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WASHINGTON/May 19, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) — President Donald Trump told Russian diplomats last week his firing of “nut job” James Comey had eased the pressure on him, even as the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation had moved into the White House, accordi…
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WASHINGTON/May 19, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) — President Donald Trump says he is “very close” to naming a new FBI director.
An announcement could come Friday, the soft deadline Trump set for himself. The president departs Friday on his inaugural ove…
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WASHINGTON/May 18, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) — Four potential candidates to lead the FBI — including former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman — have met with President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
Former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keatin…
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WASHINGTON/May 17, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) — Former FBI Director Robert Mueller was given sweeping power Wednesday to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign, with a broad mandate that could encompass any questionable actions…
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WASHINGTON/May 17, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) — The Latest on the search for a new FBI director (all times EDT):
6:50 p.m.
Several candidates under consideration for FBI director are being paraded past reporters as they leave the White House followi…
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WASHINGTON/May 17, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) — Firing FBI Director James Comey is already coming back to haunt President Donald Trump.
In dismissing Comey last week, Trump created the very real possibility that a respected law enforcement official kno…
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WASHINGTON/May 13, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) — President Donald Trump is considering more than a dozen candidates to succeed ousted FBI Director James Comey, choosing from a group that includes several lawmakers, attorneys and law enforcement officials.
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WASHINGTON/May 13, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “we can make a fast decision” on a new FBI director, possibly by late next week, before he leaves on his first foreign trip since taking office.
“Even that is pos…
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WASHINGTON/May 9, 2017 (AP)(STL.News) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired James Comey as director of the FBI in the midst of the law enforcement agency’s investigation into whether Trump’s presidential campaign was connected to Russian meddling…
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WASHINGTON (AP)(STL.News) — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San Bernardino, Californ…
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