Trump’s lawyer won’t rule out campaign colluded with Russia

Giuliani: "If the collusion happened, it happened a long time ago.” No Images? Click here   By Paul Vale     Thursday, January 17 GIULIANI: I NEVER SAID NO CAMPAIGN COLLUSION Rudy Giuliani told CNN’s Chris Cuomo that he never denied that President Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with the Russian government in the lead-up to the 2016 election. Instead, the president’s attorney said Trump himself had not colluded with the Kremlin. “There is not a single bit of evidence the president of the United States committed the only crime you could commit here: conspired with the Russians to hack” the Democratic National Committee, Giuliani said. He added: “If the collusion happened, it happened a long time ago.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook] PELOSI MOVES TO DELAY STATE OF THE UNION House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) asked Trump to delay his scheduled Jan. 29 State of the Union address until the resolution of the government shutdown. [HuffPost] REPUBLICANS VOTE TO EASE RUSSIA SANCTIONS Most Senate Republicans voted against enforcement of sanctions on several companies tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. [HuffPost] FORMER RNC CHIEF: ‘IT’S ALL COLLUSION’ Michael Steele, former chair of the Republican National Committee, fired off a warning to Republican lawmakers supporting Trump’s agenda on easing sanctions on Russia, saying, “It’s all collusion.” [HuffPost] ‘CONSTITUTIONAL CLOUD’ OVER TRUMP HOTEL A government report claims lawyers at the General Services Administration did not investigate whether the Constitution’s domestic or foreign emoluments clauses posed a problem for Trump’s lease to operate a hotel out of the government-owned Old Post Office Building in Washington. As such, there’s a “constitutional cloud” over the lease. [HuffPost] MAY SURVIVES VOTE Theresa May has survived a no-confidence vote in her government and fended off Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s attempt to force a general election. MPs voted by a slim margin of 19 votes to express confidence in the prime minister’s government despite her historic defeat on her Brexit deal a day earlier. [HuffPost]        PENCE: NO PROGRESS ON NORTH KOREA Vice President Mike Pence told American ambassadors that North Korea has failed to take any substantive steps to give up its nuclear weapons — even as Trump moves toward a second meeting with Kim Jong Un. [The New York Times] EPA CHIEF: GLOBAL WARMING NOT A CRISIS Andrew Wheeler, the former coal lobbyist chosen by Trump to serve as the next Environmental Protection Agency administrator, downplayed the threat of climate change at his confirmation hearing, refusing to call the rapid warming of the planet a crisis. [HuffPost] SANDERS MEETS WITH CAMPAIGN VICTIMS In his latest effort to address allegations of sexism as he considers another bid for the White House, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) met with about two dozen women who publicly claimed they were sexually harassed and mistreated while working on his 2016 presidential campaign. [HuffPost] CRIMINAL PROBE INTO HUAWEI Federal prosecutors are pursuing a criminal investigation into whether China’s Huawei stole trade secrets from U.S. business partners, including technology used by T-Mobile. [The Wall Street Journal] FACEBOOK CULLS MORE RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA Facebook said it had removed a number of pages, accounts and groups involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram. Two operations were found to have originated in Russia. [Reuters] MICROSOFT TO HELP SEATTLE HOMELESS Microsoft announced it would loan up to $500 million to address homelessness and help build affordable housing in the Seattle area. [HuffPost]       Cardi B is so furious with Trump over the ongoing partial government shutdown that she posted a video about the nation’s current state of affairs. Congress might actually do something to stop itself from sucking so much. Officials announced that Louisville International Airport will be renamed the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Here are 35 delightful parenting tweets from Lin-Manuel Miranda. YouTube is cracking down on risky prank and challenge videos amid a wave of “Bird Box”-inspired users committing outrageous stunts, like driving a car while blindfolded, for viral fame. Pregnant Meghan Markle got called a “fat lady” — and she loved it. Anne Hathaway has closed a deal to star as the Grand High Witch in Robert Zemeckis’ adaptation of “The Witches.” Chris Hansen, a television journalist made famous for hosting a controversial investigative series, was charged with issuing a bad check to a Connecticut business. Here are 21 Oscar-winning movies you can watch on Netflix. Here’s the first teaser for Jason Reitman’s “Ghostbusters” sequel. Comedian Ali Wong’s pants-off recreation of Katelyn Ohashi’s gymnastics routine is stunning. Steve Carell is reuniting with Greg Daniels, co-creator of “The Office,” for a workplace comedy for Netflix called “Space Force,” inspired by Trump’s proposal for a sixth branch of the military. Dermatologists say that these five things can make chapped lips worse. George Conway’s latest attack on Trump will not go down well at home. Wisconsin police have released audio of the 911 call placed after 13-year-old Jayme Closs escaped a remote cabin where she says she was held by 21-year-old Jake Thomas Patterson. At least 21 people were killed when Somali militants stormed a luxury hotel compound in Nairobi, Kenya's government has confirmed. *CORRECTION:* A headline in yesterday's edition of this newsletter indicated an Ohio newspaper had called on Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) to resign. In fact, it was the Des Moines Register, an Iowa newspaper. Love this newsletter? Share it with a friend!      HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25, 2018 we introduced a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. Start your workday the right way with the news that matters most — all with a dash of signature Morning Email snark. Does somebody keep forwarding you this email? Get your own copy. It's free! Sign up here. Check out HuffPost Politics for more of the good stuff. ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe     - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe