Subscribe View in browser Did Rudy’s Pal Impersonate a Doctor for $100K Campaign Gift? By Lachlan Markay, Sam Stein The effort to hide campaign donations may be more deceptive than previously known. Ambassador Sondland Throws Trump Under the Bus By Jamie Ross, Betsy Swan, Spencer Ackerman The U.S. ambassador to the EU will tell Congress that he was effectively forced to work with Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine by the president. Kavanaugh’s Successor Wrote Trump’s Excuse to Defy Congress By David R. Lurie Rao, whom Trump appointed, sided with his dubious contention that the Constitution provides the president with “enhanced protections” from impeachment. Listen to today's Cheat Sheet PLAY NOW Mulvaney Admits Trump’s Ukraine Quid Pro Quo: ‘Get Over It’ By Scott Bixby The White House chief of staff casually confirmed the president held up Ukraine aid over partisan considerations. And that’s totally fine, he added. Pence Just Ratified All of Turkey’s War Aims in Syria By Spencer Ackerman In exchange for nothing, not even the end of an endless war, the U.S. gave Recep Tayyip Erdoğan exactly what he wanted. Fox’s Judge Napolitano: G7 at Trump Doral Is as ‘Profound a Violation’ as ‘One Could Create’ “He has bought himself an enormous headache now,” Napolitano said. “This is about as direct and profound a violation of the emoluments clause as one could create.” The Kurds Gave Their Lives to Defeat the ‘Islamic State.’ Trump Just Pissed It All Away. He blames those he betrayed as if they were servants who failed him. Border Agents Could Get Bodycams With Facial Recognition Technology The agency is interesting in wearable systems that can match faces to databases. 1. SYNERGY Trump Chooses His Own Resort to Host the Next G7 Summit The president’s company still owns the Trump National Doral resort in Miami. 2. ‘THIS INCREDIBLE JOURNEY’ Elijah Cummings’ Widow: ‘He Worked Until His Last Breath’ “It’s been an honor to walk by his side on this incredible journey,” said Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, as news broke of her husband’s death. 3. AD BY POLITICON See Your Political Heroes and Villains Debate at Politicon High-profile personalities from all ends of the political spectrum are coming together for some good, old-fashioned debates October 26 & 27 at Politicon 2019. © Copyright 2019 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 Privacy Policy If you are on a mobile device or cannot view the images in this message, click here to view this email in your browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add emails@thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, or think you have received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe. |