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FBI Director James Comey fired

..ooo Verizon 5:45 PM 2 of 6 THE WHITE HOUSIE WASHINGTON May 9.2017 Dear Director Comey I have received the attached letters from the Attormey General and Deputy Attorncy General of the United Investigation. I have accepted their recommendation and you are hereby terminated and removed from office, effeetive immediately. States recommending your dismissal as the Director of the Federal Bureau of While I greatly appreciate you forming me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Donald J. Trump Bloomberg

..ooo Verizon 5:45 PM 2 of 6 THE WHITE HOUSIE WASHINGTON May 9.2017 Dear Director Comey I have received the attached letters from the Attormey General and Deputy Attorncy General of the United Investigation. I have accepted their recommendation and you are hereby terminated and removed from office, effeetive immediately. States recommending your dismissal as the Director of the Federal Bureau of While I greatly appreciate you forming me, on three separate occasions, that I am not under investigation, I nevertheless concur with the judgment of the Department of Justice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau It is essential that we find new leadership for the FBI that restores public trust and confidence in its vital law enforcement mission. I wish you the best of luck in your future endeavors. Donald J. Trump Bloomberg

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Eric Trump needs to keep his goddamn mouth shut

"Trump was strutting up and down, talking to his new members about how they were part of the greatest club in North Carolina," Dodson says. "And when I hrst met him, I asked him how he was- you know, this is the journalist in me I said, 'What are you using to pay for these courses?' And he just sort of tossed off that he had access to $100 million." $100 million. "So when I got in the cart with Eric," Dodson says, "as we were setting off, I said, 'Eric, who's funding? I know no banks - because of the recession, the Great Recession-have touched a golf course. rou know, no one's funding any kind of golf construction. It's dead in the water the last four or five years.' And this is what he said. He said, Well, we don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.' I said, 'Really?' And he said, 'Oh, yeah. We've got some guys that really, really love golf, and they're really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.' Now that was three years ago, so it was pretty interesting." Well, yeah. It is.

"Trump was strutting up and down, talking to his new members about how they were part of the greatest club in North Carolina," Dodson says. "And when I hrst met him, I asked him how he was- you know, this is the journalist in me I said, 'What are you using to pay for these courses?' And he just sort of tossed off that he had access to $100 million." $100 million. "So when I got in the cart with Eric," Dodson says, "as we were setting off, I said, 'Eric, who's funding? I know no banks - because of the recession, the Great Recession-have touched a golf course. rou know, no one's funding any kind of golf construction. It's dead in the water the last four or five years.' And this is what he said. He said, Well, we don't rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.' I said, 'Really?' And he said, 'Oh, yeah. We've got some guys that really, really love golf, and they're really invested in our programs. We just go there all the time.' Now that was three years ago, so it was pretty interesting." Well, yeah. It is.

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Tomorrow's White House talking points

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Sally Yates testimony tomorrow

Testimony from a former acting attorney general on Monday is expected to be a compelling public moment in the so-far largely secretive investigations into Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 election Sally Yates, a top Justice Department official in the Obama administration, was serving as President Donald Trump's acting attorney general when she told a top White House official about conversations between former national security adviser Mike Flynn and a Russian diplomat. The White House has said Ms. Yates provided a "heads up" to the official, White House Counsel Donald McGahn, about the conversations, without describing the nature of them Ms. Yates, who had access to intelligence transcripts of the calls, will say rather that she told Mr. McGahn explicitly that Mr. Flynn hadn't been truthful about the conversations and that his actions could put him at risk of being compromised by Russian intelligence services, according to people familiar with her account.

Testimony from a former acting attorney general on Monday is expected to be a compelling public moment in the so-far largely secretive investigations into Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 election Sally Yates, a top Justice Department official in the Obama administration, was serving as President Donald Trump's acting attorney general when she told a top White House official about conversations between former national security adviser Mike Flynn and a Russian diplomat. The White House has said Ms. Yates provided a "heads up" to the official, White House Counsel Donald McGahn, about the conversations, without describing the nature of them Ms. Yates, who had access to intelligence transcripts of the calls, will say rather that she told Mr. McGahn explicitly that Mr. Flynn hadn't been truthful about the conversations and that his actions could put him at risk of being compromised by Russian intelligence services, according to people familiar with her account.

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Trump transition team stole classified documents!

The outgoing White House also became concerned about the Trump team's handling of classified information. After learning that highly sensitive documents from a secure room at the transition's Washington headquarters were being copied and removed from the facility, Obama's national security team decided to only allow the transition officials to view some information at the White House, including documents on the government's contingency plans for crises

The outgoing White House also became concerned about the Trump team's handling of classified information. After learning that highly sensitive documents from a secure room at the transition's Washington headquarters were being copied and removed from the facility, Obama's national security team decided to only allow the transition officials to view some information at the White House, including documents on the government's contingency plans for crises

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Two Prosecutors!

HIRONO: So in the investigations that you're currently doing on the Russian interference and the Trump team's relationship, are you coordinating with any U.S. attorney's office in these investigations? COMEY: Yes, well - two sets of prosecutors, the Main Justice the National Security Division and the Eastern District of Virginia U.S. Attorney's Office.

HIRONO: So in the investigations that you're currently doing on the Russian interference and the Trump team's relationship, are you coordinating with any U.S. attorney's office in these investigations? COMEY: Yes, well - two sets of prosecutors, the Main Justice the National Security Division and the Eastern District of Virginia U.S. Attorney's Office.

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Rand Paul panics!

Senator Rand Paul @RandPaul Following I have formally requested from the WH and the Intel Committees info on whether I was surveilled by Obama admin and or the Intel community! RETWEETS 1,383 3,075 9:12 AM -5 May 2017 わ902 1.4K 3.1K Tweet your reply Louise Menschネ@LouiseMensch-5m Replying to @MrsSmh1 @RandPaul is "Tangled Up in #NYPD Blue" わ3 13 3 20 John Weaver@JWGOP 36m Replying to @RandPaul Out of boredom? 46

Senator Rand Paul @RandPaul Following I have formally requested from the WH and the Intel Committees info on whether I was surveilled by Obama admin and or the Intel community! RETWEETS 1,383 3,075 9:12 AM -5 May 2017 わ902 1.4K 3.1K Tweet your reply Louise Menschネ@LouiseMensch-5m Replying to @MrsSmh1 @RandPaul is "Tangled Up in #NYPD Blue" わ3 13 3 20 John Weaver@JWGOP 36m Replying to @RandPaul Out of boredom? 46

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FEC Complaint over Alfa Bank

10 56% 2:45 PM Summary: Trump and Russia's largest private bank communicate via hidden server since at least 2016 May Confronted with questions by NYT reporter, Alfa Bank denies any relationship . Hidden server belonging to Trump then disappears (no one but Alfa Bank was asked) Deleted host name mail1.Trump-Email.com is replaced with trump1.contact-client.com . Russian Alfa Bank is the first host seen to contact the new trump1. serve Comments: Trumps FEC filings fail to disclose any foreign bank account in Russia or relationship with the Russian Alfa Bank Network logs show a distinctively human pattern of communications between a hidden server dedicated for use by the Trump Organization and the Russian financial company Alfa Bank, which has close ties to the Kremlin. Trump campai also have relationshi h Alfa Bank The other frequent connection to Trump's hidden server with the same distinctive human pattern is Spectrum Health, a Michigan hospital with close ties to the DeVosly (http://www.spectrumhealth.org/locations /helen-devos-childrens-hospital). The Devos family founded Amway I Alticor which operates in Russia including transactions with Alfa Bank such as in idiary. The Devos family has given millions of dollars in the past few months to conservative super PACs (www.fec.gov). One member of the Devos family was a founder of Blackwater Trumps hidden server appears to be a specially configured outbound email server. The email server type normally would handle outbound bulk advertising or transactional mail for a large enterprise to customers, powerful enough to deliver millions of emails per day. ( http://www.marketerspublishinggroup.com/PMTA-UsersGuide-4.0.pdf) Different in every way from traffic seen on adjacent servers managed by the same server company, this specially configured server has been exclusively corresponding with Alfa-Bank and Spectrum since at least May 2016 with a cadence and rate of a human conversation. See the graph of the connections here The stealth server has had two different names mail1.Trump-Email.com (zone deleted on Friday, 2016-Sept-23 after the Russian Alfa-Bank was asked by the New York Times to explain the communications) and on 2016-Sept-27 a new name showed up trump1.contact-client.com When a reporter from the New York Times (NYT) asked the Russian Alfa Bank for comment about the apparent communications, Alfa Bank denied any relationship with the Trump Organization. The NYT reporter communicated with no one other than the Russian Alfa Bank - yet the Trump-Email.com domain began showing signs of panicked reconfiguration within hours of the New York Times asking the Russian Alfa Bank why they were making connections to Trump-Email.com. While

