A U.S. House of Representatives committee will look into a newspaper report that the FBI investigated whether President Donald Trump has been working on behalf of Russia, against U.S. interests, the panel’s Democratic chairman said on Saturday.
Trump has allowed no notes to be taken, no information to be shared, and there are not even classified files on his meetings with Putin.
Former Trump campaign advisor Sam Nunberg believes it’s inevitable that his ex-boss will face impeachment and possible conviction.
Counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance tore into Donald Trump on Saturday, saying his base is Russia, the Russian oligarchy and Vladimir Putin.
The intelligence community is investigating the president of the United States for working on behalf of a foreign adversary.
Sarah Sanders could only respond to the FBI investigation of Trump by claiming that Trump is tough on Russia and blaming Obama for weakness.
The FBI has been investigating Trump during his presidency for either working on behalf of or being compromised by the Russians.
Rachel Maddow looked at the past mass presidential pardon that Trump’s attorney general nominee William Barr was involved with and raised the red flag on how it relates to the Russia scandal.
Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff reminded Michael Cohen that while an open session would be welcomed, he will still need to answer questions about that Russia probe hanging over President Trump.
President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen is due to testify publicly before Congress on Feb. 7, according to a statement on Thursday from Cohen and a schedule from the House of Representatives’ oversight committee.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he did not know that his former 2016 presidential campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, allegedly shared polling data with a business partner who prosecutors say had ties to Russian intelligence. “No, I didn’t know anything about it,” he told reporters at the White House. Manafort is…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin insisted on Thursday that the Trump administration would keep tight control on Russian companies linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, despite last month’s decision to ease restrictions on the firms. “Treasury will be vigilant in ensuring that En+ and Rusal meet these commitments. If…
Donald Trump can hire all the lawyers he wants to prevent the full release of Robert Mueller’s report, but Democrats now have the power to fight back.
With Democrats now in charge of the House of Representatives, Donald Trump is going to find it difficult to hide from Robert Mueller’s findings.
By Mark Hosenball and Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Senior Democratic lawmakers called on Wednesday for further investigation into a revelation that in 2016 Donald Trump’s then-presidential election campaign chairman gave polling data to a man U.S. prosecutors have linked to Russian intelligence. On Tuesday, portions of a court filing by lawyers for convicted former Trump…
Trump may be on a crusade to distract the country with a ridiculous primetime speech, but Robert Mueller’s team continues to tighten the screws.
According to Harvard constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe, the latest Russia evidence reveals that Donald Trump Jr. committed a crime when he solicited help from the Kremlin.
Paul Manafort gave the Russians polling, data, and internal documents. Donald Trump knew about this and still coordinated lies to Mueller with him.
Paul Manafort’s lawyers failed to properly redact their filing and revealed that Manafort offered to brief the Russians on the Trump campaign.
(Reuters) – A Russian lawyer who attended a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower under scrutiny in the U.S. special counsel’s Russia probe was charged with obstruction of justice in an unrelated money laundering case, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan said. According to an indictment unsealed on Tuesday, Nataliya Veselnitskaya was charged with obstructing…
Trump’s days of using the DOJ as his personal puppet are over. Democrats have subpoena power and they aren’t afraid to use it.
LONDON (Reuters) – WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different “false and defamatory” statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London since June 2012. It was not immediately clear what prompted the advice to media organizations, but WikiLeaks singled out Britain’s Guardian newspaper…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said that one of his first acts as chair would be to turn over Russia witness transcripts to Robert Mueller.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that Democrats have power and they are coming to do something about a president who has overstepped his bounds.
Donald Trump’s bizarre and absurd defense of Russian foreign policy is under scrutiny and investigation for what it reveals about his knowledge of Russian propaganda.
Not only are Democrats leaving impeachment on the table, but they are now making a strong case that Donald Trump could face criminal indictment. Â
Michael Cohen’s cell phone signal being traced to Prague during the presidential election is the smoking gun that leads to Trump/Russia conspiracy.
The incoming chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), warned acting Matt Whitaker that Democrats are scrutinizing his every move.
Incoming House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said that Democrats are going to subpoena acting attorney general Matt Whitaker and force him to testify.
Rachel Maddow keyed in on how Donald Trump appears to be letting Russian president Vladimir Putin run U.S. foreign policy.
Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker will now receive briefings on the Mueller investigation, and he is expected to feed the information to Trump.
Since Donald Trump entered the political realm, he has shown a disturbing allegiance to Russia and Vladimir Putin. Now we know why.
Donald Trump Jr. could be in major trouble as the special counsel is looking into whether the president’s aides and family members lied to Congress.
It is being reported that Trump has decided to keep Mike Pence on the ticket after Pence promised to defend Trump, but what else might Pence have promised?
The incoming chairman of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), sent 51 letters on everything from Trump emoluments to Trump and White House travel as the investigative hammer is coming down on Trump.
CNN’s Chris Cuomo broke the news that they have the Donald Trump signed letter of intent to build a Trump Tower in Moscow.
Mike Pence and others knew that Michael Flynn and his associates were foreign agents – and they still allowed them access to highly sensitive material.
Once Democrats take power in January, this list is going to grow larger and Trump’s legal troubles will only further mount.
If Trump tries to pardon his way out of trouble or further abuse his powers to thwart the special counsel investigation, Mueller is prepared to deal with it.
Malcolm Nance says that Trump and the Russians were planning and communicating for years on their conspiracy to win the White House.
Renato Mariottiâ€, former federal prosecutor and CNN legal analyst, after his On Topic podcast wrote, “I left the podcast more convinced that prosecutors could prove this case against Trump than I did going in.â€
Trump, who boasted about having a great memory suddenly doesn’t remember what was said during his meeting about the Trump Tower Moscow project.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) made it very clear that Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is helping to cover for Trump by refusing to protect Mueller.
Trump has spent 83 million taxpayer dollars on golf, while the special counsel Mueller investigation has only cost $25 million.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, explained exactly how Donald Trump could be indicted while still in office.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn knew better than to lie to the FBI and does not deserve sentencing leniency because he was not warned that lying to federal agents was a crime, U.S. prosecutors said on Friday. The rebuke by Special Counsel Robert Mueller came after Flynn’s lawyers…
“He does not need to be warned it is a crime to lie to federal agents to know the importance of telling them the truth,” Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, told a U.S. judge ahead of Flynn’s sentencing on Tuesday.
Prosecutors would need to prove that Trump knew it was a crime. … And here is Trump in 2012 showing that he knows about this very law as it applied to John Edwards, thus proving he “knew what the law forbade.†In fact, he adds for good measure: “a lot of very good lawyers†talked to him about the case.
The Russia investigation was lost for Trump almost from the very beginning because one of the first things that Mueller did was get his tax returns.
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A woman accused of acting as a Russian agent to infiltrate a powerful gun lobby group and influence U.S. policy toward Moscow pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy in federal court on Thursday in a deal with prosecutors that could give them insight into Russian meddling…
By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Roger Stone, a veteran Republican operative, said on Wednesday that he will not appear to answer questions before two U.S. Senate committees about his ties to and support of Donald Trump when he was running for president in 2016. A long-time Trump associate, Stone has been involved in inquiries…
After prosecutors reached a deal not to prosecute the National Enquirer regarding their catch and kill payment to Karen McDougal in order to ensure she didn’t publicize damaging information about her alleged affair while he was married to Melania Trump about “the candidate” before the 2016 election, Norm Eisen pointed out that it’s an agreement…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The publisher of The National Inquirer has reached a deal with federal law enforcement to avoid prosecution for its role in paying hush money to a woman during the 2016 U.S. election, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said on Wednesday. U.S. prosecutors said in a statement…
President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn requested on Tuesday a sentence of a year’s probation for lying to FBI agents in a case stemming from a probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
Rachel Maddow took apart Vice President Mike Pence’s lies about Mike Flynn and showed why the VP is facing his own Russia problems. Maddow said: The person whose role in all of this is perhaps most implausible and therefore most troubling is actually the vice president, Mr. Roboto, Mike Pence. While over half the officials…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that House Democrats will investigate Trump’s business and financial records to see if he’s been compromised by the Russians.
Russia essentially used the National Rifle Association to funnel money to the Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016.
The counterterrorism expert declared Donald Trump a Russian-controlled national security threat who must be removed from office.
