Mueller Has Trump So Rattled That He’s Canceling His G-20 Meetings
Trump is canceling his formal meetings at the G-20 as it is clear that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has the president rattled.
Trump is canceling his formal meetings at the G-20 as it is clear that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has the president rattled.
The incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said that Michael Cohen’s plea deal means that Mueller is closing in on Trump.
Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen pled guilty to a charge that he lied to Congress the efforts to pursue a Trump Tower deal in Russia.
While Trump’s repeated attempts to obstruct justice may have happened in plain sight, that doesn’t make them any less criminal.
An interview with Jerome Corsi was moving normally until Ari Melber called birtherism a lie, and then all heck broke loose.
U.S. Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), and Chris Coons (D-DE) tried to force a vote on a bill to protect Robert Mueller but were blocked by Sen, Mike Lee (R-UT).
Some of Trump’s answers to Mueller helps to explain why he is losing it. Trump appears to have lied about prior knowledge of the Wikileaks email dump.
Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said that Republicans might allow a vote to protect Mueller if Republican Sen. Jeff Flake and Democrats give Trump more judges.
Ivanka Trump called for an end to the Robert Mueller Russia investigation that has ensnared her father, husband, and brother.
In Paul Manafort’s mind, it was more important to stay on the good side of Donald Trump than special counsel investigators.
Jerome Corsi told Roger Stone about the Wikileaks plan to dump John Podesta’s emails in October, and Stone called Trump the next day.
Trump friend Jerome Corsi admitted that he and Roger Stone had prior knowledge that Wikileaks was going to dump the hacked Podesta emails as an October surprise.
If Paul Manafort lied about meeting with Julian Assange, Robert Mueller already knew because Assange was under surveillance.
Paul Manafort visited Wikileaks founder Julian Assange weeks before being named the chairman of the Trump campaign in 2016.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that Trump will be investigated for and potentially charged with obstruction of justice if he pardons Paul Manafort.
Paul Manafort violated his plea deal with Robert Mueller in an apparent effort to get a pardon out of Donald Trump. The New York Times reported: Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, repeatedly lied to federal investigators in breach of a plea agreement he signed two months ago, the special counsel’s office said in…
Trump freaked out on Monday morning and tried to mount a preemptive discrediting and defense that showed that Robert Mueller’s final report is coming soon.
Alan Dershowitz, who is a frequent critic of the Mueller investigation, says that the Mueller report will be politically devastating for Trump.
Jerome Corsi is trying to cut a plea deal with Robert Mueller because he expects to spend the remainder of his life in prison for his role in Trump’s Russia scandal. The Washington Post reported: In a webcast and a series of interviews, Corsi said he had spoken to prosecutors for 40 hours and feared…
James Comey reacted to the House Republicans on the Judiciary Committee subpoenaing him by demanding an opening hearing to avoid Republican distortions and leaks.
In a classic holiday news dump, James Comey and Loretta Lynch were subpoenaed who claimed to be investigating how the FBI and DOJ handled the Hillary Clinton email scandal.
If Trump wasn’t willing to answer Mueller’s questions about “corrupt intent,” then chances are he probably had corrupt intent.
Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) have sued Trump in federal court over the unconstitutional appointment of interim Attorney General Matthew Whitaker.
Trump is worried and telling the people around him that he is afraid Special Counsel Robert Mueller will indict his son, Donald Trump Jr.
Trump tried to pick a fight with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who responded by shredding the president in his favorite forum of Twitter.
Trump tried to insult Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), but the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee turned it around into a total backfire on the president.
Rep. Adam Schiff warned Matthew Whitaker and Trump that any effort to stop Mueller would be discovered and exposed by Democrats.
No matter what Donald Trump and his former associates say, they won’t be able to talk their way out of their potential crimes.
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Prosecutors and defense lawyers are in talks potentially to resolve a criminal case accusing gun-rights activist Maria Butina of acting as a Russian agent to infiltrate a pro-gun rights organization in the United States and influence U.S. foreign policy toward Russia. The parties “continue to engage… in negotiations…
By Paresh Dave SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc Chairman and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday defended his response to Russian election meddling on the world’s largest social media network and issued a new plan aimed at stifling misbehavior while maintaining a vibrant hub for online speech. His comments in a conference call with…
In most cases, proving intent can be difficult for investigators when making an obstruction of justice case. But in Trump’s case, it isn’t.
Democrats are fighting to make sure that Trump and Republicans can’t hide the findings of Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation.
Anxiety is running high at the White House as the Trump administration believes that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is ready to pounce.
Nicolle Wallace reported that a White House source told her that Trump is having a meltdown over the Mueller investigation and that his mental state is at its worst point in years.
A federal judge has ruled that Special Counsel Robert Mueller can move forward in his case against a company charged with interfering in the 2016 election.
