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Bannon Agrees to Mueller Interview, But May Face Contempt for Defying Congressional Subpoena
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who is facing threats of contempt charges for defying a subpoena ordering him to testify before a House committee’s investigation of President Trump and Russia, plans to meet with special counsel Robert Mueller next week and answer all of his questions.
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Star Tribune: Partisan Attacks on FBI Have No Place in Mueller Probe
By Editorial Board Minneapolis Star-Tribune When U.S. House Republicans opted to release the now infamous Nunes memo, which attempted to discredit the FBI on the Russia investigation, fairness demanded they simultaneously vote to release the Democratic response. That they did not made clear their true motive: to allow U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, head of the House…
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Colbert Taunts Trump, Suggesting He’s Too ‘Chicken’ for Mueller Interview
The Late Show host Stephen Colbert taunted Donald Trump on Tuesday night, suggesting the president was too “chicken” to sit down face-to-face Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia investigation.
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Trump Says Nunes, Who Spearheaded Memo’s Release, Has Makings of ‘Great American Hero’
Republican Devin Nunes, the California congressman who set off a political firestorm by spearheading the controversial release of a secret, much-disputed memo drafted by GOP staff, “may someday” be considered a “Great American Hero,” President Trump said Monday.
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Worried Trump Will Lie, President’s Attorneys Urge Him to Decline Mueller Interview
Worried that President Trump will commit perjury in a proposed sit-down interview with Robert Mueller’s special counsel team, the president’s attorneys are urging him to avoid the perilous encounter.
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Trump’s Legal Team Explores Appointment of Second Special Counsel to Probe FBI, DOJ
President Trump’s relentless, unsubstantiated claims that the FBI and Justice Department are conducing a “witch hunt” to purge him from office may get new muscle in the form of a second special prosecutor.
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Emails Show FBI Shocked, Saddened by Comey’s Firing, Countering Trump Narrative
President Trump’s controversial decision to fire James Comey as FBI director last year shocked and saddened many people in the bureau, according to more than 100 pages of emails written by agents in the days following the termination.
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Trump’s Tough Choice: Release Memo Rebuttal Or Risk Perilous Standoff
The Republican-led House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously Monday to publicly disclose a classified, Democratic rebuttal of the much-disputed GOP memo that set off a political firestorm that continued to rage this week.