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  1. book deals
    James Comey Trades Memoirs for a Life of Crime (Novels)Murder, he wrote.
    By Zoe Guy
  2. the national interest
    Barr Investigating Comey Again, Is Going After Trump’s Enemies One by OneThe pattern is selectively holding Trump foes to the highest standards, while sparing his allies.
    By Jonathan Chait
  3. james comey
    James Comey: Don’t Impeach Trump – That Would Let Voters ‘Off the Hook’Comey explains that Congress should keep a criminal in the Oval Office to teach the American people a valuable lesson about owning their mistakes.
    By Eric Levitz
  4. james comey
    Justice Department Report: Comey Broke Rules With LeaksThe report also notes that the department declined to prosecute Comey, which won’t keep Trump from claiming vindication for his witch-hunt charges.
    By Ed Kilgore
  5. the national interest
    The Banal Complicity of Rod RosensteinThe departing deputy attorney general attacks Jim Comey as “partisan” and defends his service to Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. mueller time
    Comey Calls Trump a Devourer of SoulsThe former FBI Director dissects the gradual self-corruption of Attorney General Barr and other Trump servants.
    By Ed Kilgore
  7. politics
    Oh Brother, James Comey Is Outside AgainFollowing the release of the Mueller report, the former FBI director took to the forest.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  8. the national interest
    Proven Liar Sarah Sanders Asked About Lying, Lies AgainShe’s only sorry she’s not “a robot” who tells the truth.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. russia investigation
    FBI Investigated Trump to Determine if He Was Working for Russia While in OfficeAfter the ouster of James Comey, the FBI was so concerned that it opened an investigation into whether Trump was working on behalf of the Kremlin.
    By Matt Stieb
  10. attorney general
    Bush AG William Barr, a Law-and-Order Conservative, Favorite to Succeed SessionsBarr seems to share a number of Trump perspectives related to the Mueller investigation, but he’s best known as a big fan of mass incarceration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. donald trump
    Trump Asked the White House Counsel to Instruct DOJ to Prosecute His EnemiesDonald McGahn warned Trump this sort of thinking could get him impeached. But he didn’t listen.
    By Ed Kilgore
  12. the national interest
    Trump: I Have 100 Pictures of Mueller and Comey Hugging and KissingIn Russia, Trump kompromat you.
    By Jonathan Chait
  13. White House Pointlessly Threatens to Revoke Security Clearances From CriticsSome don’t actually have them, and the rest aren’t using them, but whatever.
    By Ed Kilgore
  14. Republicans Want to Shut Mueller Down Over IG Report That Isn’t Even About HimFBI bias didn’t affect the Clinton probe … so according to Giuliani and other Trump allies, Mueller must be “suspended” immediately.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  15. DOJ Report Confirms That the President Is a Dishonest Conspiracy TheoristThe Justice Department’s inspector general finds “no evidence” that the FBI was biased in its handling of the Clinton email investigation.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. the national interest
    Why Congress Wouldn’t Impeach Trump for Shooting James Comey“If he shot James Comey, he’d be impeached the next day,” Giuliani said. But would he?
    By Jonathan Chait
  17. Trump Wanted Rosenstein to Give More Obstruction-y Reason for Comey FiringFormer FBI deputy director Andy McCabe reportedly worried that Rosenstein gave Trump “cover” by opting not to blame the Russia probe.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. the national interest
    Trump’s New Russia Scandal Theory: The FBI Set Him Up. There’s One Small Flaw.James Comey’s apparent plot was to launch an “October surprise” revealing Trump was being investigated on Russia.
    By Jonathan Chait
  19. Giuliani Walks Back Confusing Comments on Trump, Comey — Creates More ConfusionTrump’s new lead lawyer tried to undo some of the damage he did to his client in earlier comments, but left a lot of questions unresolved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Trump’s Fox & Friends Interview Is Already Creating Legal ProblemsHighlights from a batty rant with Trump’s best “friends.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  21. the national interest
    Trump Told Comey He Wasn’t in Moscow Long Enough to Make a Pee Tape. He Lied.Another piece of evidence for the Peelievers.
    By Jonathan Chait
  22. Trump Attacks Comey and Haberman, Goes on Misspelling RampageThe president is worried, with good reason, that Michael Cohen is about to turn on him.
    By Benjamin Hart
  23. select all
    Trump’s Two Favorite Things, James Comey and Amazon, UniteThe former FBI head will speak at Amazon next week.
