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Saturday, August 18, 2018

We are POLITICO reporters Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein and editor Michael Crowley covering the Trump-Russia saga. Ask us anything. - Politics

We are POLITICO reporters Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein and editor Michael Crowley covering the Trump-Russia saga. Ask us anything. - Politics


We are POLITICO reporters Darren Samuelsohn, Josh Gerstein and editor Michael Crowley covering the Trump-Russia saga. Ask us anything.

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 10:06 AM PDT

We've been covering Paul Manafort's first criminal trial from inside the courtroom every day. We're happy to take your questions about how the dramatic trial unfolded and what the verdict will mean, as well as anything about the much larger unfolding Mueller probe, including the question of whether President Trump will submit to an interview with the special counsel.

More about us:

  • Josh is a Justice Department reporter who has closely covered legal aspects of the Mueller investigation.
  • Darren has focused on Trump and his lawyers and the politics of their duel with Mueller.
  • Crowley is a reporter-turned-editor who has written about Trump's unusual Russia ties since early 2016. He oversees our coverage.

(Catch up with the latest on the Manafort trial: We're on day 14 in court and we could see a verdict as early as today.)

(Proof.)

UPDATE: Hey, everyone – Josh and Darren are stepping off a few minutes early due to breaking news from the Manafort trial. Crowley is still here, and we'll all be back a little bit later to answer more questions (so keep them coming).

UPDATE II: We're back.

"Hi, folks. We had some real live breaking news there, in that the jurors sent a note to Judge Ellis saying they want to go home at 5 p.m. today. Good fire drill for the real thing. But it was fun watching everyone, myself included, run into the courthouse upon word something was happening." – Darren S.

UPDATE III: Thanks for the sharp questions, everyone – we're signing off now. We'll circle back in a couple hours to answer a few more questions as they trickle in.

As Crowley said: "Stay tuned for many more twists and turns in one of the most amazing political sagas of all time."

(Manafort trial Day 14: Jury 'scared' as it heads home without a verdict)

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Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:00 AM PDT

It's Saturday morning, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons!

Feel free to share political cartoons (no memes/image macros, though) in this thread. The subject doesn't have to be US politics and can be from any time. Just keep them political and safe for work.

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Trump Has Attacked the Russia Inquiry Over 250 Times. Here Is What’s True.

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:28 AM PDT

The people on Trump’s list aren’t enemies, they are witnesses

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 05:23 AM PDT

Inmates to launch nationwide prison strike over forced labor, appalling conditions

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:15 AM PDT

Brett Kavanaugh Investigated A President, Then Voiced Concerns About Doing Just That

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:45 AM PDT

Trump keeps trying to kill the agency that investigates chemical plant disasters

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:55 AM PDT

People are threatening to boycott a beloved hot-dog brand because its executive chairman — one of Trump's best friends — is holding a fundraiser for the president

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:24 AM PDT

Poll: Dem opponent leads Scott Walker by 5 points

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:12 AM PDT

AP source: Omarosa has video, audio, texts

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:10 AM PDT

Papadopoulos Harmed The Russia Investigation By Lying And Should Get Up To 6 Months In Prison, Mueller Says

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:19 AM PDT

ICE detains man driving his wife to the hospital to give birth to their baby

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 09:00 AM PDT

Jahana Hayes, 2016 Teacher of the Year, could be Connecticut's first black Democrat in Congress

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 05:17 AM PDT

Preet Bharara Bashes Rudy Giuliani: ‘Doesn’t Remember What The Truth Is’

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:29 AM PDT

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused of destroying evidence in school massacre lawsuit

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 01:30 AM PDT

Blow for EPA as court blocks bid to slacken safety rules for chemical plants

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:09 AM PDT

Manafort’s Attorney ‘Really Appreciates’ Trump’s Support

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:25 AM PDT

Officials Defend Plan To Close Almost All Polling Places In Majority Black Georgia County

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 04:44 PM PDT

Erik Prince is launching a cable news tour to convince Trump to privatize the war in Afghanistan

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:58 AM PDT

Omarosa: Donald Trump Jr. began affair with Aubrey O’Day after his father urged him to get ‘some’

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 05:15 PM PDT

Omarosa Has Incriminating Video, Texts and Emails, Says a Source Close to Her

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 03:43 AM PDT

Trump backed 'space force' after months of lobbying by officials with ties to aerospace industry

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:51 AM PDT

Melania Trump reportedly asks the White House kitchen staff to prepare healthier meals for the president

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:36 AM PDT

60 ex-CIA officials tell Trump 'the country will be weakened' if a political litmus test is applied to experts

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 06:55 PM PDT

Brennan: I gave Trump a year to live up to the office. He didn't.

