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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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The Daily Beast:
‘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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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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Washington Post
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Ethics Complaint Against AG Barr Filed with DOJ Inspector General
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:
Justice Dept. won't charge Andrew McCabe, the former FBI official who authorized the investigation of President Trump
Justice Dept. won't charge Andrew McCabe, the former FBI official who authorized the investigation of President Trump
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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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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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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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David M. Herszenhorn / Politico:
State Department keeps quiet as Pompeo meets Lavrov in Munich — MUNICH — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday in an encounter the American side apparently wanted to keep under wraps.
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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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Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio to endorse Bernie Sanders
De Blasio to endorse Bernie Sanders
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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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CNN:
Michael Avenatti has been found guilty on all counts in Nike extortion trial
Michael Avenatti has been found guilty on all counts in Nike extortion trial
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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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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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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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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 …
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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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
HuffPost:
Trump's 29th Trip To Mar-a-Lago Brings Golf Tab To 334 Years Of Presidential Salary — The president often brags about not taking a paycheck, but his golf hobby has now cost taxpayers $133.8 million. — President Donald Trump returned to Mar-a-Lago on Friday evening for the 29th golf-related trip …
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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.
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.
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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 …
Kayla Tausche / CNBC:
White House considering tax incentive for more Americans to buy stocks, sources say — The White House is considering ways to incentivize U.S. households to invest in the stock market. — Under the proposal, a portion of income would become tax-free for investment purposes.
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
William Taylor Jr., a key impeachment witness, quietly returns home to Trump's Washington — Seven days after his closed-door testimony in the House impeachment hearings — seven days after his face was plastered across every screen in America — William B. Taylor Jr. found himself in Mariupol …
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Russians Pressure U.S. Forces in Northeast Syria — Russian troops are engaging in standoffs with U.S. troops guarding oil fields and fighting remnants of the Islamic State. — WASHINGTON — Russia is intensifying a pressure campaign on U.S. military forces in northeastern Syria following …
Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
Judge takes rare step to help serve elusive Ghislaine Maxwell with lawsuit — Jeffrey Epstein crony Ghislaine Maxwell is so impossible to find that a Manhattan judge has taken the rare step of allowing her to be served with a new lawsuit — by email, according to a federal court filing Friday.
Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Nevada's lone black congressman backs Biden before caucuses — LAS VEGAS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Steven Horsford, the only black member of Nevada's congressional delegation, is endorsing Joe Biden for president on the eve of early voting in the state's caucuses. — The Democrat said in a statement shared …
WJXT-TV:
Man accused of driving van into GOP tent says he's thankful no one was hurt — Gregory Timm, 27, spoke to News4Jax in interview at Duval County jail — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A man who is accused of deliberately driving a van into a Republican voter registration tent in an incident …