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NEW: House Freedom Caucus members Rep. Mark Meadows and Rep. Jim Jordan are heading to the White House at noon to speak with President Trump about the the short-term government spending bill, which does not include $5 billion for the border wall.
HOUSE INTEL VOTES TO PROVIDE ROGER STONE TRANSCRIPT TO MUELLER
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted Thursday to release a transcript of Roger Stone’s testimony to special counsel Robert Mueller.
Mueller requested the transcript on Dec. 14.
That could be a sign that Mueller is considering charges against Stone for lying to Congress. Stone says that he is not worried about Mueller obtaining the document.
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence voted unanimously Thursday to provide special counsel Robert Mueller with an official transcript of Trump confidant Roger Stone’s testimony.
The special counsel’s office requested the transcript on Dec. 14, The Washington Post reported, in a move that could signal Mueller is weighing charges against Stone for lying to Congress.
Stone, who testified to the committee on Sept. 26, 2017, told The Daily Caller News Foundation on Thursday that he is not worried about the release of a transcript of his closed-door deposition.
Stone has been a focus for the better part of a year of the special counsel, which wants to know what the longtime political operative knew about WikiLeaks’ plans during the 2016 campaign to release Democrats’ emails.
Stone has vehemently denied knowing the source or content of WikiLeaks’ release of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s emails. The group began publishing the documents on Oct. 7, 2016.
The Trump associate has come under scrutiny over several tweets he posted during the campaign as well as comments he made in public that suggested he had some idea WikiLeaks would release documents damaging to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
“[I]t will soon [be] the Podesta’s time in the barrel,” he tweeted on Aug. 21, 2016.
Stone has claimed that he was referring to John and his brother Tony Podesta, a lobbyist whose firm has since closed shop under scrutiny over work for the same Ukrainian group that led to charges against Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman.
Stone has claimed that when he sent the tweet, he had been briefed by Jerome Corsi, a conservative author, about the Podestas’ business dealings.
Corsi is another focus of the Mueller probe. Prosecutors offered Corsi a deal on Nov. 14 to plead guilty to making false statements regarding three emails he sent discussing WikiLeaks.
Corsi has claimed he developed a theory on his own in August 2016 that WikiLeaks had John Podesta’s emails and would release them before the election. He has also said that he told Stone about his theory, though Stone vehemently denies it.
Corsi did send Stone an email on Aug. 2, 2016 that referred to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and hacked Clinton-related emails.
“Word is friend in embassy plans 2 more dumps,” Corsi wrote in the email, referring to Assange, who lives under asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. “One shortly after I’m back. 2nd in Oct. Impact planned to be very damaging.”
“Time to let more than Podesta to be exposed as in bed w enemy if they are not ready to drop HRC,” Corsi wrote, adding: “That appears to be the game hackers are now about.”
Stone has claimed that he did not interpret Corsi’s message as saying that WikiLeaks had John Podesta’s emails.
Stone has said for more than a year in public that he had some insight into WikiLeaks’ plans through Randy Credico, a left-wing activist who is close friends to one of WikiLeaks’ attorneys. Stone has claimed that Credico provided him updates and tips on WikiLeaks, but that he never revealed the content of WikiLeaks’ releases or spoke of how the materials were obtained. (RELATED: Bombshell Text Messages Support Roger Stone’s Claims About WikiLeaks Back Channel)
Credico, who has testified before Mueller’s grand jury, has vehemently denied being a source for Stone. But Stone countered those denials on Nov. 14, when he released a batch of text messages showing that Credico provided tips about WikiLeaks’ plans. Credico also asked Stone not to reveal him as his contact to WikiLeaks, according to the texts.
“Julian Assange has kryptonite on Hillary,” Credico wrote to Stone on Aug. 27, 2016, according to text messages that Stone provided to TheDCNF.
“You are not going to drag my name into this are you,” Credico wrote on Sept. 29, 2016.
“[B]ig news Wednesday … Now pretend u don’t know me,” he also wrote on Oct. 1, 2016. “Hillary’s campaign will die this week.”
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/20/house-intel-roger-stone-mueller/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=atdailycaller
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Former minister Ivan Lewis has resigned his membership of the Labour Party and criticised Jeremy Corbyn for being "unwilling to condemn those whose hatred of Israel becomes Jew hatred"
https://twitter.com/SkyNewsBreak/status/1075792634713726978
Tesla Model S catches fire twice in 1 day in Los Gatos, California
Wednesday, December 19, 2018 01:40PM
LOS GATOS, Calif. (KABC) – A Tesla owner in Northern California says his Model S caught fire not once - but twice - on the same day.
