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Atef Safadi / Reuters Trump's 'Inappropriate' Request to Intelligence Chiefs
The president reportedly attempted to enlist the head of the NSA and director of national intelligence to defend against the Russia inquiry.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Why New Evidence Suggests Big Trouble Ahead for Michael Flynn
The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee says Flynn misinformed the Defense Department last year about foreign payments he received from a state-run Russian TV channel.
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Carolyn Kaster / AP Michael Flynn Invokes the Fifth
President Trump’s former national security adviser won’t comply with the Intelligence Committee’s demand for Russia-related documents, his lawyers said Monday.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters What Defenders of Trump's Right to Fire Comey Are Missing
The question isn’t whether a president can directly control the bureau—it’s whether other institutions, and the public, are going to let him get away with it.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters James Comey Will Testify Publicly Before Congress
The ousted FBI director will discuss the political firestorm surrounding his dismissal in an upcoming Senate Intelligence Committee hearing, senators announced Friday.
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Alexander Shcherbak / TASS / Getty The World's Worst Negotiation
In a single brief meeting with Russian officials, President Trump not only divulged classified information, he also handed them a damaging account of his decision to fire James Comey
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Democrats Say Trump Committed Obstruction of Justice
Congressional Democrats renewed calls for an independent commission into the Russia investigation in response new revelations in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
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Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP Trump Told the Russians That 'Nut Job' Comey's Firing Relieved 'Great Pressure'
The president told the Russian foreign minister and ambassador that firing his FBI director had “taken off” the pressure he had faced, The New York Times reports.
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Say It Ain't So Joe!
I admire former Senator Lieberman, which is why I don’t think he should become head of the FBI.
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Susan Walsh / AP Trump Denies Colluding With Russia
At his first press conference since the appointment of a special counsel, Trump continued to insist the Russia investigation is a “witch hunt.”
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Yuri Gripas / Reuters Joe Lieberman Is a Leading Contender for FBI Director
The former Connecticut senator would be a highly unusual pick to lead the nation’s top law-enforcement agency.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Can Jeff Sessions Be Independent?
Recent revelations suggesting the president pressured his now-ousted FBI director raise questions about the attorney general’s autonomy.
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Molly Riley / Reuters What the Special Counsel Appointment Means
The selection of former FBI Director Robert Mueller is a major escalation of the Russia investigation.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters The House Demands to See the Comey Memos
In a letter to acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz requested all “memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings” of James Comey’s meetings with Trump
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Did President Trump Obstruct Justice?
He may have, legal scholars said cautiously. But further investigations would be necessary to know for sure.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Did Trump Try to Shut Down the FBI's Michael Flynn Investigation?
A memo from fired FBI Director James Comey quotes the president as asking him to “let it go,” contradicting White House claims.
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Charles Tasnadi / AP Readers Debate: Is Comey’s Firing Worse Than Watergate?
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Jim Bourg / Reuters If There Are White House Recordings, They Could Be Subpoenaed
President Trump warned James Comey that there might be “tapes” of their conversation—and if there are, it would be illegal to destroy them.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Did Trump Record Comey? The White House Won't Say
The administration won’t give yes-or-no answers after the president‘s explosive tweet suggesting “tapes” existed of a conversation with the ousted FBI director.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Garland Gambit
Republicans floating Merrick Garland for FBI director should be careful what they wish for.
