THE HEADLINES
FBI UNIT AT MAR-A-LAGO ALSO LED “RUSSIAGATE” INVESTIGATION: The FBI counterintelligence division behind the raid on Mar-a-Lago previously led the discredited “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation into former president Donald Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia in 2016-2017. The division includes several agents currently under investigation by special counsel John Durham for their roles in that scandal. Read more.
TRUMP BUMP FROM FBI RAID: The FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago gave former president Trump a boost in popularity according to an NBC News poll published yesterday, showing that the proportion of GOP supporters who said they identified primarily with Trump — rather than the Republican Party — increased from 34% in May to 41% today. Read more.
FAUCI OUT IN DECEMBER: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci, the public face of the official COVID-19 response, said today that he will retire in December, as Republican lawmakers threaten to open an investigation into his alleged funding of Chinese research they say gave rise to COVID-19. Read more.
MORE AMERICAN OFFICIALS VISIT TAIWAN: Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb led a trade delegation to Taiwan yesterday, just a few weeks after visits by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress triggered an angry response from Beijing, including military exercises around the self-governing island. Read more.
RUSSIA ACCUSES UKRAINE OF CAR BOMBING: Russian security services claimed yesterday that Ukraine was behind the Saturday car bomb attack that killed Darya Dugina, daughter of Russian ultranationalist Aleksandr Dugin and, like her father, a prominent advocate of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Read more.