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Where the Jan. 6 investigation heads next

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A video of President Donald Trump is shown on a screen, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing.

If polls are correct, it's likely that Republicans will flip the House in November — and if so, they are almost certain to dismantle the Jan. 6 committee. That means the panel has less than three months to finish up its investigation. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

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DRIVING THE DAY

Since the very first hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee, the panel has vowed to do three things: (1) correct the historical record of the aftermath of the 2020 election; (2) present the case that former President DONALD TRUMP was at the center of a scheme to overturn the results of a free and fair election; and (3) outline an ongoing attack on American democracy.

This afternoon, they're set to tie all three together in what is expected to be the committee's final televised hearing.

The hearing itself will "feature evidence that Trump's allies were pushing him to declare victory on Election Day 2020 even before the votes were counted, and that Trump was warned of the unfolding violence at the Capitol before he tweeted an inflammatory attack on then-Vice President MIKE PENCE," as our Nicholas Wu and Kyle Cheney write in their preview this morning.

But of perhaps equal importance is the hearing's place in the broader arc of post-insurrection Washington.

If polls are correct, it's likely that Republicans will flip the House in November — and if so, they are almost certain to dismantle the committee come January. That means the panel has less than three months to finish up its investigation, write and release its final report (likely in December) and make any legislative recommendations.

As such, today's session marks a transition to a new stage in the quest for accountability for the insurrection — one where the work will be confined almost entirely to the legal system. The hearing will function "as a segue of sorts to the criminal case that federal prosecutors are piecing together," as Nick and Kyle write, "bolstered by the recent issuance of dozens of grand jury subpoenas and court-authorized searches of some of Trump's top allies."

This combination of photos shows the members of the House select committee tasked with investigating the Jan. 6, attack. Top row from left, Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif. Bottom row from left, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla., Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

From top left: Reps. Jamie Raskin, Zoe Lofgren, Bennie Thompson, Elaine Luria, Pete Aguilar, Adam Kinzinger, Stephanie Murphy, Liz Cheney and Adam Schiff. | AP Photos

What's new about today's hearing … 

  • Everyone gets mic time. In a change from past hearings, every member of the committee will get a chance to speak. (The hearing is scheduled to last 2.5 hours.)
  • No live panelists. They've typically provided the most memorable (and newsiest) moments.
  • New footage of longtime Trump adviser ROGER STONE. NYT's Luke Broadwater reports that video obtained from a Danish documentary film crew "shows Mr. Stone using bellicose language, endorsing violence and laying out plans to create and exploit uncertainty about the election results to help Mr. Trump cling to power."
  • New evidence from the Secret Service. WaPo's Carol Leonnig and Jacqueline Alemany report that the committee plans to share new video and emails from the Secret Service "that appear to corroborate parts of the most startling inside accounts of that day. … One email the committee has obtained highlights the level of alarm inside Secret Service headquarters on Jan. 6 about the possibility that Trump would get his wish to head to the Capitol — and join a melee in progress." 

What is likely to be left out … 

Despite the new evidence, plenty of tantalizing questions are likely to remain unresolved, at least for the time being, Kyle and Nick told us. Among them:

  • What happens to MARK MEADOWS, KEVIN McCARTHY and STEVE BANNON, who have continued to resist testifying about their involvement in Trump's effort to subvert the election results?
  • How to handle Pence, whose resistance to Trump's withering pressure may have saved the republic but also left him alienated from a GOP base he's now cultivating for a potential 2024 bid.

One more thing: "The panel is unlikely to make a formal referral to the Justice Department, which is already deeply engaged in an investigation of matters connected to Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election," Kyle and Nick told us. "But members have already made clear they believe Trump violated multiple laws in his effort to cling to power — an assertion they are likely to home in on further in their hearing and final report. And investigators still need to determine a timetable for the release of their interview transcripts and recordings, or a potential framework for sharing their information with DOJ."

