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Barr Installs Outside Prosecutor to Review Case Against Michael Flynn, Ex-Trump Adviser — Amid turmoil in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington, the attorney general has also sent outside prosecutors to review other politically sensitive cases. — WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr …
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Roger Stone asks for new trial in sealed motion, one day after Trump accused jury forewoman of bias — Defense attorneys for Roger Stone demanded a new trial Friday, one day after President Trump suggested that the forewoman in his friend's case had “significant bias.”
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‘Disturbing’: Federal Judge Blasted DOJ for Leaving McCabe in ‘Limbo’ — “I think as a government and as a society we're going to pay a price at some point for this,” Judge Reggie Barnett Walton told DOJ attorneys. — Justice Department attorneys struggled with mounting frustration …
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Lisa Monaco / Just Security:
The Soul of the Justice Department: Who Must Stand Up For It Now — Over the course of 20 years in public service, including 15 at the Department of Justice, I had the opportunity to work under some great Justice Department leaders, including Janet Reno and Bob Mueller.
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. won't charge Andrew McCabe, the former FBI official who authorized the investigation of President Trump — The Justice Department will not bring charges against former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe for lying to investigators about a media disclosure, according to people familiar …
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Eric Boehlert / PRESS RUN:
Trump unleashed — does the press know how to handle his authoritarian ways?
Trump unleashed — does the press know how to handle his authoritarian ways?
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Sally Yates / Washington Post:
Trump thinks the Justice Department is his personal grudge squad
Trump thinks the Justice Department is his personal grudge squad
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Washington Post:
Trump-Barr divide worsens as the president bucks a request to stop tweeting, and the Justice …
Trump-Barr divide worsens as the president bucks a request to stop tweeting, and the Justice …
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Andrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case
Andrew McCabe, Ex-F.B.I. Official, Will Not Be Charged in Lying Case
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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Justice Department opens inquiry into FBI interview at heart of Flynn's guilty plea
Justice Department opens inquiry into FBI interview at heart of Flynn's guilty plea
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New York Times:
Bill de Blasio Endorses Bernie Sanders — The New York City mayor, who was briefly a presidential candidate himself, is scheduled to campaign with Mr. Sanders in Nevada ahead of the caucuses there next week. — Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York, whose brief presidential campaign failed …
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Peter Hamby / Vanity Fair:
The Grim Logic of Money Makes Bernie and Bloomberg the Only Candidates Who Matter — Only two candidates (and possibly, Mayor Pete) can muster the huge sums necessary for Super Tuesday and beyond. But zombie candidacies may slog on. — The feel-good days of the presidential primary season …
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is leading the 2 most important states on Super Tuesday
Bernie Sanders is leading the 2 most important states on Super Tuesday
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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio to endorse Bernie Sanders
De Blasio to endorse Bernie Sanders
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Washington Post:
As impeachment trial ended, federal prosecutors took new steps in probe related to Giuliani, according to people familiar with case — As the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump drew to a close in Washington earlier this month, federal prosecutors in New York contacted witnesses …
New York Times:
Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities — Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country. — The Trump administration is deploying law enforcement tactical units …
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NBC News:
Michael Avenatti guilty on all counts in Nike extortion case — Avenatti was arrested in March, about 15 minutes after tweeting that he had scheduled a press conference to “disclose a major high school/college basketball scandal perpetrated by @Nike.” — Lawyer Michael Avenatti …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti found guilty in Nike extortion trial
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti found guilty in Nike extortion trial
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Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico:
Army won't investigate Vindman over impeachment testimony, top leader says — The Army will not investigate Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council staffer who testified in the president's impeachment investigation, the service's top civilian said Friday.
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David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
State Department keeps quiet as Pompeo meets Lavrov in Munich — Russian officials publicize meeting that US side did not mention. — MUNICH — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday …
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Nancy Scola / Politico:
Bloomberg's meme spree prompts changes in Facebook, Instagram rules — Presidential contender Mike Bloomberg's spree of often-surreal social media memes is having one concrete impact — it prompted Facebook to make another change Friday in its rules for paid political content.
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Martin Gould / Daily Mail:
Ilhan Omar's husband discovered she was cheating on him with her chief fundraiser when he walked in on the lovers in pajamas - and now the congresswoman is paying ex $250,000 for his silence — Ahmed Hirsi discovered Ilhan Omar having an affair with married Tim Mynett when he went …
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Ilhan Omar: The tabloid story, cont'd
Ruy Teixeira / Washington Post:
No, radical policies won't drive election-winning turnout — No myth is stronger in progressive circles than the magical, wonderworking powers of voter turnout. It's become a sort of pixie dust that you sprinkle over your strenuously progressive positions to ward off any suggestion that they might turn off voters.
Washington Post:
She pushed Trump to exit the Paris climate agreement and roll back environmental rules. And she's returning to EPA as chief of staff. — One of EPA's first Trump appointees, Mandy Gunasekara has run a ‘pro-Trump nonprofit’ since leaving the agency a year ago.
Washington Post:
Trump mocks the faith of others. His own religious practices remain opaque. — In September 2016, presidential candidate Donald Trump gathered evangelical pastors, whose support he had courted assiduously, to discuss the political beliefs that they shared.
Henry Foy / Financial Times:
US cites reports Oleg Deripaska helped Vladimir Putin launder cash — Oligarch reportedly helped Russian president hide money, Treasury agency says to justify sanctions — The US Treasury has justified sanctions against Oleg Deripaska by citing reports that the Russian tycoon helped President Vladimir Putin launder money.
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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Readied Sanctions on Russian Oligarch's Associates—Then Mysteriously Backed Off
U.S. Readied Sanctions on Russian Oligarch's Associates—Then Mysteriously Backed Off
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CNN:
Dozens of accusers emerge after Andrew Yang's wife reveals sexual assault — The following piece contains explicit descriptions of sexual abuse allegations that may be disturbing to some readers. — (CNN)Emilia Heckman trusted Dr. Robert Hadden. — A fashion model in her late 20s …
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New York Times:
We Checked the Iowa Caucus Math. Here's Where It Didn't Add Up. — Caucus volunteers tally the final round votes. Then they divide the county delegates among the viable candidates based on their vote shares. — They must round down or up to the nearest whole number to award the delegates.
Lauren Villagran / El Paso Times:
‘Somebody is making money off those ladders’: Smugglers use ‘camouflage’ ladders to cross border wall — Perhaps the quickest way around a billion-dollar wall is over it. — Smugglers in Juárez have engineered camouflage hook-and-ladders made of rebar that blend in so well with the border wall …
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Rory Appleton / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sanders holds lead heading into Nevada's Democratic caucuses, poll finds — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads the presidential field by a solid margin among likely Democratic caucusgoers heading into Nevada's four-day early voting period, but all six of the candidates actively campaigning …
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Trump just got bad news from Neil Gorsuch's mentor in a big Medicaid case — Judge David B. Sentelle testified at the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on the future of the Independent Counsel Act in 1999. Douglas Graham/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images — When you've lost David Sentelle ...
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Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Federal court strikes down Trump administration's Medicaid work requirements
Federal court strikes down Trump administration's Medicaid work requirements
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