    By Brian Feldman
  24. the national interest
    Republicans Now Believe James Comey Used the Pee Tape to Set a Trap for TrumpAn innocent family business operator, naïve to the ways of Washington, was accosted by a scheming, predatory deep state operator.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. Michael Flynn’s Comeback Is OnTrump’s disgraced former national security adviser has emerged on the conservative speaking circuit.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. Everything We Learned From the James Comey MemosTrump’s House GOP allies demanded their release, though they highlight his desire to jail reporters, his McCabe grudge, and his pee-tape fixation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. White Working-Class Voters May Not Care About Trump ScandalsSo what if the president is a little bit piggy and a little bit thuggy?
    By Ed Kilgore
  28. the national circus
    Sean Hannity Will Remain Trump’s Shadow Chief of StaffEven while posing as an honest broker on Fox News.
    By Frank Rich
  29. Don’t Tell Us Comey’s Judgments About Trump: His Judgment’s TerribleJames Comey is obscuring his own testimony about Trump’s actions by insisting on pontificating about them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the national interest
    Michael Cohen and the Busting of the Trump Crime FamilyThe Trump investigation is becoming a mob story.
    By Jonathan Chait
  31. the national interest
    The White House Just Admitted James Comey Swung the Election to TrumpKellyanne Conway was probably not supposed to say that part out loud.
    By Jonathan Chait
  32. The Biggest Revelations From James Comey’s ABC InterviewComey repeatedly compared Trump to a Mob boss, recalled his obsession with the “pee tape,” and declared him “morally unfit to be president.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  33. Trump Attacks Comey, Declares He’s Reclaiming ‘Mission Accomplished’Your regularly scheduled weekend-morning rant from the president.
    By Benjamin Hart
  34. politics
    Comey Confirms That Hillary Clinton’s Inevitability Was Her UndoingLike many others, Comey bought into the overconfidence of a Clinton victory, but few had as much power to derail her campaign.
    By Ed Kilgore
  35. the national interest
    I’m a Peeliever and You Should Be, Too. 5 Reasons the Pee Tape Is Probably Real.I used to doubt the pee tape existed. A lot of evidence has made me think it probably does.
    By Jonathan Chait
  36. Trump: James Comey Is a ‘Liar,’ ‘Leaker’ and ‘Untruthful Slime Ball’Meanwhile, a new poll shows Americans trust Comey more than Trump.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  37. The Comey Memoir’s Most Damning Allegation Against TrumpAfter Comey briefed Trump’s team on Russian interference, they asked no questions — but rather, discussed how to “spin” the revelations.
    By Eric Levitz
  38. the national interest
    Trump Attacks Comey for Handing Him the PresidencyThe crisis to the system Comey tried to avoid by placating Trump in 2016 is now upon us.
    By Jonathan Chait
  39. Comey: Trump Asked Me to Investigate ‘Pee Tape’ to Prove It Didn’t ExistComey writes that the president asked if the FBI could investigate the “golden showers thing” to prove to Melania that it wasn’t true.
    By Eric Levitz
  40. Comey: John Kelly Called Trump ‘Dishonorable’ for Firing MeThe boss isn’t going to like this.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  41. Why the GOP’s Campaign Against ‘Lyin’ Comey’ Makes No SenseComey’s credibility doesn’t actually matter — Trump has already, personally confirmed the former FBI director’s most damning allegation.
    By Eric Levitz
  42. Lordy, Tickets to James Comey’s Book Tour Are Going for $850Probably not worth it.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  43. Trump Attacks Mueller Personally on TwitterAnother warning sign that he may be preparing to do something drastic.
    By Benjamin Hart
  44. politics
    Comey Uses Trump Attack to Tease His Upcoming BookHe says Americans will be able to “judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not” very soon.
    By Chas Danner
  45. Reports: McCabe Kept Memos of Interactions With TrumpHis firing may turn out to be another big headache for the president.
    By Benjamin Hart
  46. Jeff Sessions Fires Andrew McCabe Two Days Before RetirementThis sure looks like the result of a political vendetta.
    By Benjamin Hart
  47. Trump Didn’t Unify the FBI by Firing Comey. He Demoralized It.Newly released internal FBI emails cut against Trump’s characterization of the agency’s morale.
    By Ed Kilgore
  48. FBI Agent Accused of Fatal Anti-Trump Bias May Have Helped Him Win the ElectionDid Peter Strzok help tilt the election to Trump and then make up for it by inventing the Russia-collusion story? Probably not!
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. Trump Reportedly Asked Acting FBI Chief Whom He Voted for, Didn’t Like AnswerDuring his chat with Andrew McCabe, Trump also complained about donations to McCabe’s wife’s campaign, which he’s falsely linked to Hillary Clinton.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  50. FBI Chief’s Reported Threat to Quit Over Trump Pressure Is Weirdly EncouragingThe part where Christopher Wray resisted calls to fire his deputy, not Trump’s continued attacks on the FBI’s independence.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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