Light News Dump

A day after distancing himself from hostile chant, Trump calls his rally crowd ‘incredible patriots’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-day-after-distancing-himself-from-hostile-chant-trump-criticizes-media-for-its-coverage-of-his-rally/2019/07/19/9c094c16-aa12-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

Letter from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler to Hope Hicks | “As I reminded you at the outset of your interview, anything other than complete candor can have very serious consequences,” Nadler wrote, with a footnote underneath noting that making materially false statements to Congress is a crime. “Accordingly, I would expect you to clarify this matter before the Committee in very short order — but no later than August 15, 2019.”
https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrats.judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/7.18.2019%20Letter%20from%20Chairman%20Nadler%20to%20Hope%20Hicks%20%28002%29.pdf
https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:18%20section:1001%20edition:prelim)
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/7/19/20700604/jerry-nadler-hope-hicks-testimony-hush-payments-trump

Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioids
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/19/opioids-crisis-appalachia-painkillers-drugs

Trump cancels appearance at NAACP national convention in Detroit
http://www.fox2detroit.com/news/local-news/trump-cancels-appearance-at-naacp-national-convention-in-detroit

George Nader, Witness in Mueller Probe, Hit With New Charges of Sex Trafficking
https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-nader-witness-in-mueller-probe-hit-with-new-charges-of-sex-trafficking

George Nader indicted on child porn, child sex transportation charges
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/george-nader-indicted-on-child-porn-child-sex-transportation-charges/2019/07/19/d70f28c0-a9a5-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html?utm_term=.1d052ab992bc

News Report About Jeffrey Epstein Work Release Privileges Sparks Internal Investigation
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/explosive-news-report-about-jeffrey-epstein-work-release-privileges-sparks-internal-investigation/
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/07/19/jeffrey-epstein-stay-in-florida-jail-under-investigation.html

Immigration officers at O’Hare detain 3 children who are U.S. citizens: Congresswoman calls it ‘kidnapping of children by our government’
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-immigration-ohare-children-detained-20190718-zmd3663ndngvlj7n2frh3mpjxm-story.html

Mississippi Quotes John Roberts to Defend Its Racist Election Law: The state's response to a lawsuit by four black voters shows the wide ramifications of the Supreme Court's recent gerrymandering ruling.
https://newrepublic.com/article/154496/mississippi-quotes-john-roberts-defend-racist-election-law

Trump campaign and RNC spend more than $600,000 on law firm representing Hope Hicks. That's a lot of money defending someone who says she doesn't know anything. Campaign finance reform is needed badly to get rid of this rule that allows campaign funds to be used as a slush fund to cover legal expenses for all these clowns.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/19/politics/donald-trump-hope-hicks-legal-fees/index.html

'I’ll put a bullet in her': Trump supporter charged with threatening to kill Rep. Ilhan Omar
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/04/05/ilhan-omar-death-threat-leads-to-arrest-of-new-york-man/3379387002/

White House’s official Twitter account defends Trump’s racism with Fox News’ help
https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-endorses-the-weaponization-of-anti-semitism-89c1b1873f81/

Committee Asks Prosecutors if Justice Department Policy Prevented Indictment of President for “Hush Money” Crimes
https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/committee-asks-prosecutors-if-justice-department-policy-prevented-indictment-of

Border Patrol Foundation moved its 2018 fundraiser to Trump’s hotel
https://qz.com/1668467/border-patrol-foundation-moved-2018-fundraiser-to-trumps-hotel/

Clinton's 2016 campaign paid field organizers 40K with a 401K and health insurance. So she is better to work for than Bernie too. Not only did she pay health insurance, she kept paying it with the remaining money in her campaign account all the way through the end of the year.
https://blog.completepayroll.com/lets-explore-the-payrolls-of-the-clinton-and-trump-campaigns
https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/Hillary-Clinton-for-President-Salaries-E234961.htm
https://www.glassdoor.com/Benefits/Hillary-Clinton-for-President-US-Benefits-EI_IE234961.0,29_IL.30,32_IN1.htm