Subject: Playbook PM: New York DA gets ready to charge Manafort
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BREAKING ... WPTV: "New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged as a 'john' in human trafficking/prostitution investigation": "On Friday, Jupiter Police Chief Daniel Kerr confirmed to WPTV that Kraft is one of the men being charged with soliciting another to commit prostitution. He confirmed that there is video evidence of all of the men being charged. When asked if he was surprised about the arrest of Kraft, Chief Kerr said, 'We're as deeply stunned as anyone else.'

"A friend of President Trump and frequent visitor to Mar-a-Lago, Kraft was in the area as recently as this past weekend, when he attended a fundraiser at The Breakers for the Everglades Foundation." WPTV 

HOW ABOUT THIS ... JUDGE JEANINE has told the FEC that the $589,194 in debts she incurred during her 2006 run for the Senate "are not collectable as the [New York state] 6 year statute of limitation has long passed." We doubt the FEC will buy that excuse. The filing

HEADS UP -- BLOOMBERG'S GREG FARRELL: "New York Has Prepared Paul Manafort Charges If Trump Pardons Him": "New York County District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is ready to file an array of tax and other charges against Manafort, according to two people familiar with the matter, something seen as an insurance policy should the president exercise his power to free the former aide. Skirting laws that protect defendants from being charged twice for the same offense has been one of Vance's challenges." Bloomberg

SARAH FERRIS: "House readies vote to block Trump's emergency declaration": "The House plans to vote Tuesday on legislation to block President Donald Trump's attempt to circumvent Congress to fund his border wall, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday.

"The privileged resolution targeting the emergency declaration is expected to easily pass the House. It will then be guaranteed a vote in the Senate within 18 days. ... House Democrats are framing their fight against Trump as squarely focused on the constitutionality of his actions, with hopes of bringing as many Republicans on board as possible. One Republican - libertarian Rep. Justin Amash - has so far joined the Democrats but one Democratic aide said Friday that 'quite a few' more Republicans are expected to support the measure on the floor next week." POLITICO 

Happy Friday afternoon. SNEAK PEEK -- A&E will debut "Biography: The Trump Dynasty" at 9 p.m. Monday. The six-hour documentary series examines the Trump family's emergence through three generations and features interviews with Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Anthony Scaramucci, Roger Stone and more. Episodes two and three will air Tuesday and Wednesday. 1-minute preview ... Trailer

TRADE WARS -- REUTERS: "U.S. farmers receive $7.7 billion in trade aid to date: USDA": "U.S. Department of Agriculture has paid out $7.7 billion so far to farmers, William Northey, Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation, said on Friday, in aid designed to offset the negative impact of tariff imposition.

"The administration of President Donald Trump has pledged up to $12 billion in aid to help offset losses for crops hit by retaliatory Chinese tariffs imposed in response to Washington's tariffs on Chinese goods." Reuters 

NEW OUT OF RICHMOND -- WAPO'S LAURA VOZZELLA: "Va. Republicans plan hearings into sex assault allegations against Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax"
       
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THE SHUTDOWN IMPACT -- NYT'S THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF and JOHN ISMAY: "After Shutdown, Grounded Planes and Delayed Repairs Ripple Through Coast Guard": "Internal documents obtained by The New York Times show that the Coast Guard's ship maintenance command lost at least 7,456 productive workdays - or 28.5 years' worth of workdays - as a direct result of the partial shutdown, which furloughed 6,400 civilian employees. ... 

"The service also noted a 'domino effect' that has caused delays in repairs and maintenance on its roughly 200 aircraft, which, in turn, could keep them from being immediately available. ... The delays are expected to significantly limit the number of ships and aircraft available for Coast Guard operations, which generally include drug interdiction as well as search-and-rescue and maritime safety missions. They will also affect the training of the uniformed and civilian Coast Guard force." NYT 

THE INVESTIGATIONS ... "Mueller could tell all in last major court filing in Paul Manafort's case," by CNN's Katelyn Polantz: "Mueller's sentencing memorandum is due to a federal judge in DC District Court before midnight Friday. It is the last major requisite court filing in Mueller's longest running case, a sprawling prosecution of the former Trump campaign manager that led investigators to gather exhaustive information about his hidden Cypriot bank accounts, Ukrainian political efforts in Europe and the U.S. and into Manafort's time on the 2016 presidential campaign. 

