Manu Raju

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Cheney says Trump ignored “advice of his campaign experts on election night, and instead followed the course recommended by an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani to just claim that he won.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Select Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson told me “not sure” when asked if the panel would try to hear from Bill Stepien in person at a later date. He has been released from his subpoena to tend to his wife who is in labor. And committee will use video clips from his deposition — PolitiTweet.org

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Cheney promised they are still “going to have a very important and effective set of hearings.” She confirmed that they will use video of Stepien’s deposition today — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Liz Cheney about Stepien not appearing today, and she told me: “As you know Mr Stepien has appeared previously, and so we’ll be able to provide the American people with a lot of interesting, new, and important information that Mr. Stepien’s provided to us previously” — PolitiTweet.org

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Stepien has been released from his subpoena to tend to his wife who is in labor. The committee has video of its witnesses to prepare for such contingencies — if a witness backs out, is sick or has an emergency, I’m told — PolitiTweet.org

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The committee has video of Stepien’s closed deposition that they plan to use instead, per multiple sources — PolitiTweet.org

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Big development: “Due to a family emergency, Mr. William Stepien is unable to testify before the Select Committee this morning. His counsel will appear and make a statement on the record.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Witnesses at tomorrow’s Jan. 6 hearing https://t.co/ErJwJ4mw35 — PolitiTweet.org

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McConnell, Biden, Schumer all sounding positive about deal. McConnell: “I continue to hope their discussions yield a bipartisan product that makes significant headway on key issues like mental health and school safety, respects the Second Amendment, earns broad support in” Senate — PolitiTweet.org

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Deal doesn’t include many restrictions sought by gun control advocates, such as raising the age to 21 to purchase semi-automatic rifles, safe storage rules at homes or requiring background checks on Internet sales and at gun shows. Juvenile records would be searched for under 21 — PolitiTweet.org

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Ten GOP senators sign onto a statement backing an outline of a guns deal. Text still needs to be drafted. But if it holds, it’s enough to break a filibuster https://t.co/0xyZxYbkTM https://t.co/oCkuzDteWC — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanaBashCNN: New reporting from me and @mkraju on a potential deal in the Senate on guns. Tune in to @CNNSotu this hour to hear more.… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanaBashCNN: New reporting from me and @mkraju on a potential deal in The Senate on guns. Tune in to @CNNSotu now to hear more https://… — PolitiTweet.org

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Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and independent Al Gross will advance to August’s general election in the Alaska special congressional election to replace the late Rep. Don Young, CNN projects. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jmartNYT: LISTEN: @HerreraBeutler confronts @laurenboebert in a Jan 11th 2021 House GOP conference meeting about Boebert tweeting out t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChiSportsDay: 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟕 “The Flu Game” After falling ill earlier that morning, Michael Jordan proceeds to drop 38 on the Jazz to… — PolitiTweet.org

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In major reversal, Trump backs Katie Britt in #alsen, aligning himself with Sen. Shelby and effectively joining McConnell allies in opposing Mo Brooks. Trump claims Brooks has gone soft on “stolen” election, even though Brooks led the charge on J6. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kyledcheney: DOJ says Jan. 6 defendant Riley June Williams — charged w stealing a laptop from Pelosi’s office — falsely told the court… — PolitiTweet.org

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Negotiations in Senate continue over guns, per multiple sources, as the two sides continue to debate language in a statement detailing their progress. Expectation is a deal will be announced over next several days but bill text still needs to be drafted and votes counted — PolitiTweet.org

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As bipartisan group of negotiators signal they’re moving closer to a deal on a “framework” of a guns package, senators are trying to finalize a statement detailing the progress they’ve made. Could come out today. Goal is to reach framework deal and then turn that into bill text — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NatashaBertrand: New: Senior US officials have conveyed to Saudi Arabia that the US is prepared to move forward with a reset of the rel… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kaitlancollins: News — The Biden administration is going to announce today that CDC is lifting its requirement for travelers to test ne… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brikeilarcnn: @GabeCohenNews with more on how inflation is draining social security and retirement accounts for Seniors... https://t.co… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @byHeatherLong: This is worrying: Inflation rose 1% in May alone. There's just not much sign of a slowdown. If anything, inflation is pi… — PolitiTweet.org

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National average for gasoline is $4.99, a new record — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MZanona: Staffers for Kevin McCarthy who were on the floor on Jan 6 and in his 1st floor office were “terrified” that day & days after,… — PolitiTweet.org

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Raskin would not say if he favors voting to refer Perry to DOJ on contempt charges for defying subpoena. “Our job here is not to go off on a lot of wild goose chases, but to focus on what happened." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @therecount: CNN's @mkraju "Were there any members of the leadership who were a part of these discussions asking for pardons?" Raskin:… — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked Raskin, and he said of the pardons. “It's hard to find a more explicit statement of consciousness of guilt than looking for a pardon for actions you've just taken, assisting in a plan to overthrow the results of a presidential election.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Thompson also told me all the transcripts from the depositions will be released. Says it will be “part of the public record” — PolitiTweet.org