The owner was driving in Los Gatos Tuesday when he got a flat tire. His car was towed to a shop, where it burst into flames.
Firefighters put out the fire but noticed it could reignite. They waited six hours for the battery to cool down before towing it to a new lot, where it caught fire again.
The owner said he just got the car three months ago and has only driven 1,200 miles in it.
Tesla is aware of the incident. The company said it is investigating and glad to hear that nobody got hurt.
https://abc7.com/video-tesla-model-s-bursts-into-flames-twice-in-1-day-in-ca/4930766/
https://twitter.com/i/status/1075794508724477954
NASDAQ COMPOSITE FALLS 20% FROM INTRADAY RECORD, ENTERS BEAR MARKET
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1075795580515958785
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Travelers face chaos after drones shut London's Gatwick Airport
(LONDON) — Thousands of passengers were delayed, diverted or stuck on planes Thursday as the only runway at Britain’s Gatwick Airport remained closed into a second day after drones were spotted over the airfield.
The airport south of London — Britain’s second-busiest by passenger numbers — closed its runway Wednesday evening after two drones were spotted. It reopened briefly at about 3 a.m. Thursday, but shut 45 minutes later after further sightings.
The airport said all incoming and outgoing flights were suspended. Passengers were advised to check the status of their flights before heading to the airport, where many slept on floors and formed long lines at information desks.
Chris Woodroofe, Gatwick’s chief operating officer, said that roughly 10,000 people had been affected by the shutdown by Thursday morning, including 2,000 whose planes were unable to take off from Gatwick, 2,000 stuck at their points of origin and 6,000 diverted to other airports in Britain and Europe.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1075794779131260928
http://time.com/5485167/drones-gatwick-airport-travel-chaos/?xid=tcoshare
Breaking: At least 1 dead, 8 injured after car ploughs into pedestrians at a bus stop in Recklinghausen, Germany. Police say the driver may have been trying to commit suicide.
https://twitter.com/PMBreakingNews/status/1075797892617637888
At least 5 GOP House members will attend noon meeting with President Trump over government funding, according to sources in their offices:
• Speaker Ryan
• House Majority Leader McCarthy
• House Majority Whip Scalise
• Rep. Meadows
• Rep. Jordan
12:04 PM - 20 Dec 2018
https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1075799003692982273
DHS Secretary Nielsen says asylum seekers will be forced to wait in Mexico
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dhs-secretary-nielsen-asylum-seekers-forced-wait-mexico/story?id=59920782
MAGNITUDE 7.8 QUAKE STRIKES 85 KM WSW FROM NIKOL'SKOYE, RUSSIA - USGS
https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/1075800771185266692
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Powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hits off Russia’s Far East
A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 has struck the Pacific Ocean off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, seismologists say. A tsunami alert has been issued.
The earthquake, which struck at 5:01 a.m. local time on Friday, was centered about 216 kilometers (134 miles) northwest of Ust’-Kamchatsk Staryy, or 301 kilometers (187 miles) northwest of Klyuchi.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.4. It struck about 9.6 kilometers (5.9 miles) below the seabed, making it a very shallow earthquake.
The Pacific Tsunami Warning has issued a tsunami alert for local coastlines. “Based on the preliminary earthquake parameters, hazardous waves are possible for coasts located within 300 km of the earthquake epicenter,” the center said in a bulletin.
https://bnonews.com/site/index.php/2018/12/powerful-earthquake-hits-off-russias-far-east/
Gatwick airport to stay closed after another drone sighting
LONDON (Reuters) - Another drone has been seen near Gatwick in the past hour and there is still no time set for the airport to reopen, its chief operating officer said on Thursday.
“It is clearly our intention to get open again, but only when it is safe to do so,” Chris Woodroofe told the BBC.
“Currently, we have had within the last hour another drone sighting, and so at this stage we are not open and I cannot tell you what time we will open.”
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-drones-gatwick-easyjet/easyjet-cancels-all-gatwick-flights-on-thursday-after-drones-ground-planes-idUKKCN1OJ2CQ?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c1bd07b04d301071eb7c556&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter