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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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New York Times:
Without Evidence, Trump Claims Vindication From Release of Carter Page Documents — BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — President Trump claimed without evidence on Sunday that his administration's release of top-secret documents related to the surveillance of a former campaign aide had confirmed …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
With the release of new documents, Devin Nunes's memo on Carter Page has gotten even less credible — Earlier this year, the political world was gripped by a stunning accusation from Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) that the government's application for a warrant to surveil former Trump campaign …
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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 …
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Carter Page was ‘more like Inspector Gadget than Jason Bourne,’ Gowdy says amid FISA release — Rep. Trey Gowdy said that Carter Page, the former campaign adviser to Donald Trump, was more bumbling detective than secret agent after the Justice Department on Saturday released a set of documents …
Washington Post:
Responding to FISA release, Carter Page calls spying allegations ‘ridiculous’
Responding to FISA release, Carter Page calls spying allegations ‘ridiculous’
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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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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Saturday night document dump
Saturday night document dump
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CNN:
FBI releases Carter Page surveillance warrant documents
FBI releases Carter Page surveillance warrant documents
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Timothy Meads / Townhall:
DOJ Releases Carter Page FISA Documents, Trump Responds
DOJ Releases Carter Page FISA Documents, Trump Responds
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Carter Page says FISA warrant accusations ‘so ridiculous’ and ‘misleading’
Carter Page says FISA warrant accusations ‘so ridiculous’ and ‘misleading’
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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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why is Mueller handing off key cases? — Something has been going on with Robert Mueller's investigation of people thought to have played significant roles in the Trump-Russia affair. The special counsel, assigned to investigate “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government …
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Russian billionaire with U.S. investments backed alleged agent Maria Butina, according to a person familiar with her Senate testimony — Maria Butina, the Russian woman charged in federal court last week with acting as an unregistered agent of her government, received financial support …
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Will Parsons / ABC News:
Top House Intel Democrat: 'The president acts like he's compromised' by Russian government — Responding to the way President Donald Trump conducted himself during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Trump “acts like he's compromised” by the Kremlin.
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Eli Okun / Politico:
Kerry calls Trump's Helsinki performance ‘disgraceful’ — Former Secretary of State John Kerry excoriated President Donald Trump for his conciliatory news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week, calling it “one of the most disgraceful, remarkable moments of kowtowing …
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Garry Kasparov / New York Daily News:
Congress, contain Trump: We cannot let him continue to bend to Vladimir Putin
Eli Okun / Politico:
Gowdy: Trump advisers should consider quitting over Russia
Gowdy: Trump advisers should consider quitting over Russia
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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.
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Grant Stern / The Dworkin Report:
Bill Browder just revealed a big secret about Putin and the Russian oligarchs — Scott interviews Bill Browder, the man who Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin called out in a global press conference in Helsinki at the Treason Summit with Donald Trump this week.
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:
Democrats See Openings at State Level, Thanks to Trump Resistance — SANTA FE, N.M. — A polarizing president electrifies the opposition party going into his first midterm election, raising the party's hopes that it can reclaim governorships, ram through major policy change at the state level …
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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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Gustavo Arellano / Los Angeles Times:
We all live in Jonathan Gold's Southern California
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The G.O.P. Stands By as Trump Upends American Security — In the aftermath of Helsinki, there has been outcry, but no real action, from the Republican establishment. — Fifty years ago, America was in agony. Its unity at home, and its standing abroad, were deteriorating.
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
In First Lady's Hometown in Slovenia, the Business Is Melania — SEVNICA, Slovenia — Melania cake. Melania cream. Melania wine. Melania tea. Melania slippers. Melania salami. Melania chocolate-coated apple slices. — There are few products that the enterprising burghers of Sevnica …
USA Today:
The super rich boost political giving ahead of November's tough midterm elections — WASHINGTON - Super-wealthy donors escalated their political giving this spring, led by Republicans racing to protect their party's hold on Congress in the Nov. 6 midterm elections, a USA TODAY analysis of newly filed campaign reports shows.
Dennis Romero / NBC News:
Woman who lost 9 relatives in duck boat accident shares heartache, harrowing tale — “I felt like if I was able to get a life jacket I could've saved my babies,” Tia Coleman, who lost three children and other family members, said. — Survivor of Missouri duck boat tragedy speaks out
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
General Says Talk of More U.S.-Russia Cooperation Gives Him ‘Pause’ — 'Let's not forget that it's Russia,' said U.S. Army Gen. Joseph Votel, who is overseeing the fight against Islamic State and the war in Afghanistan — KABUL—The U.S. general overseeing the fight against Islamic State …
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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