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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Negotiated $1.6 Million Settlement for Top Republican Fundraiser — The 2017 deal was on behalf of Elliott Broidy, a businessman who faced allegations he impregnated a former Playboy model, and resembles one Mr. Cohen arranged with Stormy Daniels
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New York Times:
Trump Sees Inquiry Into Cohen as Greater Threat Than Mueller — President Trump's advisers have concluded that a wide-ranging corruption investigation in New York poses a greater and more imminent threat to the president than even the special counsel's investigation, according to several people close to Mr. Trump.
Justin Miller / The Daily Beast:
Prosecutors Probing Michael Cohen Have Nailed Financial Frauds, Corrupt Pols and Organized Crooks … Michael Cohen has never faced attorneys like the ones investigating him. — The federal prosecutors looking into Cohen, the longtime lawyer and fixer for Donald Trump …
CNN:
Exclusive: FBI seized recordings between Trump's lawyer and Stormy Daniels' former lawyer — (CNN)The FBI seized recordings President Donald Trump's attorney made of his conversations with a lawyer representing two women who had alleged affairs with Trump, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN.
CNN:
DOJ: Michael Cohen ‘under criminal investigation’ — In a CNN Special Report “Hush Money: Trouble for Trump?” Sara Sidner examines the President's predicament after his personal lawyer Michael Cohen paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000. Watch Saturday at 8 p.m. ET.
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Kyra Phillips / ABC News:
Trump, Cohen spoke Friday as feds look into seized recordings, sources say
Trump, Cohen spoke Friday as feds look into seized recordings, sources say
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Wall Street Journal:
Elliott Broidy Quits RNC Post After Report on Payment to Ex-Model
Elliott Broidy Quits RNC Post After Report on Payment to Ex-Model
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New York Times:
R.N.C. Official Who Agreed to Pay Playboy Model $1.6 Million Resigns
R.N.C. Official Who Agreed to Pay Playboy Model $1.6 Million Resigns
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Associated Press:
Hearing related to FBI raid at Trump lawyer's office is set
Hearing related to FBI raid at Trump lawyer's office is set
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC fundraiser resigns after report of $1.6 million Playmate payoff
RNC fundraiser resigns after report of $1.6 million Playmate payoff
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
RNC deputy finance chair steps down after admitting Trump's lawyer negotiated settlement between …
RNC deputy finance chair steps down after admitting Trump's lawyer negotiated settlement between …
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CNN:
Michael Cohen facilitated $1.6 million agreement on behalf of GOP fundraiser
Michael Cohen facilitated $1.6 million agreement on behalf of GOP fundraiser
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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein tells confidantes he is prepared to be fired — WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has struck a stoic and righteous tone in private conversations he has had this week about the fate of his job as President Donald Trump has launched public criticism …
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New York Times:
Former F.B.I. Deputy Director Is Faulted in Scathing Inspector General Report — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department inspector general delivered to Congress on Friday a highly critical report that accused Andrew G. McCabe, the former F.B.I. deputy director, of repeatedly misleading investigators.
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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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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Publisher printing 850,000 copies of James Comey book — Comey: Briefing Trump felt like out-of-body experience — The publisher of James Comey's book “A Higher Loyalty” is printing 850,000 copies to meet the expected demand from buyers. — To put that number in perspective …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Inspector general report faults Andrew McCabe for unauthorized disclosure of information, misleading investigators
Inspector general report faults Andrew McCabe for unauthorized disclosure of information, misleading investigators
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
James Comey Is No Hero
James Comey Is No Hero
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
IG releases report faulting fired FBI official McCabe
IG releases report faulting fired FBI official McCabe
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Fox News:
DOJ IG releases explosive report that led to firing of ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe
DOJ IG releases explosive report that led to firing of ex-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Trump Calls Comey ‘Untruthful Slime Ball’ as Book Details Released
Trump Calls Comey ‘Untruthful Slime Ball’ as Book Details Released
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New York Times:
As Clinton Camp Denied Reports of Criminal Inquiry, F.B.I. Was Investigating, Comey Says
As Clinton Camp Denied Reports of Criminal Inquiry, F.B.I. Was Investigating, Comey Says
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Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:
Comey Memoir: Hiding Clinton Email News Would've Made Her Presidency ‘Illegitimate’
Comey Memoir: Hiding Clinton Email News Would've Made Her Presidency ‘Illegitimate’
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Congress gets DOJ inspector general's critical report on FBI's McCabe
Congress gets DOJ inspector general's critical report on FBI's McCabe
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CNN:
Justice Department inspector general report cites lack of candor by McCabe
Justice Department inspector general report cites lack of candor by McCabe
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Raw Story
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
James Comey is drawing fire, but he's not Trump's real problem
James Comey is drawing fire, but he's not Trump's real problem
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Outside the Beltway
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Sources: Mueller has evidence Cohen was in Prague in 2016, confirming part of dossier — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department special counsel has evidence that Donald Trump's personal lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign …
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BuzzFeed:
A Former Russian Spy Worked On A Trump Moscow Deal While Trump Was Running For President — While Trump was running for president, his business team was trying to develop a Trump tower in Moscow — with the help of a former Russian military intelligence officer.
