President Donald Trump said on Friday he was open to sitting down with investigators probing possible collusion between his campaign and Moscow “under certain circumstances,” but that he did not want to get caught in a “perjury trap.”
George Papadopoulos, a former aide to then-Republican candidate Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, will be sentenced on Friday after pleading guilty last year to lying to federal agents investigating whether campaign members coordinated with Russia before the election.
Once a Republican who prided himself on his independent streak, Rand Paul has turned into a shameless puppet for Donald Trump.
The Trump presidency is falling apart, and Wednesday’s anonymous op-ed in The New York Times could spell the beginning of the end.
It isn’t just Democratic critics or the Never Trumpers in the Republican Party who are now questioning the president’s fitness to be in the White House.
Rachel Maddow discussed the concern surrounding the possibility that Trump could end up in prison and showed why the “orange jumpsuit concern” is very real.
Michael Avenatti has announced that he will be leading a big resistance rally to be held at the same time as Trump’s rally in Texas.
As Rachel Maddow said on her show Thursday, the truth has a way of changing the most stubborn things, even in American politics.
It’s unclear if his base of supporters would even flinch if the documents came to light, but it would only confirm what the rest of us already knew about this man’s character.
Removing Sessions would certainly be another step in the president’s effort to crush the Russia probe, but it would also bolster Mueller’s case against him.
Trump has been getting mad at his advisers anytime they mention impeachment, or as he calls it the “I-word” in the White House.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has introduced the largest anti-corruption bill since Watergate to kill the cancer on our democracy that has flourished under Trump.
With Trump’s legal troubles pushing him to take desperate and lawless measures, Don McGahn appears to be getting out before the ship goes down.
Lawyers for U.S. President Donald Trump have asked a federal judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit by adult film actress Stormy Daniels, calling it an attempt to suppress the president’s free speech.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A judge overseeing the upcoming second trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Tuesday approved the prosecution’s request to allow evidence about a Justice Department inspection of Manafort’s lobbying activities in the 1980s but limited the scope of what it can show. The ruling by Judge Amy Berman Jackson represents…
By Mark Hosenball LONDON (Reuters) – Congressman Devin Nunes, chairman of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee and a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, sought unsuccessfully to meet chiefs of Britain’s three intelligence agencies on a recent visit to London, according to two sources familiar with his itinerary. The sources said representatives of the British…
Democrats are expected to investigate more than 100 areas related to Trump’s corruption, including his tax returns, his family businesses and his dealings with Russia.Â
A deposition under oath would leave Trump would two options: Either commit perjury or admit that he participated in a federal crime.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) is urging Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to defy Trump and honor Senator John McCain with the flag at half-staff as it should be.
The list of areas that Republicans expect Democrats to investigate if they take back the House has leaked, and it numbers more than 100 items. Trump’s White House is totally unprepared for this level of oversight.
On ABC’s This Week, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) promised a full investigation into Trump including getting his tax returns if Democrats win back the House.
Trump’s Art Of The Deal ghostwriter Tony Schwartz is warning that is Trump is drowning, and he is going to try to take as many of us down with him as he can.
Ultimately, it’s not yet a certainty that the so-called N-word tape exists, but the White House is sure acting like it does.
As Michael Avenatti recently told Rudy Giuliani, “Buckle Up Buttercup.” This is about to get much worse for the president of the United States.
Trump’s former doorman has been released from his ‘catch and kill’ contract with The National Enquirer and is now free to talk about his claim that Trump fathered an illegitimate child with an ex-housekeeper.
A juror who voted to convict Paul Manafort and who is also a supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump has some advice for Trump if he is considering whether to pardon his former campaign chairman: don’t do it.
It isn’t just the Mueller investigation. There are at least four different lines of criminal and civil investigation into Donald Trump.
Former federal prosecutor Paul Butler said that the Southern District of New York federal investigation into the Trump Organization could be looking at Trump kids Don Jr., and Ivanka along with son in law Jared Kushner.
Katy Tur reported that Trump is a notorious micromanager who signs all of the Trump Organization’s invoices and checks, which suggests that the Trump Organization executive that prosecutors are looking at is Donald Trump.
Michael Aventatti responded to the grant of immunity to Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg by saying that the world is crumbling around Donald Trump and his criminal enterprise.
The next trial could do even more legal damage to Trump as it relates directly to Manafort’s work as a foreign agent during the 2016 election.
To borrow a phrase from Watergate, it’s time to end this long national nightmare and begin to repair the vast damage the Trump presidency has done.
The presidency may be safe from accountability inside the Fox News bubble, but crimes have consequences in the real world.
The United States is being run by a man who doesn’t even believe in the laws he swore an oath to protect. He only believes in blind loyalty to himself.
The safe at The National Enquirer contained damaging stories about Trump and documents related to hush money payments.
Federal prosecutors have given immunity to National Enquirer chief executive David Pecker in the Michael Cohen case, as the net is closing tighter around Donald Trump.
