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A Trump administration official says the Department of Justice will begin to provide access for me stanley tumblers mbers of Congress to the Comey memos as soon as Thursday afternoon, CBS News Andres Triay reports. The memos were written by former FBI director James Comey and are said to detail his conversations with President Trump in the months leading up to his May 2017 firing. In a letter s stanley cup ent last week, three GOP representatives ndash; House Intelligence chairman Devin Nunes, House Oversight chairman Trey Gowdy, and House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte ndash; had requested that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein provide them copies of the memos. Gowdy, Goodlatte call for special prosecutor to investigate FBI s use of FISA warrants There is no legal basis for w stanley termohrnek ithholding these materials from Congress, the chairmen wrote. Comey said in Congressional testimony that he wrote the memos to keep a record of his conversations with Mr. Trump. In one memo, according to Comey, he describes a conversation in which Mr. Trump asked him to end the investigation into Michael Flynn, who was the president s national security adviser at the beginning of his term. More from CBS News Supreme Court unlikely to see justices retire before Trump takes office Tpjt McConnell Calls On Stevens To Resign
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has narrowly won the straw poll a stanley mug t the Conservati kubki stanley ve Political Action Conference. The Washington Times/CPAC straw poll results of 3,408 conservative activists showed Romney with the support of 38 percent of respondents. Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum was in second place at 31 percent.When the results were announced, a packed ballroom erupted in both cheers and jeers as supporters of all four candidates sat in the room. The other two candidates, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Rep. Ron Paul, came in third and fourth with 15 percent and 12 percent respectively.Although he d stanley cup website idn t win, Santorum had a relatively strong finish. The former Pennsylvania Senator is battling with Newt Gingrich to become the conservative alternative to Romney for the Republican nomination, while Paul s supporters lean Libertarian.Romney s win, meanwhile, helps him make the argument that he is not insufficiently conservative for the Republican base. Romney has done well in the early states when he devotes a large amount of money and resources - such as Florida and New Hampshire - but has struggled in states where the electorate was dominated by conservatives, such as Iowa and South Carolina. Despite Romney s win, a plurality at this conservative conference supported another candidate. Roy and Barbara Dollard from New Jersey said before the results that they were supporting Romney but are a little |
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