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PROBLEM: Trump  was aware of the issue a couple of weeks before a conversation with then-FBI Director James B. Comey in which Comey said the president asked him if he could be lenient while investigating Flynn  whom  Trump  had just fired for misleading Pence about the nature of his conversations with the Russian.
According to notes kept by Comey   Trump  asked if he could see “his way clear to letting this go  to letting Flynn go.”  Trump  fired Comey in May.
In a pre-dawn tweet Sunday   Trump  issued a fresh rebuttal to Comey  writing: “I never asked Comey to stop investigating Flynn. Just more Fake News covering another Comey lie!” The tweet was part of a running commentary from  Trump  that began Saturday  a day after Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and indicated he would cooperate with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III  who is probing Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Dowd confirmed Sunday that he had drafted the tweet for  Trump  and acknowledged that it was sloppily worded. He said it was inaccurate to say  the president  was told that Flynn had lied to the FBI. Dowd said Sunday that  Trump  knew only what acting attorney general Sally Yates had told the White House counsel: that Flynn’s accounts to the agents interviewing him were the same as those Flynn gave Pence  and “that the [Justice] Department was not accusing him of lying.”
Dowd played down the significance of  Trump ’s tweet. He said he did not intend to make news and declared  “I’m out of the tweeting business.”
[Graphic: Here’s what we know so far about  Team Trump’s  ties to Russian interests]
If  Trump  knew that Flynn might not have been accurate with the FBI  it could provide motivation for any alleged effort to obstruct justice  said Barak Cohen  a former federal prosecutor who does white-collar defense work at the Perkins Coie law firm. “It bolsters the intent for committing obstruction ” he said.
The person  who  like others  spoke on the condition of anonymity to speak candidly  said that White House officials quickly realized the tweet could significantly assist Mueller if he chooses to pursue an obstruction case. The development sparked particular concern because others around  Trump  were not certain that  Trump  knew Flynn had made a false statement to the FBI at the time he fired him  the person added.
McGahn was told Jan. 30 that the material was ready for his review  the officials said. On that night   Trump  fired Yates over her refusal to defend his travel ban.
A person familiar with McGahn’s account says the White House counsel did not give  Trump  any indication in January that Flynn had violated the law in his FBI interview or tell  the president  that  he  believed Flynn was under criminal investigation.
As controversy built Sunday about  Trump’s  actions  he sought to focus attention on news that Peter Strzok — the former top FBI official assigned to Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election — was taken off that job this summer after his bosses discovered that he and another member of Mueller’s team had exchanged politically charged texts disparaging  Trump  and supporting Democrat Hillary Clinton.
“Report: ‘ANTI-TRUMP FBI AGENT LED CLINTON EMAIL PROBE’ Now it all starts to make sense!”  Trump  wrote.  He  also criticized the FBI and promised to bring it back to “greatness” under  his  administration.
“After years of Comey  with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation (and more)  running the FBI  its reputation is in Tatters - worst in History!”  Trump  wrote on Twitter. “But fear not  we will bring it back to greatness.”

SOLUTION: Trump lawyer says president knew Flynn had given FBI the same account he gave to vice president

PROBLEM: In what appears to be a shrewd attempt to preempt sexual harassment allegations  leftist documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has published an essay  detailing his own struggle with sexual impropriety — and admitting to everything from sexual harassment to marital infidelity to  potentially  rape.
In reality  the essay may be an attempt to head off a wave of allegations coming  Spurlock 's way. In the piece   Spurlock  admits to settling at least one sexual harassment lawsuit  over an incident with a female employee who complained about Spurlock's on-set behavior  and to cheating on all of his romantic partners  including his two wives.
A segment of the essay is devoted to a rape accusation made against him in college.  Spurlock  claims  he  got drunk and then had sex with a girl  who  despite appearing to give consent  decided later that she felt taken advantage of.
 Spurlock  also lists a host of potential excuses for  his  behavior  from having an absent father to sexual abuse  he  says  he  suffered as a child.  He  also claims to have had something of a drinking problem "since age 13."  He  says  he  is "seeking help."
 Spurlock  is most famous for  his  series of documentaries  like "Supersize Me " exposing destructive American habits. Perhaps unsurprisingly   his  next project details issues women face in the modern world.

SOLUTION: Leftist Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock Preempts Claims Admits To Sexual Harassment

PROBLEM: Steely Dan's Donald Fagen  is suing the estate of  his  late bandmate  Walter Becker  in order to retain control of the band. The crux of the suit is a Buy/Sell Agreement  Fagen  and Becker signed in 1972  not long before the release of their debut album  Can't Buy a Thrill. The contract stipulated that if a member of Steely Dan quit or died  the band would purchase all of that member's shares in the group.
"Fagen – acting on behalf of himself and on behalf of Steely Dan  as its sole remaining officer and director – hereby exercises the mandatory provision of the Buy/Sell Agreement requiring Steely Dan to purchase Becker's shares " the suit reads. "This lawsuit is required for Steely Dan and  Fagen  to obtain a judicial determination that Becker's shares must be sold to Steely Dan pursuant to the express terms of the Buy/Sell Agreement  so that Steely Dan and  Fagen  can go on as contemplated and provided by the Buy/Sell Agreement."
Along with Becker's Estate   Fagen  is also suing Steely Dan's longtime business management firm Nigro  Karlin  Segal  Feldstein & Bolno. NKSFB has also acted as the accountant for the group's touring company  Danette  and as a business manager for Becker and Delia Becker. Fagen's lawsuit alleges that NKSFB has been withholding pertinent information from him – such as royalty statements and records regarding tour income – and "engaging in other secretive behaviors."
As for NKSFB  the lawsuit further alleges that over the past few years  Fagen  has become aware of several "accounting errors by NKSFB  one of which involved millions of dollars  and another of which resulted in a lawsuit by a former member of the band." The suit also claims that NKSFB has hired a law firm on Steely Dan's behalf  without telling  Fagen . It argues  "Especially now  with the Becker Defendants taking a position adverse to Steely Dan and with the Becker Defendants retaining NKSFB  a full and complete accounting is necessary to protect [Fagen's] interests."
 Fagen  is seeking an official ruling that will hold up the Buy/Sell Agreement and force Becker's estate to sell the late musician's shares to Steely Dan.  He  is also seeking damages stemming from the "repudiation and breach" of the agreement. While the suit does not name a specific dollar amount  it suggests it could be in excess of $1 million.

SOLUTION:
Steely Dan's Donald Fagen Sues Walter Becker's Estate