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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Incompetence Defense  —  During former FBI Director James Comey's dramatic testimony before the Senate on Thursday, Republican senators settled on a pair of strange arguments for why President Trump hadn't obstructed justice: He didn't try very hard, or he was really bad at it.
CNN:
Comey told senators Sessions may have met Russia's ambassador a third time  —  Comey: AG may have met ambassador a third time  — But the sources said it is possible the Russian ambassador exaggerated the extent of the encounter  —  Washington (CNN)Former FBI Director James Comey told senators …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump's lawyer to file complaint against Comey: report  —  President Trump's outside attorney is planning on filing a complaint against fired FBI Director James Comey with the Justice Department over his handling of memos on his interactions with the president, CNN reported Friday.
Washington Times:   Mr. Comey's not very good day
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Did Comey Violate Laws In Leaking The Trump Memo?
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:   In denying President Trump's abuse of power, Republicans have chosen party over country.
Wall Street Journal:   James Comey's Passion Play
Susan Crabtree / Washington Free Beacon:
Former Official: Obama Admin ‘Systematically Disbanded’ Units Investigating Iran's Terrorism Financing Networks
Discussion: Daily Wire
Richard Wolffe / The Guardian:   Comey's testimony shows: the impeachment machine is warming up
The Guardian:
May reaches deal with DUP to form government after shock election result  —  May expected to visit Queen to seek permission to form government after agreeing terms with Northern Ireland party  —  Theresa May has struck a deal with the Democratic Unionists that will allow her to form a government, sources have confirmed.
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Charlie Cooper / Politico:
5 takeaways from the UK election  —  An extraordinary night for British politics has ended in a hung parliament.  —  LONDON — It was an astonishing election by any estimation.  A prime minister humiliated, a Labour leader dismissed as a no-hoper massively outperforming expectations …
Discussion: Axios
BBC:
UK election 2017: UK set for hung parliament  —  The Conservatives have failed to win an overall majority, and the UK is now set for a hung parliament, says the latest BBC forecast.  —  It shows gains for the Labour Party after Thursday's general election.
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:   The Fall of Theresa May — and Donald Trump?
The Guardian:
May confirms intention to form government with help of Democratic Unionist party
Robert Barnes / LawNewz:
Comey was Before Congress to Indict Trump.  Instead, He Might Have Indicted Himself.  —  The key interlude occurred with the ubiquitous Kamala Harris, the same Senator Harris who failed the bar the first time she took the bar exam.  Only a Kamala-Comey marriage could birth this debacle:
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Department of Justice Issues Statement on Testimony of Former FBI Director James Comey  —  In response to testimony given today by former FBI Director James Comey, Department of Justice Spokesman Ian Prior issued the following statement:  — Shortly after being sworn in …
Discussion: Lawfare, his vorpal sword, IJR and The Week
Juliegrace Brufke / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: White House Orders House Members To Defend Trump On Cable News Following Comey Hearing
Politico:
Full text: James Comey testimony transcript on Trump and Russia
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
AJC poll: Ossoff opens lead over Handel in Georgia's 6th  —  An Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Friday shows Democrat Jon Ossoff has a 7-point edge over Republican Karen Handel in the nationally watched race to represent Georgia's 6th Congressional District.
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Richard Elliot / WSB-TV:
NEW POLL: Ossoff support increases after debate with Handel
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, the ‘Cloud’ Just Grew That Much Darker  —  WASHINGTON — Upset about the investigation into Russian interference in last year's election, President Trump sought relief from James B. Comey, then the F.B.I. director.  By Mr. Comey's account, Mr. Trump asked him to help “lift the cloud.”
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Bloomberg:
Comey Leaves Trump Under a Crippling ‘Cloud’ of Investigations
Discussion: Axios and The Atlantic
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Sen. John McCain's bizarre questioning of Comey
Kate Maltby / The Guardian:
Theresa May rejected the Tory detoxification project.  That's what's behind this mess  —  Once she talked of modernisation.  Then she allowed the flat-earthers of that toxicity, Lynton Crosby chief among them, to flourish at the top of the party … ost people have heard of the term …
Discussion: Refinery29
New York Times:
‘I Was Right’: As Trump Watches Comey on TV, Anxiety Yields to Relief  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump dipped in and out of the small dining room off the Oval Office on Thursday to monitor a television as James B. Comey, the ousted F.B.I. director, told a tortured tale — and to insist to his huddled legal team, “I was right.”
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Behind Trump's temporary silence: Why the counterpuncher let others do the punching
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans' emerging Trump defense: A naif in the Oval Office  —  As former FBI director James B. Comey held the political world in thrall Thursday from inside a packed Senate hearing room, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan walked into an unusually empty press briefing across the Capitol.
Discussion: Simple Justice and Politico
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Comey's Trump Testimony Will Haunt Republicans
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump just ended his second-longest Twitter drought since he declared his candidacy  —  President Trump wears his heart on his sleeve.  —  It was obvious on the campaign trail, where he'd talk about whatever popped into his head, railing against whatever was making him mad …
Abha Bhattarai / Washington Post:
Breitbart lost 90 percent of its advertisers in two months: Who's still there?  —  The number of advertisers on the alt-right site Breitbart.com has dropped 90 percent in recent months, from 242 in March to 26 in May, according to data from MediaRadar, a New York firm that tracks online advertising.
 
 
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