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Brexit leader Nigel Farage urges Trump to combat ‘pure obstructionism’ with national speech

Jun 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Nigel Farage, co-founder of the UK Independence Party and leader of the Brexit movement to withdraw the United Kingdom from the European Union, told Colorado Politics it could be time for President Donald Trump to address the American people in order to counteract what he called “pure obstructionism” by establishment forces in the wake of…
Bennet discusses legislating in the Trump era and whether words have meaning anymore at Frisco town hall

Jun 15, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Near the end of the town hall in Frisco last Friday, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat in his ninth year in the Senate, invoked the famous answer Benjamin Franklin gave when asked what the framers of the Constitution had created. “He was asked, ‘What kind of government are you forming, a republic or a…
Officials: Colorado’s election infrastructure not among 39 states’ reportedly hit by Russian cyber attack

Jun 14, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado’s computerized voter system doesn’t appear to have been targeted by Russian hackers who penetrated systems in two states last summer and reportedly tried to access files in dozens of other states before last year’s election, officials with the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Tuesday. While the Colorado system is subject to hundreds of…
Hickenlooper discusses state of the Democratic Party on Slate Political Gabfest appearance

Jun 9, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper talks about the future of the Democratic Party, coping with face-blindness and why he believes attack ads make it difficult to move on after hard-fought elections in this week’s episode of the Slate Political Gabfest podcast, which posted online Thursday night. The two-term Democrat also talks about whether he’s running for president,…
Colorado Democratic attorney general candidates sound alarm over Comey’s testimony about Trump

Jun 8, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The three Democrats running for Colorado attorney general in next year’s election expressed varying degrees of alarm over fired FBI Director James Comey’s testimony on Thursday before a Senate committee about repeated contacts with President Donald Trump. State Rep. Joe Salazar said Americans “should be ashamed of this administration.” Candidate Phil Weiser, a former dean of…
Colorado lawmakers react to former FBI Director Comey’s explosive testimony before Senate committee

Jun 8, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation raised alarm over different parts of former FBI Director James Comey’s much-anticipated testimony Thursday before the Senate Intelligence Committee. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, raised the possibility in a tweet that Comey’s cool recollection of several meetings with President Donald Trump – both before and after the Republican was…
Colorado delegation applauds appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel in Russia probe

May 18, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation backed Wednesday’s announcement that former FBI Director Robert Mueller had been named special counsel for the federal investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Lawmakers praised the selection of Mueller, a former prosecutor who ran the FBI for 12 years, as a sound choice, even as some Democrats said…
Attorney General Coffman, Democratic challengers sound alarm over Comey memo

May 17, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman on Wednesday called for an independent investigation into allegations that President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey to shut down a federal probe into Michael Flynn, Trump’s former national security advisor, according to accounts of a memo Comey wrote after a meeting with the president. Coffman, a Republican…
Colorado Republicans more serious about truth in Trump investigation

May 17, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Republicans from Colorado’s congressional delegation appear more interested in seeking the truth behind President Trump’s potential obstruction of justice. The fallout began this week following reports that President Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to shut down a federal investigation into the president’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. The reports stem from a memo…
Report: Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers on White House shortlist for FBI director

May 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers is on the Trump administration’s list of 11 candidates to replaced former FBI Director James Comey, Fox News reported Friday morning. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said in a tweet Friday that he had recommended Suthers — a former federal prosecutor and Colorado’s attorney general for a decade — to the…