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To: longnshort who wrote (1167403)	9/29/2019 9:50:18 AM
From: sylvester80	Respond to of 1574454

OOPS! Mulvaney on 'shaky ground' with Trump over handling of whistleblower complaint by Carlin Becker September 28, 2019 09:06 PM washingtonexaminer.com Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's position within the Trump administration is reportedly on "shaky ground" following fallout from an intelligence community whistleblower complaint released this week. According to CNN, several sources have claimed that Mulvaney could be in risk of losing his job amid Trump's frustrations with him for failing to construct "a strategy for defending and explaining the contents" of both the complaint and the transcript of the president's July phone call with the leader of Ukraine. According to one of the sources, there is widespread frustration in the White House surrounding the lack of response for dealing with the releases, and Mulvaney appears to be taking the heat for it. However, they also indicated that President Trump may not be eager to fire him just yet "given the amount of tumult" from the week. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham denied the report on Saurday, saying, "This story is manufactured palace intrigue." She continued, "The fact is that President Trump and this Administration have done nothing wrong. Why would we need to implement a strategy to explain the contents of a document we willingly released? Sounds to me like more anonymous troublemakers working to stir the pot for their own selfish reasons." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump after reports that he had pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. The White House released a transcript of the call this week, which shows the president did urge his Ukrainian counterpart to look into Biden and his son Hunter. An intelligence community whistleblower complaint concerning the call was also released, which alleges that Trump asked a foreign power to interfere in the 2020 presidential election by investigating his potential opponent. Trump, however, has denied any wrongdoing. Mulvaney was previously a congressman for South Carolina before assuming his role as Trump's third chief of staff in less than two years.

To: longnshort who wrote (1167403)	9/29/2019 9:58:16 AM
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OOPS! Mark Amodei Becomes First House Republican to Publicly Support Impeachment Inquiry By DANIEL POLITI SEPT 28, 20196:01 PM slate.com Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei speaks to members of the media on June 7, 2018, in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images Popular in News & Politics A Former ICE Chief’s Tantrum in Congress Perfectly Captures His Agency’s Lawlessness Did the White House Hide a Bombshell Memo From Mueller? The Week That Everything Changed The Ukraine Timeline Shows Trump Is LyingRep. Mark Amodei became the first Republican in the House of Representatives to publicly support the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. But the lawmaker from Nevada fell way short of actually backing impeachment, only saying that the inquiry should move forward. “Let’s put it through the process and see what happens,” Amodei said in a phone call with local reporters. “I’m a big fan of oversight, so let’s let the committees get to work and see where it goes.” During the call, Amodei said he read the whistleblower complaint regarding the July phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Using government agencies to, if it’s proven, to put your finger on the scale of an election, I don’t think that’s right,” he said. “If it turns out that it’s something along those lines, then there’s a problem.” Amodei didn’t say whether Trump committed an impeachable offense, although he did say he was not a fan of the president’s comments in the call. “If it was my statement and I had the ability to do it over, I would probably phrase it differently,” he said. “I don’t know that it’s a smoking gun.” After the reports on the call, Amodei tried to walk back a bit, saying that those who were interpreting his words to mean that he backed impeaching the president were taking a huge leap. Anyone who “thinks that somehow there is a vote to convict before the process has played out—as called for by the resolution unanimously supported by everyone concerned – is simply, individual fantasy,” Amodei said in a statement. He also said he now has “a full appreciation of how the president feels,” presumably a reference to Trump’s criticism of the media. Yet despite Amodei’s efforts to play down his own words, some were quick to point out that his words really put him on the same boat as many Democrats who support the impeachment inquiry without actually having decided whether Trump should be impeached. “That’s a big deal,” Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut said of Amodei’s support for the inquiry.