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Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
If Trump Tower Was Wiretapped, Trump Can Declassify That Right Now — If in fact Trump Tower was wiretapped during the 2016 presidential campaign, as President Trump claimed in several tweets Saturday morning, he can do much more than say so on twitter: Presidents have the power …
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New York Times:
Trump Seeks Inquiry Into Allegations That Obama Tapped His Phones — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump, a day after leveling a widely disputed allegation that President Barack Obama had ordered the tapping of his phones, demanded a congressional inquiry into whether Mr. Obama abused …
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Mother Jones and The Root
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Obama Camp's Disingenuous Denials on FISA Surveillance of Trump — President Trump's early Saturday morning tweeting has exploded to the forefront an uncovered scandal I've been talking about since early January (including in this weekend's column): The fact that the Obama Justice Department …
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Power Line
Ted Mann / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Faces Furor Over Unsubstantiated Claim Obama Wiretapped Him — President adds meeting with attorney general and homeland security secretary as allies and foes react to his claims on Twitter — PALM BEACH, Fla.—President Donald Trump called together several top advisers Saturday …
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
White House calls on Congress to investigate Trump's wiretap claims — White House press secretary Sean Spicer early Sunday said investigations into Russian attempts to influence the election should include President Trump's claims that the Obama administration “abused” its investigative powers in 2016.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Senator: Intel panel to look at alleged wiretap — The Latest on President Donald Trump's claim that then-President Barack Obama had Trump's telephones tapped during last year's election (all times EST): — A Republican member of the Senate Intelligence Committee …
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Politico
Robert Barnes / LawNewz:
Yes, There Could Be Serious Legal Problems if Obama Admin Involved in Illegal Surveillance — President Trump recently tweeted claiming that former President Obama wiretapped him during his campaign. One can only imagine how nuts the media would have gone if the roles had been reversed …
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The Last Refuge and Vox Popoli
Alex Mohajer / The Huffington Post:
Trump Advisor Roger Stone Launches Into Vulgar Twitter Rant, Admits Contact With Assange During Clinton Leaks
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Brian Barrett / Wired:
If the Feds Did Wiretap Trump Tower, It's Not Obama Who Should Worry
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CNN:
Trump falsely accuses Obama of wiretapping his phone
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emptywheel:
The Conspiratorial Game of Telephone in Bannon's Rag that Made Left, Right, and POTUS Go Crazy
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Associated Press Springs to Obama's Defense
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Associated Press and The Last Refuge
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
It's literally pay to play at Mar-a-Lago — If you pay $200,000 a year to the company Donald Trump owns, you too can have access most weekends to the president and his top officials. As an alternative, your organization could cut a $150,000 check to bring in a couple of hundred people …
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Kristina Webb / Palm Beach Post:
Trump mingles with Mar-a-Lago guests outside charity ball — President Donald Trump mingled with guests outside a charity ball at his Mar-a-Lago Club on Saturday night. — As attendees danced inside the ballroom where the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute held its gala, the president was spotted nearby …
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WND:
Loretta Lynch: Need more marching, blood, death on streets — Senate Dems post her impassioned plea on Facebook page as ‘words of inspiration’ — WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's former Attorney General Loretta Lynch has made an impassioned video plea for more marching …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Russia is the slow burn of the Trump administration, and it's not going away — Russia has become the slow burn of President Trump's administration. It is the issue that he and his team cannot get beyond. — They cannot get beyond it because they are skittish about accepting what is already known.
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Politico and The Daily Beast
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Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Obama's State Department Sponsored 2016 Meeting of Russian Ambassador with Sen. Sessions
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The Guardian
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
SNL has a blockbuster in search of a hero: The Republican who stands up to Trump — “Saturday Night Live” just ran a two-minute liberal's dream sequence disguised as a movie trailer. — The trailer for “Republican” features a notable omission: a title character.
Daily Mail:
Revealed: Tony Blair's secret White House summit as he launches astonishing bid to work for Donald Trump... as his Middle East peace envoy — Tony Blair has attended a secret meeting at the White House to discuss working for Donald Trump, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
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The Guardian
New York Times:
President Trump's Island Mentality — Throughout history, American presidents have declared it their job to protect and advance the interests of the United States and its citizens. President Trump has shoehorned that wholesome, uncontroversial idea into a narrow-minded …
CNN:
Trump plans to sign updated travel ban early next week — Cabinet members have advocated for Iraq to be removed from the administration's list of banned countries — (CNN)President Donald Trump is planning to sign an updated executive order banning travel from certain Middle Eastern …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Trump expected to sign new travel order Monday: reports
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