Jeff Sessions, Dennis Rodman, Donald Trump: Your Morning Briefing
In a statement early Wednesday, the company said that Mr. Wu was "for personal reasons no longer able to perform his duties." In November, Mr. Wu met with Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law
and a top adviser, in a bid to buy a stake in a Manhattan office building partly owned by Mr. Kushner’s family company.
_____ • The U.S. attorney general, Jeff Sessions, told the Senate Intelligence Committee
that any suggestion that he colluded with Russians during the 2016 election was an "appalling and detestable lie." On Monday, a friend of President Trump said that Mr. Trump was considering whether to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible ties between Russia and his campaign.
[The New York Times] • A Bangladeshi diplomat was indicted in New York on charges of labor trafficking
and assault for forcing a servant to work without pay through threats and intimidation.
[The New York Times] • An Australian film crew was granted the first access inside Indonesia’s Kerobokan jail in Bali, a grossly overcrowded "place of creepy fascination in an island playground." [ABC] • This Interpreter column explains how the rivalry between Qatar
and Saudi Arabia has played out across the whole Middle East, inflaming chaos in the region.
_____ Maryland and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit claiming
that President Trump has used his position to help his businesses, like the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C.
• President Trump is close to adding six new trademarks to his portfolio in China, renewing deep concerns about his potential conflicts of interest.
