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SLAMMED: GIANFORTE WINS, vows to ‘stay out of limelight’ — TRUMP at G7: Declines to discuss whether GERMANY is bad — JARED KUSHNER a focus of Russia inquiry

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GREG GIANFORTE, the Republican facing misdemeanor assault charges for allegedly body slamming Ben Jacobs, won a special election for the Montana House seat late last night. (The AP alert came into our email at 12:31 a.m., but top House Republicans were texting us around 11 p.m., telling us Gianforte had it in the bag.)

— RESULTS as of 4:20 a.m. in Montana, per the secretary of state: Greg Gianforte 50, Rob Quist 44. http://bit.ly/2s2gXfB

THE MEA CULPAS — NYT’S JONATHAN MARTIN IN BOZEMAN and ALEX BURNS IN NEW YORK — “‘You deserve a congressman who stays out of the limelight and just gets the job done,’ he said to a group of supporters at a hotel in Bozeman, who repeatedly yelled out that they forgave him.” http://nyti.ms/2rXgzjf

ELENA SCHNEIDER — “‘When you make a mistake, you have to own up to it. That’s the Montana way,’ Gianforte said. ‘Last night I made a mistake and I took an action that I can’t take back. I’m not proud of what happened. I should not have responded in the way that I did and for that I am sorry.’ ‘I should not have treated that reporter that way and for that I am sorry Mr. Ben Jacobs,’ he added. Gianforte, however, did not address his campaign’s contradictory statement released last night.” http://politi.co/2r2o1tf

GABE DEBENEDETTI’S 5 TAKEAWAYS: “Trump was an asset, not a drag … All eyes shift to Georgia … So when do Democrats actually win something? … The Republican freak-out has been delayed … Press-bashing: the new normal.” http://politi.co/2rnCovo

— WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, MR. GIANFORTE. The Capitol has hundreds of reporters roaming around daily. Cameras are running at all times. Recorders are thrust into lawmakers face all day. We have practically unfettered access to everywhere besides the House floor and your private office. Expect to get a lot of questions on this on the days to come.

— THE GOFUNDME. Danny Carlson set up a GoFundMe page to pay for Ben Jacobs’ new glasses. (Warby Parker also offered him a pair.) The drive, which has a goal of $10,000, has raised $2,660 so far. Ben emailed Danny saying “If you could donate it all to [the Committee to Protect Journalists] I would appreciate it. I can figure out glasses on my own and protecting journalism is far more important than the state of my spectacles right now.” http://bit.ly/2rGdBCp

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the front end of the G7 summit in Sicily. POOL REPORT from Jerome Cartillier of AFP (who has duties with our own Tara Palmeri): “POTUS said there would be a ‘particular focus on the North Korea problem’. ‘It’s a big problem, it’s a world problem’ ‘It will be solved at some point. It will be solved’, he added.” … A FUNNY LINE FROM P.M. SHINZO ABE: “‘There is one unfortunate thing I have to confess, this time around we will not be able to play golf together.’”

TRUMP’S FRIDAY — The president is attending G7 events all day. In the evening, he’ll go to the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra. Italian President Sergio Mattarella is hosting a dinner in the evening.

AN OMINOUS NOTE from the first pool report of the day: “Looks like pool access will be extremely limited all day.”

THE G7 SCHEDULE, per Gary Cohn on Air Force One yesterday afternoon, courtesy WaPo’s Phil Rucker: “First session on Friday: Foreign policy and role of the G7, including terrorism and Syria … Second session on Friday: Foreign policy, including Libya, North Korea, Afghanistan, Pakistan and cyber … Third session on Friday: Global issues, including global economy, trade, climate innovation and energy”.

