Daily Archives: Wed, Mar 27th, 2019

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It Turns Out That Mueller Isn’t Done Yet, As His Grand Jury Is Still Working

The Republican claims that Robert Mueller is done aren’t true, as his grand jury is still hard at work on ongoing cases. Politico reported: The special counsel grand jury that investigated Russian collusion into the 2016 presidential election is “continuing robustly†despite the end of Robert Mueller’s probe, a federal prosecutor said in court Wednesday….

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Despite report findings, 53% said Trump tried to stop investigations into Russian influence on his administration

By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nearly half of all Americans still believe President Donald Trump worked with Russia to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted after Special Counsel Robert Mueller cleared Trump of that allegation. Americans did feel slightly more positive about Trump after learning the…

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Republicans and Democrats blast Trump’s cuts to diplomacy and foreign aid as dangerous for national security

By Lesley Wroughton and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress rejected President Donald Trump‘s proposed cuts to diplomacy and foreign aid budgets as dangerous to national security on Wednesday, setting the stage for a budget battle with the White House. The ranking Republican on the House of Representatives subcommittee…

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How Trump’s Refusal to Sit Down with Mueller Helped Him Escape Legal Jeopardy

The strategy paid off, insulating Trump from the legal jeopardy presented by a sit-down interview with the special counsel’s team – an interview that Trump had said publicly he wanted to do. There was even a tentative date for the interview – Jan. 27, 2018 – though one of Trump’s lawyers told Reuters he never intended to make the president available to Mueller. And Mueller never issued a subpoena demanding testimony.

Papadopoulos on CNN
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CNN’s Berman Yells at Papadopoulos: ‘You didn’t notify the FBI!’

Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos was on CNN’s “New Day†show on Wednesday and claimed that he was “horrified†after being told by an alleged Russian agent that the Russian government had obtained emails that would damage Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Then he got yelled at by his host. ““In retrospect, of course,…

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