Новости за 13.04.2018

Trump issues pardon to 'Scooter' Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney
Washington Post
President Trump issued a pardon Friday to Lewis “Scooter” Libby, offering forgiveness to a former chief of staff to Vice President Richard B. Cheney who was convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice related to the leak of a CIA officer's identity ...
Trump pardons ex-Cheney aide Scooter LibbyCNN
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Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Negotiated $1.6 Million Settlement for Top Republican Fundraiser
Wall Street Journal
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer negotiated a deal in late 2017 to pay $1.6 million to a former Playboy model who said she was impregnated by a top Republican fundraiser, according to people familiar with the matter. Michael Cohen, whose office ...
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Wells Fargo Still Hasn't Dealt With Its Scandal Problem
Bloomberg
There is a typical arc of bank scandals. Wells Fargo appears to be caught in a feedback loop, and its first-quarter earnings provided more evidence of that. Wells Fargo said Friday morning that its quarterly earnings per share rose just 8 percent to $1 ...
Fargo Profits Up, but Potential Settlement May Change ThatU.S. News & World Report
Wells Fargo faces $1 billion fine to settle loan abusesReuters
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AP source: Trump expected to pardon former Cheney aide Scooter Libby
PBS NewsHour
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to pardon I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a person familiar with the president's decision. The person said the announcement could come as early as Friday ...
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'Untruthful slime ball': Trump blasts Comey as details emerge from scathing book
Washington Post
President Trump on Friday lashed out at former FBI director James B. Comey on Twitter, calling him a “weak and untruthful slime ball” who deserved to be fired “for the terrible job he did.” “It was my great honor to fire James Comey!” Trump wrote in ...
Trump Calls Comey 'Untruthful Slime Ball' as Book Details ReleasedNew York Times
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How Syria's Death Toll Is Lost in the Fog of War
New York Times
In seven years, the casualties of Syria's civil war have grown from the first handful of protesters shot by government forces to hundreds of thousands of dead. But as the war has dragged on, growing more diffuse and complex, many international ...
Inspectors head to site of suspected gas attack in SyriaWashington Post
Russia warns of 'dangerous' escalation over SyriaBBC News
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Trump Plans to Pardon Scooter Libby in CIA Leak Case
New York Times
I. Lewis Libby Jr. in 2007 in Washington. President Trump plans to pardon Mr. Libby, who goes by Scooter, a person familiar with the decision said on Thursday.CreditAndrew Councill for The New York Times. By Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman. April 12 ...
Trump expected to pardon former Cheney aide 'Scooter' LibbyWashington Post
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James Comey Has a Story to Tell. It's Very Persuasive.
New York Times
A HIGHER LOYALTY Truth, Lies, and Leadership By James Comey 290 pages. Flatiron Books. $29.99. In his absorbing new book, “A Higher Loyalty,” the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey calls the Trump presidency a “forest fire” that is doing serious ...
5 Insights From Comey's Memoir: Ex-FBI Chief Blasts Trump As Mob-LikeNPR
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Trump flirts with re-entering massive trade pact
Politico
President Donald Trump mollified some of his most ardent trade critics on Thursday, opening up the door to re-engaging in a massive trade deal he campaigned against and reassuring them that a NAFTA renegotiation is on track. After alarming free-trade ...
Trump Proposes Rejoining Trans-Pacific PartnershipNew York Times
Farm state Republicans push Trump on trade concernsCNN
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James Comey's memoir: Trump fixates on proving lewd dossier allegations false
Washington Post
The nation's intelligence chiefs had just finished briefing Donald Trump on Russia's interference in the 2016 election when FBI Director James B. Comey stayed behind to discuss some especially sensitive material: a “widely circulated” intelligence ...
James Comey Has a Story to Tell. It's Very Persuasive.New York Times
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