— “In Taormina, a Playground for the Jet Set, Trump’s Worlds Will Collide,” by NYT’s Jason Horowitz. http://nyti.ms/2qVxMeI

DER SPIEGEL — “‘The Germans Are Bad, Very Bad’: At a meeting with European Union leaders on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump was sharply critical of Germany. DER SPIEGEL spoke with meeting participants,” by Peter Müller in Brussels: “U.S. President Donald Trump voiced significant displeasure over Germany’s trade surplus on Thursday during a meeting with European Union leaders in Brussels. ‘The Germans are bad, very bad,’ Trump said, according to meeting participants.

“The participants told DER SPIEGEL that Trump went on to say: ‘See the millions of cars they are selling to the U.S. Terrible. We will stop this.’ European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker showed solidarity with the Germans at the meeting and contradicted Trump’s rebuke. Free trade benefits everybody, Juncker said. Participants at the meeting who spoke with DER SPIEGEL said that Juncker tried to maintain a collegial tone, but remained uncompromising on that point.” http://bit.ly/2r4pnpv

— TRUMP’S SILENCE: Per Cartillier’s pool report: ‘Asked at the end of the pool spray about his comments on Germany (‘Did you say that Germany is very bad?’), POTUS did not say a word.” … GARY COHN CLARIFIES, per Tara Palmeri’s pool report: “‘He said they’re very bad on trade but he doesn’t have a problem with Germany. He said his dad is from [G]ermany.’ … ‘I don’t have a problem [with] Germany, I have a problem with German trade.'”

WAPO — “Jared Kushner now a focus in Russia investigation,” by Matt Zapotosky, Sari Horwitz, Devlin Barrett and Adam Entous: “Investigators are focusing on a series of meetings held by Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and an influential White House adviser, as part of their probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and related matters, according to people familiar with the investigation. Kushner, who held meetings in December with the Russian ambassador and a banker from Moscow, is being investigated because of the extent and nature of his interactions with the Russians, the people said.

“The Washington Post reported last week that a senior White House official close to the president was a significant focus of the high-stakes investigation, though it did not name Kushner. FBI agents also remain keenly interested in former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, but Kushner is the only current White House official known to be considered a key person in the probe. The Post has not been told that Kushner is a target — or the central focus — of the investigation, and he has not been accused of any wrongdoing.” http://wapo.st/2qlQHg0

–“Lawyer: Kushner willing to answer questions on Russian meetings,” by Josh Gerstein and Cristiano Lima: “‘Mr. Kushner previously volunteered to share with Congress what he knows about these meetings,’ Kushner’s lawyer, Jamie Gorelick, told POLITICO in a statement. ‘He will do the same if he is contacted in connection with any other inquiry.’” http://politi.co/2r3lSO1

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ONTO THE SUPREME COURT! — “Trump travel ban showdown headed for Supreme Court,” by AP’s Jessica Gresko and Mark Sherman: “Donald Trump’s administration is pledging a Supreme Court showdown over his travel ban after a federal appeals ruled that the ban ‘drips with religious intolerance, animus and discrimination.’ … The Supreme Court is almost certain to step into the case over the presidential executive order issued by Trump that seeks to temporarily cut off visas for people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. … The case pits the president’s significant authority over immigration against what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit said was a policy that purported to be about national security but was intended to target Muslims.

“Parties generally have 90 days to appeal to the Supreme Court, but if the administration waits until late August to ask the court to step in, the justices probably would not vote on whether to hear the case until October and arguments probably wouldn’t take place until February 2018 at the earliest. … Administration lawyers could instead seek the justices’ approval to put the travel policy in place on an emergency basis, even as the court weighs what to do with the larger dispute.” http://apne.ws/2rX4qL4

— “Visas to Muslim-majority countries down 20 percent,” by Nahal Toosi and Ted Hesson: “President Donald Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ may be tied up in court, but newly released figures show his administration is issuing fewer visas to visitors from Arab and Muslim-majority countries. Data posted online this week by the State Department showed that non-immigrant visas granted to people from nearly 50 Muslim-majority countries were down almost 20 percent in April compared to the 2016 monthly average. When only Arab countries were considered, non-immigrant visas were down nearly 30 percent in April compared to the 2016 monthly average. Visas issued to the six countries targeted by Trump’s March 6 travel ban — Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen — declined even further, down 55 percent compared to the 2016 monthly average.” http://politi.co/2qVpymt

