11/13/2018

DEMS/FBI/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The incoming Democratic chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee intends to investigate President Donald Trump’s impact on the integrity of the Justice Department and the FBI, according to a letter sent to top federal law enforcement officials on Tuesday. Representative Jerrold Nadler, now the […]

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11/9/2018

ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/FBI/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Iowa state Sen. Matt McCoy learned Donald Trump had appointed Matthew Whitaker to be acting attorney general of the United States, he was aghast — he believes Whitaker was behind a politically motivated prosecution that was personally ‘devastating’ to him. It started in 2007, when McCoy was a rising Democrat in […]

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10/30/2018

FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team has asked the FBI to look into claims that women were offered money to fabricate sexual assault allegations against Mueller, who leads the probe into Russia’s attempts to influence the U.S. election in 2016…Jack Burkman, a Washington lawyer and Republican operative, told Reuters he […]

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10/26/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NEW YORK/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I want to applaud the FBI, Secret Service, Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorneys’ Office for the Southern District of New York, the NYPD, and all Law Enforcement partners across the Country for their incredible work, skill and determination!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 26, 2018 12:59 pm […]

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10/28/2018

FBI/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thank you to Steve Rogers, FBI Joint Terror Task Force (Ret), for his very kind and generous remarks about me and my relationship to Law Enforcement. @JudgeJeanine” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 28, 2018 11:53 am […]

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10/18/2018

FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Nearly two years before he would begin his presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump arrived in Washington to show off his plans for a luxury hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue under a deal he had reached to lease the site from the General Services Administration. But on that day in September 2013, he […]

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10/18/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Illinois Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley called on Thursday [10-18-18] for General Services Administrator Emily Murphy to testify again about President Donald Trump’s involvement in stopping the relocation of the FBI headquarters after a watchdog report said she ‘misled’ Congress. Quigley said on CNN’s ‘The Situation Room’ that Murphy was dishonest with him […]

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10/18/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Five senior Democratic members of Congress have questioned what they say is a Trump administration plan to build a new headquarters for the Federal Bureau of Investigation across the street from Donald Trump’s downtown Washington hotel. In a letter sent on Thursday [10-18-18] to Emily Murphy, head of the General Services […]

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10/18/2018

DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Administration emails show that President Donald Trump intervened personally to keep FBI headquarters in downtown Washington rather than relocate it to the suburbs as had long been planned, congressional Democrats said Thursday [10-18-18]. The letter from Democratic lawmakers on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform says Trump’s direct involvement presents […]

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10/9/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump declared a reprieve Monday [10-8-18] for Rod Rosenstein , saying he has no plans to fire his deputy attorney general whose future has been the source of intense speculation for two weeks…The flight provided an opportunity for their most extensive conversation since news reports last month […]

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10/8/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/HEARING/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The country just witnessed a charade in the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court. I’m not talking about the dramatic hearings nor the stream of serious allegations and full-throated defense to rebut them. Instead, I’m referring to efforts by the White House to manipulate the American […]

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10/8/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said Monday [10-8-18] that he had no plans to fire Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, in the wake of remarks Mr. Rosenstein had made about the president’s fitness for office and an offer to secretly tape conversations with him…The two men traveled to Florida together on Air […]

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10/8/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein held their much-anticipated meeting aboard Air Force One on Monday [10-8-18], White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley told reporters traveling with the president. Rosenstein accompanied the president to Orlando on Monday, where he addressed the annual convention of the International Association […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [10-3-18] declared that the allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are ‘totally uncorroborated’ and will possibly benefit Republicans in the upcoming midterms…The tweet came as senators were set to begin reviewing the results of an FBI investigation into the allegations […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thursday [10-4-18] was a very good day for Brett Kavanaugh — maybe his best day since being chosen as Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee back in July. Friday [10-5-18] was even better, as his confirmation to the court appeared to be sealed with three key senators deciding he’s worthy of […]

