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Part 135, some of Russian meddling, and related, material from F6 big ones. These from Thursday, 02/01/18,
headed, Background Briefing Previewing the President’s Address to the World Economic Forum
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Into the second third these four

Tribe: Trump firing Mueller would be a “crime"
The Beat with Ari Melber
1/26/18
Trump returns to U.S. amid bombshell report he tried to fire Mueller. Harvard Constitutional Law Professor
Laurence Tribe on why that firing would be a “crime” and whether Trump could now be indicted for obstructing justice.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/tribe-trump-firing-mueller-would-be-a-crime-1147185731656

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The timeline: Trump ordering Mueller fired
The Beat with Ari Melber
1/26/18
Trump reportedly tried to fire Mueller in June 2017. Ari Melber breaks down the significance
of this month in the Russia investigation, and the timeline leading up to it.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/the-timeline-trump-ordering-mueller-fired-1147179587795

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Why the right turned on Mueller as probe heated up
The Beat with Ari Melber
1/26/18
The New York Times is reporting Trump tried to fire Mueller in June, the same month right
wing conservative media and Republican lawmakers ramped up attacks on the Special Counsel.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/why-the-right-turned-on-mueller-as-probe-heated-up-1147182659857

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The Nixon precedent that could undo the Trump presidency

The Beat with Ari Melber
1/26/18
Ari Melber’s special report breaks down one court case that stops Trump from firing Mueller.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/the-nixon-precedent-that-could-undo-the-trump-presidency-1147177539614 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwtX-t8eiYc [with comments]

Late in the first half these two

Trump calls report he ordered Mueller fired 'fake news'
All In with Chris Hayes
1/26/18
President Trump gave a classic Trumpian non-denial to the New York Times’ blockbuster report that he ordered Mueller to be fired last June.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-calls-report-he-ordered-mueller-fired-fake-news-1147164739689

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Fox News flummoxed by Trump-Mueller story

All In with Chris Hayes
1/26/18
In 24 hours, Trump TV goes from claiming the story is false, to saying maybe
it's true, to telling viewers not to worry about it, back to actually it's false.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/fox-news-flummoxed-by-trump-mueller-story-1147167299542 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfTf1lsx5uE [with comments]

Skip one to another Trump claim which Mueller surely has noted before now

Trump: I have one of the great memories of all time. Or do I?

All In with Chris Hayes
1/26/18
A funny thing happens whenever Trump gets in front of a lawyer, as he might
have to do with Mueller and his team - his great memory suddenly fails.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/trump-i-have-one-of-the-great-memories-of-all-time-or-do-i-1147173443728 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4hM3Z-z3Rs [with comments]

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Mueller vulnerable to Trump, Republicans

The Rachel Maddow Show
1/26/18
Neal Katyal, former acting solicitor general who wrote the special counsel rules, talks with Joy Reid about
the vulnerabilities of the special counsel to smears and sabotage by Donald Trump and Republicans.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/mueller-still-vulnerable-to-trump-republican-smears-sabotage-1147227203926 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJW6-eiCeCk [with comments]

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Senators rush to protect Mueller from Trump with new law
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/26/18
Senator Cory Booker talks with Joy Reid about his concerns about Donald Trump's threat to special
counsel Robert Mueller's investigation and legislation he has proposed to protect Mueller from Trump.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/senators-rush-to-protect-mueller-from-trump-1147229251515

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Can a sitting president be indicted?
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/26/18
Nick Akerman, former Watergate prosecutor, talks with Joy Reid about the peculiar
and nearly untested legal liabilities of the president of the United States.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/can-a-sitting-president-be-charged-with-a-crime-1147233347674

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Trump's golf fee problem bigger than Mueller
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/26/18
Joy Reid points out that while Donald Trump's dubious accusation that Robert Mueller is biased against him because of a years-old
golf fee dispute is being debunked, Trump was actually ordered by a court to refund millions to members of one of his courses.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-s-golf-fee-problem-bigger-than-mueller-1147244611691

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Fishy Trump golf funding likely to be probed
The Rachel Maddow Show
1/26/18
Joy Reid reports on the hundreds of millions of dollars in cash invested in Donald Trump's golf courses and notes
that Eric Trump once explained that the source for that money was Russia, though his remarks were later denied.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-golf-funding-a-rich-avenue-of-inquiry-for-mueller-probe-1147244099907

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“Fire & Fury” author Michael Wolff: Mueller became an “obsession” for Trump

The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/26/18
Michael Wolff, the author of “Fire & Fury,” tells Lawrence that Mueller became an obsession for Trump in summer of 2017. Lawrence also asks Wolff
about a reporter asking Nikki Haley about the President and an affair. Wolff joins Lawrence for his first interview since the new Mueller story broke.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/-fire-fury-author-michael-wolff-mueller-became-an-obsession-for-trump-1147243587753 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKMVSh4YBuA [with comments]

Make that a must watch due to Wolff's explanation of how it may be difficult for Mueller
to prove intent. As Trump is willy-nilly saying he's gonna fire people continuously.

