Republicans are worried about the integrity of Mueller’s team. That’s overblown.
Washington Post
Then there is Peter Strzok, an FBI agent removed from Mr. Mueller’s probe after the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General discovered that Mr. Strzok had sent text messages critical of Mr. Trump while investigating Ms. Clinton’s use of a …
Trump attorneys seek special counsel to look into Justice Department links to firm behind dossierUSA TODAY
The Wife Of DOJ Official Demoted For Meeting With Trump Dossier Author Worked For Fusion GPS, The Firm Hillary …Townhall
Wife of demoted DOJ official worked for firm behind anti-Trump dossierFox News
Axios –Investor’s Business Daily
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Mueller needs to make a change
Washington Post
Mueller’s investigation was triggered when former FBI director James B. Comey, no fan of the president who dismissed him, leaked a memo of a meeting with President Trump. Comey admitted hoping this revelation would lead to appointment of a special …
Rod Rosenstein defends Russia probe after anti-Trump text messages released, denies ‘witch hunt’Baltimore Sun (blog)
Senior Justice Department official rejects Republican complaints about Russia investigationLos Angeles Times
Dana Milbank: Trump partisans attack America from withinTulsa World
GoErie.com –Twitter –NPR
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Justice Department defends Russia probe from GOP claims of FBI political bias
PBS NewsHour
The deputy attorney general defended Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation on Wednesday against GOP charges that the probe is a partisan “witch hunt” against President Trump. House members pointed to text messages by a top FBI official about Trump as a …
Republicans say FBI officials’ texts show anti-Trump bias on Mueller teamBBC News 
Rosenstein defends Mueller as GOP lawmakers raise questions of bias in Russia probeWashington Post
We Now Know FBI Agents Privately Called Trump an ‘Idiot,’ But Not Why That’s RelevantNew York Magazine 
The FBI’s Trump ‘Insurance’Wall Street Journal
NBCNews.com–TIME–Mother Jones 
Politico–NBCNews.com–Twitter –NPR
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Report: CIA Captured Putin’s ‘Specific Instructions’ to Hack the 2016 … Election 
Daily Beast
When Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr., CIA Director John Brennan and FBI Director James B. B. Comey all went to see Donald Trump together during the presidential transition, they told him conclusively that they had captured Putin’s … 
Trump and Pence were warned in January that CIA had proof Putin directed election hacks: reportRaw Story
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Eric Holder warns GOP: ‘Any attempt to remove Bob Mueller will not be tolerated’
The Hill
… hits back at Trump: The FBI’s reputation is not in ‘tatters’ MORE on Thursday warned congressional CongressionalRepublicans not to make any moves to remove special counsel Robert Mueller, saying such an attempt will not be tolerated. Speaking on behalf of … 
Eric Holder: Any Move to Oust Mueller Won’t Be ToleratedNewsmax
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FBI agents involved in Russia investigation called Donald Trump an ‘idiot’
The Independent
Two FBI officials who would later be assigned to the special counsel’s investigation into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign described him with insults like “idiot” and “loathsome human” in a series of text messages last year, according to copies of …
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Scarborough: House conservative thinks Americans ‘stupid enough’ to believe Mueller team is anti-Trump
The Hill
Jordan said to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein during a Judiciary hearing on Wednesday that he thinks “the public trust in this whole thing is gone,” referring to the Mueller investigation into possible Russia collusion with Trump associates …
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Grassley Says He Has Confidence in Mueller But Wants Transparency
Bloomberg
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said Thursday he retains confidence in Special Counsel Robert Mueller even after learning that members of his team probing allegations of collusion between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia exchanged text …
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The course correction Mueller must make
Dallas News
As special counsel Robert Mueller explores possible Trump campaign collusion in Russia’s election interference, is he running an impartial investigation? That this is a fair question to ask is itself troubling. Our justice system strives to avoid the …
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Senate Republicans try to shield Mueller from criticism of his Russia probe
Washington Post
Senate Republicans are scrambling to shield special counsel Robert S. Mueller III from mounting GOP fury about new evidence that members of his team were biased against President Trump, as factions of the party charge that his entire investigation is … 
House Republicans Try to Turn the Tables on the Mueller ProbeThe Nation. 
DOJ fuels doubts about integrity of Mueller probePolitico
Justice Dept. Official Defends Mueller as Republicans Try to Discredit HimNew York Times 
Politics and the Mueller probeBaltimore Sun
The Hill 
Mueller, FBI face crisis in public confidenceThe Hill
NBCNews.com –CNN– NBCNews.com Baltimore Sun –NPR
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Report: FBI Staff Also Bashed Bernie Sanders, Chelsea Clinton
Daily Beast
The two FBI employees who’ve come under fire for having bashed President Donald Trump in private text messages also reportedly went after liberal figures including former Attorney General Eric Holder, Chelsea Clinton, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT … 
DOJ rejects charges over release of FBI agent’s text messagesABC News
Conservative watchdog head: Do we need to shut down the FBI?The Hill
FACT CHECK: Did The FBI Become A ‘KGB-Type Operation’ Under Obama?Newsweek
Wall Street Journal–RealClearPolitics–Salon
all 52 
FBI agents involved in Russia investigation called Donald Trump an ‘idiot’The Independent
‘BUSTED’: These journos may have just TORPEDOED media/Dem narrative about FBI textsTwitchy
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Poll: 54 percent say Mueller has conflict of interest
The Hill
While Mueller is not universally known outside of Washington, he still has a positive favorability rating, with 34 percent viewing him favorably against 31 percent unfavorable, according to the poll. A Washington Post-ABC poll in early November found …

