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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Democratic rebuttal calls Nunes memo ‘deliberately misleading’ — WASHINGTON — A top House Democrat is challenging the core conclusion of the memo released by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Friday, calling the allegation that the Justice Department and FBI withheld key details …
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Associated Press:
Trump seized on what memo could mean even before reading it — WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before he'd read the memo, President Donald Trump seized on what it could mean. — The president first learned of the House Intelligence Committee document last month from some Republican allies in Congress …
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. told court of source's political influence in request to wiretap ex-Trump campaign aide, officials say … The court that approved surveillance of a former campaign adviser to President Trump was aware that some of the information underpinning the warrant request was paid …
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Noah Bookbinder / USA Today:
Nunes memo aims at Russia probe, backfires on Trump and GOP — The controversial Nunes memo is out. It claims the FBI and the Justice Department abused their surveillance authority on Trump's 2016 Presidential campaign. Democrats say the memo is misleading.
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New York Times:
Trump's Unparalleled War on a Pillar of Society: Law Enforcement — WASHINGTON — In the days before the 2016 election, Donald J. Trump expressed “great respect” for the “courage” of the F.B.I. and Justice Department for reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server.
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Josh Campbell / New York Times:
Why I Am Leaving the F.B.I. — One of the greatest honors of my life was walking across the stage at the F.B.I. Academy and receiving my special agent badge from the director at the time, Robert Mueller. After 21 weeks of intensive training, my class swore an oath and became federal agents entrusted …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
This is the week that the GOP truly became the party of Trump — This was the week when the Republican Party finally went all in with President Trump. What once seemed unlikely is now reality. The Republican establishment — there are a few dissenting voices, of course …
Axios:
Exclusive poll: GOP turns on FBI — President Trump's hammering on the FBI — and green-lighting yesterday of the Russia memo's release over Bureau objections — is having a profound effect: — A SurveyMonkey poll for Axios finds that not even 40% of Republicans approve …
Washington Post:
Once the party of law and order, Republicans are now challenging it … Republican leaders' open defiance last week of the FBI over the release of a hotly disputed memo revealed how the GOP, which has long positioned itself as the party of law and order, has become an adversary …
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The Intercept:
Nunes Memo Accidentally Confirms the Legitimacy of the FBI's Investigation — Despite strong objections from the Justice Department, House Republicans released a four-page memo on Friday challenging the “legitimacy and legality” of the FBI's surveillance of Carter Page …
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New York Times:
Kashyap Patel, Main Author of Secret Memo, Is No Stranger to Quarrels
Kashyap Patel, Main Author of Secret Memo, Is No Stranger to Quarrels
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Asha Rangappa / New York Times:
Thank Progressives for the Nunes Memo
Thank Progressives for the Nunes Memo
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Officials disclosed source's political funding in FISA application: report
Officials disclosed source's political funding in FISA application: report
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Washington Post:
Inside the FBI: Anger, worry, work — and fears of lasting damage
Inside the FBI: Anger, worry, work — and fears of lasting damage
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Phillip Carter / Slate:
Survival at All Costs — On its face, the so-called Nunes …
Survival at All Costs — On its face, the so-called Nunes …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Devin Nunes's Nothingburger
Devin Nunes's Nothingburger
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QJurecic / Lawfare:
Thoughts on the Nunes Memo: We Need to Talk About Devin
Thoughts on the Nunes Memo: We Need to Talk About Devin
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump's Saturday Night Massacre Is Already Happening
Trump's Saturday Night Massacre Is Already Happening
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry — The actress is finally ready to talk about Harvey Weinstein. — Yes, Uma Thurman is mad. — She has been raped. She has been sexually assaulted. She has been mangled in hot steel. She has been betrayed and gaslighted by those she trusted.
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Washington Is Abuzz Over the Nunes Memo. His California District, Not So Much. — VISALIA, Calif. — As Washington was abuzz Friday over the release of a classified memo, Democrats and Republicans were up in arms over its allegations. And right in the middle was Devin Nunes …
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
White House to withdraw controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality … This post has been updated. — The White House plans to withdraw its controversial nominee to head the Council on Environmental Quality, Kathleen Hartnett White, according to two administration officials briefed …
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CNN:
Document shows GSA employees spending at the Trump Hotel in DC — (CNN)An employee for the federal agency supervising the lease for the Trump hotel in Washington spent more than $900 for a stay there last year, according to a document reviewed by CNN — the first publicly known movement …
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Anton Troianovski / Washington Post:
AN ARCTIC SPY MYSTERY — An arrest in Moscow shakes Norway's far north — Frode Berg volunteered in a soup kitchen in rural Russia. He helped organize an annual cross-border festival and ski race. His congregation supported a new church in a Russian town just over the boundary line that divides East from West.
New York Times:
As F.B.I. Took a Year to Pursue the Nassar Case, Dozens Say They Were Molested — For more than a year, an F.B.I. inquiry into allegations that Lawrence G. Nassar, a respected sports doctor, had molested three elite teenage gymnasts followed a plodding pace as it moved back and forth among agents in three cities.
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