FBI
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Law and Government
FBI investigated Steele dossier source as possible Russian spy years before Trump probe
The FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation on the primary source for dossier author Christopher Steele, and considered obtaining a warrant…
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Law and Government
Time to make hay over revelations about Trump-Russia probe is running out
Congressional Republicans have long focused on requests that Obama administration officials made for intelligence reports that identified various Trump associates,…
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Law and Government
FBI agent who discovered Hillary’s emails on Weiner laptop says he was told to erase computer
Democrats in Congress, Comey, and others at the FBI have every reason to be a little nervous.
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Law and Government
House Democrats ramp up effort to thwart Durham probe, call for ‘emergency investigation’
While Democrats have portrayed the Durham investigation as a witch hunt, one former FBI lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, has pleaded guilty in…
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Law and Government
Discredited dossier used to investigate Trump cited by FBI despite ‘crazy’ behavior of its author
Would you try to justify an investigation by citing unreliable claims from a person who behaved in a 'crazy' way?
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Law and Government
John Durham aide resigns, reportedly because of pressure to complete Trump-Russia probe
Durham associates expect the investigation to be shut down if Trump loses the election in November.
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Law and Government
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Law and Government
Peter Strzok defends FBI against FISA abuse allegations, says agents were ‘overworked’
Attorney General William Barr has dismissed the idea that the FBI’s errors in Crossfire Hurricane can be chalked up to absent-mindedness on…
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Law and Government
As Durham starts his clock on Spygate, CNN clarifies what that ‘intel assessment on 2020 election interference’ was for
CNN's rescue attempt for the first Spygate indictment is lame, but telling.
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National Security
Air Force helo from support squadron for presidential detail shot at over northern Virginia
Real, significant, and very concerning.
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Media
Strzok notes on inaccurate NYT story a reminder: We already knew story was bogus – and FBI wouldn’t refute it
Peter Strzok doesn't seem to have known why or by whom the NYT story was placed. Did anyone at the…
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Politics
Latest Flynn document release clarifies strategic depth of ‘Obamagate’
Strategic malice aforethought.
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Law and Government
Biden faces no questions about Michael Flynn probe during his first presser in three months
'Neither Vice President Biden nor anyone else in the White House ever advocated for a criminal investigation of Michael Flynn…
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Law and Government
Jim Jordan calls on Nadler to help obtain Trump-Russia documents before Barr hearing
Jordan has for months unsuccessfully pressed Nadler to hold a hearing for Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department inspector general.
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Law and Government
In analytical scrum on new page of Strzok case notes, don’t miss the ‘little’ thing Comey did
Master note-taker gives a seminar.
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Politics
Twitter hires ex-FBI lawyer who played key role in probe of Trump campaign
Baker, who is also a CNN analyst, was part of a small team at the FBI who approved sending a…
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Politics
A unified theory of Spygate: The (partial) story and scope (as we know it so far)
The big picture, by the slice.
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Law and Government
Schumer calls on GOP to cancel ‘conspiracy’ hearings on origins of Trump-Russia probe
Like many congressional Democrats, Schumer advanced the now-debunked conspiracy theory that the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin to influence…
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Politics
More Strzok-Page texts: FBI knew immediately of Kislyak-Flynn phone calls
Would you like to change your BS story, sir?
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Law and Government
Trump says he has a chance ‘to break the deep state,’ teases new revelations from declassification
'We have another superstar going in, John Ratcliffe
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Law and Government
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Law and Government
Unmasking, Susan Rice’s memo, and things that didn’t happen for $1,000, Alex?
The more we know, the more the narrative unravels.
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Foreign Affairs
Classified leak against Flynn didn’t come from ‘unmasking’ request, analysis suggests
Those hopes were dashed May 13 with the release of the list, which included the names of 39 government officials,…
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Politics
How the FBI used ‘news hooks’ to advance the Trump-Russia probe
Steele himself denied being the source during an Oct. 3, 2016, meeting with FBI agents. He expressed frustration at what…
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Law and Government
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Law and Government
Biden, Comey, Brennan submitted Flynn ‘unmasking’ requests
The documents show that an unmasking request was made in Biden’s name on Jan. 12, 2017. Similar requests were made under the…
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Law and Government
Russiagate fallout: What we do and don’t know about ‘how Obama knew’
Eyes on the prize: Obama connection will probably lead us to the full truth about how Spygate was brought off.
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Law and Government
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Law and Government
It’s here: ‘Scope memo’ for Mueller operation reveals the worst of Spygate
There are no words - and there will be even fewer as time goes by.
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Law and Government
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Law and Government
Flynn docs: FBI reversed course on closing Flynn probe – showing when a major decision was made about the whole anti-Trump op
Start grilling everyone involved about the week from 4 to 11 January 2017.
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Law and Government
Steele testimony in UK court puts his July 2016 meeting with the Ohrs in a new, Hillary-hued light
A big tangle of puppet strings.
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Law and Government
Report that Michael Flynn will be ‘exonerated’ this week: Let justice roll down like waters
Rolling down like waters.
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Politics
Why you should care that Nunes says House intelligence focus is on ‘info CIA gave to FBI in 2016’
Laser-focused on the holy-of-holies "CIA intelligence" about Russiagate.
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Unyielding
FISA bombshell: Russian intel knew Christopher Steele was investigating Trump during 2016 campaign
An individual with reported connections to Trump and Russia who claimed that the public reporting about the details of Trump’s…
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