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*Monday, November 26, 2018 8:00 AM EST*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News <#SECTION_1>*

• Biden Raising Funds For California Firefighters. <#S1>

• Biden Could Affect 2020 Presidential Candidates’ Announcements. <#S2>

• Cable Commentators Consider Biden Presidential Bid. <#S3>

• New Missoula Billing Policy Could Affect Biden Visit. <#S4>

*Leading the News <#SECTION_2>*

• US Closes Down US-Mexico Crossing, Fires Tear Gas At Migrants Rushing
Border Fence. <#S5>

*Foreign Policy <#SECTION_3>*

• More Republicans Challenge Trump’s Defense Of Saudi Crown Prince. <#S6>

• Russia Seizes Ukrainian Ships In Black Sea. <#S7>

• Khamenei: US Targets Middle East Amid Fears Of Islamic “Awakening.” <#S8>

• EU “Overwhelmingly” Approves Britain’s Brexit Plan. <#S9>

• Sources: Trump Raised Idea Of Repaying US For Wars With Iraqi Oil. <#S10>

• Syria, Russia Blame Rebels For Aleppo Gas Attack. <#S11>

• Afghan Officials Mull Delaying Presidential Election. <#S12>

*Domestic Policy <#SECTION_4>*

• Trump Urges Mississippi Voters To Vote For Hyde-Smith. <#S13>

• Dershowitz: Mueller Report To Paint “Devastating” Political Picture,
Won’t Make “Criminal Case.” <#S14>

• NYTimes Analysis: Administration Released Climate Report It Is Expected
To Ignore. <#S15>

• WPost Analysis: Right-Wing Violence Has Surged Under Trump. <#S16>

• Alabama Police Confirm Black Man Killed By Officer In Mall Shooting Was
Not Gunman. <#S17>

• WPost Analysis: Trump Seeks Deficit-Cutting Plan While Calling For New
Spending, Tax Cuts. <#S18>

• Nursing Home Chain Health Code Violations Soared After Carlyle Group
Acquisition. <#S19>

*Cancer Research <#SECTION_5>*

• NCI, Cancer Moonshot Delegate $9M To Research On PROs For Improved Cancer
Care Plans. <#S20>

• Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening Approach That Excludes Lower-Risk
Women May Be More Cost-Effective Than Age-Based Approach, Study Suggests.
<#S21>

*Editorials/Op-Eds <#SECTION_6>*

• New York Times. <#S22>

• Washington Post. <#S23>
Biden in the News
Biden Raising Funds For California Firefighters.

The Hill
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(11/21, Birnbaum) reported former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday
sent an email through his political action committee American Possibilities
“fundraising for California firefighters,” saying, “We owe them.” The
International Association of Fire Fighters Foundation, which launched the
disaster relief donation effort, tweeted, “Thank you @joebiden for
supporting #IAFFRelief efforts for #firefighters who have been affected by
the California wildfires.”
Biden Could Affect 2020 Presidential Candidates’ Announcements.

In analysis, The Hill
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(11/22, Parnes) reported, “Timing is everything when it comes to a
presidential election launch,” with candidates not wanting to announce too
soon or be last to do so. Former Vice President Joe Biden “said that he
will decide whether to run by the end of the year,” but he has “the luxury
of waiting,” being one of “the better-known candidates. Democratic
strategist Chris Kofinis “said that if Biden does announce early or another
candidate suddenly catches fire, ‘then it may lead to a flood of
announcements.’ NBC national political reporter Heidi Przybyla said on MSNBC’s
Hardball[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(11/23, 6:03 a.m. EST), “In elections past...there would have been an
unspoken rule for some of the others...to kinda step back and wait on Joe
Biden, but Joe Biden himself has said ‘Don’t do it.’”

Under the headline “Joe Biden’s Comments About 2020 Show He’s
Giving It Some Serious Thought,” Bustle
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(11/24, Kasana) examined Biden’s comments on a possible 2020 run. In
October, he said, “I think about whether or not I should run based on very
private decisions relating to my family and the loss of my son and what I
want to do with the rest of my life.” Last year, Biden said, “I haven’t
decided to run but I’ve decided I’m not going to decide not to run. We’ll
see what happens.”
Cable Commentators Consider Biden Presidential Bid.

MSNBC Live[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(11/22, 8:46 a.m. EST) broadcast, “Some Democratic political operatives are
on board for a Biden presidential bid.” NBC national political reporter
Mike Memoli said, “His political kitchen cabinet has been doing everything
they can to lay the groundwork for a campaign, should he decided to run.”
He added, “There was some talk on election night, with at least one Biden
adviser, about a Biden/Beto [O’Rourke] ticket. I think the strengths that
Biden thinks he brings, potentially, to a Democratic ticket will be,
obviously, his experience, his appeal to working-class voters in key states
that Hillary Clinton lost in 2016, and, in Beto, I think that helps offset
the main liability that Joe Biden has to deal with, which is his age.”

Former National Press Secretary for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign
Bryan Fallon said on MSNBC Live[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(11/23, 10:49 a.m. EST), “I do think that Joe Biden, if he jumps into the
race, will start out on paper as the front-runner,” but added, “I think
plenty of other people that are running third, fourth, fifth place in these
polls are quite happy where they’ll be starting off the race.”

