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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11/12/2018

ATTORNEY GENERAL/ETHICS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will consult with ethics officials about any matters that could require him to recuse himself, the Justice Department said on Monday [11-12-18], after critics called on him to step aside from overseeing a Special Counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election…Whitaker […]

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11/12/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [11-12-18] suggested possible antitrust scrutiny for Comcast, which owns one of Trump’s frequent targets, NBC News…The association, which represents smaller cable companies, has asked the Justice Department’s antitrust division to investigate Comcast’s merger with NBCUniversal, saying it poses a threat to competition. The Comcast-NBCU deal was […]

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11/12/2018

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “San Francisco’s city attorney on Monday [11-12-18] questioned the recent appointment of a new acting attorney general, saying in a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice that his office may take court action if the DOJ does not provide a legal justification for the designation. President Donald Trump […]

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11/9/2018

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump went out of his way on Friday [11-9-18] to distance himself from Matthew G. Whitaker, his choice to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general, saying repeatedly that he did not know Mr. Whitaker and had not spoken to him and emphasizing that the new attorney […]

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11/9/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….Mr. Whitaker is very highly thought of by @SenJoniErnst, Senator @ChuckGrassley, Ambassador @TerryBranstad, Leonard Leo of Federalist Society, and many more. I feel certain he will make an outstanding Acting Attorney General!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, November 9, 2018 11:04 pm […]

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11/9/2018

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When things were particularly bad between President Donald Trump and Jeff Sessions, the attorney general’s chief of staff, Matt Whitaker, would attend White House meetings in his place. But Sessions did not know that Whitaker at the same time was angling for a promotion.Whitaker, who was installed at […]

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11/8/2018

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LABOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is considering former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to replace fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, sources familiar with the matter said. Trump fired Sessions on Wednesday without immediately naming a replacement, instead installing Sessions’ chief of staff Matthew Whitaker […]

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11/8/2018

ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While special counsel Robert Mueller technically had a new boss at the Justice Department as of Wednesday [11-7-18] afternoon, the day-to-day work of the probe forged ahead on Thursday [11-8-18]. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s top deputy, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O’Callaghan, met with lawyers from the […]

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11/5/2018

DREAMERS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department on Monday [11-5-18] petitioned the Supreme Court to intervene in several cases over the termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The move comes on the eve of Tuesday’s [11-6-18] midterm elections — and after weeks of fiery anti-immigration rhetoric from President Donald Trump. Republican […]

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11/2/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A federal judge in Maryland on Friday [11-2-18] ordered evidence-gathering to begin in a lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the Constitution by maintaining a financial interest in his company’s Washington hotel. The plaintiffs are seeking records that could illuminate potential conflicts of interest between Mr. Trump and foreign leaders or state […]

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11/2/2018

CALIFORNIA/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration scored a legal victory on Thursday [11-1-18] when a federal judge in California blocked a state law that sought to limit the transfer of federal lands. The California legislature passed Senate Bill 50, which would give the California State Lands Commission the first right of refusal over government […]

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10/31/2018

ENVIRONMENT/INTERIOR/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/REGULATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ryan Zinke, the secretary of the Interior Department and a key figure in President Trump’s push to roll back environmental regulations and ramp up oil drilling, is facing increased scrutiny amid federal investigations into allegations that he abused travel spending and maintained close ties with industries he oversees. The criticism […]

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10/30/2018

ETHICS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Justice Department is investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for possibly using his office for personal gain, following a referral from Interior’s inspector general, two sources familiar with the investigation say. The full extent of the inquiry is unclear. Zinke has faced multiple ethics questions during his time at Interior, and the […]

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10/30/2018

INTERIOR/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. Interior Department’s acting inspector general has referred a probe into Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s conduct to the Justice Department for further investigation, media reports said on Tuesday [10-30-18], citing unnamed sources. Referring a probe to the Justice Department means it will explore whether evidence warrants a criminal investigation. Mary […]

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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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10/19/2018

2016 ELECTION/GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican lawmakers will next week question Rod Rosenstein, the U.S. Justice Department official who oversees a special counsel’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and links between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Moscow, committee chairmen said on Thursday [10-18-18]. The Republican chairmen of two U.S. House […]

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10/18/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has not given special counsel Robert Mueller a certain date by which his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election must be completed, a source within the Justice Department familiar with the investigation said. But speculation that it will wrap up immediately after […]