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Thomas Frank / BuzzFeed:
Two Democrats Accuse Cambridge Analytica CEO Of Misleading House Committee In Still-Secret Testimony
Two Democrats Accuse Cambridge Analytica CEO Of Misleading House Committee In Still-Secret Testimony
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump, Gardner strike deal on legalized marijuana, ending standoff over Justice nominees … President Trump has promised a top Senate Republican that he will support congressional efforts to protect states that have legalized marijuana — defusing a months-long standoff between Sen. Cory Gardner …
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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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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Seeks Large Strike in Syria; Mattis Urges Caution — President and defense secretary differ on response to suspected Syrian chemical attack — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is prodding his military advisers to agree to a more sweeping retaliatory strike in Syria than they consider prudent …
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The White House:
Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the Pardon of I. “Scooter” Lewis Libby — Today, President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Grant of Clemency (Full Pardon) to I. “Scooter” Lewis Libby, former Chief of Staff to Vice President Richard Cheney, for convictions stemming from a 2007 trial.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump issues pardon for Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby
Trump issues pardon for Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby
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CNN:
HHS official shared post saying ‘forefathers’ would have ‘hung’ Obama, Clinton for treason — (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Health and Human Services shared an image in 2017 that said “our forefathers would have hung” Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton for treason, a CNN KFile review has found.
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New Yorker:
Chick-fil-A's Creepy Infiltration of New York City — During a recent lunch hour, I was alone on the rooftop of the largest Chick-fil-A in the world. The restaurant, on Fulton Street, is the company's fourth in Manhattan, and it opened last month to the kind of slick, corporate-friendly fanfare that can only greet a new chain.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
I'd Like to Offer This Sanity Quiz to All #NeverTrump Conservatives — Nicolle Wallace, David Frum, Joe Scarborough, Bill Kristol: Step right up. — I am told regularly by people I admire and respect to hold my cynical tongue about all the career conservatives and television flotsam …
TMZ.com:
Will Ferrell Involved in Serious Two-Car Accident, SUV Flipped Over — 8:21 AM PT — Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the SUV was sideswiped from the right rear by a Toyota, causing the SUV to spin and flip over. We're told drugs and alcohol did not play a role in the accident.
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Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Dems Prep a Plan if Rosenstein Is Fired — Top Democrats are increasingly concerned that President Trump will fire the deputy attorney general—but they don't want their colleagues to immediately call for impeachment. — Alex Rogers @AROGDC and — With rumors swirling that President Trump …
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VICE News:
White nationalist Richard Spencer's pages just got kicked off Facebook — Two Facebook pages associated with white nationalist Richard Spencer have been kicked off the platform. — The outspoken white nationalist who coined the term “alt-right” and runs the National Policy Institute, had been operating in the open on Facebook.
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Jim Norman / Gallup:
Trump Favorable Rating Dips — WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's favorable rating, already low by historical standards, has dropped to 38% — while his unfavorable rating is at 59%. — This marks a dip in his favorable rating from 41% in December last year.
Los Angeles Times:
Patrick Soon-Shiong plans to move Los Angeles Times to new campus in El Segundo — The Los Angeles Times this summer will move from its historic art deco headquarters in downtown Los Angeles to a campus currently under construction in El Segundo. — Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong …
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