Comey seeks to have indictment tossed for vindictive prosecution, questions about prosecutor’s appointment

[ad_1] Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey filed a slate of motions Monday, seeking to have the two-count federal indictment against him dismissed before a potential trial date early next year.  Comey’s attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald, moved to dismiss the case on the grounds that it is based on a vindictive and unlawful prosecution. He…

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10/20: Face the Nation – CBS News

[ad_1] This week on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Margaret Brennan speaks to Paul Whelan in his first interview being freed from a Russian prison. Plus, battleground state Secretaries of State Brad Raffensperger of Georgia and Jocelyn Benson of Michigan join as early voting begins. [ad_2] Source link

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Face the Nation: Lawler, Whelan

[ad_1] Missed the second half of the show? The latest on…Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York, who represents a district heavily targeted by Democrats, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that “all of the rhetoric needs to stop”, and Paul Whelan, a Marine veteran who was imprisoned in a Russian labor camp for…

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As Israel-Hamas clashes test Trump’s Gaza peace deal, Vance, Witkoff and Kushner all head to region

[ad_1] The fragile peace deal President Trump spearheaded between Israel and Hamas in Gaza appeared on Monday to have survived serious threats over the weekend. The top U.S. officials who helped negotiate the ceasefire and hostage release agreement — senior envoy Steve Witkoff and Mr. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner — were back in Israel on…

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Government shutdown live updates as Senate prepares for 11th vote to fund government

[ad_1] Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, said on “CBS Mornings” that a guaranteed vote on Democrats’ health care priorities won’t be enough to reopen the government, and he expressed alarm over the “broken” and “dysfunctional” health care system.  Along with the health insurance premiums that are set to rise without an extension of Affordable…

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