mark
Meadows (R-NC) said Tuesday that they want Rosenstein “to answer questions
about reports last week that Rosenstein had floated the idea of secretly
recording Trump after FBI Director James Comey was fired in 2017.” Ryan is
quoted as saying, in response to a question about whether he supports the
call for Rosenstein to testify, “Well, first, the President obviously
should have political appointees that he has faith and confidence in. ...
We should let the President work it out with Rod Rosenstein.”

        *Sessions’ Chief Of Staff Would Be In Line To Become Acting Deputy
AG. *The New York Times
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(9/26, Benner, Haberman) profiles Matthew Whitaker, the chief of staff to
Attorney General Sessions, who “would become the acting No. 2 official at
the Justice Department” if Rosenstein leaves his post. Chief of Staff Kelly
reportedly told Whitaker this weekend that he would becoming acting deputy
AG in that circumstance. The Times says Whitaker “cuts the kind of
central-casting figure whom Mr. Trump prefers, and he has served as what
one White House aide called a ‘balm’ on the relationship between the
president and the Justice Department.”

        *House Intelligence Committee Expected To Release Russia Probe
Transcripts. *The Washington Post
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(9/26, Demirjian) reports that the House Intelligence Committee is expected
to vote Friday morning “to release transcripts from a majority of the
interviews the panel conducted over its year-long investigation of Russian
meddling during the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, pending the review by
the intelligence community.” The list of interviews to be released includes
“key figures” like Donald Trump Jr., Steve Bannon, and Attorney General
Sessions, but “omits several interviews that Democrats had hoped would
eventually be made public,” like those with ex-FBI Director James Comey and
ex-NSA Director Mike Rogers.

        *Soros Acknowledges Funding Fusion GPS’ Anti-Trump Work. *The Daily
Caller
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(9/26) reports that “a spokesman for left-wing billionaire financier George
Soros is acknowledging that he indirectly funded Fusion GPS, the firm
behind the Steele dossier.” According to the Daily Caller, “Michael Vachon,
the Soros aide, told Washington Post
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columnist David Ignatius that Soros provided a grant to a nonprofit group
called the Democracy Integrity Project,” which was “formed in 2017 by
Daniel Jones, a former Senate Intelligence Committee staffer for” Sen.
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and “paid Fusion GPS as a contractor to continue
an investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential
election.” The Daily Caller notes that in March of 2017, Jones told the FBI
“that his organization was paid around $50 million by a group of
billionaires to conduct the investigation.”
Trump Will Sign Spending Bill Despite Absence Of Wall Funding.

The Washington Post
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(9/26, Paletta) reports that President Trump “pledged” Wednesday that he
“would not allow the government to partially shut down next week, backing
down from his demand that Congress appropriate billions of dollars for new
construction of a wall along the Mexico border.” The Post notes that “the
bill on the House floor Wednesday punts the fight over border wall spending
until after the midterm elections, keeping the Department of Homeland
Security and some other agencies running at current spending levels through
Dec. 7.” According to the Post, Trump “has repeatedly teased the idea of a
shutdown, at times suggesting he would not let government funding expire
and at other times suggesting he was open to a shutdown.” Politico
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=0ca-3a9&t=c>
(9/26) also reports Trump “committed to signing an $852 billion funding
bill,” and the AP
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(9/26, Daly) that “speaking at the United Nations,” he “told reporters,
‘We’re going to keep the government open.’” The Hill
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(9/26, Samuels) and Reuters
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=0cd-06f&t=c>
(9/26, Cowan, Zengerle, Holland), among other news outlets, run similar
stories.

        *DOJ Says Pregnant Girls In US Illegally Should Leave Country If
They Seek Abortions. *The Washington Times
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(9/26, Dinan) reports that the Justice Department argued before the
District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday that “pregnant
illegal immigrant girls caught at the border can leave the US rather than
force the government to help them facilitate an abortion.” But the ACLU,
“and at least one of the three judges on the panel hearing the cases,
seemed skeptical, saying illegal immigrants appear to have a right to
abortion, and it’s unfair to give them a choice of either continuing their
pregnancy against their wishes or accepting deportation.”

        *DHS IG Report: Doctors Hired By USCIS Put Immigrants “At Risk Of
Abuse.” *The New York Times
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(9/26, Zaveri) reports that doctors hired by US Citizenship and Immigration
Services “to medically screen immigrants seeking green cards include dozens
with a history of ‘egregious infractions,’” according to a report by the
DHS Office of Inspector General. The IG report
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said that more than 130 of the doctors “had some background of wrongdoing,
including one who sexually exploited female patients and another who tried
to have a dissatisfied patient killed.” The report “said the failure to
effectively screen the doctors put immigrants ‘at risk of abuse.’”

        *House Criticizes Communities That Allow Noncitizens To Vote In
Local Elections. *The Washington Times
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(9/26, Dinan) reports that the House voted 279-72
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on Wednesday “to go on record admonishing communities, such as San
Francisco, that now allow immigrants who live in the US illegally to cast
ballots in local elections.” Sixty-nine Democrats voted “present,” while
eight others did not vote. The non-binding resolution “does not force any
changes, but did put lawmakers on record.”
Senate, House Reach Agreement On Opioid Bill.

