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Did the FBI Save Trump’s Presidency? – New York Times
Trump steps up attacks on FBI over surveillance of his campaign – Today.com
CNN’s Don Lemon: Trump trying to ‘save his presidency’ by lying about FBI informant – The Hill
Did the F.B.I. Save Trump’s Presidency?
Trump: I’ve done a ‘great service’ by firing James Comey – Washington Times
Former Trump campaign co-chair describes meeting with alleged FBI informant – Fox News
Christopher Wray – Google News: FBI overstated number of locked cellphones in encryption debate – USA TODAY
Andrew McCabe – Google News: Sources: FBI Agents Want Congress To Issue Them Subpoenas So They Can Reveal The Bureau’s Dirt – The Daily Caller
Ex-Trump campaign chief seeks to suppress evidence seized by FBI – Reuters
Did the FBI Have More Than One Informant Contacting the Trump Campaign? – The Weekly Standard
WH Brokers, But Will Not Attend, Meeting About Secret Russia Probe Documents – NPR
Trump to Demand DOJ Review Claims of FBI Spy in Campaign – Snopes.com
It Wasn’t Just Russia: Donald Trump Jr. Met Gulf States Emissary Who Offered Election Help – Slate Magazine
Donald Trump said 11 false things in just 5 tweets Sunday morning – CNN
Trump: Why didn’t DNC hand over hacked server to FBI? – The Hill
WSJ: Giuliani says Trump shouldn’t talk to Mueller before getting information on FBI source – CNN
6:34 AM 5/20/2018 – Outing FBI informants: when is it legal and when is it illegal, and why? | Why is the FBI Outing Stefan Halper As Their Informant In the Trump Campaign?
Trump accuses feds of planting ‘spy’ in his campaign – New York Post
The Mueller Investigation, One Year Later – Bloomberg
Officials tell CNN that FBI ‘informant’ not planted inside Trump campaign – CNN
What do we know about the ‘FBI informant’ Trump keeps talking about? – Washington Post
Trump Lawyer Met With Qatari Government Official Days Before FBI Raid – Foreign Policy (blog)
ISIS Encouraging ‘Attacks Right in the Homeland’: FBI Tracking 1000 Active Extremist Cases in All 50 States – CBN News
FBI Director: 1000 Homegrown Terror Investigations Active, Not Counting ‘Traditional’ ISIS, al-Qaeda Suspects – PJ Media
Trump’s New Strategy for Responding to Robert Mueller – The Atlantic
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Saved Stories – FBI
Did the FBI Save Trump’s Presidency? – New York Times


New York Times

Did the FBI Save Trump’s Presidency?
New York Times
Instead, the president’s apologists insist the real story is the genesis of the investigation, supposedly a Deep State smear job by the F.B.I. against an anti-establishment candidate they feared and loathed. Or, as Trump tweeted Wednesday morning …
US judge demands FBI agent’s presence as Manafort asks to toss evidence in Mueller probeWashington Post
Manafort Will Ask Judge to Suppress Evidence Seized by FBINational Review
Manafort to ask federal judge to exclude evidence from FBI raids: reportThe Hill
Reuters –Fox News
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Trump steps up attacks on FBI over surveillance of his campaign – Today.com


Today.com

Trump steps up attacks on FBI over surveillance of his campaign
Today.com
Lawmakers are set to get their first look at classified information tied to the Russia investigation. Meanwhile, President Trump is stepping up his war of words against the special counsel’s inquiry. NBC national correspondent Peter Alexander reports …
CNN’s Don Lemon: Trump trying to ‘save his presidency’ by lying about FBI informant – The Hill


The Hill

CNN’s Don Lemon: Trump trying to ‘save his presidency’ by lying about FBI informant
The Hill
“The president of the United States is lying to us over and over and over and over again,” Lemon said. “We’ve all seen it with our very own eyes and we’ve heard it with our own ears.” Lemon called Trump’s latest assault against the FBI the “biggest lie…
Did the F.B.I. Save Trump’s Presidency?

