The
@BernieSanders
campaign has stopped actively raising money for his candidacy- but instead used his vast online donor network to raise cash for five different charities. In the last 48 hours Sanders has raised $2 million for groups hit hard by the Coronavirus crisis.
This rarely happens so I thought it was worth documenting.. Gentleman stops me at the hotel where the press are staging covering POTUS- asks if I’m part of the press corp.
I say yes— he replies
“Thank you for your service, the First Amendment is so important right now.”
#1A
RIGHT NOW-> Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who has bragged about her desire to carry a weapon on Capital Hill is currently in a standoff with Capitol Police at the newly installed Metal Detectors outside the chamber doors.
BREAKING: Sources tell
@CNN
the person who Donald Trump called that led the 1/6 Select Committee to refer the situation to DOJ is a member of White House support staff who could corroborate parts of Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony.
w/
@DanaBashCNN
@ZcohenCNN
&
@AnnieGrayerCNN
NEW: Sarah Matthews, who served as deputy press secretary in the Trump White House until resigning shortly after the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, has been subpoenaed by the House select committee and agreed to testify publicly at an upcoming hearing.
w/
@kpolantz
I distinctly recall covering a Trump rally in Valdosta, GA at the height of the GA Sen runoff where they played a video accusing Ms. Moss of tampering with ballots. The crowd was vicious as the video played, screaming at the monitors.. while Trump smiled and nodded along.
I was in the middle of an interview with
@RepRaskin
about the work of the J6 Committee when he had to step away to take a call.
The caller?
@POTUS
.
Capitol Police say protesters arrested today for the 2nd time will not just be released after paying a fine... The repeat offenders will be booked and jailed without the opportunity to be released until Tuesday because Monday is a holiday. via/
@TheOtherKeppler
SCOOP: Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani met today with the 1/6 Select Committee. Sources say the interview was conducted virtually and lasted more than 9 hours.
In post G7 presser..
@JustinTrudeau
said his position on tariffs have not changed. If the US tariffs go in place, Canada will respond with retaliatory tariffs. "As Canadians we are nice, we are polite, but we will not be pushed around."
Capitol Police won’t let her in until Boebert shows them what is in her bag, she won’t and is now standing by the entrance of the chamber. She is respectful but defiant.
JUST IN: via
@PaulaReidCNN
in the courtroom in Orlando. Joel Greenberg- an associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz is likely to take a plea in his case.
A deal would put pressure Gaetz, as Greenberg would have to share what he knows about his friend and associate
NEW:
@SpeakerPelosi
's office tells
@ZcohenCNN
and me the criminal contempt of Congress referral of Steve Bannon was accepted at the U.S. Attorney's Office in DC today at 5:30pm ET.
NEW:
@BernieSanders
adds stop in Southern California on Sunday and will he joined by hip-hop legend Chuck D of Public Enemy. The campaign releasing this special poster to promote the event.
NEW:
@BernieSanders
campaign manager responds to report that in 2018 Sanders told
@ewarren
that a woman couldn’t win in 2020.
@fshakir
: “It is a lie.”
NEW: Rep. Don Bacon with some of the strongest words yet concerning Trump’s indictment from an elected Republican:
“I think it's obvious what the president did was wrong. And we just got to be honest,” he said.
(More)
Dramatic moment on the House Floor- Majority Leader Steny Hoyer walked a giant picture of a
@RepMTG
tweet across the House floor. The tweet features an AR-15 and members of the so called “Squad”.
The moderate wing of the Democratic Party is consolidating- but make no mistake the
@BernieSanders
campaign knew it was coming. This is how Sanders responsed to
@elizacollins1
question on the topic:
“Why should I be surprised that establishment politicians are coming together?”
JUST IN: The progressive group
@DFAaction
founded by Howard Dean has officially endorsed
@BernieSanders
for President. Sanders was the overwhelming pick of the members winning 79% of the vote to
@EWarren
's 13%.
JUST IN: Rep.
@AOC
officially files articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
They stand no chance of passing the Republican controlled House.. but a provocative move as Democrats fret about the direction of the Supreme Court.