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday refused a request by a Russian company accused of funding a propaganda operation to sway the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor to dismiss the criminal charges brought against it by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The ruling by Judge Dabney Friedrich in…
Sen. Angus King (I-ME) asked if Trump is innocent of any wrongdoing with Russia, why is he firing people and trying to shut down the investigation?
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, sounded the alarm Thursday morning that Trump is interfering in the Mueller probe right in front of our eyes.
Trump said that he installed Matthew Whitaker to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general because of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
A former Trump campaign deputy is now cooperating with several ongoing investigations, according to court filings from the special counsel’s office.
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rick Gates, a former business partner of President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is still cooperating with several ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election, according to a court filing on Wednesday. The joint filing by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office and Gates’ lawyer suggests…
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) has given Mitch McConnell a choice. He can either protect Robert Mueller or go down with Trump on the Russia scandal.
Sen. Jeff Flake took a public stand and announced on the Senate floor that he would not vote for any Trump judicial nominees until Special Counsel Robert Mueller is protected.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is zeroing in on people in Trump’s orbit who may have participated in the Russian hack of DNC emails.
Two U.S. senators, defying opposition from top Republicans, vowed on Wednesday to push for action on a bipartisan measure that would protect a federal investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 presidential election.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the incoming chair of the House Intelligence Committee warned Trump’s installed attorney general Matthew Whitaker that he would not be able to hide if he tries to do Trump’s bidding.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday he supported a bill that would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from any politically motivated firings and would urge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to allow a vote on it. “I would certainly vote for it,” Graham told reporters of the bill, which he…
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is expected to provide written answers to questions from the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election as soon as this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The questions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller that Trump is preparing to…
An associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, said he was told by the U.S. special counsel probing Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election that he would be contacted this week about a possible plea deal.
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Acting U.S. Attorney General Matthew Whitaker will consult with ethics officials about any matters that could require him to recuse himself, the Justice Department said on Monday, after critics called on him to step aside from overseeing a Special Counsel probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election….
If the man Trump picked to be his personal shield from the special counsel investigation recuses himself, it could push Trump completely over the edge.
An associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, expects to be indicted by the U.S. special counsel probing Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, he said on Monday.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that Democrats are going to subpoena Trump’s interpreter who was in the room when Trump held his private meeting with Putin.
By Dan Levine SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – San Francisco’s city attorney on Monday questioned the recent appointment of a new acting attorney general, saying in a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice that his office may take court action if the DOJ does not provide a legal justification for the designation. President Donald Trump…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump greeted each other and shook hands at the Arc de Triomphe
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), the incoming chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee said that among other issues, she would be investigating Trump and money laundering.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) warned Trump and his installed attorney general that if they interfered with the Russia investigation, it would be discovered and he must either recuse himself or face Congress.
By David Morgan and Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats are considering legal action over President Donald Trump’s appointment of a new acting attorney general, congressional sources said on Friday, as some outside experts called the move unconstitutional. Trump on Wednesday named Matthew Whitaker to replace former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was…
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is going to block a bill to protect Robert Mueller by not allowing it to come up for a vote.
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. Justice Department attorney on Thursday spelled out the circumstances under which Special Counsel Robert Mueller could be fired in a court case that took on new significance this week after President Donald Trump ousted his attorney general. The case, argued on Mueller’s behalf by Deputy Solicitor…
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY), the incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said that Democrats might block the government funding bill unless it includes protections for Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
There is a massive nationwide protest going on as citizens are taking to the streets to demand that Congress protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Newly surfaced audio catches Trump’s interim Attorney General Matt Whitaker claiming that Russia didn’t interfere in the 2016 election. Whitaker said, “The left has tried to sew this theory that essentially Russians interfered with the U.S. election, which has been proven false. They did not have any impact in the election and that has been…
The former son-in-law of Paul Manafort, the one-time chairman of President Donald Trump’s campaign, has been arrested on charges that he engaged in financial fraud while out on bail on a prior case, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The American people are ready to take to the streets as Trump continues on this destructive course toward a constitutional crisis.
Congress must act quickly to protect the special counsel investigation before Trump goes any further down this dangerous path to a constitutional crisis.
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to oust Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with a noted critic of Special Counsel Robert Mueller raised immediate fears among Democrats about the future of Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump appointed Matthew Whitaker, formerly Sessions’ chief of staff, as…
Not only should the new acting attorney general recuse himself from the Russia investigation; he should be removed altogether.
Frank Figliuzzi said on MSNBC that Trump is openly obstructing justice by firing Jeff Sessions and replacing him with someone who he knows will shut down the Mueller investigation.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who will soon be running the House Russia investigation, vowed to protect Robert Mueller and the rule of law after Trump fired Jeff Sessions.
