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Wall Street Journal:
Allen Weisselberg, Longtime Trump Organization CFO, Is Granted Immunity in Cohen Probe — Weisselberg earlier this year was subpoenaed to testify before grand jury — Allen Weisselberg, President Trump's longtime financial gatekeeper, was granted immunity by federal prosecutors …
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Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Allen Weisselberg, the Man Who Knows Donald Trump's Financial Secrets, Has Agreed to Become a Coöperating Witness — In late 2016, I had lunch with a former high-ranking Trump Organization executive, a person who said he was happy to share dirt on his old boss, but who confessed to not having much dirt to share.
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RedState
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Immunity for Trump CFO Is a Potential Game-Changer — Prosecutors know that Allen Weisselberg is privy to the Trump Organization's most sensitive information. — Allen Weisselberg is an unassuming, soft-spoken guy who has spent decades avoiding the limelight, first in the 1970s as an accountant …
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CNN, Raw Story, IJR, Splinter and Contemptor
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnon Leaders Crack Down on Mentions of Cohen After He Turned on Trump … Michael Cohen's guilty plea Tuesday shook up believers in the QAnon conspiracy theory, who had previously believed special counsel Robert Mueller was secretly working with President Donald Trump, not investigating him.
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Hullabaloo
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Here's Where Things Get Dangerous With Trump — There was a sense among some this week that we had at last reached that golden “inflection point” when all of Trump's lies, scams, cons, and crimes finally sink in with Republicans, and the cult begins to crack.
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The American Conservative, Towleroad Gay News, Fox News and Wall Street Journal
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Trump on Weisselberg: ‘He Did Whatever Was Necessary’ — Perhaps the most important person in the Trump Organization has had the lowest profile. Until he agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. — “Think Allen Weisselberg,” a person who knows Donald Trump well told me a few days ago.
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USA Today
Aris Folley / The Hill:
Spiro Agnew lawyer: Trump should resign to keep Mueller from prosecuting his family
Spiro Agnew lawyer: Trump should resign to keep Mueller from prosecuting his family
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The Rush Limbaugh Show
Martin London / TIME:
I Was a Lawyer for Spiro Agnew. President Trump Should Consider Resigning
I Was a Lawyer for Spiro Agnew. President Trump Should Consider Resigning
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Just Security, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Chris Sommerfeldt / New York Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani distances himself from Trump over his ‘flipping’ comments: ‘The President is not a lawyer’
Rudy Giuliani distances himself from Trump over his ‘flipping’ comments: ‘The President is not a lawyer’
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Joe.My.God. and Talking Points Memo
Lia Eustachewich / New York Post:
Cohen told Congress he doesn't know if Donald knew about Trump Tower meeting
Cohen told Congress he doesn't know if Donald knew about Trump Tower meeting
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The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, The Political Insider, Breitbart, TheBlaze, Conservative News Today, twitchy.com, Law & Crime and Axios
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
No collusion? We'll see. But what about tax fraud?
No collusion? We'll see. But what about tax fraud?
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Daily Wire and Fox News
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg given immunity by prosecutors to testify
Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg given immunity by prosecutors to testify
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The Atlantic, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Hill Reporter, ABC News, Law & Crime, MSNBC and Mother Jones
New York Times:
Kremlin Sources Go Quiet, Leaving C.I.A. in the Dark About Putin's Plans for Midterms — The spy agency does not believe its Russia informants have been killed, but sources have gone largely dormant amid heightened scrutiny and rising threats. — Technology companies and political campaigns …
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Aides expect Trump to go rogue on Manafort pardon — The president's comments are being read as a signal that he wants to ignore his lawyers and exonerate his former campaign chairman. — President Donald Trump's lawyers and a cadre of informal White House advisers claim they've convinced …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Meets QAnon Kook Who Believes Democrats Run Pedophile Cult … President Donald Trump posed for Oval Office photos on Thursday with one of the leading promoters of the QAnon conspiracy theory, which claims that top Democrats are part of a global pedophile cult.
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twitchy.com
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Omarosa: I'm ready to testify at Trump impeachment trial
Omarosa: I'm ready to testify at Trump impeachment trial
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Yahoo, Politico, LifeZette, Joe.My.God., The Daily Caller and twitchy.com
Rachael Bade / Politico:
‘How do you stay married to a guy who does that?’ — Hill Republicans are appalled by Rep. Duncan Hunter, who is facing indictment, blaming his wife. — House Republicans are whispering one word over and over again to describe embattled Rep. Duncan Hunter: Shameless.
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Alex Thompson / VICE News:
“Hottie Avenatti” brings his show to the DNC summer meeting — CHICAGO — Michael Avenatti — attorney, potential presidential candidate, and owner of a strong jawline — dropped in on the Democratic Party's summer meeting on Thursday as he continued to tease a 2020 run.
