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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump's Comey fight spooks Capitol Hill — There is widespread concern among Congressional leadership about Trump's frame of mind in the wake of the Comey firing. — Senior Senate aide: “It has to stop ... never seen anything like this in my entire career.”
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Pamela Brown / CNN:
Source: Comey is ‘not worried about any tapes’ — Washington (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey is “not worried about any tapes” of conversations between him and President Donald Trump, a source familiar with the matter told CNN Friday, adding that “if there is a tape, there's nothing he is worried about” that could be on it.
Charles J. Sykes / New York Times:
If Liberals Hate Him, Then Trump Must Be Doing Something Right — If there was one principle that used to unite conservatives, it was respect for the rule of law. Not long ago, conservatives would have been horrified at wholesale violations of the norms and traditions of our political system …
Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
Comey furious at lack of respect White House showed, sources say — Former FBI Director James Comey was furious at the lack of respect the White House showed him in the way he was fired, sources have told ABC News. — Associates say he is simmering at some of the comments directed …
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Comey declines to testify before Senate committee — Ousted FBI Director James Comey will not appear in a closed session before the Senate Intelligence Committee next Tuesday. — Comey had been invited by Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and top Democrat Mark Warner of Virginia.
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Fox News Insider:
Judge Jeanine Pirro Interview With President Trump — Plus Bobby Knight joins “Watters' World.” — Don't miss Judge Jeanine Pirro's interview with President Donald Trump, Saturday at 9:00pm ET on Justice. — The president will go inside his controversial decision to fire FBI Director James Comey …
AP News:
The Latest: Senate intel chair sees no evidence of collusion — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the FBI (all times local): — The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee says he doesn't think the FBI investigation into alleged links between President …
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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
Five Reasons the Comey Affair Is Worse Than Watergate — The tangled affair now known as Watergate began 45 years ago, before most of today's U.S. population had even been born. (The median age of Americans is about 38, so most people in the country were born in 1979 or thereafter.)
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Comey turns down Senate invite, won't testify next week — Senate Intel committee ranking member Mark Warner (D-VA) told MSNBC Friday that former FBI Director James Comey will not be appearing before the committee next Tuesday, despite an invitation to speak with the committee behind closed doors.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump's Comey firing sets off new round of leaks — President Trump is besieged by internal leaks as he tries to weather the fallout from his firing of FBI director James Comey. — Media reports about the run-up to Trump's decision paint him as isolated and consumed by anger and paranoia …
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New York Times:
Trump Warning to Comey Prompts Questions on ‘Tapes’ — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday warned James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director he fired this week, against leaking anything negative about him, saying that Mr. Comey “better hope” that there are no secret tapes of their conversations …
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Bwittes / Lawfare:
Et Tu Rod? Why The Deputy Attorney General Must Resign — President Trump speaks with Lester Holt on Comey's firing / NBC News — “He made—he made a recommendation,” Donald Trump said yesterday of his Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein in an interview with NBC News.
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Paul Sperry / New York Post:
The real reason Trump canned Jim Comey
The real reason Trump canned Jim Comey
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘No one can talk sense into him’: CNN guest says even Ivanka seems to have lost control of President Trump
‘No one can talk sense into him’: CNN guest says even Ivanka seems to have lost control of President Trump
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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump suggests WH ‘not have press conferences’ unless he does them himself
Trump suggests WH ‘not have press conferences’ unless he does them himself
NBC News:
My Dinner With Comey: Current and Former FBI Officials Dispute Trump Account of Meeting With FBI Director
My Dinner With Comey: Current and Former FBI Officials Dispute Trump Account of Meeting With FBI Director
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Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Trump vs. the Russia Investigations
Trump vs. the Russia Investigations
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Saba Hamedy / CNN:
Warner: Comey won't testify to intel panel next week
Warner: Comey won't testify to intel panel next week
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Chris Stirewalt / Fox News:
Defenders or enablers?
Defenders or enablers?
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Kelly Cohen / Washington Examiner:
James Comey rejects invitation to testify before Senate Intelligence Committee
James Comey rejects invitation to testify before Senate Intelligence Committee
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Comey replacements: White House confirms shortlist to head FBI
Comey replacements: White House confirms shortlist to head FBI
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What Grassley and Feinstein said about Trump, the FBI, and Russia
What Grassley and Feinstein said about Trump, the FBI, and Russia
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Top Dems call for report on Sessions's role in Comey firing
Top Dems call for report on Sessions's role in Comey firing
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GreAt / Securelist:
WannaCry ransomware used in widespread attacks all over the world — Earlier today, our products detected and successfully blocked a large number of ransomware attacks around the world. In these attacks, data is encrypted with the extension “.WCRY” added to the filenames.
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Chris Baraniuk / BBC:
Ransomware infections reported worldwide
Ransomware infections reported worldwide
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
The ‘Merrick Garland for FBI’ scheme shows why liberals lose — We live in a golden age of political stupidity, but I'm not being hyperbolic when I say this: The idea of pulling Judge Merrick Garland off the D.C. Circuit federal appeals court and into the FBI is one of the silliest ideas I've seen anyone in Washington fall for.
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Sessions issues sweeping new criminal charging policy — Attorney General Jeff Sessions overturned the sweeping criminal charging policy of former attorney general Eric H. Holder Jr. and directed his federal prosecutors Thursday to charge defendants with the most serious, provable crimes carrying the most severe penalties.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
New York Times publisher sends personal appeal to those who canceled over Bret Stephens — New York Times publisher Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. is making a personal appeal to subscribers who canceled because the paper hired Bret Stephens, a conservative columnist who has questioned …
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Pete Madden / ABC News:
Donald Trump's tax law firm has ‘deep’ ties to Russia — The lawyers who wrote a letter saying President Trump had no significant business ties to Russia work for a law firm that has extensive ties to Russia and received a “Russia Law Firm of the Year” award in 2016.
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