Sounding more and more like his father, a cracking up Donald Trump Jr. unleashed a rant on Twitter that showed the talk of his treasonous activities with Russia is getting to the President’s son.
President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort sued Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday, alleging that his office’s wide-ranging investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia exceeded its legal authority and needed to be reined in.
The founders of Fusion GPS say that their investigation uncovered evidence of Trump money laundering for Russians. These allegations have the power to take down Trump and the entire Republican Party.
Carl Bernstein said that his White House sources are telling him that Trump’s lawyers are intentionally lying to him because he is out of control and they are trying to keep him from getting impeached for firing Mueller.
As 2017 ends, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin offered a simple preview of the three questions about the Russia investigation that terrify Trump.
Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos told an Australian diplomat in May 2016 that Russia had political dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, the New York Times reported.
The New York Times reported Saturday that George Papadopoulos inadvertently kickstarted the Russia investigation after saying too much to top Australian diplomat Alexander Downer during “a night of heavy drinking” in May 2016. Papadopoulos was Trump’s former foreign policy adviser; in October, he admitted to lying to the FBI about his communication with Russian nationals and pleaded…
“He is not a king! He is a president in a constitutional model of government.”
In an impromptu interview with the New York Times, Trump said, “I have the absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department.”
The latest aspect of Mueller’s probe could show how widespread and hands-on the coordination was between Russia and the president’s team.
Trump will try to paint Flynn as a liar, but it’ll be a tough sell given all the praise he has heaped on the ex-national security adviser.
Trump’s post-Christmas Twitter tantrum about the Russia dossier gave Special Counsel Robert Mueller a huge reason to dive even deeper into the allegations that Trump was courted and turned by Russia.
Despite recent reports that the Russia investigation could last “at least another year,” Trump and his lawyers are still convinced that it’s winding down and will end soon. Jay Sekulow, one of Trump’s lawyers, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal report Monday repeating the belief that his client would be let off the hook…
A supposed freelance journalist going by the name of “Alice Donovan” with bylines in at least 10 different news outlets has been revealed to be a Russian troll who spent the election season pushing anti-Hillary Clinton narratives. After Trump entered office, “Alice” has continued to write for multiple publications, with her stories focusing on foreign…
Andrew McCabe, who’s served as director of the FBI since May after Trump fired James Comey, is retiring in roughly 90 days, according to The Washington Post. The decision comes after continual attacks from Republicans and President Trump over that past half year. Comey responded to the news with a rare post on social media….
Instead of bringing down Robert Mueller and ending the Russia investigation with his smear campaign against the Special Counsel, Trump has provided more evidence to law enforcement for an obstruction of justice case against him.
Dozens of former elected Republican officials and former federal prosecutors are rallying to defend Special Counsel Robert Mueller against attacks from Trump and his allies.
The case for obstruction of justice against this president continues to grow, and it may have just reached a point of no return.
Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe confirmed James Comey’s explosive testimony that Trump demanded his loyalty.
The question is no longer whether the behavior of these Republicans is going to cause long-lasting damage to U.S. democracy – it’s how much damage will it cause.Â
A rumor that Trump plans on firing special counsel Mueller on Dec. 22 has been circulating on Capitol Hill. California Rep. Jackie Speier first rang the alarm last Friday during a KQED Newsroom interview. Well, there is already a response effort ready to take to the streets if the president dares to try and shut down…
“What if it’s not Robert Mueller who gets fired? What if it’s Rod Rosenstein or Jeff Sessions, either of whom could start the process that would result in the end of the Mueller investigation?”
Trump has been running around telling people that the Russia investigation will be over by the end of the year. However, Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team plan to work for at least another year.
According to a Washington Post report published Friday, the legal team of senior White House adviser and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is looking to hire a crisis public relations firm. The news comes as the investigation into Russia’s influence on the 2016 election and the Trump campaign’s possible collusion with the foreign government heats…
Over the past few weeks, special counsel Robert Mueller has intensified his probe looking into the Russia scandal — first, Trump’s former national security adviser Mike Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communication with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and promised to cooperate with the investigation; then, Trump admitted to obstructing justice…
Trump’s lawyers are meeting with Robert Mueller next week to gain a clearer understanding of his investigation.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) who was just onboard Air Force One with Trump last week went on CNN and went into total lunatic mode while embracing a conspiracy theory that Robert Mueller is trying to destroy democracy by investigating Trump and Russia.
“Why does this keep happening? Why do we consistently have to get news about the behavior and the meetings and the conversations of the American president from the Russian government?”
Unlike the non-scandal surrounding Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email account that defined last year’s campaign coverage, this one could actually uncover a smoking gun.
Adam Schiff explains that Republicans are planning on ending the Congressional investigations and then demanding that Mueller is fired.
On Wednesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended special counsel Robert Mueller and the investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russian government to manipulate the 2016 election. Rosenstein faced a series of questions from Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee, who have recently amped up their efforts to discredit Mueller’s probe…
President Donald Trump’s eldest son asked a House of Representatives committee on Tuesday to investigate possible leaks of information about his Dec. 6 interview with lawmakers, as congressional probes of Russia and the 2016 election picked up steam ahead of the New Year.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders couldn’t answer why Trump attacks US reporters but has nothing to say about Russia spreading disinformation.
