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The Coming $100 Million Senate Race $75 Million Senate Race in 2016; Money Floods In; Hill, Braun May Enter by BRIAN A V22, N38 Friday, June 9, 2017 The coming $100 million Senate race $75 million Senate race in 2016; money floods in; Hill, Braun may enter By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – In 1998, the U.S. Senate race between Democrat Evan Bayh and Republican Paul Helmke ended up in the $4 million range. In 2010, Republican Dan Coats and Democrat Brad Ellsworth spent $9 million. And in 2012, Sen. Dick Lugar, Treasurer Richard Mourdock and Republicans Eric Holcomb and Marlin Stutzman, and it and Democrat Joe Donnelly saw a combined $51 million topped $75 million. course through their campaigns, including $32,844,0452 With the Senate balance in the 2018 mid-terms from outside groups. potentially hanging on U.S. Sen. Donnelly’s reelection, Howey Politics Indiana added up the total cost Hoosiers are probably looking at a $100 million race. U.S. of the 2016 showdown between Republican Todd Young Continued on page 3 and Democrat Evan Bayh, along with Democrat Baron Hill Director Comey’s rebuke By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – It was a stark assessment from the fired FBI Director James Comey: The president of the United States is a liar. In the May 9 dismissal by President Trump, Comey told the Senate Intelligence Committee in sensational testi- “Despite so many false state- mony Thursday, “The administration then chose to defame me and more importantly the FBI, by saying the organi- ments and lies, total and com- zation was poorly plete vindication ... and WOW, led. Those were lies, plain and simple.” At Comey is a leaker.” least five other times, Comey questioned - President Trump tweeting the truthfulness of his reaction to the James President Trump. It brought about Comey testimony today this response from White House spokes- Page 2 man Sarah Huckabee Sanders: “I can The other huge takeaway was definitively say the president is not that Comey believes that the Kremlin a liar. It’s frankly insulting that that sought to interfere in the American question would be asked.” It was akin election, though he doesn’t believe to President Nixon saying in 1973, the Russians were able to penetrate “I’m not a crook.” state voting systems. “They are com- Trump, speaking Thursday ing after us. That happened. That’s at the Faith and Freedom Coalition in about as unfake as you can possibly Washington, said before the Comey get, and it’s very, very serious,” Comey session was over, “We are under said. “The Russians interfered in our Howey Politics Indiana siege,” but that “we will come out election in 2016. They did it with pur- WWHowey Media, LLC 405 bigger and better and stronger than pose, with sophistication. There is no Massachusetts Ave., Suite ever.” Going into the testimony, there fuzz on that.” 300 Indianapolis, IN 46204 was wide speculation that Trump And Trump found former would be tweeting, but didn’t until this Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s www.howeypolitics.com morning when he said, “Despite so conduct during the Hillary Clinton many false statements and lies, total email probe “concerning,” saying she Brian A. Howey, Publisher and complete vindication...and WOW, wanted the FBI chief to frame it as Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington Comey is a leaker!” a “matter” instead of an Jack E. Howey, Editor For three rivet- “investigation.” ing hours, Americans Another key takeaway Mary Lou Howey, Editor got Comey’s assessment was that committee Re- Mark Curry, photography of Trump’s character. publicans were not parti- We learned that Comey san in their questions, with Subscriptions leaked his extensive Idaho Sen. James Risch memo to the media via a actually praising the former HPI, HPI Daily Wire $599 Columbia University law director. HPI Weekly, $350 professor about the Feb- While the White Ray Volpe, Account Manager ruary dinner he had with House declared the presi- 317.602.3620 Trump. We learned that dent “vindicated” by the email: [email protected] Trump repeatedly pressed Comey statement released Comey for his “loyalty.” on Wednesday and then The former director said that senior the testimony Thursday that Comey Contact HPI FBI oficials were “shocked” by Trump’s had told Trump he wasn’t the target [email protected] appeals to drop the Russian probe and of the investigation, the new reality lay off former security adviser Mike is that due to Trump’s pressing for a Howey’s cell: 317.506.0883 Flynn. Comey said he didn’t have the “quid pro quo” on Comey remaining in Washington: 202.256.5822 “presence of mind” or courage to tell office for a termination of the Rus- Business Office: 317.602.3620 Trump the request was inappropriate. sia probe, the investigation