National Review Editor Rich Lowry said on CNN’s Smerconish[image:
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(11/24, 9:07 a.m. EST), “If you assume...that Trump wins Ohio and Florida
in 2020...the upper-Midwest and Pennsylvania will be absolutely essential,
and Democrats need to have more appeal to working class voters in those
states, and Joe Biden is just the kind of Democrat to appeal to those
voters.” Former Obama speechwriter David Litt said, “I’m a big Joe Biden
fan...and I agree he would have a lot of appeal to the working class
voters.” However, he added, “I think there’s a little bit of wishful
thinking that Joe Biden is the only candidate who can appeal to the working
class.”

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(11/22, 12:42 p.m. EDT), “I think it all comes down to what Joe Biden wants
to do. He’ll spend the next few months deciding if he wants to take a crack
at this again.” Melissa Francis said, “I think Joe Biden, the reason people
look to him, is they go ‘he could fight with President Trump on his
level.’” Katie Pavlich said, “I think Joe Biden could win against President
Trump, but he’s going to have trouble getting to a primary in the
intersectional, politically correct, far-left movement that we are seeing.”

The Weekly Standard’s Michael Warren said on Fox News’ Special
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(11/22, 6:51 p.m. EST), “I don’t think [Joe Biden is] going to run. I think
he would have a very tough time winning these days.”
New Missoula Billing Policy Could Affect Biden Visit.

The AP
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(11/24) reports Missoula County, Montana commissioners approved a new
policy under which “organizers of political events that cost the county
more than $1,000 will be billed for the additional costs.” Commissioner
Dave Strohmaier said that former Vice President Joe Biden’s planned Dec. 3
trip to Missoula could fall under the policy, although “commissioners
acknowledge they have no way to enforce” it. The possible effect on Biden’s
upcoming trip is also mentioned in segments on KECI-TV[image: Image removed
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Missoula, MT (11/24, 10:04 p.m. MST), KFBB-TV[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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Great Falls, MT (11/25, 10:06 p.m. MST), KTMF-TV[image: Image removed by
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Missoula, MT (11/25, 10:06 p.m. MST), KWYB-TV[image: Image removed by
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Butte, MT (11/25, 5:03 p.m. MST), and KULR-TV[image: Image removed by
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Billings, MT (11/24, 10:04 p.m. MST).
Leading the News
US Closes Down US-Mexico Crossing, Fires Tear Gas At Migrants Rushing
Border Fence.

The US Customs and Border Protection San Diego office tweeted
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yesterday, “Southbound lanes into Mexico at the San Ysidro port of entry
are currently closed. ...
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In addition, northbound vehicle traffic processing at San Ysidro is
currently suspended,” and
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“pedestrian crossings...are also suspended at both the East and West
facility.” The San Diego Union-Tribune
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(11/25, Freeman) reports the move came “amid protests around the migrant
caravan,” and adds “the agency said it has deployed additional personnel to
the border due to multiple planned protests on both sides,” including
“Customs and Border Protection officers, US Border Patrol agents and Air
and Marine agents recently sent to the region.” San Diego Police also
“readied on-duty officers Sunday afternoon to respond to the border
division to help if needed.”

The AP
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(11/25, Sherman) reports, meanwhile, that “migrants approaching the US
border from Mexico were enveloped with tear gas Sunday after a few tried to
breach the fence separating the two countries.” The AP adds “US agents shot
the gas,” and “children were screaming and coughing in the mayhem.” The AP
also reports “US Border Patrol helicopters flew overhead, while US agents
held vigil on foot beyond the wire fence in California.” The Los Angeles
Times
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(11/25, Kohli) similarly recounts that “at one point before noon, Border
Patrol authorities fired what appeared to be a shot bang and launched tear
gas at a group of people trying to make their way through a fence.”

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(11/25, story 3, 2:30, Gonzalez) referred to “chaos erupting on the
border,” with “hundreds of migrants rushing to cross into the US from
Mexico” and “pushing past Mexican authorities in riot gear, climbing over
barricades.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(11/25, story 3, 1:40, Nichols), meanwhile, called the US measures “drastic
measures,” and also referred to “hundreds of migrants, desperate for entry
into America,” who “rushed the wall between Tijuana and San Diego.” NBC
added, “This man said he and many others are worried President Donald Trump
will make them stay in Mexico while seeking a better life in the US.” An
unidentified migrant told NBC, “We don’t want to the live in cages, we
don’t want to be in prison.”

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(11/25, story 3, 2:25, Quijano) also recounted the Sunday events at he
border. The Washington Post
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(11/25, Partlow) says that “although the number of people in the caravan
was relatively small, the unrest, with migrants attempting to climb fences
and run through car lanes to reach the United States, and scenes of mothers
and children choking on tear gas, represented a serious escalation of the
caravan crisis.”

The New York Times
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(11/25, Averbuch, Malkin) reports a “peaceful march by Central American
migrants...veered out of control on Sunday afternoon, as hundreds of people
tried to evade a Mexican police blockade and run toward a giant border
crossing that leads into San Diego.” The Times adds that “after the gas had
cleared, Mexican federal police officers then pushed back the protesters.”
CBP “officers also released tear gas at a separate point a few hundred
yards away to drive back the migrants.” While “the gas canisters that were
fired landed on the American side of the border...the gas carried into
Mexico.” The Times adds “some of the migrants told The New York Times they
thought they could negotiate with United States officials, but as they
approached the metal border fence topped with barbed wire, they were met
with several rounds of tear gas.”

The New York Post
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(11/25, Schwab) reports that San Ysidro is a “major artery” that “connects
San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico,” and that “video footage from
journalists on-site shows hundreds of migrants rushing toward the US
border.” Fox News
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(11/25, Re) similarly points out that “images and videos posted on social
media...showed hundreds of migrants from the leading Central American
caravan pushing past Mexican riot police and rushing the border at the port
of entry in San Ysidro,” in “a major test for both US border authorities
and Mexican officials.”

