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Proof: How the Trump administration is trying to defend its firing of Maurene Comey

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{"first_seen":"2026-09-27T15:00:08Z","headline":"How the Trump administration is trying to defend its firing of Maurene Comey","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"guardian","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/27/maurene-comey-trump-administration-james-comey","v":1}

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5ab98cffac8b654fc33526ee995029f53abc22eb3a964a95415cffbb063f5f94

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1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-5ab98cffac8b.json prints 5ab98cffac8b654fc33526ee995029f53abc22eb3a964a95415cffbb063f5f94. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
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3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

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