Merge pull request mkiser#454 from SusannaMV/patch-122

Update 2018-03-19-day-424.markdown

Author: mkiser

_posts/2018-03-19-day-424.markdown

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-1/ **Trump hired the lawyer who's promoted the theory that the F.B.I. and Justice Department framed Trump in order to keep him from becoming president**. On Fox News in January, Joseph diGenova said: "There was a brazen plot to illegally exonerate Hillary Clinton and, if she didn't win the election, to then frame Donald Trump with a falsely created crime." He added, "Make no mistake about it: A group of F.B.I. and D.O.J. people were trying to frame Donald Trump of a falsely created crime." The hiring has not yet been announced. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/politics/joseph-digenova-trump-lawyer.html))
+1/ **Trump has hired the lawyer who's promoted the theory that the FBI and Justice Department framed Trump in order to keep him from becoming president**. On Fox News in January, Joseph diGenova said: "There was a brazen plot to illegally exonerate Hillary Clinton and, if she didn't win the election, to then frame Donald Trump with a falsely created crime." He added, "Make no mistake about it: A group of FBI and DOJ people were trying to frame Donald Trump of a falsely created crime." The hiring has not yet been announced. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/19/us/politics/joseph-digenova-trump-lawyer.html))
 
-2/ **Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe, the now-former deputy director of the FBI, 24 hours before he was set to retire**. Sessions announced the decision to fire McCabe just before 10 pm ET on Friday, saying McCabe was fired because he "made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor — including under oath — on multiple occasions." In an interview, McCabe defended himself. "The idea that I was dishonest is just wrong," he said. McCabe added: "This is part of an effort to discredit me as a witness" and undermine Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/politics/andrew-mccabe-fbi-fired.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbis-andrew-mccabe-is-fired-a-little-more-than-24-hours-before-he-could-retire/2018/03/16/e055a22a-2895-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.d5c294fe718e))
+2/ **Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe, the now-former deputy director of the FBI, 24 hours before he was set to retire**. Sessions announced the decision to fire McCabe just before 10 pm ET on Friday, saying McCabe was fired because he "made an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor — including under oath — on multiple occasions." In an interview, McCabe defended himself. "The idea that I was dishonest is just wrong," he said. McCabe added: "This is part of an effort to discredit me as a witness" and to undermine Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign. ([New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/politics/andrew-mccabe-fbi-fired.html) / [Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbis-andrew-mccabe-is-fired-a-little-more-than-24-hours-before-he-could-retire/2018/03/16/e055a22a-2895-11e8-bc72-077aa4dab9ef_story.html?utm_term=.d5c294fe718e))
 
 {% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/974859881827258369 %}
 
-3/ **McCabe met with Mueller and turned over memos detailing his interactions with Trump**, similar to the notes compiled by James Comey. The memos, apparently, include corroborating details about the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. It's unclear when McCabe's interview took place. ([Axios](https://www.axios.com/source-mccabe-gave-memos-interview-to-mueller-2c378d87-d76c-436c-8499-a628da414a4e.html) / [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/88da831d8f99472b9821d116e10dc791/AP-learns-fired-McCabe-kept-personal-memos-regarding-Trump) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/17/politics/mccabe-memos-trump/index.html))
+3/ **McCabe met with Mueller and turned over memos detailing his interactions with Trump**, similar to the notes compiled by James Comey. The memos apparently include corroborating details about the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. It's unclear when McCabe's interview took place. ([Axios](https://www.axios.com/source-mccabe-gave-memos-interview-to-mueller-2c378d87-d76c-436c-8499-a628da414a4e.html) / [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/88da831d8f99472b9821d116e10dc791/AP-learns-fired-McCabe-kept-personal-memos-regarding-Trump) / [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/17/politics/mccabe-memos-trump/index.html))
 
