[SIZE=4]TRUMP: KHASHOGGI KILLING ‘WORST COVER-UP’
Trump called the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi “the worst cover-up ever.” He told journalists: “They had a very bad original concept. It was carried out poorly and the cover-up was one of the worst cover-ups in the history of cover-ups. Very simple. Bad deal, should have never been thought of. Somebody really messed up.” [HuffPost]
GOP CANDIDATE: VOTER SUPPRESSION CLAIMS ‘A FARCE’
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) defended his controversial record on voting rights during a gubernatorial debate with Stacey Abrams (D), claiming he was not purging voter rolls of people of color. “This farce about voter suppression and people being held up from being on the rolls … is absolutely not true,” Kemp said. [HuffPost]
TRUMP EX-LAWYER: MUELLER A ‘HERO’
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said he doesn’t buy Trump’s claim that the ongoing special counsel investigation is a “witch hunt.” Cobb told CNN’s Citizen Conference in New York, “Bob Mueller is an American hero in my view.” [HuffPost]
‘NO CHINESE ELECTION MEDDLING’
Facebook and Twitter say they’ve detected no Chinese meddling in the 2018 elections, casting doubt on claims by Trump that the Asian nation is trying to interfere. [Bloomberg]
BOLTON: U.S. WILL QUIT TREATY
The White House will quit a landmark nuclear treaty despite objections from Russia, national security adviser John Bolton said. “There’s a new strategic reality out there,” he told a news conference after a meeting with Vladimir Putin. [Reuters]
BLACK FLORIDA CANDIDATE MOCKED BY MINSTREL ROBOCALL
A white supremacist website in Idaho sent out a racist robocall against Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. Speaking in an exaggerated minstrel dialect, an actor pretends to be Gillum, saying: “Well hello there. I is the negro Andrew Gillum, and I be asking you to make me governor of this here state of Florida.” [HuffPost][/SIZE]