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By Jonathan Landay and David Morgan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday renewed his call to end a federal probe into Russian election meddling, describing the investigation as a “witch hunt” a day after U.S. prosecutors detailed a previously unknown attempt by a Russian to help his 2016 presidential election campaign.
Other than his puppets on Fox News, nobody believes Trump's legal position improved over the past week. In fact, it has become much worse.
Congress must follow legal precedent and impeach the president like they did when Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton were in the White House.
Prosecutors recommended a substantial prison term for Michael Cohen as they stated that Cohen committed crimes under the supervision and direction of Trump.
nt Trump on Friday lashed out at Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Trump's 2016 election campaign, and suggested Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had a conflict of interest without offering any evidence.
To Trump, there is nothing more important than enriching himself, his businesses and his family – even if it means selling out the country in the process.
The combination of Mueller's redactions and Flynn's extensive cooperation should terrify Trump as this investigation plows toward its conclusion.
By Jan Wolfe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia on Tuesday formally demanded financial records from U.S. President Donald Trump’s businesses as part of their lawsuit alleging his dealings with foreign governments violate anti-corruption clauses of the U.S. Constitution.
Over 400 former DOJ alumni oppose Trump's appointee Matthew Whitaker to replace the unjustly ousted Jeff Sessions, because Whitaker has not been vetted.
The attorneys general of DC and Maryland plan to file subpoenas that target more than 30 Trump-related private entities in their case accusing Trump of profiting from the presidency and violating the Constitution’s emoluments clause.
Trump's former personal lawyer and Mr Fix It has taken a most inglorious fall from grace, pleading guilty to crimes he committed for Trump without getting a plea deal in advance, while Trump remains unscathed.
Not only has Cohen had seven different interviews with Mueller, but he appears to be happily sharing all of Trump's skeletons with other investigators.
The Trump tantrums we have witnessed up until this point will look like nothing compared to what we're likely to see by the end of the week.
All of this goes without mentioning the rest of the Trump dirt that special counsel Robert Mueller has that the public isn't yet aware of.
George Conway, attorney and husband of White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, busted Donald Trump for publicly intimidating witnesses Monday morning minutes after the embattled Republican President tweeted a quote from Roger Stone that he will never testify against Trump.
Jonathan Capehart explained on MSNBC's AMJoy the timeline behind what many people suspect is connected to President Trump discussing WikiLeaks on the campaign trail, following the daily release of John Podesta's emails by WikiLeaks on Oct. 7, 2016.
Trump's eldest son has been worried for weeks that he might be indicted for the same thing Cohen plead guilty to on Thursday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday denied working on a Trump Organization real estate project in Moscow, which his former lawyer Michael Cohen said they had pursued until June 2016, during the presidential campaign.
While Trump's repeated attempts to obstruct justice may have happened in plain sight, that doesn't make them any less criminal.
In Paul Manafort's mind, it was more important to stay on the good side of Donald Trump than special counsel investigators.