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10:45 AM ET, June 9, 2017

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CNN:
Trump's lawyer to file complaint against Comey over memos  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's outside attorney plans to file a complaint against former FBI Director James Comey with the Justice Department Inspector General and the Senate judiciary committee, two sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN.
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Incompetence Defense  —  During former FBI Director James Comey's dramatic testimony before the Senate on Thursday, Republican senators settled on a pair of strange arguments for why President Trump hadn't obstructed justice: He didn't try very hard, or he was really bad at it.
CNN:
Comey told senators Sessions may have met Russia's ambassador a third time  —  Comey: AG may have met ambassador a third time  — But the sources said it is possible the Russian ambassador exaggerated the extent of the encounter  —  Washington (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey told senators …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, the ‘Cloud’ Just Grew That Much Darker  —  WASHINGTON — Upset about the investigation into Russian interference in last year's election, President Trump sought relief from James B. Comey, then the F.B.I. director.  By Mr. Comey's account, Mr. Trump asked him to help “lift the cloud.”
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans' emerging Trump defense: A naif in the Oval Office  —  As former FBI director James B. Comey held the political world in thrall Thursday from inside a packed Senate hearing room, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan walked into an unusually empty press briefing across the Capitol.
Discussion: Simple Justice and Politico
Wall Street Journal:   James Comey's Passion Play
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:   In denying President Trump's abuse of power, Republicans have chosen party over country.
Bloomberg:
Comey Leaves Trump Under a Crippling ‘Cloud’ of Investigations
Discussion: Axios and The Atlantic
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Comey's Trump Testimony Will Haunt Republicans
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Did Comey Violate Laws In Leaking The Trump Memo?
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Sen. John McCain's bizarre questioning of Comey
Richard Wolffe / The Guardian:   Comey's testimony shows: the impeachment machine is warming up
The Guardian:
May reaches deal with DUP to form government after shock election result  —  May expected to visit Queen to seek permission to form government after agreeing terms with Northern Ireland party  —  Theresa May has struck a deal with the Democratic Unionists that will allow her to form a government, sources have confirmed.
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BBC:
UK election 2017: UK set for hung parliament  —  The Conservatives have failed to win an overall majority, and the UK is now set for a hung parliament, says the latest BBC forecast.  —  It shows gains for the Labour Party after Thursday's general election.
Charlie Cooper / Politico:
5 takeaways from the UK election  —  An extraordinary night for British politics has ended in a hung parliament.  —  LONDON — It was an astonishing election by any estimation.  A prime minister humiliated, a Labour leader dismissed as a no-hoper massively outperforming expectations …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:   The Fall of Theresa May — and Donald Trump?
New York Times:
Theresa May Loses Overall Majority in U.K. Parliament
Discussion: Forbes, CBS Philly and Crooked Timber
The Guardian:
May confirms intention to form government with help of Democratic Unionist party
Robert Barnes / LawNewz:
Comey was Before Congress to Indict Trump.  Instead, He Might Have Indicted Himself.  —  The key interlude occurred with the ubiquitous Kamala Harris, the same Senator Harris who failed the bar the first time she took the bar exam.  Only a Kamala-Comey marriage could birth this debacle:
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Issues Statement on Testimony of Former FBI Director James Comey  —  In response to testimony given today by former FBI Director James Comey, Department of Justice Spokesman Ian Prior issued the following statement:  — Shortly after being sworn in …
Discussion: Lawfare, his vorpal sword, IJR and The Week
Politico:
Full text: James Comey testimony transcript on Trump and Russia
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
AJC poll: Ossoff opens lead over Handel in Georgia's 6th  —  An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Friday shows Democrat Jon Ossoff has a 7-point edge over Republican Karen Handel in the nationally-watched race to represent Georgia's 6th District.  —  The poll of likely voters …
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Richard Elliot / WSB-TV:
NEW POLL: Ossoff support increases after debate with Handel  —  ATLANTA - The latest exclusive WSB, Landmark Communications Poll shows Democrat Jon Ossoff got a slight bump over Republican Karen Handel after his debate performance Tuesday night on Channel 2.
New York Times:
‘I Was Right’: As Trump Watches Comey on TV, Anxiety Yields to Relief  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump dipped in and out of the small dining room off the Oval Office on Thursday to monitor a television as James B. Comey, the ousted F.B.I. director, told a tortured tale — and to insist to his huddled legal team, “I was right.”
Kate Maltby / The Guardian:
Theresa May rejected the Tory detoxification project.  That's what's behind this mess  —  Once she talked of modernisation.  Then she allowed the flat-earthers of that toxicity, Lynton Crosby chief among them, to flourish at the top of the party … ost people have heard of the term …
Discussion: Refinery29
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Breitbart lost 90 percent of its advertisers in two months: Who's still there?  —  The number of advertisers on the alt-right site Breitbart.com has dropped 90 percent in recent months, from 242 in March to 26 in May, according to data from MediaRadar, a New York firm that tracks online advertising.
New York Post:
Puerto Rican day parade loses half its floats over honoree controversy … Folks attending Sunday's Puerto Rican Day Parade will have plenty of time to take a break between floats — because half of them will be missing, sources said Thursday.  —  The sources said only 25 of 50 scheduled rolling displays …
 
 
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Daily Mail:
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The Local:
Catalonia will hold October referendum on independence from Spain
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Susan Crabtree / Washington Free Beacon:
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Discussion: Daily Wire
Henry F. Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
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Anna Palmer / Politico:
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Daily Mail:
General Election exit polls see Tories lose majority
CBS News:
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Comey: Hero, Villain and Shakespearean Character Who Lived Up to Hype
New York Times:
Resigned to Trump's Woes, G.O.P. Keeps Working on Legislative Goals
Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Comey Wasn't Investigating Trump — But Look Who Said He Was
Discussion: GQ, The Daily Caller and Just Security
Jim Nintzel / News & Opinion, Tucson Weekly:
The Skinny  —  Behind Closed Doors  —  A secret recording shows U.S …
Discussion: Raw Story
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
The Democratic Party Is in Worse Shape Than You Thought