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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller investigators questioned John Kelly in obstruction probe  —  Washington (CNN)White House chief of staff John Kelly was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team in recent months, three people with knowledge of the matter told CNN.
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Giuliani says Mueller has accused Manafort of lying about Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has made clear to Paul Manafort's attorneys that they believe the former Trump campaign chair is lying to them about President Donald Trump, according to the President's attorney Rudy Giuliani.
Washington Post:
New Mueller filing says Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen was in touch with a Russian seeking ‘political synergy’ with campaign  —  BREAKING NEWS: The unidentified Russian said that a meeting between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin could have a “phenomenal” impact …
Discussion: Townhall and Political Wire
Washington Post:
Mueller says Manafort told ‘discernible lies,’ including about contacts with an employee alleged to have Russian intelligence ties  —  Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III said Friday that Paul Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, told “multiple dis­cern­ible lies” …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
White House chief of staff John Kelly expected to resign soon  —  Washington (CNN)John Kelly is expected to resign as White House chief of staff in the coming days, two sources familiar with the situation unfolding in the West Wing tell CNN.  —  Seventeen months in, Kelly and President Donald Trump …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The government implicates Trump and the Trump campaign in federal campaign finance violations
Discussion: Townhall
Axios:
Trump's trio of traps ahead of 2020
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Read the two Michael Cohen sentencing memos  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller and federal prosecutors in New York have each submitted sentencing memos for President Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen, after Cohen pleaded guilty in two different cases related to his work for Trump and the Trump Organization.
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Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:   Dershowitz Says Michael Cohen Sentencing Memo Sends Message: Don't Cooperate With Mueller
Washington Post:   New Mueller filing says Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen was in touch with a Russian seeking …
NBC News:   Michael Cohen assisted Mueller's office with info about contacts between Trump aides and Russia
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Department of Justice Calls Donald Trump a Felon
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:
Prosecutors Seek ‘Substantial Prison Term’ For Cohen In Harshly Worded Filing
Discussion: The Guardian
Associated Press:
House GOP unhappy with Comey's answers behind closed doors  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans interviewed James Comey behind closed doors Friday, hauling the former FBI director to Capitol Hill one final time before they cede power to Democrats in January.  GOP lawmakers who stepped outside …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
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CNN:
Ex-FBI Director James Comey exasperated after closed-door interview on Capitol Hill  —  (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey, after facing aggressive questioning from members of Congress on Friday, expressed exasperation that he had been dragged to a private setting on Capitol Hill …
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Nadler: I'm ending investigation into FBI, DOJ when I become chairman
Discussion: Breitbart
Sergio Chapa / Houston Chronicle:
Rex Tillerson makes rare public appearance in Houston  —  Russia interfered with the 2016 U.S. elections, former Secretary of State and Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson said during a Thursday evening visit to Houston.  —  Making his first public appearance in nearly nine months …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rex Tillerson on Trump: ‘Undisciplined,’ 'doesn't like to read' and tries to do illegal things  —  Rex Tillerson came a little bit closer Thursday to saying what he actually thinks of President Trump.  —  The fired secretary of state, who while in office reportedly called Trump a “moron” …
Washington Post:
Self-professed neo-Nazi James A. Fields Jr. convicted of first-degree murder in car-ramming that killed one, injured dozens  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE — An avowed supporter of neo-Nazi beliefs who took part in the violent and chaotic white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in this city last year …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump leans on McConnell to vote on criminal justice reform  —  President Donald Trump pressured Senate Majority Leader Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Friday to pass criminal justice reform, hoping to push a reluctant McConnell to put it on the floor during a crowded lame duck session.
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Associated Press:
McConnell blocks sentencing bill, upsetting Grassley, GOP  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's reluctance to hold a vote on a popular criminal justice bill has angered top Republican senators and created an unusual rift with a longtime GOP ally, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa.
Libby Watson / Splinter:
Access Journalism Must Die  —  In the Atlantic today, Elaina Plott published what she described as a piece about “why it's so annoying when people sneer at so-called ‘access journalism.’” She went there, folks.  —  Plott's piece is a defense of access journalism by way of praising Richard Ben Cramer's book What it Takes.
Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
“They're All Too Old”: Democrats Face a Generational Reckoning  —  The choice in the 2020 primary ultimately comes down to one thing: who is best prepared to beat Trump at a time when Trump owns the culture?  Someone who actually understands culture would be a start.
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed News:
Ammon Bundy Is Quitting The Militia Movement After Breaking With Trump On Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric  —  For more than six years Ammon Bundy and his family amassed hundreds of followers and supporters willing to pick up a gun at a moment's notice and rally to their side for a confrontation with the federal government.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Wall Street Journal:
Uber Lays Groundwork for IPO  —  The filing indicates a public listing could come in early 2019, pitting the ride-hailing service against rival Lyft  —  Uber Technologies Inc. filed paperwork confidentially this week for its initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter …
Ryan Browne / CNN:
Trump to name new Joint Chiefs chairman, sources say  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is expected to name Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to two US officials.  —  If chosen, Milley would succeed the current chairman …
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McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Lynn Jenkins sets up lobbying business — but she's still a Kansas congresswoman  —  WASHINGTON  —  Lynn Jenkins hasn't left Congress yet, but the Kansas Republican has already launched a new lobbying firm.  —  Jenkins' term in the U.S. House doesn't officially end until the first week …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
Heather Nauert cited D-Day as the height of U.S.-German relations.  Now she's headed to the U.N.  —  The United Nations came into existence to vanquish Germany, as 26 nations jointly pledged in 1942 not to surrender to “savage and brutal forces seeking to subjugate the world.”
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
2 More Immigrants Say They Worked for Trump Despite Lacking Legal Status  —  Two more immigrant women who worked at the Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey said on Friday that they were undocumented at the time and that golf course management knew it.  One of the women said that she was allowed …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
America's New Religions  —  Everyone has a religion.  It is, in fact, impossible not to have a religion if you are a human being.  It's in our genes and has expressed itself in every culture, in every age, including our own secularized husk of a society.  —  By religion, I mean something …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
‘Make better choices’: Endangered Hawaiian monk seals keep getting eels stuck up their noses and scientists want them to stop  —  A relaxed-looking juvenile Hawaiian monk seal lounges near a sandy white beach on some green foliage.  Its eyes are half-closed, and it has a serene expression on its face.
 
 
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