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| Comey testifies to Congress: Hillary Clinton did not lie to FBI – politics live | Comey testifies to Congress: Hillary Clinton did not lie to FBI – politics live |
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| 5.38pm BST | |
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| Trump promises to protect 'Article 12' powers | |
| Representative Mark Sanford of South Carolina says he was not impressed by Trump, the Washington Post reports, in part because Trump promised to protect “Article 12” powers, but there are only seven articles in the constitution. Here’s a constitution to read. | |
| Rep. Mark Sanford on Trump meeting: “I wasn’t particularly impressed. It was the normal stream of consciousness, long on hyperbole." | |
| More Sanford: When asked about Article I powers, Trump said he’d protect “all of them,” down to Article 12. “There is no Article 12." | |
| 5.32pm BST | |
| 17:32 | |
| Comey: 'I did not coordinate with anyone' | |
| Folks are bailing on the Comey grilling: | |
| GOP has impressive witness who would love to spend hours bashing Hillary Clinton for misconduct; choose manipulating him into defending her | |
| Most fired up Comey has when he testifies he did not coordinate with admin on announcement "I want to make sure I am definitive about that." | |
| WATCH: FBI Dir. James Comey forcefully tells congressman: 'I did not coordinate that with anybody' https://t.co/9GAqKPsPrK | |
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| at 5.34pm BST | |
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| Lawsuits against Trump linked to former Jerry Springer producer | |
| Lawsuits accusing Donald Trump of sexually assaulting a child in the 1990s appear to have been orchestrated by an eccentric anti-Trump campaigner with a record of making outlandish claims about celebrities, writes the Guardian’s Jon Swaine: | |
| Norm Lubow, a former producer on the Jerry Springer TV show, has previously been involved with disputed allegations that OJ Simpson bought illegal drugs on the day Simpson’s wife was murdered, and that Kurt Cobain’s widow had the Nirvana frontman killed. | |
| Court filings in California and New York against Trump, purportedly on behalf of a woman using the name Katie Johnson, have in recent weeks alleged that the presumptive Republican presidential nominee raped Johnson when she was 13. Trump vehemently denies the allegations. | |
| A publicist using the pseudonym “Al Taylor” is acting as a representative for Johnson, and has been shopping around to media outlets a video of a woman who wears a disguise while recounting the allegations against Trump. “Taylor” said in telephone calls last month that he was seeking $1m for the tape. Jezebel has published a segment of the videoalong with a detailed account of how the allegations against Trump were being pushed to reporters. | |
| A telephone number and an email address used by “Taylor” have also been used by Lubow, according to three sources who have worked with them. A longtime associate of Lubow also told the Guardian that Lubow used the identity “Al Taylor”. | |
| “Taylor” told the Guardian that he helped the alleged victim Johnson put together her first lawsuit against Trump, which was filed in California earlier this year. “She is a friend of mine,” he said, declining to make her available for interview. | |
| He then became threatening when asked more about his motivations in seeking the money for the video and about his true identity. “Just be warned: we’ll sue you if we don’t like what you write,” he said. “We’ll sue your ass, own your ass and own your newspaper’s ass as well, punk.” | |
| Read the full piece here: | |
| Related: Rape lawsuits against Donald Trump linked to former TV producer | |
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| at 5.40pm BST | |
| 5.19pm BST | |
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| Cruz and Trump meet | |
| Cruz has yet to endorse Trump and still seems somehow like an obstacle to the nomination for Trump: | |
| CRUZ and Trump are currently meeting at NRSC, per @NoahGrayCNN. | |
| Trump also met with the original #NeverTrump Republican senator, Nebraska’s Ben Sasse. It was a “gracious exchange,” says Sasse’s spokesman. PS: “this election remains a dumpster fire.” | |
| Statememt from Sasse spokesman. Sasse and Trump had a "gracious exchange" pic.twitter.com/5hg3w6YiIY | |
| 5.11pm BST | |
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| Here’s a photo from inside the Trump meeting with House Republicans this morning: | |
| "Chairman @Reince Priebus has been terrific- the @GOP has been great!" @realDonaldTrump #Trump2016 #AmericaFirst pic.twitter.com/Yrwe1FnfPC | |
| Here’s another photo: | |
| Republican senators emerge from a back alley behind a gas station after meeting with @realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/qAhXhVdR76 | |
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| 4.56pm BST | 4.56pm BST |
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| “We couldn’t find direct evidence” that any hostile actor acquired material from Clinton’s server, Comey says. | “We couldn’t find direct evidence” that any hostile actor acquired material from Clinton’s server, Comey says. |
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| at 4.57pm BST | at 4.57pm BST |
| 4.56pm BST | 4.56pm BST |
| 16:56 | 16:56 |
| Paul Ryan does not want to talk about the subject Donald Trump has been talking about most: his Star of David tweet. | Paul Ryan does not want to talk about the subject Donald Trump has been talking about most: his Star of David tweet. |
