Michael Bloomberg rules himself out of 2020 presidential bid – as it happened

By Gabrielle Canon in Oakland (now) and Lauren Gambino in Washington (earlier)

Billionaire former New York mayor says he will not run for president in 2020 – follow all the latest

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Wrapping up for the evening. Here’s what happened today:

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Congressman Adam Schiff, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, responded today to Trump’s complaints that Democrats were taking a “wrecking ball” to his life, by rebuking Republicans for not investigating the Administration sooner.

“Two years of a Republican Congress that did no oversight whatsoever,” Schiff said to CNN reporter Manu Raji. “Every day we learn about new impropriety. For a president that talked about draining the swamp, he has filled the swamp to overflowing”.

Schiff, responding to Trump saying Dems are trying to take a “wrecking ball” to his life, told me: “I’m not surprised he doesn’t like the idea of oversight because I think he’s all too conscious of the corruption large and small in the administration.” pic.twitter.com/5si4bEQ9uH

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