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Under Fire for Tucker Carlson Remarks, Think Tank Chief Pleads Ignorance

Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide’s script.

© T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times

“I actually don’t have time to consume a lot of news,” Kevin D. Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, said to staff members last week.
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Justice Dept. Struggled to Find Lawyers to Handle Maurene Comey Suit

Ms. Comey sued the Trump administration after she was abruptly fired over the summer, saying the action was retaliation. Federal attorneys in New York City and a Justice Department branch in Washington have declined to handle the case.

© Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

Maurene Comey’s father, James B. Comey, has a fraught relationship with President Trump.
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