Judd Legum

1. Trump’s new White House press secretary, Katie Zacharia, says she is a lawyer.

She has claimed to be a lawyer repeatedly on national TV, on podcasts, and on social media.

But there is no evidence that Zacharia has ever been licensed to practice law.

1. Publications that covered Stephen Miller’s appointment as White House Chief of Staff but did not mention he promotes white nationalist ideas:

@ABC
@AP
@TheAtlantic
@axios
@baltimoresun
@business
@BostonGlobe
@CBSNews
@clarionledger
@CNBC
@CNN
@thedailybeast
@Deseret
@MyDesert
@hartfordcourant
@HITribuneHerald
@thehill
@IBTimes
@latimes
@NBCNews
@nytimes
@NewYorker
@Newsweek
@NPR
@ParadeMagazine
@PhillyInquirer
@Reuters
@semafor
@TIME
@UPI
@WSJ
@washingtonpost
@TheWrap
@YahooNews

Memories (11/21/19):

"We formally request that you immediately remove White House Senior Advisor Stephen Miller from your administration. A documented white nationalist has no place in any presidential administration, and especially not in such an influential position.... Last week, numerous emails sent by Mr. Miller were made public that clearly establish that he is an avid white nationalist and conspiracy theorist. These emails included material exposing Miller’s support of white supremacist ideology and literature, xenophobic conspiracy theories, as well as his promotion of white supremacist websites."

watsoncoleman.house.gov/newsroom/press…

Cindy Hyde-Smith blocked Scott Colom’s nomination to be a federal judge.

Now he’s taking her job.

Jared Kushner has painted himself into a corner

As part of an unprecedented effort to lead negotiations while being on the payroll of foreign gov'ts, Kushner has insisted that he is NOT a gov't official — just a volunteer

This will make it very difficult for him to defeat a Congressional subpeona