Sen. Paul has become one of Trump’s biggest defenders on Russia, turning a blind eye to what increasingly looks like criminal conduct.
Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA), the incoming chair of the Congressional Black Caucus said that Democrats must first do oversight on Trump, protect Mueller, then consider impeachment if the evidence keeps coming out to justify it.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) made the critical point that Trump has gone from saying that he did nothing wrong to claiming that there is no evidence that he did anything wrong.
The campaign finance felonies that Trump directed indicate that prosecutors and Mueller may also have evidence of money laundering and bank fraud.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) said that there is a very real possibility that Donald Trump could face jail time as soon as he leaves office.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-CA), the incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said that Trump defrauded and conspired against the American people.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said that Democrats are going to use all of their options, including potentially blocking the government spending bill, to force a vote on a bill that would protect Robert Mueller.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) warned Trump not to pardon Manafort, because it may trigger Congress to take action to limit the president’s pardoning powers.
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. “Time…
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.Â
Congress must follow legal precedent and impeach the president like they did when Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton were in the White House.Â
Donald Trump is clearly running out of ways to distract from a federal investigation that is quickly closing in on him and his family.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller questioned White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly specifically on Trump and obstruction of justice.
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.
By Nathan Layne WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller may provide new details on Friday on how two of President Donald Trump’s closest former aides have helped or hindered his investigation into possible collusion between Russia and Trump’s 2016 election campaign. Mueller last month accused Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, of breaching…
Documents show that the Trump campaign and the NRA illegally coordinated their advertising during the 2016 election in violation of several laws.
Trump, the White House, and Republicans have no coordinated message or plan to counter the Mueller report. Instead, they will let Trump tweet and wing it.
Mike Flynn told special counsel Robert Mueller everything, which includes the role of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) in the Russia scandal
The combination of Mueller’s redactions and Flynn’s extensive cooperation should terrify Trump as this investigation plows toward its conclusion.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) explained that Mueller has another criminal investigation that the public does not know about which is why so much of the Flynn sentencing memo was redacted.
In a sign that Trump world is in a total panic, Sean Hannity claimed that Robert Mueller disrespected the troops with his sentencing of Mike Flynn.
Rachel Maddow locked in on the fact that Robert Mueller said that Mike Flynn’s cooperation caused other people to flip on Trump.
The Mike Flynn sentencing memo reveals that Flynn didn’t just cooperate. He met with Mueller and the DOJ 19 times and cooperated on multiple investigations.
Former CIA Director John Brennan said that Donald Trump is using mob tactics and a mob mentality to try to get witnesses to stay silent and stick with him in the Russia investigation.
Over 400 former DOJ alumni oppose Trump’s appointee Matthew Whitaker to replace the unjustly ousted Jeff Sessions, because Whitaker has not been vetted.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) laid out a who’s who of potential Mueller indictments by suggesting that Donald Trump Jr., Roger Stone, and Erik Prince all lied to Congress about the Russia scandal.
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.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) explained that the Russians could use laundering money through the Trump Organization as leverage against Trump to control US foreign policy.
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office will make a sentencing recommendation for former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday, in a court filing that is expected to shed light on the extent of Flynn’s cooperation in the Russia probe. Flynn, who held the White House job for…
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.Â
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.
Trump thought that he was going to be able to have plausible deniability on the Russia scandal until Mueller mentioned him by name in court documents.
Dmitry Peskov showed NBC News emails from Michael Cohen and while trying to explain away the emails made Trump’s Mueller problems worse.
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.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) told Trump that House Democrats aren’t afraid of him after he threatened to declassify “damaging documents.”
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the incoming chair of the House Intelligence Committee, said that there is evidence that Trump and his business are compromised by Russia.
As reporters pressed Sarah Sanders on Trump talking to Putin, she gave a one sentence reply where one can almost feel the White House panic.
Trump canceled his formal meeting with Putin, and now the White House announced that Trump wouldn’t informally meet with him either.
Trump’s eldest son has been worried for weeks that he might be indicted for the same thing Cohen plead guilty to on Thursday.
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace reported that Rod Rosenstein is still running and in charge of the Russia investigation even after the installation of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general.
