Laura Jarrett
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If this is the statement when everyone can see the truth live on CNN for themselves, what happens when the camera is off?
In the course of clearing the streets and restoring order at Lake Street and Snelling Avenue, four people were arrested by State Patrol troopers, including three members of a CNN crew. The three were released once they were confirmed to be members of the media.
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The President of the United States just said the DOJ IG report went a long way to showing he did nothing wrong. No part of the 500 pages addresses that topic.
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News - former DOJ inspector general Michael Bromwich has joined Christine Blasey Ford’s legal team. (Note he also represents former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe). He has just resigned from his law firm effective immediately in light of objections within the partnership.
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McCabe confirms for first time to
@SavannahGuthrie
on Today that the FBI informed the Gang 8 in May 2017 the FBI had opened a counterintelligence investigation into Trump and "no one objected. Not on legal grounds, not on constitutional grounds, and not based on the facts."
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The acting US atty in DC is making significant announcements about forthcoming sedition and conspiracy charges -- people are going to be "shocked," he says about what they've uncovered. **The FBI Director and Acting Attorney General are not present for this briefing.**
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DOJ had no role in Arpaio pardon per source with knowledge -- this did not follow typical Office of Pardon Attorney process
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Context as you read: am told Special Counsel Robert Mueller was not consulted on this letter. This was the product of the Attorney General Bill Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, per DOJ official.
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CNN, WashPo, Politico have all now confirmed the subpoena says give me everything on the individual...
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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On who gets hurt by all of this ... “Many of these staffers are people of color”
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Some news - Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) has been indicted along with his wife for the misuse of $250,000 worth of campaign funds and falsifying campaign finance records - full story to come shortly w/
@MaeveReston
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New - Trump has been venting his frustrations about SDNY at Whitaker since explosive Cohen revelations - CNNPolitics
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New - a federal grand jury has indicted the man accused of running down and killing Heather Heyer during last summer's protests in Charlottesville with federal hate crimes
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The Justice Dept’s Office of Legal Counsel is expected to issue an opinion on Tuesday defending the legality of Trump appointing Matt Whitaker as acting attorney general; litigation is still expected over whether it was valid in the first place...and it’s only Monday
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News from AG Barr - Mueller report coming mid-April if not sooner; report nearly 400 pages; no plans for WH privilege review
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Finally confirmed - “The Meeting” is really 2 briefings at DOJ tomorrow - one at noon with Reps. Nunes/Gowdy and then followed by Gang of 8 + Gowdy at 2pm; if you are wondering why Nunes is carved out then you haven’t been paying attention; Rosenstein in attendance for all
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In his book, McCabe briefly explains that he informed lawmakers about the case files opened on 4 individuals connected to the Trump campaign, and then "told them of additional steps we had taken. No one interrupted. No one pushed back. The mood in the room was sober."
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Acting AG Whitaker’s financial disclosure forms expected to be made public as soon as today; am told that Whitaker did, in fact, file an initial disclosure form, but it has undergone revisions
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CNN’s
@OmarJimenez
and his covering protests in Minneapolis on the ground have just been placed in handcuffs - turn on CNN, the camera is still rolling
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FBI director says white supremacy is a 'persistent, pervasive threat' to the US - CNNPolitics
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Some news - AG Barr working closely with CIA Director Haspel, ODNI Director Coats and FBI Director Wray on surveillance issues related to Trump campaign - suggesting broader interagency effort underway
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This shouldn’t get lost the shuffle today — as prosecutors are mystified about how Trump can be asking to discuss classified discovery outside of a classified setting … in the case where he’s been charged with mishandling classified documents.
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Statement from Strzok’s atty: “The term ‘media leak strategy’ in Mr. Strzok’s text refers to a Department-wide initiative to detect and stop leaks to the media. The President and his enablers are once again peddling unfounded conspiracy theories to mislead the American People.”
New Strzok-Page texts reveal “Media Leak Strategy.”
@FoxNews
So terrible, and NOTHING is being done at DOJ or FBI - but the world is watching, and they get it completely.
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“Trump said he had not read the documents he ordered declassified”
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New - the Office of Special Counsel (no, not that one, the other one) has opened a case file on acting AG Whitaker in response to a Hatch Act complaint from
@weareoversight
for campaign donations received in 2018 while at DOJ - CNNPolitics
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“The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted” - DAG Rosenstein offers reaction to House mulling articles for his impeachment at Newseum event just now
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NEWS - on the obstruction piece of Mueller’s investigation - have learned that SCO told Barr/Rosenstein 3 wks ago he wouldn’t reach conclusion on obstruction, that was *not* expected; dispels notion Barr came up with his analysis in 48 hrs, he’s known for weeks what was coming
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WH adviser to
@ElizLanders
on the cause of the voter fraud commission unwind: "It was a s--- show," adding that the commission went "off the rails." Another source close to VP admitted, “A member of the commission suing the commission is not ideal."
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"He brought up my wife every time" - McCabe goes on the record with what went down with the President - CNNPolitics
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Put aside questions of excessiveness for a min -- how's the Department leadership shocked to see a sentencing recommendation based on the Guidelines? Why is *this* case/defendant different? How are prosecutors supposed get up in court to explain this?
@eliehonig
@renato_mariotti
The DOJ is changing its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone, according to a Senior DOJ official.
“The Department finds seven to nine years extreme, excessive and grossly disproportionate," the source said, adding the DOJ will clarify its position on sentencing later today
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After all is said and done on the McCabe fallout tonight, an observation: we still do not have the Inspector General's report
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FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok has been fired. Statement from his attorney.
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Four weeks in - we continue to ask what’s going on here...
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Pro-tip for attorneys -- do not go on
@NewDay
unprepared for an interview with
@brikeilarcnn
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E. Jean Carroll tells
@SavannahGuthrie
just now on
@TODAYshow
she confronted Trump's atty Joe Tacopina after yesterday's verdict : "he came over to congratulate me. He put out his hand, and I said 'he did it and you know it.'"
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Update: judge in this case has ordered Secret Service to turn over visitor logs next Friday (9/15) by noon
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Some personal news — thrilled to be joining
@NBCNews
in January as a Senior Legal Correspondent. I’ll be covering the Justice Dept, SCOTUS, and other legal news with such a great group of journalists.
Excited for this new adventure and very grateful for six years at CNN.
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For those keeping track at home, here's who has seen the Mueller report with fewer redactions (than the public version): Senators McConnell, Burr, and Graham, along with House Republicans McCarthy and Collins. No Democrat has come to read it. Neither has Rep. Nunes.
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In reality - there is no such rule. There is custom/norm is to avoid taking overt investigative steps within 60 days of an election (and even that isn’t codified anywhere) - but it has nothing to do with ending the entire investigation...
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Short story: Whitaker is not recusing from overseeing Mueller. But what happened to get to this point is messy - here’s the backstory...
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In a single sentence email tonight, the dean’s office at Harvard Law School tells students: “Today, Judge Kavanaugh indicated that he can no longer commit to teaching his course in January Term 2019, so the course will not be offered.”
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“You earned this, and you are ready for this.” - Gwen Ifill knew early on a star when she saw one. Congratulations
@Yamiche
!!
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The President told border agents not to let migrants in. If judges give you trouble, say, "Sorry, judge, I can't do it. We don't have the room." Their bosses said follow the law. In other words, don’t listen to the President - via
@jaketapper
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NEW STATEMENT FROM DAG ROSENSTEIN: “I never pursued or authorized recording the President and any suggestion that I have ever advocated for the removal of the President is absolutely false.”
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Comey’s lawyer says in a statement just now: “Mr. Comey embraces and welcomes a hearing open to the public, but the subpoena issued yesterday represents an abuse of process....Accordingly, Mr. Comey will resist in Court this abuse of process.”
Happy Thanksgiving. Got a subpoena from House Republicans. I’m still happy to sit in the light and answer all questions. But I will resist a “closed door” thing because I’ve seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion. Let’s have a hearing and invite everyone to see.
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CNN's confirms that the GSA's inspector general is evaluating the agency's management/administration of the lease for Trump's hotel in DC
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News - FBI special agent Peter Strzok was escorted out of the FBI building on Friday, source familiar tells me; as of today, he is still employed; he's been stationed in Human Resources since dismissal from Mueller team.
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New- Steve Bannon has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury in Washington as part of the special counsel’s investigation into Jan 6 - reporting with
@jonathan4ny
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File this under Ex. A of telling on yourself -- Durham report "virtually meaningless if this doesn't happen before the election," a GOP congressional aide told Axios
Scoop: Barr tells Republicans Durham report won't be ready by election
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Some exciting news! Cannot wait to get Saturdays started with
@PeterAlexander
in 1A!