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10/4/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday [10-4-18] following the completion of an FBI investigation of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that the sexual assault allegations against him were ‘totally uncorroborated.’ Trump said in a Twitter post that Kavanaugh had been subjected to ‘harsh and unfair treatment’ and […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the FBI wraps up its renewed background check into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the remaining undecided senators have only a few days left to decide if they are ready to approve his lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land. The prolonged process has generated more drama […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senators will be able to start reading the FBI investigation summaries into President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday [10-4-18] morning, Senate sources told CNN. Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is expected to read the summaries first, followed by the top Democrat on the committee, Sen. […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “US President Donald Trump is facing criticism from fellow Republicans after he mocked a woman who says she was assaulted by his Supreme Court nominee. Senators Jeff Flake and Susan Collins, both key votes to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, called Mr Trump’s remarks ‘appalling’ and ‘just plain wrong’. At a rally, Mr […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Mitch McConnell had just arrived at Reagan Washington National Airport on Monday [10-1-18] afternoon to resume the battle over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh when he was met by an unwelcoming committee — a group of women who angrily confronted him…Mr. McConnell is not Senator Jeff […]

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10/3/2018

FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A subject believed to be connected to suspicious letters sent to President Donald Trump and top Pentagon officials was taken into custody by federal law enforcement in Utah, a federal law enforcement official told CNN on Wednesday. FBI tactical and hazardous material response personnel searched the subject’s residence outside Salt Lake City. […]

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10/3/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s judgment day for Brett Kavanaugh and the three crucial Republicans who could send him to the Supreme Court or doom his hopes of being the swing vote who could change America. Kavanaugh’s fate will be on the line for the second straight Thursday [10-4-18], as senators begin reading the […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The FBI is expanding its inquiry into sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh beyond the initial four interviews that the White House directed to be conducted. Two sources told CNN on Tuesday that more interviews are happening with a focus on other Kavanaugh high school friends […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Several people with information related to allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh say they have tried in vain to speak with the FBI, which is expected to wrap up its investigation this week. Under pressure, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the FBI investigation following a […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republican leaders pressed on Tuesday [10-2-18] to wrap up the confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, seizing on word from the F.B.I. that it would complete its investigation into allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct as early as Wednesday [10-3-18]…But Mr. McConnell’s promise was as […]

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10/2/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys on Tuesday [10-2-18] implored the FBI to interview her and act on investigative leads they have provided for its inquiry into sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh…The bureau is expected to wrap up its time-limited probe of the allegations against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Key Republican senators have called the White House over the past 24 hours to make clear that they expect a fulsome investigation as the FBI reviews allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, CNN has learned. Following questions about the scope and extent of the FBI investigation, a White […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Monday [10-1-18] that he wants a ‘very comprehensive investigation’ into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, after reports emerged that the White House was seeking to limit the scope of the probe…The FBI is conducting a one-week investigation into sexual assault […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has authorized the FBI to expand its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the New York Times reported on Monday [10-1-18], citing two people briefed on the matter. The Times also reported that the FBI has already concluded interviews with the four […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During his time at one of the nation’s most elite universities, there’s no question that Judge Brett Kavanaugh achieved academic success. But when it comes to the frequency and severity of his drinking there, some former classmates are raising questions about how truthful Kavanaugh was in his testimony before the […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a week that began mired in uncertainty — for President Donald Trump, for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, for congressional Republicans, for the FBI — the GOP still had the stolid steadiness of Mitch McConnell to lean on…McConnell’s vow that, come hell or high water, the Senate would […]

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10/1/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The man who has been named as a witness to the alleged incident between Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s has been interviewed by the FBI, according to the man’s lawyer. In a statement on Monday [10-1-18], Mark Judge’s lawyer, Barbara Van […]

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9/30/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Wow! Just starting to hear the Democrats, who are only thinking Obstruct and Delay, are starting to put out the word that the ‘time’ and ‘scope’ of FBI looking into Judge Kavanaugh and witnesses is not enough. Hello! For them, it will never be enough – stay tuned and watch!” -Donald […]

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9/29/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NBC News incorrectly reported (as usual) that I was limiting the FBI investigation of Judge Kavanaugh, and witnesses, only to certain people. Actually, I want them to interview whoever they deem appropriate, at their discretion. Please correct your reporting!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 29, 2018 9:49 pm […]

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9/29/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] cast the FBI probe into his Supreme Court nominee’s alleged history of sexual misconduct as a potential ‘blessing in disguise,’ appearing optimistic that federal agents would absolve Brett Kavanaugh of the accusations several women have lodged against him over the past month…The president […]

