POTUS Notes
2017-03-11
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the federal government's investigation into Russian interference after reports emerged that he met with the Russian ambassador during the campaign, contradicting his earlier sworn testimony.
- Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was a paid agent of the Turkish government during the presidential campaign and failed to disclose as much until filing the necessary paperwork this week.
- President Trump signed a new executive order prohibiting the issue of visas to citizens of Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen for 90 days.
- Trump gave an address to a joint session of Congress that was largely overshadowed by a stream of leaks and bad press surrounding his current and former senior staff and cabinet appointees.