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CRANSTON

INSPIRES DRAMA

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IN SPORTS

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NEWSLINE

01.11.

During a special briefing Friday,

leaders of the intelligence commu-

nity gave Donald Trump a synopsis

of unsubstantiated and salacious

allegations that Russian operatives

obtained potentially compromis-

ing personal and financial informa-

tion about the president-elect, a

U.S. official confirmed Tuesday.

The official, who is not autho-

rized to comment publicly, said

the document was provided along

with the intelligence communi-

ty’s assessment that Russia had

meddled in the U.S. election.

The separate document repre-

sented a summary of a 35-page

compilation of documents pre-

pared by a former foreign intelli-

gence officer. The officer, the

official said, is known to U.S. in-

telligence, but the contents of the

document have not been verified.

Trump responded Tuesday

evening by Twitter, calling the re-

port “FAKE NEWS - A TOTAL

POLITICAL WITCH HUNT!”

The decision to present the in-

formation to Trump, first report-

ed by CNN, was made after it was

determined that the document —

in many forms — had been circu-

lated widely to political opposi-

tion researchers, U.S. lawmakers,

journalists and others. CNN said

it reviewed the compilation of the

memos, which originated as re-

search commissioned by anti-

Trump Republicans and later by

Democrats. Buzzfeed posted the

intelligence documents.

The summary document in-

cludes allegations that informa-

tion was exchanged over a long

period of time between the Rus-

sian government and Trump

representatives.

The news came on a day when

the Senate Intelligence Commit-

tee conducted hearings into the

alleged Russian hacking of the

Democratic National Committee

and emails provided to the web-

site WikiLeaks. Chairman Rich-

ard Burr, R-N.C., said the panel

will conduct an independent re-

view of the intelligence commu-

nity’s report about Russian

interference to help Trump.

FBI Director James Comey de-

clined to answer questions from

Sen. Ron Wyden, D - Ore., about

whether the FBI is investigating

possible contacts between the

Trump campaign and the Russian

government.

“I think the American people

have a right to know this,” Wyden

said. “And if there is a delay in de-

classifying this information and

releasing it to the American peo-

ple, and it doesn’t happen before

Jan. 20 (Inauguration Day), I’m

not sure it’s going to happen.”

Trump told Russia has dirt on him

David Jackson

and Kevin Johnson

USA TODAY

Document

includes

allegations

that

Moscow

obtained

salacious

info on

president-

elect

“I think

the

American

people

have a

right to

know

this.”

Sen. Ron Wyden ,

D - Ore.

It was little more than eight

years ago and 3 miles away that

Barack Obama embraced the

promise of his presidency, ad-

dressing a jubilant crowd in

Chicago’s Grant Park at a vic-

tory celebration on election

night 2008.

A political lifetime later, be-

fore a sea of supporters at Mc-

Cormick Place on Tuesday,

Obama delivered what is likely

to be his final formal address to

the nation. His hair was grayer,

his tone more somber. Since

election night 2016, his mes-

sage has been aimed at rallying

downcast supporters and de-

fending a legacy that his succes-

sor has vowed to dismantle.

In his speech, he recited a lit-

any of his proudest achieve-

ments, among them the

economic recovery from the

Great Recession, the diplomatic

outreach to Cuba, the nuclear

accord with Iran, the death of

Osama bin Laden, extension of

health care coverage to another

20 million people and more.

“That’s what we did,” he said

to cheers. “That’s what you did.

You were the change. Because

of you, by almost every mea-

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President

Barack Obama

speaks during

his farewell

address

Tuesday at

McCormick

Place in

Chicago.

OBAMA LOOKS BACK:

‘THAT’S WHAT WE DID’

Proud president says grateful goodbye to nation

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People attend President Oba-

ma’s farewell address in Chi-

cago on Tuesday. Obama tried

to encourage supporters.

Susan Page

@susanpage

USA TODAY

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WASHINGTON Alabama Sen.

Jeff Sessions, President-elect

Donald Trump’s attorney gen-

eral nominee, rejected on Tues-

day the “false caricature” of his

views on racial tolerance.

Facing a barrage of chal-

lenges to his

record on civ-

il rights en-

forcement, he

asserted that

the Justice

Department

under his di-

rection would

“never falter

in its obliga-

tion to pro-

tect the rights

of every

American, particularly those

who are most vulnerable.’’

The 70-year-old former fed-

eral prosecutor and state attor-

ney general arrived to a

marble-encrusted hearing

room packed with protesters.

Before he could take his seat

at the witness table, protesters

wearing Ku Klux Klan cos-

tumes erupted with shouts of

“white power” before they were

ushered out, the first clash of

Hecklers

disrupt

Sessions

hearing

Attorney general

nominee says he’ll

protect rights of all

Kevin Johnson

USA TODAY

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Sen. Jeff

Sessions

IN LIFE

CHARLESTON, S.C. Afederal dis-
trict court jury decided Tuesday
to sentence Dylann Roof to death
for his June 2015 attack on a
black church’s Bible study group
after the panel found that life in
prison offered no possibility of

redemption for the 22-year-old.

Jurors took about three hours

to make their decision after lis-

tening to closing arguments from

prosecutors and Roof, who told

the panel in a brief, disjointed

statement that he continues to

stand by his slaying of nine peo-

ple at Emanuel African Method-

ist Episcopal Church here. Roof

looked down and shuffled papers

as U.S. District Judge Richard

Gergel read his death

sentence.

Following the deci-

sion, Roof asked Gergel

to appoint a new defense

team in preparation for a

motion in which he will

ask for a new trial. The

judge said he would take

that matter up after a

formal sentencing hear-

ing, scheduled for

Wednesday morning.

Roof, who served as his own at-

torney, had been represented by

David Bruck and Kimberly Ste-

vens, who continue to

serve as his standby

counselors. Following the

sentencing, the team sent

out a brief statement.

“We want to express

our sympathy to all of the

families who were so

grievously hurt by Dy-

lann Roof ’s actions,” the

statement read. “We are

sorry that despite our

best efforts the legal proceedings

have shed so little light on the

reasons for this tragedy.”

Roof told the the jury of 10

women and two men that only

one of them needed to vote for

life for that sentence to be im-

posed. Gergel later instructed the

panel that a hung jury would re-

sult in a sentence of life in prison

rather than a mistrial.

If the U.S. District Court jury

had not decided on the death

penalty, Roof would have faced a

death-penalty trial in South Car-

olina’s 9th Judicial Circuit Court.

Judge J.C. Nicholson on Thurs-

day ordered that trial to be put on

hold indefinitely. It was to have

begun Jan. 17.

Federal jury sentences Dylann Roof to death

White supremacist seeks new defense team

as he prepares to request a new trial

Tonya Maxwell and Tim Smith
USA TODAY Network

AP

Dylann Roof