Eric Lipton
Investigative reporter NYT. Helping cover President Trump and the Trump administration-without fear or favor. I write about people and power.
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House Democrats Unveil Articles of Impeachment Against Trump
Democratic leaders revealed charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress against President Trump that the Judiciary Committee will consider later this week.
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I) Abuse of power
II) Obstruction of Congress
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Nearly a Third of Teens Use One or More Tobacco Products
While e-cigarettes are still the most popular, teens are also using other items like little flavored cigars — a worrisome sign for nicotine addiction, the C.D.C. says.
New Documents Reveal Details of Pompeo’s Role in Ukraine Affair
Emails and documents released by the State Department support testimony showing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo enabled the Ukrainian pressure campaign at the center of the impeachment proceedings.
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New Documents Reveal Details of Pompeo’s Role in Ukraine Affair and also the deliberately misleading response State Department sent members of Congress as to why respected American ambassador to Ukraine, Marie L. Yovanovitch, was ousted @ewong @kenvogel
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Barr Suggests Impeachment Inquiry Undermines Voters’ Intent
The attorney general strongly defended President Trump’s assertions of executive power.
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Attorney General Barr vigorously defended President Trump’s use of executive authority and suggested that House Democrats were subverting the will of voters by exploring whether to remove the president from office for abusing his power. @ktbenner
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Source document contributed to DocumentCloud by Paola Chavez (CNN).
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This seems particularly important. Connecting some important dots. David Holmes, an official from the United States Embassy in Kiev. His statement to House investigators Friday.
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Behind Trump’s Dealings With Turkey: Sons-in-Law Married to Power
Informal relationships between family members help explain the course of diplomacy between the White House and Turkey’s leader.
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Behind President Trump’s accommodating attitude toward Turkey is an unusual back channel: a trio of sons-in-law who married into power and now play key roles in connecting Ankara with Washington. A NYT investigation with @ddknyt. Read it by clicking here: nytimes.com/2019/11/12/us/… pic.twitter.com/MZRGcfvIGi
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JUST POSTED: Behind Trump’s Dealings With Turkey: Sons-in-Law Married to Power, a NYT investigation with @ddknyt. Not just Kushner. The sons in law of the Turkish President & the developer of Turkish Trump Towers are also influencing US Turkey relations.
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How Russia Meddles Abroad for Profit: Cash, Trolls and a Cult Leader
Madagascar has little obvious strategic value for the Kremlin or the global balance of power. But Russians were there during an election, offering bribes, spreading disinformation and recruiting an apocalyptic cult leader.
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Fascinating Story: The Russians were hard to miss. They appeared suddenly last year in Madagascar’s traffic-snarled capital, carrying backpacks stuffed with cash and campaign swag decorated with the name of Madagascar’s president. @mschwirtz
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Trump Ordered to Pay $2 Million to Charities
The payments to nonprofits are part of a settlement in a lawsuit that accused the Donald J. Trump Foundation of financial mismanagement.
Impeachment Inquiry Transcripts: Key Excerpts From William Taylor’s Testimony
House investigators released the interview transcript of a witness who provided one of the most damning accounts about the actions at the heart of the inquiry.
Inside Ukraine’s Push to Cultivate Trump From the Start
Former President Petro Poroshenko alternately flattered President Trump, signed deals with U.S. firms and met with Rudolph Giuliani.
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Here's NYT story I just talked abt on Rachel Maddow, examining earlier chapter of Trump's interactions with Ukraine. Some important parallels to what happened in 2019 & that led to impeachment inquiry. But some unanswered ?s too. Give it a read @maddow
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Trump Taxes: Appeals Court Rules President Must Turn Over 8 Years of Tax Returns
A three-judge appeals panel said the president’s accounting firm had to comply with a subpoena.
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Appeals Court: “We conclude only that presidential immunity does not bar the enforcement of a state grand jury subpoena directing a third party to produce non‐privileged material, even when the subject matter under investigation pertains to the President”
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
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BLOOMBERG: President Trump is on course to win re-election in 2020. Just ask economists from Yale, Moody’s and Oxford Economics
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Nobody Waved Goodbye: Trump’s Relationship With New York Was Already Over
Mr. Trump’s decision to shift his home base to Palm Beach also comes at a time when the president has been disengaged from daily operations at the Trump Organization.
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Nobody Waved Goodbye: Trump’s Relationship With New York Was Already Over w/ @maggieNYT
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See the Paperwork: Trump Changes Residence to Florida
The document shows Trump, long a New Yorker, has declared that he’s a resident of Florida.
Murray Energy Files for Bankruptcy, Casualty of Coal’s Decline
The eighth coal company to collapse into bankruptcy over the past year, Murray Energy marks the latest casualty stemming from a decline in demand for coal and competition from cheaper fuels.
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This is perhaps the single most important sign to date that President Trump's push to revive the coal industry has failed: "Murray Energy, owned by Trump ally Robert Murray, became the latest coal company to file for bankruptcy"
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2019 10 27 Trump Remarks on DEATH of ISIS LEADER ABU BAKR AL BAGHDADI
Source document contributed to DocumentCloud by Eric Lipton (The New York Times).
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Here are the full transcripts from two different White House statements. The first is 7,900 words by Trump today, re death of ISIS leader. Second the 1,390 words by Obama from May 2011 as Obama announced Bid Laden's death. The Trump transcript first
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Symbol of ’80s Greed May Profit From Trump Tax Break for Poor Areas
The financier Michael Milken is a major investor in a property that became eligible for a federal tax break — after his longtime friend, Steven Mnuchin, intervened.
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@JesseDrucker All of this and more is discussed in our story posted on the NYT website this morning and in Sunday's NYT paper. Here is the story again. Please give it a read. And a retweet
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This memo plays a central role in a story we published this morning examining the role Michael Milken's non-profit think tank has played in influencing Treasury, at the same time as Milken is positioned to profit from the same tax break. @JesseDrucker
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Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., today released a statement in reaction to New York Times’ story from Sunday abt Treasury Sec. Mnuchin and Mike Milken. Here is a link to the story referenced in this statement. @JesseDrucker nytimes.com/2019/10/26/bus… pic.twitter.com/pFUt3XnWGH
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2018 05 16 IRS Objection Memo Re Nevada Request
Source document contributed to DocumentCloud by Eric Lipton (The New York Times).
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@JesseDrucker For those who want to read the whole memo, here it is. It details concern among career personnel at Treasury about a push by Mnuchin to revise rules Treasury had set dictating what parts of the US could be called Opportunity Zones.
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Trump Family Considers Selling Hotel in Washington
The hotel is a frequent target of criticism for President Trump because it frequently hosts foreign diplomats and corporate executives with business before his administration.
Trump Cancels Subscriptions to The New York Times and The Washington Post
The White House also encouraged federal agencies to let their subscriptions lapse, saying that “taxpayer dollars will be saved.”