PAGING MITCH MCCONNELL — “GOP turns gloomy over Obamacare repeal,” by Burgess Everett and Jen Haberkorn: “A feeling of pessimism is settling over Senate Republicans as they head into a week-long Memorial Day recess with deeply uncertain prospects for their push to repeal Obamacare. Senators reported that they’ve made little progress on the party’s most intractable problems this week, such as how to scale back Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion and overall Medicaid spending. Republicans are near agreement on making tax credits for low-income, elderly Americans more generous, but that might be the simplest matter at hand.

“Republicans have started writing the very basics of their repeal legislation, even though they’ve made few decisions about what it will say. Staffers will work on the bill over the break to try to increase the pace of negotiations, as well as haggle with the Senate parliamentarian over whether the chamber can even consider the bill because of procedural reasons. But in the meantime, frustrations are rising and confidence is diminishing. ‘We talk about it every goddamn day,’ said one GOP senator, who did not want to be quoted criticizing his own party. ‘But we haven’t done anything about it.’” http://politi.co/2rXjCbo

— TRUTH TALK FROM JOHN MCCAIN, via NBC’s Leigh Ann Caldwell: “Here’s the reality: We’ve got 11 weeks between now and the end of September. We’ve got repeal of Obamacare, we’re talking about tax reform, we’re talking about a defense bill, we’re talking about … there’s about three other things — a looming debt limit. How do you pack all that in? And so far, I’ve seen no strategy for doing so. I’m seeing no plan for doing so.”

— MCCAIN IS RIGHT: But he didn’t mention that Trump wants to do an infrastructure package, Congress needs to fund the government and pass a 2018 budget if it wants to do much of anything. If you’ve been reading these pages, you know we’re skeptical about Congress’s ability to get stuff done. This isn’t a new phenomenon. If you’ve been in the Capitol the last few years, you know that you should keep expectations low. Very low.

YOU DON’T SAY … — “Key Republicans Are Encouraging Hillbilly Elegy Author J.D. Vance To Run For Senate In Ohio,” by BuzzFeed’s Henry J. Gomez: “Some Republican activists and donors worried about the prospects of their party’s Senate candidate in Ohio are kicking around an outside-the-box alternative: Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance. The recruiting overtures reflect unease with the early GOP frontrunner, state Treasurer Josh Mandel, who is seeking a rematch with Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown.” http://bzfd.it/2qq8yBq

THE JUICE …

— SPOTTED — REINCE PRIEBUS at lunch at Tally Thai Thursday afternoon.

— THE MEGYN KELLY SHOW’S new promo. http://nbcnews.to/2r3ZOoL

LATE-NIGHT BEST — STEPHEN COLBERT interviewed APRIL RYAN last night to talk about what life is like inside the White House briefing room these days. 7-min. video http://bit.ly/2r39ZrF

PHOTO DU JOUR: Greg Gianforte celebrates with his wife Susan and supporters after being declared the winner of Montana’s special House election on May 25 in Bozeman, Montana. | Rachel Leathe/Bozeman Daily Chronicle via AP

POLITICO MAGAZINE FRIDAY COVER – “Meet the Real Jared Kushner: He’s a lot tougher than he looks,” by David Freedlander: “The widespread assumption liberals make about Kushner seems to be this: Because he is soft-spoken, slim and handsome, with degrees from Harvard and NYU and a family that donates to Democrats, he couldn’t possibly be the same guy knifing his West Wing rivals and urging the president to go to war with the Justice Department and the FBI. But that assumption is wrong. … [T]hose who know him from his days as a young New York real estate magnate and newspaper publisher say that America is just getting to know the Jared Kushner they have always known, that beneath the unflappable golden exterior is someone unafraid to bungee jump or to counter-punch when he feels slighted.” http://politi.co/2qVDyNb