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10/18/2018

DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration said it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene if a federal appeals court does not rule soon on the administration’s decision to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of young immigrants. The U.S. Department of Justice wants the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]

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10/16/2018

2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions dodged questions Tuesday [10-16-18] over whether President Donald Trump has pressured him to resign amid Trump’s relentless criticism during his tenure leading the Justice Department. Sessions acknowledged that Trump has been ‘frustrated with him,’ but said he is ‘honored’ to head the Justice […]

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10/16/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged Tuesday [10-16-18] what every reader of President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed already knows: Trump’s not happy with his top lawman. At a Justice Department news conference to announce a crackdown on a Mexican drug cartel, Sessions was asked about the president’s comment in a […]

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10/16/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Conflict between Glen Simpson’s testimony to another House Panel about his contact with Justice Department official Bruce Ohr. Ohr was used by Simpson and Steele as a Back Channel to get (FAKE) Dossier to FBI. Simpson pleading Fifth.’ Catherine Herridge. Where is Jeff Sessions?” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 16, 2018 […]

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10/11/2018

CENSUS/CONGRESS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILBUR ROSS: “An admission by the Justice Department is renewing questions about whether Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told Congress the truth about the controversial citizenship question on the 2020 census. Steve Bannon, who was at the time a top adviser to President Donald Trump, contacted Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in the spring […]

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10/11/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump is suggesting he would ‘do what is necessary’ to bring the Russia probe to a conclusion, including potentially sitting down for an interview. Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with Fox & Friends on Thursday [10-11-18], said of the investigation into possible ties between his campaign and […]

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10/9/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration on Tuesday [10-8-18] sharply criticized a draft plan hammered out between the nation’s third-largest city and the state of Illinois that envisions far-reaching reforms of Chicago’s 12,000-officer force under close federal court supervision. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said the Department of Justice will file ‘a statement of […]

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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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10/9/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Tuesday [10-9-18] the Justice Department would oppose a proposed consent decree to reform the Chicago police department in response to misconduct allegations after the slaying of a black teenager by a white officer. Sessions said in a statement the Trump administration was concerned […]

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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

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MINORITIES/POLICE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [10-8-18] said he has directed the Justice Department to work with law enforcement in Chicago to ‘straighten out the terrible shooting wave’ in the city…The president also suggested that civic leaders in Chicago actually might not want to curb the violence in Chicago, but that his […]

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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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10/8/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday [10-8-18] he does not plan to fire Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department official in charge of the federal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. ‘No I don’t, no,’ Trump told reporters when asked if he had plans to fire the […]

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10/4/2018

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/DHS/DRONES/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will sign a bill on Friday {10-5-18] granting the U.S. government new powers to shoot down threatening drones and creating new consumer protections for airline passengers, officials said on Thursday [10-4-18]. Trump is set to sign the bill on Friday that will, among other measures, bar airlines […]

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10/4/2018

CENSUS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday [10-3-18] to block a lower court order for Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to be questioned by lawyers for a group of states challenging a decision by President Donald Trump’s administration to ask people taking part in the 2020 census whether […]

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10/4/2018

AIRLINE INDUSTRY/DHS/DRONES/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will sign a bill on Friday [10-5-18] granting the U.S. government new powers to shoot down threatening drones and creating new consumer protections for airline passengers, officials said on Thursday [10-4-18]. Trump is set to sign the bill on Friday that will, among other measures, bar airlines […]

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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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9/30/2018

CALIFORNIA/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/NET NEUTRALITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration plans to sue California over the new net neutrality law the state enacted on Sunday [9-30-18], according to an article in the Washington Post. The lawsuit will be brought by the Justice Department, the report said, and comes after California enacted a law opposing internet service providers […]

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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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9/26/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Wednesday [9-26-18] that he wants to keep in place the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, amid speculation about Mr. Rosenstein’s future, which was thrust into doubt by revelations that he had discussed secretly taping the president and removing him from office. The two were scheduled to […]

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9/26/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump defused the tension building around a closely watched meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein slated for Thursday [9-27-18], suggesting that the No. 2 at the Justice Department may not lose his job after all…He went on to indicate that he may postpone the meeting in […]

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9/26/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-26-18] said he would prefer to not fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, whose position is in jeopardy after reports that he at one time discussed secretly recording Trump out of concern about chaos in the administration…Trump said he will meet with Rosenstein but […]