The Washington Examiner
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(11/25, Chaitin) refers to “hundreds of Central American migrants” who
“rushed” the “port of entry near Tijuana on Sunday, blowing past a Mexican
police blockade as they desperately seek asylum in the US.” The Wall Street
Journal
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(11/25, Montes, Pérez, Whelan), Bloomberg News
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(11/25, Miller) and Reuters
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(11/25, Diaz), among other news outlets, also report the story.

The Washington Times
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(11/25, Richardson, Dinan) quotes DHS Secretary Nielsen as saying, “DHS
will not tolerate this type of lawlessness and will not hesitate to shut
down ports of entry for security and public safety reasons.”

Ultimately, the Los Angeles Times
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(11/25, Forgione) reports, “pedestrian crossings northbound and southbound
reopened at 3:45 p.m,” while “southbound lanes from the US to Mexico
reopened at 5 p.m.”

*Mexico Says It Will Deport Caravan Members Who “Violently” Sought
To Breach Border. *The AP
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(11/25) reports “the Mexican Interior Ministry has said it would
immediately deport Central American migrants who tried to ‘violently’
breach the border with the US just south of California and that it would
reinforce the border.” The Washington Examiner
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(11/25, Chaitin) adds that Mexico said the number of those facing
deportation is “nearly 500.”

*Trump Says Democrats “Created” Caravan “Problem,” Warns
“Originating Countries” To Act. *President Trump took to Twitter
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yesterday to write, “Would be very SMART if Mexico would stop the Caravans
long before they get to our Southern Border, or if originating countries
would not let them form (it is a way they get certain people out of their
country and dump in U.S. No longer). Dems created this problem. No
crossings!” Trump later tweeted
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“General Anthony Tata: ‘President Trump is a man of his word & he said he
was going to be tough on the Border, and he is tough on the Border. He has
rightfully strengthened the Border in the face of an unprecedented threat.
It’s the right move by President Trump.’ Thanks General!”

The Washington Times
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(11/25, Richardson) reports Trump’s “comments come with more than 10,000
people massing on the US-Mexico border seeking economic asylum as part of
caravans originating in Central America.” Yesterday’s tweets were part “of
a series that began Saturday on the migrant caravans,” when the President
“said that the migrants would not be permitted into the country unless and
until their applications were approved in court.” The Daily Caller
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(11/25, White) says “the president’s tweet came shortly after the Mexican
government agreed Saturday to hold those seeking asylum at the border until
the US can assess each case.” The DC adds that “the plan, called ‘Remain in
Mexico,’ would theoretically alleviate concerns that migrants cross the
border to avoid wait times.”

*In Seeming Reversal, Mexico Says There’s “No Agreement” With US On
Asylum Seekers. *The CBS Weekend News[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(11/25, story 3, 2:25, Quijano) reported, meanwhile, that it “has learned
the Trump Administration has talked with Mexico’s incoming government about
keeping those migrants in Mexico as their cases are processed in the US.” USA
Today
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(11/25, Cummings) reports, however, that “the incoming Mexican
administration of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said there is no deal with
the United States that would allow asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while
their cases are decided after reports indicated such an agreement had been
reached.” On Saturday, the Washington Post
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said that “a deal between the Trump and Obrador administrations would begin
a ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy to replace the system – sometimes derisively
called ‘catch and release’ – of permitting immigrants to remain in the USA
while their cases move through the courts, a process that can take years.”
Incoming Interior Minister Olga Sanchez Cordero said, “For now, we have
agreed to this policy of Remain in Mexico.” Yesterday, however, Sanchez
said, “There is no agreement of any sort.” Sanchez, adds USA Today, “did
not explain the reason for the conflicting statements.” The AP
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(11/25) reports “the deal was seen as a way to dissuade thousands of
Central American migrants from seeking asylum in the US.”

*Cummings: US Must Let Caravan Enter US. *The Washington Times
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(11/25, Richardson) reports “Rep. Elijah Cummings, ranking member of the
House Oversight Committee, said Sunday that caravan migrants seeking asylum
should be able to enter the country immediately, challenging...Trump’s
efforts to keep them in Mexico while their cases are processed.” Cummings
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NBC’s Meet the Press, “That’s not the law. They should be allowed to come
in, seek asylum. That’s the law.” Asked whether “he would support changing
the law, the Maryland Democrat said, ‘No.’” Politico
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(11/25, Morin) says Cummings also said “he believes the system currently in
place ‘has worked for a long time,’” and added, “This president’s come in,
wants to change it, that’s up to him. ... But now, the Congress has got to
stand up and, hopefully, they will.”

*Ocasio-Cortez Appears To Compare Caravan To Jews Fleeing Nazi
Germany. *The Daily Caller
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(11/25, Hasson) reports “New York Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday compared members of the migrant caravan attempting
to enter the United States to Jews fleeing Nazi Germany during the
Holocaust.” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted
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“Asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isn’t a crime. It
wasn’t for Jewish families fleeing Germany. It wasn’t for targeted families
fleeing Rwanda. It wasn’t for communities fleeing war-torn Syria. And it
isn’t for those fleeing violence in Central America.”

