Douglas Wigdor, who is well known for his work on prominent sexual harassment and assault cases, says that he is not currently being paid for his work with Reade.
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Justice Department will drop criminal prosecution of Michael Flynn
Prosecutors for the last 3 years had maintained that Trump’s first national security adviser lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview.
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Posted inMaine, Politics
Republican congressional contenders angle to show the most loyalty to Trump
In Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, Adrienne Bennett and Dale Crafts call for independent presidential candidate Justin Amash to quit the race and back Trump.
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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop release of Mueller material
A lower court had cleared the way for Congress to access secret evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
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Intelligence chief nominee, a Trump loyalist, says he won’t be swayed by politics
Rep. John Ratcliffe is an ardent supporter of the president, who has been openly dismissive of the government’s spy agencies and once derided them as having ‘run amok,’ but Sen. Susan Collins, who holds a key vote, expressed support for him.
Posted inMaine, News, Politics
Gov. Janet Mills rebuffs Republican criticism over administration’s pandemic response
Gov. Janet Mills says she has consulted with lawmakers from both parties in developing a reopening plan, and a Republican effort to call the Legislature back so it can revoke her emergency powers is unlikely to win enough support.
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Senate to reopen despite risks as House eyes ‘hybrid’ return
The Senate will gavel in Monday as the coronavirus rages while the top House Republican is proposing a ‘hybrid’ reopening for the House.
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Republican leaders demand removal of Janet Mills’ emergency powers
The party’s top elected officials in the Legislature want to take away the governor’s emergency powers over her handling of the coronavirus.
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Max Linn, U.S. Senate hopeful, called the USA ‘a dying country’
The Maine independent, who is running against Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, warns that Americans need ‘to wake up’ to socialist threat.
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Back in session: Senate risks a return but House stays away
Congressional leaders are turning down President Trump’s offer of the rapid coronavirus testing used at the White House.