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9/25/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After a long weekend spent wondering if he should resign or would be fired, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein still has his job — for now. President Donald Trump gave Rosenstein a three-day reprieve pending their face-to-face White House showdown on Thursday [9-27-18]. That’s when the man who oversees the […]

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9/25/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (all times local): 10:30 a.m. President Donald Trump says at the United Nations that he’ll be meeting with his embattled deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein on Thursday [9-27-18]. ‘Today,’ he says, ‘I’m doing other things.’ Trump […]

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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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9/25/2018

GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “We’re now a little more than 36 hours from the face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Since Monday [9-24-18] morning — when rumors spread like wildfire that Rosenstein was on his way to resign to chief of staff John Kelly — the […]

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9/24/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s SUV pulled into the White House complex shortly before 11 a.m. — about 20 minutes after the first headline blared the dramatic news. Rosenstein was scheduled to meet with chief of staff John Kelly before attending a previously scheduled national security meeting with other senior officials […]

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9/24/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, headed to the White House on Monday [9-24-18] morning, he was ready to resign and convinced — wrongly, it turned out — that President Trump was about to fire him. Top Justice Department aides scrambled to draft a statement about who would […]

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8/24/2018

CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic lawmakers on Monday [9-24-18] renewed their calls for Republicans in Congress to pass legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference amid heightened uncertainty over Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s fate in the Trump administration. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate […]

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9/24/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “More than Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s job will be on the line when he meets with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday [9-27-18]. Also in the balance will be the fate of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. The ouster of Rosenstein — who serves […]

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9/21/2018

CABINET/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump vowed Friday [9-21-18] night to eradicate a ‘lingering stench’ at the Justice Department, hours after it was reported that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed wearing a ‘wire’ to record conversations with Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from […]

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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

HEALTHCARE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “At a campaign rally in Las Vegas, President Trump said that he and Republicans ‘will protect patients with pre-existing conditions.’ But his Justice Department has said that those provisions under the Affordable Care Act should be overturned. THE FACTS This requires context. The Justice Department told a federal court in […]

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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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9/21/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I met with the DOJ concerning the declassification of various UNREDACTED documents. They agreed to release them but stated that so doing may have a perceived negative impact on the Russia probe. Also, key Allies’ called to ask not to release. Therefore, the Inspector General…..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, […]

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9/20/2018

INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump suggested that some of the information related to the Russia investigation that he sought to publicly release may not be disclosed, at the request of US allies — a stark reversal just four days after issuing an unprecedented directive for ‘immediate declassification’…Trump said he had received […]

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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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9/19/2018

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

CHILDREN/DHS/IMMIGRATION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Trump administration officials told a Senate panel on Tuesday [9-18-18] that a decades-old court ruling that limits the length of time migrant children can be detained hampers the government’s ability to stem illegal immigration, and needs to be amended by Congress. The officials, from the Department of Homeland Security and the […]

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9/18/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Nearly a dozen lawyers now assist President Trump in contending with two federal investigations, one in Washington and one in New York, that could pose serious threats to his presidency and his businesses. But the expanding legal team is struggling to understand where the investigations could be headed and […]

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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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9/14/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “After months of vowing to fight for his innocence, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort conceded to committing several federal crimes and agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department, including in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort pleaded guilty in […]

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9/14/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As a federal prosecutor, I heard dozens of defense attorneys criticize the use of accomplice testimony in criminal trials. The arguments are familiar—unseemly witnesses lie to curry favor with unscrupulous prosecutors motivated by a desire for conviction. They suggest to juries that these ‘snitches’ are the real criminals in […]

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9/13/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LOBBYING/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was the summer of 1986, and Paul Manafort, then a top-tier Washington lobbyist, counted no fewer than 10 foreign governments and political groups as clients. He directed American media campaigns for them, met with officials in the White House, State Department and Congress on their behalf and strategized about how […]

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9/13/2018

COURTS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LAWSUIT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [9-13-18] vowed to fight back against federal courts that issue injunctions barring the federal government from implementing regulations nationwide, and accused federal judges of engaging in ‘judicial activism’…Nationwide injunctions have become a favored tool by states and other groups who have staunchly opposed many […]

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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

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A lawyer for Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended on Monday [9-10-18] his client’s congressional testimony about a Trump campaign meeting in March 2016 where an adviser proposed that the candidate meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. The aide, George Papadopoulos, said recently in an interview and court filings that […]

