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Trump-Russia News. 8/26/18.

Wall Street Journal : “Allen Weisselberg, Longtime Trump Organization CFO, Testified and Was Granted Immunity in…hush money investigation that has implicated the president.” https://www.wsj.com/articles/allen-weisselberg-longtime-trump-organization-cfo-is-granted-immunity-by-federal-prosecutors-in-michael-cohen-investigation-1535121992 MSNBC : “Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen has pleaded guilty to charges that implicate the president. What’s next? Joy Reid and her panel discuss the former Trump confidantes who are apparently ‘flipping’ on the president.” https://www.msnbc.com/am-joy/watch/former-trump-attorney-michael-cohen-pleads-guilty-what-s-next-1306427971514?v=railb Business Insider : “Michael Cohen’s testimony implicates Trump as a co-conspirator in a crime to get elected, but what happens next is unclear.” https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-cohen-testimony-implicates-trump-co-conspirator-2018-8 Telegraph News : “Donald Trump says he’s considering a pa

Trump-Russia News. 8/18/18.

CBS News : “Trump links yanking ex-CIA chief John Brennan’s security clearance to Russia probe.” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-links-yanking-ex-cia-chief-john-brennans-security-clearance-russia-probe-wall-street-journal/ Time : “Trump Is Trying to Silence Critics by Revoking Security Clearance.” http://time.com/5368970/john-brennan-trump-silence-critics/ New York Times : “John Brennan: President Trump’s Claims of No Collusion Are Hogwash.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/opinion/john-brennan-trump-russia-collusion-security-clearance.html CBS News : “Thirteen former senior intelligence officials…have signed a letter of support for former CIA director John Brennan, calling the signal sent by the White House’s decision to strip him of his security clearance ‘inappropriate’ and…‘has nothing to do with who should and should not hold security clearances – and everything to do with an attempt to stifle free speech.’” https://www.cbsnews.com/news/top-former-

Trump-Russia News. 8-12-18.

CNBC : “Andrew Miller has been held in contempt for defying an order to testify in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Miller is a former aide to political operative and longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, Roger Stone.” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/10/roger-stone-ex-aide-held-in-contempt--in-mueller-probe-report.html Salon : “Devin Nunes caught on tape…Secret tape exposes Republicans’ plan to end the Mueller probe after Trump gets his Supreme Court nominee confirmed.” https://www.salon.com/2018/08/09/devin-nunes-caught-on-tape-gop-must-first-confirm-brett-kavanaugh-to-impeach-rod-rosenstein/ Independent : “Donald Trump admits son’s meeting with Kremlin-linked lawyer was to ‘get information’ on Hillary Clinton.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-natalia-veselnitskaya-meeting-trump-tower-donald-trump-jr-get-information-hillary-a8478691.html Bloomberg : “Trump’s Russia admission is no mere scandal. It’s a be

Trump-Russia News. 8/4/18.

Washington Post : “Trump associate socialized with alleged Russian agent Maria Butina in final weeks of 2016 campaign.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-associate-socialized-with-alleged-russian-agent-maria-butina-in-final-weeks-of-2016-campaign/2018/08/03/d87c1d84-96a6-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.01609a3eacf6 USA Today : “Five ways that Trump contradicted his top aides on Russia this week.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/08/03/trump-and-his-top-aides-differ-russia/897560002/ CNN : “Trump and his administration clash over Russia.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/03/politics/russia-election-interference-white-house-response-trump/index.html The Guardian : “Trump pushes Sessions to end Mueller’s Russia investigation ‘right now.’” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/01/donald-trump-russia-latest-news-jeff-sessions PolitiFact : “Fact-Checking Fox News analyst’s pro-Trump book ‘The Russia Hoax.’