3 Stories You Should Read 1/16/2020: Criminal Candidates, Lebanon, Ukraine
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In the category of: It doesn’t even matter
These candidates were accused of sexual misconduct. They’re running again in 2020.
A lot of them could win.
In 2018, the Washington Post counted 27 federal officials or candidates for federal office who had been accused of sexual misconduct as part of the movement. Of those, 19 faced significant career impact — they resigned, lost their races, or declined to run for reelection.
But some of those 19 are now attempting or have attempted comebacks. Moore, for example, announced last June that he would be running again for the Alabama Senate seat he lost to Democrat Doug Jones in 2017. Moore has been opposed by high-powered Republicans including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and he came in fourth in a December poll of Alabama Republican voters.
In the category of: Crackdown
Security forces fire tear gas in second night of Lebanon clashes
Four months into the mostly peaceful protest movement, anti-gov’t demonstrators turned their anger onto the banks.
Protesters in crisis-hit Lebanon clashed with security forces in Beirut, a day after demonstrators outraged by restrictions on dollar withdrawals attacked bank branches with metal rods, fire extinguishers and rocks.
Hundreds gathered again outside the central bank on Wednesday evening, moving to a police station where more than 50 people were still detained following clashes between demonstrators and security forces the previous night.
In the category of: In case you’re wondering
Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Ukraine Aid, Congressional Watchdog Finds
The Office of Management and Budget violated the Impoundment Control Act in the summer of 2019, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan agency that works for Congress, found that the Office of Management and Budget violated federal law under the direction of President Donald Trump.
“Faithful execution of the law does not permit the President to substitute his own policy priorities for those that Congress has enacted into law,” the report reads in part. “OMB withheld funds for a policy reason, which is not permitted under the Impoundment Control Act (ICA). The withholding was not a programmatic delay. Therefore, we conclude that OMB violated the ICA.”
