WTF Just Happened Today

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

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1/ Trump tweets that "smart" missiles "will be coming" toward Syria in response to a chemical attack, taunting Russia to "get ready."

2/ Paul Ryan will not seek re-election in November, ending what will be a three-year run as the leader of House Republicans.

3/ Trump is considering firing Rod Rosenstein following the FBI raid on Michael Cohen's office, in order to limit Robert Mueller's investigation through a new deputy attorney general.

4/ Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller in December after incomplete news reports surfaced that subpoenas coming from Mueller's probe were targeting his business dealings with Deutsche Bank.

5/ Robert Mueller asked to subpoena 35 witnesses for Paul Manafort's trial, which is set to begin on July 10th.

6/ The FBI agents who searched Michael Cohen's office wanted all records related to the "Access Hollywood" tape, where Trump bragged about being able to sexually assault women, including that he would "grab them by the pussy" whenever he wanted and that he would sometimes "just start kissing them."

7/ A bipartisan Senate bill designed to protect Robert Mueller's job is on track for a vote in the Judiciary Committee today.

8/ Rebekah Mercer asked Facebook for an independent investigation into Cambridge Analytica.

poll/ 48% of voters support Trump's order to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border, while 42% oppose and 9% have no opinion.

NOTABLES.

• Trump ordered the Department of Justice to hire a former White House official who was fired for showing Devin Nunes classified documents.

• The US deputy national security adviser for strategy resigned.

• The NRA said it accepted contributions from about 23 Russians, or Americans living in Russia, since 2015.

• A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Trump's financial disclosures are insufficient because they blur the lines between his personal debts and those owed by the businesses he owns.

• James Comey sat down for a five-hour interview with George Stephanopoulos. He compared Trump to a mob boss.

• Former House Speaker John Boehner will join the board of directors of a marijuana holdings corporation, nine years after he said he was "unalterably opposed" to legalization.

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