several democratic officials. then a new discovery about a revolutionary weight loss drug. patients say it actually helps curb other addictions such as smoking or drinking. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our law and justice lead. the first public reaction from former president donald trump in response to cnn s blockbuster reor thing, since matched by the new york times and washington post, in his classified documents case. mr. trump refused to directly answer questions about a recording now in the hands of federal prosecutors where trump is said to be talking about classified materials he kept in his possession after leaving the white house. but the former president did go after those investigators with his usual complaints of being a victim of a witch hunt. in moments i ll be joined by trump s former lawyer, tim parm tory who left the legal team a few weeks ago and played a key role in the classified documents investigation. first, we ll start
a mixture of classified and unclassified documents. so when they chose not to get a facility in palm beach, they knew based on 40 years of experience, that the boxes that were being shipped by gsa to mar-a-lago would have this type of mixture of documents. they didn t say anything about it. they should have said something about it at that time. they should have said something over the past 40 years if they have actual knowledge of a potential security vulnerability that white house document procedures are not up to the same standard as the military intelligence community. they didn t do that. right. i hear you on the need of congress to address this legislatively. but there is a big difference between former vice president pence and president biden finding documents, telling nara about it, reporting it immediately and this long legal tussle that ultimately resulted in the fbi coming to mar-a-lago and grabbing documents because they were concerned and had been trying to get them back
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As a favor to the community I m posting President Biden s order to agencies to undertake a review of Trump era environmental regulations.
Yesterday was also an important day for Mother Nature and the nation. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously tossed the Trump administration s replacement for Obama s Clean Power Plan (CPP) back to EPA. The Agency will now be coming out with some version of the CPP.
Look for my continuing comments on these and other Biden administration efforts to put the nation s economy on a low-carbon trajectory.
In the meantime, feel free to ask questions you might have. I ll do my best to answer them.
Day 1 of the Joe Biden presidency: Actions affecting Indian Country
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Indianz.Com
After arriving at the White House on Wednesday afternoon, the new president will be revoking a permit for the controversial Keystone XL Pipeline that is opposed across Indian Country. The oil pipeline will not be able to cross tribal treaty and ancestral territory in Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota or South Dakota without the permit.
But the anticipated order is just the start, according to the incoming White House. From restoring the boundaries of the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah to stopping energy development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, at least on a temporary basis, here are actions being taken on Day 1 of the Joe Bide administration that will impact tribes and their citizens.