<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Down the Rabbit Hole
What We’re Following
Washington’s Reckoning: Senator Al Franken of Minnesota announced his decision to resign under pressure from his fellow Democrats, following allegations from several women that he groped or tried to kiss them without their consent. Yet Roy Moore, the Senate candidate from Alabama, hasn’t lost support from conservative Christians amid reports of his own sexual misconduct, perhaps in part because voters on the religious right prioritize candidates’ personal morality less than they used to. Indeed, since before his election, President Trump has faced accusations of sexual misconduct from at least 19 women, who describe a wide range of incidents spanning the last three decades. Here are all their stories.
An account from an anonymous whistleblower about his contacts with Russia: He may have been working to remove sanctions on Russia in order to push a business deal forward. Meanwhile, the revelation that Peter Strzok, an FBI agent, was reassigned away from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team because he’d written texts critical of Trump has , though there’s no proof Strzok did anything wrong. For his part, Trump has responded to the escalating investigation with a strategy that parallels former President Richard Nixon’s—.