of Special “I was fired,in some way to Counsel Robert Mueller could very well © 2017, Howey Politics change the way the Russia investiga- end up in the Oval Office. tion was being conducted,” Comey Judge Andrew Napolitano, Indiana. All rights reserved. said. “And that is a very big deal. I a Fox News commentator, called the Photocopying, Internet forward- took it as a direction. I mean, it’s the Comey session potentially dangerous ing, faxing or reproducing in president of the United States with me for Trump. While Comey’s testimony any form, whole or part, is a saying, ’I hope this’ … I took it as this didn’t expressly indicate a criminal act, violation of federal law without is what he wants me to do,” Comey Napolitano said, “It advanced the ball said. “I didn’t obey that. But that’s the on the seriousness of this. You get permission from the publisher. way I took it. I felt my job was contin- a very, very credible and compelling gent upon how well he thought I was argument that president of the United doing and whether I demonstrated States has not been truthful with the loyalty.” American people.” Asked why he didn’t rebuff Comey’s testimony came a Trump, Comey said, “Maybe if I were day after Director of National Intelli- stronger I would have; I was so gence Dan Coats and Natural Security stunned by the conversation that I Agency Adm. Mike Rogers refused just took it in.” to reveal specific conversations with Page 3 Trump, saying they didn’t feel “pressured” by Trump to Just hours before, White House said Trump had end the probe, as the Washington Post reported, but they fired Comey solely on the recommendation of the deputy would not confirm or deny that the topic had come up. attorney general for his handling of the Clinton email And in a Watergate parallel, Comey offered his investigation. Vice President Mike Pence told reporters on memos of nine conversations with Trump, then said he Capitol Hill, “He provided strong leadership ... to act on hoped Trump would turn over audio tapes he has claimed the recommendation of the deputy attorney general.” on Twitter to possess, saying at one point, “I’ve seen the Former Director of National Intelligence James tweet about ‘tapes’ and Lordy, I hope there are tapes.” Clapper reacted, saying, “What I saw today reinforced” “The president surely knows if he taped me. And that Russia scandal more serious than Watergate. “Quite if he did, my feelings aren’t hurt,” Comey said. “Release damning and very disturbing.” all the tapes.” The White House has yet to confirm the The Weekly Standard’s William Kristol tweeted, “I tapes exist, but if they do, the idea that a Watergate-style happen to have seen various GOP Senators this afternoon. “smoking gun” is out there could be enough to bring down Trust me: Basically, they’re not just concerned. They’re this presidency. pretty terrified.” When U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein pressed The Wall Street Journal editorialized today, call- Comey on whether he was fired due to the Russian probe, ing Comey’s testimony a “passion play” whose testimony Comey responded, “Yes, because I’ve seen the president “did expose the methods of the highly political former FBI say so.” That was in reference to Trump’s interview with director” and said he should have resigned. NBC’s Lester Holt in which he contradicted Vice President Speaker Paul Ryan defended Trump, saying Trump Mike Pence and press secretary Sean Spicer saying the wasn’t “steeped in the long-running protocols” of how firing was based on a Department of Justice memo. “And to interact with law enforcement and is “new at this.” He in fact when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said added, “When the FBI director tells him on three different ‘you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a occasions he is not under investigation, yet the speculation made-up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats for having swirls around the political system that he is, that’s frustrat- lost an election that they should have won,’” Trump had ing. I think the American people now know why he was told Holt. frustrated.” v opening for an outsider, and he responded, “I don’t know $100 million race, from page 1 if that’s a factor. In the attorney general’s race, I came in Reps. Luke Messer and Todd Rokita are expected to post from northern Indiana, outside of ordinary courses of the around $2 million when the second quarter FEC reports political process in Indianapolis and I think that’s played are filed next month. The Republican field also includes a role in my success as attorney general. I don’t see that businessman Terry Henderson, Kokomo attorney Mark changing. I think it’s good to have a healthy perspective Hurt and New Albany educator Andrew Takami.
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