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The FBI just raided Michael Cohen’s office. Here’s what he still hasn’t told us about the Stormy Daniels payment

The FBI just raided Michael Cohen’s office. Here’s what he still hasn’t told us about the Stormy Daniels payment

Posted by | Apr 15, 2018 | , , |

The FBI raided the law office of Donald Trump personal attorney Michael Cohen on Monday, seizing records that are related to several topics, including payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels. Whoa. “The decision by the US Attorney’s Office in New York to conduct their investigation using search warrants is completely inappropriate and unnecessary,” Cohen lawyer Stephen Ryan said. “It resulted in the unnecessary seizure of protected attorney client communications between a lawyer and his clients.” Trump reacted angrily to the news, calling Cohen a “good man” and describing special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe as a “total witch hunt.” Remember...

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Why Fox News limited coverage of the raid of Trump’s lawyer’s office

Why Fox News limited coverage of the raid of Trump’s lawyer’s office

Posted by | Apr 13, 2018 | , , |

It shows the network really doesn’t want to cover anything that has to do with Stormy Daniels. On Monday, the FBI raided the offices of President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen, seizing documents and records related to the $130,000 payment Cohen made to porn actress Stormy Daniels, as well as other matters. It was exactly the kind of story Fox News pundits could use to further the narrative that the “deep state” is conspiring to take down Trump. But since news of this raid broke, Fox News has spent significantly less time covering the story than the other major...

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Disney offers to buy Sky News to ease Murdoch’s £11.7bn takeover

Disney offers to buy Sky News to ease Murdoch’s £11.7bn takeover

Posted by | Apr 4, 2018 | , |

Move aims to allay media plurality fears over 21st Century Fox’s takeover of British broadcaster. Disney has offered to buy Sky News to help Rupert Murdoch push through his £11.7bn takeover of Sky by allaying fears he will control too much of the UK news media. Murdoch’s bid is being scrutinised by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) amid concerns that buying the 61% of Sky his company 21st Century Fox does not already own will give him too much media influence. The Murdoch family also controls News UK, the owner of the Times and the Sun, and the...

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Wall Street to Trump: No trade wars. And lay off Amazon

Wall Street to Trump: No trade wars. And lay off Amazon

Posted by | Apr 3, 2018 | |

Wall Street is sending President Trump a message: Don’t start a trade war. And lay off Amazon, one of the most important companies in America. The president played a starring role in last year’s stock market boom. Now he’s getting the blame as Wall Street hits the skids. Trump’s fingerprints were all over Monday’s market sell-off. The Dow fell 459 points and the Nasdaq plunged almost 3%. The stock slump also spread to Asia, with benchmark indexes in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai all declining about 1% on Tuesday morning. Trump’s repeated and vociferous attacks on Amazon (AMZN) unnerved...

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ABC News: Comey says his belief Clinton would win election ‘a factor’ in email probe

ABC News: Comey says his belief Clinton would win election ‘a factor’ in email probe

Posted by | Apr 15, 2018 | , , |

Former FBI director James Comey says his belief that Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 presidential election played a role in the way he handled the investigation into her use of a private email sever as secretary of state. The former FBI director, who was abruptly fired by Trump last year, announced in July 2016 that he would not recommend charges in the investigation of Clinton’s email practices. But in a controversial move, Comey told Congress just days before the election that the FBI was reviewing additional emails in relation to the investigation. In early November, Comey then informed...

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