"Prosecutors are set to outline all facts they believe the judge should consider at his sentencing, now set for March 13. That will likely include Manafort's criminal business schemes, his attempt to reach out to key contacts after his arrest and the lies he told to prosecutors and a grand jury after he agreed to cooperate with the Mueller investigation." CNN 

-- REMINDER ... "Trump faces legal issues for the rest of his presidency, no matter what Mueller finds," by L.A. Times' Chris Megerian

WHAT'S ON THE PRESIDENT'S MIND -- @realDonaldTrump at 9:11 a.m.: "Highly respected Senator Richard Burr, head of Senate Intelligence, said, after interviewing over 200 witnesses and studying over 2 million pages of documents, 'WE HAVE FOUND NO COLLUSION BETWEEN THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND RUSSIA.' The Witch Hunt, so bad for our Country, must end!"

... at 9:55 a.m.: "Fake News is so bad for our Country!"

THE LATEST ON ALEX ACOSTA -- REBECCA MORIN: "White House 'looking into' Alexander Acosta's prosecution in billionaire pedophile case": "The White House is 'looking into' a decade-old Florida case in which Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta, then a federal prosecutor, potentially violated the law by keeping underage female victims of billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein in the dark about his plea deal to avoid federal prosecution.

"'We're looking into the matter, I'm not aware of any changes on that front,' press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters when asked whether President Donald Trump's confidence in Acosta has changed. She added: 'My understanding is that's a very complicated case ... but that they made the best possible decision and deal they could have gotten at that time.'" POLITICO 

ANDREW DESIDERIO: "Jim Risch tries to calm Republicans furious with Trump": "Top Senate Republicans were fuming at the Trump administration last week for ignoring congressional demands to further investigate the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

"But [Idaho Sen. Jim] Risch, the newly minted chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wasn't eager to preside over an intraparty fight. And so he quickly began working to calm GOP senators - even giving potentially misleading information. ... The episode underscores Risch's desire to quell any revolt within the GOP rank and file and avoid picking public fights with the president. And it suggests the committee is likely to be a major site of internal GOP conflict over Trump in the new Congress." POLITICO 

ANECDOTE DU JOUR -- THE NEW YORKER'S SUSAN GLASSER: "Audience of One: Why Flattery Works in Trump's Foreign Policy": "When the commander of U.S. forces in Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti, met privately with members of Congress at the Munich Security Conference, last weekend, Senator Lindsey Graham finished the meeting with a blunt question. Graham asked Scaparrotti what impact President Trump's order to withdraw all U.S. forces from Syria by April would have on America's allies there. A participant in the meeting told me, 'Lindsey asked him, "Is it fair to say if this is carried out to the end, we will not have any allies? Would it be fair to say it would lead to a disaster?"'

"The answer was equally blunt: 'Yes, sir.' After I expressed surprise at the stark reply from a uniformed commander, the participant reminded me that military officials are obliged to advise members of Congress appropriately, under a provision in the 1986 Goldwater-Nichols Act. 'Lindsey said, "Would it be fair to say this would be a disaster?" Not a problem, but a disaster. Answer: "Yes, sir."'" The New Yorker

ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA -- "Worry about U.S.-SKorea alliance grows before Trump-Kim summit," by AP's Hyung-Jin Kim in Seoul: "Much of this worry is linked to Trump's repeated assertions that the U.S. military deployment in South Korea is too costly, and to his surprise suspension of some U.S. military exercises with South Korea - including a major summertime drill - as a concession to Kim after their first summit in Singapore last year. 