REFRESHER — "A guide to the biggest moments in the Jan. 6 hearings so far," by WaPo's Amber Phillips

ONE PLACE YOU WON'T BE HEARING ABOUT IT — "Why Jan. 6 is mostly absent from the midterms," by Jordain Carney, Sarah Ferris and Ally Mutnick

 

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STATISTIC OF THE DAY — By 2030, approximately 1 in 7 American voters will be LGBTQ, per new research conducted by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and Bowling Green State University, based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau. "The researchers expect to see that share grow to nearly 1-in-5 by 2040," Madison Fernandez reports.

FOLLOWING THE MONEY — NYT's Ken Vogel excavates LEONARD LEO's attempt to reshape American life via an "opaque, sprawling network" that has spent nearly $504 million since 2015, and which Leo has built "into one of the best-funded and most sophisticated operations in American politics, giving him extraordinary influence as he pushes a broad array of hot-button conservative causes and seeks to counter what he sees as an increasing leftward tilt in society."

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For Democrats, Oregon is suddenly in jeopardy.

Yesterday, we highlighted Biden's surprising decision to visit Oregon in the final weeks before the midterms, spurred by rising Democratic anxieties about multiple key races there.

Now, Christopher Cadelago and Zach Montellaro have a deep dive on the governor's race, where a three-way split could end a four-decade Dem stranglehold on the office.

"The race was competitive long before Biden rolled into town" to campaign for TINA KOTEK , Zach told Playbook on Wednesday night. "Republicans started making serious noise about the state once CHRISTINE DRAZAN won her fractured primary, and Democrats involved in governor races have long contended that the unique dynamics of the three-way primary made it sneakily competitive." Meanwhile, BETSY JOHNSON, a former Democratic state senator-turned-independent candidate, attracted major donations and is consistently polling in the high teens and low 20s, leading Dems to see her as something of a spoiler in the race.

"For my money, this is probably the second or third most competitive gubernatorial race this year," Zach told us. "That's not something I would have imagined saying even a year ago."

BIG PICTURE

CHOICE LANGUAGE — "How Democratic men are centering abortion access on the campaign trail," by The 19th's Shefali Luthra: JOHN FETTERMAN's "online videos emphasizing abortion rights largely feature endorsements from women, and a recent abortion-centric ad from Orange County's JAY CHEN, running in the competitive 45th Congressional District, also relies on a woman narrator. [ BETO] O'ROURKE does not appear until the end of his abortion-related TV ad; the clip is narrated by a variety of women.

"The strategy marks a contrast to the ads women are running in similarly competitive races. Sen. MAGGIE HASSAN , of New Hampshire, has also touted her stance on abortion rights — but her TV ad on the issue simply shows the senator talking to the camera. VAL DEMINGS, a member of the U.S. House who is challenging Florida Sen. MARCO RUBIO, has taken a similar approach."

BATTLE FOR THE SENATE

BARNES PUTS UP THE BAT-SIGNAL — As Democrat MANDELA BARNES starts to fall behind in polls in the Wisconsin Senate race, he's hoping for some big names to swoop in and save the day, Christopher Cadelago and Holly Otterbein report. "Barnes' campaign has privately reached out to BARACK OBAMA's team to get the former president on the trail in the closing days of his challenge to Republican Sen. RON JOHNSON, two people familiar with the outreach told POLITICO. … Among other proposals, Wisconsin Democrats have discussed bringing in President Joe Biden, two people familiar with the conversations said. They are in various stages of planning with Vice President KAMALA HARRIS and Sen. BERNIE SANDERS (I-Vt.)."

IN PENNSYLVANIA — Democrat JOHN FETTERMAN sat down with the Philly Inquirer's editorial board for an interview on Wednesday, where he said he would "emulate Democratic Sen. BOB CASEY if he's elected to the Senate, while distancing himself from both the left and right wings of his party," Jonathan Tamari and Julia Terruso write. "However, Fetterman was often vague in describing specific policies or the role he hoped to carve out in the Senate as he spoke for nearly 30 minutes with The Inquirer's editorial board and two reporters."

Worth noting: "Still, Fetterman's wide-ranging interview with The Inquirer was in sharp contrast to Republican nominee MEHMET OZ , who has been invited for a similar meeting and hasn't accepted."

