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Trump Exaggerates Mueller Team’s Ties to Obama and Democrats

[ad_1] Fact Check of the Day President Trump claimed “all these investigators” are Democrats — an overstatement — and incorrectly said that Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, served under President Obama for eight years. President Trump addressing the National Rifle Association Leadership Forum on Friday in Dallas. Credit Tom Brenner/The New York Times President Trump said “So you have all these investigators; they’re Democrats. In all fairness, Bob Mueller worked for Obama for eight years.” the facts This is exaggerated. At least nine of the 17 lawyers on the team led by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, have donated to Democratic campaigns, according to Federal Election Commission records. One has previously identified as a Democrat in a blog post . Three others are registered as Democrats, The Washington Post and PolitiFact have reported. But the political affiliations of the remaining four lawyers are unclear. A spokesman for the special counsel’s office confi...

As U.S. and Chinese Teams Meet on Trade, One Side Has an Edge in Expertise

[ad_1] Both countries have played down the possibility that the negotiations will resolve the simmering tensions between them. Still, Chinese officials’ lack of experience in international trade law could make it even harder for the two sides to find common ground before the talks end on Friday. “We’re in a situation where the ministry of commerce doesn’t have all the people in place that it wants to have,” said James Zimmerman, a former four-time chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Beijing, citing the Chinese agency that traditionally handles trade matters. “I really think they are unprepared for the negotiation that is taking place.” Chinese officials dispute that characterization, saying the reorganization will not hurt a stance that they describe as tough but of flexible. “I don’t think it is a problem, or that this process of organizational reform will affect the ability to negotiate,” Li Gang, the vice president of the Chinese commerce ministry’s research and ...