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Devin Nunes Threatened to Sue Ted Lieu for Factually Stating Nunes Conspired with Lev Parnas
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/devin-nunes-threatened-to-sue-ted-lieu-for-saying-he-conspired-with-lev-parnas/

Parnas: 'I don't think Vice President Biden did anything wrong'
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/parnas-i-don-t-think-vice-president-biden-did-anything-wrong-76928581596

ICE kept 92 immigrants shackled on a plane for two days in slave ship conditions
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-deports-92-somalians-plane-human-rights-747557

Trump says 13 times in two minutes he does not know Lev Parnas, despite being photographed together
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-lev-parnas-impeachment-giuliani-ukraine-evidence-msnbc-interview-a9288411.html

"You’re a bunch of dopes and babies": Inside Trump’s stunning tirade against Generals
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/youre-a-bunch-of-dopes-and-babies-inside-trumps-stunning-tirade-against-generals/2020/01/16/d6dbb8a6-387e-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html

Trump Called His Generals a ‘Bunch of Dopes and Babies’ in a Fit of Rage,
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-called-his-generals-a-bunch-of-dopes-and-babies-in-a-fit-of-rage-book-claims

Security for Trump's Mar-a-Lago visits cost local taxpayers $13 million
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/478747-security-for-trumps-mar-a-lago-visits-cost-local-taxpayers-13-million

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he had no knowledge of the apparent surveillance and threats targeted at the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. https://apnews.com/c46e171bf48e11c4b251458fed9007f6

The timeline of his calls with Rudy Giuliani makes that hard to believe. https://www.americanoversight.org/messages-to-parnas-suggest-yovanovitch-surveillance-happened-same-week-as-giuliani-pompeo-calls

Beto: Flipping the Texas House: Inside Democrats' effort to turn a red state blue
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/flipping-texas-house-inside-democrats-effort-turn-red-state-blue-n1116516?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma

Republicans Consider Changes to Federal Law Foreign Corrupt Practices Banning Overseas Bribes Of Foreign Officials
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-17/white-house-considers-changes-to-law-banning-overseas-bribes
https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/foreign-corrupt-practices-act

Republicans propose changing school menus to increase shit food and reduce vegetables and fruits
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/17/usda-proposes-changing-school-menus-allow-more-fries-pizza-fewer-vegetables-fruits-reversing-michelle-obama-effort/

“It’s just so unfair that American companies aren’t allowed to pay bribes to get business overseas,” Trump said.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-17/white-house-considers-changes-to-law-banning-overseas-bribes
https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/foreign-corrupt-practices-act

"I think Ken Starr is a lunatic. I really think that Ken Starr is a disaster."
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1218230814179123200

Trump Jeffrey Epstein’s Lawyers Alan Dershowitz And Ken Starr for the impeachment
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-just-hired-jeffrey-epsteins-lawyers-alan-dershowitz-and-ken-starr

This is the same Ken Starr that was removed as the head of Baylor university for helping the sports programs keep their raping thug athletes under cover: In September 2015, Baylor's Board of Regents initiated an external review of the university's response to reports of sexual violence to be conducted by the Pepper Hamilton law firm. Baylor had been accused of failing to respond to reports of rape and sexual assault filed by at least six female students from 2009 to 2016. Former football player Tevin Elliot was convicted of rape. Elliot is currently serving a 20-year sentence after his conviction in January 2014.[58] Another student, Sam Ukwuachu, was convicted but has since had that conviction overturned and was retried, only to see it reinstated by the Texas Court of Appeals in 2018.[59] Pepper Hamilton reported their findings to the Regents on May 13,[60] and on May 26, the Regents announced Starr's removal as university president, effective May 31.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Starr

Federal appeals court tosses landmark youth climate lawsuit against U.S. government
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/01/17/federal-appeals-court-tosses-landmark-youth-climate-lawsuit-against-us-government/

Amazon promises to create 1m jobs in India as Jeff Bezos trip descends into PR nightmare - World's richest person is dubbed an 'economic terrorist' as anti-Amazon protests and criticisms from officials overshadow three-day visit
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/amazon-jeff-bezos-india-visit-job-creation-modi-a9288281.html

Why we shouldn't stop talking about the Sanders-Warren fight: "if you want to be the Democratic nominee against the most truth-challenged President in American history, then your commitment to honestly -- no matter how uncomfortable -- is of the utmost importance"
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/16/politics/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-2020/index.html

Yep Agreed: John Harbaugh defends Lamar Jackson: "He's 23 years old. He's younger than Joe Burrow, OK? So he's got a pretty good head start right now."
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2871904-ravens-coach-john-harbaugh-defends-lamar-jackson-after-playoff-loss-vs-titans

Donald Trump to Lev Parnas: Thank you for your friendship and dedication to our cause
https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/1218303382588481537
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EOhId48X0AAQhne.jpg

Attached is the first page of a five page letter in which the lawyer for @DevinNunes threatens that Rep Nunes will sue me. Attached is my response.
https://twitter.com/tedlieu/status/1218301644007333888

Reminder: Trump, who professes to care deeply about foreign bribery if a tale can be spun about Joe Biden, has called the FCPA—which combats corruption abroad—a “horrible law.” Now, the White House considers changing it, per this report.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-17/white-house-considers-changes-to-law-banning-overseas-bribes

National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of Trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/national-archives-exhibit-blurs-images-critical-of-president-trump/2020/01/17/71d8e80c-37e3-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html

Funny, @SarahHuckabee, former press secretary to @realDonaldTrump, called it Embarrassing that Democrats' new 'star witness' Parnas is under federal indictment | Fox Wilmington WSFX-TV. Yet @TheJusticeDept relies upon the testimony of cooperating witnesses every day. #LetLevSpeak
https://twitter.com/josephabondy/status/1218206572431757312

BuzzFeed News has obtained another set of secret FBI documents from Mueller's probe that reveals what key Trump admin officials told investigators about Russia's interference in the 2016 election and the president's attempts to obstruct the inquiry.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonleopold/mueller-report-secret-memos-4

Former Rep. Chris Collins (R-N.Y.) gets 2+ years in prison for insider trading.
https://buffalonews.com/2020/01/17/judge-sentences-chris-collins-to-26-months-in-prison/

On Ken Starr, @SenatorLeahy: "I'm looking at it as a former prosecutor, lawyer. He pushed the weakest impeachment case certainly in my lifetime and now he's up here to defend the strongest impeachment case in my lifetime. That's their choice. But it's a weird choice." #AMRstaff
https://twitter.com/mitchellreports/status/1218218581537718272

Three neo-nazis arrested over plot to murder antifa couple
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/three-neo-nazis-arrested-over-plot-to-murder-antifa-couple

The notion that Hyde’s messages to Parnas were not serious takes another hit in a new, short release by House Judiciary.
https://judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/document_production_lev_parnas_january_17_2020_whatsapp_excerpts_hyde_with_attachments.pdf