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1.01pm GMT
Donald Trump does not seem too worried about the snowballing controversy over his interference in the Roger Stone case (see earlier).
Echoing the case made by Fox News (see here), the president has tweeted:
Now it looks like the fore person in the jury, in the Roger Stone case, had significant bias. Add that to everything else, and this is not looking good for the “Justice” Department. @foxandfriends @FoxNews
11.48am GMT
The New York Times reports on the Instagram posts by leading meme-makers that Mike Bloomberg has bought.
The self-deprecating and somewhat meta posts pretend to be screenshots of messages from the former New York mayor to the memestagrammers asking them to make memes that make him look cool.
Source: Controversy rages over Trump interference in Roger Stone case – live updates
Category: US news, World news, US politics, Roger Stone, Donald Trump