The New York Times
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(9/26, Goodnough) reports that in “a rare bipartisan achievement,” the
Senate and House have reached agreement on a 653-page “package of measures
to address the opioid epidemic.” The bill “contains a mix of law
enforcement and public health measures, including one that aims to block
deadly fentanyl from being imported through the mail and one that will
allow more nurses to prescribe medication for opioid addiction.” USA Today
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=0d4-b29&t=c>
(9/26) says in an editorial that postal controls are essential to limiting
fentanyl abuse, writing that the US Postal Service “has failed to require
data in advance on all packages, such as who and where the package is
coming from. Getting that electronic information from shippers and
incorporating it in bar codes would allow Customs and Border Protection to
target suspicious packages and intercept illegal goods.”
Fed Raises Fed Funds Rate, Signals Intent To Continue Increases Into 2020.

The AP
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(9/26, Crutsinger) reports that the Federal Reserve “signaled its
confidence Wednesday in the US economy by raising a key interest rate for a
third time this year, forecasting another rate hike before year’s end and
predicting that it will continue to tighten credit into 2020 to manage
growth and inflation.” In a statement “after its latest policy meeting, the
Fed dropped phrasing it had long used that characterized its policy as
‘accommodative’ – that is, favoring low rates.” According to the AP, the
Fed “had used variations of that pledge in the seven years that it kept its
key rate at a record low near zero and over the past nearly three years in
which it’s gradually tightened credit.” Reuters
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(9/26, Schneider, Lange) reports that Fed Chair Jerome Powell “said the
removal of the wording, which had been a staple of the central bank’s
guidance for financial markets and households for much of the past decade,
did not signal a policy outlook change. ‘Instead, it is a sign that policy
is proceeding in line with our expectations,’” said Powell.

        Under the headline “Fed Raises Rates Again, Citing ‘Particularly
Bright’ Economic Moment,” the New York Times
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(9/26, Appelbaum) reports that the Fed “repeatedly described economic
conditions as ‘strong’ in a statement following a two-day meeting of its
Federal Open Market Committee. ... ‘Economic activity has been rising at a
strong rate,’ the statement said, adding that job growth, and the growth of
household spending and business investment, were also robust.” Jim
Tankersley of the New York Times tweeted
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“Notably, Fed officials still expect fiscal stimulus to fade / growth to
slow in 2020 and beyond. No sign yet that they believe in sustained supply
side effects from tax cuts.”

        Politico
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=0d9-1ae&t=c>
(9/26, Guida) says the Fed is “projecting that US economic growth will
exceed 3 percent this year in a vindication of President Donald Trump,” and USA
Today
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=0da-db0&t=c>
(9/26, Davidson) that “the economy has been cruising lately and so the Fed
is tapping on the brakes once again” while “upgrading its economic
outlook.” Said Powell, “Our economy is strong, growth is running at a
healthy clip, unemployment is low. ... This is a good moment for the US
economy.” Axios
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(9/26, Brown) runs a similar story under the headline “Fed Hikes Interest
Rates Amid Booming Economy,” while the Los Angeles Times
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(9/26, Puzzanghera), Bloomberg News
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(9/26, Condon, Torres), Breitbart
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(9/26, Carney) and Wall Street Journal
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(9/26, Timiraos), among other news outlets, also report the story.

        The Washington Post
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(9/26, Long) also reports that the Fed “stressed repeatedly that the US
economy is “strong” across the board and no longer needs the heavy stimulus
the central bank put into place during the Great Recession.” The Post notes
that the decision “increases the federal funds rate from a range of 1.75
percent to 2 percent to a range of 2 percent to 2.25 percent, the highest
level in a decade.”

        *Brady Says House Will Vote Friday On Making Tax Cuts Permanent. *
Reuters
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(9/26, Morgan) reports in a brief item that House Ways and Means Chairman
Kevin Brady said the House will vote Friday on legislation to make
Republican tax cuts for individuals permanent.
DOJ, Education Dept. Probing Claim Yale Discriminates Against
Asian-Americans.

The Washington Post
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(9/26, Meckler) reports that Departments of Education and Justice “are
investigating whether Yale University discriminates against Asian American
applicants.” The Post says “the joint investigation was disclosed Wednesday
in a letter from the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights to the
Asian American Coalition for Education, which has challenged elite
university admission practices.” The Education Department “also said it is
declining to pursue similar complaints against Dartmouth College and Brown
University, citing insufficient evidence.” The New York Times
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(9/26, Benner, Green) reports DOJ “declined to comment on the
investigation,” saying through a spokesman that “the department ‘takes
extremely seriously any potential violation of an individual’s
constitutional rights.’” An ED spokeswoman, meanwhile, said “the Education
Department does not comment on continuing investigations.” The Wall Street
Journal
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=0e4-f96&t=c>
(9/26, Hong, Korn) and Bloomberg News
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(9/26, Hurtado, Lorin), among other news outlets, also report the
investigation.
Texas Student Sues Over Expulsion For Refusal To Rise For Pledge Of
Allegiance.

