Giuliani: "Even If He Did Do It, It Wouldn't Be a Crime"





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Giuliani: "Even If He Did Do It, It Wouldn't Be a Crime" 
In a telephone interview, Rudy Giuliani, pictured at the White House, said of serving President Trump, 'I'm a criminal lawyer. I am not an ethicist. And I defend people against unfair criminal charges.' (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)
Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker
Chotiner writes: "On Sunday, Rudy Giuliani, one of President Trump's lawyers, made a startling admission to the Times and NBC's 'Meet the Press': that Trump had been involved in discussions to build a Trump Tower Moscow throughout the 2016 campaign, contradicting Trump's public statements and raising ever more serious questions about the President's ties to Vladimir Putin."
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Demonstrators rally against a partial government shutdown at a protest hosted by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (photo: Alex Wroblewski/Getty)
Demonstrators rally against a partial government shutdown at a protest hosted by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. (photo: Alex Wroblewski/Getty)

Polls Show Trump Is Bleeding Support During Shutdown
Julia Arciga, The Daily Beast
Arciga writes: "President Trump can't seem to get anything his way: The month-long government shutdown has yet to yield his desired border wall; his second State of the Union address was cancelled by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi; and now, three major polls found that his approval ratings have taken a serious dip."
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Michael Cohen. (photo: Getty)
Michael Cohen. (photo: Getty)

Michael Cohen Says Trump and Giuliani Threatened Him. Does That Amount to Witness Tampering?
Deanna Paul, The Washington Post
Paul writes: "President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen indefinitely postponed his upcoming congressional testimony Wednesday, citing 'ongoing threats against his family from President Trump' and his attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani."
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Bryan Singer. (photo: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP/Bret Tyler Skopek)
Bryan Singer. (photo: Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP/Bret Tyler Skopek) 

Bryan Singer: 'Nobody Is Going to Believe You'
Alex French and Maximillian Potter, The Atlantic
Excerpt: "The Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been trailed by accusations of sexual misconduct for 20 years. Here, his alleged victims tell their stories."
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An asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway in December after arriving at a shelter in San Diego. Immigrant advocates say they are suing the U.S. government for allegedly detaining immigrant children too long and improperly refusing to release them to relatives. (photo: Gregory Bull/AP)
An asylum-seeking boy from Central America runs down a hallway in December after arriving at a shelter in San Diego. Immigrant advocates say they are suing the U.S. government for allegedly detaining immigrant children too long and improperly refusing to release them to relatives. (photo: Gregory Bull/AP

Lawsuits Allege 'Grave Harm' to Immigrant Children in Detention
John Burnett, NPR
Burnett writes: "The Trump administration's treatment of more than 10,000 immigrant children held in custody at shelters across the nation is coming under intense scrutiny. Numerous lawsuits claim the government is using the system of child confinement as a way to punish and deport kids and their families."
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Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó declares himself interim president as thousands of people protest against Nicolás Maduro on January 23, 2019. (photo: Edilzon Gamez/Getty)
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó declares himself interim president as thousands of people protest against Nicolás Maduro on January 23, 2019. (photo: Edilzon Gamez/Getty)

Trump Administration Says 'All Options Are on the Table' in Attempt to Remove Maduro From Power in Venezuela
Reuters
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that all options are on the table for Venezuela after he recognized the country's opposition leader Juan Guaido as interim president and called President Nicolas Maduro's government 'illegitimate.'"
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Coal ash ponds. (photo: Inside Climate News)
Coal ash ponds. (photo: Inside Climate News)

Coal Ash Is Contaminating Groundwater in at Least 22 States, Utility Reports Show
James Bruggers, Inside Climate News
Bruggers writes: "The clearest picture yet of coal ash contamination in the United States is emerging, with utilities reporting serious groundwater contamination in at least 22 states."
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