NEW: She was just in France yesterday.. but First Lady Jill Biden has returned to support Hunter Biden for day 5 of his criminal gun trial. So far she has only missed one day of the trial.. and that was for the D-Day anniversary. She is expected to return to France tonight.
NEW: Rep.
@AOC
tells us she spoke to President Biden over the weekend and it’s time to end the speculation over his future:
“Joe Biden is our nominee. He is not leaving this race. He is in this race and I support him.”
NEW--> Live on
@CNN
@RepTomGarrett
told me that he was told in a classified FBI briefing that Russian actors were directly involved in sowing discord Charlottesville. First time he has revealed that info publicly.
The Pat Cipollone deposition with the Jan 6 Committee has now entered hour number 8.
An interview of this length would not seem to be one where the subject would be putting up a number of roadblocks during his testimony.
NEW->
@SenMikeLee
becomes the first Republican to add his name to the
@BernieSanders
bill designed to block funding for military action w/ Iran without Congressional approval.
What’s incredible about Raffensperger’s testimony is just how willing he was to investigate (and ultimately debunk) every single fraud theory about the election the Trump team even hinted at. His work is so precise. He has the facts down to the specific number on each point.
NEW: After a week of negotiations w/ the Senate Parliamentarian- Sen.
@BernieSanders
tells CNN:
“I’m confident that the parliamentarian will advise next week that we can raise the minimum wage through the reconciliation process.”
FULL STATEMENT:
Stunning-> DC's National Guard Commander told members of Congress that he had the authority to mobilize troops to respond to a civil disturbance... until the guidance changed the day before the insurrection.
via/
@OrenCNN
@ZcohenCNN
&
@ellieckaufman
Ask a Republican today what they thought about today's explosive hearing and the most common response you receive is something along the lines of "I was too busy too watch."
A point of clarification on the Ginni Thomas/Mark Meadows text message story as it relates to Justice Clarence Thomas that I think is very important if you will indulge me... (1)
A lot can change between now and tomorrow at noon.. but at this moment 6:45pm on Monday..
JIM JORDAN does NOT have the votes.
At least 5 public declared NOs.. probably a lot more we don’t know about.
NEW: House Intel Chair Adam Schiff just left a classified intel briefing on Afghanistan and broke a significant amount of news. Here are some of the highlights.
First he said getting all Americans and allies out of the country by 8/31 is unlikely..
NEW: We sent several requests to Rep. Scott Perry to ask why he was pressing Mark Meadows to encourage the DNI to investigate conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. His staff ignored us- so I tracked him down at the Capitol and he said “heck no” when I asked for a response.
JUST IN: After returning from his visit to the cardiologist
@BernieSanders
tells us he is prepared to change the "nature" of his campaign. He said he plans to scale back his travel and the number of events he participates in.
For the first time in the 2020 race
@JoeBiden
does not hold the lead in the
@CNN
national poll of Dem Primary voters.
The new person on top?
@BernieSanders
BREAKING:
@CNN
Exclusive->
"We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend." What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election.
w/
@AnnieGrayerCNN
@ZcohenCNN
&
@jamiegangel
FIRST ON
@CNN
: Sen. Jon
@ossoff
leads a group of 28 members of the Democratic Senate Caucus calling for a cease fire in Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Full list of signatories:
(W/
@jessicadean
&
@DaniellaMicaela
)
NEW: After a meeting with Jim Jordan and the hold outs about the future of his potential Speakership.. Rep. John Rutherford made it clear where things stand:
“Our mind is set. He needed to know there is no way forward to the Speakership.”
via/
@bacallaooo
Student to
@jaketapper
on live television (almost matter of factually): "It is a real blessing to still be alive."
Kid just went to school today. That's it.
Time lapse of the line of students waiting to get into the
@BernieSanders
rally on the UNC Chapel Hill campus. This is the first stop on a tour of colleges in North and South Carolina.
JUST IN: Sen.
@BernieSanders
says he is prepared to put a hold on the pending Coronavirus legislation if the GOP successfully changes language related to unemployment insurance.