If the GOP wants to be the party that refuses to hold Trump accountable for his crimes, that’s their decision. But Democrats can and must do better.
When all is said and done, this president and his crime family will likely regret ever stepping foot into the political arena.
Nearly 60 percent of the country approves of Mueller’s ongoing investigation into Trump’s ties to Russia and potential obstruction of justice crimes.
Since the presidency is protecting Trump from facing an indictment, the first step in holding him accountable for his crimes is impeachment.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders looked like she knew that the end was near as she offered a flat and lifeless defense of Trump’s crimes during the White House press briefing.
Trump tried to lie in an interview about when he knew about the hush money payments on Fox News, but an audio tape that was already released by Michael Cohen proves that the president is not telling the truth.
Rachel Maddow added another wrinkle to Trump’s terrible day by pointing out that the Trump Organization was implicated in Michael Cohen’s crimes, which means that Trump’s company may be facing indictment.
Trump’s bad day gets even worse as Omarosa dropped a new tape and told Chris Matthews that Trump asked Michael Cohen to protect him from his wife.
(Reuters) – In the most dramatic day yet in the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, federal prosecutors on Tuesday secured the conviction of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager and a plea agreement from the president’s longtime attorney. As Special Counsel Robert Mueller continues his Russia probe, the following…
Former congresswoman and attorney Liz Holtzman said that the double whammy of the Manafort verdict and the Cohen cooperation means that the noose is tightening and Donald Trump is heavy duty trouble.
Michael Avenatti told MSNBC that it is a one hundred percent certainty that Michael Cohen is going to provide prosecutors with damaging information on Trump crimes.
As this slow-motion Saturday night massacre continues and Mueller closes in, Donald Trump’s fate is shaping up a lot like Richard Nixon’s.
Trump knows that a win for Robert Mueller’s team in the Manafort case would add even more credibility to the ongoing special counsel investigation.
With Mueller closing in and Trump’s legal team utterly imploding, it’s no surprise the lawless president is eying a takeover of the Russia investigation.Â
By Steve Holland, Jeff Mason and James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he was worried that any statements under oath he provides to Special Counsel Robert Mueller could be used to bring perjury charges against him as part of the probe into Russia’s electoral interference. In an interview with…
It doesn’t take a stable genius to recognize that the real loudmouth who should be denied access to top secret information is sitting in the Oval Office.
Once again, this president and his shrinking throng of followers are confusing “discrimination” for the truth and “fake news” for factual reporting.
Trump isn’t just waging war on those who criticize him. He’s systematically attacking key witnesses in Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
As Trump’s behavior continues to deteriorate, the threat he poses to the rule of law and the national security of the United States continues to increase.
The American hero’s blistering editorial is a must-read for any American who thinks what Trump did this week is normal and acceptable. It’s not.
Omarosa released a new secret recording that reveals Trump’s daughter in law, Lara Trump, trying to buy her silence with a campaign job.
Calls are growing for Congress to take action to limit Trump’s ability to revoke security clearances, because of his petty and thin-skinned behavior.
President Trump admitted a direct connection between the Russia investigation into possible collusion by his campaign and his revoking of the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan in an interview with the Wall Street Journal late Wednesday night. That’s not even hype or inference. “President Trump drew a direct connection between the special…
Trump hasn’t just obstructed justice in plain sight, but he is actively using the power of the presidency to hurt his political enemies.Â
Trump’s move today may make him feel like a strongman, but it shows how weak he is and it will only make America less safe in the long term.
This is the behavior of an authoritarian, not a president of the United States. Donald Trump has become a clear and present danger to the United States.
By Karen Freifeld and Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Paul Manafort had “a huge dumpster of hidden money” abroad, a prosecutor said on Wednesday, urging a jury to convict the former Trump campaign chief on financial fraud charges based more on a paper trail of evidence than the testimony of a former protege. Special Assistant U.S….
By Ayenat Mersie CHICAGO (Reuters) – Illinois’ attorney general announced a lawsuit on Tuesday against Trump Tower in Chicago, alleging the violation of environmental laws and a threat to fish in the Chicago River. The lawsuit filed by Attorney General Lisa Madigan in Cook County Circuit Court said the Trump International Hotel & Tower releases…
Right after Sarah Sanders told her massive whopper of a lie about the Obama jobs for African Americans, she casually lied again – this time she claimed it was “common” for employees to sign NDAs, including in government, “particularly anyone with a security clearance.”
This is obstruction of justice in plain sight, and it’s more evidence that Donald Trump recognizes just how much legal jeopardy he is in.
Donald Trump said on Saturday he condemns “all types of racism and acts of violence,” appealing for unity ahead of the anniversary of a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
In response to questions about Omarosa’s Book, Press Sec. Sarah Sanders blasted Omarosa for trying to make a profit off of working in a White House known for corruption, making a profit off of being there, and using taxpayer money for private travel and anything else they can squeeze out of the job.
The trial of Paul Manafort, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, is expected to shift focus on Thursday from his alleged tax evasion to bank fraud as the prosecution’s case heads into its final two days.
