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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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Wall Street Journal:
A Real Attorney General — Bill Barr gets smeared for refusing to duck and cover like Loretta Lynch. — By The Editorial Board — Washington pile-ons are never pretty, but this week's political setup of Attorney General William Barr is disreputable even by Beltway standards.
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The Daily Beast and Instapundit
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
Why Barr Can't Whitewash the Mueller Report — We have a system in place for our government to uncover evidence against a sitting president. And it's working. — Mr. Katyal drafted the special counsel regulations under which Robert Mueller was appointed.
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The American Spectator and PBS NewsHour
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Moderate Democrats fret they made a ‘big mistake’ backing Barr — Three Senate Democrats voted for William Barr to be attorney general. Now at least two of them say they might have made a mistake. — After revelations that special counsel Robert Mueller took issue with Barr's presentation …
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ABC News, Associated Press, Raw Story, Splinter, Breitbart, Vox, The Week, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, FiveThirtyEight, Townhall and The Daily Beast
National Review:
The Incredibly Dumb Bill Barr Scandal — Is it already August? That's usually the Beltway silly season appropriate for such a ridiculous non-scandal as the Great Bill Barr Summary of Findings Outrage of 2019. — As everyone knows, Bill Barr released a brief letter summarizing …
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Althouse
Max Boot / Washington Post:
How conservatives rationalize their surrender to Trump — Former FBI director James Comey has published in the New York Times the most insightful analysis I have read of how President Trump corrupts those who work for him — such as Attorney General William P. Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.
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Rolling Stone, Fox News and CNN
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Barr Released the Mueller Report. How Is That a Scandal?
Barr Released the Mueller Report. How Is That a Scandal?
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Associated Press, Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Editorial Board and Slate
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
The GOP's Just a Racket Now, and Trump Is Its Godfather, Barr Its Wartime Consigliere
The GOP's Just a Racket Now, and Trump Is Its Godfather, Barr Its Wartime Consigliere
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Washington Post
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
William Barr's ‘snitty’ slip-up gives away his game
William Barr's ‘snitty’ slip-up gives away his game
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Fox News, swampdrain.com, The Guardian, New York Post and Townhall
David French / National Review:
Three Thoughts on Barrgate
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
We Should Not Have Been Surprised About Bill Barr
We Should Not Have Been Surprised About Bill Barr
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IJR and Washington Post
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
William Barr has shamelessly corrupted the debate over the Mueller report
William Barr has shamelessly corrupted the debate over the Mueller report
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RealClearPolitics, Raw Story, swampdrain.com and The Bulwark
Rich Lowry / National Review:
No, Bill Barr Didn't Lie or Mislead
No, Bill Barr Didn't Lie or Mislead
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American Greatness, Contemptor, Washington Post and Tampa Bay Times
New York Times:
Bob Mueller's Extraordinary Letter to Bill Barr
Bob Mueller's Extraordinary Letter to Bill Barr
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Simple Justice, American Greatness, New Republic, Washington Press and The Week
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Barr puts Trump's actions in best light, despite ‘substantial evidence’ of obstruction cited by Mueller
Barr puts Trump's actions in best light, despite ‘substantial evidence’ of obstruction cited by Mueller
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The Week, Balloon Juice, The Daily Signal, Vox and Daily Wire
Washington Post:
William Barr torched his reputation. His testimony compounded the damage.
William Barr torched his reputation. His testimony compounded the damage.
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New York Times, The Week, Boston Globe, Axios, Florida Politics and Breitbart
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Trump is saying behind closed doors about the Democratic field — DRIVING THE DAY — TIGER COMING TO TOWN ... Trump administration sources tell us that TIGER WOODS is coming to the White House on Monday for a ceremony to celebrate his Masters win.
