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Donald Trump‘s former aide Sebastian Gorka was involved in a scuffle with members of the press in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday as a host of right-wing commentators congregated to attend the president’s Social Media Summit.
Despite not inviting any representatives from Twitter to the event, Mr Trump used the platform to attack Republican former House speaker Paul Ryan over comments he made about the president in a new book and to lay into Facebook Libra and other cryptocurrencies, which he said were “not money” but should be subjected to banking regulations.
The day unfolded against the backdrop of a major defeat for Mr Trump, who abandoned plans to add a controversial citizenship question to the 2020 census in favour of ordering federal agencies to turn over their data on the matter with a view to mining it for information.
A federal appeals court meanwhile seemed inclined Friday to side with a House committee seeking some of Mr Trump’s financial records as part of an investigation, a disclosure he is fighting.
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard more than two hours of arguments in the case Friday, but the judges gave no indication when they would rule.
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Show all 30It seemed that at least two of the judges were inclined to side with the Democratic-led House committee, which in April issued a subpoena for records from Mazars USA, which has provided accounting services to Mr Trump. A lower court previously ordered the records turned over, but the president called the decision “crazy” and his lawyers appealed.
The case is one of several working its way through courts in which Mr Trump is fighting with Congress over records.
Earlier this month, the House Ways and Means Committee sued the Trump administration over access to the president’s tax returns. And in a case in New York, Trump sued to prevent Deutsche Bank and Capital One from complying with House subpoenas for banking and financial records. A judge ruled against him, and Mr Trump is appealing.
The president has argued that House Committee on Oversight and Reform seeking the records from Mazars is out to get him and lacks a legitimate “legislative purpose” for its request. His lawyers have argued that congressional investigations are valid only if there is legislation that might result from them.
On Friday, Judge Patricia Millett told Trump lawyer William Consovoy at one point that he was suggesting that the president was “absolutely immune from any oversight.” And her colleague, Judge David Tatel, told Consovoy that what the House is seeking is “just financial disclosure which presidents for years have been doing.” Tatel was appointed by President Bill Clinton and Millett by President Barack Obama.
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Donald Trump has attacked the former Republican House speaker Paul Ryan in a series of late-night tweets in which he accused him of being a “lame duck failure”.
The US president’s comments came shortly after the release of excerpts from a book in which Mr Ryan allegedly criticised Mr Trump for not knowing “anything about government”.
“Paul Ryan, the failed V.P. candidate & former Speaker of the House, whose record of achievement was atrocious (except during my first two years as President), ultimately became a long running lame duck failure, leaving his Party in the lurch both as a fundraiser & leader,” Mr Trump tweeted.
At least 18 child migrants under the age of two years old were separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border, including nine under one year old, according to a congressional report.
The report, based on data from federal agencies, has revealed previously undisclosed details about Donald Trump‘s child separation policy.
The findings showed infants were kept apart from their parents for up to half a year and at least 241 separated children were kept in Border Patrol facilities for longer than the 72 hours permitted by law.
Donald Trump has said he wishes Britain’s outgoing ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch well following his resignation over his leaked diplomatic cables.
Sir Kim resigned on Wednesday saying his position as UK envoy to the US had become “impossible” after Mr Trump branded him a “very stupid guy” and a “pompous fool”.
The US president claimed on Friday that he had been told Sir Kim had actually said “some very good things” about him, and claimed the ambassador “was sort of referring to other people” in making negative remarks about the White House.
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The president is expected to deliver remarks momentarily about passing the USMCA.
Donald Trump has said he wishes Britain’s outgoing ambassador to Washington Sir Kim Darroch well following his resignation over his leaked diplomatic cables.
Sir Kim stepped down on Wednesday saying his position as UK envoy to the US had become “impossible” after Mr Trump branded him a “very stupid guy” and a “pompous fool”.
The US president claimed on Friday that he had been told Sir Kim had actually said “very good things” about him, and suggested the ambassador was “sort of referring to other people” when making negative remarks about the White House.
The president is running extremely late for his remarks on the USMCA trade deal. He was supposed to speak at 1:25pm. No word from the White House as of yet on the delay.
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