*Schatz Deletes Tweet Suggesting Tear Gas May Have Violated
Chemical Weapons Conventions. *Fox News
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(11/25, Chamberlain) reports on its website that Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI)
“tweeted Sunday that the use of tear gas against Central American migrants
who attempted to enter the U.S. illegally may have been a violation of
international agreements governing the use of chemical weapons – before he
backtracked.” Schatz tweeted, “Why tear gas? Is this consistent with the
Conventions on Chemical Weapons?” The tweet “was posted for just a few
minutes before it was deleted and replaced by this message: ‘Anyone
uncomfortable with spraying tear gas on children is welcome to join the
coalition of the moral and the sane. We can argue about other stuff when
we’ve got our country back.’”

*More Congressional Commentary. *Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) discussed
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(11/25). She said, “We would prefer to keep it open, so let’s work really
hard to make sure we’re addressing the asylum seekers before they actually
come over the border. That’s the intent of the President, to divert any
issues before they actually happen. So, of course, we don’t want to see the
border closed. But, do you know what? Safety of our nation comes first.”

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Fox News’ Sunday Morning
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(11/25), “We have an asylum crisis and everyone knows that. We commend the
President for doing his job. He clearly has the legal authority under
section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act that Congress gave the
President. He has the authority in the interest of national security to
suspend asylum entry or to add restrictions and so he sees this as a
national security threat, many of us do, so his action right now is
perfectly appropriate and we support it. ... Now we’re very compassionate
nation but we’re also a nation of laws and so we’ve got to enforce those
laws.”

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(11/25), Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) said, “I think most people understand that
if you’ve got a problem, probably the smart way to solve the problem is to
go to the root cause of that problem,” but “the reality is we don’t have a
national security crisis around asylum seekers, we’ve never had an act of
fatal violence committed by an asylum seeker, these are people who may or
may not be fleeing danger and violence.” In the second part of the
interview on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures[image: Image removed by
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(11/25), Himes said, “We could be doing a lot more...to reduce the amount
of gang violence and violence generally in these countries and look we’ve
got a long tradition starting with the Marshall Plan back after World War
II of helping countries develop their economy and stability, because at the
end of the day, it helps us.”

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(11/25), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said, “What I think they should do is
first of all, he should have been working with these Central American
countries a long time ago to try to get to a point where we didn’t see this
extraordinary amount of people coming through. Secondly, comprehensive
immigration reform. He has gut-punched us on that a number of times. We
have the will to put the money at the border for better security and
combine it with some sensible reforms ,including things like a path to
citizenship.”

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(11/25), Sen. Angus King (I-ME) said, “If indeed there was an invasion,
which there isn’t, clearly we can defend ourselves. That’s one of the
reasons you have a military. But using troops in a border situation with
asylum seekers is, I think, not appropriate. If they’re being used in
support, you know, President Obama sent people down to support the Customs
and Border Patrol, but all the indications are this was an overreaction.
The President said in a quote I think you had in your lead in, there are
500 bad criminals. I have never seen any evidence of that. I haven’t heard
any evidence of that.”
Foreign Policy
More Republicans Challenge Trump’s Defense Of Saudi Crown Prince.

The Washington Post
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(11/25, Demirjian) reports that “congressional Republicans continued to
line up this weekend to criticize President Trump over his defense of Saudi
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the CIA believes ordered the killing
of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.” Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press[image:
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Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) said, “I disagree with the president’s assessment.
It’s inconsistent with the intelligence I’ve seen. ... The intelligence
I’ve seen suggests that this was ordered by the crown prince.” Sen. Joni
Ernst (R-IA), speaking on CNN’s State of the Union[image: Image removed by
sender. Video]
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acknowledged that Saudi Arabia was a “great strategic partner.” but added
that the US’ commitment to human rights and the rule of law requires
Congress “absolutely to consider further action.” Said Ernst, “At such a
time when it becomes necessary, the president also needs to speak directly
to the Saudis and say enough’s enough. And if there are indicators coming
from those intelligence agencies, he also needs to be involved in some sort
of action.” Meanwhile, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who “co-sponsored an
effort with Lee earlier this year to end US support for the Saudi campaign
in Yemen,” said on ABC’s This Week that “he thought more lawmakers would
line up behind such an effort after Khashoggi’s killing.” On CBS’ Face the
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(11/25), Sanders said, “When we brought this up, I think it was in March,
we ended up with 44 votes, only five Republicans. I think we now have a
chance to get a majority of the United States Senate.”

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(11/25), Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) said, “MBS contributed to murdering somebody
abroad and it is not strength to sort of mumble past that. Strength is
telling the truth even when it’s hard. We have a US intelligence community
that’s really good and a lot of us in...Congress have heard from the
intelligence community and I will be getting another classified briefing on
Tuesday about this. Our intelligence community is really good, and the
report is really clear, and the President should be stronger. That was a
weak statement.”

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(11/25), “My first response to [the President’s comments] was the CIA
doesn’t do feelings. They do assessments. They do assessments based upon
intelligence from all sources. ... I think that the statement that came
from White House last week was amazing, because it made it sound easy. It
basically said, ‘We have an important relationship with Saudi Arabia;
therefore, we’re going to turn a blind eye to this.’ It’s not that easy.
... He made it sound easy. We do have the make these difficult decisions,
but so far what they’re doing is giving a pass to this guy, and I think it
gives pass to dictators around the world. That’s the danger. It undermines
our authority and the authority of our values across the planet.”

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(11/25), said, “The President is not being honest with the country about
the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. I think, in part, he feels that by saying
that we don’t know or that the world is a dangerous place or everybody does
it, he thinks it makes him look strong. It actually makes him look weak. It
means our allies don’t respect us. Our enemies don’t fear us. What is
driving this? I don’t know. Whether this is simply an affinity he has for
autocrats. He seems to choose them repeatedly over his own intelligence
agencies, or whether there’s a financial motivation, that is, his own
personal finances. We know he has openly bragged about how many millions he
makes from Saudi Arabia.”

