That new poll came just before fresh accusations that have rocked the Trump administration on an entirely new set of circumstances beyond impeachment — this time the accusation from three women that EU ambassador Gordon Sondland had retaliated against them after they turned down his unwanted sexual advances, which included alleged forced kissing and exposing himself.
The accusations were detailed by a joint report from ProPublica and Portland Monthly, and were denied by the Seattle hotelier. Even so, they make him the latest high profile Trump ally to be accused of sexual misconduct after the likes of Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh, and the president himself.
Meanwhile, as the House Judiciary Committee announced its plans for the next stage of the inquiry and invited the president to attend, The New York Times reported Mr Trump knew about the CIA whistleblower’s initial complaint when he finally released the withheld $391m (£302m) military assistance to Kiev, a tactic that prompted two White House budget officials to resign in protest, according to the latest published witness transcript.
Before that, president Trump gave his latest 2020 campaign rally in Florida on Tuesday night, denouncing the investigation into his quid pro quo call with Volodymyr Zelensky as “bull****” and encouraging his supporters to chant the word in defiance.
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On Wednesday, he spent some of his day tweeting about the day’s events, including a photoshopped image with his face on top of the much younger, much fitter Rocky Balboa’s body.
Ex-Clinton strategist advising Trump on impeachment
Mark Penn, a forrmer adviser to Bill and Hillary Clinton, spent more than an hour in the Oval Office last week reassuring Trump on impeachment and offering him insight into how the 42nd president handled the process back in 1998, according to The Washington Post.
Penn and Trump also reportedly discussed the polls, with the pollster encouraging Trump to travel more and focus on governing.
The news is being met with glee in Democratic circles, who fondly recall his sacking by Hillary in 2008 and point to his subsequent career as a Fox pundit for hire as a reason not to take him seriously.
Celebrities have been sticking it to Trump with some vehemence this week.
Hollywood legend and All The President's Men star Robert Redford has written an opinion piece for NBC's THINK platform in which he accuses Trump of a "dictator-like attack... on everything this country stands for" and turning America into a "monarchy in disguise".
"What is happening, right now, is so deeply disturbing that instead of the United States of America, we are now defined as the Divided States of America," the veteran wrote. "Leaders on both sides lack the fundamental courage to cross political aisles on behalf of what is good for the American people."
"We're at a point in time where I reluctantly believe that we have much to lose - it is a critical and unforgiving moment," he said. "This monarchy in disguise has been so exhausting and chaotic, it's not in the least bit surprising so many citizens are disillusioned."
Over on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Robert De Niro - promoting The Irishman - compared the current state of America with "living in an abusive household".
"To me, it’s more than heartbreaking, it’s a really, really serious situation we’re in,” the actor said of the Trump presidency. "I don’t want to bring people down but… it’s a serious situation.
"It’s like living in an abusive household. You don’t know what’s going to happen next, what crazy thing is going to happen next, what’s going to make you say, 'What the hell is going on?'"
Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride andWhen Harry Met Sally director Rob Reiner meanwhile had this to say on Melania...
...the winner though is surely Mia Farrow, who tweeted this about Don Jr and Eric's taste for big game hunting.
President returning to Buckingham Palace for Nato reception
Trump will return to Buckingham Palace next week, five months on from his pomp-and-ceremony state visit in the summer.
The president and first lady are due to attend a reception for Nato leaders hosted by the Queen next Tuesday. It is part of a string of events designed to mark 70 years since the founding of the alliance, about which Trump has frequently griped.
Prince Andrew will not on the guest list, however, in the wake of his damaging BBC Newsnight interview in which he was grilled on his friendship with the convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein - also a former pal of Trump's, you will recall.
Federal prosecutors looking into Giuliani's donations to Trump fund
Things keep getting worse for the president's personal lawyer.
In addition to getting dropped in it by Trump yesterday, federal prosecutors with the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York are reportedly looking into Rudy Giuliani’s donations to a pro-Trump super PAC while "exploring a wide range of potential crimes" involving two of his associates - Soviet-born businessmen Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman - who were previously charged with campaign finance violations.
Trump's education secretary to expand rights for students accused of sexual assault
Trump’s education secretary Betsy DeVos will narrow the government’s scope of what is considered sexual harassment and expand rights for students accused of sexual assault in a new series of rules for universities.
Texas GOP accidentally emails 2020 strategy to rival Democrats
The Texas Republican Party accidentally emailed its strategy for the 2020 election to rival Democrats, revealing a plan over the next 12 months that will see it attempting to push back on the narrative that the GOP lacks diversity and working to counteract Donald Trump's potential negative impact on the race.
Joe Biden still leading Democratic 2020 challengers in latest CNN poll as Pete Buttigieg rises
Here's the latest national polling on the 2020 Democrats from CNN, with Joe Biden still well out in front and Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg his only serious contenders at present.
Barack Obama 'would speak out to stop Bernie Sanders securing 2020 nomination'
Barack Obama has indicated privately that he would speak out to stop Vermont senator Bernie Sanders from securing the Democratic nomination in 2020, Politico reports today.
A close adviser to the 44th president told the site: "He hasn’t said that directly to me. The only reason I'm hesitating at all is because, yeah, if Bernie were running away with it, I think maybe we would all have to say something. But I don't think that's likely. It's not happening".
While Obama has largely stayed quiet about the specific candidates he did say earlier this month: "Look, we have a field of very accomplished, very serious and passionate and smart people who have a history of public service, and whoever emerges from the primary process I will work my tail off to make sure that they are the next president."
Ex-DNC employee forced to argue in Devin Nunes lawsuit: 'Cows can't operate a Twitter account'
Devin Nunes - the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee currently facing questions about a mystery trip to Vienna last December that may or may not embroil him in the Ukraine scandal - is still attempting to sue over the Twitter accounts Devin Nunes' Cow and Devin Nunes' Mom that mock him so relentlessly and hilariously.
Nunes is seeking $250m (£194m) in damages, accusing Twitter of "facilitating defamation".
The below is a genuine comment from a new filing from the attorney of Adam Parkhomenko, a former Democratic National Committee (DNC) employee allegedly associated with the former account who received a subpoena from the Republicans' lawyer Steven Bliss demanding emails, text messages and direct Twitter messages between the operators of the accounts and himself.
"No reasonable person would believe that Devin Nunes’ cow actually has a Twitter account, or that the hyperbole, satire and cow-related jokes it posts are serious facts. It is self-evident that cows are domesticated livestock animals and do not have the intelligence, language, or opposable digits needed to operate a Twitter account."
Ex-baseball star under fire for tweet about teaching kids to shoot in case Bernie Sanders wins 2020 election
Like Obama, another man not keen on the thought of a Bernie Sanders administration is retired baseball star Aubrey Huff.
The latter though is so opposed to Sanders he posted this truly alarming message below from a firing range claiming he had been teaching his kids to score head shots in anticipation of a future Bernie presidency.
Comedian Kathy Griffin and actor Tom Arnold are among those taking the fight to Huff.
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