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posted onNovember 30, 2018
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Article snippet: Why does the latest bombshell story in the Russia investigation matter? One of the reasons becomes clear when you look at a timeline of events.   New evidence from two separate fronts of Robert Mueller’s investigation casts fresh doubts on Trump’s version of key events involving Russia.  The former FBI director says he wants to testify in public rather than behind closed doors.  The Trump administration is trying to demolish a basic rule that federal insurance subsidies can be used only for people buying health plans in marketplaces created under the law.   Why does the latest bombshell story in the Russia investigation matter? One of the reasons becomes clear when you look at a timeline of events.   President Trump’s former personal lawyer admitted to making false statements to a Senate committee about a plan to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.  President Donald Trump called his ex-lawyer a ‘weak person’ after news of a new guilty plea broke Thursday morning.   A Mexican restaurant in Westerly is getting backlash for its sale of T-shirts that it says advocated impeaching President Trump.  President Trump is canceling his G-20 summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin over Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, Trump announced in a tweet on Thursday.   Opinion | Philip Heymann and William Ruckelshaus There is clear legal and political framework forbidding the president’s selection of Matthew Whitaker to supervise the Mueller investigation.   Edit... Link to the full article to read more

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