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Ari Melber
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Ari Melber
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Emmy-winning anchor of "The Beat with Ari Melber” | Attorney I MS NOW Chief Legal Correspondent I Latest: ms.now/ari I POD:
Joined July 2008
- Donald Trump has quarantined more strictly in response to losing the election than in response to getting Covid.
- John Kelly: Trump wants "everything out" EXCEPT: Trump's tax returns Trump interview with Mueller Democrats' rebuttal memo The other FISA warrants White House visitor logs Bannon's House testimony Stormy Daniels' story The list of foreign customers at Trump properties
- Taking the Fifth when asked if you merely support the *peaceful* transfer of power in a democracy is, legally, bananas.
- McConnell's literal claim just now: Trump did it -- but the only time the Senate could lawfully try Trump was in January when I prevented it.
- Pardons are for criminals.
- Paul Manafort’s lenient 4-year sentence — far below the recommended 20 years despite extensive felonies and post-conviction obstruction — is a reminder of the blatant inequities in our justice system that we all know about, because they reoccur every week in courts across America
- Holy cow Gordon Sondland going full John Dean in opening statement: Confirms his view the WH plot was “quid pro quo” bribery Implicates Giuliani Shows Pompeo in the loop with new evidence Implicates Trump, testifies this was on his orders Adds new emails and evidence
- FACT: A President under investigation for *firing the FBI Director* & obstructing justice who recently watched guilty pleas & flipping by his personal lawyer, campaign chair, deputy chair & national security adviser just fired his handpicked AG & replaced him with a loyalist.
- Breaking: We just hit the point in the plot where Donald Trump's top lawyer is hiring Hillary Clinton's top lawyer. That's not good news for Donald Trump.
- In court now: Prosecutor on Mueller’s team asks Rick Gates if he committed crimes with Paul Manafort. “Yes,” Gates says. First time a senior Trump campaign official has confessed to a crime on the stand.
- Speaker Pelosi argues Pres. Trump broke the law, but that is best addressed through the next election not impeachment. What happens to that argument when Trump’s conduct may undermine whether there even is a fair election?
- If you can delay it, schedule it, or decide later whether or not it exists ... it’s probably not an emergency.
- Ken Starr opens by arguing impeachment has become too common in the modern era. I rarely use caps but that is BEYOND RICH coming from him.