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>>> TURNING TO A WHOLE OTHER BIG

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>>> TURNING TO A WHOLE OTHER BIG

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STORY, TRUMP ATTORNEY GENERAL

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BILL BARR MIGHT BE SOON FACING A

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KINDS OF WHISTLEBLOWER OF HIS

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OWN.

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THE NEWS TODAY THE STOP MUELLER

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PROSECUTOR TESTIFYING BEFORE A

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HOUSE PANEL NEXT WEEK.

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THIS IS ALL COMING OUT FAST.

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ONE OF FOUR PROSECUTORS WHO

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BASICALLY WON THE ROGER STONE

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CONVICTION BUT THEN RESIGNED IN

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PROTEST, ALL BECAUSE BILL BARR’S

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DOJ WAS INTERVENING IN THE CASE

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AND MAKING UNUSUAL MOVES TO GET

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A LIGHTER SENTENCE FOR THE

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PRESIDENT’S FORMER ADVISER.

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STONE SCHEDULED TO REPORT TO

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PRISON AT THE ENDS OF THIS MONTH

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UNLESS THE NEWS INTERVENES.

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JUST DAYS AFTER A FEDERAL JUDGE

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WEIGH IN THE BLASTING BILL BARR

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FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM.

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HIS QUOTE, PREPOSTEROUS MOVE TO

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GIVE LIGHTER TREATMENT.

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THIS TIME OUTRIGHT DISMISSAL OF

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CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST TRUMP’S

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FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

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MICHAEL FLYNN WHO PLED GUILTY.

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A WHISTLEBLOWER NOW ALSO CALLING

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THE DOJ ANTI-TRUST PROSECUTOR TO

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TESTIFY.

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THIS IS SOMETHING.

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HE WAS INVOLVED IN A TRUMP

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ADMINISTRATION’S ATTEMPT TO

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CHALLENGE A MERGER BETWEEN AT&T

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AND TIME WARNER.

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OKAY.

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BIG COMPANIES.

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WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?

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MANY EXPERTS SAID THIS WAS ABOUT

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DONALD TRUMP TRYING TO ABUSE

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POWER TO PUNISH CNN WHICH WAS

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WITHIN THAT FAMILY OF COMPANIES

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OWNED BY TIME WARNER.

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THE MERGER DID GO THROUGH.

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NOW WHAT IS THE COMMON THREAD

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HERE?

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THE QUESTION IS ONE OF BOTH

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ETHICS AND LAW.

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IS BILL BARR TRYING TO ABUSE HIS

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POWER TO PROTECT DONALD TRUMP TO

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SERVE HIS INTERESTS ABOVE THE

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COUNTRY IN IN HIS SENATE

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CONFIRMATION HEARING, TO GET

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THIS JOB, BARR SAID TRUMP HAD

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ASKED HIM AT ONE POINT TO BE HIS

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PERSONAL ATTORNEY.

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THE RELATIONSHIP EVOLVED SINCE

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THEN.

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>> HE SAID SOMETHING TO THE

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EFFECT LIKE, SO ARE YOU

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ENVISIONING SOME ROLE HERE?

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I SAID ACTUALLY, MR. PRESIDENT,

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RIGHT NOW, I COULDN’T DO IT.

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>> BARR INTERPRETS THE SPECIAL

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COUNSEL’S REPORT TO THE

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ADVANTAGE OF TRUMP.

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>> NOT SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH

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THE PRESIDENT COMMITTED AN

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OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE OFFENSE.

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>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS

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REALLY, REALLY SOLID AND DID A

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GREAT JOB TODAY.

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>> WHY DID THE JUSTICE

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DEPARTMENT PUBLICLY CHANGE

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STONE’S SENTENCING

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RECOMMENDATION AFTER THE

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PRESIDENT’S VERY PUBLIC

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CRITICISM?

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>> I WANT TO THANK THE JUSTICE

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DEPARTMENT FOR SEEING THIS

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HORRIBLE THING.

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>> YOU’RE SAYING YOU HAVE A

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PROBLEM WITH THE TWEETS.

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>> YES.

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WELL, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SOME