I helped prosecute Watergate.  Comey's statement is sufficient evidence for an obstruction of justice case.  —  Philip Allen Lacovara, a former U.S. deputy solicitor general in the Justice Department, served as counsel to Watergate special prosecutors Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski.

Saudi soccer team refuse to stand for London victims  —  By , HANNAH MOORE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA  —  The Saudi Arabian soccer team failed to line up for a minute's silence for the London terror victims on Thursday night.  —  Fans were left outraged at the display ahead of a World Cup qualifier against Australia in Adelaide.

The Scandal Hiding In Plain Sight  —  “Perhaps the mystery is a little too plain,” said Dupin.  —  “Oh, good heavens!  Who ever heard of such an idea?”  —  “A little too self-evident.”  —  “Ha! ha! ha!—ha! ha! ha!—ho! ho! ho!”  —Edgar Allan Poe, The Purloined Letter

Gianforte pays $50,000 to press group to settle assault of Guardian reporter  —  Congressman-elect issues lengthy apology to Ben Jacobs over ‘unprofessional, unacceptable, and unlawful’ actions … Greg Gianforte, the Montana Republican who assaulted a Guardian journalist on the eve …

Are the Feds Treating the White House Like a Mob House? … It's no accident your phone lights up nearly every night with new revelations about Team Trump's connections to Russia.  So many different investigators with so many different agendas are looking into so many different parts of that nexus …

Twitter Explodes After Kurt Eichenwald Allegedly Tweets Photo That Shows His Interest in Anime Porn  —  Back in December, Tucker Carlson and Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald had one of the most epic on-air battles in recent memory.  And apparently Eichenwald is still bitter about it.

Manchin questions Comey  —  Joe Manchin III (W.Va.) is the only committee member to have outsourced his question-writing — well, sort of.  Manchin asked West Virginians last week to submit questions he could ask Comey during the hearing — a rare move for a senator, but perhaps understandable given …

Jared Kushner's Not-So-Secret Channel to Putin  —  In developed capitalist democracies, financial, media and energy companies are private enterprises that don't report to presidents.  In Russia, things are different.  Most of those businesses are majority-state-owned corporations, virtual branches of the government.

Justice Department Ends Obama Era Practice of Forcing Federal Defendants to Donate to Leftist Activists  —  Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced early Wednesday morning the Department of Justice will no longer force defendants to send payments to third party special interests unrelated or unharmed in federal cases.

House to vote on killing Dodd-Frank today  —  Robert Rubin: Much of Dodd-Frank was ‘necessary’  —  House lawmakers are poised to pass the “crown jewel” of the GOP-led regulatory reform effort on Thursday, effectively gutting the Dodd-Frank financial regulations that were put in place during the Obama administration.