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Poll: 40 percent of voters believe Trump is fit to be president, a new low
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Sessions says he didn’t lie under oath and Trump hasn’t influenced Justice Dept.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday told lawmakers that he now remembers a meeting with Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos, whose work is now a focus of Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation into Russian election meddling, but denied having a clear memory of full the conversation.
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Sessions sure looks like he is taking orders from Trump on a Clinton special counsel
On November 2, in a radio interview, President Donald Trump said this: “The saddest thing is that because I’m the President of the United States, I am not supposed to be involved with the Justice Department. I am not supposed to be involved with the FBI.”
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Retired US general says nuclear launch order can be refused
A retired Air Force general told the Senate on Tuesday that an order from President Trump or any of his successors to launch nuclear weapons can be refused by the top officer at U.S. Strategic Command if that order is determined to be illegal.
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Dem Rep Speier: ‘There Are Two Members of Congress’ Who ‘Have Engaged In Sexual Harassment’
During testimony before the Committee on House Administration on Tuesday, Representative Jackie Speier (D-CA) stated there are two current members of Congress, one Republican, and one Democrat who have sexually harassed people. Speier said, “In fact, there are two members of Congress, Republican and Democrat, right now, who serve, who have been subject to review, or [have not] been subject to review, but have engaged in sexual harassment.” She continued, “These harasser propositions such as, ‘Are you going to be a good girl?’ To perpetrators exposing their genitals, to victims having their private parts grabbed on the House floor. All they ask in return as staff members is to be able to work in a hostile-free work environment. They want the system fixed and the perpetrators held accountable.” (h/t Mediaite) Follow Ian Hanchett on Twitter @IanHanchett
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Puerto Rico utility ignored advice on repair deal
Newly released documents show that Puerto Rico’s bankrupt electric utility ignored advice from its own lawyers before signing a $300 million contract with a tiny Montana company to repair its damaged power grid.
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First female Border Patrol chief says agents are empowered to ‘enforce the laws’ under Trump
Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost said the Trump administration’s rhetoric regarding protecting America’s borders in the face of illegal immigration has a lot of agents “feeling empowered to actually enforce the laws that are on the books.”
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Sessions: ‘No clear recollection of the details’ in Papadopoulos meeting
Attorney General Jeff Sessions addressed reports that said he knew about the activities of former Trump campaign aides George Papadopoulos and Carter Page, who met with Russian officials during the 2016 election.“Frankly, I had no recollection of…
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Judiciary chairman hints at dissatisfaction with Sessions
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) zeroed in on his demands for a second special counsel in the first five minutes of a hotly-anticipated oversight hearing with Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Tuesday morning.”I have chosen,…
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