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Michael D. Shear
@shearm
White House Correspondent for The New York Times and co-author of “BORDER WARS: Inside Trump’s Assault on Immigration”
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Jun 10, 2018
    The thing is, I was at the @JustinTrudeau news conference, and he went out of his way to try to downplay tensions. He didn’t attack @realDonaldTrump in any way, other than restate Canada would retaliate for tariffs. Not sure what @larry_kudlow means re: “stabbed” US in the back
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Sep 27, 2020
    BREAKING NEWS -- @realDonaldTrump paid only $750 in taxes in 2016 and again in 2017, a vastly smaller tax bill than most working Americans, according to a sweeping new examination of his tax information by the @nytimes. @susannecraig @russbuettner
    Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Oct 6, 2020
    BREAKING -- "We need to take away children." A damning internal investigation concludes that top Justice Dept. officials were "a driving force" behind @realDonaldTrump's family separation policy. My new report, with @nytmike @ktbenner
    As attorney general, Jeff Sessions enforced a “zero tolerance” policy on immigration that separated children from their parents.
    ‘We Need to Take Away Children,’ No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    May 31, 2022
    @bts_bighit:
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Dec 1, 2021
    Hours after he received the call from Meadows informing him of a positive test, Trump came to the back of AF1 without a mask and talked with reporters for about 10 minutes. I was wearing a mask, but still got COVID, testing positive several days later.
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    Maggie Haberman
    @maggieNYT
    Dec 1, 2021
    Trump popped a positive test, then a negative, per his former chief of staff. Knowing this, Trump still blamed a top aide for getting him sick. theguardian.com/us-news/2021/d…
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Nov 12, 2020
    BREAKING - President-elect Joe Biden will name Ron Klain, a longtime Democratic operative and close confidant, as his chief of staff as early as tomorrow morning. w/ @maggieNYT @katieglueck @thomaskaplan
    Ron Klain is known for steady nerves and a fierce wit, which he frequently unleashed on President Trump on Twitter during the campaign.
    Biden Names Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Aug 1, 2018
    Mueller is investigating whether @realDonaldTrump’s used Twitter to intimidate or pressure Jeff Sessions: nytimes.com/2018/07/26/us/… Today, @realDonaldTrump uses Twitter to pressure Sessions to end the Russia investigation:
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    Donald J. Trump
    @realDonaldTrump
    Aug 1, 2018
    ..This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!
    Investigators for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, have told President Trump’s lawyers that they want to question him about his tweets.
    Mueller Examining Trump’s Tweets in Wide-Ranging Obstruction Inquiry (Published 2018)
    From nytimes.com
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Mar 9, 2018
    EXCLUSIVE: Former President Obama is in talks with Netflix to produce shows for the streaming service that would give him a massive, post-presidential platform. With @ktbenner
    President Obama at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago in October. He is in talks with Netflix for a series of programs, possibly to highlight inspirational stories.
    Obama in Talks to Provide Shows for Netflix (Published 2018)
    From nytimes.com
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Apr 5, 2019
    When @realDonaldTrump today complained about the Flores legal settlement that governs treatment of migrant children and families, he blamed “Judge Flores, whoever you may be.” Wonder who will tell him that Jenny Flores was an unaccompanied 15-year-old girl from El Salvador?
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Dec 11, 2020
    The history books will record this evening as a pivotal moment in America — the Supreme Court rejected an attempt by a sitting president to overturn the will of the people within hours of the (expected) approval of a vaccine to end a pandemic that killed 275,000+ so far.
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Oct 30, 2018
    CLOSING ARGUMENT: Build tent cities for migrants. End birthright citizenship. Fear the caravan. Send active-duty troops to the border. Refuse asylum. If you ever doubted that immigration is the animating force of the @realDonaldTrump presidency, just look at the last few weeks.
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Jul 18, 2020
    BREAKING — Our investigation into the Trump virus response shows how the effort by ⁦⁦@realDonaldTrump⁩ to shed responsibility to governors in April was a catastrophic policy blunder and an attempt to escape blame for a crisis engulfing the country
    President Trump speaking during a televised news conference this week, as seen from a coronavirus ward at Houston Methodist Hospital.
    Inside Trump’s Failure: The Rush to Abandon Leadership Role on the Virus (Published 2020)
    From nytimes.com
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    Aug 18, 2018
    SIREN — Hard to overstate the jaw-dropping nature of this scoop by @nytmike and @maggieNYT. The WH counsel, fearing he was being set up by the president, is a cooperating witness against @realDonaldTrump in the obstruction case. Just wow.
    Mr. McGahn’s relationship with the president soured as Mr. Trump blamed him for a number of fraught moments in his first months in office, including the existence of the special counsel’s inquiry.
    White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry (Published 2018)
    From nytimes.com
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    Michael D. Shear
    @shearm
    May 25, 2018
    Must say I’m struck by the fact that @realDonaldTrump made no mention of @SenJohnMcCain here at the Naval Academy, where McCain is revered. Would have thought he would have said that everyone’s thoughts are with McCain, who is battling brain cancer.