Prosecutors say Paul Manafort breached his plea deal by telling ‘discernible lies’ after agreeing to cooperate

Alex Wong/Getty Images The special counsel Robert Mueller’s office said in a new court filing that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort breached his plea deal by telling “discernible lies” after agreeing to cooperate in the Russia probe. Prosecutors said Manafort lied in statements he made about his association with a Russian-Ukrainian political operative, wire […]

New system shows the earliest life could cooperate despite “cheaters”

Enlarge / Populations of RNAs, as in this cartoon, may have helped the first life overcome some limits on complexity. (credit: NASA) Physics is filled with papers where the authors don’t actually do anything—at least not anything empirical. Instead, they explore the math behind a topic and try to gain new theoretical insights, leaving it […]

The rise and fall of New York City’s ‘Taxi King’ who reportedly agreed to cooperate with the government as a potential witness against longtime business partner Michael Cohen

New York State Office of the Attorney General Evgeny “Gene” Freidman was commonly referred to as New York City’s Taxi King — notably by the New York attorney general’s office and the law firms that have filed suit against him. At one point, Freidman owned more than 800 taxi medallions, the metal plates on the […]

‘Throw them to crocodiles!’ Duterte tells soldiers not to cooperate with UN human rights probe

Rodrigo Duterte has once again harshly lashed out at UN human rights officials planning to probe alleged extrajudicial killings in his war on drugs, and claimed full responsibility for the “lawful” actions of law enforcers. This latest vulgar outburst against the international human rights officials comes a day after UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al […]

Ex-Trump aide Sam Nunberg reverses, says he’ll likely cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller

Screenshot Via YouTube Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg said he’ll likely cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller. Nunberg previously refused to comply with Mueller’s subpoena which asked for his communications with other former officials. Nunberg railed against current and former White House officials in multiple TV interviews on Monday. WASHINGTON (AP) — A former […]

Philippines’ Duterte tells personnel not to cooperate with any investigation into his bloody war on drugs

Thomson Reuters Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte told security personnel not to participate in any probes against his bloody war on drugs. In 2016, the Philippines government formally invited the UN rights rapporteur Agnes Callamard to investigate Duterte’s controversial killings. Duterte back peddled in 2017, and said he would only cooperate if a probe was not led by Callamard. […]

Michael Flynn made a move that indicates he may soon cooperate with Mueller

Thomson Reuters Former national security adviser Mike Flynn may be cooperating or negotiating with prosecutors after Flynn’s legal team reportedly told President Donald Trump’s counsel that they could not discuss the special counsel’s investigation. Flynn’s legal team was previously sharing information on the Russia investigation with Trump’s counsel. Former national security adviser Mike Flynn may […]

Former Trump campaign aide reportedly won’t cooperate with the Senate Intelligence Committee’s Russia probe

AP Carter Page, a former aide to President Donald Trump’s campaign, told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that he won’t testify before the panel for its investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, Politico reports.  A source with knowledge of the situation told Politico that Page would plead the Fifth Amendment, which, in […]

‘Narrow grounds’: US wants to cooperate with Russia on Afghanistan – Moscow

Washington says it want to cooperate with Moscow on Afghanistan, but US sanctions policy narrows down the areas of possible cooperation, unless those are lifted, Russia’s special representative for Afghanistan said after meeting with his US counterpart. Read more Alice Wells, US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, expressed Washington’s “willingness to cooperate with us […]

‘We don’t use private lawyers to cooperate with US’ – Russian Prosecutor General’s Office to RT

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has explained to RT how an “efficient mechanism” of information sharing with the US works. No private lawyers are involved in the process, the agency official said, denying allegations that it has played a part in any meeting between Donald Trump Jr. with lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. READ MORE: Russian Prosecutor […]