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Raw Story
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Politico:
Trump attacks Biden despite Kushner directive to lay off Dem field — Kushner told campaign officials to not attack 2020 Dems — but that rule doesn't seem to apply to the candidate himself. — As the 2020 Democratic presidential field began to form earlier this year …
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Reuters, Talking Points Memo, ABC News and Axios
Cynthia Fodor / KCCI-TV:
Biden calls on US attorney general to resign amid criticism — HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT — Former Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Attorney General William Barr should resign amid fury over his handling of the Trump-Russia investigation report.
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Times and Mediaite
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Democrats itching to take down Biden over free-trade past
Democrats itching to take down Biden over free-trade past
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Washington Post
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Biden calls for end to U.S. support for Saudi war in Yemen
Biden calls for end to U.S. support for Saudi war in Yemen
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NBC News, Outside the Beltway and RealClearPolitics
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
A Former Alt-Right Member's Message: Get Out While You Still Can — If you remember Katie McHugh, it's probably because of the tweets. — A short selection: “British settlers built the USA. ‘Slaves’ built the country much as cows ‘built’ McDonald's. Amateur...”
New York Times:
With Maduro Still in Power, Questions About the U.S. Role in Venezuela — WASHINGTON — Nobody said regime change was going to be easy. — President Trump's top advisers woke up Tuesday believing that a rebellion in the Venezuelan military that day would galvanize a popular uprising …
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, Slate and The American Conservative
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New York Times:
Biden Faces Conflict of Interest Questions That Are Being Promoted by Trump and Allies — WASHINGTON — It was a foreign policy role Joseph R. Biden Jr. enthusiastically embraced during his vice presidency: browbeating Ukraine's notoriously corrupt government to clean up its act.
Discussion:
Political Wire
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Sen. Michael F. Bennet of Colorado becomes the latest Democratic presidential candidate — Sen. Michael F. Bennet of Colorado, a champion of political moderation, announced Thursday that he would join the crowded Democratic presidential race. — Bennet announced in April that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Discussion:
Political Wire and One America News Network
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Jacob Soboroff / NBC News:
Emails show Trump admin had ‘no way to link’ separated migrant children to parents — “What you are requesting,” said a top ICE official, “is not something that we are going to be able to complete in a rapid fashion.” — LOS ANGELES — On the same day the Trump administration …
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Axios, The Hill, Splinter and Political Wire
John Solomon / The Hill:
Nellie Ohr's ‘Hi Honey’ emails to DOJ about Russia collusion should alarm us all — First came the text messages between FBI lovebirds Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, which gave us a painful glimpse at potential political bias inside America's most famous crime-fighting bureau.
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RedState, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Wire, twitchy.com and Forbes
Julia Harte / Reuters:
Exclusive: Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress …
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Raw Story
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
‘The Mueller Report’ is officially a best-seller — NEW YORK (AP) — “The Mueller Report” is now officially a best-seller. — A published edition of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into alleged ties between Russian officials and Donald Trump's presidential campaign sold …
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Axios
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
‘The Mueller Report’ debuts at No. 1 on NYT best sellers list
Washington Post:
Former CIA officer Jerry Lee admits conspiracy to spy for China — A former CIA case officer long suspected in the intelligence community of being a devastating mole for the Chinese government admitted Wednesday he conspired to commit espionage in that country.
Discussion:
U.S. Department of Justice and Daily Wire
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Greg Myre / NPR:
Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty To Spying For China
Former CIA Officer Pleads Guilty To Spying For China
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New York Times and Slate
WSOC-TV:
Source: UNCC shooting victim jumped on gunman to save others — Two people were killed and four others injured after a gunman opened fire in a classroom at UNCC Tuesday — Police arrested and charged 22-year-old Trystan Terrell with 2 counts of murder and 4 counts of attempted murder
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WLOS-TV, CNN, WBTV-TV, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, twitchy.com, ABC11, WSB-TV, The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller and myfox8.com
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Skip Navigation / QU Poll:
Release Detail — May 2, 2019 - U.S. Voters Still Say 2-1 Trump Committed Crime, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Voters Oppose Impeachment 2-1 — American voters say 57 - 28 percent that Donald Trump committed crimes before he became president, according to a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.
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Political Wire