James Clapper is right. Trump should have welcomed the surveillance.
Trump: I’ve done a ‘great service’ by firing James Comey – Washington Times


Washington Times

Trump: I’ve done a ‘great service’ by firing James Comey
Washington Times
President Trump said Thursday that he’s done a great service by firing former FBI Director James B. Comey, calling him a “rotten apple.” “I think a thing that I’ve done for the country, the firing of James Comey, is going to go down as a very good thing.
Mueller Hopes Obstruction Inquiry Into Trump May Wrap Up by Sept. 1, Giuliani SaysNew York Times
‘SPYGATE’: Trump steps up attacks on FBI’s probes during campaignWashington Post
Note to Trump: Saying you want the Mueller investigation to end makes you look guiltyLos Angeles Times
MyAJC –Salon –Twitter
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Former Trump campaign co-chair describes meeting with alleged FBI informant – Fox News


Fox News

Former Trump campaign co-chair describes meeting with alleged FBI informant
Fox News
Sam Clovis spoke out to “Tucker Carlson Tonight” amid reports the alleged FBI informant was in touch with members of theTrump campaign team during the 2016 presidential election. Clovis told Carlson that prior to the meeting on Sept. 1, 2016, the…
Trump Campaign Advisor Details Sept. 2016 Meeting With FBI’s ‘Informant’TPM
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Christopher Wray – Google News: FBI overstated number of locked cellphones in encryption debate – USA TODAY


USA TODAY

FBI overstated number of locked cellphones in encryption debate
USA TODAY
In public statements and congressional testimony, FBI Director Christopher Wray had put the number of locked devices recovered during criminal investigations at more than 7,700, illustrating a persistent problem known as “Going Dark.” But in a…
FBI repeatedly overstated encryption threat figures to Congress, publicWashington Post
FBI said to repeatedly inflate cell phone encryption threat numbersCNET
FBI repeatedly inflated figures on encrypted cell phones: report reportedly overestimated inaccessible encrypted phones by thousandsTechCrunch The Hill (blog) 
The Register–TechCrunch
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 Christopher Wray – Google News
Andrew McCabe – Google News: Sources: FBI Agents Want Congress To Issue Them Subpoenas So They Can Reveal The Bureau’s Dirt – The Daily Caller


Sources: FBI Agents Want Congress To Issue Them Subpoenas So They Can Reveal The Bureau’s Dirt
The Daily Caller
Many agents in the FBI want Congress to subpoena them so they can reveal problems caused by former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, three people in direct contact with active field agents tell TheDC. “There are …

 Andrew McCabe – Google News
Ex-Trump campaign chief seeks to suppress evidence seized by FBI – Reuters


Reuters

Ex-Trump campaign chief seeks to suppress evidence seized by FBI
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is set to ask a federal judge on Wednesday to suppress evidence seized by FBI agents working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying they violated the U.S. …
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Did the FBI Have More Than One Informant Contacting the Trump Campaign? – The Weekly Standard


The Weekly Standard

Did the FBI Have More Than One Informant Contacting the Trump Campaign?
The Weekly Standard
If there was an investigation into suspected Russia meddling and the FBI didn’t take a look at Caputo, it would be a strange and troubling oversight. So let’s assume there was a second confidential informant, might there be a third or a fourth? Why not…
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WH Brokers, But Will Not Attend, Meeting About Secret Russia Probe Documents – NPR


NPR

WH Brokers, But Will Not Attend, Meeting About Secret Russia Probe Documents
NPR
Trump has attacked one flank by demanding an expanded investigation into the ongoing inquiry about Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election and whether anyone in his campaign was involved. Trump and his supporters in Congress are … 
Crossfire Hurricane: Pull back curtain on FBI’s investigation of Donald Trump, RussiaUSA TODAY
Wisdom on Trump–Russia From an FBI AssetBloomberg
FBI source in Trump–Russia probe a veteran of 3 Republican administrations: reportThe Hill (blog) 
National Review–TIME 
Wisdom on Trump–Russia From an FBI AssetBloomberg
Crossfire Hurricane: Pull back curtain on FBI’s investigation of Donald Trump, RussiaUSA TODAY
TIME–CNN –Twitter–New York Times
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Trump to Demand DOJ Review Claims of FBI Spy in Campaign – Snopes.com


Snopes.com

Trump to Demand DOJ Review Claims of FBI Spy in Campaign
Snopes.com
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’ll demand that the Justice Department review whether it or the FBIinfiltrated his presidential campaign for political purposes and whether any demands or requests came from the Obama administration.
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It Wasn’t Just Russia: Donald Trump Jr. Met Gulf States Emissary Who Offered Election Help – Slate Magazine


