BUSTED: Disgraced Trump economic adviser caught in lie about economic growth
On Wednesday, former Trump economic adviser Stephen Moore tried to explain away the slowing U.S. economy by claiming that no one ever expected gigantic growth to keep on going from where it had been:
“Former Trump campaign advisor Stephen Moore: ‘We knew we weren’t going to get 5% growth’”https://t.co/LKxL0sNnsD@CNBC reports on my @AJHeadtoHead interview with @realDonaldTrump adviser @StephenMoore. Moore calls Trump not a liar but an “exaggerator” who “talks too much.” https://t.co/aT11OvT8nx
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) October 9, 2019
The only problem with that, noted Washington Post reporter Catherine Rampell, is that in an interview last year, that’s exactly what Moore predicted would happen:
Moore now says that he “knew we weren’t going to get 5% growth.” which is weird because here’s what he said last year https://t.co/wxOY8eNUXs https://t.co/3vPssCjEpf pic.twitter.com/41ilJOWJzi
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) October 9, 2019
Moore, a demagogic economist who together with Art Laffer mapped out the modern GOP orthodoxy on tax cuts for the wealthy, was previously Trump’s pick for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, but withdrew from consideration after his lack of qualifications and personal scandals raised alarm among senators in Trump’s own party.
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WATCH LIVE: Democrats to unveil historic articles of impeachment against Donald Trump
On Tuesday morning members of the Democratic-led House of Representatives will release the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
According to the Associated Press, "House Democrats are poised to unveil two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump — abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — with an announcement expected early Tuesday. Democratic leaders are pushing ahead with formal charges saying the president put U.S. elections and national security at risk by asking Ukraine to investigate his rivals, including Joe Biden, while withholding military aid for an ally trying to counter hostile Russia neighbors. They warn Trump could do it again if left unchecked.
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Giuliani’s new 20-year-old spokeswoman has a shady resume and links to Ukraine henchmen
President Donald Trump's allies are still trying to figure out why Rudy Giuliani hired a 20-year-old Instagram personality as his director of communications.
The president's personal attorney travels everywhere, including Ukraine, with Christianné Allen, a former teenage Trump campaign volunteer who has served since September as his media strategist and technology consultant, reported Politico.
“Nobody can figure out who the eff she is or how she got in there,” a friend of Giuliani told the website's Daniel Lippman.
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump lashed out at FBI director Christopher Wray on Twitter for endorsing DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz's report debunking the Republican claim that the FBI "spied" on Trump's 2016 campaign. "The current director," tweeted Trump, will "never be able to fix" the "badly broken" FBI.
Trump's remark, and possible threat to Wray's job, drew outrage from former White House ethics official Walter Shaub:
The history books will note that he fired not only an FBI Director but also an Attorney General for allowing an investigation of his campaign. Now he's attacking another FBI Director for not being supporting of conspiracy theories about that investigation. https://t.co/6pqjShuP8k
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