memeorandum: Comey's testimony shows: the impeachment machine is warming up (Richard Wolffe/The Guardian)

2:50 AM ET, June 9, 2017

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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 …

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Brian Beutler / New Republic:

Comey's Trump Testimony Will Haunt Republicans — The former FBI director's damning account before the Senate should be the final straw. Why can't Paul Ryan see that? — In the midst of the most devastating testimony delivered about a sitting president in the living memory …

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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:

Chris Matthews: Trump-Russia collusion theory ‘came apart’ with Comey testimony — Liberal MSNBC host Chris Matthews said Thursday the accusation that President Trump directly colluded with Russia to interfere in the U.S. election “came apart” following former FBI Director James Comey's testimony in front of Congress.

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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.”

Fox News:

Dershowitz: Comey confirms that I'm right - and all the Democratic commentators are wrong — In his testimony former FBI director James Comey echoed a view that I alone have been expressing for several weeks, and that has been attacked by nearly every Democratic pundit.

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Juliegrace Brufke / The Daily Caller:

EXCLUSIVE: White House Orders House Members To Defend Trump On Cable News Following Comey Hearing — The White House is demanding Republican House members appear on cable news networks to defend President Donald Trump following former FBI Director James Comey's testimony before the Senate Intelligent Committee Thursday.

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JONATHAN TURLEY:

Did Comey Violate Laws In Leaking The Trump Memo? — One of the most interesting new disclosures today in the Comey hearing was the admission by former FBI Director James Comey that he intentionally used a “friend” on the Columbia law faculty to leak his memos to the media.

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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Comey Wasn't Investigating Trump — But Look Who Said He Was

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Alex Ward / Vox:
This is the most important moment of the Comey hearing

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Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:
Trump lawyer's statement on Comey littered with typos — including misspelling ‘president’

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CNN:
READ: President Trump's lawyer's statement on Comey hearing

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David Jackson / USA Today:
Trump lawyer says James Comey made ‘unauthorized disclosures’ of privileged talks

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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Fox News' Chris Wallace: Comey's testimony was ‘very damaging to the president’

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Politico:
Full text: James Comey testimony transcript on Trump and Russia

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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
7 takeaways from Comey's extraordinary testimony about what Trump told him to do

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The Guardian:

Election results live: Theresa May under fire as hung parliament confirmed — Stephen Gethins, the SNP's Europe spokesman, has held his Fife North East seat by just two votes. — Nigel Farage, the former Ukip leader, is alarmed by the prospect of Brexit being watered down.

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BBC:
UK election 2017: UK set for hung parliament

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Laura Hughes / Telegraph:
Live General Election Results Live: Exit polls point to shock hung Parliament

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BBC:
Hung Parliament: Q&A guide to what happens if no-one wins the election

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Washington Post:
Corbyn calls on May to resign as British election results show losses for Conservatives

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Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:

Sen. John McCain's bizarre questioning of Comey — This post has been updated with Sen. McCain's statement. — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) was the last senator to question former FBI director James B. Comey at Thursday's Senate Intelligence Committee hearing.

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Richard Wolffe / The Guardian:

Comey's testimony shows: the impeachment machine is warming up — The Republican reaction to the testimony was as great a curiosity to behold as Trump's infatuation with Putin's Russia - and spoke volumes — ames Comey wants you to know a few things. First and foremost, that Donald Trump is a liar.

Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
Does John McCain even know what's going on?

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Jim Nintzel / News & Opinion, Tucson Weekly:

The Skinny — Behind Closed Doors — A secret recording shows U.S. Rep. McSally has some concerns about reelection — Congresswoman Martha McSally may be in more political trouble than she's been letting on. — Team McSally has been poo-pooing recent polls showing that more than half …

Renae Merle / Washington Post:
House passes sweeping legislation to roll back banking rules

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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
House passes Choice Act that would gut Dodd-Frank banking reforms

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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Bill to Erase Some Dodd-Frank Banking Rules Passes in House

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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 …

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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.”

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Behind Trump's silence: Why the counterpuncher let others do the punching

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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.

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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Ossoff raises another $15M in Georgia 6th, setting new fundraising record

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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:

The Democratic Party Is in Worse Shape Than You Thought — Sifting through the wreckage of the 2016 election, Democratic pollsters, strategists and sympathetic academics have reached some unnerving conclusions. — What the autopsy reveals is that Democratic losses among working class voters …

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Rachael Bade / Politico:

Gowdy picked by GOP steering committee to chair House Oversight panel — The Republican Steering Committee on Thursday backed Rep. Trey Gowdy to become the next chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. — The move — if confirmed by the full GOP Conference …

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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Rep. Trey Gowdy wins Oversight gavel

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Kara Swisher / Recode:

Uber CEO Kalanick advised employees on sex rules for a company celebration in 2013 ‘Miami letter’ — “Do not have sex with another employee UNLESS ...” — In what is arguably an unusual email for the very top executive to send to employees, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick advised his staff in case …

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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.