10 56% 2:45 PM Summary: Trump and Russia's largest private bank communicate via hidden server since at least 2016 May Confronted with questions by NYT reporter, Alfa Bank denies any relationship . Hidden server belonging to Trump then disappears (no one but Alfa Bank was asked) Deleted host name mail1.Trump-Email.com is replaced with trump1.contact-client.com . Russian Alfa Bank is the first host seen to contact the new trump1. serve Comments: Trumps FEC filings fail to disclose any foreign bank account in Russia or relationship with the Russian Alfa Bank Network logs show a distinctively human pattern of communications between a hidden server dedicated for use by the Trump Organization and the Russian financial company Alfa Bank, which has close ties to the Kremlin. Trump campai also have relationshi h Alfa Bank The other frequent connection to Trump's hidden server with the same distinctive human pattern is Spectrum Health, a Michigan hospital with close ties to the DeVosly (http://www.spectrumhealth.org/locations /helen-devos-childrens-hospital). The Devos family founded Amway I Alticor which operates in Russia including transactions with Alfa Bank such as in idiary. The Devos family has given millions of dollars in the past few months to conservative super PACs (www.fec.gov). One member of the Devos family was a founder of Blackwater Trumps hidden server appears to be a specially configured outbound email server. The email server type normally would handle outbound bulk advertising or transactional mail for a large enterprise to customers, powerful enough to deliver millions of emails per day. ( http://www.marketerspublishinggroup.com/PMTA-UsersGuide-4.0.pdf) Different in every way from traffic seen on adjacent servers managed by the same server company, this specially configured server has been exclusively corresponding with Alfa-Bank and Spectrum since at least May 2016 with a cadence and rate of a human conversation. See the graph of the connections here The stealth server has had two different names mail1.Trump-Email.com (zone deleted on Friday, 2016-Sept-23 after the Russian Alfa-Bank was asked by the New York Times to explain the communications) and on 2016-Sept-27 a new name showed up trump1.contact-client.com When a reporter from the New York Times (NYT) asked the Russian Alfa Bank for comment about the apparent communications, Alfa Bank denied any relationship with the Trump Organization. The NYT reporter communicated with no one other than the Russian Alfa Bank - yet the Trump-Email.com domain began showing signs of panicked reconfiguration within hours of the New York Times asking the Russian Alfa Bank why they were making connections to Trump-Email.com. While

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Citgo getting bought by Rosneft

2:29 AM politico.com And Citgo, the U.S. refining arm of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, is under increasing scrutiny as the Trump administration takes a tougher line against the cash-strapped government of Venezuela, which has been accused of human rights abuses and drug trafficking. Complicating matters further, there are rising concerns that the Russian government-owned oil company Rosneft could be on the verge of taking control of Citgo. That's because Venezuela's national oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA, took out a loan from Rosneft in December, offering as collateral 49.9 percent of itgo's shares. International energy market analysts have predicted that the economic crisis in Venezuela could lead PDVSA to default on its debt, which would put Rosneft on the cusp of controlling three of the largest and most sophisticated refineries in the U.S., plus three major pipelines and dozens of fuel terminals The involvement of Russia is fraught for Trump's administration. The president's team is under scrutiny from law enforcement and congressional investigators examining Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election, including by stealing and disseminating emails from allies of Trump's c riva bipartisan group of senators wrote a letter las month to Trump's Treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, linking the election hacking and Russia's alleged violations of arms control reements with Rosneft's position in Citgo The sena extremely Tweet link

2:29 AM politico.com And Citgo, the U.S. refining arm of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, is under increasing scrutiny as the Trump administration takes a tougher line against the cash-strapped government of Venezuela, which has been accused of human rights abuses and drug trafficking. Complicating matters further, there are rising concerns that the Russian government-owned oil company Rosneft could be on the verge of taking control of Citgo. That's because Venezuela's national oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA, took out a loan from Rosneft in December, offering as collateral 49.9 percent of itgo's shares. International energy market analysts have predicted that the economic crisis in Venezuela could lead PDVSA to default on its debt, which would put Rosneft on the cusp of controlling three of the largest and most sophisticated refineries in the U.S., plus three major pipelines and dozens of fuel terminals The involvement of Russia is fraught for Trump's administration. The president's team is under scrutiny from law enforcement and congressional investigators examining Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election, including by stealing and disseminating emails from allies of Trump's c riva bipartisan group of senators wrote a letter las month to Trump's Treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, linking the election hacking and Russia's alleged violations of arms control reements with Rosneft's position in Citgo The sena extremely Tweet link