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(11/25), “The CIA has concluded that this was a murder done at the behest
of the Saudis and MBS. This is, of course, complicated. A lot of people are
looking for the United States to immediately abandon Saudi Arabia, its
longstanding ally, and I think a lot of Republicans would recognize it is a
complex relationship that, of course, this murder makes even more
complicated. The problem is that the President comes at it from a
perspective that is entirely materialistic – it is entirely about these
deals that we are making.”

*CBS News Analysis: Saudi Crown Prince Has “Survived Fallout” Of
Khashoggi Murder. *The CBS Weekend News[image: Image removed by sender.
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(11/25, story 11, 2:00, Quijano) reported Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman appears to have “survived the fallout” of “dissident journalist”
Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, “despite global consensus that he was almost
certainly involved.” CBS’ Holly Williams, who spent the week in Saudi
Arabia, said that while the Crown Prince “portrays himself as a reformer,”
that “hasn’t translated into political freedom. And the proof of that may
be what happened to Jamal Khashoggi.”
Russia Seizes Ukrainian Ships In Black Sea.

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(11/25, story 6, 0:20, Snow) reported on “new tension” between Ukraine and
Russia “after Ukraine’s Navy said Russian special forces seized three of
its ships in the Black Sea.” According to NBC, the “crisis started when
Russia accused the Ukrainian ships of entering its waters illegally.” ABC
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(11/25, story 7, 0:20, Llamas) reported that Moscow is “confirming
they...seized three Ukrainian ships after Ukraine rejected repeated demands
to stop, opening fire and injuring three Ukrainian soldiers.”

The AP
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(11/25, Press) reports Russia’s Federal Security Service, which oversees
the coast guard, confirmed that it had seized the ships and said there was
“irrefutable evidence that Kiev prepared and orchestrated provocations…in
the Black Sea. These materials will soon be made public.” An emergency
meeting of the UN Security Council was called for Monday morning over the
escalating situation, according to Ambassador Haley. Reuters
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(11/25, Osborn, Polityuk) reports the EU said in a statement that “it
expected Russia to restore freedom of passage via the Kerch Strait and
urged both sides to act with utmost restraint to de-escalate the situation.
A NATO spokeswoman issued a similar appeal to both sides.” The Washington
Post
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(11/25, Ferris-Rotman, Stern) warns the “standoff raises the specter of
further confrontation between Russia and Ukraine.”

*WPost Investigation: Russia Turning To Former Soviet State To
Avoid Sanctions. *The Washington Post
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(11/21) reports the Kremlin has “for years bankrolled an array of
pro-Russian breakaway states within the former Soviet republics of Ukraine,
Georgia and Moldova.” Now, the “network of semi-states has become so
important for Russia that an off-the-grid financial system now ties some of
them together, bridging hundreds of miles and circumventing international
sanctions.” A Washington Post investigation – including interviews with
business and political leaders – has “uncovered the extensive use of this
improvised banking system,” which runs through South Ossetia, a
self-declared splinter state in Georgia. According to the Post, it “works
like a relay around the barriers put up by sanctions” imposed by the EU, US
and others “spelling out penalties for doing business directly with the
separatist territories.” The arrangement “also works in reverse, allowing
exports from the separatist territories to be sold in Russia.”
Khamenei: US Targets Middle East Amid Fears Of Islamic “Awakening.”

Reuters
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(11/25, Newsroom) reports Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
said Sunday the US is “targeting the Middle East because it fears Islamic
‘awakening’ in the region, according to his official website.” Khamenei is
quoted as saying, “World powers headed by America show interest for the
Middle East because of Islamic awakening in this region. They are afraid of
the awakening of the Islamic nations...because of blows they have suffered
wherever Islam has spread to peoples’ hearts.” According to the website,
Khamenei made the remarks in a speech to “Iranian officials and foreign
Muslim figures attending an international Islamic conference in Tehran.”

*Over 700 Hurt In Earthquake In Western Iran. *The AP
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(11/26, Karimi) reports Iranian authorities said Monday that “the number of
injured in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran the previous night
has risen to 716. No fatalities were reported.” According to state
television, most of the injured “suffered only slight injuries,” while 37
remained hospitalized.
EU “Overwhelmingly” Approves Britain’s Brexit Plan.

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(11/25, story 7, 1:20, Snow) reported the EU on Sunday “overwhelmingly
approved” Britain’s Brexit plan “in less than 40 minutes.” The deal
“requires the UK to pay $50 billion to the EU, allow citizens in newly
divided zones to live and work where they are and keeps northern Ireland’s
border open.” However, “this is just the first step. Now comes the hard
part: Prime Minister Theresa May has to get this Brexit deal through a
skeptical British Parliament, a deal in which all sides find something to
dislike..” May says a vote from Parliament will happen before Christmas,
“leaving a stark choice: her plan or the chaos of the unknown. The fate of
Britain and May’s political career now hanging in the balance.”

Reuters
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(11/23, Baczynska, Piper) reports European Commission President Jean-Claude
Juncker told reporters after EU leaders formally endorsed the deal, “Those
who think that, by rejecting the deal, they would get a better deal, will
be disappointed.” Asked whether there was any chance Brussels would reopen
the pact if it is voting down in the British Parliament, Juncker said “this
is the best deal possible.” European Council President Donald Tusk,
however, “sounded more guarded, saying he did not want to consider
hypotheticals.” The Wall Street Journal
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(11/25, Colchester, Norman) similarly reports that EU leaders warned Sunday
that the bloc would not offer better conditions.