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9/29/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ordered a limited, week-long FBI probe of the allegations against his Supreme Court pick, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday [9-28-18]. It was a 180-degree turn from his previous statements about making such a move. After the initial accusations […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, said Friday [9-28-18] that the FBI’s supplemental investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh must cover what she called ‘the three credible’ reports of misconduct…Hirono was referring to the accounts brought forward by Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick, who have […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate took its first step toward formally considering Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination on the floor of the US Senate on Friday [9-28-18] evening. In a voice vote, lawmakers passed the motion to proceed on Kavanaugh’s confirmation, meaning there would be no Saturday [9-29-18] session — though the […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will order the FBI to conduct an investigation into allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, CNN reported on Friday, citing a White House official. Earlier on Friday [9-28-18] the Senate Judiciary Committee said it would ask Trump to initiate a supplemental background investigation into ‘current credible […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Jeff Flake had just broken Democrats’ hearts. The night before, the retiring Arizona Republican had gotten their hopes up — seeming torn on whether to support confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination after a gut-wrenching day in the Senate Judiciary Committee. But on Friday [9-28-18] morning, he issued a statement […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/HEARING/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Friday [9-28-18] that someone will have to fill President Donald Trump in on why Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court could be delayed a week, a half-joking remark that nonetheless highlighted confusion around what will happen next in the Senate. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), whose […]

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9/28/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-28-18] said he found the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford a day earlier ‘very credible,’ and he said he would rely on the advice of the Senate Judiciary Committee on whether to reopen an FBI background investigation into sexual assault claims against Supreme Court […]

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9/28/2018

FBI/GOP/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has agreed to meet with top House lawmakers to discuss recent reports that he proposed secretly recording President Donald Trump during the tumultuous period after Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, according to a Justice Department source. The agreement to brief lawmakers on […]

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9/25/2018

FBI/NEW YORK/POLICE/SECRET SERVICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Most of the world’s leaders are descending on New York City this week for the annual United Nations General Assembly, but only one of them has a residence atop Trump Tower. President Trump returned Sunday to his hometown, a place that starting last year became roiled with protests that choked […]

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9/25/2018

ANDREW MCCABE/DEMS/FBI/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Republicans have begun the process to subpoena the Justice Department for the memos written by former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe that reportedly detail the explosive comments reportedly made by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last year about President Donald Trump, according to a Democratic aide. House […]

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9/21/2018

CABINET/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, suggested last year that he secretly record President Trump in the White House to expose the chaos consuming the administration, and he discussed recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office for being unfit. Mr. Rosenstein […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and documents pertaining to the Russia probe (all times local): 11 a.m. President Donald Trump has delayed the release of Russia probe documents after U.S. allies raised concerns. The Justice Department’s internal watchdog has been asked to review documents from the FBI’s Russia investigation […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rod Rosenstein and his allies furiously pushed back Friday [9-21-18] against a bombshell New York Times report that the deputy attorney general considered wearing a wire to record President Donald Trump during a tumultuous period last year after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. According to the report, Rosenstein […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a rare retreat, President Trump on Friday [9-21-18] reversed himself and said he was no longer demanding that documents related to the Russia investigation be immediately declassified and released to the public. Taking to Twitter on Friday morning, Mr. Trump said that instead of an immediate release, Justice Department […]

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9/21/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [9-21-18] abandoned plans to quickly declassify and release sensitive documents connected to the FBI’s Russia investigation, citing a ‘perceived negative impact’ on the probe and concerns raised by ‘key allies’ about dumping the materials. Trump instead announced that he would defer to a Justice Department […]

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9/20/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI director James Comey said he’s not worried by President Donald Trump’s order to the bureau to release a slew of his text messages, saying he ‘wasn’t a big texter’ when he was at the law enforcement agency. Trump’s sudden Monday [9-17-18] move to release Comey’s communications […]

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9/20/2018

DEMS/ELECTION/FBI/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic operatives are growing anxious that Republicans working to undermine the FBI’s Russia probe are teeing up a series of document dumps meant to gin up GOP voters ahead of the midterm elections. After weeks of hand-wringing, President Donald Trump on Monday [9-17-18] ordered the declassification of a slew of […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The White House could order the FBI to investigate the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, several former senior White House and Justice Department officials from both parties said Wednesday [9-19-18], contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims that doing so would exceed the FBI’s mandate. Trump continued to insist on […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow claimed, without presenting evidence, that NBC edited a May 2017 interview in which the President said he was thinking of ‘this Russia thing’ when he decided to fire then-FBI Director James Comey. Speaking Wednesday [9-19-18] on CNN’s ‘Cuomo Prime Time,’ Sekulow said the […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESETIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Tuesday [9-18-18] that his decision to declassify documents related to the Justice Department’s Russia probe was ‘a great service to the country’ and expressed regret that he had not fired former FBI Director James Comey earlier. In an interview with The Hill, Trump said […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Robert Mueller has been busy. In just the last two weeks, the special counsel has secured the cooperation of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, dispensed with the case of the campaign aide who triggered the Russia probe and signaled he’s squeezed all the information he needs out […]

