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MSNBC's Chris Matthews told colleagues on June 8, 2017, that theories of President Donald Trump's collusion with Russia throughout his 2016 campaign "came apart" during former FBI Director James Comey's congressional testimony. (MSNBC screenshot) ** FILE **
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FILE - In an Oct. 8, 2014 file photo, attorney Steven Wise of the Nonhuman Rights Project argues on behalf of Tommy, a chimpanzee, before the New York Supreme Court Appellate Division, in Albany, N.Y. A New York appeals court on Thursday, June 8, 2017 is upholding a lower court’s ruling that two adult male chimpanzees don’t have the legal rights of people. Wise had argued to the appeals court in March that adult male chimps named Tommy and Kiko should be granted a writ of habeas corpus. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
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A patron at the Axelrad bar in Houston watches a television as former FBI director James Comey is sworn in before he testified at a U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on June 8 2017. (AP Photo/John L. Mone)
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In this Feb. 4, 2016, file photo, David Daleiden, one of the two indicted anti-abortion activists, speaks with supporters outside the Harris County Criminal Courthouse after turning himself in to authorities in Houston. The leader of an anti-abortion group moved to disqualify a federal judge who barred him from releasing videos recorded at meetings of an association of abortion providers. (AP Photo/Bob Levey, File)
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Alfred Swinton and his lawyers walk out of Superior Court in Hartford, Conn., Thursday, June 8, 2017, after a judge dismissed his murder conviction in a 1991 killing. Swinton was released and will be under house arrest while the murder charge remains pending. New DNA testing showed he wasn't the source of bite marks on the victim's body. (AP Photo/Dave Collins)
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Defendant Michelle Carter adjusts her hair while her legal team approaches the bench for a sidebar discussion at Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., in Taunton, Mass., Thursday, June 8, 2017. Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
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Carolyn McGonagle, a family friend of Conrad Roy III, tries to hold back her emotions as texts are introduced into evidence during the trial of Michelle Carter at Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., in Taunton, Mass., Thursday, June 8, 2017. Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging Roy to kill himself in July 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
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A text on Michelle Carter's phone, stating "Hanging yourself if you do it right, you die instantly because your neck snaps," is displayed during Carter's trial at Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., in Taunton, Mass., Thursday, June 8, 2017. Carter, at right, is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
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Defendant Michelle Carter listens to testimony at Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., in Taunton, Mass., Thursday, June 8, 2017. Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
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Defendant Michelle Carter listens to testimony at Taunton District Court in Taunton, Mass., in Taunton, Mass., Thursday, June 8, 2017. Carter is charged with involuntary manslaughter for encouraging Conrad Roy III to kill himself in July 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, Pool)
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Defense attorney Stewart Mathews, right, cross-examines University of Cincinnati police Lt. Tim Barge during the retrial of Ray Tensing, second from left, on Thursday, June 8, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. During opening statements in the former University of Cincinnati police officer's retrial, prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid told Ohio jurors that evidence will show the 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose was clearly murder, while Mathews said Tensing feared for his life. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Assistant prosecutor Seth Tieger, right, asks University of Cincinnati police officer Phillip Kidd, left, about the police department's equipment during Ray Tensing's retrial Thursday, June 8, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. During opening statements in the former University of Cincinnati police officer's retrial, prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid told Ohio jurors that evidence will show the 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose was clearly murder, while defense attorney Stewart Mathews said Tensing feared for his life. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Bishop Bobby Hilton, center, watches police body camera footage during Ray Tensing's retrial Thursday, June 8, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. During opening statements in the former University of Cincinnati police officer's retrial, prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid told Ohio jurors that evidence will show the 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose was clearly murder, while defense attorney Stewart Mathews said Tensing feared for his life. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Assistant prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid, right, questions University of Cincinnati police Lt. Tim Barge after opening statements in the retrial of Ray Tensing, second from left, joined by defense attorney Stewart Mathews, third from, on Thursday, June 8, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. During opening statements in the former University of Cincinnati police officer's retrial, DeGraffenreid told Ohio jurors that evidence will show the 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose was clearly murder, while Mathews said Tensing feared for his life. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Assistant prosecutor Seth Tieger, right, shows documents to defense attorney Stewart Mathews, center, during the retrial of Ray Tensing, left, on Thursday, June 8, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. During opening statements in the former University of Cincinnati police officer's retrial, prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid told Ohio jurors that evidence will show the 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose was clearly murder, while Mathews said Tensing feared for his life. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Ray Tensing, center, speaks to his defense attorney Stewart Mathews, right, before opening statements in Tensing's retrial Thursday, June 8, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. During opening statements in the former University of Cincinnati police officer's retrial, prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid told Ohio jurors that evidence will show the 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose was clearly murder, while Mathews said Tensing feared for his life. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Ray Tensing, center, listens to the opening statement by his defense attorney Stewart Mathews during his retrial Thursday, June 8, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. During the opening statements in the former University of Cincinnati police officer's retrial, prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid told Ohio jurors that evidence will show the 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose was clearly murder, while Mathews said Tensing feared for his life. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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Ray Tensing, center, and his defense attorney Stewart Mathews, right, listen to assistant prosecutor Stacey DeGraffenreid's opening statement during Tensing's retrial Thursday, June 8, 2017, at the Hamilton County Courthouse in Cincinnati. During the opening statements in the former University of Cincinnati police officer's retrial, DeGraffenreid told Ohio jurors that evidence will show the 2015 shooting of unarmed black motorist Sam DuBose was clearly murder, while Mathews said Tensing feared for his life. (Cara Owsley/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP, Pool)
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This photo made available by the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, Fla., shows Robert Letroy Howard of East Brewton, Ala., under arrest Thursday, June 8, 2017. Howard was arrested in connection with the death of Naomi Jones of Pensacola, Fla. Jones was last seen on May 31. Her body was found Monday, June 5 several miles from her home. (Escambia County Sheriff's Office via AP)
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FILE - This Oct. 19 2012 file photo shows a home designed by noted architect Frank Lloyd Wright in Phoenix. The house that the famous architect designed for his son is being donated to the school bearing his name years after it was salvaged from demolition. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, file)