"Added to this concern are policies by South Korea's liberal President Moon Jae-in that critics say favor engagement with North Korea at the expense of the alliance with Washington. ... The broader U.S.-South Korean alliance, sealed during the bloodshed of the 1950-53 Korean War, won't be on the negotiating table during the summit in Hanoi on Feb. 27-28. But some observers say its long-term future could be in doubt and that Trump may eventually withdraw some of the 28,500 U.S. troops deployed in South Korea." AP 

2020 WATCH -- SASHA ISSENBERG for POLITICO MAGAZINE in Austin, Texas: "Here's What Beto Could Unleash on Trump": "National campaign strategists are paying close attention to how O'Rourke did it: Few candidates have committed as fully, if a bit recklessly, to the belief that a monomaniacal focus on large-scale turnout is the most powerful tool Democrats have to capitalize on their latent numerical majority in the United States. ... 

"[W]hen the numbers came in, it was clear that Beto O'Rourke had managed a showing stronger than any Texas Democrat in a generation. It was also clear that that wasn't enough: On January 3, it was the Republican incumbent, Ted Cruz, who was sworn in to the Senate. Is the Beto for Senate campaign a blueprint for how a Democrat-including perhaps O'Rourke himself-ought to run nationally in 2020? Or is it a cautionary tale in the limits of mobilization?" POLITICO Magazine 

-- CNBC'S BRIAN SCHWARTZ: "Pfizer executive Sally Susman to host 2020 presidential fundraiser for Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand"

NYT'S JULIE TURKEWITZ in Fountain, Colo.: "Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' in Drinking Water Leave Military Families Reeling": "[T]he Defense Department has admitted that it allowed a firefighting foam to slip into at least 55 drinking water systems at military bases around the globe, sometimes for generations. This exposed tens of thousands of Americans, possibly many more, to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances ... 

"Though the presence of the chemicals has been known for years, an announcement last week from the Environmental Protection Agency for the first time promised regulatory action ... The admission drew some praise, but many said that it was not enough and that millions of people would keep ingesting the substances while a regulatory process plods along." NYT

BEYOND THE BELTWAY -- RACHANA PRADHAN: "Utah officials moved fast to shrink voter-approved Medicaid expansion, documents show": "Emails and text messages obtained through a Utah public records request indicate that state and federal officials, in the immediate aftermath of the successful ballot measure, were privately discussing a slimmed-down Medicaid plan. They talked about covering fewer people than the Obamacare expansion, while implementing unprecedented curbs on the safety-net health care program. ... 

"[T]he state, shortly after the election, ramped up pressure on the Trump administration to decide whether to allow partial expansions. These discussions occurred weeks before Utah Republicans introduced their legislation shrinking the voter-approved expansion." POLITICO 

REMEMBERING SHO CHANDRA -- TALKING BIZ NEWS' CHRIS ROUSH: "Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait sent out the following on Thursday: 'It is with deep sadness that I have to write to you all about the sudden passing of our colleague and friend, Sho Chandra.' ... Chandra, a SABEW board member, covered the U.S. economy, from jobs and consumer spending to manufacturing, trade, prices and housing." Talking Biz News

SPOTTED: M.J. Hegar and Wendy Davis at a Kirsten Gillibrand fundraising stop in Austin on Thursday night. Pic

TV TONIGHT -- Bob Costa sits down with Time's Molly Ball, NYT's Mark Mazzetti, PBS NewsHour's Amna Nawaz and WaPo's Phil Rucker on PBS' "Washington Week" at 8 p.m.

MEDIAWATCH -- "The New Outlaws of Conservative Media: The Bulwark is on a mission to name and shame President Trump's most high-status supporters," by The Atlantic's McKay Coppins: The Atlantic

-- Andy Ferguson will be a staff writer for The Atlantic's ideas section. He most recently was a national correspondent at The Weekly Standard.

-- Kerrie Gillis is now publisher of The New Republic. She most recently was chief revenue and operating officer at The Village Voice, and is also a longtime NYT alum.

-- Ali Rogin will be a foreign affairs producer at PBS NewsHour. She previously covered Capitol Hill for ABC. Adweek

WELCOME TO THE WORLD -- Heather Stegner, VP of communications at the American Wood Council, and Peter Stegner, a principal at Riley Stegner and Associates and a Mike Crapo alum, on Tuesday welcomed Lillian Louise Stegner. Pic ... Another pic
           
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