"Disability Advocates Say The Response To John Fetterman Using Closed Captioning In An Interview As He Recovers From A Stroke Was 'Deeply Upsetting' And Stigmatizing," by BuzzFeed's David Mack

FWIW NBC's Dasha Burns, who conducted the interview, responded on Wednesday : "It's possible for two different reporters to have two different experiences w a candidate. Our team was in the room w him & reported what happened in it, as journalists do. … We were happy to accommodate closed captioning. Our reporting did not and should not comment on fitness for office. This is for voters to decide. What we do push for as reporters is transparency. It's our job. Fetterman sat down and answered our questions. That's his job." Watch the full interview

And an NBC spokesperson gave us this statement: "Dasha is a widely respected beat reporter on the Pennsylvania Senate race and has provided in-depth reporting from the state for the better part of the last year. We stand behind her extensive coverage of all the important dimensions of this year's Senate campaigns." 

MASTERS OF HIS FATE — PETER THIEL is giving MITCH McCONNELL's Senate Leadership Fund a late and somewhat unexpected offer to help fund Arizona GOP Senate nominee BLAKE MASTERS. Thiel is "willing to make a multimillion-dollar investment in the Arizona race on the condition the super PAC finds matching funds," Axios' Jonathan Swan and Josh Kraushaar report . "McConnell's team has said they are open to the idea but haven't yet raised the funds."

WARNOCK AND PEACE — "In a Georgia Race Rife With Controversy, Warnock Is a Study in Restraint," by NYT's Maya King in Atlanta: "While he still spends time ginning up support among his Democratic supporters, whose turnout he will badly need on Election Day, [Sen. RAPHAEL] WARNOCK has also campaigned extensively in deep-red parts of the state. He keeps his message to those groups broad, focusing on kitchen-table issues like health care and improving infrastructure. He is more likely to bring up the Republicans he has worked with in the Senate — MARCO RUBIO, TED CRUZ and TOMMY TUBERVILLE — than he is to mention President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris or Senator CHUCK SCHUMER."

SPLIT SCREEN IN NEVADA — A pair of stories on the race between Sen. CATHERINE CORTEZ MASTO (D-Nev.) and Republican ADAM LAXALT:

— Good news for Democrats: "Fourteen members of Laxalt family endorse Democratic rival, Cortez Masto, in Senate race," by the Nevada Independent's Jacob Solis: "The three-page letter, obtained by The Nevada Independent, does not mention Laxalt by name or his Senate campaign, focusing instead on praising Cortez Masto."

— Good news for Republicans: "Why Isn't The First Latina U.S. Senator Doing Better With Latino Voters?" by Newsweek's Adrian Carrasquillo: "If it happens, Republicans could gloat that their improvement with Latinos isn't limited just to south Texas and south Florida enclaves, but has moved to the competitive southwest. And it's not just that Cortez Masto is showing middling support among Latino voters. It also appears that Latino voters still aren't familiar with her."

 

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BATTLE FOR THE HOUSE

CASH DASH — "House GOP super PAC crosses $200M in midterm spending," by Ally Mutnick: "The Congressional Leadership Fund's latest spending deluge is spread across 16 districts and, notably, includes broadcast TV spending in the two biggest media markets in the country, going after Reps. TOM MALINOWSKI (D-N.J.) and KATIE PORTER (D-Calif.), according to advertising plans shared first with POLITICO. Seven of the target districts are ones that President Joe Biden carried by double-digit margins in 2020, a sign that Republicans are pushing to expand the map as far as possible in their bid to flip districts."

FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — Rep. SHARICE DAVIDS (D-Kan.) is reporting a record fundraising haul of $2.15 million and $1.5 million cash on hand heading into the last few weeks of the midterms. In the last quarter, Davids raised just over $1 million. She is taking on Republican challenger AMANDA ADKINS in Kansas' 3rd Congressional District.

