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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.
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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.
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Congressman Mark Pocan:
Pocan Extends Job Offer to Andrew McCabe — U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) today extended an offer of employment to Andrew McCabe, the former Deputy Director of the FBI, so that he can reach the needed length of service after President Trump fired him just days before he was set to retire.
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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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New Yorker:
Donald Trump and the Craven Firing of Andrew McCabe — If you wanted to tell the story of an entire Presidency in a single tweet, you could try the one that President Trump posted after Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe, the deputy director of the F.B.I., on Friday night.
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Axios:
Source: McCabe gave interview, memos to Mueller — Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director who was fired Friday night, has met with special counsel Robert Mueller's team and has turned over memos detailing interactions with President Trump, according to a source familiar with the exchange.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Taking Out His Enemies and Turning Toward Robert Mueller — A history professor of mine once attempted to explain to our class why Adolf Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, when the virtual impossibility of a land invasion of a country as vast as Russia was already well known in 1941.
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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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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump: ‘Tremendous leaking, lying’ by FBI, DOJ
The Latest: Trump: ‘Tremendous leaking, lying’ by FBI, DOJ
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Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
House Republican blasts McCabe firing, says Trump's conduct doesn't ‘bode well’ for GOP
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Lawyer, Citing Andrew McCabe's Firing, Calls for End to Mueller Probe
Trump's Lawyer, Citing Andrew McCabe's Firing, Calls for End to Mueller Probe
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Dem offers to hire McCabe to help him qualify for his pension
Dem offers to hire McCabe to help him qualify for his pension
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
McCabe is said to have written memos detailing his interactions with Trump
McCabe is said to have written memos detailing his interactions with Trump
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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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CNN:
READ: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's statement on his firing
READ: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's statement on his firing
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Sessions' Firing McCabe Violated His Promise to Recuse
Sessions' Firing McCabe Violated His Promise to Recuse
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Washington Post:
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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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Statement by Attorney General on firing of FBI's McCabe
Statement by Attorney General on firing of FBI's McCabe
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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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New York Times:
Data Firm Tied to Trump Campaign Talked Business With Russians — When the Russia question came up during a hearing at the British Parliament last month, Alexander Nix did not hesitate. — “We've never worked in Russia,” said Mr. Nix, head of a data consulting firm that advised the Trump campaign on targeting voters.
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
'I created Steve Bannon's psychological warfare tool': meet the data war whistleblower — Now, 28-year-old Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate
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The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica: links to Moscow oil firm and St Petersburg university — Data company gave briefing to Moscow firm Lukoil, and the lecturer who developed the crucial algorithm worked for St Petersburg university … Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge University academic who orchestrated …
The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: ‘We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles’ - video
Streiff / RedState:
John Kelly Learns a Hard Lesson About the Reality of the White House Press Corps — Yesterday, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly got a very hard lesson about the smash-mouth nature of press operations at the higher reaches of government and industry. — But there is nothing new under …
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Axios:
John Kelly's day from hell
John Kelly's day from hell
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House weighs rehiring fired Trump aide McEntee
White House weighs rehiring fired Trump aide McEntee
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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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