Former Pence NSA Keith Kellogg (who was in the Oval on 1/6) appears to be cooperating with the Select Committee. He sat for hours for an interview today.
@HolmesLybrand
asked his attorney: “Were you claiming any executive privilege during your testimony?”
The response: “NO”.
NEW:
@BernieSanders
rolls out full comprehensive education plan.
Includes:
*A ban on for-profit charter schools
*establishing a teacher salary floor of $60k a year
*universal free school meals
*$5b investment in expanding summer/after school programs
BREAKING: President Trump officially vetoes the National Defense Authorization Act. A bill that was passed with veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate.
This got lost yesterday.. but FBI Director Wray told Congress:
“I think with respect to former President Trump there's some question about whether or not it's a bullet or shrapnel that you know hit his ear.”
Trump has not released medical records from after the shooting.
On July 6, the gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump searched “how far away was Oswald from Kennedy" and registered for the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, FBI Director Christopher Wray said.
@ryanobles
reports.
Charities supported by this effort include:
Meals on Wheels, No Kid Hungry, Restaurant Workers’ Community Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, One Fair Wage Emergency Fund, and the National Domestic Workers Alliance.
Sanders plans more fundraising drives soon.
NEW:
@BernieSanders
tells me he talks to
@BarackObama
on fairly regular basis. He said he is happy with the role Obama is playing in the primary and has “absolute confidence” Obama will fully support him should he become the nominee:
NEW:
@BernieSanders
already making plans beyond Iowa. His campaign just announced that her will deliver a live response to
@realDonaldTrump
's State of the Union on Tuesday. Sanders regularly gives a SOTU response- but this will be in front of an audience w/ media present.
NEW: A source with direct knowledge of
@BernieSanders
plans tells
@CNN
at his 1p press event, Sanders is expected to say he is staying in the race and looks forward to a debate w/
@JoeBiden
.
🚨NEW:
@CNN
Poll of likely NH Dem primary voters
Sanders 21% (+2)
Warren: 18% (-1)
Biden: 15% (-9)
Buttigieg: 10% (E)
No other candidate in double digits.
via
@jennagiesta
SIGNIFICANT: Sen. Gary Peters- from battleground Michigan and chair of the Democratic Senate Campaign arm.. is not breaking from Biden.
“I'm support him and I feel good about him in our Senate races.”
Live on
@CNN
air- Matthew Chance hears loud explosions in the Capital City of Kyiv. Unclear where they came from- but they happened just minutes after Putin effectively declared war on Ukraine. Moments later Chance put a flack jacket on live on the air.
NEW: The
@BernieSanders
campaign says they have raised $1.3 m in 24 hours since the negative ad by the "Democratic Majority for Israel" dropped.
Scoop first reported by
@melbournecoal
.
JUST IN:
@SpeakerPelosi
announces that the House will take the next step of forming an "independent 9/11 type commission" to investigate and report out the facts of what happened during the January 6th insurrection.
Notable-> it happened quickly, but the committee showed RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel acknowledging that former President Trump himself was directly involved in the fake elector plot.
Here was the exchange from her testimony:
NEW:
@BernieSanders
will march tonight w/ abortion rights activists in Birmingham. He will go to the march directly after his rally there this afternoon.
Sen.
@BernieSanders
used his campaign fundraising arm to solicit donations for a collection of causes related to the protests of African-American deaths by police.
His campaign announced today the effort raised $1.5 million.
In his 2020 campaign
@BernieSanders
has turned the tables. He is the one listening. In a series of emotional town halls, the candidate is revealing the pain and struggle of millions of Americans.
Our story this morning for
@NewDay
on
@CNN
:
I asked
@ByronDonalds
today if he was worried about retribution because he stood in opposition to Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.
His response was priceless:
JUST IN: The 1/6 Select Committee has demanded records from 15 social media companies related to information having to do with efforts to overturn the 2020 election and what the companies did/ did not do to stop the spread of misinformation.