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 08:20 PM PDT

Surprised by plan from his own BLM to unload land inside Utah’s former Grand Staircase monument, Interior boss cancels sale

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:19 AM PDT

George Papadopoulos' wife is trying to scrap her husband's plea deal with Mueller, and her comments could have huge ripple effects in the Russia probe

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:19 AM PDT

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused of destroying evidence in school massacre lawsuit - All news

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused of destroying evidence in school massacre lawsuit - All news


Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused of destroying evidence in school massacre lawsuit

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 05:45 AM PDT

NASA says it may never again have contact with the Mars Opportunity rover after the craft got caught up in a Martian dust storm in the middle of June

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 05:50 AM PDT

Bedford, PA - DA receives no jail time after abusing his power by helping female defendants receive lesser sentences in exchange for sexual favors

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 04:57 PM PDT

Victims speak: Man says his former child sex abuser is current LDS bishop

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 07:13 PM PDT

Former UN chief Kofi Annan dies at 80

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:38 AM PDT

Judge in Paul Manafort trial says he has been threatened and is now under U.S. Marshal protection

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 11:50 AM PDT

Zach Smith Ordered Sex Toys to Ohio State Offices, Had Sex With Staffer, Took Nude Photos at White House

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 08:37 PM PDT

Cases of type 2 diabetes among young people rise 41% in three years

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 02:44 AM PDT

School board candidate describes black people as monkeys and 'wastes of life' in Facebook rant

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 05:22 PM PDT

Robbers grab purse with $75,000. Texas woman hangs on as they run her over, video shows

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 10:21 PM PDT

School district has a $700K home for their Superintendents to live in.

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:21 AM PDT

Suspects in missing teacher's death admit slaying

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:59 AM PDT

Marvel Comics mogul Stan Lee wins renewal of protective order

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:54 AM PDT

Cheese discovered in Ancient Egypt tomb

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 07:10 AM PDT

Fifteen ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools haven’t let New York City officials investigate allegations that they don’t provide enough secular education, according to a letter Wednesday from the city schools chief.

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 11:07 AM PDT

Border Patrol catches, arrests convicted sex offender

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:18 AM PDT

Scientists claimed to obtain superconductivity at ambient temperature and pressure

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:28 AM PDT

School owner reportedly orders staff to burn students' bags containing laptops, cellphones, and school supplies in quadrangle

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:44 AM PDT

ESPN Won’t Show National Anthem Before Monday Night Football Games

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 08:12 PM PDT

Woman arrested after trying to break into Seattle family's home through dog door

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 06:47 AM PDT

Wages remain low even in nation's hottest job market

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:58 AM PDT

US SEC clamps down on cryptocurrency airdrops and bounty campaigns

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 04:39 AM PDT

Bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen was supplied by the US

Posted: 18 Aug 2018 08:36 AM PDT

Friday, August 17, 2018

Satanic Temple statue unveiled at the Arkansas State Capitol - All news

Satanic Temple statue unveiled at the Arkansas State Capitol - All news


Satanic Temple statue unveiled at the Arkansas State Capitol

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 04:52 AM PDT

Florida teacher diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer ran of out sick days, so other teachers transferred their own sick days to him

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 04:35 PM PDT

North Carolina kids fatally shoot man abusing their mother, police say

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 02:44 PM PDT

Pentagon says it's postponing Trump's military parade

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 05:13 PM PDT

Michigan representative apologizes for racial slurs against Asian opponent

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 01:59 AM PDT

German restaurant imposes 'no children allowed' dinner policy

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 06:41 AM PDT

Google clarifies to users it still tracks their location even after they turn off location history, following AP report

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 01:11 PM PDT

FDA approves Teva’s generic EpiPen after yearslong delay

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 09:59 AM PDT

A council is to offer free sanitary products in all its public buildings in a bid to tackle "period poverty".

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 05:05 AM PDT

Pentagon says China military 'likely training for strikes' on U.S. targets

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 04:43 AM PDT

A woman has had a contact lens removed from her eyelid 28 years after it was thought to have fallen out.

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 05:06 AM PDT

Pai tells Senate panel that FCC’s inspector general asked him to keep mum during cyberattack investigation

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 12:42 PM PDT

Suicidal Vet Calls MDMA Treatment 'a Miracle' - The Daily Beast

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 06:41 PM PDT

Mexico City restaurant busted over protected tarantula tacos

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 08:31 AM PDT

World’s top pork firm shuts China slaughterhouse in race to contain deadly swine fever

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 08:38 AM PDT

DUI suspect killed in jump off SR 520 Bridge

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 07:37 AM PDT

Beer deliverymen talk man out of jumping off bridge by offering him a 12-pack of Coors Light

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 10:11 AM PDT

Remains found at 'extremist Muslim' NM compound ID'd as missing 3-year-old boy

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 01:38 PM PDT

Diocese holds forgiveness Mass in wake of grand jury report

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 07:19 AM PDT

More than quarter of UK households have no emergency savings

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 03:14 AM PDT

3M to pay $9.1 million over defective military ear plugs

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 09:25 AM PDT

Kerala floods: death toll rises above 324 as rescue effort intensifies | World news

Posted: 17 Aug 2018 08:25 AM PDT

Disabled man says dog shot by police officer ‘is my everything’

Posted: 16 Aug 2018 05:51 PM PDT