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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president, hundreds of former federal prosecutors assert — More than 370 former federal prosecutors who worked in Republican and Democratic administrations have signed on to a statement asserting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's findings …
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DOJ Alumni Statement:
STATEMENT BY FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTORS — We are former federal prosecutors. We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system: as line attorneys, supervisors, special prosecutors, United States Attorneys, and senior officials at the Department of Justice.
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BuzzFeed News:
A New Version Of The Mueller Report Has Been Released In Response To A BuzzFeed News Lawsuit — The Department of Justice on Monday released a new version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump's campaign …
House Judiciary Dems / House Committee …:
Wednesday: House Judiciary to Markup Contempt Report for AG Barr — Contempt report focus is on failure to produce unredacted Mueller report and underlying materials — Washington, D.C. — Today, the House Judiciary Committee noticed a markup of a contempt report …
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Grant Stern / Washington Press:
Barr just wrote a stunning Mueller Report letter that dares Dems to start impeachment — Attorney General Bill Barr just wrote a letter practically daring the House Judiciary Committee to start formal impeachment proceedings if they want to get a copy of the full Mueller Report and underlying grand jury evidence.
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
AG Bill Barr believes special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to testify
AG Bill Barr believes special counsel Robert Mueller should be allowed to testify
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Surprised advisers downplay Trump's tweet about Mueller testimony
Surprised advisers downplay Trump's tweet about Mueller testimony
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Molly Olmstead / Slate:
Hundreds of Former Federal Prosecutors Say Trump Committed Obstruction of Justice Felonies
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
With Mueller on Justice staff, Barr has sway over testimony
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Over 400 former prosecutors say Trump would be indicted if he weren't president
Over 400 former prosecutors say Trump would be indicted if he weren't president
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Steven Mnuchin Refuses to Release Trump's Tax Returns to Congress — WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said on Monday that it would not release President Trump's tax returns to Congress, defying a request from House Democrats and setting up a legal battle likely to be resolved by the Supreme Court.
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Washington Post:
Mnuchin rejects Democrats' demand to hand over Trump's tax returns, all but ensuring legal battle — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday told House Democrats he would not furnish President Trump's tax returns despite their legal request, the latest move by Trump administration officials …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Nadler and Barr steam toward clash over contempt — The House Judiciary Committee will proceed with a vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress on Wednesday, Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) confirmed late Monday, as the Justice Department attempts to fend off …
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Victoria Albert / The Daily Beast:
New York Attorney General Sues Trump Treasury Department, IRS
New York Attorney General Sues Trump Treasury Department, IRS
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Treasury Department rejects Democrats' request for Trump tax returns
Treasury Department rejects Democrats' request for Trump tax returns
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Vanity Fair and TheBlaze
Gerrard Kaonga / Daily Express:
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry to choose UNUSUAL name for baby that UNIFIES the US and UK — MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry could be leaning towards a royal baby name that pays tribute to both US and UK history, according to royal expert Victoria Arbiter. — Meghan Markle is expected …
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John Blake / CNN:
Analysis: Don't use the royal birth to trot out a dangerous myth
Analysis: Don't use the royal birth to trot out a dangerous myth
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Alex Conant / FIREHOUSE Strategies:
BREAKING: New early state Democratic primary voter survey results — Key Findings: — The Biden Surge: We asked Democratic primary voters who they favored among the eight highest-profile Democrats who have already announced their candidacies. According to our survey …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Harris unloads on pundits who say only a white man can beat Trump
Harris unloads on pundits who say only a white man can beat Trump
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
What happens if Donald Trump refuses to admit he lost in 2020?
What happens if Donald Trump refuses to admit he lost in 2020?
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Elizabeth Thomas / ABC News:
New effort launches to democratically elect the vice president in 2020
New effort launches to democratically elect the vice president in 2020
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Former FBI Linguist Arrested and Indicted on Obstruction Charges — ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Virginia man who previously served as a linguist for the FBI was arrested Saturday night on charges of obstructing a federal investigation and making multiple false statements to FBI officials.