What happens when the commander in chief won’t defend America
Washington Post
… the president won’t or can’t defend the Constitution and the country, as his oath requires. If he cannot absorb or even listen to facts because it is so soul-crushing, then he’s no longer defending the United States. That will cause, or perhaps may …

Judicial Watch Sues FBI for Records About Removal of Former Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok from Mueller …
Standard Newswire (press release)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2017 /Standard Newswire/ — Judicial Watch today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for records about the removal and reassignment of Peter Strzok, a former deputy to …
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Republicans turn focus to FBI’s McCabe over texts on ‘insurance’ against Trump
Fox News
Some lawmakers surmise “Andy” is a reference to Andrew McCabe, and now want to know about his communications with Page and Strzok. This [text] is the one that concerns me the most, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said on Fox … 
How Mueller’s path was muddied in two weeks – CNNPoliticsCNN
Andrew C. McCarthy: Mueller needs to make a changeWinston-Salem Journal
Peter Strzok’s ‘Insurance Policy’Lawfare (blog)
RealClearPolitics–American Spectator–WJLA–Wall Street Journal
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Conservatives want the FBI demolished to protect Donald TrumpSalon
A Tale of DOJ CorruptionCreators Syndicate
Judicial Watch Sues FBI for Records About Removal of Former Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok from Mueller …Standard Newswire (press release)
WND.com–Wizbang (blog)
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Peter Strzok’s ‘Insurance Policy’
Lawfare (blog)
But the president’s defenders are off base when they try read conspiracy into Peter Strzok’s insurance policy message. Talking about Trump’s chances in August 2016, here’s what Strzok wrote: I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration …
How Mueller’s path was muddied in two weeksWTVA
Conservatives want the FBI demolished to protect Donald TrumpSalon
Grassley to DoJ: You’d better explain Strzok’s insurance policy against TrumpHot Air
Creators Syndicate –Standard Newswire (press release)
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Mueller probe is just a waste of money
Baltimore Sun
The Sun again demonstrates its bias and willingness to spin political facts with Mueller probe’s integrity backed (Dec. 14) announced in 32-point type. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s testimony was, one might say, a little more considered…
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Mr. Mueller Is More Credible Than His Critics
Wall Street Journal
Regarding your editorial Mueller’s Credibility Problem (Dec. 5): Director Robert Mueller is one of the very few people in Washington with any integrity and credibility at this point. The editorial board appears to confuse steadfast proceedings to …

Judicial Watch Sues for Records on Removal of FBI’s Peter Strzok From Mueller’s Trump Investigation
CNSNews.com
(CNSNews.com) — The government watchdog group Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit today against the FBI, seeking the bureau’s records on the removal and reassignment of Peter Strzok from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s …
Judicial Watch sues FBI for records about Strzok removalFox News
Judicial Watch Sues FBI for Records About Removal of Former Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok from MuellerOperationCanada Free Press
After FBI agent removed from Russia probe, lawmakers debate what comes nextWJLA
The Daily Caller–Arkansas Online–Washington Examiner–Wall Street Journal
all 98 …Standard Newswire (press release)
Grassley to DoJ: You’d better explain Strzok’s insurance policy against TrumpHot Air
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Comey edits revealed: Remarks on Clinton probe were watered down, documents show
Fox News
Newly released documents obtained by Fox News reveal that then-FBI Director James Comey’s draft statement on the Hillary Clinton email probe was edited numerous times before his public announcement, in ways that seemed to water down the bureau’s …
GOP senator obtains draft FBI statement on Clinton email investigationCBS News
Comey Draft Said It Was ‘Reasonably Likely’ That Hillary’s Server Was HackedThe Daily Caller
Judge Nap: It Doesn’t Matter Who Made Edits to Clinton Statement, Comey’s ResponsibleFox News Insider
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The Latest: Lawyer: Mueller wraps up White House interviews
Washington Post
WASHINGTON The Latest on the investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election (all times local):. 5:50 p.m.. White House lawyer Ty Cobb says special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators has finished interviews with current and …
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DOJ rejects charges over release of FBI agent’s text messages
ABC News
The Justice Department is rejecting accusations that it inappropriately offered several reporters access to private communications between two FBI officials who later worked on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team. “Senior career ethics advisors …
Report: FBI Staff Also Bashed Bernie Sanders, Chelsea ClintonDaily Beast
Conservative watchdog head: Do we need to shut down the FBI?The Hill
Judicial Watch sues FBI for records about Strzok removalFox News
Newsweek –RealClearPolitics –Salon
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Secrets the FBI Shouldn’t Keep
Wall Street Journal
Congress persists in its effort to pry the real story of the 2016 election out of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, an agency notoriously reluctant to share secrets. The trick is telling the difference between legitimate secrets and self-serving …
Democrats Mobilize Against Rod Rosenstein As Inspector General Investigation Zeroes In On FBI [VIDEO]The Daily Caller
‘BUSTED’: These journos may have just TORPEDOED media/Dem narrative about FBI textsTwitchy
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