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Comey won't brief intel committees without deputy attourney general's approval

Despite Comeys professed Taith in Rosenstein, who has refused to commit to an independent investigation, this testimony unquestionably proves the necessity of a special prosecutor In short, Comey has declared that he will not brief the intelligence committees without permission from the Trump-appointed deputy attorney general; that he will not inform them if Trump's White House refuses to cooperate; and that the decision to prosecute will ultimately rest ina Trump appointee's hands Comey may be fine with that, but the American people are not

Despite Comeys professed Taith in Rosenstein, who has refused to commit to an independent investigation, this testimony unquestionably proves the necessity of a special prosecutor In short, Comey has declared that he will not brief the intelligence committees without permission from the Trump-appointed deputy attorney general; that he will not inform them if Trump's White House refuses to cooperate; and that the decision to prosecute will ultimately rest ina Trump appointee's hands Comey may be fine with that, but the American people are not

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"Paying u back"

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Rudy Giulianni's getting some attention

LEAHY: Let me ask you this. During your investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, a number of surrogates like Rudy Giuliani claim to have a pipeline to the FBI. He boasted that, and I uote, numerous agents talk to him all the time. (Inaudible) regarding the investigation. He even said that he had- insinuated he had advanced warning about the emails described in your October letter. Former FBI agent Jim Kallstrom made similar claims Now either they're lying or there's a serious problem within the Bureau. Anybody in the FBI during the this 2016 campaign have contact with Rudv Giuliani aboutabout the Clinton investigation? COMEY: I don't know yet. But if I find out that people were leaking information about our investigations, whether it's to reporters or to private parties, there will be severe consequences. LEAHY: Did you know of anything from Jim Kallstrom? COMEY: Same answer. I don't know yet. from other LEAHY: Do you know any about former agents? COMEY: I don't know vet. But it's a matter that I'm very very interested in LEAHY: But you are looking into it? COMEY: Correct LEAHY: And once you've found that answer, will you provide it to us? COMEY: I'll provide it to the committee in some form. I don't whether I would say publicly, but I'd find some way to let vou know.

LEAHY: Let me ask you this. During your investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, a number of surrogates like Rudy Giuliani claim to have a pipeline to the FBI. He boasted that, and I uote, numerous agents talk to him all the time. (Inaudible) regarding the investigation. He even said that he had- insinuated he had advanced warning about the emails described in your October letter. Former FBI agent Jim Kallstrom made similar claims Now either they're lying or there's a serious problem within the Bureau. Anybody in the FBI during the this 2016 campaign have contact with Rudv Giuliani aboutabout the Clinton investigation? COMEY: I don't know yet. But if I find out that people were leaking information about our investigations, whether it's to reporters or to private parties, there will be severe consequences. LEAHY: Did you know of anything from Jim Kallstrom? COMEY: Same answer. I don't know yet. from other LEAHY: Do you know any about former agents? COMEY: I don't know vet. But it's a matter that I'm very very interested in LEAHY: But you are looking into it? COMEY: Correct LEAHY: And once you've found that answer, will you provide it to us? COMEY: I'll provide it to the committee in some form. I don't whether I would say publicly, but I'd find some way to let vou know.

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They'll do it again

@PuestoLoco Why will these men do it again? ecauseut workea in 2016" James Come 5/3/2017

@PuestoLoco Why will these men do it again? ecauseut workea in 2016" James Come 5/3/2017

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Comey confirms Guccifer 2.0 is Russian operative

