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WashPost reporter covering FBI, DoJ. (202) 617-6330. Author "October Surprise.” Co-author, Trump Trials newsletter:

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Devlin Barrett
7 months
Excited to announce I am excited to do more work
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The newly released texts show that Gov. Bryant, Brett Favre, and others worked together to channel at least $5 million of the state’s welfare funds to build a new volleyball stadium at University of S. Mississippi, where Favre’s daughter played the sport
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FBI Director Wray: "I don't spend a lot of time on twitter." Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.): "Oh I'm sure you do. The Department of Homeland Security..." Wray: "I'm not part of the Department of Homeland Security"
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I have a lot of questions, mostly about the suspension
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The presidential limo known as “The Beast” making its debut at Daytona 500 today. The president looking for NASCAR fans support in his re-election bid.
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uhhhh, why would his fb page identify him as the former attorney general of the united states, a job he definitely did not have?
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Connect with me on my Facebook Page. More to come on my investigation, soon!
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shootings are chaotic and hard to recreate. but what was described just now by police in Uvalde is wildly different than what was described by state and local officials for the last two days.
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“What other country has judges?” — President Trump, not out of context
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BREAKING: Rep. Schiff just said at this event that House Intelligence Committee will make a criminal referral to the Justice Dept later today on Trump booster Erik Prince for possibly lying to Congress
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Washington Post Live
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The Washington Post has used its vast resources to cover every angle of the Mueller investigation. Tomorrow, @mateagold will sit down with @DevlinBarrett , @nakashimae , @mattzap and @postroz to discuss the investigation that gripped D.C. for 2 years.
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pssst. they probably haven't "looked into it" too closely, since Comey and McCabe haven't had a clearance for months.
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. @PressSec : “Not only is the president looking to take away Brennan’s security clearance, he’s also looking into the security clearances of Comey, Clapper, Rice and McCabe.”
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UPDATE: after suspected pipe bomb found outside RNC building, agents discovered a truck parked nearby with long guns, lots of ammo, and possible bomb-making material, per sources. Agents investigating to see if there's a connection between the two.
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“I understand that Twitter’s policies are designed to maintain the appearance that your hands are clean...”
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Del Quentin Wilber
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This letter is very powerful:
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Amid a lot of anger about police tactics, many of the alarming videos involve nothing you’d describe as a tactic or teach at a police academy
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The FBI director testified last week that he knew of no evidence of illegal surveillance against the Trump campaign
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Donald J. Trump
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....and the Democrat National Committee-The Democrat Party apparatus-has been caught using donor Dollars to Collude with Russian Intelligence to attack a domestic political opponent (me). The FBI has no leadership. The Director is protecting the same gang.....that tried to....
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Portland reporter hit last night with less lethal munition hours after a judge ordered agents to leave press and legal observers alone
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Rebecca Ellis
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Feds approaching and just got shot in hand trying to film. Don’t think that TRO worked
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New: Biden picks former New Jersey attorney general Anne Milgram to lead the DEA. Milgram has spent years trying to reform what she calls the outdated, gut-driven criminal justice system
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The Trump Justice Dept. has parachuted 5 different US Attorneys from around the country into various politically-charged cases in Washington, fueling suspicion and distrust inside the department
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NEW memo from AG Merrick Garland issues first update in 18 years to use-of-force policy for federal law enforcement, saying they have a duty to intervene if they see other officers use excessive force
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Nunes on Monday: "“I’ve never referenced an individual. They did that. I didn't." Nunes subpoena last week: Provide "all documents referring or related to the individual."
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Unreal. Kansas City
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WeslySupreme
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What @kcpolice did today was UNFORGIVABLE and UNFORGETTABLE
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Rake News
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folks: this has been guessed at, hinted at, and suggested before, but it has not been said by any senior official before. it's a big deal.
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AG Whitaker: the Mueller investigation is "close to being completed."
