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ABC News: Comey says his belief Clinton would win election ‘a factor’ in email probe

ABC News: Comey says his belief Clinton would win election ‘a factor’ in email probe

Posted by | Apr 15, 2018 | , , |

Former FBI director James Comey says his belief that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election played a role in the way he handled the investigation into her use of a private email sever as secretary of state. The former FBI director, who was abruptly fired by Trump last year, announced in July 2016 that he would not recommend charges in the investigation of Clinton’s email practices. But in a controversial move, Comey told Congress just days before the election that the FBI was reviewing additional emails in relation to the investigation. In early November, Comey then informed...

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Mike Pompeo confirms he was interviewed by Robert Mueller

Mike Pompeo confirms he was interviewed by Robert Mueller

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , , |

Secretary of state nominee acknowledged he spoke with the Trump-Russia special counsel, but declined to say what they discussed. Mike Pompeo, chosen by Donald Trump as America’s top diplomat, confirmed on Thursday that he has been interviewed by Robert Mueller in the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Pompeo was responding to senators during five hours of testimony at his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill, where he also faced questions over whether, as secretary of state, he would be part of a “war cabinet” that Trump is assembling ahead of potential conflicts with Iran, North Korea,...

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Comey book likens Trump to mafia boss ‘untethered to truth’

Comey book likens Trump to mafia boss ‘untethered to truth’

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , , |

Ex-FBI director’s book A Higher Loyalty – seen by the Guardian – calls president ‘unethical’ and compares presidency to a ‘forest fire’ The former FBI director James Comey denounces Donald Trump as “untethered to truth” and likens the president to a mafia boss, in an explosive new book set to bring fresh turmoil to the White House. Comey’s book, A Higher Loyalty, out next Tuesday, is published 11 months after he was fired by Trump, who allegedly tried to lean on him to shut down an investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey’s sacking triggered the...

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Cabinet agrees ‘need for action’ in Syria

Cabinet agrees ‘need for action’ in Syria

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , , |

Cabinet ministers have agreed “on the need to take action” in Syria to “deter the further use of chemical weapons”, Downing Street has said. Ministers at a cabinet meeting said it was “highly likely” the Assad regime was responsible for a suspected chemical attack. They agreed that the use of chemical weapons must not “go unchallenged”. But Transport Minister Jo Johnson later stressed: “There has been no decision to take military action at this point.” No details of UK involvement in any military action in Syria were mentioned in the Downing Street statement. And Mr Johnson, who was a...

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Why Fox News limited coverage of the raid of Trump’s lawyer’s office

Why Fox News limited coverage of the raid of Trump’s lawyer’s office

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , |

It shows the network really doesn’t want to cover anything that has to do with Stormy Daniels. On Monday, the FBI raided the offices of President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, seizing documents and records related to the $130,000 payment Cohen made to porn actress Stormy Daniels, as well as other matters. It was exactly the kind of story Fox News pundits could use to further the narrative that the “deep state” is conspiring to take down Trump. But since news of this raid broke, Fox News has spent significantly less time covering the story than the other major...

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