Comey Senate Judiciary Committee Questions from Senator Franken (2nd Round) Q. [Question about..] Roger Stone and his relationship with Guccifer 2.0 an online persona used by Russian military intelligence to leak documents stolen from the DNC to Wikileaks. The US IC, including the FBI, concluded that Russian intelligence directed the breach and that Russian military intelligence used Guccifer 2.0 to ensure that the documents obtained were publicly released. While Guccifer has insisted that he or she is not Russian, the Intelligence Community has concluded that the actor has strong ties to Moscow and was used by Russian military intelligence to leak information... Is that a fair characterization? Comey: Yes, our, the IC's judgment was that Guccifer 2.0 was an instrument of the Russian intelligence Q. In August of last year, Roger Stone exchanged a number of messages with Guccifer 2.0 via twitter... [included a number of bizarre pleasantries] In one message Guccifer writes to Mr. Stone, "Please tell me if I can help you any how. It would be a great pleasure to me." .. This sounds like a clear offer from a Russian intelligence officer to collaborate with a senior official on the Trump campaign... Do we know did any further communication between Stone and Guccifer 2.0 took place? And if you can't say here but you could say in a classified environment can you make that distinction? Comey: I definitely cannot say here,-I don't think I would say in a classified environment - because it calls for questions about what we're looking at and how. But I definitely can't say here."

Comey Senate Judiciary Committee Questions from Senator Franken (2nd Round) Q. [Question about..] Roger Stone and his relationship with Guccifer 2.0 an online persona used by Russian military intelligence to leak documents stolen from the DNC to Wikileaks. The US IC, including the FBI, concluded that Russian intelligence directed the breach and that Russian military intelligence used Guccifer 2.0 to ensure that the documents obtained were publicly released. While Guccifer has insisted that he or she is not Russian, the Intelligence Community has concluded that the actor has strong ties to Moscow and was used by Russian military intelligence to leak information... Is that a fair characterization? Comey: Yes, our, the IC's judgment was that Guccifer 2.0 was an instrument of the Russian intelligence Q. In August of last year, Roger Stone exchanged a number of messages with Guccifer 2.0 via twitter... [included a number of bizarre pleasantries] In one message Guccifer writes to Mr. Stone, "Please tell me if I can help you any how. It would be a great pleasure to me." .. This sounds like a clear offer from a Russian intelligence officer to collaborate with a senior official on the Trump campaign... Do we know did any further communication between Stone and Guccifer 2.0 took place? And if you can't say here but you could say in a classified environment can you make that distinction? Comey: I definitely cannot say here,-I don't think I would say in a classified environment - because it calls for questions about what we're looking at and how. But I definitely can't say here."

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Comey prepares to testify during the Senate Judiciary Hearing

LIVE 10:27 am ET FBI OVERSIGHT Senate Judiciary Committee Dirksen Office Building CSPAN3 c-span.org @cspan Hon. James B.Comey, J

LIVE 10:27 am ET FBI OVERSIGHT Senate Judiciary Committee Dirksen Office Building CSPAN3 c-span.org @cspan Hon. James B.Comey, J

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Grassley with Russian Duma Andrei Makarov at National Prayer Breakfast

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Grand Juries all around!

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McCain and Graham on Russian Sanctions

McCAIN & GRAHAM URGE SENATE TO TAKE ACTION ON RUSSIAN SANCTIONS LEGISLATION Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the following statement today urging the Senate to take action on Russian sanctions legislation "It's been six months since Russia attacked the fundamentals of our democracy by interfering in the 2016 election. Since then, Russia has received a slap on the wrist from the Obama administration, but Congress has taken no action. Whether it's through the Foreign Relations Committee or the Banking Committee, or through amendment considered by the full Senate, it is time for the Senate to take real action, including increased sanctions, to punish Russia's destabilizing behavior and counter its malign influence. Now is not the time to send a signal to Russia that all is forgotten or forgiven Senators McCain, Graham and a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation in January that would impose comprehensive sanctions on Russia for their cyber intrusions, aggression and destabilizing activities in the United States and around the world.

McCAIN & GRAHAM URGE SENATE TO TAKE ACTION ON RUSSIAN SANCTIONS LEGISLATION Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) released the following statement today urging the Senate to take action on Russian sanctions legislation "It's been six months since Russia attacked the fundamentals of our democracy by interfering in the 2016 election. Since then, Russia has received a slap on the wrist from the Obama administration, but Congress has taken no action. Whether it's through the Foreign Relations Committee or the Banking Committee, or through amendment considered by the full Senate, it is time for the Senate to take real action, including increased sanctions, to punish Russia's destabilizing behavior and counter its malign influence. Now is not the time to send a signal to Russia that all is forgotten or forgiven Senators McCain, Graham and a bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation in January that would impose comprehensive sanctions on Russia for their cyber intrusions, aggression and destabilizing activities in the United States and around the world.

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