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Headline Roundup August 12th, 2018

Trump Tweets About Steele, Sessions

Summary from the AllSides News Team

In a series of tweets on Saturday, President Trump claimed that the mainstream media did not cover meetings that occurred between Christopher Steele, author of the dossier accusing Trump's campaign of collusion with Russia, and former Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr. Ohr's wife, Nellie, was also mentioned in the tweets because she worked as a contractor for FusionGPS, the opposition research firm that hired Mr. Steele. President Trump also called Attorney General Jeff Sessions "scared stiff and Missing in Action." Sessions has recused himself from the Russia investigation.

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Trump blames ‘fake news media’ for not covering meetings between dossier author and Bruce Ohr
Trump blames ‘fake news media’ for not covering meetings between dossier author and Bruce Ohr

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President Trump blamed the “fake news media” for not covering meetings between Associate Deputy Attorney General Bruce Ohr and Trump dossier author Christopher Steele in a tweet Saturday.

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Trump Calls Sessions ‘Missing in Action’ Over Russia Dossier
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Donald Trump accused his own attorney general of being “scared stiff and missing in action” as the president continued to question whether officials in his administration have acted appropriately in probing the Trump campaign’s Russian connections.

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Trump Escalates Attack on Jeff Sessions, Calling Him ‘Scared Stiff’
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President Trump escalated his attacks on Saturday against his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, describing him as “scared stiff” by an issue related to the Russia investigation that the president has privately railed to his aides has received insufficient news coverage.

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