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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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9/10/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump vented over White House leaks Monday [9-10-18] as a new tell-all book commands attention, an anonymous writer detailing ‘resistance’ in the administration remains at large and a former staffer reveals more private recordings of the commander in chief. But while Trump continues to insist privately that he […]

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9/10/2018

COURTS/IMMIGRATION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a new group of immigration judges Monday [9-10-18] that it is their job to ‘restore the rule of law’ to the immigration system over the contrary efforts of the lawyers who represent immigrants. The remarks at the training of the largest-ever class of new immigration judges […]

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9/10/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions has vigorously pushed President Donald Trump’s agenda at the Justice Department, and before that, spent 20 years championing conservative causes in the Senate. Yet as Sessions enters what may be the final stretch of his tenure, those efforts are at risk of being eclipsed by his […]

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9/7/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday [9-7-18] called on the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the New York Times after the news outlet published a column this week by an anonymous administration official questioning his fitness for office. Trump also said he was considering taking action against the Times, whose […]

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9/7/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump declared Friday [9-7-18] that the Justice Department should investigate and unmask the author of a bitingly critical New York Times opinion piece purportedly written by a member of an administration ‘resistance’ movement straining to thwart his most dangerous impulses. Trump cited ‘national security’ as the reason for […]

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9/7/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump intensified his attack Friday [9-7-18] on an anonymous Op-Ed essay published in The New York Times, declaring that he wanted Attorney General Jeff Sessions to investigate the source of the article, which he has condemned as an act of treason. Mr. Trump said he was also considering action […]

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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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9/6/2018

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump sought to heighten the sense of urgency for his base Thursday [9-6-18] when he told supporters that if he is impeached, ‘it’s your fault, ’cause you didn’t go out to vote.’ Trump has discussed the prospect of being impeached before, but his comments come after a whirlwind […]

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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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9/5/2018

GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTENT/LEGAL/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Paul Ryan is rejecting President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Justice Department shouldn’t prosecute two GOP congressmen because it will hurt the party’s election prospects in November. Ryan tells reporters Wednesday [9-5-18], ‘Justice is blind. Justice should be blind.’ The Wisconsin Republican says political party should have no […]

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9/4/2018

CONGRESS/ELECTIONS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] launched a fresh attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accusing him of jeopardizing the chances of re-election for two Republican congressmen by bringing criminal charges against them just before the midterm elections. Trump wrote on Twitter the Justice Department’s decision to file charges […]

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9/4/2018

CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice (all times local): 2:35 p.m. President Donald Trump’s attack on his own Justice Department for pursuing cases against two GOP congressmen is drawing fire from his fellow Republicans. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says […]

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9/4/2018

JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and a new book by journalist Bob Woodward (all times local): 11:10 p.m. President Donald Trump is denying that he called Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘mentally retarded’ and ‘a dumb southerner.’ Trump is reacting on Twitter to one of the more incendiary claims in […]

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9/4/2018

CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump encountered bipartisan criticism on Tuesday [9-4-18] for complaining that his own Justice Department’s indictments against two Republican congressmen were endangering the GOP’s midterm election prospects, with one Republican senator saying of Trump’s attack, ‘We can’t normalize that.’ Trump’s tweet was his latest effort to press the government’s […]

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9/3/2018

CONGRESS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] blasted his Attorney General Jeff Sessions and lamented the indictments of two lawmakers who were his earliest supporters in Congress during the 2016 election, suggesting they should not have been charged because they are Republicans…A decision by the Justice Department to hold off […]

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9/3/2018

CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff……” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, […]

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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

INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LOBBYING/PAUL MANAFORT/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Washington lobbyist W. Samuel Patten pleaded guilty Friday [8-31-18] to acting as an unregistered foreign lobbyist, and admitted to lying to the Senate Intelligence Committee and funneling a Ukrainian oligarch’s money to Donald Trump’s Presidential Inaugural Committee. Patten’s plea and cooperation agreement is connected to special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation […]

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8/31/2018

2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Justice Department lawyer whose ties to the infamous dossier about President Donald Trump and Russia has drawn the ire of Republicans told House lawmakers that he was told Russian intelligence thought they had the then-candidate ‘over a barrel’ during the 2016 campaign, a source with knowledge of the testimony […]

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