NEW:
@LauraAJarrett
has been named the next co-anchor of Saturday TODAY!
The senior legal correspondent for
@NBCNews
will join
@PeterAlexander
on the weekend anchor desk starting September 9.
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Spotted! Haven’t seen in stores in over 2 months ... thought it was a corona mirage at first, but they are legit
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US Attorney Durham working with Barr on a 360 degree review of the situation, so what's US Attorney Huber doing? Told he's been in a holding pattern as the DOJ IG completes review of the situation surrounding Carter Page surveillance warrant - his work on Clinton wrapping soon
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Important timeline of events here per source: DAG's office only informed WH counsel/Sessions AFTER the special counsel order was signed
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News here - when asked by a reporter if investigators were looking at the role Trump played at the rally, acting US atty Sherwin said, “We’re looking at all actors here and anyone that had a role and, if the evidence fits the elements of the crime, they’re going to be charged.”
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Nadler to Whitaker now: “the Committee has identified several individuals with direct knowledge of the phone calls you denied receiving from the White House.” At hearing he said POTUS didn’t “lash out” but wouldn’t answer if they’d discussed SDNY/Cohen
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“There’s nothing more terrifying than telling your truth and telling it over and over and over again, but having people refuse to honor it as the truth.”
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Also note - House Intel Chair Devin Nunes went on Fox on Sunday saying "just provide us all the documents," yet did not mention he was at the Gang of 8 briefing last month where documents sat there unreviewed
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We have a date - Mueller report coming Thursday morning
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As we wait to see how this plays out, recall how it began--when DOJ first told Nunes it couldn't risk placing the specific individual in danger, it said that decision was reached after consultation with the ODNI, FBI and the White House. Only 1 of those has changed its position.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray are expected to meet with President Trump this afternoon to discuss the latest issues surrounding the confidential source, a source familiar with the plans tells
@LauraAJarrett
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Here's the problem - it's messy. While the IG found no evidence that bias affected the *specific* investigative actions reviewed pre-July 2016, he *does not* have confidence that the delay in reviewing the Weiner laptop emails was "free from bias."
Justice IG report found no evidence that Strzok’s disdain for Trump or any other improper consideration affected conduct of Clinton email investigation
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“This generation of African-American women is going to write their own story. They’re not going to wait for anyone else.” -
@IamMinyon
in profile of
@SymoneDSanders
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Some news to watch -> former FBI Director Andrew McCabe in negotiations with Senate Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley for immunity deal for upcoming hearing on forthcoming DOJ IG report
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Scoop - a federal judge has ordered Pence to testify in Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation on Trump's efforts to overturn the election, but has granted some limited immunity as to his role on Jan 6 - unclear if appeal forthcoming
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Just confirmed Sheriff David Clarke has resigned per Milwaukee County Clerk's
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January is going to be ... busy
Today, I sent a letter to
@TheJusticeDept
demanding that Acting Attorney General Whitaker come before the House Judiciary Committee so that the American people can finally get some answers. This is not our first time asking politely, but we will not accept ‘No’ for an answer.
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Confirmed again today that House Intel Chair Nunes has chosen not to review the largely unredacted copies of the Carter Page FISA applications available for review at the Justice Department anytime -
@mkraju
@jeremyherb
have asked this question many a time ...
Also when asked my office gave them this quote...”CNN’s slavish adherence to the Democrats’ comical talking points is an amazing sight to behold.”.....Guess what? They refused to run the statement...This is another great example of “Fake and fraudulent news”
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Formers prosecutors are clearly troubled by the events of the last week, but so are those *still* at DOJ -- lots of great details in this piece not to be missed from
@eorden
@KaraScannell
:
Overwhelming majority of these 1,100+ former Justice Department lawyers—calling on Barr to resign and for DOJ lawyers to report abuses—served in Republican administrations.
About 85% in Republican admin.
Over 100 in Trump admin.
