Russia Scandal

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Manafort business partner Gates still assisting with Mueller probe: filing

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…

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Trump could answer written Russia probe questions this week: source

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…

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City of San Francisco threatens court action over Trump’s acting Attorney General

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…

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Senate Democrats weigh lawsuit over Trump Justice Department appointment

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…

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Leaked Audio Busts Trump’s New Attorney General Claiming Russia Didn’t Interfere In The Election

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…

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Factbox: Can the new U.S. attorney general shut down the Mueller probe?

(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…

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Just In Time For Halloween, Mueller Rolls Up On Trump

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,…

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U.S. Treasury official charged with leaks linked to Russia probe

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…

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Trump In Free Fall As Michael Cohen Is Cooperating With Mueller And NY State Authorities

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…

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Desperate And Declining Trump Orders The Release Of James Comey’s Texts

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…

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