How Rod Rosenstein Is Defusing Trump’s #Spygate Conspiracy - Vanity Fair

The Justice Department has been quietly countering the president's narrative with strategic transparency. ....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/how-rod-rosenstein-defused-trumps-spygate-crisis

Trump, Fox News, and Twitter have created a dangerous conspiracy theory loop - Vox

The president tweeted literal "fake news" about the so-called "Spygate" controversy. The story behind the tweet is revealing — and scary. ....
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/6/17433876/trump-spygate-fox-twitter

Trey Gowdy’s total rebuke of Trump’s ‘spying’ narrative — and the pattern it fits - The Washington Post: Analysis

Almost no Republicans are vouching for Trump. An increasing number are speaking out against him. And yet history shows the base will believe his baseless claim. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/30/trey-gowdys-total-rebuke-of-trumps-spying-narrative-and-the-pattern-it-fits/

Fox News' Shep Smith debunks Sean Hannity's pro-Trump conspiracy theories - YouTube

Sean Hannity runs with Trump's conspiracy theories -- the exact same conspiracy theories that Fox News anchor Shep Smith debunked hours earlier....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBn7ShmT6TI

Trump’s Plan for Political Survival: Blame Obama for Everything - The Daily Beast

The last two presidents haven't spoken since inauguration as the attacks from 45 on 44 move from the vicious to the absurd. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-plan-for-political-survival-blame-obama-for-everything

On Fox News, of all places, Trump’s ‘spy’ claim is debunked by Trey Gowdy and even Judge Napolitano - The Washington Post

President Trump has made it clear that he likes what he hears on Fox News. The network often covers the president favorably, bringing on conservative commentators who push the president’s agenda and, at times, explore far-right conspiracy theories. But in an unusual shift Tuesday, three voices on Fox News pushed back against the president’s most recent conspiracy theory.....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/05/30/on-fox-news-rep-trey-gowdy-and-andrew-napolitano-dismantle-trumps-spygate-theories/

Trey Gowdy: FBI’s Use of Informant for Trump Campaign Was Appropriate - The Daily Beast

The South Carolina Republican joins top Democrats in disputing President Trump's misleading characterization of the informant's activities. ...
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trey-gowdy-fbis-use-of-informant-for-trump-campaign-was-appropriate

Trump Goes Full Alex Jones as “Spygate” Falls Apart - Vanity Fair

Republicans have gone silent after getting a secret briefing on the "informant" in the Trump campaign. Democrats say they were shown "no evidence" for the allegations at all. ....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/05/donald-trump-russia-investigation-fbi-informant

Sally Yates: Trump's DOJ pressure is 'a step beyond dangerous' - CNN Politics

Former acting Attorney General Sally Yates is alarmed by President Donald Trump's call for the Department of Justice to investigate whether it or the FBI spied on his presidential campaign for political reasons. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/25/politics/sally-yates-axe-files/index.html

No amount of capitulation will ever satisfy Trump - The Washington Post: Opinion

Here's the thing about the president: He's interested only in self-preservation. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-blurry-line-between-appeasing-and-deflecting-trump/2018/05/25/a301c23c-6049-11e8-9ee3-49d6d4814c4c_story.html

James Comey: Trump’s "Spygate" Claims Are Made Up - CONAN on TBS

CONAN Highlight: "I don’t find it possible and I know it not to be true." - James Comey responds to President Trump's "spygate" tweets.
Interview:
https://youtu.be/nUDe99ZUft8

Justice Department briefings: What in the world is going on? - The Washington Post: Opinion

Unprecedented, wrongheaded briefings endanger the rule of law.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/05/24/justice-department-briefings-what-in-the-world-is-going-on/

The No. 1 reason Trump’s ‘spygate’ conspiracy theory doesn’t make sense -- The Washington Post: Analysis

If Trump is to be believed, the FBI decided to spy on Trump's campaign "for political purposes” during the 2016 election. But then it didn't use the information it had collected to actually prevent Trump from becoming president?...
 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/23/the-no-1-reason-trumps-spygate-conspiracy-theory-doesnt-make-sense/

Trump Cancels NK Summit, Pushes Crazy Spy Claim: A Closer Look

Seth takes a closer look at the president canceling his summit with North Korea and pushing a baseless conspiracy theory about the Russia probe....
https://youtu.be/7a6irhXRudo

Rudy Giuliani's totally irrational quid pro quo - CNN Politics

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani has started saying something interesting — and totally irrational — in interviews this week: That President Donald Trump's decision on whether to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller depends, at least in part, on what information the Justice Department hands over in what the President has taken to calling "Spygate." ....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/rudy-giuliani-analysis/index.html

'It's a f---ing circus': Experts are floored that White House officials attended highly classified briefings about the Russia probe - Business Insider

The president's chief of staff and the White House counsel attended a classified briefing Thursday with top Justice Department officials and lawmakers about an investigation into the president and his associates — and the events have floored national-security experts and former intelligence officials.....
http://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-russia-briefings-classified-experts-react-2018-5

‘A terrible and corrupt leader’: Trump lashes out against Comey after he accuses the president of lying about ‘spygate’ - The Washington Post

In a tweet and television interview, Trump said the fired FBI director was 'a rotten apple' who damaged his agency. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-terrible-and-corrupt-leader-trump-lashes-out-against-comey-after-he-accuses-the-president-of-lying-about-spygate/2018/05/24/3058a44e-5f4f-11e8-a4a4-c070ef53f315_story.html

Classified collusion briefing features top lawmakers, FBI … and Trump's lawyer - the guardian

Two much anticipated congressional briefings on the FBI's use of an informant in the investigation into potential Russian collusion with the Trump campaign in 2016 featured an unusual guest on Thursday: Donald Trump's lawyer Emmet Flood. Flood, along with the White House chief of staff, John Kelly, attended two separate briefings. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/24/congress-fbi-classified-briefing-trump-collusion-informant

Colbert Exposes The Biggest Flaw In Trump’s Latest Conspiracy Theory | HuffPost

Stephen Colbert tried to decipher President Donald Trump’s recent tweets claiming the Obama administration may have placed a spy in his 2016 campaign....
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-flaw-trump-conspiracy-theory_us_5b060ef2e4b0784cd2b11824

Jake Tapper lists conspiracy theories spread by Trump - CNN Politics

President Donald Trump has in recent days turned reporting that a confidential FBI source met with some of his campaign officials into a full-blown unsubstantiated conspiracy theory that the "deep state" secretly implanted a political spy into his 2016 campaign. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/23/politics/jake-tapper-trump-conspiracy-theories-special-counsel-cnntv/index.html