Trump’s choice to be interim attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, believes that the Mueller investigation has gone too far and should not be investigating Trump or his family’s finances.
One of the major consequences of Democrats winning the House is that if Trump tries to fire Mueller, Democrats will launch an impeachment investigation.
Eighty-five of the removed accounts were posting in English on Facebook’s Instagram service, and 30 more were on Facebook and associated with pages in French and Russian, the post said.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has asked the FBI to investigate a right-wing conspiracy to bribe a woman to accuse Mueller of sexual misconduct.
By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) – The White House has formally invited President Vladimir Putin to Washington, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Friday, returning to an idea that was put on hold in July amid anger in the U.S. over the prospect of such a summit. President Donald Trump held a summit…
Bolton played down the consequences of the alleged interference. “Today I told our Russian colleagues that their meddling in our election process had hardly had any real effect,” radio station Ekho Moskvy quoted him as saying on a visit to Moscow.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is closing in on the key question of did the Trump campaign have backchannel contacts with Russia. The Washington Post reported: While outwardly quiet for the last month, Robert S. Mueller III’s investigators have been aggressively pursuing leads behind the scenes about whether Stone was in communication with the online group,…
Russia said on Monday it would be forced to respond in kind to restore the military balance with the United States if President Donald Trump carried through on a threat to quit a landmark nuclear arms treaty and began developing new missiles.
The Russian disinformation campaign that resulted in a criminal indictment had been pushing articles from Fox News and other conservative websites.
The Russians used Donald Trump’s talking points on Robert Mueller as part of their effort to interfere in the 2018 midterm election.
The U.S. government on Friday charged a Russian national with playing a key financial role in a Kremlin-backed plan to conduct “information warfare” against the United States, including to influence next month’s congressional elections.
Trump’s own deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, just dismantled the lie that Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation is a witch hunt.
By Brendan Pierson and Sarah N. Lynch NEW YORK/ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – A U.S. Treasury Department official has been criminally charged with leaking confidential documents relating to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and others to a reporter from digital media company BuzzFeed, Manhattan federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Natalie May Edwards, a senior adviser…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) wants to investigate the allegation that Trump laundered money for Russia if Democrats win control of the House.
A California man accused by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office of operating an online auction service for stolen identities was sentenced to one year in prison on Wednesday in a federal district court.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating proposals solicited by the Trump campaign for using fake identities and social media profiles to disrupt the 2016 election.
A U.S. House of Representatives committee will vote on Friday on whether to release dozens of transcripts of interviews from its investigation of Russia and the 2016 U.S. election, including conversations with senior associates of President Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe said on Monday he was “deeply concerned” about reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was stepping down, saying his departure would put at risk the federal probe into Russian election activities. “There is nothing more important to the integrity of law enforcement and the rule…
Ecuador in 2017 gave Wikileaks founder Julian Assange a diplomatic post in Russia but rescinded it after Britain refused to give him diplomatic immunity, according to an Ecuadorean government document seen by Reuters.
K.T. McFarland’s statement revised an earlier assertion to FBI agents that sanctions on Russia did not come up when she spoke to Flynn in December 2016 about his calls with Sergey Kislyak when he was the Russian ambassador to the United States, the newspaper said, quoting unidentified people familiar with the matter.
Robert Mueller is Trump-proofing his special counsel investigation so the president of the United States can’t skirt the law.Â
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) warned Trump that any action he takes against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would be viewed as obstruction of justice.
ABC News broke the news Thursday afternoon that Trump’s former personal attorney and one of the President’s closest associates, Michael Cohen, has spent the last month in multiple interview sessions with investigators from special counsel Robert Mueller‘s Trump Russia probe, talking about Russia, possible collusion, and pardon. According to ABC’s sources, the interviews have focused…
By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Wednesday said it would team with two U.S. non-profits to slow the global spread of misinformation that could influence elections, acknowledging that fake news sites were still read by millions. The largest social network, under intense pressure to combat propaganda, said it would work abroad…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, slammed Trump for abusing his presidential power to declassify materials in the ongoing Russia investigation.
President Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, could be sentenced as soon as Nov. 28, according to a joint court filing by prosecutors from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office and defense lawyers on Monday.
President Donald Trump just ordered James Comey‘s text messages to be released to the public without redaction. Along with Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, and Bruce Ohr. Trump also just abused his power by interfering in the Russia probe. “The president…issuing orders to DOJ in the middle of an investigation into his own campaign…
Rep, Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that Trump and his lawyers are terrified that Paul Manafort is cooperating with Robert Mueller.
As if Paul Manafort’s flip wasn’t bad enough, former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen is talking to Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Trump has vanished with no public appearances, or comments, as his Twitter account is only retweeting info about Hurricane Florence after Manafort flipped.