DAVID HERSZENHORN on “Trump makes forceful NATO debut”: “He came, he saw, he harangued. U.S. President Donald Trump capped his first official visit to Brussels with a commanding — and meandering — speech at NATO’s new headquarters, in which he berated allies for not spending enough on defense, insisted that even NATO’s goal of increasing annual military expenditures to 2 percent of GDP was insufficient and provocatively declared that some allies ‘owed’ arrears for years of lagging contributions. Trump’s remarks were also notable for what he did not say: to the consternation of some allies, Trump once again did not explicitly endorse NATO’s common defense principle — that an attack on one is an attack on all.” http://politi.co/2qiFhh5

FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS — NYT Business Day front, “Blackstone Works With Saudi Arabia on U.S. Infrastructure Investments,” by Kate Kelly and Landon Thomas Jr.: “A little over a year ago, the private equity titan Stephen A. Schwarzman sat down with Mohammed bin Salman, the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia and chairman of the kingdom’s largest sovereign wealth fund, in hopes of expanding their relationship.

“Mr. Schwarzman’s company, the Blackstone Group, already counted Prince bin Salman’s Public Investment Fund as a major client. But the American financier now had a bold new idea: Court Saudi money to invest in projects like tunnels, bridges, airports and other sorely needed infrastructure improvements, predominantly in the United States. It was a prescient notion. Thirteen months and one election upset later, Mr. Schwarzman, who leads an elite committee of business executives advising President Trump, has announced a $20 billion cornerstone investment by the Saudi entity in a soon-to-be-created Blackstone infrastructure fund.

“That investment vehicle, which Blackstone plans to double in size, represents a new focus for the firm. More important, the fund — announced during Mr. Trump’s visit to Riyadh, the Saudi capital, and a summit meeting of global chief executives that Mr. Schwarzman attended — dovetails with a $1 trillion infrastructure initiative the Trump administration has promised, to be fueled by government partnerships with the private sector.” http://nyti.ms/2rWPLzz

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YOLO! — “With state budget in crisis, Conn. governor says history will vindicate him,” by the Boston Globe’s Joshua Miller: “Asked about a recent poll that ranked him one of the least popular governors in the country, with a job approval rating of only 29 percent, Malloy interrupted a Globe reporter. ‘Well-deserved,’ [Gov. Dannel] Malloy said. Because he’s made hard choices? ‘Because I’m making the hard choices,’ the governor said, sitting in front of a wallpaper rendition of the forces of British General Charles Cornwallis surrendering at Yorktown, Va., and concluding the American Revolution.” http://bit.ly/2rX59vQ

OFF MESSAGE PODCAST BONUS EPISODE: Reps. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) are co-chairs of the bipartisan effort to pass tax reform. The two sit down with Isaac Dovere in this week’s bonus episode of Off Message to share how they have made the case to their colleagues to pass the biggest tax reform package in history in an overwhelmingly partisan environment. Listen and subscribe http://apple.co/2nEa7y0

— “Problem Solvers insist it’s not too late for tax reform,” by Isaac Dovere: http://politi.co/2r2VrIf

IN ISRAEL — “Sheldon Adelson questioned by police in Netanyahu corruption investigation” – JTA: “Adelson was questioned Thursday at the headquarters of the Israel Police’s serious crime investigative unit in Lod. His wife, Miriam, also was expected to be questioned. The couple came to Israel earlier this week in conjunction with President Donald Trump’s visit and remained. … Part of the investigation includes accusations that Netanyahu and Arnon Mozes, publisher of the daily Yediot Acharanot, discussed a deal in which Netanyahu would receive favorable coverage in Yediot in exchange for legislation that would cut into the circulation of Adelson’s paper.” http://bit.ly/2s2mRNH