Slate Magazine

It Wasn’t Just Russia: Donald Trump Jr. Met Gulf States Emissary Who Offered Election Help
Slate Magazine
Turns out Donald Trump Jr. may have been willing to accept foreign help from other countries other than Russia in his quest to get his father elected president. Three months before the 2016 election, Trump Jr. met with George Nader, an emissary for the …
NYT: Donald Trump Jr. met with Gulf emissary at Trump Tower ahead of 2016 electionCNN
Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win ElectionNew York Times
Donald Trump Jr. and Trump aides were reportedly open to foreign help in 2016 election beyond RussiaVox
USA TODAY –The Guardian –Yahoo News
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Donald Trump said 11 false things in just 5 tweets Sunday morning – CNN


CNN

Donald Trump said 11 false things in just 5 tweets Sunday morning
CNN 
(CNN) On Sunday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted. And tweeted. And tweeted. Between 9:04 am and 9:37 am, Trump sent 5 tweets — all around the same basic theme: He is being unfairly persecuted by special counsel Robert Mueller even as  
There’s zero factual basis — at least that I can find — for Trump putting a $20 million price tag on the Mueller probe. The closest we have come to a fact-based cost for the Mueller probe is back in December, when the investigation’s total cost was…
Donald Trump is raging over the Mueller investigation on TwitterVox
Trump: ‘Real Americans’ Should Get ‘Tough’ On Russia ProbeHuffPost
Trump slams NY Times report about another Trump Jr. meetingNew York Post onNY Times: ‘Things are really getting ridiculous’Politico 
Mother Jones– The Guardian–Washington Post
all 75 Washington Post–The Guardian
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Trump: Why didn’t DNC hand over hacked server to FBI? – The Hill


The Hill

Trump: Why didn’t DNC hand over hacked server to FBI?
The Hill
Comey said at the time that the FBI and DNC agreed to let a private firm access the servers and share the findings with investigators. Trump also targeted Tony Podesta, a longtime D.C. lobbyist who left his firm last year, asking why he hasn’t “been …
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WSJ: Giuliani says Trump shouldn’t talk to Mueller before getting information on FBI source – CNN


Politico

WSJ: Giuliani says Trump shouldn’t talk to Mueller before getting information on FBI source
CNN
Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, says the President should not agree to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller before obtaining more information about a confidential FBI source who spoke with Trump’s campaign …
Trump responds to new FBI informant reportsPolitico
What You Need to Know About the FBI’s Trump Campaign InformantNew York Magazine
Secret FBI source for Russia investigation met with three Trump advisers during campaignThe Denver Post
Fox News –Twitter –Twitter –National Review
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6:34 AM 5/20/2018 – Outing FBI informants: when is it legal and when is it illegal, and why? | Why is the FBI Outing Stefan Halper As Their Informant In the Trump Campaign?

Outing FBI informants: when is it legal and when is it illegal, and why? Why is the FBI Outing Stefan Halper As Their Informant In the Trump Campaign? Quote:  “The law clearly defines who it covers as employees of an intelligence agency. This does not cover informants or sources and intelligence agencies are forbidden by … Continue reading“6:34 AM 5/20/2018 – Outing FBI informants: when is it legal and when is it illegal, and why? | Why is the FBI Outing Stefan Halper As Their Informant In the Trump Campaign?”
Trump accuses feds of planting ‘spy’ in his campaign – New York Post


New York Post

Trump accuses feds of planting ‘spy’ in his campaign
New York Post
The president also revived one of his favorite lines of attack — suggesting that fired FBI big Andrew McCabe should be investigated because his wife took a campaign donation from a PAC headed by a longtime crony of Hillary Clinton’s when she ran for a … 
UPDATE: President says spy infiltrated his campaign; lawyer casts doubtKSPR
Code Name Crossfire Hurricane: The Secret Origins of the Trump Investigation 
‘Bigger Than Watergate’? Both Sides Say Yes, but for Different Reasons New York Times 
Did the FBI Have a Spy in the Trump Campaign?National Review
YouTube–Washington Post
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The REAL election scandal: Claim by company behind ‘golden showers’ dossier that FBI had a mole INSIDE the Trump …Daily Mail
Drive-By Media at DEFCON 1 HysteriaRushLimbaugh.com
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The Mueller Investigation, One Year Later – Bloomberg


