Rebecca Kaplan

Rebecca Kaplan @RebeccaRKaplan

Causing a stir at the Lewandowski hearing: @MarkMeadows (who isn’t on the committee) sitting on the dais with other GOP lawmakers. — PolitiTweet.org

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More chaos: when @RepJerryNadler tried to go past his 5 mins for questions, @RepDougCollins moved to stop him and forced Nadler to hold a roll call vote to dispense with the motion. Then there was a motion to adjourn the hearing - and another roll call vote. Long afternoon ahead — PolitiTweet.org

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Lewandowski is checking to be sure that every episode @RepJerryNadler cites from the Mueller report is actually *in* the report, citing instructions by the White House not to answer questions about anything that isn’t in there. — PolitiTweet.org

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Some early antics in the Lewandowaki hearing. Nadler asks Lewandowaki to confirm something in the Mueller report. Lewandowski asks for a copy. Nadler doesn’t have one - but @RepMGS steps forward with a print copy. — PolitiTweet.org

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The @HouseJudiciary hearing with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is underway. Not here: former aides Rick Dearborn and Rob Porter, who were also subpoenaed blocked from testifying by the White House under claims of absolute immunity. https://t.co/3ncSs5fWLM — PolitiTweet.org

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Per @ProducerKimB @HouseJudiciary has voted 24-17 along party lines to formalize the hearing rules for their impeachment inquiry, including allowing Chairman Nadler to designate certain hearings, allowing staff to ask questions and giving Trump an opportunity to formally respond. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @margbrennan: I’m told Bolton’s resignation letter is brief & was submitted today. Person close to Bolton said he offered to resign last… — PolitiTweet.org

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An awesome little profile of one of our awesome embeds, @Bidar411, who came to the US as an Afghan refugee when he was a child —> https://t.co/NGbZUxwmLn — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Olivia_Gazis: House Intel sent a lengthy letter to Flynn and his attorneys late Friday recounting his failure to comply with the panel'… — PolitiTweet.org

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Coming up on the Hill: @HouseJudiciary announce a Thursday meeting to vote on rules governing impeachment hearings and a 9/17 hearing with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@OversightDems and @HouseJudiciary have written to the WH asking for documents surrounding the VP's stay at Trump's Ireland property as well as the president's push to hold the G7 at his Miami Doral resort. — PolitiTweet.org

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DOD briefed Congessional leadership today on plans to take $3.6 billion from military construction projects to fund border wall construction. Lawmakers whose districts are affected will be notified tomorrow. ⁦@SpeakerPelosi⁩ statement —> https://t.co/eZWZ6xpURr — PolitiTweet.org

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.@HouseJudiciary is planning a September hearing on Trump's plan to hold next year's G7 at his property in Florida, and will request additional documents. They link it to their broader investigation into obstruction of justice, public corruption and other abuses of power. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EwallWice: Tomorrow is the deadline to qualify for the Sept. democratic presidential debate so this could be make or break for @TomStey… — PolitiTweet.org

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@seungminkim @Phil_Mattingly @juliehdavis @asmamk @abbydphillip @MichaelCBender Oh....they led the show with it. — PolitiTweet.org

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The committee has also subpoenaed former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and White House aide Rick Dearborn to testify that day. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@HouseJudiciary has issued a subpoena to former White House staff secretary Rob Porter to testify on 9/17 about his role in one portion of the Mueller report - Trump directing McGahn to create a fake record that the president had never asked him to fire Mueller. — PolitiTweet.org

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.@HouseJudiciary have issued a subpoena to former White House staff secretary Rob Porter to testify on 9/17 about his role in one portion of the Mueller report - Trump directing McGahn to create a fake record that the president had never asked him to fire Mueller. — PolitiTweet.org

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She also told members on impeachment, “the public isn’t there on impeachment. It’s your voice and constituency, but give me the leverage I need to make sure that we’re ready and it is as strong as it can be.” — PolitiTweet.org

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House Democrats held a conference call this afternoon where Speaker Pelosi talked about continuing to pressure Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to take up House-passed background checks legislation. — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s the appeal that ⁦@RashidaTlaib⁩ sent to some of her freshmen colleagues today asking them to make a public appeal to reverse the ban on her entering Israel —> https://t.co/lZlfxyBLWG — PolitiTweet.org

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.@Ilhan tweets statement on being barred from entering Israel, calling it an “affront” —> — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @camiloreports: "Leave me in a cell, please." Like the vast majority of returned migrants, Ana was in El Paso's immigration court witho… — PolitiTweet.org

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Per @ProducerKimB, some 🔥 from @SpeakerPelosi on Trump’s Baltimore comments: "The president – this comes as no surprise – really doesn’t know what he’s talking about. But maybe you could ask his son-in-law, who’s a slumlord there, if he wants to talk about rodent infestations.” — PolitiTweet.org

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.⁦@RepTedDeutch⁩: “The question is no longer whether the House should vote to proceed with a formal impeachment inquiry. The inquiry has already begun.” https://t.co/QscvLf4vJz — PolitiTweet.org

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A look at last night’s debate — revenge of the moderates — before the second round of Biden v. Harris tonight in Detroit #DemDebate — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @_juliemorse: .@edokeefe quotes Detroit native @Eminem on @CBSThisMorning when talking about the stakes of tonight's debate: "If you had… — PolitiTweet.org

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The House Judiciary Committee argued today that they're already *in* an impeachment inquiry as they sued in court to obtain grand jury material redacted in the Mueller report: https://t.co/dFjAEozQSR — PolitiTweet.org

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.⁦@RepDougCollins⁩ responds to the House Judiciary Dems’ move to go to court to ask for grand jury material —> https://t.co/4MJ3LBGmJU — PolitiTweet.org

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This press conference with House Judiciary Democrats is now turning into a tortured discussion of what an impeachment inquiry is and whether the committee is doing one. — PolitiTweet.org