The Bannon Bombshells in Michael Wolff's upcoming book "Fire and Fury." Rump's mouthpieces issue a "cease and desist" letter and threaten to sue Steve Bannon:
In the letter, attorney Charles Harder, accused Bannon of breaking his nondisclosure agreement, “by, among other things, communicating with author Michael Wolff about Mr. Trump, his family members, and the Company [the campaign], disclosing Confidential Information to Mr. Wolff, and making disparaging statements and in some cases outright defamatory statements to Mr. Wolff about Mr. Trump, his family members.”Smart move, Rump mouthpieces! Keep the story going through possible extended legal action (which is not likely to succeed anyway).
Also, from the book,
Wolff book on how top aides regard Trump: “For Steve Mnuchin and Reince Priebus, he was an ‘idiot.’ For Gary Cohn, he was ‘dumb as shit.’ For H.R. McMaster he was a ‘dope.’ The list went on.”— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) January 3, 2018
Which is pretty strong proof to us that these remora were/ are knowingly serving an unfit, unstable menace to America and the world mostly for their own $elfish, cynical reasons. (Jared Yates Sexton has a thread on just this point.)
Lawmakers were briefed in December on Rump's mental state. The 25th Amendment (removal of president due to mental or physical unfitness) is still the most ephemeral option given Rump's loyal following in the Cabinet (see above), but interesting to note nonetheless:
Lawmakers concerned about President Donald Trump’s mental state summoned Yale University psychiatry professor Dr. Bandy X. Lee to Capitol Hill last month for two days of briefings about his recent behavior.
In private meetings with more than a dozen members of Congress held on Dec. 5 and 6, Lee briefed lawmakers — all Democrats except for one Republican senator, whom Lee declined to identify. Her professional warning to Capitol Hill: “He’s going to unravel, and we are seeing the signs.”
Rump disbands his bogus Voter
President Trump on Wednesday announced that he is disbanding a controversial panel studying alleged voter fraud that became mired in multiple federal lawsuits and faced resistance from states that accused it of overreach.
The decision is a major setback for Trump, who created the commission last year in response to his claim, for which he provided no proof, that he lost the popular vote to Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016 because of millions of illegally cast ballots.
The commission met only twice amid the series of lawsuits seeking to curb its authority and claims by Democrats that it was stacked to recommend voting restrictions favorable to the president’s party.We worry, though, about the voter data from those states that complied with Kobach's requests -- and what mischief can still be accomplished with that.
UPDATE: Rump's mouthpieces are also trying to stop publication of Wolff's book --
Reportedly, Wolff has interviews on tape. This won't end well... for Rump.NEW this am: Trump attorneys send cease-and-desist letter this morning to Wolff and book publisher @HenryHolt demanding they stop publication and issue an apology to @realDonaldTrump for defamatory statements made thus far.— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) January 4, 2018
