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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Calls Comey ‘Untruthful Slime Ball’ as Book Details Released — WASHINGTON — President Trump, in a pair of tweets on Friday, called the former F.B.I. director-turned tell-all author, James B. Comey, an “untruthful slime ball,” a “proven LEAKER & LIAR,” and said it was “my great honor to fire” …
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Michiko Kakutani / New York Times:
James Comey Has a Story to Tell. It's Very Persuasive. — Truth, Lies, and Leadership — 290 pages. Flatiron Books. $29.99. — In his absorbing new book, “A Higher Loyalty,” the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey calls the Trump presidency a “forest fire” …
Washington Post:
Trump's allies worry that federal investigators may have seized recordings made by his attorney … President Trump's personal attorney Michael D. Cohen sometimes taped conversations with associates, according to three people familiar with his practice, and allies of the president are worried …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
James Comey's memoir: Trump fixates on proving lewd dossier allegations false … The nation's intelligence chiefs had just finished briefing Donald Trump on Russia's interference in the 2016 election when FBI Director James B. Comey stayed behind to discuss some especially sensitive material …
New York Post:
Comey: Trump asked me to investigate ‘pee tape’ to reassure Melania — President Trump wanted then-FBI Director James Comey to investigate the infamous pee-tape allegations to reassure First Lady Melania Trump that he hadn't actually paid Russian hookers to urinate on a hotel bed, the former top G-man claims in his new book.
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Lauren Effron / ABC News:
Comey says Trump asked if he could disprove salacious prostitute allegations in ‘dossier’ — Former FBI director James Comey says President Donald Trump asked him to investigate the salacious allegations from the so-called “dossier” to “prove that it didn't happen” and said it would be …
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Jen Kirby / Vox:
5 eye-popping revelations from James Comey's book excerpts — Trump was obsessed with the “pee tape,” and more. — Former FBI Director James Comey excoriates President Donald Trump in the first excerpts released from his new book, A Higher Loyalty. Comey describes Trump's presidency as a …
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Associated Press:
In new book, Comey says Trump ‘untethered to truth’ — WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey blasts President Donald Trump as unethical and “untethered to truth” and calls his leadership of the country “ego driven and about personal loyalty” in a forthcoming book.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive James Comey book excerpt: Inside the “loyalty dinner” — Fired FBI director James Comey comes across in “A Higher Loyalty,” out Tuesday, as aghast that, in his view, so many people who should know better allowed President Trump to attack basic norms of behavior and ethics.
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Comey paints unsparing portrait of Trump in devastating tell-all book
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Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
President Trump told James Comey that ‘pee tape’ can't be real because he's a ‘germaphobe’
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
Comey book claims President Trump sought loyalty like mafia boss ‘Sammy the Bull’
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Comey's Memoir Offers Visceral Details on a President ‘Untethered to Truth’
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Associated Press:
Hearing related to FBI raid at Trump lawyer's office is set — NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump's personal attorney is trying to prevent the government from using materials it found in a search of his office and residence this week. — A federal prosecutor's office …
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NBC News:
Trump, Mueller teams prepare to move forward without presidential interview — WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller's office and President Donald Trump's legal team are now proceeding with strategies that presume a presidential interview will likely not take place as part of the Russia investigation …
Gary Abernathy / Washington Post:
The Michael Cohen raid could backfire. This story shows how. — Gary Abernathy, a contributing columnist for The Post, is publisher and editor of the (Hillsboro, Ohio) Times-Gazette. — HILLSBORO, Ohio — Unlike many who often defend President Trump, I don't always …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Before Learning of Raid, Trump's Legal Team Convened to Discuss Mueller Interview
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
President Trump poised to pardon Scooter Libby, Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, sources say — President Donald Trump is poised to pardon Scooter J. Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, according to sources familiar with the president's thinking.
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New York Times:
Trump Plans to Pardon Scooter Libby in C.I.A. Leak Case — WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to pardon I. Lewis Libby Jr., who as chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney was convicted of perjury in connection with the leak of a C.I.A. officer's identity, a person familiar with the decision said on Thursday.
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David Priess / Lawfare:
What I Learned From Briefing Robert Mueller — When Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Bob Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russian election interference, I found myself neither surprised that Mueller had been tapped nor shocked when he accepted the call to duty.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Paul Ryan Story: From Flimflam to Fascism — Why did Paul Ryan choose not to run for re-election? What will be the consequences? Your guess is as good as mine — literally. I can speculate based on what I read in the papers, but so can you. — On the other hand …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Rep. Jim Jordan, Freedom Caucus co-founder, is exploring run for House speaker — Rep. Jim Jordan, a prominent and polarizing conservative leader, is strongly considering a run for House speaker in a bid that could upend the race to succeed Paul D. Ryan. — Two Republican lawmakers …
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WJBK-TV:
Black teen misses bus, gets shot at after asking for directions in Rochester Hills — ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (WJBK) - A 14-year-old missed his bus and it nearly cost him his life. — Things took a dangerous turn when Brennan Walker went looking for help at a Rochester Hills home Thursday morning …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump, Having Denounced Amazon's Shipping Deal, Orders Review of Postal Service — WASHINGTON — President Trump abruptly issued an executive order on Thursday demanding an evaluation of the Postal Service's finances, asserting the power of his office weeks after accusing Amazon …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Majorities back investigations of Trump from Russia to alleged hush money (POLL) — Special counsel Robert Mueller has majority support in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll for extending his investigation into both Donald Trump's business dealings and the alleged payment of hush money …
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New York Daily News:
Ex-wife of former Trump building doorman who claimed the President has a love child says he's a liar — The former Trump building doorman who claimed he heard the President has a love child is “a pathological liar,” his ex-wife told the Daily News. — “He's infamous for making up stories …
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Greg Price / Newsweek:
Trump had affair with housekeeper that produced a child, former doorman claims
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP breaks the glass as House outlook darkens — Republicans are rushing to shore up congressional seats deep in the heart of Trump country as they come to an alarming realization: In this midterm election, few GOP lawmakers are safe. — GOP leaders are pressing Republicans lawmakers …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
A Renaissance on the Right — What's bad for the gavel is good for the pen. The Republican Party is in the midst of a cataclysmic transformation. But all the political turmoil is creating a burst of intellectual creativity on the right. — Young, fresh writers are bursting on the scene …
Washington Post:
Confirm Mike Pompeo — MIKE POMPEO'S confirmation hearing to become secretary of state arrived at a moment when the Trump administration is grappling with a chaotic confluence of actual and looming foreign crises — including some of its own making. President Trump is contemplating military strikes …
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Fred Katz / Norman Transcript:
Thunder statement on play-by-play voice Brian Davis' in-game comments — OKLAHOMA CITY — The Thunder believe team play-by-play announcer Brian Davis' racially insensitive remarks during Wednesday's game against Memphis were “offensive and inappropriate,” Thunder Vice President of Broadcasting Dan Mahoney told The Transcript.
New York Times:
James B. Comey: By the Book — What books are on your nightstand? — “Grant,” by Ron Chernow (actual nightstand); “The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Defender of the Realm 1940-1965,” by William Manchester and Paul Reid (living room table). — When and where do you like to read?
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