CNN’s Jake Tapper asked House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) what he was missing on Trump/Russia collusion evidence, and the case that Rep. Schiff made was devastating.
Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) said on MSNBC that House Judiciary Republicans are doing Trump’s bidding by working to undermine the FBI and the Russia investigation.
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller unveiled a trove of documents on Friday showing what he said was “irrefutable evidence” that President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort violated a court gag order by ghost-writing an opinion piece designed to improve his public image.
On CNN’s New Day, House Intelligence Committee ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that Republicans are allowing figures in the Russia investigation like Donald Trump Jr. to avoid answering questions by invoking flimsy privilege claims.
At multiple points during the campaign, Trump-connected associates suggested they would lift the crippling Russian sanctions.
According to the CBS News survey, 43 percent Republicans feel that it’s either very or somewhat likely that Trump’s team had an inappropriate relationship with Russia.
Trump Jr. claimed client-attorney privilege to explain his refusal to divulge what he and elder Trump talked about following the secret June 9 meeting with Russian officials at Trump Tower.
The question of what Russia was supposed to get in return for helping Trump win the election was answered today as a bombshell text from Mike Flynn to a business partner promised to rip up the Obama sanctions on Russia as one of Flynn’s first orders of business.
The senator of Connecticut, says that there is a “credible case” against Donald Trump for obstruction of justice.
Lawmakers said they want to question him about a meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 at Trump Tower in New York at which he had said he hoped to get information about the “fitness, character and qualifications” of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Democrat his father defeated in last year’s race for the White House.
“What is needed, very bluntly, is protection for the special counsel, because what we see more and more of is the threats and intimidation from the White House that has to be stopped through legislation I’ve offered,” he said in a CNN interview.
K.T. McFarland, Trump’s nominee for the Singapore ambassador position, lied when she claimed to have no knowledge of contact with Russians.
Mueller wants to make sure Manafort remains under house arrest after it was revealed that the former Trump campaign manager recently ghostwrote an op-ed with a Russian operative.
Trump stuck to his script as he was leaving the White House for Utah, but when he was asked about Mike Flynn, it all fell apart.
Trump’s lawyers are preemptively making the argument that the president can’t obstruct justice, which means that they are laying out a legal defense in the expectation that charges are coming concerning the Russia scandal.
Special counsel Robert Mueller removed an FBI agent, Peter Strzok, from the Russia investigation team for expressing anti-Trump sentiments.
The FBI Agents Association blasted Donald Trump for attacking the credibility of FBI agents as part of his efforts to discredit the Russia investigation.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee sent the White House reeling and Trump scurrying as he explains why Flynn’s flip strengthens the obstruction of justice charge against Trump.
Emails obtained by the New York Times not only contradict the White House’s claim that former national security advisor Mike Flynn went rogue by communicating with Russian officials during the 2016 election — they also prove that the Trump administration acknowledged that Russia contributed to the president’s victory and actively wanted to aid the foreign power in…
Trump’s latest tweet implicates him for obstructing justice.
If Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation continues to unfold the way it currently is, the “lock him up” chants could become a reality.
The Trump White House is now claiming that Obama authorized Mike Flynn’s conversations with Russians, but their claim was immediately dismissed as absurd by former Obama Director Of National Intelligence, James Clapper on CNN.
The reason why Senate Republicans are trying to get more than the 50 votes needed for their tax cut for the rich is that they want to keep Mike Pence from having to come to the Senate because they are afraid reporters will him about Mike Flynn.
Experts say that Flynn’s plea deal suggests Flynn has very good information with which to bargain with team Mueller on the Trump Russia probe. If Flynn’s information is that good, that would make it very bad news for President Trump.
U.S. stocks sank on Friday after ABC News reported former national security adviser Michael Flynn was prepared to tell investigators that Donald Trump directed him to make contact with Russians during last year’s presidential elections.
The White House is trying to distance Trump by Mike Flynn’s crimes by referring to Flynn as a former Obama official in a statement.
A potential bombshell resides within an ABC report that claims former national security adviser retired Gen. Michael Flynn is prepared to testify that President Donald Trump and senior officials directed him to make contact with Russians.
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains why Mike Flynn’s guilty plea is only the beginning of Trump’s Russia woes.
We now have an answer to Trump’s increasingly erratic and unstable behavior. Mike Flynn has pled guilty to lying to the FBI and is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Trump’s upcoming campaign event just across Alabama’s border shouldn’t fool anybody. This is clearly a Roy Moore rally.
Trump is doing his best to hand Robert Mueller and congressional investigators an open-and-shut obstruction of justice case against him.Â
When asked by the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) if Trump ever directed him to hinder the Russia investigation, Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused to answer the question.
On Saturday, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill allowing his government to register U.S. media as foreign agents.
A new report has revealed the first mention of Donald Trump’s name within the Panama Papers.
The news that Mike Flynn is either trying to cut a deal with special counsel Robert Mueller or has cut a deal means that someone or all of the Trump family are going down.
