In #Pennsylvania rally, @POTUS recites mischaracterizing of how US "visa lottery" system works, asserting that mass killers gain entry to the country this way.
"DV applicants are subject to all grounds of ineligibility for immigrant visas specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act," according to @StateDept.
"You have high crimes rates, horrible education," @POTUS says was his #Election2016 message to African-Americans. "What have you got to lose?"
"His hair's getting whiter and whiter. He's getting crazier and crazier," says @POTUS of @SenSanders. "Crazy Bernie."
"If you have confidence and you know what you're doing, you can't lose," according to @POTUS.
"Right now China's not too happy with me," declares @POTUS. "It's not their fault our leaders were stupid."
"I used to actually get good press. I didn't need this," says @POTUS, then refers to media in back of the room as "horrible, horrendous people."
Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein suggested he secretly recorded @POTUS and discussed the 25th Amendment, reports @nytimes. nyti.ms/2xxNdwl
“The New York Times’s story is inaccurate and factually incorrect,” Rosenstein said in a statement. “Based on my personal dealings with the president, there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment.”
My colleague @masoodfarivar relays from source who was in room (with DAG when he made the comment): “I remember this meeting and remember the wire comment. The statement was sarcastic and was never discussed with any intention of recording a conversation with the president.”
"Those who interfere with our liberties will pay a price," @SecPompeo tells reporters and specifically mentions past election interference actions by #Russia.
"What Secretary Kerry has done is unseemly and unprecedented," says @SecPompeo about @JohnKerry and his efforts to save #Iran#JCPOA. "It is beyond inappropriate."
"Actively undermining U.S. policy as a former secretary of state is literally unheard of," adds @SecPompeo.
Prosecutors file new charging document against ex-@realDonaldTrump campaign chairman @PaulManafort, signaling a possible plea deal, reports @AP.
A guilty plea to charges in his second trial (which was to be held in Washington, DC) is to be entered today by @PaulManafort, according to media reports.
According to the filing, @PaulManafort will enter a guilty plea to a single count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.