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The Tennessean:
Rep. Glen Casada, Cade Cothren sent sexually explicit text messages about women — Update: Cade Cothren announced his resignation Monday night, following the publication of this story. — Editor's note: This story contains sexually explicit language. — House Speaker Glen Casada's top aide …
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
TN House Speaker's chief of staff admits past drug use, confirms text messages
TN House Speaker's chief of staff admits past drug use, confirms text messages
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Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia mayor under fire for alleged remarks about black job candidate — The mayor of Hoschton, a nearly all-white community 50 miles northeast of Atlanta, allegedly withheld a job candidate from consideration for city administrator because he was black, an AJC investigation has found.
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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Former Congressman David Young will run to reclaim his old seat in Iowa's 3rd District — Former 3rd District Congressman David Young, who was ousted by Democrat Cindy Axne in 2018, will run to reclaim the seat in 2020, he told the Des Moines Register. — “I spent a lot of time with folks around …
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O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
David Young is running to regain Iowa's third district seat
David Young is running to regain Iowa's third district seat
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Timothy / Media Matters for America:
New NRA President Carolyn Meadows: Rep. Lucy McBath won her House race because she is a “minority female” — New National Rifle Association President Carolyn Meadows claimed that Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) won her 2018 election to the U.S. House not because of her support for gun violence prevention …
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Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:
Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time — When Alexa runs your home, Amazon tracks you in more ways than you might want. — Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, “Are you crazy?”
HuffPost:
Congress Is Failing — So much for checks and balances. — WASHINGTON — As House Democrats dither over moving forward with impeachment in a divided government and Senate Republicans are satisfied confirming judges rather than passing legislation, a pressing question is emerging: What the hell is Congress good for, anyway?
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Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Humans Are Speeding Extinction and Altering the Natural World at an ‘Unprecedented’ Pace — WASHINGTON — Humans are transforming Earth's natural landscapes so dramatically that as many as one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction, posing a dire threat to ecosystems …
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New York Times:
Inaugural Official Disputes White House Account of Her Departure — WASHINGTON — Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a leading contractor for President Trump's inaugural committee and a former adviser to the first lady, Melania Trump, has publicly disputed accounts of her departure from the White House last year …
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Facebook:
Removing More Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From Russia — Today we removed multiple Pages, Groups and accounts that were involved in coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram. We found two separate, unconnected operations that originated in Russia and used similar tactics …
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New York Times:
How Chinese Spies Got the N.S.A.'s Hacking Tools, and Used Them for Attacks — Chinese intelligence agents acquired National Security Agency hacking tools and repurposed them in 2016 to attack American allies and private companies in Europe and Asia, a leading cybersecurity firm has discovered.
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump is trolling us again. Stop falling for it. — President Trump has a superpower. With just a few taps to the screen of his iPhone, he can transform his staunchest adversaries into . . . Donald Trump. — No one loves a good conspiracy theory as much as the man in the Oval Office.
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Davis Richardson / Observer:
Mike Pompeo Praises Climate Change in the Arctic as ‘New Opportunities for Trade’ — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo appeared at the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Finland to discuss the United States' commitment to the Arctic region. While much of the secretary's speech addressed …
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Ryan P. Williams / The American Mind:
Algorithms of Suppression — Update: Google's Acting Director of Political and Stakeholder Outreach got in touch with the Claremont Institute to notify us that the labeling of The American Mind as a “racially oriented publication” was a mistake. Our re-marketing ad campaign to americanmind.org readers …
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Matthew Sheffield / The Hill:
Biden takes 32-point lead over Sanders in new 2020 poll — Former Vice President Joe Biden has a 32-point lead in the Democratic presidential race in a Hill-HarrisX poll released Monday. — Biden won 46 percent in the poll compared to 14 percent for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who came in a distant second place.
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