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  NEW: Trump just sued The New York Times for $15 billion over stories written by me,
  @peterbakernyt@russbuettner@susannecraig
  . The suit has no merit. It's just "an attempt to stifle and discourage independent reporting. The New York Times will not be deterred by intimidation
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  Text from my mom: "WTF who wrote that Op-Ed? You can tell me."
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  NEW: For the first time, the story of the 17 year old girl who testified that she had sex with Matt Gaetz for money. She was living in and out of a homeless shelter. She was working at McDonald's. She had just finished her junior year in high school. And she wanted extra money
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  BREAKING: In response to Barr's memo, the top DOJ official overseeing voter fraud investigations quit. w/
  @ktbenner
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  EXCLUSIVE: The White House chief of staff at the time, John Kelly, wrote a contemporaneous internal memo about how he had been “ordered” by the president to give Jared Kushner the top-secret clearance. w/
  @maggieNYT
  @adamgoldmanNYT
  @anniekarni
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  "The writer of the story, Maggie Haberman, a Hillary flunky, knows nothing about me and is not given access."
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  Trump wanted to fulfill campaign promise to "Lock Her Up." Tried 3xs to pressure Sessions into prosecuting Clinton. Episodes are unique because they show Trump going on offensive to target a rival. No president since Nixon is known to have attempted this.
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  "who I don’t speak to and have nothing to do with.."
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  EXCLUSIVE: White House lawyers warned the president in a memo that he could be impeached if he tried to get the Justice Department to investigate his rivals. w/
  @maggieNYT
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  EXCLUSIVE: Bolton book contains new, earlier, allegation of Trump's involvement in pressure campaign. Trump asked Bolton to call Zelensky to ensure he would meet w/Giuliani. Cipollone and Mulvaney were in room. w/
  @maggieNYT
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  Buried in our story: Trump said to Comey that he should consider putting reporters in prison
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  EXCLUSIVE: For the past 105 years, the team was called the Indians. That will be no more as Cleveland has decided to change its name. Announcement from team could come as early as this week. w/
  @DavidWaldstein
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  EXCLUSIVE: Bolton's book draft says Trump told him in August that he wanted to continue freezing aid to Ukraine until they helped with investigations into rivals. w/
  @maggieNYT
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  Book says nothing about mini-strokes.