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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Lawyer: It's Time to End the Mueller Probe … President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, told The Daily Beast on Saturday morning that he hopes Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will shut down the Mueller probe. — Reached for comment by email about the firing …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: AP learns McCabe kept memos regarding Trump — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the dismissal of Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director (all times local): — Andrew McCabe — the former FBI deputy director just fired by the attorney general — kept personal memos regarding President Donald Trump.
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Lawyers Up … Andrew McCabe, formerly the deputy director of the FBI, has lawyered up. Michael Bromwich of the Bromwich Group confirmed to The Daily Beast that he is representing McCabe for the purposes of the matter that led to his firing.
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New York Times:
Andrew McCabe, a Target of Trump's F.B.I. Scorn, Is Fired Over Candor Questions — WASHINGTON — Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director and a frequent target of President Trump's scorn, was fired Friday after the Justice Department rejected an appeal that would have let him retire this weekend.
Lawfare:
What We Know, and Don't Know, About the Firing of Andrew McCabe — Anyone who is confidently pronouncing on the merits of Andrew McCabe's firing Friday night is venturing well beyond the realm of known facts. — We certainly understand the instinct to rally to McCabe's defense …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Lawyer, Citing Andrew McCabe's Firing, Calls for End to Mueller Probe — The head of President Donald Trump's personal legal team on Saturday called for the Justice Department to end the special counsel's investigation into possible ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia …
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CNN:
Mueller has McCabe memos documenting conversations with Trump — Washington (CNN)Much like fired FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe wrote memos documenting his conversations with President Donald Trump, a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN.
CNN:
READ: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's statement on his firing — (CNN)Statement by Andrew McCabe: — I have been an FBI Special Agent for over 21 years. I spent half of that time investigating Russian Organized Crime as a street agent and Supervisor in New York City.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump: ‘Tremendous leaking, lying’ by FBI, DOJ — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the dismissal of Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director (all times local): — President Donald Trump says many people are finding out about “tremendous leaking, lying and corruption at the highest levels” …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI's Andrew McCabe is fired a little more than 24 hours before he could retire … Attorney General Jeff Sessions late Friday night fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a little more than 24 hours before McCabe was set to retire. — Sessions announced the decision in a statement …
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FBI's Andrew McCabe is fired just before retiring. …
FBI's Andrew McCabe is fired just before retiring. …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
McCabe's Firing Chips Away at the Justice Department's Independence
McCabe's Firing Chips Away at the Justice Department's Independence
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CNN:
On heels of McCabe firing, Trump lawyer calls for end of Mueller probe
On heels of McCabe firing, Trump lawyer calls for end of Mueller probe
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Trump's lawyer calls on Justice Department to immediately end Russia probe
Trump's lawyer calls on Justice Department to immediately end Russia probe
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Elana Schor / Politico:
McCabe kept memos on Trump conversations
McCabe kept memos on Trump conversations
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
House Republican blasts McCabe firing, says Trump's conduct doesn't ‘bode well’ for GOP
CNN:
Embattled former FBI deputy says he ‘never misled’ Justice investigators
Embattled former FBI deputy says he ‘never misled’ Justice investigators
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The Daily Beast:
McCabe: Trump's ‘Ongoing War’ On FBI Led to My Firing
McCabe: Trump's ‘Ongoing War’ On FBI Led to My Firing
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP learns fired McCabe kept personal memos regarding Trump
AP learns fired McCabe kept personal memos regarding Trump
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New York Times:
How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions — LONDON — As the upstart voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica prepared to wade into the 2014 American midterm elections, it had a problem. — The firm had secured a $15 million investment from Robert Mercer …
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The Guardian:
Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach — Whistleblower describes how firm linked to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon compiled user data to target American voters … The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump's election team …
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Paul Grewal / Facebook:
Suspending Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group from Facebook — We are suspending Strategic Communication Laboratories (SCL), including their political data analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, from Facebook. Given the public prominence of this organization, we want to take a moment to explain how we came to this decision and why.
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook bans Trump campaign's data analytics firm for taking user data
Facebook bans Trump campaign's data analytics firm for taking user data
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Axios:
John Kelly's day from hell — White House Chief of Staff John Kelly started yesterday with prescient bravado. — What we're hearing... The retired four-star Marine general told about 20 West Wing officials — including National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster — in the 8 a.m. senior staff meeting …
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The Intercept:
Democrats Want to Subpoena Apple to Find Out When Key Administration Officials Downloaded Encrypted Messaging Apps — On Wednesday, House Democrats on the Intelligence Committee released a memo laying out the steps they would have taken had they been in charge of the Trump-Russia investigation …
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Washington Post:
History won't be kind, Republicans — THE NATION'S intelligence community concluded long ago that the Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election in an effort to hurt the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and help the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.
Washington Post:
Trump attorney accuses Stormy Daniels of violating nondisclosure agreement 20 times, claims right to seek $20 million in damages — Attorney Michael Cohen made the claim in papers filed in federal court Friday. Cohen formed a limited liability corporation to strike the nondisclosure agreement …
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Rafael Olmeda / Sun-Sentinel:
School officials worried about Nikolas Cruz and guns 18 months before mass shooting — Sun Sentinel — Eighteen months before Nikolas Cruz shot up Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, staff were so worried about his fascination with guns that they banned him from practicing shooting skills …
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Charles Bethea / New Yorker:
The Troubled Tenure of Scott Israel, Sheriff of Broward County