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3 Stories You Should Read 7/23/2019: New York, Mueller, Aaron Zebley

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In the category of:  It’s Mueller Time again, sort of

Mueller makes last-minute ask to swear in deputy for hearing

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s deputy Aaron Zebley is expected appear next to the special counsel as his counsel at Wednesday’s hearings on the special counsel’s report, according to a House Judiciary committee source.

Zebley will be there to advise Mueller, but the special counsel will be the only one answering the committee questions, the source said. Democrats only plan to swear in Mueller as a witness.
 
Mueller made the last-minute request to have his deputy sworn in for Wednesday’s blockbuster hearings before the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees on the Mueller report, in case he needed to help with any questions the special counsel could not fully answer himself, according to a source familiar with the matter.
 
 
 
 
 

In the category of:  Get your popcorn and your vodka

What to expect in Robert Mueller’s testimony about the Trump-Russia investigation

The former special counsel is being questioned about the probe for the first time. But how much will he say?

Rather than any super-spy conspiracy involving the highest levels of the Trump campaign, the Mueller report seemed to tell a story of a series of disorganized contacts and missed opportunities.

None of it makes the Trump campaign look particularly good — and we can expect Democrats to hammer that point home. Expect Republicans, though, to hammer home the point that after a nearly two-year investigation, Mueller did not ultimately charge a conspiracy between any Trump official and any Russian to interfere with the 2016 election.

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In the category of:  Death and taxes

Trump sues Democrats to shield New York tax returns

President Donald Trump is going to court to prevent House Democrats from getting his long-hidden tax returns from the state of New York.

In a suit filed Tuesday in Washington, he asked a federal court to prevent Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal from taking advantage of a recently passed New York law designed to give Neal access to Trump’s confidential state tax filings.

The suit, which targets both Neal and New York officials, comes as the Massachusetts Democrat is simultaneously suing Trump for his federal tax returns.

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