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6:55 PM ET, March 17, 2018

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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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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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: IJR, Shareblue Media and Mediaite
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.
Discussion: NPR, CNN, Joe.My.God. and The Gateway Pundit
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.
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:
House Republican blasts McCabe firing, says Trump's conduct doesn't ‘bode well’ for GOP  —  During a Saturday morning interview on CNN, Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) harshly criticized the Trump administration's decision to fire former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe, adding that he doesn't think it bodes well for his party.
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.
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.
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 …
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump: ‘Tremendous leaking, lying’ by FBI, DOJ
Associated Press:
The Latest: AP source says McCabe kept notes on Trump
Discussion: Breitbart
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP learns fired McCabe kept personal memos regarding Trump
CNN:
READ: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's statement on his firing
New York Times:
Trump Lawyer Says Special Counsel Inquiry Should Be Ended
Discussion: israpundit.org
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
McCabe's Firing Chips Away at the Justice Department's Independence
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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 …
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
Discussion: emptywheel
The Guardian:   Cambridge Analytica: links to Moscow oil firm and St Petersburg university
The Guardian:   Staff claim Cambridge Analytica ignored US ban on foreigners working on elections
Paul Grewal / Facebook:
Suspending Cambridge Analytica and SCL Group from Facebook
The Guardian:   Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: ‘We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles’ - video
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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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House weighs rehiring fired Trump aide McEntee
Discussion: Raw Story
Streiff / RedState:
John Kelly Learns a Hard Lesson About the Reality of the White House Press Corps
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 …
Discussion: Engadget
 
 
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