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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” …
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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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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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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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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 …
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.
CNN:
FBI may have seized recorded conversations from Trump's attorney — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump's personal attorney often recorded telephone conversations both before and during the 2016 presidential campaign that likely have been scooped up in the FBI raid on attorney Michael Cohen's apartment …
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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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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ABC News:
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Comey paints unsparing portrait of Trump in devastating tell-all book
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Rick Klein / ABC News:
Comey book claims President Trump sought loyalty like mafia boss ‘Sammy the Bull’
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FBI raid sought Trump lawyer's communications with bank that loaned him money against his taxi business
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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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Mike Allen / Axios:
Exclusive James Comey book excerpt: Inside the “loyalty dinner”
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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 …
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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.
CNN:
White House is prepping an effort to undermine Rosenstein — Washington (CNN)The White House is preparing talking points designed to undermine Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's credibility, according to sources familiar with the plan. — The plan calls on President Donald Trump's allies …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Sets Out Tougher Approaches to Syria, Justice Department in Tumultuous Week
Ryan Struyk / CNN:
Republican voters are turning against the Mueller probe
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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 — WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to pardon I. Lewis “Scooter” 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.
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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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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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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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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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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Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trump Reverses Course and Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific Partnership — WASHINGTON — President Trump, in a stunning reversal, told a gathering of farm state lawmakers and governors on Thursday morning that he was directing his advisers to look into rejoining the multicountry trade deal known …
The Daily Beast:
Scott Pruitt's Lobbyist Landlord Being Pressured to Leave His Firm … The lobbyist who rented Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt a room in his Capitol Hill townhouse is being pressured to retire from his firm earlier than previously planned, The Daily Beast has learned.
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CBS Los Angeles:
Proposal To Break California Into 3 States Could Make November Ballot — LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Voters could get a chance to decide whether California should be split into three states this November. — Venture capitalist Tim Draper, who authored an initiative to break up the Golden State …
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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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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?
Phil Klay / The Atlantic:
Two Decades of War Have Eroded the Morale of America's Troops — South of Fallujah's Route Fran were hundreds of insurgents who'd spent months digging trench lines, emplacing roadside bombs, barricading streets, training with their weapons, reading the Koran, and watching videos of suicide bombers to inspire them for the fight to come.
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 …
Andrea Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Tronc cuts dozens of employees, including former Times Editor Lewis D'Vorkin — Former Los Angeles Times Editor in Chief Lewis D'Vorkin was fired by Tronc Inc. on Thursday and several dozen other employees of the company were laid off. — D'Vorkin was the chief content officer of Tribune Interactive …
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