Alex Wong/Getty Images The special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has reportedly told defense lawyers it is “tying up loose ends” in the Russia investigation, signaling that the ongoing probe is coming to a close. This week, prosecutors are also scheduled to file several new documents in court about some of the most important players in […]
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FBI raids home of whistleblower who had ‘dirt’ on Clinton Foundation, Mueller
More than a dozen FBI agents searched for six hours the house of a contractor who had given Congress and the DOJ documents about the Clinton Foundation and the Uranium One scandal, implicating then-FBI director Robert Mueller. Sixteen agents showed up at the Maryland home of Dennis Nathan Cain on November 19, the Daily Caller […]
What Paul Manafort’s highly unusual move to brief Trump’s team on his discussions with Mueller reveals about his strategy
Reuters Justice Department veterans are flummoxed that lawyers representing Paul Manafort, the former chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, are still in touch with Trump’s lawyers following Manafort’s guilty plea. “It is absolutely not normal for a convicted felon and now cooperator to continue to loop in a potential target’s attorneys on the relationship with […]
Will this one get to Trump? Author Jerome Corsi negotiating plea deal with Mueller
Prolific conspiracy theory author Jerome Corsi is negotiating a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, prompting excited speculation by the anti-Trump #Resistance and concerns over pressuring journalists. Mueller’s investigators have reportedly spent months investigating whether Corsi had advance knowledge that WikiLeaks would be publishing emails from the private account of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman […]
New report reveals the behind-the-scenes battle between Trump’s team and Mueller over a possible interview on the Russia investigation
Alex Wong/Getty Images A new report from the Associated Press details the back-and-forth between President Donald Trump’s lawyers and the special counsel Robert Mueller over the terms of a potential interview with Trump. Their compromise? Written answers to questions, which were delivered on Tuesday. Logistics for an interview at Camp David on January 27 this […]
Mueller again? Trump bashes ‘disgraceful’ Russia probe
As midterm-bolstered Democrats double down on special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into alleged 2016 ‘Russian collusion’, President Donald Trump is lashing out, calling the probe a “disgrace” and “total witch hunt.” Last week’s midterm results mean Democrats will take control of the House of Representatives in January, and the party has already said it will […]
Russian Trolls Are Still Playing Both Sides—Even With the Mueller Probe
The latest indictment against Russian trolls shows how they sowed division in the US on wedge issues, including the investigation into their activity. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bca3180f8a2e62d0bd5c5fd/master/pass/Polls-RussianInterference-1016766004.jpg
Robert Mueller Has Already Told You Everything You Need To Know
With the exception of President Trump’s legal team, no one has been watching the Mueller investigation more closely than Garrett Graff. https://media.wired.com/photos/5bc2a169ffac9b2ce1d579d5/master/pass/W25-SAT-AMYLOMBARD-J5A7378-w.jpg
Trump legal team to challenge Mueller probe legitimacy in counter-report
US President Donald Trump’s legal team, led by his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, is working on a comprehensive report intended as a response to the conclusions in the “Russia collusion” probe, that are yet to be released. In an interview to the Daily Beast on Thursday, Giuliani revealed that Trump’s legal advisers have been busy […]
Paul Manafort reportedly sought a plea deal with Mueller to prevent his second trial from going forward
Reuters Paul Manafort’s legal team was reportedly trying to secure a plea deal last week for Manafort in his second trial in Washington, DC. Manafort’s lawyers were discussing a possible plea with the special counsel Robert Mueller’s team last week, as a jury in Virginia moved toward convicting Manafort on eight counts of tax and […]