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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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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.

There's no indication Comey violated the law. Trump may be about to. — President Trump's declaration that the Thursday testimony of former FBI director James B. Comey was a “total and complete vindication” despite “so many false statements and lies” was the sort of brashly triumphant …
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Trump's lawyer: Comey violated executive privilege. 10 legal experts: No, he didn't. — After the public testimony of former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, released a statement. In addition to being riddled with typos, it contained a curious legal argument.
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Donald Trump's secret isn't that he lies. It's that he crowds out the truth. — Trump isn't trying to win the argument. He's trying to dominate it. — Donald Trump understands, better than any politician I've ever seen, that the question isn't whether you're winning the argument …
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Ryan denies GOP would try to impeach Dem accused of same actions as Trump — (R-Wis.) insisted on Thursday that Republicans wouldn't be calling for the impeachment of a Democratic president accused of the same actions as President Trump. — As fired FBI Director James Comey was before a Senate committee …
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Trump's lawyer says Comey violated executive privilege. He's wrong.
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‘I Was Right’: As Trump Watches Comey on TV, Anxiety Yields to Relief
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Trump's lawyer to file complaint against Comey: report
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Gregg Jarrett: Comey exonerates Trump - so much for obstruction
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James Comey and the Predator in Chief
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Mr. Comey and All the President's Lies
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Republicans' emerging Trump defense: A naif in the Oval Office
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DUP leader Arlene Foster vows to bring stability to UK with Conservatives — Arlene Foster confirms she will be having talks with Theresa May about details of arrangement with Northern Ireland party — The Democratic Unionist leader and most recent first minister of Northern Ireland …
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The Fall of Theresa May — and Donald Trump? — Just a few months ago, it's worth remembering, we seemed to be careening to a new and possibly long-lived right-populist era in Anglo-American politics. In the U.S., Donald Trump had stunned the world and his own party Establishment by seizing …


Theresa May vows to ‘lead Britain forward’ despite staggering election blow — LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed Friday to remain in power and push ahead with difficult talks on Britain's exit from the European Union despite a stunning election blow that left …
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UK election 2017: UK set for hung parliament
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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 Congressional District.
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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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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:


Prosecutors: Contractor wanted to ‘burn the White House down’ — RICHMOND COUNTY, Ga. - An Augusta woman charged with leaking classified information was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count, but prosecutors said they are likely to add more. — A federal magistrate judge held …
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NSA Leaker Hopes Being ‘White And Cute’ Will Help Get Her Off The Hook
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JIM ROGERS: The worst crash in our lifetime is coming — Legendary investor Jim Rogers s — at down with Business Insider CEO Henry Blodget on this week's episode of “The Bottom Line.” Rogers predicts a market crash in the next few years, one that he says will rival anything he has seen in his lifetime.
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Twelve seconds of gunfire … Recess had finally started, so Ava Olsen picked up her chocolate cupcake, then headed outside toward the swings. And that's when the 7-year-old saw the gun. — It was black and in the hand of someone the first-graders on the playground would later describe as a thin …


'I'M SORRY' Theresa May apologises over election disaster but vows to lead country with ‘certainty’ despite relying on DUP support - as vultures begin to circle around her weakened leadership — A shaken PM this morning pledged to ‘keep our nation safe’ and fight for a Brexit deal ‘that works for everyone’
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