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Trump Team Knew Flynn Was Under Investigation Before He Came to White House — WASHINGTON — Michael T. Flynn told President Trump's transition team weeks before the inauguration that he was under federal investigation for secretly working as a paid lobbyist for Turkey during the campaign …
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Vera Bergengruen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Flynn stopped military plan Turkey opposed - after being paid as its agent — WASHINGTON — One of the Trump administration's first decisions about the fight against the Islamic State was made by Michael Flynn weeks before he was fired - and it conformed to the wishes of Turkey …
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Adam Entous / Washington Post:
House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump — KIEV, Ukraine — A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy — made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation …
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Ashley Dejean / Mother Jones:
Report: Top GOP Lawmaker Was Recorded Saying He Thought Trump Was on Putin's Payroll
Report: Top GOP Lawmaker Was Recorded Saying He Thought Trump Was on Putin's Payroll
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NBC News:
Flynn, Manafort Are Key Figures In Russia Probe Mueller Will Lead — Former Trump aides Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort have emerged as key figures in the FBI's investigation into Russian campaign interference, which has just been taken over by a special counsel, four law enforcement officials told NBC News.
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Deputy attorney general appoints special counsel to oversee probe of Russian interference in election — The Justice Department has decided to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible coordination between Trump associates and Russian officials seeking to meddle in last year's election …
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Cecilia Vega / ABC News:
Trump reaction to special counsel measured, says White House — Just prior to the Department of Justice's public announcement that former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel to continue the investigation into Russian election interference, a group of senior White House …
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Jchong / Lawfare:
Initial Reactions on the Appointment of Robert Mueller As Special Counsel — FBI Director Robert Mueller leads a briefing for President Obama on the Boston Marathon bombings, April 2013 / Official White House Photo by Pete Souza — There's a lot of reason to be cheered this evening …
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Rebecca R. Ruiz / New York Times:
Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation
Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
New special counsel Robert Mueller has history of standing up to the White House
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Robert Mueller appointed special counsel to oversee probe into Russia's interference in 2016 election
Robert Mueller appointed special counsel to oversee probe into Russia's interference in 2016 election
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Pamela Brown / CNN:
Comey prepped responses ahead of Trump discussions — (CNN)Ahead of discussions with President Donald Trump, Former FBI Director James Comey prepped with his team on ways to respond to anticipated questions so that he would not come across as confrontational during the ongoing Russia probe, according to an official close to Comey.
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BREAKING: FBI Director James Comey Testified Under Oath May 3rd That The Trump Administration Doesn't Obstruct Investigations — Former FBI Director James Comey testified under Senate oath May 3rd that the Trump administration had not pressured his agency to halt any investigation for political purposes.
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Nicole Gaudiano / USA Today:
GOP blocks House vote on independent Russia-Trump investigation — WASHINGTON — House Republicans blocked a vote Wednesday on legislation to create an independent commission to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. — A Democratic effort to force a vote failed …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump considering Joe Lieberman for FBI director
Trump considering Joe Lieberman for FBI director
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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Trump turns to ex-campaign aides as scandals pile up
Trump turns to ex-campaign aides as scandals pile up
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Worried about fallout, Dems poised to poll-test impeachment
Worried about fallout, Dems poised to poll-test impeachment
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
First Republican raises impeachment for Trump
First Republican raises impeachment for Trump
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
All This Impeachment Talk Is Pure Trump Derangement Syndrome
All This Impeachment Talk Is Pure Trump Derangement Syndrome
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump to interview Joe Lieberman, 3 others for FBI post
Trump to interview Joe Lieberman, 3 others for FBI post
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Jeff Larson / ProPublica:
Any Half-Decent Hacker Could Break Into Mar-a-Lago — We tested internet security at four Trump properties. It's not good. — Two weeks ago, on a sparkling spring morning, we went trawling along Florida's coastal waterway. But not for fish. — We parked a 17-foot motor boat in a lagoon …
Bill Allison / Bloomberg:
Pence Takes Steps to Build War Chest as White House Stumbles — Political action committee registered Wednesday with FEC — Neither Biden nor Cheney had active leadership PACs in office — While President Donald Trump's White House grapples with the fallout from his firing of the former FBI director …
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Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Column Dear Vice President Pence: What are you thinking?
Column Dear Vice President Pence: What are you thinking?
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Shane Harris / Wall Street Journal:
Israeli Source Seen as Key to Countering Islamic State Threat — The classified information that President Donald Trump shared with Russian officials last week came from an Israeli source described by multiple U.S. officials as the most valuable source of information on external plotting by Islamic State.
Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
Fox Stands By DNC Murder Conspiracy Theory Even After Main Source Changes Story — Fox News reporter Malia Zimmerman says she spent 10 months working on her story. — Fox News and its Washington, D.C., affiliate, Fox 5, are standing by their conspiracy-mongering reports …
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Family of slain DNC staffer demands retractions from Fox News, local TV station
Family of slain DNC staffer demands retractions from Fox News, local TV station
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Max Kutner / Newsweek:
FBI NOT PROBING DNC STAFFER SETH RICH'S MURDER, DESPITE WIKILEAKS CLAIM
FBI NOT PROBING DNC STAFFER SETH RICH'S MURDER, DESPITE WIKILEAKS CLAIM
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
‘The Flight 93 Election’ Crashes Again — In case you've had the pleasure of forgetting, “The Flight 93 Election” was the title of a portentous essay, published last September under a Roman pseudonym in The Claremont Review of Books, that declared the stakes for the United States in 2016 thus: “Charge the cockpit or you die.”
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Michelle Kosinski:
This is How Your Government Responds to Unfavorable News Coverage — Monday night, as the story of the President giving classified information to the Russians was in full evolution, I get a call from this guy: — RC Hammond, the State Department's communications advisor, who had his facts wrong about what was reported and by whom.
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Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
James Comey's memo has shaken a presidency. Here's why memos have always mattered. — JoAnne Yates, a professor of organization studies at MIT, is the world's foremost, and perhaps only, expert on the history of memos. — “I specialize in studying things that at first glance might sound incredibly boring,” she said.
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Carlos Garcia / TheBlaze:
Breaking: Trump offers Sheriff Clarke a position in his administration, and Clarke is taking it — According to Jim Acosta of CNN, the Department of Homeland Security could not confirm Sheriff Clarke's claim. … A spokeswoman from DHS told TheBlaze, “The position mentioned is a Secretarial appointment.
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Sandra Sobieraj Westfall / People.com:
What Does Barack Obama Really Think of Donald Trump? 'He's Nothing But a Bullsh-ter' — She packs her own lunch, and he still isn't allowed to drive. Subscribe now for all about Michelle and Barack Obama's lives after moving out of the White House - only in PEOPLE
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Matt O'Brien / Washington Post:
Why liberal democracy only dies when conservatives help — Liberal democracy is not dead, but it's not well. From Hungary to Poland to even the United States, far-right populists have won power, and, in a few cases, are busy consolidating it. — In some sense, it shouldn't be too surprising …