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August 6, 2020

Clippers' Doc Rivers hits Trump over anthem-kneeling comments, mail-in voting claims

Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers responded to President Trump’s remarks about NBA players kneeling during the national anthem on Wednesday.

August 6, 2020

Andrew McCarthy: In 2016 Trump and his campaign never got a 'defensive briefing'

The exploitation of executive power to monitor the opposition party’s presidential candidate is a Watergate-level abuse of power.

August 6, 2020

Network evening newscasts skip Sally Yates admitting James Comey went 'rogue' with Flynn interview

Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday then-FBI Director James Comey went “rogue” when probing then-incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn in January 2017 – but anyone who relies on the evening newscasts of NBC, CBS or ABC may have missed it.  

August 6, 2020

Sally Yates is probably ‘on the very short list’ for AG in a Biden administration, Ian Prior says

FBI agents arbitrarily used the Logan Act to interview former national security adviser Michael Flynn in order to "set him up to lie," former Justice Department spokesman Ian Prior said on Thursday. 

August 6, 2020

Trump says Sally Yates 'lying or grossly incompetent' on Comey testimony

President Trump said former deputy attorney general Sally Yates was either “lying or grossly incompetent” hours after she testified in front of the Senate over the FBI’s Russia investigation.

August 6, 2020

LeBron James says NBA won't be 'sad' about losing Trump as a viewer

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James on Wednesday said he doesn't think the NBA will miss President Trump as a viewer after the president recently declared his lack of interest in the league because of players kneeling for the national anthem.

August 5, 2020

Sally Yates threw 'radioactive' Comey 'under the bus' at Senate hearing, Graham says

Former FBI Director James Comey has become "radioactive" as more details about his actions during the Russia investigation become public, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. told "Hannity" on Wednesday.

August 5, 2020

Gregg Jarrett: Sally Yates says James Comey went 'rogue,' but she was just as unscrupulous

No serious person can view former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates as credible.

August 5, 2020

Ex-US attorney rejects Sally Yates claim Comey went 'rogue' on Flynn probe: 'I don't buy it'

Former South Florida U.S. Attorney Guy Lewis told "Outnumbered Overtime" Wednesday that he doesn't "buy" former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates' claim that then-FBI Director James Comey went "rogue" when he sent two agents to the White House in January 2017 to interview then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

August 5, 2020

Sen. Hawley takes Yates to task over FISA process, Steele contacts

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., grilled former deputy attorney general Sally Yates over her role in the use of Christopher Steele's dossier and FISA warrant applications to monitor former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, criticizing the Justice Department for a lack of accountability.