The Washington Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=0e6-8b4&t=c>
(9/26, Horton) reports on the case of India Landry, a then-17-year-old
Texas high school student who was expelled for remaining seated during the
Pledge of Allegiance. According to court filings, “the school secretary
keyed on the symbolism of the act by Landry, who is black,” linking it to
NFL player protests. Landry’s mother filed suit, and Texas Attorney General
Ken Paxton has now “intervened in the federal case and defended a Texas law
that Landry has challenged as unconstitutional. It requires students to
recite the pledge, or get a parent’s or guardian’s permission if they wish
to opt out.”
Cancer Research
US-Cuban Biotech Joint Venture To Bring New Cancer Therapies To American
Patients.

Reuters
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(9/26, Marsh) reports on the Innovative Immunotherapy Alliance SA, the
first joint US-Cuban biotech venture that is “the fruit of a three-year
partnership between the Roswell Park Cancer Institute of Buffalo, New York
and Cuba’s Center for Molecular Immunology begun following the historic
2014 U.S.-Cuban detente.” The joint venture will be headquartered in Cuba’s
Special Development Zone just west of Havana, which offers “companies tax
cuts and other incentives.” Roswell Park announced on Wednesday “that
initial results from a clinical trial of a Cuban-developed vaccine to
extend the lives of lung cancer patients was ‘safe, well tolerated and
worthy of further study.’”
St. Jude’s Collaboration Aids Pediatric Cancer Patients In Poorer Countries.

The Wall Street Journal
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(9/26, Lagnado) reports a collaborative effort between the World Health
Organization and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital aims to improve the
conditions of young cancer patients in low-income nations such as Haiti.
The Journal says the efforts could help these countries offer treatments
and services more in line with the resources available in the US, where 80
percent or more of children with cancer survive. Currently, 80 percent of
pediatric cancer patients in poorer nations do not survive, sparking an
influx of aid from institutions such as Texas Children’s Hospital in
Houston, which concentrates on efforts in sub-Saharan Africa.
Editorials/Op-Eds
New York Times.

*“We Know How To Conquer Tuberculosis.”* The New York Times
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(9/26) editorializes that the World Health Organization’s “newest treatment
guidelines now include a strong recommendation that all people living in
households where one person has active tuberculosis receive preventive
treatment. If countries implement that guideline, and if doctors abide by
it, some 30 million more people should have access to preventive care in
the next five years.” If that happens, the Times says, “a disease that has
plagued the world’s most vulnerable people for far too long could finally
be wiped out.”

        *“Hit Pause On Brett Kavanaugh.” *A New York Times
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(9/26) editorial says that with a third accuser of Supreme Court nominee
Brett Kavanaugh stepping forward, “this destructive stampede of a
confirmation, driven so far by partisan calculation, needs to yield at last
to common sense: Let qualified investigators – the F.B.I. – do their job.”
Washington Post.

*“The Senate Can’t Handle This. The FBI Can.”* The Washington Post
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(9/26) argues in an editorial Thursday’s hearing of the Senate Judiciary
Committee “would not be a fair substitute for an FBI investigation into
[Supreme Court nominee Brett] Kavanaugh’s behavior with women during high
school and college,” and the latest accusation from Julie Swetnick “only
enhances the case for pausing while professionals gather what facts exist.”

        *“Poland Suggested Naming A Fort After Trump. Will That Really
Improve Its Relations With The United States?” *In an editorial, the Washington
Post
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018092701biden&r=email-b5c4&l=0ec-d7f&t=c>
(9/26) says Polish President Andrzej Duda, lobbying for the establishment
of a permanent US military base in Poland, said it would be named for
President Trump. Says the Post, “Promising to call a base Fort Trump,
whether in jest or not, may have won the Polish government some sympathetic
words from the president at the United Nations. Whether it will serve the
country’s interests, and US-Polish relations, in the longer run is very
much open to question.”

        *“A 74-Year-Old Was Left In A Burned Down Building For Five Days.
How?” *The Washington Post
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(9/26) editorializes that last Wednesday morning, “hours after fire broke
out at a senior housing complex in Southeast Washington, a member of the
company that manages the property delivered the news that all the elderly
residents had been accounted for,” but “we now know that was not correct.”
Raymond Holton, 74, “languished alone for five days in his apartment in the
fire-damaged building before he was discovered by chance.” The Post adds,
“it is clear there were errors – if not sheer incompetence – in the actions
of those, public and private, charged with safeguarding these elderly and
vulnerable people,” and “there were also reports that smoke detectors and
sprinklers failed to fully operate, which raises its own set of troubling
questions about how the complex was managed, how the city provided
oversight and whether there is cause to be concerned about other properties
geared toward seniors.”

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