WASHINGTON — A highly anticipated report from the Justice Department’s inspector general criticizes former FBI director James Comey for his actions during the Hillary Clinton email investigation and includes new text messages from FBI personnel conveying political opposition to President Donald Trump. Trump was set to receive a briefing Thursday on the 500-page report, which […]
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Comey memos quote Donald Trump talking about jailed journalists and ‘hookers’
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a series of startlingly candid conversations, President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of a top adviser, asked about the possibility of jailing journalists and described a boast from Vladimir Putin about Russian prostitutes, according to Comey’s notes of the talks […]
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James Comey says Donald Trump is possibly susceptible to Russian blackmail
Former FBI Director James Comey said in his first televised interview since being fired that he believed Donald Trump was “morally unfit to be president” and that it was “possible” that the Russians had material that could be used to blackmail him. In a wide-ranging conversation with George Stephanopoulos broadcast on ABC late Sunday, Comey […]
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Former FBI director James Comey compares Donald Trump to mob boss
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey blasts President Donald Trump as unethical and “untethered to truth” in a sharply critical new book that describes Trump as fixated in the early days of his administration on having the FBI debunk salacious rumors he insisted were untrue but could distress his wife. In the forthcoming […]
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FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe leaving post ahead of planned retirement
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s criticism who led the bureau for months last year following the firing of James Comey, is leaving his position Monday ahead of a previously planned retirement this spring, people familiar with the decision said Monday. McCabe had been widely expected […]
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GOP leaders accuse James Comey of planning to clear Clinton before interviewing her
Top Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are alleging former FBI director James Comey planned to exonerate Hillary Clinton for conducting official business on a private email server long before the agency had completed its investigation. Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., sent a letter Thursday to FBI director Christopher Wray, demanding documents […]
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Republic is being tested
I think everyone can agree — Americans deserve to know the truth about Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, if it was intended to benefit Donald Trump and if any of the Trump campaign staff cooperated in that effort. That is knowable information, through a competent thorough investigatory process. However, since his appointment as special […]
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Donald Trump suggests he was trying to keep James Comey honest
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump suggested he was just trying to keep fired FBI Director James Comey honest with his cryptic tweet implying there might be recordings of their private conversations. Trump ended a monthlong guessing game Thursday by tweeting that he never made and doesn’t have recordings of his private conversations with Comey. […]
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No tapes: Trump says he didn't record meetings with Comey
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday he “did not make” and doesn’t have any recordings of his private conversations with ousted FBI Director James Comey, speaking up on Twitter after a month-long guessing game that began with him delivering an ominous warning and ended with his administration ensnared in more scandal. “With all […]
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FBI better off without Comey
Fired FBI Director James Comey has testified that President Donald Trump was never under investigation in the Russia deal. And he refused, at Trump’s request, to clarify that information with the media, even after President Trump explained that that huge lie was impeding his ability to govern as president. Comey must have felt intimidated when […]