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  1. movie review
    Netflix’s New Martha Stewart Documentary Makes Her More Powerful Than EverA new Netflix documentary charts the lifestyle mogul’s rise and fall (and rise) while giving us glimpses of her dark side.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  2. book deals
    James Comey Trades Memoirs for a Life of Crime (Novels)Murder, he wrote.
    By Zoe Guy
  3. based on true events
    Jeff Daniels and Brendan Gleeson Take You Back to 2016 in The Comey Rule TrailerThe two-part Showtime limited series premieres on September 27.
    By Halle Kiefer
  4. casting
    Jeff Daniels Will Play James Comey to Brendan Gleeson’s Donald TrumpThe series will “likely” air before Election Day.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  5. the national interest
    Barr Investigating Comey Again, Is Going After Trump’s Enemies One by OneThe pattern is selectively holding Trump foes to the highest standards, while sparing his allies.
    By Jonathan Chait
  6. james comey
    James Comey: Don’t Impeach Trump – That Would Let Voters ‘Off the Hook’Comey explains that Congress should keep a criminal in the Oval Office to teach the American people a valuable lesson about owning their mistakes.
    By Eric Levitz
  7. james comey
    Justice Department Report: Comey Broke Rules With LeaksThe report also notes that the department declined to prosecute Comey, which won’t keep Trump from claiming vindication for his witch-hunt charges.
    By Ed Kilgore
  8. the national interest
    The Banal Complicity of Rod RosensteinThe departing deputy attorney general attacks Jim Comey as “partisan” and defends his service to Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  9. mueller time
    Comey Calls Trump a Devourer of SoulsThe former FBI Director dissects the gradual self-corruption of Attorney General Barr and other Trump servants.
    By Ed Kilgore
  10. politics
    Oh Brother, James Comey Is Outside AgainFollowing the release of the Mueller report, the former FBI director took to the forest.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  11. the national interest
    Proven Liar Sarah Sanders Asked About Lying, Lies AgainShe’s only sorry she’s not “a robot” who tells the truth.
    By Jonathan Chait
  12. the pee tape
    Absolutely Every Single Thing We Know About the Pee TapeUpdated with new information from the Mueller report.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  13. attention seeking
    Wow, James Comey Is Really Going Through ItThe former FBI director posted some very moody tweets this weekend.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  14. russia investigation
    FBI Investigated Trump to Determine if He Was Working for Russia While in OfficeAfter the ouster of James Comey, the FBI was so concerned that it opened an investigation into whether Trump was working on behalf of the Kremlin.
    By Matt Stieb
  15. attorney general
    Bush AG William Barr, a Law-and-Order Conservative, Favorite to Succeed SessionsBarr seems to share a number of Trump perspectives related to the Mueller investigation, but he’s best known as a big fan of mass incarceration.
    By Ed Kilgore
  16. donald trump
    Trump Asked the White House Counsel to Instruct DOJ to Prosecute His EnemiesDonald McGahn warned Trump this sort of thinking could get him impeached. But he didn’t listen.
    By Ed Kilgore
  17. the national interest
    Trump: I Have 100 Pictures of Mueller and Comey Hugging and KissingIn Russia, Trump kompromat you.
    By Jonathan Chait
  18. last night on late night
    Amy Poehler Swoops in to Help Unpack James Comey’s TweetThe former Weekend Update duo asked the question that was on everyone’s minds.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  19. White House Pointlessly Threatens to Revoke Security Clearances From CriticsSome don’t actually have them, and the rest aren’t using them, but whatever.
    By Ed Kilgore
  20. Republicans Want to Shut Mueller Down Over IG Report That Isn’t Even About HimFBI bias didn’t affect the Clinton probe … so according to Giuliani and other Trump allies, Mueller must be “suspended” immediately.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  21. DOJ Report Confirms That the President Is a Dishonest Conspiracy TheoristThe Justice Department’s inspector general finds “no evidence” that the FBI was biased in its handling of the Clinton email investigation.
    By Eric Levitz
  22. the national interest
    Why Congress Wouldn’t Impeach Trump for Shooting James Comey“If he shot James Comey, he’d be impeached the next day,” Giuliani said. But would he?
    By Jonathan Chait
  23. Trump Wanted Rosenstein to Give More Obstruction-y Reason for Comey FiringFormer FBI deputy director Andy McCabe reportedly worried that Rosenstein gave Trump “cover” by opting not to blame the Russia probe.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  24. the national interest
    Trump’s New Russia Scandal Theory: The FBI Set Him Up. There’s One Small Flaw.James Comey’s apparent plot was to launch an “October surprise” revealing Trump was being investigated on Russia.
