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Day 532: "My staff told me not to say this."


Thursday, July 5, 2018

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1/ Scott Pruitt resigned from the EPA.

2/ Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer urged Trump to nominate federal Judge Merrick Garland to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy.

3/ Trump narrowed his Supreme Court shortlist to Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett and Raymond Kethledge.

4/ Trump asked his advisers last August why the U.S. couldn't invade Venezuela.

5/ Trump hired former Fox News executive Bill Shine to lead his communications team.

6/ Trump's first tariffs will hit $34 billion of Chinese imports starting tomorrow.

7/ The owner of a Chinese factory says it has been hired to make flags for Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.

✏️ NOTABLES.

  • Robert Mueller is utilizing additional career Justice Department prosecutors.

  • Trump said he would decide by July 4th if he would sit down for an interview with Robert Mueller's team.

  • Michael Cohen dropped the reference "personal attorney to President Donald J. Trump" from his social media accounts.

  • A federal judge rejected a Trump administration request to block three California sanctuary laws.

  • Trump lied when he tweeted that Obama granted citizenship to 2,500 Iranians in an attempt to sweeten the Iran nuclear deal.

  • Trump's co-author for The Art of the Deal tweeted that Trump "is incapable of reading a book, much less writing one."

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