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9/19/2018

FBI/INTELLIGENCE/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump excoriated on Wednesday [9-19-18] his attorney general, the F.B.I., the special counsel and members of the intelligence community — citing conspiracy theories by conservatives even as he declared in a wide-ranging interview that he is ‘not a conspiratorial person.’ Mr. Trump used the Oval Office interview with The […]

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9/18/2018

FBI/GOP/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republican leaders are preparing a controversial push to install Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court after a frenetic night of legal and political maneuvering in Washington that could reverberate for years to come. In a major twist to his confirmation saga, attorneys for Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually […]

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9/18/2018

FBI/NOMINATIONS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [9-18-18] that the FBI should not investigate a California professor’s allegations of sexual assault against Trump’s pick for U.S. Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, adding that he wants his nominee confirmed quickly…U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee members had been scheduled to vote on Thursday on the […]

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9/18/2018

ANDREW MCCABE/FBI/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, warning that President Donald Trump is undermining U.S. security, has written a book on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s efforts to safeguard the United States, his publisher said on Tuesday [9-18-18]. ‘The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump,’ […]

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9/17/2018

FBI/GOP/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump moved on Monday [9-17-18] to immediately release a tranche of former FBI Director James Comey’s text messages and declassify 20 pages of a surveillance application that targeted former campaign adviser Carter Page, Trump’s latest offensive against a Russia investigation that has ensnared associates and has consumed […]

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9/13/2018

DEMS/FBI/GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday [9-13-18] set a vote for next week on President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court pick while a Democratic senator sent unspecified new information about nominee Brett Kavanaugh to the FBI. Senator Dianne Feinstein, the committee’s top Democrat, said she received the information about Kavanaugh from […]

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9/13/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More text messages between former FBI employees Peter Strzok and Lisa Page are a disaster and embarrassment to the FBI & DOJ. This should never have happened but we are learning more and more by the hour. ‘Others were leaking like mad’ in order to get the President! ……..” -Donald Trump, […]

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9/11/2018

FBI/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “One of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress is alleging misconduct by former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, an unproven and disputed assertion that the President amplified Tuesday morning, the 17th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. At issue are claims made by Republican […]

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9/11/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’We have found nothing to show collusion between President Trump & Russia, absolutely zero, but every day we get more documentation showing collusion between the FBI & DOJ, the Hillary campaign, foreign spies & Russians, incredible.’ @SaraCarterDC @LouDobbsTRUMP AS PRESIDENT: ‘https://t.co/Vh47XjGzpt‘” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 11, 2018 6:08 am […]

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9/7/2018

FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he’s still open to sitting down ‘under certain circumstances’ with Robert Mueller despite venting about the number of witnesses that the special counsel has nailed for lying…The remarks were the latest in a months-long tussle between Trump’s legal team and Mueller — who is investigating […]

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9/6/2018

FBI/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A small group of House Republicans is urging President Donald Trump to declassify documents related to the beginning of the Justice Department’s Russia investigation. Trump has already signaled that he may do so, tweeting on Thursday [9-6-18] that there may be ‘Declassification to find Additional Corruption.’ He did not elaborate, […]

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9/5/2018

CONGRESS/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s top congressional allies are calling on him to release reams of classified documents connected to the FBI’s Russia probe. Republican Reps. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz and Lee Zeldin are asking Trump to declassify additional portions of the application the FBI submitted to surveil former […]

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9/3/2018

FBI/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “According to the Failing New York Times, the FBI started a major effort to flip Putin loyalists in 2014-2016. ‘It wasn’t about Trump, he wasn’t even close to a candidate yet.’ Rigged Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 2:21 pm […]

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9/1/2018

FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….positions of power. That’s part of the story of the Russia Hoax. Christopher Steele is on the payroll of Hillary Clinton & the FBI, & when they fired him for lying, they continued to use him. Violation of FBI regulations. Kept trying to verify the unverifiable.’ @GreggJarrett” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]