 4/ **Trump's personal lawyer wants Rod Rosenstein to end Mueller's investigation** into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. "I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe's boss James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt Dossier," John Dowd wrote in an email comment about McCabe's firing. Dowd initially said he was speaking on behalf of Trump "as his counsel," but later said he was not speaking on the president's behalf. ([The Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-lawyer-its-time-to-fire-robert-mueller))
 
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 {% twitter https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/975720503997620224 %}
 
-6/ **Republican senators warned Trump not to fire Robert Mueller and to let federal investigators do their jobs**. Lindsey Graham said if Trump were to dismiss Mueller, it would mark "the beginning of the end of his presidency." Trey Gowdy, meanwhile, said if Trump is innocent, he should "act like it" and leave Mueller alone. Paul Ryan issued a statement urging Trump that "Mueller and his team should be able to do their job." Mitch McConnell, however, had no comment. Following the pushback, White House lawyer Ty Cobb issued a statement on Sunday night saying Trump was not considering firing Mueller. ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/republicans-to-trump-let-mueller-do-his-job-idUSKBN1GU0M9) / [Politico](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/18/gowdy-trump-mueller-probe-469910))
+6/ **Republican senators warned Trump not to fire Robert Mueller and to let federal investigators do their jobs**. Lindsey Graham said if Trump were to dismiss Mueller, it would mark "the beginning of the end of his presidency." Trey Gowdy, meanwhile, said if Trump is innocent, he should "act like it" and leave Mueller alone. Paul Ryan issued a statement advising Trump that "Mueller and his team should be able to do their job." Mitch McConnell, however, had no comment. Following the pushback, White House lawyer Ty Cobb issued a statement on Sunday night saying Trump was not considering firing Mueller. ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/republicans-to-trump-let-mueller-do-his-job-idUSKBN1GU0M9) / [Politico](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/18/gowdy-trump-mueller-probe-469910))
 
 poll/ **74% of Americans feel that the national policy is being manipulated by a "deep state" of unelected government officials**. 31% of Republicans and 33% of independents said they believe in the existence of a deep state. 19% of Democrats, meanwhile, said the deep state definitely exists.  ([Monmouth](https://www.monmouth.edu/polling-institute/documents/monmouthpoll_us_031918.pdf/))
 
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 1. **Three sources contradicted Jeff Sessions' claims that he "pushed back" against a George Papadopoulos proposal for Trump's campaign to meet with Russians in 2016**. Some Democrats think the discrepancies in Sessions' testimony suggest the attorney general may have committed perjury. ([Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-sessions-exclusive/exclusive-sources-contradict-sessions-testimony-he-opposed-russia-outreach-idUSKBN1GU0NC))
 
-2. **Jared Kushner's family real estate company routinely filed false documents with the New York City housing department**. Kushner Cos. claimed that it had zero rent-regulated tenants, even though there were actually hundreds of said tenants living in dozens of buildings it owned throughout the city. The move allowed the company to circumvent rules that would have prevented developers from pushing low-rent tenants out of the buildings. ([Associated Press](https://apnews.com/002703e70347481cb993027d04f543cc))
+2. **Jared Kushner's family real estate company routinely filed false documents with the New York City housing department**. Kushner Companies claimed that it had zero rent-regulated tenants, even though there were actually hundreds of such tenants living in dozens of buildings it owned throughout the city. The move allowed the company to circumvent rules that would have prevented developers from pushing low-rent tenants out of the buildings. ([Associated Press](https://apnews.com/002703e70347481cb993027d04f543cc))
 
-3. **Senior White House officials are considering whether to re-hire Trump's personal aide John McEntee**, days after he was abruptly fired and escorted off the property. The reasons for McEntee's firing are still unclear, but it is believed to be related to issues surrounding his gambling habits. ([Politico](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/17/john-mcentee-white-house-return-trump-468674))
+3. **Senior White House officials are considering whether to re-hire Trump's personal aide John McEntee**, days after he was abruptly fired and escorted off the property. The reasons for McEntee's firing are still unclear, but they are believed to be related to his gambling habits. ([Politico](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/17/john-mcentee-white-house-return-trump-468674))