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MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS - US Daily Brief 13-01-23

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  • President Joe Biden has two key bilateral meetings on the agenda. Today, he will meet Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to discuss deepening cooperation on defence and on Tuesday he will meet Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
  • Japan and the Netherlands are key producers of semiconductors and both have expressed reservations to plans to tighten export controls to restrain China’s military development.
  • The Department of Justice yesterday named Robert Hur to investigate the classified government documents found in two private locations associated with President Joe Biden.
  • The emergence of the Biden documents significantly undermines the Department of Justice's prospect of prosecuting a criminal case against former President Donald Trump and hands the GOP a political gift which will lay the groundwork for House Republicans to pursue probes into the Biden administration and an alleged “weaponization” of the DOJ.
  • US officials have suggested that the appointment of Valery Gerasimov to lead the Russian military operation in Ukraine indicates that the Kremlin is struggling to identify effective leadership of the war.
  • Poll of the Day: More voters identify as Republican than Democrat for the first time since 2011.

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