To the AP
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(11/25, Cook, Lawless), selling the deal to Parliament is “a huge task
considering the intense opposition from pro-Brexit and pro-EU lawmakers
alike — to ensure Britain can leave with a minimum of upheaval on March
29.” The New York Times
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(11/25, Castle, Erlanger) reports that if May fails to convince British
lawmakers to approve the deal, “what happens next would be anyone’s guess.
Mrs. May could face a leadership challenge or be left to put her deal to a
second vote in the British Parliament. There could be a push for a softer
Brexit, new elections or a second referendum. Or Britain could lurch toward
a no-deal Brexit, an outcome no one wants on either side of the Channel.”
May, the Washington Post
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(11/25, Booth) reports, said Parliament will now face “one of most
significant votes Parliament has had in many years,” and “would campaign
for it with all her heart.”
Sources: Trump Raised Idea Of Repaying US For Wars With Iraqi Oil.

Citing “sources with direct knowledge,” Axios
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(11/25, Swan, Treene) reports President Trump has “twice raised to the
Iraqi prime minister the idea of repaying America for its wars with Iraqi
oil, a highly controversial ask that runs afoul of international norms and
logic.” Trump “appears to have finally given up on this idea, but until now
it hasn’t been revealed that as president he’s raised the concept twice
with Iraq’s prime minister and brought it up separately in the Situation
Room with his national security team.” In March last year, at the end of a
White House meeting with Iraq’s then-Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Trump
“brought up the subject of taking oil from Iraq to reimburse the United
States for the costs of the war there.” Sources said the President “raised
the issue of oil again with al-Abadi on a phone call in the summer of
2017,” but “the conversation was vague and didn’t go anywhere.” Then
National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster “admonished Trump afterward,
according to a source with direct knowledge.” The Washington Examiner
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(11/25, Lim) reports the Axios story.
Syria, Russia Blame Rebels For Aleppo Gas Attack.

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(11/25, story 5, 1:45, Quijano) reported that in Aleppo, Syria, more than a
hundred people, including children, were hospitalized “after a suspected
poison gas attack” on Saturday. They were treated for “symptoms doctors
said were consistent with chemical warfare. It is still unclear who
launched this attack.” While the exact chemical is also unclear, “doctors
on the scene said they suspect chlorine.” Both the regime of Bashar
al-Assad and rebels have denied responsibility for the attack. Reuters
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(11/25, Francis) reports that the Syrian government and Russia on Sunday
both blamed insurgents. Rebel officials, however, “denied the allegations
and said their forces did not possess chemical weapons.” The Russian
Defense Ministry said Sunday its warplanes “bombed militants in the
insurgent stronghold of Idlib who it accused of firing poison gas at
Aleppo.”
Afghan Officials Mull Delaying Presidential Election.

The New York Times
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(11/25, Nordland, Faizi) reports that election officials in Afghanistan are
“considering delaying next year’s presidential election by several months,
amid disarray in counting votes from last month’s parliamentary balloting.”
The Times says that while holding presidential elections by April 20 “was
previously one of international donors’ red lines in Afghanistan,
especially after an embarrassing, four-year delay in holding parliamentary
elections,” some politicians and observers are now “suggesting that the
electoral fiasco might help encourage peace talks with the Taliban.” Three
officials at the Independent Elections Commission “confirmed on Sunday that
discussions were underway on a potential delay,” but “insisted no decision
had been made.”
Domestic Policy
Trump Urges Mississippi Voters To Vote For Hyde-Smith.

President Trump took to Twitter
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yesterday to write, “I will be in Gulfport and Tupelo, Mississippi, on
Monday night doing two Rallies for Senator Hyde-Smith, who has a very
important Election on Tuesday. She is an outstanding person who is strong
on the Border, Crime, Military, our great Vets, Healthcare & the 2nd A.
Needed in D.C.” Trump later wrote
<http://mailview.bulletinintelligence.com/mailview.aspx?m=2018112601biden&r=email-7e2d&l=057-c12&t=c>,
“Mississippi, Vote for @cindyhydesmith on Tuesday. Respected by all. We
need her in Washington!. Thanks!”

AP
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(11/26) reports that on Monday Trump will campaign for appointed Sen. Cindy
Hyde-Smith (R) at a rally in Tupelo and another in Biloxi. In another
article, the AP
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(11/25, Amy) reports Hyde-Smith is “up against Democratic former US. Rep.
Mike Espy, a former US agriculture secretary vying to become the first
black senator from the state since Reconstruction.” The New York Post
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(11/25, Moore) indicates Hyde-Smith “was criticized for saying she would
happily attend a ‘public hanging’ if invited by one of her politico
backers,” though “in a debate last week with Espy,” she “apologized for the
remark.”

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(11/25, story 5, 1:50, O'Donnell) reported “Democrats emboldened by their
national House takeover see an unlikely southern opening. ... For Democrats
Espy could become the first black Senator from there in nearly 140 years.
For Republicans,” Trump “heads there...headlining two campaign rallies” and
“putting his own political capital on the line.”

