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WASHINGTON — Jack Posobiec had his Twitter sights set on James B. Comey. A pro-Trump activist notorious for his amateur sleuthing into red herrings like the “Pizzagate” hoax and a conspiracy theory involving the murder of a Democratic aide, Mr. Posobiec wrote on May 17 that Mr. Comey, the recently ousted F.B.I. director, had “said under oath that Trump did not ask him to halt any investigation.” It mattered little that Mr. Comey had said no such thing. The tweet quickly ricocheted through the ecosystem of fake news and disinformation on the far right, where Trump partisans like Mr.

WASHINGTON — A new figure has swept through the West Wing lately, a man with silver hair combed back across his head, rimless glasses perched on his nose, a white handkerchief tucked neatly into his suit pocket, a taste for legal pugilism and an uncertain role in a building confronted by a host of political and legal threats. Marc E.

BRANCHBURG, N.J. — President Trump is considering scrapping or postponing a planned visit to Britain this year amid a billowing backlash over comments he made after the recent terrorist attack in London, two administration officials said. Over the past week, Mr. Trump has expressed increasing skepticism to aides about the trip after coming under intense criticism for a misleading charge that he leveled against London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan.

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Democrats are facing a widening breach in their party, as liberal activists dream of transforming the health care system and impeaching President Trump, while candidates in hard-fought elections ask wary voters merely for a fresh chance at governing. The growing tension between the party’s ascendant militant wing and Democrats competing in conservative-leaning terrain, was on vivid, split-screen display over the weekend.

DUNWOODY, Ga. — Democrats are facing a widening breach in their party, as liberal activists dream of transforming the health care system and impeaching President Trump, while candidates in hard-fought elections ask wary voters merely for a fresh chance at governing. The growing tension between the party’s ascendant militant wing and Democrats competing in conservative-leaning terrain, was on vivid, split-screen display over the weekend.

Former New York U.S. Attorney Donald Trump. The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York was responding to a question from ABC News Chief Anchor Michael Flynn. "There is absolutely evidence to begin a case" for obstruction of justice by Trump, Bharara said in his first television interview since being fired by Trump in March. "No one knows right now whether there is a provable case of obstruction," Bharara added.

President Trump's son appeared to contradict his father's account of a conversation the president had with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. The president on Friday denied outright testimony by Comey to Congress that Trump said he hoped the FBI chief could let go of the Flynn probe. ABC Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl in the Rose Garden on Friday asked Trump about Comey's statement to Congress the day before.

A member of Twitter, calling it the "single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!" When Stephanopoulos asked if the president has tapes of his conversations with former FBI Director James Comey, and if so, whether he would release them.

Republican Senate Judiciary Committee Member President Trump. The Utah senator also told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on “This Week” Sunday that he hasn't seen 'even a scintilla' of evidence of collusion with Russia by Trump associates in an effort to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election. He added that if the special counsel leading the investigation into Russia meddling in the U.S.

The attorneys general of Donald Trump, alleging he violated the Constitution by allowing his businesses to accept payments from foreign governments, ABC News confirmed Sunday. In an advisory sent out on Sunday, D.C. Attorney General Karl A.