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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Releases Secret Carter Page Surveillance Documents at Center of Partisan Clash — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has disclosed a previously top-secret set of documents related to the wiretapping of Carter Page, the onetime Trump campaign adviser who was at the center …
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David Stamp / Reuters:
Trump says Carter Page documents show DoJ and FBI misled courts — (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter on Sunday that documents about his former presidential campaign adviser Carter Page confirmed with little doubt that the Department of Justice and FBI had misled the courts.
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David Kris / Lawfare:
What to Make of the Carter Page FISA Applications — The Carter Page FISAs are out via the Freedom of Information Act. Here are a few observations, relatively brief but still just a bit too long for Twitter. — First, a huge amount of information is redacted in these FISA applications …
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Saturday night document dump — We are familiar with the Friday afternoon document dump. It's a standard tool of political scandal management. What are we to make of the Saturday night document dump by which the Department of Justice delivered the heavily redacted documents comprising …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
DOJ Releases Carter Page FISA Applications — In an unprecedented move, the Department of Justice has released 412 pages of top-secret documents related to surveillance conducted against former Trump campaign chairman Carter Page. — The documents include an October 2016 application …
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Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
The FISA Documents Used To Wiretap Carter Page Just Dropped
The FISA Documents Used To Wiretap Carter Page Just Dropped
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
First Thoughts On the Carter Page FISA Application
First Thoughts On the Carter Page FISA Application
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Justice Department releases Carter Page surveillance documents
Justice Department releases Carter Page surveillance documents
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Jfarrell / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Obtains Carter Page FISA Court Documents
Judicial Watch Obtains Carter Page FISA Court Documents
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Andrea Chang / Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times restaurant critic Jonathan Gold dies at 57 — Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic who richly chronicled the city's vast culinary landscape and made its food understandable and approachable to legions of fans, has died. He was 57.
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Washington Post:
In private, Trump vents frustration over lack of progress on North Korea — When he emerged from his summit with Kim Jong Un last month, President Trump triumphantly declared that North Korea no longer posed a nuclear threat and that one of the world's most intractable geopolitical crises had been “largely solved.”
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Kavanaugh: Watergate tapes decision may have been wrong — WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading to the end of his presidency, may have been wrongly decided.
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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Exclusive: Accused Russian agent Butina met with U.S. Treasury, Fed officials — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Accused Russian agent Maria Butina had wider high-level contacts in Washington than previously known, taking part in 2015 meetings between a visiting Russian official and two senior officials …
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Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia Seeks Release of Woman Accused of Being Covert Agent
Russia Seeks Release of Woman Accused of Being Covert Agent
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Vladimir Soldatkin / Reuters:
Lavrov tells Pompeo: free Russian woman accused in U.S. of espionage
Washington Post:
Americans give Trump negative marks for Helsinki performance, poll finds — By wide margins, Americans give President Trump negative marks for his conduct during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week and for his casting doubt on U.S. intelligence conclusions that Russia interfered …
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New York Times:
Trump Signals Consequences for Michael Cohen Over Secret Recording — BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Trump lashed out at his longtime lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, on Saturday, suggesting that there could be legal consequences for Mr. Cohen's decision to record a discussion they had two months …
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Salt Lake Tribune:
By Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman — • In the wake of President Donald Trump's recent summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Gehrke wrote a column arguing why U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon M. Huntsman, Utah's former governor, should resign his diplomatic post immediately.
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Luke O'Brien / HuffPost:
How Pizzagate Pusher Mike Cernovich Keeps Getting People Fired — He just took down director James Gunn. Now he's using a trollish rumor about a sex tape to go after journalists. — Mike Cernovich was celebrating on Friday, at least for a few hours. Disney had just fired James Gunn …
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Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
The dating swamp: How finding love in DC may be impossible for young Trump and GOP staffers — Trying to find love in D.C. can be tricky. If you're a young Trump administration staffer, it might be near impossible. — GOP employees and other right-wingers have been complaining that dating …
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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
Judgment days — In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality — Clay Crum opened his Bible to Exodus Chapter 20 and read verse 14 one more time. — “Thou shalt not commit adultery,” it said. — He prayed about what he was going to do.
CBS Los Angeles:
Woman Dies During Standoff At Silver Lake Trader Joe's, Suspect Taken Into Custody — STUDIO CITY (CBSLA) — One woman is dead after a gunman entered the Trader Joe's grocery store in Silver Lake, barricading himself inside with multiple hostages. — The suspect, described initially …
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Emily Cochrane / New York Times:
Dan Coats Denies Criticism of Trump Over Putin White House Visit — WASHINGTON — The nation's top intelligence official played down on Saturday his seemingly astonished reaction this week to the news that President Trump planned to invite President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to Washington.
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
U.S. intelligence chief Coats says no disrespect intended toward Trump over Russia summit news
U.S. intelligence chief Coats says no disrespect intended toward Trump over Russia summit news
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