Michael Flynn 
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
12-26-2018
The national security adviser who colluded with foreign powers — decades before Michael Flynn
by Shane O’Sullivan
New documents reveal that Richard Nixon’s 1968 campaign colluded with a foreign government far more than historians thought.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
12-4-17
A bold new legal defense for Trump: Presidents cannot obstruct justice
Trump’s personal lawyer John Dowd sought to excuse the president’s tweet in part by telling Axios and NBC News on Monday that the “president cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under [the Constitution’s Article II] and has every right to express his view of any case.”
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2-14-17
Who was the Logan Act named for and what did he do?
by Jennifer Freilach
His name was George Logan. This article explains who he was.
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2-14-17
Cries of Violating the Logan Act Are Frequent
by Kathryn Smith
How seriously they are taken depends on what else is going on.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
2-14-17
Why back-channels with Russia cost Michael Flynn his job
by Richard A. Moss
Back-channel contacts between Washington and Moscow are hardly unprecedented, but Trump's were a disorganized mess.
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