WEST COAST WATCH — “Progressives decried Jimmy Gomez’s ‘coronation’ in L.A.’s congressional primary. Now they’re lining up behind him,” by LA Times’ Christine Mai-Duc: http://lat.ms/2rG8fay

CONGRATS – JUAN WILLIAMS won the Television Broadcast Journalist of the Year last night at the Multicultural Media Correspondents Dinner: http://bit.ly/2qqhnvf

MEDIAWATCH — “Trump team keeps U.S. reporters in the dark overseas,” by Tara Palmeri in Brussels: “President Donald Trump has left American journalists in the dark during key moments of his nine-day foreign trip, delaying readouts, keeping reporters at a distance and not holding news conferences — which has allowed him to avoid having to answer to controversies at home. … Ari Fleischer, who was press secretary for George W. Bush, said his team never went through an entire foreign trip without a presidential news conference.” With other cameos by Alex Conant and Tommy Vietor http://politi.co/2rnWPs3

SPOTTED: Donald Trump Jr., 11th on the upgrade list, for the 5 p.m. DCA to LGA shuttle yesterday … Former Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz coming out of The Bottom Line yesterday.

SUNDAY SO FAR – “Fox News Sunday”: Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly … Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) … Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) … Power Player: Cmdr. Ryan Bernacchi, Blue Angels Commanding Officer aka “Boss”. Panel: Michael Needham, Gerald Seib, Gillian Turner, Charles Lane

–NBC’s “Meet the Press”: John Kelly … Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) … New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. Panel: Joy Reid, Kim Strassel, Charlie Sykes, Amy Walter

–CNN’s “State of the Union”: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C). Panel: Rick Santorum, Jennifer Granholm, Kevin Madden, Nina Turner

–CBS’ “Face the Nation”: Defense Secretary James Mattis

OUT AND ABOUT — On Thursday evening, friends and fellow diplomats gathered at a black-tie masquerade party to bid “au revoir” to French Ambassador Gérard Araud, who is departing Washington in July. Even the portraits and busts joined in the fun (portrait of George Washington, busy of Lafayette — pics http://bit.ly/2s2vCaH … http://bit.ly/2rnSWU1 … http://bit.ly/2r31vQZ

SPOTTED: Amb. Susan Rice and Ian Cameron, Amb. Stuart and Gwen Holliday, Septime Webre, Jake Tapper, Amb. Charles Rivkin, Fred Hochberg, Juleanna GIover and Christopher Reiter, Tracy and Adam Bernstein, Ben and Ashley Chang, Lyndon Boozer and Karen Anderson, Jonathan Capehart and Nick Schmit, Tammy Haddad, Francesca Craig, Stephanie Green, Amb. Capricia and Robert Marshall, Sir Kim and Lady Vanessa Darroch, Neera Tanden, Justice and Mrs. Samuel Alito, Kate Bennett, Kathleen Biden, Ambassador Bill and Cathy Burns, Buffy Cafritz, Kevin Chaffee, Eleanor Clift, Nelson Cunningham, Maureen Dowd, Mark and Sally Ein, Carol Melton, Fred Hochberg, Margaret Carlson, Sally Quinn, Eric Fanning, David Frum, Rep. Bart Gordon, Amb. and Mrs. Lloyd Hand, Katty Kay, Margaret Carlson, Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Jim Lehrer, Tamera Luzzatto and David Leiter, Jane Mayer and Bill Hamilton, Timothy and Anita McBride, Maureen Orth, Trevor Potter, Heidi and Douglas Rediker, Diane Rehm, Roxanne Roberts, Secretary Wilbur Ross, Rep. Edward Royce (R-Calif.).

SPOTTED at a fundraiser in Brooklyn last night for Run for Something, a gaggle of HFAers out to support the organization and its founder Amanda Litman: Liz Zaretsky, Amy Beihl, Genevieve Roth, Dennis Cheng, Mike Taylor, Taylor Salditch, Anne Hubert, Sierra Kos, Maxwell Nunes, Rob Russo, John Buysse, Yahel Carmon, Margit Westerman, Alex Wall, Danielle Kantor, Emily Samsel, Nell Thomas, Julie Zuckerbrod, Patrick McHenry, Anthony Mercurio.