Politico
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(11/25, Arkin) reports, meanwhile, that “Republicans think...Hyde-Smith
will ultimately pull out a win,” but “they say the race has tightened – and
after what happened in Alabama last year, they’re on edge.” Henry Barbour,
“the Republican National Committee committeeman and a longtime Mississippi
operative,” said “he expects Hyde-Smith to win on Tuesday, though he added
that Republicans should be concerned about the potential for weak turnout.” USA
Today
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(11/25, Groppe) says “Republicans have aired four television ads for every
three paid for by Democrats, according to figures compiled for USA TODAY by
Kantar Media/CMAG.” Espy “remains the underdog in a state that hasn’t
elected a Democrat since 1982, ads by him and his allies hope to take
advantage of missteps by...Hyde-Smith.” USA Today adds that “Espy’s
commercials argue that Hyde-Smith is a disaster and embarrassment for
Mississippi.”

*RRH Election Poll Shows Hyde-Smith Up 54%-44%. *The Washington
Examiner
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(11/25, Chaitin) reports “Hyde-Smith has a 10-point lead over her
Democratic opponent Mike Espy ahead of a runoff Tuesday, indicating that
the Republican may yet endure a flurry of controversies that threatened to
derail her chances in a deep red state.” According to “a public poll
conducted last week by RRH Elections, which FiveThirtyEight considers to be
a conservative blog, shows Hyde-Smith with 54 percent to Espy’s 44 percent,
double the lead she was reported to have received in a private Republican
poll reported by the New York Times on Tuesday.”

*Hyde-Smith Campaign Denies Report That She Attended “Segregation
Academy.” *ABC World News Tonight[image: Image removed by sender. Video]
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(11/25, story 5, 2:00, Wright) reported that Hyde-Smith “is once again
taking heat for where she appears to stand on the state’s racist past,”
with a new “controversy exposed this weekend”, with the Jackson (MS) Free
Press
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reporting “that she went to high school at an all white ‘segregation
academy’” and “sent her daughter to a similar school. Her campaign calls
the allegations ‘a new low.’” This “after a separate photo came to light on
her own Facebook page. The Republican Senator seen here wearing a
Confederate Army cap at the home of Jefferson Davis. The caption,
‘Mississippi history at its best.’”

Politico
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(11/24, Forgey) reported that Hyde-Smith’s “embattled bid for another two
years in the Senate hit another race-related hurdle this weekend, as a
report in a Mississippi newspaper revealed” that she “graduated high school
at a segregation academy.” According to Politico, “a photograph from the
1975 edition of the Lawrence County Academy yearbook, published Friday by
the Jackson Free Press
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appears to show Hyde-Smith among a group of cheerleaders – including a
mascot holding a Confederate flag who appears to be wearing a costume
imitating a Confederate general’s uniform. A sophomore girl in the picture
is identified in the caption as Cindy Hyde.”

The Hill
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(11/24, Axelrod) reported that Hyde-Smith spokeswoman Melissa Scallan on
Saturday said in a statement, “In their latest attempt to help Mike Espy,
the gotcha liberal media has taken leave of their senses. They have stooped
to a new low, attacking her entire family and trying to destroy her
personally instead of focusing on the clear differences on the issues
between Cindy Hyde-Smith and her far-left opponent.” Hyde-Smith is battling
ex-Clinton Administration official Mike Espy (D) in the Nov. 27 special
election runoff to fill out the remaining term of ex-Sen. Thad Cochran (R).

In a front-page article, the Washington Post
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(11/22, A1, Viser) reported that appointed Hyde-Smith’s “pride in the
Confederacy and its aftermath...is coming under new scrutiny in the wake of
her comments that she would sit with a supporter in the front row of a
‘public hanging.’” While critics claim the statement “alluded to lynching,”
she “defended [it] as an exaggerated gesture of friendship” about a donor.
As a result, the runoff election between Hyde-Smith, who’s white, and Espy,
“who is seeking to become the first African American senator from the state
since just after the Civil War, has exploded beyond the boundaries of
ideology and politics.”

In a front-page analysis, the New York Times
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(11/24, A1, Martin) reported that when Espy debated his rival last week,
“he had to make a choice: Confront Ms. Hyde-Smith over her comments about
attending ‘a public hanging,’ which evoked the state’s racist history, or
take a milder approach to avoid alienating the conservative-leaning white
voters who will most likely decide the election. He chose the latter.” The
Times said that Espy “was reckoning with a conundrum that Democrats face
across the South.”

*Full “Public Hanging” Video Features Hyde-Smith’s Defense Of Views
On Guns, Abortion. *The Jackson (MS) Free Press
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(11/25, Pittman) reports, “In extended footage released exclusively by the
Jackson Free Press, the context of...Hyde-Smith’s now-infamous ‘public
hanging’ remarks becomes clearer, and the video sheds new light on the
senator’s other views including abortion, guns and even the recent history
of the Democratic and Republican parties.” The “full video
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also shows that two reporters were present for the remarks, but did not
report the ‘hanging’ comment.” The Free Press adds that, in the video,
“Hyde-Smith was not making remarks about attending an execution,” but “was
assuring supporters of her allegiance to conservative causes, like her
devotion to gun rights and her total opposition to abortion at all stages.”

*MLB Asks Hyde-Smith To Return Donation. *USA Today
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(11/25, Brioso) reports MLB “has requested” that Hyde-Smith “return the
$5,000 donation it made to her campaign in the wake of controversial
comments” about willing to attend “a public hanging.” Said a MLB
spokesperson, “The contribution was made in connection with an event that
MLB lobbyists were asked to attend. ... MLB has requested that the
contribution be returned.”
Dershowitz: Mueller Report To Paint “Devastating” Political Picture, Won’t
Make “Criminal Case.”