BAD LOOK — "Dem candidate in key House race uses doctored photo to make female opponent look aggressive in campaign ad," by Fox News' Kyle Morris

BATTLE FOR THE STATES

JUST POSTED — The latest episode of KARA SWISHER's podcast is up, featuring a wide-ranging interview with STACEY ABRAMS. Among the topics: abortion rights, BRIAN KEMP ("He has done everything Donald Trump wanted. The only thing he didn't do was commit treason."), whether she thinks Biden should run in 2024 ("Yes.") and whether she will run in 2024 ("No. I will be the governor of Georgia."). Listen here

HOT POLLS

Wisconsin: Republican Sen. RON JOHNSON is leading Democrat MANDELA BARNES, 52% to 46%, in the latest Marquette University Law School poll. And Democratic Gov. TONY EVERS holds a slight lead over Republican TIM MICHELS in the gubernatorial race, 47% to 46%.

— Arizona: The pro-MARK KELLY Center Street PAC has the Democratic senator up over BLAKE MASTERS, 55% to 38%.

— Utah: Center Street PAC, which is also backing independent Senate contender EVAN McMULLIN, finds a striking discrepancy: GOP Sen. MIKE LEE leads 50% to 38% among likely voters, but just 38% to 37% among registered voters.

HOT ADS

Via Steve Shepard

Oklahoma: Facing a tougher-than-expected campaign for reelection, GOP Gov. KEVIN STITT is attacking Democrat JOY HOFMEISTER for her oil and gas policies. "Just like Joe Biden," a narrator says, "Joy Hofmeister would be devastating for Oklahoma."

BIDEN'S THURSDAY (all times Eastern):

2:15 p.m.: The president will deliver remarks on infrastructure in Los Angeles.

10:45 p.m.: Biden will participate in a DCCC reception.

VP KAMALA HARRIS' THURSDAY: The VP will deliver remarks at the White House Accelerating Infrastructure Summit at 11:20 a.m.

THE HOUSE is out. The Jan. 6 committee will hold its latest (and perhaps last) public hearing at 1 p.m.

 

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PHOTO OF THE DAY

Plaintiff William Sherlach, left, hugs attorney Josh Koskoff while plaintiff Nicole Hockley hugs attorney Chris Mattei following the jury verdict and reading of monetary damages in the Alex Jones defamation trial.

Family members of the Sandy Hook victims hug attorneys following the jury verdict and reading of monetary damages in the Alex Jones defamation trial in Waterbury, Conn., on Wednesday, Oct. 12. | Brian A. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, Pool

PLAYBOOK READS

MAR-A-LAGO FALLOUT

TALE OF THE TAPE — A Trump aide told federal agents that he moved boxes at Trump's Mar-a-Lago compound "at the specific direction of the former president," WaPo's Devlin Barrett and Josh Dawsey scooped.

And NYT's Maggie Haberman and Alan Feuer report that footage "showed WALT NAUTA , a former military aide who left the White House and then went to work for Mr. Trump at Mar-a-Lago, moving boxes from a storage room that became a focus of the Justice Department's investigation. … As part of its investigation, the Justice Department has interviewed Mr. Nauta on several occasions, according to one of the people. Those interviews started before the F.B.I. executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8 and carted off more than 11,000 documents, including about 100 that bore classification markings. Mr. Nauta has answered questions but is not formally cooperating with the investigation of Mr. Trump's handling of the documents."

THE WHITE HOUSE

COMMS SHOP SHAKEUP — The White House has announced another round of staff maneuvers for the comms department, billing it as the last of the second-year shakeups, WaPo's Michael Scherer reports. JENNIFER MOLINA will be deputy comms director, ANDREW BATES will take on the role of senior comms adviser for strategic response, EMILIE SIMONS will become deputy press secretary and MICHAEL KIKUKAWA and ROBYN PATTERSON will be assistant press secretaries.

CONGRESS

THE MIDTERM STAKES — "Dems' real midterm prize: Command of the judicial wars," by Burgess Everett: "In the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Democrats held a mid-October hearing for six of President Joe Biden's picks for lifetime judicial appointments. Only two senators physically attended, and a big question hung over the proceedings: Will Biden's party have two more months to approve his judges — or two more years?"