#CountryOverParty
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All of us who’ve been down this road “squeezing in doctors' appointments between live reporting segments” know it too well… so so thrilled for
@Yamiche
and Nate 🤎
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More --> just like the Comey memos, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has McCabe's contemporaneous notes on his own personal interactions with President Trump AND from what Comey told McCabe about his interactions with Trump, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Judge in NY makes it official - the former president is going to trial March 25th
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Exclusive: Whitaker told he does not need to recuse himself from overseeing Mueller investigation - CNNPolitics
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Some news- AG Sessions has directed the FBI/ATF to take a look at the gaps in the national background check system and report back in 60 days - an attempt to close the gap on what happened w/mass shooter in TX who had a history of domestic abuse that never got entered in database
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Special Counsel Mueller is not recommending ANY further indictments am told
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Note - this is coming from a lawmaker who has actually been reading the underlying materials on the Russia investigation for months now
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Justice Sotomayor on today’s decision: “I cannot capture the totality of this harm in these pages. …The State’s gambit has worked. The impact is catastrophic. These ruinous effects were foreseeable and intentional.”
It’s worth reading Sotomayor’s dissent from the denial of a stay.
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Sessions asked about Rosenstein impeachment threat during news conference in Boston: "My deputy Rod Rosenstein is highly capable. I have the highest confidence in him," says lawmakers should focus their time on changing immigration laws
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Can confirm Rosenstein presser starting shortly is special counsel related
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Who is deemed worthy of sympathy is always illuminating. Good scoop from
@JuliaEAinsley
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Re Nunes' presence at the Gang of 8 briefing on the Russia investigation, McCabe says in the book: "I looked at Rod (Rosenstein). Rod said, At the end of the day it's his recusal. it's his choice, I can't enforce it. We can't kick him out of the room."
We had to cut this for length, but McCabe told me that his guess is that the White House "immediately knew the steps I took after Jim got fired, and the cases I opened" because of Nunes. "When I was surprised to see Nunes at the briefing, I knew it would happen very quickly."
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“They were all duped, until a reporter almost 3,000 miles away started asking questions.” -
@yashar
with the deep dive on Theranos shenanigans and the reporter who exposed it
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This means refugees who have a contractual relationship with a resettlement org can come in, blocking travel ban once again
BREAKING: 9th Circuit affirms order stopping govt from enforcing the Muslim ban vs grandparents, cousins, etc., and refugees w/ assurances
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Why release this in the dead of night? Why did this take a week to put together? Where was he yesterday?
BREAKING: Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen takes to YouTube just as president is removed from it. In 1st on camera appearance since Capitol riot, Rosen vows 'no tolerance whatsoever' for violence and other criminality at Biden inauguration. Video;
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Some news- the Justice Dept. is making the highly sought-after documents on the FBI source who met w/Trump campaign aides available to Gang of 8; some in GOP been clamoring for the docs for weeks; DOJ initially resisted, did series of briefings (remember that drama over invites?)
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@JohnBerman
’s going to miss me on maternity leave. This is just the way shows it. Thankfully I can text him and
@brikeilarcnn
early in the AM and know they’ll be awake
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Seems like the right day to go on maternity leave .... To my fellow DOJ reporters covering this beat, just remember: “Enjoy your life”
Yesterday, a DOJ lawyer told a judge the citizenship Q would not be on the form. Today, he said Trump's tweet was the first he learned of the prez's position: "But, obviously, as you can imagine, I am doing my absolute best to figure out what's going on."
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@eliehonig
@renato_mariotti
Imagine being on the receiving end of a call telling you to walk it back after writing on Monday he deserved sentencing enhancements and his conduct was "a direct and brazen attack on the rule of law."
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Take a look at what one child care center in Queens is doing — a place one mom called a “godsend” as she’s had to work on the frontline of this pandemic as nurse
Could daycare centers provide a model for how to reopen schools safely in the fall?
@LauraAJarrett
reports.
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DOJ on the record: Rosenstein did not threaten to resign
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is traveling with President Trump on AF1 down to Orlando for Trump’s speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police later today — this time two weeks ago things were ... different
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Today would have been Francesca “Beans” Kaczynski’s first birthday. Please go to and get your beanie to fight childhood cancer.
@KFILE
@RachelEnsignWSJ
your CNN fam is with you ❤️
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News - later today the Justice Department is expected to make public its legal opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel supporting the Treasury Dept/IRS’s refusal to hand over President Trump’s tax returns
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A day for legal news calls for pastels — we didn’t color coordinate on purpose, I promise.
@eliehonig
@WhitneyWReports
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