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New York Times:
Prosecutors Effectively Accuse Trump of Defrauding Voters. 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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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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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
Former Nixon WH lawyer: Congress will have ‘little choice’ but to begin impeachment proceedings
Former Nixon WH lawyer: Congress will have ‘little choice’ but to begin impeachment proceedings
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Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Whether a president can be prosecuted remains in dispute
Whether a president can be prosecuted remains in dispute
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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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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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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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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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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 12-9-18: Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Chris Murphy
‘This Week’ Transcript 12-9-18: Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Chris Murphy
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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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Andrew Kragie / The Atlantic:
A Close Reading of the 235-Page Comey Transcript — The band got back together on Friday. For five hours, members of the House of Representatives peppered former FBI Director James Comey with questions. All the greatest hits were there: Hillary Clinton's private email server …
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Wall Street Journal:
Comey Tells House Panel He Suspected Giuliani Was Leaking FBI Information to Media — Giuliani has previously denied getting information from the bureau's New York field office — WASHINGTON—Former FBI director James Comey told members of Congress this week that he was concerned officials …
Yahoo News:
Trump first wanted his attorney general pick Bill Barr for another job: Defense lawyer
Trump first wanted his attorney general pick Bill Barr for another job: Defense lawyer
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Comey's confession: dossier not verified before, or after, FISA warrant
Comey's confession: dossier not verified before, or after, FISA warrant
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Washington Post:
Russians interacted with at least 14 Trump associates during the campaign and transition — The Russian ambassador. A deputy prime minister. A pop star, a weightlifter, a lawyer, a Soviet army veteran with alleged intelligence ties. — Again and again and again, over the course …
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Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
The Ineptitude of Donald Trump's Co-Conspirators — It is no longer journalistically sound to report on the Trump investigation as if it is a matter that may, or may not, yield damning information about the President. In a series of filings that came Friday night, the office …
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Bob Bauer / New York Times:
Is Mueller Building an Expansive Obstruction Case?
Is Mueller Building an Expansive Obstruction Case?
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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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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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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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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 …
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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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
At NPR, an army of temps faces a workplace of anxiety and insecurity — Julia Botero was happy to catch on, and determined to stay on, at NPR. After completing an internship at the public broadcasting organization in Washington in 2013, she began a year-long stint as a temporary employee …
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 …