In Nevada-
@BernieSanders
pledges support for eventual Dem nominee. A person in the crowd asks “Where were you in the last election? you didn’t do that.”
Sanders responds:
video via/
@AnnieGrayerCNN
I am just making it clear that THESE texts.. between Ginni Thomas and Mark Meadows are likely not part of the documents that Justice Thomas ruled should not be released to the committee. (6)
-end-
JUST IN: Rep.
@MattGaetz
leaves the Capitol after voting. Refused to answer any questions from
@mkraju
and me about the allegations or investigation into his conduct.
There won’t be people on the mall for the Inauguration- but the inaugural committee is making an effort to dress the space up in a different way. It looks rather pretty tonight.
NEW: Former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark made good on his promise and plead the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during his deposition with the January 6 committee on Wednesday, a source familiar with the interview told CNN. w/
@ZcohenCNN
&
@AnnieGrayerCNN
In a statement to
@CNN
in response to this report
@BernieSanders
said:
“Mr Bluhm is right -- the Democratic Party I represent is the party of the working class, not billionaires. That's why we're going to win.”
NEW: Pool report today from a
@JoeBiden
fundraiser revealed that Biden donor and event host, casino magnate Neil Bluhm, told donors that
@BernieSanders
and
@ewarren
“don’t represent the Democratic Party” that he supports.
With his veto of the NDAA and his call to "amend" the ominbus bill/Covid-relief package- President Trump in the span of 24 hours- has taken two HUGE issues championed by the GOP candidates in the
#GASen
runoff and flushed them down the toilet.
Rep. Mike Lawler on the status of the GOP conference as they emerged from their closed door meeting with no path in sight to pick a leader:
“The French have a word for it.. clusterfuck”.
NEW: The Trump campaign is blaming tonight’s turnout which has fallen well short of their expectations to protestors “interfering with supporters” attempting to gain access to the Trump events.
FULL STATEMENT from
@TimMurtaugh
We have obtained never before revealed texts between Sen. Mike Lee, Rep. Chip Roy and then White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows in possession of the 1/6 Committee.
An example- Roy texted Meadows on 1/1:
"We're driving a stake in the heart of the federal republic,"
Sen.
@BernieSanders
on the El Paso shooting. “The American people are overwhelmingly united. And that is gun owners and non-gun owners, in wanting to see the passage of common sense gun safety legislation” video via
@DaniellaMicaela
&
@carolinerkenny
Congrats to my good buddy
@donie
on his well deserved promotion
@CNN
. I’m told him introducing me to hot whiskey had nothing to do his rise up the network ranks.. but it also didn’t hurt.
FIRST ON
@CNN
: The 1/6 Committee will ask telecom companies to preserve the records of members of Congress and the Trump family who participated in the “Stop the Steal” rally.
We have the names.
w/
@ZcohenCNN
@AnnieGrayerCNN
&
@WhitneyWReports
Tipster passed along photos of
@BernieSanders
in San Diego tonight playing skee ball and shooting baskets at a local bar. I asked the tipster if he supports Sanders and he said “I want him to be my dad.”
It has become a highlight of many
@BernieSanders
rallies. I asked
@NinaTurner
where her trademark "Hello Somebody!" call and response catch phrase originated from.
RIGHT NOW:
@KLoeffler
addressing the crowd in Atlanta. She is not conceding. Promised the crowd she would fight to make sure "every legal vote" is counted. And then told the crowd she was heading to Washington to object to the Electoral College vote.
NEW: negotiators are not having success winning over
@BernieSanders
in a last ditch attempt to strike a deal.
“You cannot in my view, have an agreement, two o'clock in the morning that nobody has seen. So, I hope again, the strategy should be to defeat this infrastructure bill.”
Here is our story on Matthews’ expected appearance. Remember she was among a group of former Trump White House aides to publicly rush to Cassidy Hutchinson’s defense after her hearing:
It is unlikely that this particular group of text messages were part of the tranche of documents that Trump sued to keep secret from the National Archives....
The case in which Justice Thomas was the lone dissent from his perch in the Supreme Court.