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Washington Monthly, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, Balloon Juice and Politico
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:
Michael Avenatti's Next 2020 Move: His Own PAC
Michael Avenatti's Next 2020 Move: His Own PAC
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Observer, Joe.My.God., Splinter, Daily Caller News Foundation, Mediaite and Des Moines Register
Media Matters for America:
NRA spokesperson Dana Loesch: Democrats are “trying to Al Capone the president” — VIDEO ››› August 24, 2018 ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF — From the August 22 edition of NRATV's Relentless: — Loading the player reg...
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Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and New Republic
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
NRA Says FBI Is Treating Trump As Unfairly As Al Capone
NRA Says FBI Is Treating Trump As Unfairly As Al Capone
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jeet Heer / New Republic:
Al Capone is not the best guy to bring up in an attempt to obstruct justice.
Al Capone is not the best guy to bring up in an attempt to obstruct justice.
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USA Today, Washington Monthly and MSNBC
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Cohen Guilty Plea Reveals Link to Qatari Royal Family — Trump's former lawyer received a $100,000 brokerage fee for a Florida real-estate deal in which he represented a company owned by Sheikh Abdul Aziz — A $100,000 real-estate brokerage fee that was part of former Trump attorney …
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The Political Insider and Raw Story
WRAL-TV:
Feds file voting fraud charges against 19 foreign nationals — Federal voting fraud charges were filed in Wilmington, N.C., Friday against 19 foreign nationals who allegedly voted in the 2016 election. A 20th person was charged with aiding and abetting one of the 19 in falsely claiming U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote.
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IJR
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Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
When Justice Is Partial — Mueller is determined to sniff out any wrongdoing he can find—on one side. — U.S. Attorney Robert Khuzami took a few moments in his Tuesday statement about Michael Cohen's plea deal to sing neutrality's praise: “His day of reckoning serves as a reminder …
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IJR
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Eliot A. Cohen / The Atlantic:
How This Will End — Michael Gerson, one of the most eloquent and principled critics of Donald Trump, insists that we are at June 1973, the moment when John Dean's testimony broke the dam that a year later swept Richard Nixon off into disgrace. Others agree: This is an inflection point.
Erica Orden / CNN:
New York AG plans criminal investigation into Michael Cohen's taxes — Cohen's ‘flip’ had to meet criteria, says fmr prosecutor — New York (CNN)The New York State Attorney General's Office is poised to pursue a criminal probe of Michael Cohen's potential state tax law violations …
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Sunlight Foundation
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Jim Baker / Lawfare:
Donald Trump, Twitter and Presidential Power to Interpret the Law for the Executive Branch
Donald Trump, Twitter and Presidential Power to Interpret the Law for the Executive Branch
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USA Today, CNBC and The Right Scoop
Christine Wang / CNBC:
Former head of CDC Tom Frieden arrested and charged with forcible touching, sex abuse and harassment — Tom Frieden, former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been arrested amid allegations of forcible touching, sex abuse and harassment.
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abc7ny.com, Washington Post, Splinter, CNN, Breitbart, The Political Insider and The Week
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Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Trump says it's ‘probably tougher’ for GOP to retain control of House — COLUMBUS — President Trump acknowledged a “probably tougher” path to retain GOP control of the House at the state party's annual dinner here, injecting some political reality into his standard rhetoric that boasts of a “red wave” in November.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Tucker Carlson walks back bogus South Africa scaremongering — On his Wednesday evening program, Fox News host Tucker Carlson roared about the issue of land reform in South Africa. “The president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has begun — and you may have seen this in the press …
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Breitbart, Axios and The Gateway Pundit
Dave Eggers / New Yorker:
No One Is Safer. No One Is Served. — An immigrant family hides from Donald Trump in a Connecticut church. — The legendary Chicago oral historian and moral force Studs Terkel once said, “There is a decency in the American people and a native intelligence—providing they have the facts, providing they have the information.”
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The ‘Echo Chamber’ Isn't A Conspiracy Theory, It's A Fact — The New Yorker's new blockbuster piece exposing the ‘echo chamber’ conspiracy memo only helps prove the document's contention. — When I finally got to the end of a supposed blockbuster piece by the New Yorker's Adam Entous …
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Contemptor, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and The Week
Kartikay Mehrotra / Bloomberg:
Jailed Russian of Interest in U.S. Election Probe, Official Says — Lawyers say Russian embassy keen on visting accused hacker — Judge questions pychiatrist chosen to examine Yevgeniy Nikulin — A Russian charged with hacking LinkedIn is of great interest in a U.S. probe of election meddling …
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Boing Boing
Nick Gillespie / New York Times:
Republicans Are Exploiting the Murder of Mollie Tibbetts — Immigrants commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans. But the party doesn't want to talk about that. — Mr. Gillespie is an editor at large of Reason. — Where does the conservative commitment to limited government …
William March / Tampa Bay Times:
Watch the most misleading campaign ad so far this year. — Congratulations Frank White, Republican candidate for Florida Attorney General. — The campaign of Frank White for Florida attorney general appears to have altered the audio and manipulated video from an Orlando television station's news story …
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The Capitolist and Florida Politics