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Clinton lawyer schemed to inject the FBI, Trump smears into the 2016 election, prosecutors say

Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

On the opening day of a criminal trial testing special counsel John Durham’s Russia investigation, prosecutors argued that a Clinton campaign lawyer duped the FBI with anti-Trump dirt to create an October surprise in the 2016 election.

President Joe Biden visits the scene of a shooting at a supermarket to pay respects and speak to families of the victims of Saturday's shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. is second from left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden to call Buffalo shooting act of terrorism, will urge Congress to crack down on guns

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks ahead of meeting with members of Congress on Capitol Hill, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib).

House Democrats pump the brakes on gas price gouging bill over lack of support

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Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks before President Joe Biden presents Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor awards to fourteen recipients, during an event in the East Room of the White House, Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Honorary starter Jack Nicklaus reacts after hitting on the first tee to start the first round of the Masters golf tournament Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020, in Augusta, Ga. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

Jack Nicklaus knocks PGA for anti-Trump ‘cancel culture’: ‘He loves golf and he loves this country’

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer media award in Berlin on Dec. 1, 2020. Musk announced on Friday, May 13, 2022, that his plan to buy Twitter in a proposed $44 billion deal is “temporarily on hold” as he tries to pinpoint the exact number of spam and fake accounts it has. (Hannibal Hanschke/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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"In God We Trust" is stenciled in a wall at South Park Elementary in Rapid City, South Dakota in this July 23, 2019, photo. (Adam Fondren/Rapid City Journal via AP) **FILE**

Kansas residents rally to keep ‘In God We Trust’ on police cars

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People protest outside the Netflix at Vine building in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, in this Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021, file photo. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) ** FILE **

87% of American voters want corporations out of politics, poll shows

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President Joe Biden speaks at the Delavan Grider Community Center in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, May 17, 2022, following Saturday's shooting at a supermarket. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden sees white supremacist ideology infesting media, politics

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President Joe Biden visits the scene of a shooting at a supermarket to pay respects and speak to families of the victims of Saturday's shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. is second from left. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden to call Buffalo shooting act of terrorism, will urge Congress to crack down on guns

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Finish President Sauli Niinisto, left, is received by Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson at the Adelcrantzska house in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday May 17, 2022. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Biden to host leaders of Sweden, Finland amid NATO bid

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Youngstown City Health Department worker Faith Terreri grabs two at-home COVID-19 test kits to be handed out during a distribution event, Dec. 30, 2021, in Youngstown, Ohio. (AP Photo/David Dermer, File)

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This May 4, 2021 file photo shows the outside of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) **FILE**

IRS audits plummet as wealthy escape scrutiny, poorest taxpayers get hit

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Michael Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, leaves federal courthouse in Washington, Monday, May 16, 2022. A jury was picked Monday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

FBI agent says Sussmann claims of Trump ties to Russia bank ‘didn’t make any sense’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster looks at data about the COVID-19 spread in the Kershaw County School District during a discussion with school officials at Camden Elementary School on Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021, in Camden, S.C. McMaster has quietly signed into law a bill, Monday, May 16, that would ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges as the state joins about a dozen others that have passed similar laws in the past two years . (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

South Carolina governor signs bill barring male-born athletes from female sports

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Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie, right, and Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray speak with a UAP on a screen, during a hearing of the House Intelligence, Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee hearing on "Unidentified Aerial Phenomena," on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Ukrainian sappers carry a Russian military drone backdropped by the Antonov An-225, world's biggest cargo aircraft destroyed by the Russian troops during recent fighting, at the Antonov airport in Hostomel, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

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An investigator works at the scene of a shooting at a supermarket, in Buffalo, N.Y., Monday, May 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Buffalo shooting sparks debate, finger-pointing over ‘great replacement’ theory

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The U.S. Supreme Court, Monday, May 16, 2022, in Washington. A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

House Pro-Choice Caucus rejects ‘choice’ as Dems struggle with abortion messaging

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Attorney Michael Sussmann leaves federal court in Washington, April 27, 2022. A criminal case brought by special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, heads to trial in Washington's federal court on May 16. The case centers on a single false statement that Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, is alleged to have made to the FBI during a meeting that year. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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This image provided by the Erie County District Attorney's Office shows Payton Gendron. While law enforcement officials have grown adept since the Sept. 11 attacks at disrupting well-organized plots, they face a much tougher challenge in intercepting self-radicalized young men who absorb racist screeds on social media and plot violence on their own. (Erie County District Attorney's Office via AP)

Buffalo suspect: Lonely, isolated — and a sign of trouble

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Alaska Airlines planes are parked at gates with Mount Rainier in the background at sunrise, on March 1, 2021, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The CEO of Alaska Airlines says the high level of flight cancellations since April will continue through this month. Ben Minicucci said in a message to employees Thursday, May 12, 2022, that stability should return in June. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Flight attendants sue Alaska Airlines, union, over religious message board comments

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Protestors in support of transgender rights rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday, May 5, 2022 on a challenge to Alabamas plan to outlaw the use of gender-affirming medications to treat transgender youth.(Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP)

Poll: Most U.S. voters oppose transgender policies, but many fear speaking up

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This image provided by Georgia Department of Corrections shows Virgil Presnell. The life of Virgil Presnell, a Georgia man set to be executed Tuesday, May 17, 2022 for killing an 8-year-old girl should be spared, his lawyer argues, explaining that her client has significant cognitive impairments that likely contributed to his crimes and has suffered horrific abuse in prison. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP)

Georgia appeals order staying execution set for Tuesday

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Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall greet Canada's Gov.-Gen. Mary Simon as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on, in St. John's, during the start a three-day Royal Canadian tour, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, arrive in St. John's to begin a three-day Canadian tour, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press via AP)

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls for support for Ukraine, during a speech to a joint meeting of Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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A cash register drawer holds Bolivars and U.S. currencies at a shop in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, May 13, 2022. A new tax law approved by the Venezuelan government, that went into effect in March, applies a 3% tax charge on transactions paid in foreign currencies. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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New York Islanders head coach Barry Trotz, left, and assistant coach Lane Lambert stand on the bench during an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, in Elmont, N.Y. The New York Islanders have hired longtime Barry Trotz assistant and right-hand man Lane Lambert to succeed him as coach. General manager Lou Lamoriello announced Lambert as Trotz's replacement Monday, May 16, a week after firing the Stanley Cup-winning coach who had one year remaining on his contract. (AP Photo/Jim McIsaac, File) **FILE**

Islanders hire former Capitals assistant Lambert to replace Trotz

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South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster looks at data about the COVID-19 spread in the Kershaw County School District during a discussion with school officials at Camden Elementary School on Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021, in Camden, S.C. McMaster has quietly signed into law a bill, Monday, May 16, that would ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges as the state joins about a dozen others that have passed similar laws in the past two years . (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins, File)

South Carolina governor signs bill barring male-born athletes from female sports

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Jack Nicklaus speaks ahead of this week's Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, Tuesday, June 1, 2021. Nicklaus remains a relevant voice in the game without having played in 16 years. (AP Photo/Doug Ferguson)

Jack Nicklaus says he turned down $100 million to lead Saudi-backed golf tour

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Marseille's Matteo Guendouzi, left, duels for the ball with PSG's Idrissa Gueye during the League One soccer match between Paris Saint Germain and Marseille, at the Parc des Princes stadium, in Paris, France, Sunday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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