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“recent speculation and social media activity” is an interesting way of describing what happened yesterday
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CBC News Alerts
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The makers of Lysol and Dettol have issued a statement warning the products should never be used internally, after U.S. President Donald Trump mused publicly that an 'injection inside or almost a cleaning' with disinfectant might be able to kill coronavirus 'in a minute.'
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"He's pissed": New FBI affidavit shows that, despite Trumpworld's repeated claims that Cohen acted on his own in buying women's silence in 2016, he was in frequent contact with the key players, including Trump
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Exclusive: FBI report a day before riot warned that some coming to DC had urged: "Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in, and blood from their BLM and Pantifa slave soldiers being spilled. Get violent... Get ready for war"
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Exclusive: Dozens of people on FBI's terrorist watch list came to D.C. the day of Capitol riot, the majority of them suspected white supremacist extremists
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At a time when integrity can seem in short supply in government, this sure looks like a powerful example of a federal prosecutor doing the right thing to the detriment of his own family
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Fun Fact: Bob Mueller is barred by law from serving again as the FBI Director. At the meeting POTUS mentions, White House officials told him, per sources, they were willing to push Congress to pass a new law to make Mueller's re-appointment possible.
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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Robert Mueller came to the Oval Office (along with other potential candidates) seeking to be named the Director of the FBI. He had already been in that position for 12 years, I told him NO. The next day he was named Special Counsel - A total Conflict of Interest. NICE!
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Democrats’ impeachment lawyer brings "swagger" and smarts to tomorrow's hearing, after a career prosecuting mobsters and Wall Street cheats
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Trump to Univision: “if I happen to be president and I see somebody who’s doing well and beating me very badly, I say ‘Go down and indict them.’ They’d be out of business, they’d be out of the election.”
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Dan Eggen
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Trump confirms the thrust of this WaPo scoop by @iarnsdorf @jdawsey1 @DevlinBarrett
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Federal agents in Portland - principally DHS and Marshals but unclear what other agencies are involved - won’t say who they are after firing an impact munition at a protester’s head, or grab others off the streets, or why. Have the rules changed for 1811s?
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Newly-unsealed court documents reveal Trump Justice Dept. was hunting for the sources of three Post stories related to Russia when it seized Post reporters' communications records
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You can't just go buy Greenland. You've got to work your way up, start with Nova Scotia, then Newfoundland...
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Scoop: Rudy Giuliani told federal agents it's okay to "throw a fake" during elections. "You're under no obligation to tell the truth" in public interviews, chimed in his then law partner
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The largest, best-known police force in the US says the Justice Department is not telling the truth
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Attorney General Barr says feds arrested 200 people in Operation Legend in Kansas City. Law enforcement officials in Kansas City, however, say that the first Legend arrest was two days ago, and are not aware of any others.
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when Clinton folks got immunity for testimony/evidence in the email case, folks screamed she was in deep trouble, then screamed it meant she was getting a free pass. On its own, immunity only tells you evidence of some kind is being gathered
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For 2 days, law enforcement has been saying people need to come forward to prevent such attacks. People came forward.
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FBI Statement on the Shooting in Parkland, Florida:
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Reminder: federal agents do not do standard patrol work, and as long as this goes on, they are being put in situations they have less training and experience with than a beat cop
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Dan Friedman
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Asked who they’re with, these guys say only that they’re with “The Department of Justice.”
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When paragraph 3 of your lawsuit declares Facebook is the government
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last week the Vice President said there were 12 hijackers on 9/11. In fact, there were 19. This week, White House spokesman says the US killed Gaddafi, whose capture and grim end at the hands of an angry Libyan mob is on very available video.
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Hogan Gidley 45 Archived
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Soleimani was, in fact, planning "imminent attacks." While Democrats and the media quibble over its definition, quick point: When Obama killed bin Laden, al-Awlaki and Gaddafi, without Congressional approval, there were NO "imminent attacks" and Democrats did not ask or care.