| Ryan doesn't comment on Trump standing by his Star of David tweet: "I'm just not going to get into the tweet talk." https://t.co/GZNnCvH1EG | Ryan doesn't comment on Trump standing by his Star of David tweet: "I'm just not going to get into the tweet talk." https://t.co/GZNnCvH1EG |
| 4.51pm BST | 4.51pm BST |
| 16:51 | 16:51 |
| Two rallies, two front pages, in a big city in a key state: | Two rallies, two front pages, in a big city in a key state: |
| The front pages of the Cincinnati Enquirer after Clinton and Trump's big recent rallies there pic.twitter.com/fbP8v4yzjh | The front pages of the Cincinnati Enquirer after Clinton and Trump's big recent rallies there pic.twitter.com/fbP8v4yzjh |
| 4.50pm BST | 4.50pm BST |
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| Comey says “a number of different people were assigned as administrators of that server”. A Republican congressman is walking through the server setup and how it was secured. | Comey says “a number of different people were assigned as administrators of that server”. A Republican congressman is walking through the server setup and how it was secured. |
| As a tactical matter, i am surprised more democrats aren't using this hearing to talk about #AltonSterling | As a tactical matter, i am surprised more democrats aren't using this hearing to talk about #AltonSterling |
| 4.42pm BST | 4.42pm BST |
| 16:42 | 16:42 |
| Comey is explaining the difference between the “extremely careless” behavior by Clinton as he described it, and “gross negligence” which would demand prosecution. | Comey is explaining the difference between the “extremely careless” behavior by Clinton as he described it, and “gross negligence” which would demand prosecution. |
| “The question of whether that amounts to gross negligence frankly is really not at the center of this,” Comey says, because only one such gross negligence case, he says, has been prosecuted in the last 100 years. | “The question of whether that amounts to gross negligence frankly is really not at the center of this,” Comey says, because only one such gross negligence case, he says, has been prosecuted in the last 100 years. |
| Comey said he knew from 30 years at the justice department that “There’s no way that anyone at the department of justice is bringing a case against John Doe or Hillary Clinton based on those facts”. | Comey said he knew from 30 years at the justice department that “There’s no way that anyone at the department of justice is bringing a case against John Doe or Hillary Clinton based on those facts”. |
| Representative Gerry Connolly asks Comey whether he’s a Republican. | Representative Gerry Connolly asks Comey whether he’s a Republican. |
| Comey: “I have been a registered Republican for most of my adult life. I’m not registered any longer.” | Comey: “I have been a registered Republican for most of my adult life. I’m not registered any longer.” |
| Whyever did he leave the GOP? | Whyever did he leave the GOP? |
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| 16:35 | 16:35 |
| Here’s another live feed of the Comey hearing – the original feed has gone offline: | Here’s another live feed of the Comey hearing – the original feed has gone offline: |
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| Comey repeats that only three emails had material marked classified. But the probe found classified information in 110 emails and top-secret information in eight email chains. | Comey repeats that only three emails had material marked classified. But the probe found classified information in 110 emails and top-secret information in eight email chains. |
| “There were three emails that down in the body... at the beginning of the paragraph had a parenthesis, a capital C and a parenthesis... [indicating] classified at the lowest level...Three emails bore C markings down in the body. | “There were three emails that down in the body... at the beginning of the paragraph had a parenthesis, a capital C and a parenthesis... [indicating] classified at the lowest level...Three emails bore C markings down in the body. |
| None of the emails had headers, Comey says. | None of the emails had headers, Comey says. |
| Update: Clinton’s communications team provides two of the emails. | Update: Clinton’s communications team provides two of the emails. |
| Here are two of the 'marked' emails. State has said both were marked in error https://t.co/blFAVHHafahttps://t.co/jL06DoPXSQ | Here are two of the 'marked' emails. State has said both were marked in error https://t.co/blFAVHHafahttps://t.co/jL06DoPXSQ |
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| at 4.48pm BST | at 4.48pm BST |
| 4.29pm BST | 4.29pm BST |
| 16:29 | 16:29 |
| Comey again kind of implies Clinton was kind of a doofus with classification designations: | Comey again kind of implies Clinton was kind of a doofus with classification designations: |
| Whether she was actually sophisticated enough to understand what a C in parens means... I’m not so sure. I think it’s possible, possible, that she didn’t understand what a C meant when she saw it in an email like that. | Whether she was actually sophisticated enough to understand what a C in parens means... I’m not so sure. I think it’s possible, possible, that she didn’t understand what a C meant when she saw it in an email like that. |
| 4.18pm BST | 4.18pm BST |
| 16:18 | 16:18 |
| Ryan on Trump: 'we had a great meeting' | Ryan on Trump: 'we had a great meeting' |
