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NEW: James Comey, FBI director turned arch Trump critic, just got reprimanded over how he handled memos on chats with the president.

Watchdog found the memos were FBI records + Comey set a 'dangerous' precedent. [One was leaked to press]

Our write-up:
telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/08/2…
The memo he leaked to NY Times claimed Trump urged him to drop the investigation into Michael Flynn, then national security adviser. [Trump denied]

Memo leaked on May 16 2017 in the hope a special counsel would take over Russia probe. The next day Robert Mueller was appointed.
Would Mueller ever have been appointed if Comey did not violate FBI rules to leak the memo? Quite the counterfactual to ponder...
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Ben Riley-Smith
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Impeachment talk in Washington is seriously ramping up today. All over the Ukraine whistleblower row. Dem congressmen huddling in private. 7 wrote op-ed effectively calling for the move today. Watch this space.
Majority of House Democrats already on record backing impeachment proceedings. Nancy Pelosi, the House Speaker who is skeptical and has been the key blockage, is reportedly sounding people out in last 48 hours.
Here's John Lewis, famous civil rights campaigner + widely respected congressman, a few moments ago calling for impeachment to begin. "We cannot delay. We must not wait. Now is the time to act."
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Ben Riley-Smith
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NEW: Liam Fox has said Britain must accept that the Iran nuclear deal is 'dead'.

He's written a piece for @Telegraph outlining his argument, which will be delivered in DC tomorrow.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/1…
@Telegraph Fox, who was in the cabinet until July, argues it is "futile" to attempt to keep the agreement alive.

Says in @Telegraph piece that Britain should join US in trying to stop all Iranian oil exports.
@Telegraph Comes amid hope in Trump administration that Boris Johnson will nudge British position closer to US on Iran.

He's already ditched May's rejection of Operation Sentinel, the US-led mission to police the Strait of Hormuz.
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Ben Riley-Smith
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If you’re baffled by Trump’s recent scattergun comments on Iran read the first 4 pars of this Washington Post piece.

It captures the fundamental tension in his foreign policy - balancing the wish to appear strong with the desire to strike deals.
One fascinating theory emerging to explain Iran's recent behaviour - that they've decided they need to negotiate with Trump and are ramping up military action to create leverage at the negotiating table. [Something they can agree to stop in exchange for sanctions relief]
That thinking would follow the North Korea model - turn up the bellicose rhetoric + action, giving Trump something he can claim credit for ending in a deal. [Matches signals elsewhere, such as Bolton departure, that Trump craves an agreement he can tout in 2020]
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