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TOP SECRET (for now): Justice Dept. watchdog won’t let witnesses give written feedback on the long-awaited, still-classified report about FBI’s Russia probe, sparking fears of inaccuracy
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My grandmother’s life was redirected by Pearl Harbor. She asked me to take her to see the 2001 movie. I’d already seen it, and warned her she might find it shallow. 45 minutes into the screening, she patted my arm and said “You are very brave for seeing this twice.”
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Put another way, a higher percentage of the people being arrested are NYC residents than the people arresting them (about 40% of NYPD live outside the 5 boroughs)
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Aaron Katersky
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1 in 7 demonstrators arrested in NYC since protests over the death of George Floyd began are not from the city, the NYPD said
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Devlin Barrett
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Need a lawyer-head-exploding emoji, stat
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Ryan J. Reilly
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Giuliani just went ahead and said that Trump was involved in DOJ decision on proposed AT&T Time Warner merger: “The president denied the merger. They didn’t get the result they wanted.”
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Then it should be somewhere on the many, many video recordings of that time period
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Sadie Gurman
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The idea that protesters at Lafayette Park were peaceful at on Monday night is "one of the big lies that the media seems to be perpetuating," Barr tells @FaceTheNation . "There were projectiles being hurled at the police. ... They were thrown. I saw them thrown."
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“The guy lost his s---,” the agent said. “They had to use physical force to take the child out of his hands.”
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Tom Hamburger
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A family was separated at the border, and this distraught father took his own life . Latest by @NickMiroff
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"I'm a dentist, so I read body language very well," Rep. Gosar said in telling Strzok he seemed angry. Strzok replied: "what you see is the passion of a patriot."
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After 9/11 a lot of NYPD retired, partly due to the way their last year’s OT pay factored heavily into their pensions. A lot of cops pulled huge OT numbers last year due to covid and protests. Police officers, like everyone, often have multiple motives for life decisions
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Josh Dawsey
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Police are quitting in droves in American cities, per NYT.
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Many of the ballots that arrive after election day are from Americans serving in the military
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Scoop: Investigators now suspect that boxes including classified material were moved from a Mar-a-Lago storage area after the subpoena was served, and that Trump personally examined at least some of those boxes, these people said.
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Just in: Hawaii federal judge rules against Trump's new travel ban, saying it's a likely violation of First Amendment protections
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Per sources: accused Russian agent Maria Butina was arrested on Sunday because law enforcement feared she was about to leave town and they would not be in a good position to keep tabs on her. They've been keeping tabs on her for a long time
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Best thread ever? Why yes. Yes it is.
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Let's talk about peeing in space. Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.
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Back in the day, you’d need a signed Miranda card and a consensual interview for this kind of material
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Four years ago today, FBI Director Comey announced he was reopening the Clinton email investigation, tanking her in key battleground states. Last month my book about how and why the FBI crashed that election came out. Today, here are some puppies.
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NEW: Confronted with their failures to pursue Nassar sex-abuse allegations, FBI officials gave false or misleading answers, inspector general finds
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Michael Scott: "Well, apparently in the medicine community negative means good. Which makes absolutely no sense."
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Daniel Dale
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Trump on not having the coronavirus: "And I tested very positively in another sense. So this morning. I tested positively toward negative, right? So no, I tested perfectly this morning. Meaning I tested negative. But that's a way of saying it. Positively toward the negative."
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A reminder from the pups: Stairs are hard, but it’s easier if you take them one step at a time
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To those trying to parse the Mueller statement: it's a straight-up denial. Maybe Buzzfeed can prove they are right, maybe Mueller can prove them wrong. But it's an emphatic denial
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Scoop: Justice Dept is quietly seeking a 50-year bar to release of grand jury material - a rule which, if adopted by the courts, would keep Mueller-Trump records secret until 2069...
