The Interpreter, Russia, Comey: 3 Stories You Should Read Today 7-18-2018
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In the category of: Someone who might regret his career choices.
Ex-FBI head James Comey urges the public to vote Democratic
Former FBI Director James Comey is urging “all who believe in this country’s values” to vote for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections.
In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Comey called the Republican-held Congress “incapable of fulfilling the Founders’ design.”
“This Republican Congress has proven incapable of fulfilling the Founders’ design that ‘Ambition must … counteract ambition.’ All who believe in this country’s values must vote for Democrats this fall. Policy differences don’t matter right now. History has its eyes on us,” he wrote.
In the category of: No wonder, he didn’t take anyone with him to the meeting.
The US offers no details as Russia claims Trump and Putin reached military agreements
Russia announced it was ready to pursue agreements reached by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump “in the sphere of international security,” though the White House and Pentagon would not confirm any agreements had been made or offer any details.
In the category of: Things that sound like a good idea.
Senator Calls For Hearing With U.S. Interpreter In Trump-Putin Meeting
Congress needs to know what Trump “promised Putin on our behalf,” says Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.
Nobody knows what President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in their private, two-hour meeting on Monday, after which he publicly trashed U.S. intelligence and praised the Russian dictator.
Well, almost nobody. At least one U.S. interpreter was in the room with the two leaders. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) says she wants to bring in that interpreter to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on what, exactly, Trump shared with Putin.
“That translator is an official of the U.S. government,” Shaheen told reporters Tuesday. “It is imperative that the American people and this Congress know precisely what the president shared or promised the Kremlin on our behalf.”
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