2018 Day 504: Giuliani says he doesn't "respect" Stormy Daniels because she's a porn star; the Justice Department will brief lawmakers next week about the FBI's use of an informant; Paul Ryan insisted that there was "no evidence of collusion" between Trump's campaign and Russia; meanwhile Adam Schiff called on Republicans to release the House Intelligence Committee interview transcripts related to the Russia investigation, saying they could shed "additional light on the issues of collusion and obstruction of justice"; and Sean Hannity suggested that witnesses in Mueller's probe "follow Hillary Clinton's lead" by destroying their personal phones before handing them over to prosecutors. Jun 7, 2018
2019 Day 869: The Justice and Commerce departments rejected subpoenas by House Democrats; Elijah Cummings indicated that he plans to move forward with contempt votes for Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross; automakers warned Trump that his plan to weaken pollution standards will produce "untenable" instability; and prosecutors released the audio recording of a 2017 voicemail from Trump's then-personal lawyer asking Michael Flynn's attorney for "some kind of heads up" about his cooperation with investigators. Jun 7, 2019
2021 Day 139: The U.S. reported an average of about 14,500 daily coronavirus cases over the past week; Joe Manchin vowed to block the federal election reform bill; Trump's chief of staff repeatedly pushed the Justice Department to investigate unfounded conspiracy theories about election fraud; Rep. Mo Brooks was finally served a lawsuit alleging that he and other pro-Trump allies were partially accountable for the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol; the Justice Department imposed a gag order on New York Times executives over an attempt to obtain four NYT reporters' email logs from Google; and Earth's atmospheric carbon dioxide hit levels not seen in more than 4 million years. Jun 7, 2021
2022 Day 504: The World Bank warned that the global economy may be headed for several years of above-average inflation and below-average growth; atmospheric CO2 hit the highest level ever recorded in human history; the Department of Homeland Security issued a terrorism bulletin warning of heightened domestic extremists threats as the U.S. enters the midterm elections; the Trump campaign directed a group of 16 Georgia Republicans named as "alternate" electors to operate with “complete secrecy and discretion” as Trump attempted to overturn his defeat by Biden; and the Secret Service said Trump's call for supporters "to walk down to the Capitol" on Jan. 6, 2021, prompted agents to consider options to secure a motorcade. Jun 7, 2022
2023 Day 869: Mark Meadows testified to a federal grand jury as part of special counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump; Steve Bannon was subpoenaed for documents and testimony by a federal grand jury in Washington as part of the investigation into Trump's efforts to stay in office; a former Trump aide testified to a federal grand jury in Miami about Trump's handling of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago; Pence argued that Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election should disqualify him from running for president; and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not file his annual financial disclosure by the deadline. Jun 7, 2023