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David Pecker Granted Immunity in Cohen Case — Federal prosecutors granted immunity to David Pecker, CEO of the company that publishes the National Enquirer and a longtime friend of President Trump, in the Michael Cohen investigation.
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“Holy Shit, I Thought Pecker Would Be the Last One to Turn”: Trump's National Enquirer Allies Are the Latest to Defect — David Pecker and Dylan Howard corroborated Michael Cohen's account implicating the president in a federal crime. And Cohen's lawyer Lanny Davis says there are more revelations to come.
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David Pecker, American Media Chief, Is Said to Have Immunity in Trump Inquiry — The tabloid executive David J. Pecker has been granted immunity by federal prosecutors investigating payments during the 2016 campaign to two women who said they had affairs with Donald J. Trump …
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Why Michael Cohen Agreed to Plead Guilty—And Implicate the President — Prosecutors had reams of evidence and a long list of counts, which also could have included the lawyer's wife — Michael Cohen had many reasons to play ball last weekend when his legal team sat down to talk to federal prosecutors.
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National Enquirer boss and longtime Trump friend David Pecker gets federal immunity in Michael Cohen case
National Enquirer boss and longtime Trump friend David Pecker gets federal immunity in Michael Cohen case
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Exclusive: Michael Cohen told Congress he doesn't know if Trump knew about Russia meeting
Exclusive: Michael Cohen told Congress he doesn't know if Trump knew about Russia meeting
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed News:
David Pecker Was Granted Immunity. Prosecutors Say He Knows About Three Key Moments In Trump's Campaign.
David Pecker Was Granted Immunity. Prosecutors Say He Knows About Three Key Moments In Trump's Campaign.
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Cohen's admission doesn't mean Trump is guilty, legal experts say
Cohen's admission doesn't mean Trump is guilty, legal experts say
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Trump sought his lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort but they counseled against it, Giuliani says — President Trump sought his lawyers' advice several weeks ago on the possibility of pardoning Manafort, Trump attorney Rudolph W. Giuliani said Thursday.
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Rudy Giuliani: Impeaching Trump would mean 'people's revolt' — Donald Trump's lawyer has said “the American people would revolt” if the president was impeached. — In an interview with Sky News Rudy Giuliani claimed there was “no reason” for an impeachment and called Mr Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen “a liar”.
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Trump sought his lawyers' advice weeks ago on possibility of pardoning Manafort, Giuliani says — President Trump asked his lawyers for their advice on the possibility of pardoning his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort several weeks ago, his lawyer said Thursday.
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Why Trump's supporters won't care about Cohen and Manafort's convictions — ZANESVILLE, OH — Last week, a woman in her mid-40s who lives in a tidy suburban enclave just outside of Columbus, Ohio, summed up her continued support for President Donald Trump despite his morals …
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Donald Trump Just Admitted to a Federal Crime in ‘Fox & Friends’ Interview, Obama Ethics Chief Says — Donald Trump may have just admitted to committing a crime in an interview on Fox & Friends, Barack Obama's former ethics chief said. — The president appeared on the show …
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Let's play softball: Read all 18 questions Fox News asked Trump
Let's play softball: Read all 18 questions Fox News asked Trump
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The American Obsession With Donald Trump's Mood
The American Obsession With Donald Trump's Mood
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Key Republicans Give Trump a Path to Fire Sessions After the Election — Sessions defends his performance in advancing Trump's agenda — A new attorney general could take control of the Mueller probe — Two key Republican senators signaled to President Donald Trump …
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Sessions defends himself from President Trump's criticism, saying the Justice Department ‘will not be improperly influenced by political considerations’ — Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back forcefully Thursday against fresh criticism from President Trump, saying the Justice Department would not be …
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Trump Tells Sessions He Favors Death Penalty for Fentanyl Dealers
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White House blocks bill that would protect elections — WASHINGTON — A bill that would have significantly bolstered the nation's defenses against electoral interference has been held up in the — Senate at the behest of the White House, which opposed the proposed legislation, according to congressional sources.
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Manafort juror reveals lone holdout prevented Mueller team from convicting on all counts — NORTHERN VIRGINIA - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team was one holdout juror away from convicting Paul Manafort on all 18 counts of bank and tax fraud, juror Paula Duncan told Fox News in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
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Manafort juror Paula Duncan: Manafort is guilty, but Mueller probe is a witch hunt
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Reality Winner, who pleaded guilty to leaking secret U.S. report, gets 63-month sentence — AUGUSTA, Ga. — A former government contractor who pleaded guilty to mailing a classified U.S. report to a news organization was sentenced to more than five years Thursday as part of a deal with prosecutors …
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The Government's Argument that Reality Winner Harmed National Security Doesn't Hold Up. Here's Why.
The Government's Argument that Reality Winner Harmed National Security Doesn't Hold Up. Here's Why.
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Inside the progressive movement roiling the Democratic Party — Frustrated by a string of defeats at the polls, a progressive wing of the Democratic Party pushes a populist platform across the country. Amid wins and losses, the movement aims to reshape a party in flux.
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Despite Comey Assurances, Vast Bulk of Weiner Laptop Emails Were Never Examined — When then-FBI Director James Comey announced he was closing the Hillary Clinton email investigation for a second time just days before the 2016 election, he certified to Congress that his agency had …
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The Weiner laptop revisited
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Trump Cites False Claims of Widespread Attacks on White Farmers in South Africa — CAPE TOWN, South Africa — President Trump waded into South Africa's proposal to seize land from white farmers, saying in a post on Twitter late Wednesday that he had asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to …
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Poll: Pennsylvanians give low marks to Trump and tariffs — Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf and Democratic Sen. Bob Casey both hold double-digit leads over lesser-known opponents in new NBC News/Marist poll. — WASHINGTON — Pennsylvania, a state that helped put President Donald Trump in the White House …
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Trump Wants to Ban Flipping Because He Is Almost Literally a Mob Boss — Last November, a person close to the Trump administration speaking to the Washington Post invoked a chilling metaphor. “This investigation is a classic Gambino-style roll-up,” the source said.
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Trump speechwriter's ouster sparks racially charged debate — It took just 80 minutes after racially incendiary emails started flying for the Claremont Institute, a conservative think tank, to shut down an email Listserv connecting hundreds of high-profile conservatives.
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Hunter steps down from House committee assignments — Indicted Rep. Duncan Hunter told Speaker Paul Ryan on Thursday that he will step down from his committee assignments after initially declining to do so, according to a letter obtained by POLITICO. — Ryan (R-Wis.) called …
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BREAKING: Elections consultant fired over proposal to close Georgia precincts — The elections consultant who proposed closing most voting locations in a majority African-American rural Georgia county has been fired ahead of a vote Friday on consolidating precincts.
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Amazon Bans Gun Book — Amazon banned the sale of a gun book on Wednesday night for an unexplained violation of the company's rules. — The listing for The Liberator Code Book: An Exercise in Freedom of Speech, which had been available on Amazon since Aug. 1, was removed from Amazon's website.
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Education Secretary Considers Using Federal Funds to Arm Schools — Updated Aug. 23, 2018: The education community has responded to Secretary DeVos's policy proposal. Read the latest here. — WASHINGTON — The Education Department is considering whether to allow states to use federal funding …
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Think Elizabeth Warren And Bernie Sanders Are The Same? She Doesn't. — They are friends, partners in the Senate, and leaders of a progressive movement. But Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are not the same. “He's a socialist, and I believe in markets.”
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