Day 431
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Stormy Daniels told the story of her alleged affair with Trump on 60 Minutes. During the interview, Daniels told Anderson Cooper that she was threatened not to speak out about the alleged affair. She also discussed various statements and denials she made regarding the affair. After the interview aired, Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen sent Daniels a "cease and desist" letter and demanded that she stop speaking out about her relationship with Trump. (CBS News / Reuters)
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Trump has decided not to hire two attorneys who were supposed to join his legal team. The appointments of the two attorneys were announced last week, but Trump's personal attorney Jay Sekulow said in a statement Sunday morning that "conflicts prevent Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing from joining the president’s special counsel legal team." He added: "Those conflicts do not prevent them from assisting the president in other legal matters." (New York Times)
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Rick Santorum suggested that the kids calling for stricter gun control measures should take CPR classes instead of protesting. "How about kids instead of looking to someone else to solve their problem," Santorum said, "do something about maybe taking CPR classes or trying to deal with situations that when there is a violent shooter that you can actually respond to that." (CNN)
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The U.S. will expel 60 Russian diplomats that have been identified as intelligence officers in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy on British soil. The Russian consulate in Seattle will also closed as part of the response. According to an unnamed U.S. official, the response is meant as a message to Russia, that "when you attack our friends, you will face serious consequences." (NBC News)
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George Nader sent millions of dollars to a Trump fundraiser in order to persuade the U.S. to side with the United Arab Emirates in a feud with Qatar. Nader, a political adviser to the UAE and a witness in the Mueller probe, wired $2.5 million to Trump fundraiser Elliot Broidy just weeks before Broidy starting handing sizeable political donations to U.S. lawmkers who were considering legislation that targeted Qatar. (Associated Press / Chicago Tribune)