    By Jonathan Chait
  25. Giuliani Walks Back Confusing Comments on Trump, Comey — Creates More ConfusionTrump’s new lead lawyer tried to undo some of the damage he did to his client in earlier comments, but left a lot of questions unresolved.
    By Ed Kilgore
  26. fandom
    Is James Comey a Secret Beyoncé Fan?The former FBI director once sung one of her songs during an FBI briefing.
    By Amanda Arnold
  27. Trump’s Fox & Friends Interview Is Already Creating Legal ProblemsHighlights from a batty rant with Trump’s best “friends.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. [redacted]
    James Comey Is Serving Up Cheeky Cocktails at His Book Party[REDACTED].
    By Amanda Arnold
  29. the national interest
    Trump Told Comey He Wasn’t in Moscow Long Enough to Make a Pee Tape. He Lied.Another piece of evidence for the Peelievers.
    By Jonathan Chait
  30. Trump Attacks Comey and Haberman, Goes on Misspelling RampageThe president is worried, with good reason, that Michael Cohen is about to turn on him.
    By Benjamin Hart
  31. select all
    Trump’s Two Favorite Things, James Comey and Amazon, UniteThe former FBI head will speak at Amazon next week.
    By Brian Feldman
  32. the national interest
    Republicans Now Believe James Comey Used the Pee Tape to Set a Trap for TrumpAn innocent family business operator, naïve to the ways of Washington, was accosted by a scheming, predatory deep state operator.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. Michael Flynn’s Comeback Is OnTrump’s disgraced former national security adviser has emerged on the conservative speaking circuit.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  34. Everything We Learned From the James Comey MemosTrump’s House GOP allies demanded their release, though they highlight his desire to jail reporters, his McCabe grudge, and his pee-tape fixation.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  35. White Working-Class Voters May Not Care About Trump ScandalsSo what if the president is a little bit piggy and a little bit thuggy?
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. the national circus
    Sean Hannity Will Remain Trump’s Shadow Chief of StaffEven while posing as an honest broker on Fox News.
    By Frank Rich
  37. last night on late night
    James Comey Tells Colbert Why He Was Surprised When Trump ‘Whacked’ Him“I don’t know if you’ve dealt with mob bosses before, but they don’t like to be investigated.”
    By Tolly Wright
  38. Don’t Tell Us Comey’s Judgments About Trump: His Judgment’s TerribleJames Comey is obscuring his own testimony about Trump’s actions by insisting on pontificating about them.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the national interest
    Michael Cohen and the Busting of the Trump Crime FamilyThe Trump investigation is becoming a mob story.
    By Jonathan Chait
  40. the national interest
    The White House Just Admitted James Comey Swung the Election to TrumpKellyanne Conway was probably not supposed to say that part out loud.
    By Jonathan Chait
  41. political burns
    The Best Trump Burns From James Comey’s ABC Interview“He looked slightly orange up close.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  42. The Biggest Revelations From James Comey’s ABC InterviewComey repeatedly compared Trump to a Mob boss, recalled his obsession with the “pee tape,” and declared him “morally unfit to be president.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. Trump Attacks Comey, Declares He’s Reclaiming ‘Mission Accomplished’Your regularly scheduled weekend-morning rant from the president.
    By Benjamin Hart
  44. politics
    Comey Confirms That Hillary Clinton’s Inevitability Was Her UndoingLike many others, Comey bought into the overconfidence of a Clinton victory, but few had as much power to derail her campaign.
    By Ed Kilgore
  45. the national interest
    I’m a Peeliever and You Should Be, Too. 5 Reasons the Pee Tape Is Probably Real.I used to doubt the pee tape existed. A lot of evidence has made me think it probably does.
    By Jonathan Chait
  46. Trump: James Comey Is a ‘Liar,’ ‘Leaker’ and ‘Untruthful Slime Ball’Meanwhile, a new poll shows Americans trust Comey more than Trump.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  47. The Comey Memoir’s Most Damning Allegation Against TrumpAfter Comey briefed Trump’s team on Russian interference, they asked no questions — but rather, discussed how to “spin” the revelations.
    By Eric Levitz
  48. the pee tape
    James Comey Says It’s ‘Possible’ Trump’s Alleged Pee Tape Is RealOh, my God.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  49. power
    The Best Trump-Related Revelations from James Comey’s Forthcoming BookIncluding details about the infamous “pee tape” and the size of Donald Trump’s hands.
    By Amanda Arnold
  50. the national interest
    Trump Attacks Comey for Handing Him the PresidencyThe crisis to the system Comey tried to avoid by placating Trump in 2016 is now upon us.
    By Jonathan Chait
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