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President Trump also says he's sending his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to meet with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Trump's original 28-point plan calls for Ukraine to cede territory that Russia has annexed but not managed to win in nearly four years of war.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio negotiated some changes to the plan, and Trump says it has been, quote, fine-tuned.
Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
The Department of Justice will be appealing very soon, and it is our position that Lindsay Halligan is extremely qualified for this position, but more importantly, was legally appointed to it.
The judge ruled that Trump had not legally appointed Lindsey Halligan to the role of acting U.S.
attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Halligan secured the indictments against Comey and James in that role.
White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt today addressed the judge's decision.
Comey was indicted in September with charges of obstructing justice and making a false statement to the Senate.
James was indicted on charges of bank fraud and false statements to a financial institution.
The Department of Justice will be appealing very soon, and it is our position that Lindsay Halligan is extremely qualified for this position, but more importantly, was legally appointed to it.
The Department of Justice will be appealing very soon, and it is our position that Lindsay Halligan is extremely qualified for this position, but more importantly, was legally appointed to it.
No.
Let's be clear about what the president is responding to, because many in this room want to talk about the president's response, but not what brought the president to responding in this way.
You have sitting members of the United States Congress
who conspired together to orchestrate a video message to members of the United States military, to active duty service members, to members of the national security apparatus, encouraging them to defy the president's lawful orders.
The sanctity of our military rests on the chain of command.