Before Trump was sworn in, the CIA warned Israel that Vladimir Putin had “leverages of pressure†over Trump.
Bad news for Trump as Special Counsel Robert Mueller is now investigating business partners like Mike Flynn’s as part of the Russia investigation.
Trump and Putin got some bad news as Facebook has announced that they will be unveiling a tool that will allow people see if they liked or followed Russian created content.
Trump is trying to pretend like the Russia investigation doesn’t exist, but it was reported that special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Jared Kushner’s contacts with foreign leaders.
More Russia bombshells are set to drop as Special Counsel Robert Mueller is pursuing Trump campaign meetings and contacts with foreign officials that have not been made public.
The Senate committee searching for Clinton’s alleged wrongdoing is keeping their witness’s name cloaked. However, William D. Campbell, a lobbyist, confirmed to Reuters he is the informant who will testify and provide documents to Congress about the Obama Administration’s 2010 approval of the sale of Uranium One, a Canadian company with uranium mines in the United States, to Russia’s Rosatom.
The move by Mueller suggests that, while the Trump campaign claims to be “voluntarily” handing over all Russia-related documentation, they aren’t being fully forthcoming.
Sens Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein wrote in an explosive letter published Thursday that Jared Kushner failed to produce emails that show that members of the Trump campaign were in touch with Sergei Millian and copied Kushner.
Page, an oil industry consultant with numerous contacts in Russia, told Reuters in a text message that he delivered the documents to the Senate and House intelligence committees.
“Just dropped irrelevant and unnecessary documents off for the Witch Hunt,†Page said in his text. “On to bigger and better things now.â€
During an interview on MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) said that Attorney General Jeff Sessions lied under oath to the House Judiciary Committee.
After a hearing ripe with Attorney General Jeff Sessions claiming, “I don’t recall” at least twenty times by Rep. Jeffries’ count, the Democrat put Sessions on the spot by asking, “Do you still believe the intentional failure to remember can constitute a criminal act?”
Attorney General Jeff Sessions blew up and yelled that it wasn’t fair when he was accused of perjury during a House Judiciary Committee hearing.
Trump/Russia collusion was made visible by Wikileaks asking Trump Jr. to have his father tweet out a link, and 15 minutes later, Trump complied.
The Wikileaks/Trump/Russia conspiracy was so intent on fooling US voters that Wikileaks asked Trump Jr. if they could publish one of Trump’s tax returns so that their attacks on Hillary Clinton would have more impact.
Former CIA Director Michael Morell warned that Trump is gullible and that he is being manipulated by Russia and Putin.
Joe Biden took apart took apart Donald Trump’s defense of Putin with criticizing him, or even using the President’s name.
The CIA remains confident in its conclusion that Russia waged a disinformation campaign in the U.S. to influence the election in Donald Trump’s favor.
The man who will be in charge of the Russia investigation if Democrats take back the House, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), lowered the boom on Trump by saying that his Russia denials aren’t fooling anyone and that the President is incapable of putting America first.
At press gaggle aboard Air Force One, Trump marked Veterans Day by claiming that he believes Putin when he tells him that Russia didn’t interfere in the election, and saying that Russia tried to undermine US democracy is an insult to Putin.
“Every time he sees me, he says, ‘I didn’t do that.’ And I believe, I really believe, that when he tells me that, he means it.”
Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether U.S. President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was involved in an alleged plan to seize a Muslim cleric and deliver him to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Donald Trump may be out of the country, but the Russia investigation is boiling hot after White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller was interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) ranted about Robert Mueller’s “conflicts,” and how a coup is being perpetrated against Trump. The Congressman worked himself into a lather, but there was only one problem. The House was empty while he was speaking, which sums up the GOP failure to stop the Russia scandal.
To make matters worse for Trump, an even larger number of Americans – nearly two thirds – believe that the ongoing investigation into the president’s ties to Russia is a “serious matter.”
Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, put another nail in Trump’s coffin after Carter Page admitted that he not only met with high-level officials in Russia but that he also notified his supervisors on the Trump campaign about the meeting.
The fact Special Counsel Robert Mueller has enough evidence to charge Mike Flynn strengthens the obstruction of justice case against Donald Trump.
Three Republican U.S. lawmakers called on Friday for Robert Mueller to resign as special counsel investigating Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, the latest in a series of conservatives’ criticisms of the FBI and Justice Department during the probe of how Moscow may have influenced the campaign.
Trump suddenly can’t remember meeting with his foreign policy team in 2016, as he practically begged the press to focus on Hillary Clinton and the DNC instead of the Russia scandal while leaving for his trip to Asia.
Sessions didn’t just meet with the Russians himself, but he was informed about similar contacts made by others in the campaign.
In a new letter, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) his position as a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee to call out Attorney General Jeff Sessions lies about Russia, and demand answers from Sessions about his false statements.
President Donald Trump’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been caught in yet another Russia-related lie.
Trump’s constant denials that Russia was behind the DNC hack were dealt a death blow as prosecutors say that they have enough evidence to bring charges against 6 Russian government officials for the hack and could move forward on the case next year. The Wall Steet Journal reported, “The Justice Department has identified more than…