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We seem to be moving beyond the “fake news” argument to “fake videos” and “fake eyes”
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Donald J. Trump
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Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?
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Scoop: Gunman in Texas mall shooting may have had white supremacist beliefs; patch on his chest suggested neo-Nazi views, according to people familiar with the matter
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Breaking: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes arrested, charged in Jan. 6 conspiracy. Charges include seditious conspiracy against him, and ten others, per people familiar.
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and now, all of the officers in that team have asked off the assignment because they think the cops who put this man in the hospital are being treated unfairly
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David Begnaud
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BREAKING NOW: I just confirmed, the 2 officers seen shoving the elderly man in this video have been suspended IMMEDIATELY, according to the Buffalo police commissioner.
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Happy Sunday morning from the puppies, who’d like to remind you to get your painting done before it gets too cold
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Manu Raju
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“Public hearings are a circus,” said Gowdy, who co-chaired the raucous Peter Strzok hearing, calling them a “freak show.” He says he prefers private hearings.
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Who let these goats on the porch? Who let these puppies on the porch? Who let these goats AND these puppies on the porch?
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Key phrase here is “he will never be able to fix the FBI,” which sounds a lot like the language in a memo used to fire his predecessor
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Donald J. Trump
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I don’t know what report current Director of the FBI Christopher Wray was reading, but it sure wasn’t the one given to me. With that kind of attitude, he will never be able to fix the FBI, which is badly broken despite having some of the greatest men & women working there!
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?!?! "In early 2017, Manigault Newman says she walked Michael Cohen, then Trump’s personal lawyer, into the Oval Office for a meeting with Trump — and saw the president chewing up a piece of paper while Cohen was leaving the office."
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More than 1,100 ex-Justice Department officials call for Barr’s resignation - The Washington Post
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This story was, and still is, amazeballs: House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump
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God how I wish Paw Patrol was canceled
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DJ Judd
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"We saw a few weeks ago that Paw Patrol, a cartoon show about cops, was canceled," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters in the briefing room today, despite that a) not being true and b) not being super important! Given the current state of things!
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In new court filing, feds say they believe Maria Butina has been in contact with Russian intel officers, and "offered an individual other than (her boyfriend) sex in exchange for a position within a special interest organization."
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Amazing: One of the guys Peter Strzok sent to prison publicly asks POTUS for a pardon.
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John Kiriakou
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Thank you, @realDonaldTrump Please pardon me!
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Devlin Barrett
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@joshscampbell @JamesAGagliano Always interesting how people use J. Edgar Hoover rhetorically. "The View" hosts are right that Hoover did not write a tell-all when he left the FBI. A decision that stemmed at least in part from being dead.
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Devlin Barrett
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This this this. “Can you prove X isn’t true?” is a standard that can be pointed at anything, but leads to lunacy
@john_sipher
John Sipher
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@bradheath We will always be behind the eight ball if we have to continually disprove batshit allegations.
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senior DoJ official: Mueller's report will not be delivered next week.
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Devlin Barrett
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Flashback to Trump last year: “I never told then White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Robert Mueller, even though I had the legal right to do so.”
@realDonaldTrump
Donald J. Trump
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“The President has never asked me to do anything in a criminal case.” A.G. Barr This doesn’t mean that I do not have, as President, the legal right to do so, I do, but I have so far chosen not to!
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Devlin Barrett
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The extra harm of this particular shutdown is working people risk missing a paycheck at the holiday when they’re least likely to have a cash cushion
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Washington Examiner
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Pennsylvania Republican on federal furlough: "Who’s living that they’re not going to make it to the next paycheck?"
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SCOOP: Trump has told advisers he will nominate William Barr to be the next attorney general; announcement could come in days
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This is a possibility, per sources
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Guess what! The IG now says witnesses will, in fact, be allowed to submit written comments, after witnesses were told they could not. Horowitz’s office is calling it a “clarification” of their intent.
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