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New York Times:
Prosecutors' Narrative Is Clear: Trump Defrauded Voters. But What Does It Mean? — WASHINGTON — The latest revelations by prosecutors investigating President Trump and his team draw a portrait of a candidate who personally directed an illegal scheme to manipulate the 2016 election …
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Law & Crime and Power Line
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Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Why Trump is likely to be indicted by Manhattan US Attorney — The major takeaway from the 40-page sentencing memorandum filed by federal prosecutors Friday for Michael Cohen, President Trump's former personal attorney, is this: The president is very likely to be indicted on a charge of violating federal campaign finance laws.
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Breitbart, Mediaite, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and Power Line
Roey Hadar / ABC News:
Sen. Chris Murphy: Mueller probe now ‘beyond the stage’ of Clinton impeachment — Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, said the publicly available facts from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe indicate President Donald Trump's actions are “beyond the stage” of what led to the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton.
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Breitbart, Joe.My.God. and Political Wire
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
Pardoning Paul Manafort would be ‘terrible mistake,’ could ‘trigger a debate’ about pardon power: Sen. Marco Rubio — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said repeatedly that President Donald Trump pardoning former campaign chairman Paul Manafort would be a “terrible mistake,” and that doing so could possibly …
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Former Nixon WH lawyer: Congress will have ‘little choice’ but to begin impeachment proceedings — Washington (CNN)Former Nixon White House lawyer John Dean said he thinks Congress will have “little choice” but to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump following …
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Political Wire
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Whether a president can be prosecuted remains in dispute — WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, prosecutors have tied President Donald Trump to a federal crime, accusing him of directing illegal hush-money payments to women during his presidential campaign in 2016.
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Axios, Hullabaloo and Breitbart
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Hush money payments could be ‘impeachable offenses,’ top Dem warns
Hush money payments could be ‘impeachable offenses,’ top Dem warns
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Associated Press
Bob Bauer / New York Times:
Is Mueller Building an Expansive Obstruction Case?
Is Mueller Building an Expansive Obstruction Case?
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Comey: I'm ‘not friends’ with Mueller
Comey: I'm ‘not friends’ with Mueller
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ABC News, Lawfare and ThinkProgress
Harry Litman / USA Today:
Broken laws, Russia negotiations: Can Trump presidency survive latest court filings?
Broken laws, Russia negotiations: Can Trump presidency survive latest court filings?
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New Yorker and The Guardian
Mike Allen / Axios:
Axios AM — Subscribe — I am off to the beach for a few days. Jim VandeHei, our CEO, and Justin Green, of PM fame, have the keys. Send gripes & groans to jim@axios. — 1 big thing: What we now know about Trump-Russia — Even before Robert Mueller reports his findings in the Russia probe …
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Washington Post:
‘Siege warfare’: Republican anxiety spikes as Trump faces growing legal and political perils
‘Siege warfare’: Republican anxiety spikes as Trump faces growing legal and political perils
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Politico, Balloon Juice and Raw Story
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kelly exit helps position Trump for 2020
Kelly exit helps position Trump for 2020
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Washington Monthly, Splinter and Outside the Beltway
Scott Gleeson / USA Today:
Old homophobic tweets from Kyler Murray's Twitter account surface after he wins Heisman — Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray had a Saturday to remember. But the Oklahoma quarterback's memorable night also helped resurface social media's memory of several homophobic tweets more than six years old.
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twitchy.com, SARAH PALIN, The Other McCain and Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Domestic slayings: Brutal and foreseeable — The Washington Post found that nearly half of the women who were murdered during the past decade were, like Parnell and Cisneros, killed by a current or former intimate partner. In a close analysis of five cities, about a third of the male killers …
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
We'll Always Have . . . Fort Worth? — Conservatives do not do well in the cities. We assume, strangely, that this indicates a problem with the cities rather than a problem with . . . us. We may as well be trying to sell New York City and Los Angeles Edsels full of New Coke …
New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Emerges as the Wild Card of the 2020 Campaign-in-Waiting — WASHINGTON — The 2020 Democratic presidential primary, already expected to be the party's most wide open in decades, has been jostled on the eve of many long-plotted campaign announcements by a political threat …
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Joe.My.God.
Yahoo News:
Trump first wanted his attorney general pick Bill Barr for another job: Defense lawyer — In late spring 2017, President Trump was having a — hard time finding a topflight lawyer to spearhead his defense in the sprawling Russian investigation conducted by the new special counsel — Robert Mueller.
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Politico, SARAH PALIN, Hot Air and New York Times
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
The utterly lawless ‘Individual-1’
The utterly lawless ‘Individual-1’
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POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's confession: dossier not verified before, or after, FISA warrant — Many people I know in law enforcement circles shuddered when James Comey tweeted recently that acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker “may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer.” — To them, Comey's Twitter attack crossed …
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Sara A. Carter, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
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Adam Grant / New York Times:
What Straight-A Students Get Wrong — If you always succeed in school, you're not setting yourself up for success in life. — Dr. Grant is an organizational psychologist and a contributing opinion writer. — A decade ago, at the end of my first semester teaching at Wharton, a student stopped by for office hours.
Angela Charlton / Associated Press:
Paris cleans up after latest riot; pressure builds on Macron — Paris tourist sites reopened, workers cleaned up broken glass and shop owners tried to put the city on its feet again Sunday, a day after running battles between yellow-vested protesters and riot police left 71 injured and caused widespread damage to the French capital.
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ThinkProgress, One America News Network, Agence France-Presse and NBC News
Samantha Vinograd / The Daily Beast:
Trump Can't Settle on a Staff. It's a Disaster For Him and a Goldmine for Opportunists. — If there isn't the necessary process in place, the institutional knowledge on a terrorist threat or covert outreach to a rogue regime official could be gone with the wind. — It's like the Hunger Games finally came to Washington.