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The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last week includes $75 million in Help America Vote Act grants – a major reduction compared to years past.

A $1.5 trillion spending bill passed by Congress includes $75 million in Help America Vote Act grants — a reduction compared to years past.

Good for the country why the secrecy? that question will come up in a senate hearing when chris magnus, the nominee to head cvp takes the hot seat. magnus issued a number of statements in the past drawing scrutiny saying in 2017 in the new york times i am deeply troubled by the trump administrations campaign against sanctuary cities and in a 2019 arizona daily star op-ed writing ensuring public safety, with any status, asylum-seekers is my highest priority as the senate democrat released a serie...

The progressive Squad nearly sunk a Capitol security bill Thursday backed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over their objections to funding a "broken" policing system and ignoring the root cause of the Jan. 6 riot which they say is "White supremacy."

Us a good reason. so, what we have is we have more proof for the misconduct for bribery and extortion and abuse of power and obstruction because hes lying to the public even as were sitting here. >> john -- >> yes? >> theres the case and all the facts in the report, and then theres how you present it. i want to put up on the screen the presidents false claim that we dug out of the report to fact check because when you look at that image of him saying "fully paid," you have a report that really f...

Perhaps thats why rudys over there as well. but one of the important things about it, it was $35.2 million and it was important to the national defense because these items go for grenade launchers, secure communications, and naval combat craft. thats an important thing for a vulnerable nation adjoining russia that has military involvement in a hot war thats still going on in ukraine. hes having it both ways. not only do we have him holding back the funds -- and for no good reasons -- vindman tes...

Put all the security funds into contract before the end of the fiscal year? >> no, sir. >> and how much were they not able to obligate? what was left unobligated? >> i believe the figure was 35 million. >> im joined now by former federal prosecutor john flannery who has been counsel to three congressional investigations, the right expert. good evening sir. >> good evening. >> we talk about law. we also talk about facts. there are legal defenses and failing at bribery is not a good legal defense....

Now to newly revealed impeachment evidence that actually shreds a core trump defense you may have heard from the president himself. as we reported on "the beat" this week, this comes from a key part of the report that has flown under the radar. it demolishes a key defense trump allies have been saying, and youve probably heard this. one of the defenses has been to claim that that military aid ultimately all reached ukraine. >> the real bottom line is he got the money. >> the ukraine i dont knows...

To make this case have to get that fact out stronger and larger? because you can write all the books and reports you want -- >> right. >> -- but what the public and the senate deals with is what is known top of mind, right? >> well, how you would try this case in the senate is significant because you would take out magic moments in this case. i mean, for example, the read out on july 25th, thats a magic moment. but you take that statement you just did and you show him to be a liar by then showin...

Paid. lets hear that part again. >> as far as withholding funds, those funds were paid, they were fully paid. >> fully paid. false. first of all, its not a valid bribery defense to say your bribery didnt work. but whats new here in the report is the way theyre lying about this as a factual matter the house impeachment report reveals those funds did not fully get to ukraine, not last month, not ever. page 145 of the report, pentagon officials confirming to investigators ukraine still has not rece...