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Mueller complained that Barr's letter did not capture ‘context’ of Trump probe — Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III wrote a letter in late March complaining to Attorney General William P. Barr that a four-page memo to Congress describing the principal conclusions of the investigation into President Trump …
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James Comey / New York Times:
How Trump Co-opts Leaders Like Bill Barr — Accomplished people lacking inner strength can't resist the compromises necessary to survive this president. — Mr. Comey is the former F.B.I. director. — People have been asking me hard questions. What happened to the leaders in the Trump administration …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 early takeaways from William Barr's tense hearing — Attorney General William P. Barr ventured up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday an embattled man. About 15 hours before his testimony, The Washington Post reported that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III had sent Barr a letter saying Barr's summary …
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Fox News, Political Wire and Vox
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
The real reason Bill Barr is defending Trump — Bill Barr didn't want to work for President Donald Trump. — At age 68 and semi-retired for a decade, the attorney general resisted three efforts over two years to recruit him into Trump's fold. When approached in late 2018 for his current job …
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Hullabaloo and Raw Story
New York Times:
Mueller Objected to Barr's Description of Russia Investigation's Findings on Trump — WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, wrote a letter in late March to Attorney General William P. Barr objecting to his early description of the Russia investigation's conclusions …
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The Daily Beast:
Mueller's Willing to Testify, but Trump DOJ Is Holding It Up: Dems — The special counsel has indicated he's fine going up the Hill. But the Trump administration is getting in the way, Dems say. — House Democrats tell The Daily Beast they've been told Special Counsel Robert Mueller …
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Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Mueller's letter to Barr - A neat trick by the Washington Post before hearings begin — “Mueller complained to Barr about memo on key findings.” That's the banner headline at the top of the Washington Post's website Wednesday. But when you click your way to the actual story, it turns out that the headline is not true.
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Mueller Pushed in Letter for Barr to Release Report's Summaries — WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, pushed Attorney General William P. Barr twice to release more of his investigative findings in late March after Mr. Barr outlined the inquiry's main conclusions …
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Political Wire, The Week and Vox
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
The Democrats' Fatal Impeachment Error — Attorney General William Barr so badly misled Congress and the public about the contents of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report—about the nature of President Trump's improprieties—that Mueller, we now know, took the rare step of documenting …
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Townhall, Washington Post, Fox News and CNN
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Lindsey Graham's stunningly fact-free, pro-Trump spin of the Mueller report
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
'I don't know': Barr's professed ignorance prompts calls for his resignation after Mueller letter
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Tim Ahmann / Reuters:
Agreement reached to have Mueller testify on Russia probe: lawmaker
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Talking Points Memo, POLITICUSUSA and IJR
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
William Barr has a whole lot of explaining to do
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
William Barr Hearing: Live Updates and Analysis of Testimony on the Mueller Report
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The Stranger and The Week
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Read the letter Mueller sent Bill Barr objecting to description of report
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Political Wire and C-SPAN.org
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Barr takes shots at Mueller during tense Senate hearing
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Anna Hopkins / Fox News:
Bret Baier: Mueller conceded that AG Barr's conclusions weren't inaccurate
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Washington Post, The Atlantic and NB Blog
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Bill Barr is not going to have a good day
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Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
William Barr hearing live updates: Mueller frustrated as AG faces lawmakers
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Raw Story and twitchy.com
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
READ: Mueller Letter To Barr Reveals New Contacts Over Release Of Report
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Hullabaloo and VICE News
Derek Kravitz / ProPublica:
How Taxpayers Covered a $1,000 Liquor Bill for Trump Staffers (and More) at Trump's Club — A top-shelf, closed-door drinking session. $546-a-night hotel rooms. A special government credit card for Mar-a-Lago. Taxpayers foot the costs — and the president profits.
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Eater, The Week and POLITICUSUSA
Erica Werner / Washington Post:
White House asks Congress for $4.5 billion in emergency spending for border — The White House sent Congress a $4.5 billion emergency spending request for the border on Wednesday, citing an unfolding “humanitarian and security crisis” as record numbers of Central American families seek entrance into the United States.
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Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Democrats Have Created an “Electability” Monster — Senator Kamala Harris was supposed to be a frontrunner. According to the rules of “the invisible primary,” in which donors and party activists coalesce around their chosen nominees, sending signals about candidate quality that primary voters …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Joe Biden is running like he won the Democratic primaries
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Washington Post, Fox News, CNN and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
One Big Difference Between Biden and Every Other Recent Democratic Nominee
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The Resurgent, Shakesville, RealClearPolitics and The Week
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
‘Make Sh*t Up’: Inside Jacob Wohl's Bonkers Investment Plan — The bumbling political operative pitched investors on a scheme to use fake news stories to manipulate political betting markets for profit. — Bumbling conservative provocateur Jacob Wohl pitched investors this spring on a scheme …
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The Stranger and Washington Post
Washington Post:
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange sentenced to 50 weeks in prison in bail-jumping case — LONDON — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced on Wednesday to 50 weeks in a British prison for jumping bail. — His sentencing comes a day before an extradition hearing in London related …
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The Daily Caller, VICE News and Talking Points Memo
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BBC:
Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach
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Gizmodo and Daily Wire
Iliana Magra / New York Times:
Julian Assange Sentenced to 50 Weeks and Still Faces U.S. Charges
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Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
‘Democracy Dollars’: Gillibrand's plan to give every voter $600 to donate to campaigns — The Democratic presidential hopeful wants to use a voucher system to clean up politics — but it's got strings attached. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., unveiled a plan on Wednesday …
Anne Helen Petersen / BuzzFeed News:
Charlie Kirk And Candace Owens' Campus Tour Is All About The Owns — “If you disagree, go to the front of the line.” — That's what Charlie Kirk tells the 500-plus people gathered in a ballroom at Montana State University in Bozeman. He and Candace Owens, his coheadliner …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Camille Paglia Can't Say That — For more than 30 years, the critic Camille Paglia has taught at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Now a faction of art-school censors wants her fired for sharing wrong opinions on matters of sex, gender identity, and sexual assault.
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Associated Press:
As new protests loom, was Venezuela opposition outplayed? — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Wary Venezuelans braced for another day of upheaval Wednesday as both the opposition and Nicolás Maduro's loyalists vowed to take to the streets, hoping to tip the balance in an agonizing power struggle …
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Terrence Dopp / Bloomberg:
Trump Fires Off 60, Mostly Anti-Biden, Retweets in an Hour — Firefighters union endorsed Democratic frontrunner Monday — Trump retweets messages from dozens of purported firefighters — President Donald Trump retweeted more than five dozen messages in an hour Wednesday morning …
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