| .@SpeakerRyan statement on Trump meeting. pic.twitter.com/AGEoGbf6s9 | .@SpeakerRyan statement on Trump meeting. pic.twitter.com/AGEoGbf6s9 |
| 4.17pm BST | 4.17pm BST |
| 16:17 | 16:17 |
| Comey repeats that of the tens of thousands of Clinton emails reviewed by the FBI, “There were only three in the entire we batch we found with any markings that they were classified.” | Comey repeats that of the tens of thousands of Clinton emails reviewed by the FBI, “There were only three in the entire we batch we found with any markings that they were classified.” |
| 4.13pm BST | 4.13pm BST |
| 16:13 | 16:13 |
| Comey’s asked whether Trump’s retweeting “white genocide” Twitter doesn’t make it “easier for these groups to recruit.” His answer is good: | Comey’s asked whether Trump’s retweeting “white genocide” Twitter doesn’t make it “easier for these groups to recruit.” His answer is good: |
| I don’t think I’m in a position to answer that in an intelligent way sitting here. | I don’t think I’m in a position to answer that in an intelligent way sitting here. |
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| Trump received a standing ovation in his meeting with House Republicans this morning: | Trump received a standing ovation in his meeting with House Republicans this morning: |
| Trump apparently hasn't started speaking yet to members of Congress. He did receive a standing ovation. | Trump apparently hasn't started speaking yet to members of Congress. He did receive a standing ovation. |
| And Trump has brought his Saddam-killing-terrorists line with him to the House GOP meeting... | And Trump has brought his Saddam-killing-terrorists line with him to the House GOP meeting... |
| Rep. Price: Trump gave a speech on "unity" to House Republicans. He seems to have hit all their buttons: regulations, repealing Obamacare | Rep. Price: Trump gave a speech on "unity" to House Republicans. He seems to have hit all their buttons: regulations, repealing Obamacare |
| Apparently Trump said this morning that Jack Nicklaus will speak at the RNC | Apparently Trump said this morning that Jack Nicklaus will speak at the RNC |
| Peter King says Ivanka got an even warmer welcome from House R's than Trump did | Peter King says Ivanka got an even warmer welcome from House R's than Trump did |
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| 15:59 | 15:59 |
| Kushner cousins objects to his use of grandparents' Holocaust survival story to defend Trump | Kushner cousins objects to his use of grandparents' Holocaust survival story to defend Trump |
| Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner defended the candidate Wednesday from charges of anti-Semitism in part by telling the story of his grandparents’ survival of the Holocaust. | Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner defended the candidate Wednesday from charges of anti-Semitism in part by telling the story of his grandparents’ survival of the Holocaust. |
| But two cousins think Kushner should have left their grandparents out of it, Politico reports: | But two cousins think Kushner should have left their grandparents out of it, Politico reports: |
| “I have a different takeaway from my Grandparents’ experience in the war,” Marc Kushner, a New York City-based architect and first cousin, wrote in a Facebook post Thursday morning with a link to his cousin’s Op-Ed. “It is our responsibility as the next generation to speak up against hate. [Sic] Antisemitism or otherwise.” | “I have a different takeaway from my Grandparents’ experience in the war,” Marc Kushner, a New York City-based architect and first cousin, wrote in a Facebook post Thursday morning with a link to his cousin’s Op-Ed. “It is our responsibility as the next generation to speak up against hate. [Sic] Antisemitism or otherwise.” |
| Jacob Schulder, another cousin, went even further in a comment on Marc Kushner’s post, writing: “When an out of touch with reality nominee hires an out of touch with reality campaign manager, who is also a son-in-law, you get the BS Jared wrote. I don’t think Trump is an antiSemite; I think he’s a lying idiot (among other things) with little to no experiences outside his teetering fiefdom of failed development projects, divorces, bankrupted sports leagues, fraudulent “Universities” and golf courses (and the list keeps going). The very first thing a responsible campaign manager should do, I’d think, and I mean the very first thing, would be to take away his father-in-law’s Twitter account. Even Joseph Kushner would’ve had the street smarts to figure that one out while living on boiled potatoes in the forest.” | Jacob Schulder, another cousin, went even further in a comment on Marc Kushner’s post, writing: “When an out of touch with reality nominee hires an out of touch with reality campaign manager, who is also a son-in-law, you get the BS Jared wrote. I don’t think Trump is an antiSemite; I think he’s a lying idiot (among other things) with little to no experiences outside his teetering fiefdom of failed development projects, divorces, bankrupted sports leagues, fraudulent “Universities” and golf courses (and the list keeps going). The very first thing a responsible campaign manager should do, I’d think, and I mean the very first thing, would be to take away his father-in-law’s Twitter account. Even Joseph Kushner would’ve had the street smarts to figure that one out while living on boiled potatoes in the forest.” |
| There’s more where that came from – read the full piece here. (h/t @bencjacobs) | There’s more where that came from – read the full piece here. (h/t @bencjacobs) |