Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was wiretapped by U.S. investigators prior to and following the 2016 presidential election, sources claim. The wiretapping of Manafort as part of the investigation into Russia’s alleged interferen…
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Hillary Clinton: ‘I’m Done with Being a Candidate’ — WATCH
Hillary Clinton sat down with Jane Pauley on CBS Sunday Morning for a debriefing on the 2016 election and to discuss points she made in her new book What Happened. Clinton told Pauley that her career “as an active politician” is “ov…
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Seth Meyers Scolds Hillary Clinton: ‘Don’t Blame Bernie’ for Your Election Loss: WATCH
Seth Meyers told Hillary Clinton to stop blaming Bernie Sanders for her election loss in his recurring segment “Hey!” on Wednesday night. Clinton writes in her new book What Happened that Sanders paved the way for Trump’s attacks on…
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Facebook Sold $100,000 in Ads to Russians Seeking to Influence U.S. Election
Facebook told a congressional panel on Wednesday that it sold $100,000 in ads to a Russian company seeking to influence voters in the 2016 U.S. election. The Washington Post reports: Facebook officials reported that they traced the ad sales, totaling…
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Detailed ‘Washington Post’ Report Examines Putin’s Direct Hand in Hacking Election, Obama’s Response: WATCH
A new report in the Washington Post details how Vladimir Putin hacked the U.S. election to put Donald Trump in office and harm Hillary Clinton, and reveals Obama’s attempts to deal with the hacking as it happened. Writes the WaPo: It took time…
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FBI Arrests NSA Contractor for Leaking Top Secret Report to Press
A National Security Agency contractor named Reality Winner, 25, has been arrested by the FBI and charged with retaining and transmitting classified national defense information in violation of United States code 18 U.S.C. § 793(e). That’s according t…
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Russians Discussed ‘Derogatory’ Info They Had on Trump During 2016 Campaign: REPORT
Communications intercepted by U.S. intelligence during the 2016 presidential campaign suggested Russian officials had “derogatory” information on Donald Trump they could use to influence the outcome of the election, CNN reports: One sourc…
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Comey’s Testimony on Huma Abedin Forwarding Emails Was Inaccurate
FBI director James Comey generated national headlines last week with his dramatic testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, explaining his “incredibly painful” decision to go public about the Hillary Clinton emails found on Anthony Weiner’s laptop…
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Russian Hacker with Possible Link to Election Hacking Arrested in Spain at Request of FBI
Pyotr Levashov, a well-known Russian hacker, was arrested while on vacation in Spain and some reports suggest that the arrest, which was ordered by American authorities, is connected with the U.S. election hacking. The AP reports: Such arrests aren…
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Trump Trumps Trump: Chelsea Manning Edition
This is a new feature of Daily Resist with easier and more satisfying updates on all this. Feedback at the end. Trump: …berates Chelsea Manning for calling Obama weak (*quoting Fox News verbatim) Ungrateful TRAITOR Chelsea Manning, who should…
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