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Will Republicans stop Trump from firing Mueller?
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell
1/26/18
Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) is on one of the committees investigating the Trump campaign and Russia and he worries
that Republicans are trying to attack Mueller instead of trying to conduct a thorough investigation. Rep. Schiff joins Lawrence.
©2018 NBCNews.com
http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/will-republicans-stop-trump-from-firing-mueller-1147244099875

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Trump returns from Davos to a growing Russia controversy

The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/27/18
Back from the glitz and glamour of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, Pres. Trump returns to a Washington obsessed with
reports that he ordered Robert Mueller fired last June only backing down when White House Counsel Don McGahn threatened to quit.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 26, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/trump-returns-from-davos-to-a-growing-russia-controversy-1147276867687 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stquwwcfBbE [with comments]

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How worried is GOP about Trump? It's an '11 out of 10'

The 11th Hour with Brian Williams
1/27/18
We talk to our panel of political reporters to get a sense of how worried Republicans in DC are about
the chaos in the Trump White House with Russia looming and the State of the Union just days away.
©2018 NBCNews.com
[originally aired January 26, 2018]
http://www.msnbc.com/brian-williams/watch/how-worried-is-gop-about-trump-it-s-an-11-out-of-10-1147280451785 , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dNSfPlfOkc [with comments]

To "stashed January 26, 2018:"

How Trump Built an Obstruction of Justice Case Against Himself
The president’s pattern of behavior may be enough to surmount the high legal threshold for proving that he sought to stifle the special counsel’s investigation.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/01/how-trump-built-an-obstruction-of-justice-case-against-himself/551588/

Mueller mania and midterm madness
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/370851-mueller-mania-and-midterm-madness

Trump’s Efforts to Oust Mueller Show the ‘Cancer’ on This Presidency
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/26/opinion/trump-mueller-firing-cancer.html

The Daily 202: Five takeaways from Trump’s thwarted effort to fire Mueller
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/01/26/daily-202-five-takeaways-from-trump-s-thwarted-effort-to-fire-mueller/5a6aa8d130fb041c3c7d73cc/

Trump denies he called for Mueller's firing
The call for Mueller's firing came just a month after Trump fired former FBI Director James Comey
Trump denied on Friday that he'd moved to fire Mueller
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/25/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller/index.html

Watch ‘Fox & Friends’ Struggle With News That Trump Tried To Fire Mueller
“Do ya even care?”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/fox-and-friends-trump-fire-mueller_us_5a6b36f1e4b0ddb658c5ba3a

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dxQPWuPbXznErHMbG-sQ7rU5B2e5M?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

The Russia threat is real -- and it matters
[Add excerpt here:
"We never saw this during the Cold War. Back then, there were some rules, some decorum... Now, all decorum
has been cast aside," Lavrov told Russian daily Kommersant in an interview published on January 21.]
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/26/europe/russia-threat-real-or-hysteria-intl/index.html

[Decorum and Trump don't exactly sit together well.]

The Dutch were a secret U.S. ally in war against Russian hackers, local media reveal
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/01/26/dutch-media-reveal-country-to-be-secret-u-s-ally-in-war-against-russian-hackers/

Dutch intelligence agency spied on Russian hacking group: media
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-netherlands-russia-cybercrime/dutch-intelligence-agency-spied-on-russian-hacking-group-media-idUSKBN1FE34W

Dutch security service hackers monitored Russian interference in US: media
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2018/01/dutch-security-service-hackers-monitored-russian-interference-in-us-media/

Release the Dutch Evidence of the DNC Hack
If the Dutch intelligence service watched the Russians breach the Democratic National Committee, there's no more reason to hide the evidence.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-26/release-the-dutch-evidence-of-the-dnc-hack

more: https://news.google.com/news/story/dmKSiQVibMfZTiMdsks4QavIcF9RM?ned=us&gl=US&hl=en

Russian Agents Organized 129 U.S. Election Events Via Facebook
More than 62,000 Americans said they would attend the events.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/facebook-us-election-events-russia-agents-fake_us_5a6b4beae4b0ddb658c5da84

Key Republican Dials Back Effort to Protect Robert Mueller From Donald Trump
Sen. Thom Tillis was one of the first Republicans to try to save the special counsel. Now he says his bill isn’t urgent, even after news Trump tried to fire Mueller.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/key-republican-dials-back-effort-to-protect-robert-mueller-from-donald-trump

more: https://www.google.com/search?q=key+republican+dials+back