.@AmbassadorRice, sitting next to @AmbJohnBolton, said “I can’t imagine withholding my testimony with or without a subpoena.”
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- .@StateDept announces up to $10M reward "for information on foreign interference in U.S. elections." They are looking for info "leading to the identification or location of any foreign person, including a foreign entity, who knowingly engaged or is engaging in foreign election ..
- NEW: Woody Johnson, billionaire NFL owner & US ambassador to UK, was investigated by State OIG after allegations he made racist & sexist comments to staff & sought to use his gov't post to benefit Trump's personal biz in UK (w. @kylieatwood & @NicoleCNN)
- Patti Davis, the daughter of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, pens a @washingtonpost op-ed on her sexual assault: "I never told anyone for decades — not a friend, not a boyfriend, not a therapist, not my husband when I got married years later"
- Headlines from the past ~5 HOURS: - Pompeo subpoenaed - Volker resigned - @CNN: WH restricted access to Trump's calls with Putin & MBS - @washingtonpost: Trump told 2 sr. Russian officials in 2017 Oval Office meeting he was unconcerned about Russian interference in US elections
- Blinken confirms Biden admin will end support for Saudi-led campaign in Yemen. “The Houthis bear significant responsibility for what's happened in Yemen, but the way the campaign has been conducted has also contributed significantly to that situation & so our support should end"
- .@SecPompeo says the US is "certainly looking at" banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok. "I don’t want to get out in front of the President, but it’s something we’re looking at,” he says
- NEW: The State Department has formally determined that the military takeover in Myanmar constitutes a coup d’état, a designation that requires the US to cut its foreign assistance to Myanmar’s government
- Replying to @jmhanslerMore @AmbassadorRice: “I would feel like I was shamefully violating the oath that I took to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic,” she says, noting the testimony of NSC staff like Fiona Hill and Col Vindman and the subsequent attacks they faced
- Valerie Jarrett, former senior adviser to President Obama, says his administration "did what we could do by executive action" on gun reform, adding that she believes Congress will now "be forced to act" #MarchForOurLives snpy.tv/2pC8ykl
- President Biden says "no ship that sails under the Russian flag or that is owned or operated by a Russian interest will be allowed to dock in a United States port or access our shores -- None. None."
- NEW: Biden admin has curtailed the number of flights to the US for Afghans who worked alongside the US as it prioritizes the evacuation of American personnel from the country, three sources familiar with the situation told CNN.
- The US joined Russia to vote against a Ukrainian & European-backed UN General Assembly resolution marking the anniversary of Russia's war against Ukraine. The resolution passed.