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9/1/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Report: There were no FISA hearings held over Spy documents.’ It is astonishing that the FISA courts couldn’t hold hearings on Spy Warrants targeting Donald Trump. It isn’t about Carter Page, it’s about the Trump Campaign. You’ve got corruption at the DOJ & FBI. The leadership….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 1, […]

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8/31/2018

FBI/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The FBI has charged a man accused of making threatening calls to a newspaper that criticised President Donald Trump’s attacks on the media. The FBI says Robert Chain, 68, called the Boston Globe about a dozen times and threatened to shoot reporters. He allegedly called journalists the ‘enemy of the people’, using […]

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8/30/2018

FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump attacked his own Justice Department and FBI leadership and implied Hillary Clinton could face criminal charges during a campaign rally Thursday [8-30-18] night in Indiana…Trump also suggested he could take a heavier role in the Justice Department — comments that came hours after he told Bloomberg that […]

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8/30/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump sought to backtrack on comments last year in which he tied his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey to a probe into Russian election meddling, accusing NBC News on Thursday of ‘fudging’ their interview, but offering no supporting evidence. Trump made his accusation as […]

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8/29/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…charge of the FISA court. He should direct the Presiding Judge, Rosemary Collier, to hold a hearing, haul all of these people from the DOJ & FBI in there, & if she finds there were crimes committed, and there were, there should be a criminal referral by her….’ @GreggJarrett” –Donald Trump, […]

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8/29/2018

FBI/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Ohr told the FBI it (the Fake Dossier) wasn’t true, it was a lie and the FBI was determined to use it anyway to damage Trump and to perpetrate a fraud on the court to spy on the Trump campaign. This is a fraud on the court. The Chief Justice of […]

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8/29/2018

FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [8-29-18] the U.S. Supreme Court chief justice should tell the head of a national security court to question FBI and Justice Department officials about their use of a so-called Russia dossier as part of a collusion probe. Trump singled out Justice Department official Bruce […]

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8/29/2018

CHINA/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “An FBI official said Wednesday [8-29-18] the bureau has not found any evidence to back up a claim made by a conservative news organization and spread by President Donald Trump that Hillary Clinton’s private email server was hacked by a Chinese-owned company. ‘The FBI has not found any evidence the servers […]

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8/28/2018

CHINA/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hillary Clinton’s Emails, many of which are Classified Information, got hacked by China. Next move better be by the FBI & DOJ or, after all of their other missteps (Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Ohr, FISA, Dirty Dossier etc.), their credibility will be forever gone!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 28, 2018 […]

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8/28/2018

CHINA/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Report just out: ‘China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server.’ Are they sure it wasn’t Russia (just kidding!)? What are the odds that the FBI and DOJ are right on top of this? Actually, a very big story. Much classified information!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 28, 2018 8:16 pm […]

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8/27/2018

FBI/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump assembled a cadre of advisers in the Oval Office in January to discuss the FBI’s crumbling and outdated headquarters. His FBI head, chief of staff and budget director, and the government’s head of property management had just huddled and decided to rebuild — instead of relocating or renovating […]

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8/25/2018

FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Big story out that the FBI ignored tens of thousands of Crooked Hillary Emails, many of which are REALLY BAD. Also gave false election info. I feel sure that we will soon be getting to the bottom of all of this corruption. At some point I may have to get involved!” […]

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8/16/2018

2016 ELECTION/FBI/INTELLIGENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s decision to declassify competing congressional memos about the validity of the so-called Steele dossier means the FBI has lost its authority to rebuff Freedom of Information Act requests about the bureau’s efforts to verify the report’s intelligence linking Trump to Russia during the 2016 campaign, a federal judge […]

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8/16/2018

2016 ELECTION/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’….An incredibly corrupt FBI & DOJ trying to steer the outcome of a Presidential Election. Brennan has gone off the deep end, he’s disgraced and discredited himself. His conduct has been outrageous.’ Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2018 8:49 pm […]

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8/15/2018

FBI/JAMES COMEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’The action (the Strzok firing) was a decisive step in the right direction in correcting the wrongs committed by what has been described as Comey’s skinny inner circle.’ Chris Swecker, former FBI Assistant Director.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 15, 2018 9:15am […]

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8/14/2018

2016 ELECTION/FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his administration are cranking up the pressure on special counsel Robert Mueller to end his Russia investigation after FBI agent Peter Strzok, who shared anti-Trump text messages, was booted from the bureau. The president has long called Mueller’s probe into whether the Russian government colluded […]

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