The Washington Times
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(11/25, Richardson) reports, “Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan
Dershowitz predicted Sunday that the special counsel’s report will be
‘devastating’ to President Trump while falling short of finding criminal
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on ABC’s This Week, “I think the report is going to be devastating to the
president, and I know that the president’s team is already working on a
response to the report.” But “when I say devastating, I mean it’s going to
paint a picture that’s going to be politically very devastating. I still
don’t think it’s going to make a criminal case.” The Washington Examiner
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(11/25, Lim) quotes Dershowitz as saying, “What I think Mueller is going to
do if he’s smart is he’s not going to take the chance on being rebutted.
He’s just going to lay out just the facts.”

*Commentators Consider Significance Of Corsi Plea Talks With
Mueller. *Margaret Talev of Bloomberg News said on CNN’s Inside Politics[image:
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(11/25), “I think there’s just no way that this [Jerome] Corsi development
is good news for Roger Stone or potentially for President Trump, but in
terms of how significant it is, I think that we are going to have to wait
to see it play out a little bit more. But it certainly could allow Mueller
to explore this question that’s been central all along, which is how do
these emails get out and was it coordinated in any fashion? And if so, with
whom?”

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(11/25), “We know that Mueller and company are looking at this WikiLeaks
question, what they knew, when they knew it. But, as ever with Mueller’s
investigation, we have to come back to the fact that he’s always two if not
20 steps ahead of us. We just cannot see all the moving parts behind the
scenes. We are waiting to see what Corsi knew, when he knew it, who he
could implicate but there’s a lot more that we don’t really have access
to.”

*Judge Orders Papadopoulos To Start Serving Two-Week Prison Term
Today. *The AP
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(11/25, Yen) reports “a federal judge on Sunday rejected a last-minute bid
by former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos to
delay his two-week prison term and ordered him to surrender Monday as
scheduled.” Papadopoulos “sought the delay until an appeals court had ruled
in a separate case challenging the constitutionality of special counsel
Robert Mueller’s appointment.” The Washington Post
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(11/25, Zapotosky) says that in response, “US District Judge Randolph D.
Moss noted Papadopoulos had not appealed his conviction, having waived his
right to do so when he pleaded guilty.” Moss also “wrote Papadopoulos had
not shown that the appeals court in the separate case would likely conclude
the special counsel’s appointment was unlawful.”

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(11/25, story 10, 0:20, Quijano) briefly reported the story, but did not
mention the length of Papadopoulos’ sentence. USA Today
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(11/25, Cummings) reports Papadopoulos “pleaded guilty last year to lying
to the FBI about his Russian contacts while working for the Trump campaign
in 2016,” for which “he was sentenced to two weeks in prison, a year of
supervised release, 200 hours of community service and a $9,500 fine.” At
the heart of the matter, says the New York Post
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(11/25, Moore), was the fact that he “didn’t come clean about his meetings
with a London-based professor who told him in April 2016 that the Russians
had dirt on Hillary Clinton.” The New York Times
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(11/25, Zaveri) notes “lawyers for Mr. Papadopoulos did not immediately
respond to requests for comment on Sunday.” The Hill
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(11/25, Samuels), Reuters
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(11/25, Chiacu, Mutikani), Daily Caller
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(11/25, Ross) and Politico
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(11/25, Gerstein), among other news outlets, also report the story.

*Schiff Has Remained Loyal To Christopher Steele’s Allegations. *The
Washington Times
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(11/25, Scarborough) reports Democrats who are preparing to lead the House
Intelligence Committee “have stayed doggedly loyal to the Hillary
Clinton-financed dossier that Republicans say is a hoax.” Incoming Chairman
Adam Schiff and his colleagues have, at times, “hailed dossier writer
Christopher Steele for predicting events.” Schiff “describes the dimensions
for his upcoming probes this way: There are so many Trump scandals, he
says, ‘our caucus will need to ruthlessly prioritize the most important
matters first.’” Schiff “has stated that he wants to launch completely new
lines of inquiry, such as supposed Russian money-laundering through the
Trump Organization. ... A big question is whether Mr. Schiff will again try
to prove Mr. Steele’s allegations.”

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(11/25), Schiff said that “one of the issues that the Republicans would not
allow us to investigate when they were running the committee...is whether
the Russians have been laundering money through the President’s businesses
and this is the financial hold that the Russians may have. It would
certainly explain the otherwise bewildering conduct of the President in
Helsinki, many of the President’s pro-Putin comments. It would explain why
his sons have said at various times they don’t need money from US banks,
they get all the money they need from Russia, or disproportionate share of
their assets come from Russia.”

*Senate Democrats Tie Spending Bill Support To Mueller Protection. *The
Wall Street Journal
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(11/25, Gurman, Peterson) reports that Senate Democrats are indicating that
they will link their support for a key spending bill in the lame-duck
session to legislation protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The
measure must pass by December 8, and can be blocked if it fails to win the
support of 60 senators.
NYTimes Analysis: Administration Released Climate Report It Is Expected To
Ignore.

The New York Times
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(11/25, A1, Davenport) writes under the headline “Trump Administration’s
Strategy On Climate: Try To Bury Its Own Scientific Report” that the White
House “on Friday issued a scientific report that directly contradicts its
own climate-change policies,” a move that “sets the stage for a remarkable
split-screen political reality in coming years.” The Administration “is
widely expected to discount or ignore the report’s detailed findings of the
economic strain caused by climate change, even as it continues to cut
environmental regulations, while opponents use it to mount legal attacks
against the very administration that issued the report.”

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