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“I was honestly concerned he might lie about the nature of our meeting, so I thought it important to document,” Comey said. “I knew there might come a day when I would need a record of what had happened, not just to defend myself, but to defend the FBI and our integrity as an institution and the independence of our investigative function. That’s what made this so difficult. ... It was a combination of circumstances, subject matter and the particular person.” … [Read more...] about Comey portrays Trump as a man not to be trusted

Lichtman, one of the few pundits who predicted that Trump would win the presidency, said the main pursuit of every politician “is survival ... aAnd if they feel that being close to Trump could hurt them, then they’ll move away from him. It may not be to their political advantage to have Trump to continue to kick around while this drip, drip, drip of a scandal keeps going.” … [Read more...] about Some Republicans start to edge away from Trump

(CNN)By ruling on Thursday against President Donald Trump's effort to prevent a New York grand jury from getting its hands on his financial documents, the Supreme Court emphatically told Trump that no one -- not even the President of the United States -- is above the law. All nine justices agreed with one aspect of the ruling, that a president does not enjoy absolute immunity from state criminal process. A 7-to-2 majority also ruled that a state grand jury does not need to show a "heightened need" before serving a subpoena on a president. And, when it comes to congressional subpoenas, that solid majority rejected Trump's insistence that the House of Representatives must demonstrate "specific need" before obtaining his financial and banking records. … [Read more...] about The people who sit by while Trump sets Roger Stone free