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Dmitry Astakhov / AP The Shadowy Operative at the Center of the Russia Scandal
Court documents call him Person A, but descriptions link the officer to Russian intelligence—and to Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.
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Larry Downing / Reuters A Controversial Record of Torture, but Maybe Not a Deal-Breaker for Democrats
Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel oversaw one of the agency’s infamous “black sites” over a decade ago and has been harshly criticized for it. Now, she may be Democrats’ best option.
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Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images Why Was George Nader Allowed Into the White House?
The political operative was accused of importing photographs of nude boys “engaged in a variety of sexual acts.” The 1985 charges were dismissed after key evidence was thrown out.
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Kevin Lamarque / Peter Nicholls / Reuters / ... Roger Stone's Secret Messages with WikiLeaks
Transcripts obtained by The Atlantic show Donald Trump's longtime confidante corresponded with the radical-transparency group.
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Aaron P. Bernstein / Reuters A Democratic Memo Undercuts Key Republican Complaints About the FBI
The document, drafted by minority members of the House Intelligence Committee, sought to rebut claims that the bureau abused its power during the election.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Mueller’s Latest Plea Deal Puts Pressure on Paul Manafort
On Tuesday, Alex Van Der Zwaan, a lawyer who helped produce a report at Manafort’s behest, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters Mueller’s Indictment Puts Details Behind Claims of Russian Interference
Thirteen Russian nationals connected to the shadowy Internet Research Agency were indicted by the special counsel on Friday.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The President's Power to Hide Secret Details About the Russia Investigation
Executive power means Donald Trump can classify or declassify memos that may implicate him.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Trump’s Top Intelligence Officials Contradict Him on Russian Meddling
The intelligence community has a stark warning about Russia’s intentions to interfere in the 2018 elections.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Trump Won't Declassify Democratic Rebuttal to Nunes
The White House Counsel said the president was “inclined to declassify” the Democrats’ memo, but that “he is unable to do so at this time” because the memo contains “numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages.”
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters The Congressman Who Infuriates the President
The House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat Adam Schiff talks about the Nunes memo, the minority response, and Trump’s insults.
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Manuel Balce Ceneta / AP Devin Nunes's Next Target
The House Intelligence Committee chair has turned his sights to the State Department, as he presses forward with his probe into intelligence gathering related to Russian electoral interference in 2016.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP Republicans Release the Nunes Memo to the Fury of Democrats
President Trump authorized the release of the unredacted memorandum over strident objections from top law-enforcement officials, as Democrats blasted it as deliberately misleading.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters The Men Behind the Nunes Memo
The House Intelligence Committee’s chair wasn’t alone in drafting the classified memo that it just voted to release.
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Susan Walsh / AP The Circumscribed Ethics Investigation Into Devin Nunes
The House Intelligence Committee chair claimed he’d been completely cleared, but the panel probing his conduct never gained access to the intelligence he was accused of divulging.