MORE POLITICS

THE LATEST IN L.A. — Los Angeles City Council member NURY MARTINEZ announced her resignation on Wednesday, ending her tenure after leaked audio over the weekend featured her making racist remarks in a meeting with other council colleagues. "The move came amid mounting pressures from all corners of politics, from President Biden to council colleagues and many community activists," L.A. Times' David Zahniser, Julia Wick, Dakota Smith and Benjamin Oreskes write .

"Secret tapes expose LA's racial fault lines — and give Bass an edge," by Alexander Nieves and Lara Korte: "If [Rep. KAREN] BASS defeats billionaire developer RICK CARUSO, she will be the first Black woman to lead L.A. — and get the chance to be a peacemaker in her bitterly divided hometown."

WILD ONE — "Michigan county hires 'Stop the Steal' ringleader to recruit poll workers," by Heidi Przybyla

JAN. 6 AND ITS AFTERMATH

AT THE OATH KEEPERS TRIAL — "Oath Keeper testifies about mass of guns allegedly stored near D.C. on January 6," by CNN's Holmes Lybrand and Hannah Rabinowitz

WAR IN UKRAINE

PUTIN ON THE FRITZ — A majority of countries voted to admonish Russia "over its claims to have annexed Ukrainian territory, with 143 voting in favor of a critical U.N. resolution after heavy lobbying by the U.S., Britain and the European Union," Nahal Toosi and Ryan Heath report. "It was a stronger showing than many Western officials had predicted ahead of the vote." The five countries that voted against: Russia, North Korea, Syria, Belarus and Nicaragua.

 

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TRUMP CARDS

FOR THOSE KEEPING TRACK — "Durham presents new evidence on day 2 of Danchenko trial," by Kelly Hooper and Josh Gerstein

POLICY CORNER

THE LOAN LITIGATION — "GOP-led states urge judge to block Biden student debt relief plan," by WaPo's Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

THE ECONOMY

INFLATION NATION — Officials at the Fed and within the Biden administration see promising signs that the U.S. might finally be through the worst of inflation. But don't expect them to declare victory anytime soon, Victoria Guida writes this morning.

"The situation underscores the peril faced by Fed officials: They're not confident in their ability to forecast at the moment, and they don't want to back off before inflation is well and truly tamed. But because they won't be acting on mere hints that they're winning that fight, they run a greater risk of ramping up interest rates higher than they need to, causing unnecessary job losses and economic turmoil."

BEYOND THE BELTWAY

JONES TRIAL LATEST — A jury ordered Infowars founder ALEX JONES to pay $965 million to the families of eight victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting and an FBI agent who was on the scene in the aftermath, NYT's Elizabeth Williamson reports from Waterbury, Conn. "Mr. Jones … had been found liable for defamation after he spent years falsely describing the shooting as a hoax and accusing the victims' families of being actors complicit in the plot."

Jones' reaction, via NBC's @BrandyZadrozny: "As the jury reads the damages and the Sandy Hook parents weep, Alex Jones is on his broadcast, laughing and assuring his audience that he won't actually be paying any of this money."

Flashback: Shortly after the verdict, this tweet from J.D. VANCE from Sept. 5, 2021 was resurfaced: "Alex Jones is a far more reputable source of information than RACHEL MADDOW. One of them is censored by the regime. The other promoted by it."

FROM ONE SWAMP TO ANOTHER — "UF's presidential search was not done as Florida law intended, lawmaker says," by the Tampa Bay Times' Divya Kumar: "The law keeps the early part of presidential searches secret as a way to attract high-caliber applicants who don't want to jeopardize their current jobs. But it also requires universities to lift that confidentiality when 'a final group of applicants' emerges. Instead, UF officials announced one finalist, U.S. Sen. BEN SASSE, and have refused to release the names of a dozen people they interviewed after reaching out to hundreds of possible candidates."

