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Revealed: Trump's election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians — Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica - the data company that credits itself with Donald Trump's presidential victory - have been secretly filmed saying they could entrap politicians …
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Pursuing Forensic Audits to Investigate Cambridge Analytica Claims — We have hired a digital forensics firm, Stroz Friedberg, to conduct a comprehensive audit of Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica has agreed to comply and afford the firm complete access to their servers and systems.
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Cambridge Analytica, Trump-Tied Political Firm, Offered to Entrap Politicians — WASHINGTON — Sitting in a hotel bar, Alexander Nix, who runs the political data firm Cambridge Analytica, had a few ideas for a prospective client looking for help in a foreign election.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Rebekah Mercer Standing By Cambridge Analytica After Blackmail Scandal … Billionaire heiress Rebekah Mercer is standing by embattled data firm Cambridge Analytica—at least for now. A person close to Mercer, who sits on the firm's board, told The Daily Beast she has no immediate plans …
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Ted Cruz under fire in Cambridge Analytica scandal; firm targeted voters with data from 50M Facebook users — WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz is under fire for his connections with a voter targeting firm that used data taken from 50 million Facebook users without their knowledge.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Scientist at center of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica controversy speaks — Facebook suspends data firm with Trump ties — The data scientist who gathered information on millions of Americans for Cambridge Analytica, the controversial data firm that worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign …
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Where's Zuck? Facebook CEO silent as data harvesting scandal unfolds
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The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica boasts of dirty tricks to swing elections
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Facebook is facing an existential crisis
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Joe Uchill / Axios:
Cambridge Analytica creator has State Department contract
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Cambridge Analytica CEO Caught on Tape Bragging About Entrapping Politicians With Sex Workers
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New York Times:
Trump to Hire Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President — MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Trump has decided to hire the longtime Washington lawyer Joseph E. diGenova, who has pushed the theory on television that Mr. Trump was framed by F.B.I. and Justice Department officials …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers have turned over documents to Mueller with hopes of limiting interview scope … President Trump's attorneys have provided the special counsel's office with written descriptions that chronicle key moments under investigation in hopes of curtailing the scope of a presidential interview …
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CNN:
Mueller team gives Trump lawyers more details of what they want to talk to President about — WaPo: Trump lawyers try to limit interview — (CNN)As President Donald Trump's reaction to special counsel Robert Mueller grows more irate by the day, attorneys on both sides sat down last week …
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New York Times:
Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively
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Bloomberg:
What Michael Flynn Could Tell the Russia Investigators
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Steve Vladeck / Lawfare:
It's Time for Congress to Pass the Mueller Protection Bills
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CNN:
Republicans say Congress doesn't need to pass law protecting Mueller
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Mike Allen / Axios:
A huge clue about Mueller's endgame
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Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: What if Trump is right and there is no collusion?
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New York Times:
Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over Disinformation — Facebook's chief information security officer, Alex Stamos, will leave the company after internal disagreements over how the social network should deal with its role in spreading disinformation, according to current and former employees briefed on the matter.
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Page Six:
Donald Trump Jr. romanced Aubrey O'Day during marriage to Vanessa — Years before Vanessa Trump filed for divorce from Donald Trump Jr., their marriage was rocked when Don Jr. fell in love with a contestant on NBC's “The Celebrity Apprentice.” — Page Six has exclusively learned that Don Jr. …
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Vanessa is divorcing Donald Trump Jr. because he's cheap — Donald Trump Jr.'s wife, Vanessa, is divorcing him because he “treats her like a second-class citizen” and kept her on such a tight budget, she had to turn to her mother for money, friends say. — Multiple sources claim Vanessa's life …
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court refuses to stop new congressional maps in Pennsylvania — The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a request from Pennsylvania Republican legislative leaders to block the implementation of a redrawn congressional map that creates more parity between the political parties in the state.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
The GOP Effort to Block Pennsylvania's New Map Is Dead
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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
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New York Times:
Sons of Rich Black Families Fare No Better Than Sons of Working-Class Whites — Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the most well-to-do neighborhoods, still earn less in adulthood than white boys with similar backgrounds, according to a sweeping …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Border wall Dreamers deal implodes — The White House and congressional Democrats traded immigration offers futilely over the weekend, according to three sources familiar with the talks, leaving little chance of an immediate deal to protect Dreamers. — The White House on Sunday …
Hillary Clinton:
During an interview last week with an Indian news publication, I was asked about 2016, and whether Trump is the “virus” or a “symptom” of something deeper going on in American society. Like most Americans, people overseas remain shocked and dismayed at what they are witnessing daily.
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Andrew Kugle / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats Want Clinton to Go Her Own Way
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Lawsuit accuses celebrity chef Mike Isabella of ‘extraordinary’ sexual harassment … Celebrity chef Mike Isabella, the head of a $30 million culinary empire based in the nation's capital, was sued Monday by a former top manager who claims that Isabella and his partners repeatedly sexually harassed her in the workplace.
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Jason Howerton / IJR:
Ex-Obama Campaign Director Drops Bombshell Claim on Facebook: ‘They Were on Our Side’ — A former Obama campaign official is claiming that Facebook knowingly allowed them to mine massive amounts of Facebook data — more than they would've allowed someone else to do — because they were supportive of the campaign.
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Luke Hyland / Loyola Phoenix:
Hannibal Buress' Microphone Cut During Colossus Performance — Comedian Hannibal Buress' mic was cut after making a joke about the Catholic Church's history of child abuse during his Saturday night Colossus performance, attendees said. — Colossus is an annual, two-night show held …
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Fortune:
Former Tronc Chairman and Investor Michael Ferro Accused of Inappropriate Advances by Two Women — Kathryn Minshew finally felt like a weight had lifted. It was September of 2013, and after months of back-and-forth, Michael Ferro, then-chairman of investment firm Wrapports …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Hultgren fires aide after sexual encounter with teenage boy — Illinois GOP Rep. Randy Hultgren has fired a top aide after the staffer was found in a car last fall with a 17-year-old boy and no shirt on, according to multiple sources and a police report. — Nick Provenzano, 56 …
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