2019 Day 826: The White House rejected a House Oversight Committee request for Stephen Miller to testify; House Democrats suggested fining officials personally for noncompliance with congressional subpoenas; Trump claimed he never told Donald McGahn to fire Robert Mueller despite the Mueller report showing otherwise; and Trump's re-election campaign refused to rule out using hacked information. Apr 25, 2019
2022 Day 461: A New York judge held Trump in contempt of court and fined him $10,000 a day for failing to turn over documents to the state’s attorney general; Mark Meadows texted with Trump’s family, Trump associates, Jan. 6 rally organizers, Fox News hosts, and over 40 Republican members of Congress before and after the violence at the Capitol; Meadows was warned that Jan. 6 could turn violent, but went ahead with the “Stop the Steal” rally anyway; Twitter accepted Elon Musk's $44 billion offer to buy the social media company and take it private; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the U.S. hopes the war in Ukraine will result in a “weakened” Russia; and 41% of Americans ages 18-29 approve of Biden's job performance. Apr 25, 2022
2023 Day 826: Biden formally announced his 2024 re-election campaign; Biden threatened to veto a House Republican debt ceiling bill that would require spending cuts in order to raise the debt ceiling; the Senate will vote on the Equal Rights Amendment this week; Washington State banned the sale of assault-style weapons; 70% of Americans believe Biden should not run for re-election; 54% of Democrats "accept" that Biden is running for re-election; and 63% of Republicans want Trump to be president again, even if he's found guilty of a crime. Apr 25, 2023
2024 Day 1192: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker returned to the stand on the seventh day of Trump’s election interference trial involving falsified business records; the Supreme Court appeared likely to reject Trump’s claim of absolute immunity from prosecution for trying to subvert the 2020 election, but appeared open to granting some level of immunity to former presidents for crimes committed while in office; a grand jury in Arizona indicted 18 Trump allies – including Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, and Boris Epshteyn – on felony charges related to their efforts to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in the state; a federal judge upheld the verdict and $83 million in damages awarded to E. Jean Carroll by a jury, which found Trump liable for defamation in January; and the EPA issued a new rule requiring coal-fired power plants to capture 90% of their carbon dioxide emissions or shut down. Apr 25, 2024