memeorandum: Sessions says he plans to testify before Senate intelligence panel (CNN)

9:35 AM ET, June 11, 2017

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Amid growing controversy, Sessions abruptly cancels public testimony — The sudden move comes as Sessions faces more scrutiny for his involvement in the Comey firing and meetings with Russia. — Attorney General Jeff Sessions was scheduled to testify publicly next Tuesday before the House and Senate appropriations committees.

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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:

Sessions to testify in front of Senate Intel committee this week — will testify in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee this week to respond to former James Comey's testimony about him last week. — Sessions was originally supposed to testify in front of the House …

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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:

Sessions won't testify at congressional budget hearings but at Senate intelligence hearing instead — Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had agreed to testify this week before the Senate and House appropriations committees about the Justice Department budget, wrote the chairmen …

Discussion: Political Wire

CNN:

Sessions says he plans to testify before Senate intelligence panel — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will testify to House and Senate appropriations panels Tuesday — (CNN)Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Saturday that he plans to testify before the Senate intelligence committee Tuesday …

Discussion: Mediaite

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Proof That James Comey Misled the Senate Intelligence Committee — In his written testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee, James Comey made a point of saying that he wrote memoranda documenting all of his conversations with Donald Trump, something he didn't feel compelled to do regarding his …

Discussion: Instapundit and New York Post

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senators debate bringing in Comey for Round 2

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Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:

Donald Trump's state visit to Britain put on hold — US president told Theresa May he did not want trip to go ahead if there were large-scale public protests … Donald Trump has told Theresa May in a phone call he does not want to go ahead with a state visit to Britain until the British public supports him coming.

Asha Rangappa / Washington Post:

I was an FBI agent. Trump's lack of concern about Russian hacking shocks me. — Is the president breaking his oath to protect and defend the country from foreign attacks? — Reactions to former FBI director James B. Comey's testimony Thursday mostly seemed to follow predictable, partisan lines.

Discussion: Booman Tribune

New York Times:

Trump-Comey Feud Eclipses a Warning on Russia: ‘They Will Be Back’ — WASHINGTON — Lost in the showdown between President Trump and James B. Comey that played out this past week was a chilling threat to the United States. Mr. Comey, the former director of the F.B.I. …

Saba Hamedy / CNN:
Feinstein calls for investigation of ‘all matters related to obstruction of justice’

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Politico:

How Theresa May lost it — A reluctance to delegate, hubris and campaigning ineptitude ruined British prime minister's grand plan to secure a mandate. — alfway through Britain's seven-week snap election campaign, some in Theresa May's team came to the conclusion that they had a problem — the candidate.

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Alan Cochrane / Telegraph:
Ruth Davidson planning Scottish Tory breakaway as she challenges Theresa May's Brexit plan

Discussion: The Guardian and Business Insider

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Comey and Trump, the G-Man vs. the Mob Boss — Lordy, what a fine day to be Donald Trump. — Three hours of earnest James Comey testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee and the president is not in immediate jeopardy of being indicted or impeached. — High crimes can wait.

New York Times:
It's the Olympics for Trump Apologists

Discussion: Daily Kos and IJR

Richard V. Reeves / New York Times:

Stop Pretending You're Not Rich — When I was growing up, my mother would sometimes threaten my brother and me with elocution lessons. It is no secret that how you talk matters a lot in a class-saturated society like the United Kingdom. Peterborough, our increasingly diverse hometown, was prosperous enough, but not upscale.

Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Fight breaks out at anti-Sharia protest — An anti-Sharia protest in Seattle turned violent on Saturday after a fight broke out between demonstrators and counter-protesters. … The protest in Seattle was among dozens of demonstrations that took place across the country on Saturday.

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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Anti-sharia demonstrators hold rallies in cities across the country

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Carlos Lozano / Los Angeles Times:
Anti-Sharia protesters plan to stage rally and march at site of San Bernardino terrorist attack

Discussion: CBS Los Angeles, KTLA and NPR

Brandon Carter / The Hill:

Overheard conversation earns Conway leaker label — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway reportedly shared behind-the-scenes White House conversations with reporters at a Washington, D.C. party on Friday night in conversations that were overheard by another party guest.

Discussion: RedState and Politico

Shayna Jacobs / New York Daily News:

Former Vice President Joe Biden's niece evades jail after pleading guilty in $110G credit card scam — A niece of former Vice President Joe Biden pleaded guilty Friday to a $110,000 credit card scam at an iconic Manhattan pharmacy, prosecutors said. — Caroline Biden, 29 …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, IJR and New York Post