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AP Photo/Seth Wenig President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators’ questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump’s attorney, Rudy Giuliani made that assertion in an interview with the AP on Thursday, saying questions about obstruction of justice were a […]
Paul Manafort, former chairman of the Trump campaign, is appearing in court this week as part of the first trial in the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. Since taking over the investigation last May, Mueller’s team has charged four Americans once affiliated with Trump’s campaign or […]
Leah Millis/Reuters President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani blasted FBI agent Peter Strzok’s congressional testimony. “President Trump is being investigated by people who possess pathological hatred for him,” Giuliani said. “All the results of the investigation are ‘fruit of the poison tree’ and should be dismissed.” Strzok testified for hours before a pair of […]
The once-missing text messages between two former FBI employees were released to Congress on Thursday. The text messages — which span December 2016 through May 2017 — are between FBI special agent Peter Strzok and FBI counsel Lisa Page, who were in an ongoing, intimate relationship. Many of the text messages in the 49-page release are shorthand and are […]
Aaron Bernstein/Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the special counsel Robert Mueller has contacted the company as part of the Russia investigation. Zuckerberg added that “there may be” subpoenas that Mueller’s team sent to the company or its employees. He also said it is “entirely possible” that a Russian troll farm indicted in the Russia […]
AP The special counsel Robert Mueller’s move to subpoena the Trump Organization brings him ever closer to President Donald Trump’s personal finances — a “red line” Trump warned him against crossing. Trump said last year that he does not “make money from Russia.” But his son, Donald Trump Jr., wrote in a 2008 op-ed that […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images A Grand Jury subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team reportedly targets the majority of Donald Trump’s senior campaign team, including the president. Axios, a news website, reported that Mueller will subpoena all communications since November 1, 2015, from nine leaders of Trump’s campaign. A former CIA agent said the subpoena indicates […]
Paul Manafort’s longtime deputy is cooperating with the special prosecutor, so we may soon have answers to these questions hovering around the Russia investigation. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a8cb967a8e48854db175a4f/master/pass/RickGatesPlea-869450076.jpg
Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The right-wing media has suggested in recent days that a new court order in the case against former national-security adviser Michael Flynn implies he will be exonerated soon. The judge presiding over the Flynn case, Judge Emmet Sullivan, has issued a similar order in every criminal case he’s overseen since 2009. Legal experts […]
The office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed criminal charges against Alex Van Der Zwaan, alleging he misled officials about his contact with Richard Gates.