Bloomberg

The Mueller Investigation, One Year Later
Bloomberg
Nonetheless, contrary to what liberals and some others have constantly predicted, Trump has not fired Mueller, Attorney General Jeff Sessions or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. 1 Until that happens, it’s probably fair to classify the president … 
Mueller’s anniversary: This investigation isn’t ending anytime soonNBCNews.com
Couldn’t Mueller find even one Republican to hire on his legal team?Dallas News (blog)
The year of Mueller: 12 months in, here’s what we’ve learnedCNBC 
One year of Mueller’s special counsel investigation, by the numbersCNN
Couldn’t Mueller find even one other Republican to hire on his legal team?Dallas News (blog)
NBCNews.com–Washington Post 
CNN–NPR–New York Times –CNN
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Officials tell CNN that FBI ‘informant’ not planted inside Trump campaign – CNN


CNN

Officials tell CNN that FBI ‘informant’ not planted inside Trump campaign
CNN
“The day that we can’t protect human sources is the day the American people start becoming less safe,” FBI DirectorChristopher Wray told the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday. “Human sources in particular who put themselves at great risk to … 
Trump’s New Strategy for Responding to Robert MuellerThe Atlantic
Trump suggests FBI may have infiltrated his campaignKFGO
FBI leakers trying to hurt Trump’s narrative have actually helped itWashington Examiner
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What do we know about the ‘FBI informant’ Trump keeps talking about? – Washington Post


Washington Post

What do we know about the ‘FBI informant’ Trump keeps talking about?
Washington Post
Did an FBI agent privately express who privately expressed a negative opinion about Trump? Was there a single source with less than pure motives? If so, then the entire thing can be dismissed as a witch hunt, a frame job, a conspiracy to destroy the president. Here’s the …
Inside Mueller’s FBI teamPolitico 
Team Trump tries egregious gambit on FBI investigationLexington Herald Leader 
Trump: If FBI spied on my campaign, ‘bigger than Watergate!’Yahoo News
Trump Slams FBI and Mueller Probe after Report of Campaign SpyNational Review 
Yahoo News–Newsweek
all 1,392 
Santa Rosa Press Democrat–Newsweek–The Hill
all 1,105 news articles »
Trump Lawyer Met With Qatari Government Official Days Before FBI Raid – Foreign Policy (blog)


Foreign Policy (blog)

Trump Lawyer Met With Qatari Government Official Days Before FBI Raid
Foreign Policy (blog)
President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, who made millions over the past 18 months soliciting funds from clients seeking entree and influence at the White House, met with a senior Qatari official in Florida last month, just days before the FBI raided…
Trump lawyer Michael Cohen reportedly met with Qatar’s economy minister right before FBI raidCNBC
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ISIS Encouraging ‘Attacks Right in the Homeland’: FBI Tracking 1000 Active Extremist Cases in All 50 States – CBN News


CBN News

ISIS Encouraging ‘Attacks Right in the Homeland’: FBI Tracking 1000 Active Extremist Cases in All 50 States
CBN News
The FBI says it has 1,000 open cases on radical Islamic extremists operating in all 50 states. According to the FBI’s directorChristopher Wray, countering the threat posed by these suspected or potential terrorists is now the agency’s top priority.
FBI Director: 1000 Homegrown Terror Investigations Active, Not Counting ‘Traditional’ ISIS, al-Qaeda SuspectsPJ Media
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FBI Director: 1000 Homegrown Terror Investigations Active, Not Counting ‘Traditional’ ISIS, al-Qaeda Suspects – PJ Media


PJ Media

FBI Director: 1000 Homegrown Terror Investigations Active, Not Counting ‘Traditional’ ISIS, al-Qaeda Suspects
PJ Media
FBI Director Christopher Wray arrives to testify at the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on May 16, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) …
ISIS Encouraging ‘Attacks Right in the Homeland’: FBI Tracking 1000 Active Extremist Cases in All 50 StatesCBN News
all 2 news articles »
Trump’s New Strategy for Responding to Robert Mueller – The Atlantic


Vanity Fair

Trump’s New Strategy for Responding to Robert Mueller
The Atlantic
On the one hand, Trump’s lawyers say they continue to work with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team. At the same time, they are pursuing a fresh line of attack in public, shifting from proclaiming the president’s innocence to attempting to undermine …
As Mueller Closes in, Trump’s Allies Urge Him to Go Nuclear on the FBIVanity Fair
Giuliani says special counsel Mueller has narrowed scope of questions for TrumpPBS NewsHour 
Giuliani says Mueller ‘can’t indict.’ It might go better for Trump if he does.Washington Post
WBUR–CNN 
The Mueller Investigation, One Year LaterBloomberg
The New Yorker–WBUR –New York Times–National Review
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