HENRY MUNOZ WEDS — INBOX: “[Thursday] at a private home in Washington, former Vice President Joe Biden officiated the civic marriage ceremony of DNC Finance Chair Henry R Munoz, III, and his fiance, Kyle Ferari. Kyle and Henry were spiritually married three weeks ago in Bermuda. Munoz is the first Latino and openly gay finance chair of a major political party. Henry is a Member of the Latino Advisory Committee of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, an Alumni Board Member of the Smithsonian Institution, Trustee of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum of the Smithsonian in New York City, and Member of the Board of Trustees of Loyola University, New Orleans. He is a co-founder of Latino Victory Project, created to mobilize Hispanic voters and support Hispanic elected officials and candidates, and is a co-founder of TheDream.US, a nonprofit created to raise private-sector dollars for DREAMers to attend college. Henry served as Co-Chairman of the Congressional Commission to establish the National Museum of the American Latino in Washington D.C.”

WELCOME TO THE WORLD — Adam Fromm, House Energy and Commerce Committee’s director of coalitions and outreach, and Molly Fromm, House Science, Space, and Technology Committee’s general counsel, welcomed their firstborn Patrick William Fromm into the world earlier this week. Patrick arrived Wednesday at 6:24 p.m. and headed home yesterday to enjoy Memorial Day weekend with mom and dad. Pic http://politi.co/2r3ZJ4t

BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Michael Oreskes, head of news at NPR and an AP alum. How he’s celebrating: “With my friend Eric Lane and our wives. He is a law professor and co-author of our book on the Constitution, ‘The Genius of America: How the Constitution Saved Our Country–and Why It Can Again.’ (http://bit.ly/2rXafbB) Eric’s birthday is May 25. So we celebrate together by doing our favorite thing: critique our government and politics. This is the tenth anniversary of our book. It warned that political life was deteriorating because we are losing touch with our basic political values, what we called our Constitutional Conscience. I wish I could say that we were wrong.” Read his Playbook Plus Q&A: http://politi.co/2r3YIsX

BIRTHDAYS: Devon Spurgeon (hat tip: Warren Buffett) … Gwen Rocco, public affairs at WeWork and HFA alum … Politico’s Steven Stiles and Margaret Shanley … Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) is 73 … former Rep. Rich Nugent (R-Fla.) is 66 … former Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.), now senior policy consultant at Akin Gump, is 64 … British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is 68 … Andrew Beilein … Jonny Dach (h/t Jon Haber) … Bloomberg’s Derek Wallbank … Joe Baerlein, owner and principal at Baerlein Partners … Scott Crider … Dina Ellis Rochkind (h/t Lee Lubarsky) … Morgan Jacobs … Arjun Jaikumar, law clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit … Mike Harney, COS for Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) … Stephanie Sherman, Jake’s mom …

… Pete Madigan, of Peck Madigan Jones, is 58 … Ben Cavataro, associate at Covington and Burling … Hank Williams Jr. (h/t Kurt Bardella) … Rachel VerVelde, chief of staff for Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) (hubby tip: Brandon) … Mia Shaw, founder and editor in chief of Justice Writers … Matt Keelen … Laura Baños … Charlene Zettel … Alex Likowski … Sally Whouley … Kevin Bailey … Angel Combs (h/ts Teresa Vilmain) … Emily Langer … April Anspach … Nelson Patterson … Yardena Schwartz … Jediah Grobstein … John Brodtke … Shahid Masood … Allison Davis … Sunny Lee … Terry Baren … Bill Roberts … Alyssa McClenning … Stoddart Pierce … Jennifer Vinson … Carnegie Endowment is 106 … Stevie Nicks is 69 … Lenny Kravitz is 53 (h/ts AP)

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