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Transcript: James Comey's interview with ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos — ABC News' chief anchor George Stephanopoulos' interviewed former FBI director James Comey for a special edition of “20/20” that aired on Sunday, April 15, 2018 ahead of the release of Comey's book, “A Higher Loyalty.”
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Comey, in Interview, Calls Trump ‘Morally Unfit’ and ‘Stain’ on All Around Him — WASHINGTON — If there was any chance that President Trump and James B. Comey could have avoided all-out war, it ended Sunday night. — That was when ABC News aired an interview with Mr. Comey …
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Kellyanne Conway slams Comey: He always diverts ‘the spotlight to him’ — President Donald Trump's senior counselor, Kellyanne Conway, slammed former FBI Director James Comey as a publicity hound who is trying to promote his new book. — “The president is very confounded that this person …
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The morning after Comey's interview airs, Trump throws another punch at the fired FBI director … President Trump took fresh aim at fired FBI director James B. Comey on Monday, lambasting his handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server and asserting again that Comey and another FBI official had committed crimes.


Exclusive: James Comey strikes back against ‘morally unfit’ Donald Trump in scathing interview — Former FBI director, James Comey does not hold back in his new book, ‘A Higher Loyalty.’ He attacks President Trump, calling him ‘unethical’ and ‘untethered to truth.’ USA TODAY
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Admit it, James Comey: You've been lying all along — On Saturday night, the great Wolf Blitzer interviewed one of his panelists about James Comey — 's justification for violating over a half-century of Justice Department policies in Republican and Democratic administrations when he sent …
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Trump Attacks Comey Again, Saying He and Others ‘Committed Many Crimes’
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James Comey's ABC Interview Has Furious FBI Insiders Lashing Out
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Dislike Comey, Despise Trump
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Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Used the Same Delaware Company for Payment Deals to Two Women — Federal probe looks closely at money flowing in and out of Essential Consultants — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, used the same Delaware limited-liability company …
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Trump wants to review material seized from personal lawyer before federal investigators … President Trump asked a federal judge Sunday night to allow him to review documents that FBI agents seized from the office of his longtime lawyer before criminal investigators have a chance to see the material.
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Under Siege, Michael Cohen Is Vacillating Between a New Level of Exasperation and Trumpian Business-As-Usual — Cohen has been dismayed by the silence from Trump's inner-circle in Washington. One person familiar with his thinking said that he's gotten messages from thousands of people since last Monday …
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Cohen Isn't the Biggest Catch from Trump World — Other players know far more about the president's dealings than his lawyer does. — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, will be in a federal courtroom on Monday, arguing that he has the right to review documents …
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Trump, a reluctant hawk, has battled his top aides on Russia and lost … President Trump seemed distracted in March as his aides briefed him at his Mar-a-Lago resort on the administration's plan to expel 60 Russian diplomats and suspected spies. — The United States, they explained …
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2018 vote margin narrows as Democratic engagement slips (POLL) — A Democratic advantage in the upcoming midterm elections has narrowed in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, with indications of lower engagement among members of the party now out of power in the federal government.
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Trump businesses made millions off Republican groups and federal agencies, report says — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's U.S. businesses have received at least $15.1 million in revenue from political groups and federal agencies since 2015, according to a new report to be released Monday.
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The GOP's Never-Trumpers Are Really Just Never-Democrats — David Brooks, the New York Times op-ed page's long-standing ambassador from the center-right, recently wrote a self-flagellatory column about the failure of anti-Trump Republicans to influence their own tribe.


Incoming Pence staffer withdraws after report Trump tried to block him — Vice President Mike Pence's pick for his national security advisor, Jon Lerner, has decided against joining Pence's team. Lerner's decision comes after Axios reported earlier tonight that President Trump had attempted …
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Scoop: Trump tried to block Pence national security appointment
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Cost of EPA chief Scott Pruitt's secure phone booth violated law limiting such expenses to $5,000 without prior approval, GAO says — The Environmental Protection Agency administrator installed a $43,000 soundproof phone booth at agency headquarters last fall.


The President Is Not Above The Law — “This great nation can tolerate a president who makes mistakes,” declared Senator Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican. “But it cannot tolerate one who makes a mistake and then breaks the law to cover it up.” — No, Mr. Hatch wasn't talking about Donald Trump.


‘Spare me’: Tillis draws GOP fire with pro-Mueller push — Thom Tillis isn't the kind of Republican who typically challenges Donald Trump. — The North Carolina senator backs the president's agenda and holds his tongue when it comes to the tweets. As others abandoned Trump after the …
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How Russian Facebook Ads Divided and Targeted US Voters Before the 2016 Election — WHEN YOUNG MIE Kim began studying political ads on Facebook in August of 2016—while Hillary Clinton was still leading the polls— few people had ever heard of the Russian propaganda group, Internet Research Agency.


Russian reporter Borodin dead after mystery fall — A Russian investigative journalist who wrote about the deaths of mercenaries in Syria has died in hospital after falling from his fifth-floor flat. — Maxim Borodin was found badly injured by neighbours in Yekaterinburg and taken to hospital, where he later died.
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George Stephanopoulos is having more sex than you — It seems James Comey isn't the only one being thoroughly probed by George Stephanopoulos. — Apparently the bijou broadcaster — whose blockbuster interview with the former FBI director aired Sunday — is as relentless in the bedroom as he is in the newsroom.


Parkland Student Activist David Hogg Teases Another Boycott: ‘Stay Tuned’ — “Going to announce another boycott this week,” Florida high schooler tweets on Monday — Parkland, Florida shooting survivor David Hogg announced Monday that he would launch another boycott sometime later …


Trump contradicts his Treasury Department, accuses China and Russia of currency cheating … President Trump on Monday accused China and Russia of improperly manipulating their currencies in a way that gives them unfair trade advantages. — “Russia and China are playing the Currency Devaluation game …


Another white collar lawyer turns down Trump — (CNN)Another white collar lawyer has turned down the opportunity to represent President Donald Trump, citing an unidentified conflict, as the President struggles to add to the legal team representing him in the special counsel investigation.


7 inmates dead, 17 injured in South Carolina prison fighting — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Seven inmates were killed and at least 17 others seriously injured as inmates were left to fight for more than seven hours before authorities regained control of a maximum-security prison.


Allegiant Air: The budget airline flying under the radar — Steve Kroft investigates Allegiant Air, a discount carrier known more for its ultra-low fares than its high record of in-flight breakdowns — Allegiant Air is a small, ultra-low-cost carrier based in Las Vegas …
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