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In 2020 Democratic Fund-Raising, Five Candidates Stand Out (The New York Times) What we learned from yesterday’s second quarter FEC filing deadline. “Five Democratic presidential candidates raised a combined $96 million from individual donors in the last three months — about three-quarters of the total fund-raising by the entire Democratic field, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday.

We crunched the latest fund-raising numbers for the candidates, and the findings paint a picture of the diverging fortunes in the 2020 race. The numbers highlight the financial challenges that many of the lesser-known candidates are facing as they seek to keep their campaigns afloat.”

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Trump tells White House counselor Kellyanne Conway to ignore congressional subpoena (The Washington Post) More defiance. “White House counselor Kellyanne Conway will ignore a congressional subpoena at the request of President Trump, refusing to testify about a government watchdog’s findings that she broke the law dozens of times, the White House said Monday.

Last month, the House Oversight Committee authorized a subpoena for Conway after special counsel Henry Kerner said she blatantly violated the Hatch Act, a law that bars federal employees from engaging in politics during work.”

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ON 2020
RT The New York TImes Five Democratic presidential candidates raised a combined $96 million from individual donors in the last 3 months — about three-quarters of the total fund-raising by the entire Democratic field, according to reports nyti.ms/32qtht3

RT Michelle Ye Hee Lee We're getting official 2nd quarter fundraising reports from the Democratic presidential campaigns tonight. It's our first real look at the numbers beyond the most flattering figures they released the past 2 wks. I'll thread them here to keep track. Follow along!

ON CONWAY
RT Noah Bookbinder The President chose to ignore the appropriate recommendation that Conway be fired for repeated law violations. Now Congress in its oversight role has subpoenaed Conway, and the President has told her not to appear, once again resisting accountability. 2/2 wapo.st/32xybor

RT Project On Government Oversight 1/ Kellyanne Conway has ignored a congressional subpoena to testify about her Hatch Act violations: wapo.st/32xybor

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