Category: politics
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“Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, did not dispute the account.”
Matt Apuzzo, Maggie Haberman, and Matthew Rosenberg for the Times: President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, had relieved “great pressure” on him, according to a document summarizing the meeting. “I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He was crazy, a real…
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It Gets Worse
This morning, the Times’ Michael S. Schmidt reported that Comey left a fantastic paper trail before he was fired: President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo…
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An Idiot’s Guide to Mishandling Classified Information
Absolutely insane series of events. Yesterday the Washington Post’s Greg Miller and Greg Jaffe reported that Trump gave classified information to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in front of the Russian press during their jovial meeting at the White House: The information the president relayed had been provided by a U.S.…
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National Embarrassment Threatens Former FBI Director With Blackmail
After lying about his predecessor recording his calls, Trump has threatened to release secret recordings of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey: James Comey better hope that there are no "tapes" of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 12, 2017 If the White House records something…
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More Details About Comey
The WSJ’s Shane Harris and Carol E. Lee: Mr. Comey started receiving daily instead of weekly updates on the investigation, beginning at least three weeks ago, according to people with knowledge of the matter and the progress of the Federal Bureau of Investigation probe. Mr. Comey was concerned by information showing possible evidence of collusion,…