THE MIGRANT FLIGHTS — "Federal Watchdog Scrutinizes Florida's Use of Relief Funds in Transporting Migrants," by NYT's Alan Rappeport

 

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PLAYBOOKERS

Clarence Thomas revealed he was a Prince fan in the 1980s. "No longer?" Elena Kagan asked. "Only on Thursday nights," he said.

Maggie Haberman's "Confidence Man" debuted at No. 1 on the NYT Best Sellers list.

Trevor Noah announced his final date as host of "The Daily Show."

SPOTTED: Jamie Dimon and Tim Berry dining at Bobby Van's on Wednesday night.

OUT AND ABOUT — SPOTTED at a party for Michael Fanone's new book, "Hold the Line: The Insurrection and One Cop's Battle for America's Soul," ($28) hosted by Patrick Gorman on Capitol Hill on Wednesday night: Peter Strzok, Yevgeny Vindman, Harry Dunn, Aquilino Gonell, Daniel Hodges, Aram Roston, Mimi Hall, Peter Eisler, Nancy La Vigne, Matthew Gorman, John Shiffman, Nicholas Wu, Michael Schaffer, Beth Reinhard and Ronnie Greene.

— SPOTTED on Wednesday night at a fall party hosted by Engage and Rachel Pearson featuring conversations with Evan Ryan and Pamela Brown at the Top of the Hay: Liz Johnson, Kate Meissner, Kevin Cirilli, Matt Bennett, Ali Rubin, Kimball Stroud, Adrienne Elrod, Joe Hack, Susanna Quinn, Todd Webster, Reema Dodin, Katie Brown, Elyse Wasch, Pamela Thiessen, Amy Kroll, Francesca Craig, Catherine Valentine, Veronica Pollock, Hannah Hardin, Jamie Rhoades, Marcie Kinzel and Bradford Kane.

— SPOTTED at a dinner at the Hamilton Hotel celebrating Glamour Magazine's 100th anniversary hosted by EIC Samantha Barry: Dana Bash, Sam Feist, Abby Phillip, Adrienne Elrod, Ashley Biden, Olivia Nuzzi, Michael LaRosa, Poppy Harlow, Kaitlan Collins, John McCarthy, Courtney O'Donnell, Nikki Schwab, Meghan Hays, Liz Johnson, Judy Kurtz, Emily Dredd, Sheila Nix and Ali Rubin.

TRANSITIONS — Alec Bickerstaff is joining Wunderman Thompson Health as a senior engagements strategist. He previously was senior research analyst at HarrisX and is a Targeted Victory alum. … Josh Nadas is now legislative affairs specialist at the U.S. Forest Service. He previously was legislative affairs specialist at the National Park Service.

ENGAGED — Ashley Doyle, director of operations for Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and a RNC and FP1 Strategies alum, and Joe Batchelder, a cybersecurity defense analyst at DoD, got engaged on Saturday, Oct. 8, in Old Town Alexandria. Joe took Ashley out on their first date on Valentine's Day in 2020 to Crimson in Chinatown after matching on Hinge. Pic

WEEKEND WEDDING — Zak Sawyer, director at The Levinson Group, and Brian Shaw, compliance manager at Freddie Mac, got married on Oct. 8 at St. Vincent Wine in D.C. The couple met on Instagram in 2015. Pic Another pic

HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Second gentleman Doug Emhoff … Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) … Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) … White House's Clarence WardellTiffany Trump … Fox News' Harris Faulkner … Revv's Gerrit LansingAri Fleischer … FGS Global's Jack Krumholtz, Nedra Pickler and Gregg Rothschild … RNC's Nate Brand … POLITICO's Ry Rivard and Emily Cadei … The 19th's Candice Norwood … WaPo's Alice Crites … K&L Gates' Dan Crowley (6-0) … NBC's Rebecca Shabad and Alexis SaundersSarah StevensCarla Sands Michael TomaskyRichard D. Siegel … CAP's Jerry Parshall Judy PinoJeffrey KimbellChristen Linke YoungDaryl MullerJoanna Burgos … Meta's Carrie AdamsBilly Bush

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