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President Closer To Testifying
Reveal: President Trump Holds Note Card To Remind Him To Say
In Russia Interference
Probe That Led To His Win
‘We Hear You’ After Mass Shooting
“Everything is on the table,” The Wall Street Journal re- ported Sunday, citing a source close to the president's legal team.
President Trump’s
lawyers are weighing options for his testimony be- fore special counsel Robert Mueller.
Trump has expressed a willingness to testify before Mueller in the special coun- sel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elec- tion.
The president, who has railed against the Russia inves- tigation and called it a "witch hunt," said he’d be willing to speak “under oath,” but his lawyers have clarified that the details of any potential inter- view are still being worked out.
Trump’s legal team is re- portedly considering the possi- bility of providing written answers, having the president give limited verbal testi- mony or other options.
Mueller reportedly wants to question Trump on his deci- sions to fire former FBI Direc- tor James Comey and former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
Mueller's ongoing investi- gation continues to widen its reach.
Flynn and former Trump campaign adviser George Pa- padopoulos have pleaded
President Donald Trump is closer to being questioned about Russian interference in his election for president. Spe- cial counsel Robert Mueller is closing in on the truth.
guilty in Mueller’s probe on charges of lying to the FBI.
Former Trump campaign adviser Richard Gates also pleaded guilty Friday on charges of conspiracy against the United States and making a false statement to the FBI.
Last week a new, 32-count indictment against Gates and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was filed that contains the alle- gation that he took part in ille- gal lobbying work and committed financial crimes.
The Department of Justice filed charges against 13 Russ- ian nationals and three Russian organizations accused of at- tempting to interfere in the 2016 election.
The indictment alleges the goal of the Russians was to sup- port then-candidate Donald Trump and damage his oppo- nent, Hillary Clinton.
A photograph of President Donald Trump emerged de- tailing his questions and talk- ing points from a listening session held at the White House for survivors of the tragic Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida.
Trump's handwritten note on White House letterhead lists five key points, but his hands block some of them. The visible ones include "What would you most want me to know about your experience?” and “What can we do to help you feel safe?” Lastly, and probably most jarring, is his reminder to express empahty with "I hear you."
As reported by CNN, during the session he said, “I want to listen. And then after I listen, we’re going to get things done.” Trump's solution? Armed teachers. Trump believes that schools could arm up to 20 percent of their teachers to stop these "maniacs." He went on to say, "If you had a teacher who was adept with the firearm, they could end the at- tack very quickly."
However, on Thursday morning, Trump tweeted he "never said 'give teachers guns,."
Yet, he went on to repeat his Wednesday quote about certain teachers becoming con- cealed gun carriers.
The chances of this never
The note card with several points was photographed in Presi- dent Trump’s hand during meeting with survivors.
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happening again are highly un- likely. This shooting left 17 people dead and 14 others in- jured. The Stoneman Douglas High School shooting is the lat- est U. S. mass shooting, which knocked the Columbine High School shooting in 1999 out of the 25 deadliest mass shoot- ings in history.
Trump ended his Twitter rant by praising the NRA and their mission of making Amer- ica great again.
He tweeted:
What many people don’t
understand, or don’t want to understand, is that Wayne, Chris and the folks who work so hard at the @NRA are Great People and Great American Patriots. They love our Country and will do the right thing.
MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
In 2000, Trump opposed gun control in his book, "The America We Deserve," writing, "I generally oppose gun con- trol, but I support the ban on assault weapons and I support a slightly longer waiting period to purchase a gun..with today's Internet technology, we should be able to tell within 72 hours if a potential gun owner has a record." Although he is singing a different tune 18 years later, Trump vowed that his admin- istration would "come up with a solution."
Sixty-two percent of re- spondents in a Washington Post poll said Trump is not doing the best job of prevent- ing mass shootings and 77 per-
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#boycottNRA Has Major Sponsors Dumping The Gun Organization
General Insulted With Slurs
Since the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day, #boycottNRA has been trending on Twitter, and users and customers have demanded that companies pull out of their partnerships with the NRA.
As the public outcry follow- ing the Parkland, FL, school shooting continues to build steam, gun control advocates are finding new methods to apply pressure to both politi- cians and the NRA, according to reports.
Rather than just following the script, Parkland students are firing back and the NRA is facing a time-honored tradi- tional protest: the boycott.
The perks of NRA member- ship include discounts and benefits with a variety of com- panies, including car rental, air travel, insurance, and banking. Those are some of the practical incentives that keep members paying their dues to the organ- ization.
So far, it's been shockingly effective.
A Republican candidate for the Illinois Legislature is under fire from his own party amid al- legations that he asked an African-American candidate for state attorney general whether she was a “lesbo” and used a racial slur during a con- versation with her.
Now, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Republican floor leader of the Illinois House, Peter Breen, are call- ing for the candidate, Burt Minor, to drop out of a race for state representative.
At issue is a conversation that took place last fall between Minor and Republican attor- ney general candidate Erika Harold. Harold, the party- backed candidate for the GOP, who is also a Harvard Law graduate and former Miss America, was talking to Minor in his capacity as a Winfield Township chairman.
“[Minor] asked Ms. Harold personal questions about her marital status, and even her sexual orientation, going so far as to inquire
Just because you are a Re- publican, does not mean being Black is okay with members of your party. Erika Harold found that out last year, when insulted by Burt Minor.
whether she was a ‘lesbo,’” “The chairman also used the full ‘n-word’ repeatedly in front of Ms. Harold and her assis- tant, asking whether she found
its usage offensive.”
Minor admitted to using
the slur and had “tried to ex- plain it away, saying that she wanted him to ask the question so she could get it on the record, which is obviously ab- surd,” according to POLITICO.
The Harold campaign con- firmed that the conversation did occur.
Live protest and social media protests have politicians and the NRA reared back on their heels.
On Thursday, the First Na- tional Bank of Omaha, the largest privately-owned bank in the country, announced that it would no longer be offering an NRA credit card in response to "customer feedback."
More companies have fol- lowed suit, including Enter- prise Holdings, which owns major car rental companies like Alamo, National and En- terprise, with Hertz soon join-
ing in. The biggest blows so far have come from major airlines: both United and Delta an- nounced on Twitter that they were ending deals for NRA members.
However, major companies like FedEx are still offering dis- counts to NRA members, while Amazon, Apple, Google, and YouTube are all drawing fire for hosting the increasingly de- ranged NRA TV.
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