The irony is that Trump’s public behavior only makes it more likely that his private concerns will be realized.
In the audio clip, Rep. Devin Nunes was essentially describing the criminal activity that took place between the Russians and the Trump campaign.
Trump’s former lawyer in the 1990s Jay Goldberg warned Trump that his former fixer lawyer Michael Cohen, “who is himself under federal investigation over his business dealings, was ‘not the type to be able to withstand the pressures of jail.'”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. Senator Rand Paul said on Wednesday he delivered a letter from President Donald Trump to the Russian government during a trip to Moscow. “I was honored to deliver a letter from President Trump to President Vladimir Putin’s administration. The letter emphasized the importance of further engagement in various areas including…
Innocent people don’t instigate a tug of war with investigators about what they should and shouldn’t be asked about under oath.
During a weekend golf outing with Donald Trump, the increasingly unhinged president threw a tantrum about Mueller’s ongoing special counsel investigation.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s right-hand man testified at trial on Tuesday that Manafort instructed him not to tell their firm’s bookkeeper about payments from accounts in Cyprus that held millions of dollars in earnings from consulting work for pro-Russian politicians in Ukraine.
Federal prosecutors in New York are examining whether U.S. President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, committed tax fraud, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the investigation.
Rick Gates, a former business associate to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ex-campaign manager Paul Manafort, will continue to testify against his former boss and is expected to face a tough cross examination on Tuesday.
Rep. Adam Smith warned that if Trump refuses to cooperate with a Mueller subpoena, it’s no guarantee that the Supreme Court would force him to comply.
There is no sign that Trump will dial back his rhetoric as the threats pile up. If and when somebody gets hurt, the president will have blood on his hands.Â
With Trump constantly undermining and contradicting the rhetoric and actions of his own administration officials, Russia will not be deterred.Â
An accountant for U.S. President Donald Trump’s one-time campaign chairman Paul Manafort admitted in trial testimony on Friday that she helped backdate documents and falsify financial records at Manafort and his business partner’s request to reduce his tax burden and help him qualify for loans.
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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) said on MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber that the walls are closing in on Trump as besides the Russia and Cohen investigations, the president could be facing issues with criminal tax fraud over the Trump Foundation.
Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman said proof of Donald Trump’s guilt has been staring all of us right in the face.
Prosecutors on Thursday pressed their bank and tax fraud case against Paul Manafort, presenting testimony and documents to try to prove U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman deceived his lead bookkeeper and a bank about his finances.
Prosecutors in the trial of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort hammered away on Thursday at his lavish spending as they sought to prove fraud charges, while they also confirmed plans to call a key witness to testify.
By Sarah N. Lynch, Nathan Layne and Karen Freifeld ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) – Two witnesses in the trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort testified on Wednesday that invoices purporting to bill a company tied to Manafort appeared to be fake. It was the first time that prosecutors from Special Counsel Robert…
At the end of the day, crimes are crimes. That’s not going to change, no matter how many cable news meltdowns Rudy Giuliani has in the coming weeks.
A foreign attack on American democracy was aided and abetted by the campaign of the current president. Um, yeah, that’s a bigger deal than Watergate.
While collusion is not a technical legal charge, Mueller is probing any coordination between the Russian government and the Trump campaign, and could bring conspiracy charges if he finds that any campaign member worked with Russia to break U.S. law.
The prosecution on Tuesday portrayed U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort as a man who felt tax and banking laws did not apply to him and described how he opened more than 30 bank accounts in three foreign countries to “receive and hide” income from Ukraine.
“It isn’t every day that the U.S. Department of Justice acknowledges formally that the President of the United States lied in a speech to Congress. But that’s how I read a letter I received a few days ago from the department’s Office of Information Policy in connection with one of my Freedom of Information Act…
The new argument being made by Donald Trump’s legal defense team is blatantly desperate, but it’s catching fire in Trumpland.
Paul Manafort, a former chairman of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, faces 18 criminal counts in his trial in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, that starts on Tuesday. Half the counts involve bank fraud and bank fraud conspiracy, which can carry a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison for each count. He has pleaded not guilty. Here is a summary of the charges:
The more Trump’s legal team – aka the hapless Rudy Giuliani – tries to defend the president, the more trouble they find themselves in.
In a move due to take effect on Monday, BMW said in a statement to Reuters over the weekend that it will increase maker-suggested retail prices of the popular, relatively high-margin X5 and X6 SUV models by 4 percent to 7 percent.
Trump’s lying tweet forced the New York Times to go on the record with their version of a meeting with Trump which had originally been off the record, in which publisher A.G. Sulzberger warned the President that his rhetoric about journalists and the press was dangerous and would lead to violence.
If Trump is afraid of journalists’ questions about these bombshell allegations, then he’ll fold like a cheap tent when he has to answer to Mueller.
When this information comes out, the entire house of cards on which Trump built his illegitimate presidency will come crashing to the ground.
President Donald Trump is open to visiting Moscow, the White House said on Friday after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had invited the American leader.
