2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller is not expected to deliver his report on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election next week, a Justice Department official briefed on the plans told CNN. As CNN has previously reported, the precise timing of the announcement has been a moving […]
Category: Robert Mueller
2/22/2019
LEGAL/NEW YORK/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Manhattan district attorney’s office is preparing state criminal charges against Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, in an effort to ensure he will still face prison time even if the president pardons him for his federal crimes, according to several people with knowledge of the matter. Mr. […]
2/22/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department will soon receive a final accounting from Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, of his nearly two-year investigation into how Russia influenced the 2016 election, whether the Trump campaign participated in those efforts and whether President Trump obstructed justice. But there is no guarantee that […]
2/21/2019
COURTS/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A visibly angry judge on Thursday [2-21-19] ordered President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Roger Stone to stop speaking publicly about U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal case against him or else he will be sent to jail pending trial. In a tense court hearing on Thursday, U.S. Judge Amy Berman […]
2/21/2019
COURTS/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, will be sentenced for bank and tax fraud on March 8, according to a court filing posted on Thursday [2-21-19], just days before he is due to be sentenced in a separate case for lobbying violations. Manafort, 69, could spend the rest […]
2/20/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller’s report could land within days, yet rather than offering definitive answers, his hotly anticipated filing might only ignite a new controversy — over how much of the special counsel’s conclusions most Americans get to see. Sources told CNN on Wednesday [2-20-19] that the Justice Department is preparing […]
2/20/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [2-20-19] the release of any report on the Russia investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be totally up to U.S. Attorney General William Barr. Trump’s comment came as CNN reported that the Justice Department may announce as early as next week that […]
2/19/2019
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has called the Russia investigation a hoax, a witch hunt and fake news. But since he has been in office, Mr. Trump has tried to end the inquiry into his campaign’s possible coordination with Russia during the 2016 presidential election, opening himself up to questions about whether […]
2/16/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @TomFitton: Mueller Will Harass @RealDonaldTrump for Entire Term https://t.co/eoQVP6MsmF via @JudicialWatch” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 16, 2019 11:56 pm […]
2/8/2019
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democrats on Friday [2-8-19] previewed how they plan to use their newly minted House majority to investigate the Trump administration as they grilled acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe — and even fired off a subpoena threat. During a highly contentious hearing before […]
2/8/2019
IVANKA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House adviser and presidential daughter Ivanka Trump said in an interview broadcast Friday [2-8-19] that she has ‘zero concerns’ that the Russia investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller could sweep up those closest to her. In an interview that aired on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America,’ Trump, who works in […]
2/7/2019
NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general moved one step closer to confirmation after winning approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. In a 12-10 party-line vote, the panel endorsed William Barr’s nomination, which could see a floor vote as soon as next week. Barr, losing no Republican support so far, […]
2/7/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVSTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president obstructed the investigation. Trump also plays a central role in a […]
2/6/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In his State of the Union speech Tuesday [2-5-19] night, President Donald Trump minced no words when it came to the ongoing — and planned — investigations into him and his Cabinet. ‘If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation,’ Trump said, to murmurs […]
2/6/2019
CHUCK SCHUMER/CONGRESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday [2-6-19] that President Donald Trump’s oblique denunciation of probes into his administration was a signal that he is ‘scared’ of such inquiries and ‘has something to hide.’ Delivering his State of the Union address Tuesday night, the president touted his administration’s claimed […]
2/5/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [2-5-19] denounced ‘ridiculous partisan’ investigations during his State of the Union address, adding that there cannot be peace as long as there is ‘war and investigation’…Trump did not specify which investigations he was referring to, but he has often attacked special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation […]
2/4/2019
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort will be sentenced for the first time on March 13, a federal judge in Washington who approved his guilty plea said Monday [2-4-19]. The court date sets up one of the most anticipated bookends of Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation into […]
2/1/2019
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s assertion that a senior law enforcement official privately gave assurances that he is not under scrutiny in the investigations shadowing him partly served as a defense strategy but also raised new questions about how the Justice Department is conducting the inquiries. Mr. Trump said in an interview […]
2/1/2019
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The federal judge overseeing the Roger Stone case is considering a gag order, she said at a hearing in Washington on Friday [2-1-19]…Jackson cautioned Stone, a longtime Republican campaign adviser and confidant of President Donald Trump, against treating the buildup to the trial ‘like a book tour’ and reminded him […]
1/31/2019
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Billionaire Republican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson gave $500,000 to a legal defense fund set up to help aides to President Donald Trump that are involved in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The Adelsons each contributed $250,000 on Oct. 1 to the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, which was set […]
1/30/2019
2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Wednesday [1-30-19] that he would not intervene with the Justice Department’s decision-making process about whether to release the report by the special counsel investigating possible collusion with Russian officials in the 2016 campaign…He insisted that he had not spoken with Matthew G. Whitaker, the acting […]
1/30/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [1-30-19] he would let the Justice Department decide how to handle the special counsel’s report on an investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Moscow. Republican Trump’s nominee to be attorney general, William Barr, […]
1/26/2019
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s defeat in his border-wall standoff with Congress has clouded his already perilous path to a second term in 2020, undercutting Mr. Trump’s cherished image as a forceful leader and deft negotiator, and emboldening alike his Democratic challengers and Republican dissenters who hope to block his re-election. The longest […]
1/25/2019
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, revealed on Friday [1-25-19] the most direct link yet between parallel efforts by the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks to damage Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election using Democratic Party material stolen by Russians. A top Trump campaign official dispatched Roger J. Stone […]
1/25/2019
2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Roger Stone, an informal political adviser to President Donald Trump, downplayed his Friday [1-25-19] indictment by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller as based on a ‘process crime’ that doesn’t show collusion with WikiLeaks or the Russian government…Stone denied ever speaking to the […]
1/25/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On the day of his indictment by special counsel Robert Mueller, former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone seems to have lost the support of one of his greatest heroes, former President Richard Nixon — or at least Nixon’s foundation. The Nixon Foundation sought to distance itself Friday from Stone after […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Before President Donald Trump finished speaking from the Rose Garden, putting a temporary end to the five-week government shutdown, a running group text between several of his former aides lit up with complaints…Bewildered by his decision to accept a deal without funding for a wall on the southern border […]
1/25/2019
HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Every criminal case brought against a senior member of the Trump campaign as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has revealed a new attempt to conceal contacts with Russia or intermediaries linked to the Kremlin. Michael Cohen, the longtime personal attorney to President Donald Trump; Michael […]
1/23/2019
GOP/GOVERNMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump’s approval rating falls, the Republican Party is grasping him ever tighter. Gathering in New Mexico, the Republican National Committee’s governing body will take the unusual step Friday of voting to declare the party’s ‘undivided support’ for Trump and his ‘effective presidency.’ Amid concerns about the political fallout […]
1/22/2019
GOP/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen’s congressional testimony next month will exclude any topic that’s ‘under investigation,’ Republicans say they were told by Cohen’s lawyer, which could mean Cohen won’t discuss lying to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project or the payments made to women during the 2016 campaign for their silence. Reps. […]
1/19/2019
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen’s checkered history and many lies have always meant investigators would need documentation to back up his statements. BuzzFeed’s dramatic report Thursday [1-17-19] night, based on two unidentified federal law enforcement sources involved in the investigation, suggested prosecutors might have what they need to prove President Donald Trump […]
1/19/2019
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has issued a rare public statement disputing the accuracy of BuzzFeed News’ report that President Donald Trump’s former attorney told Mueller that Trump directed the lawyer to lie to Congress…BuzzFeed, citing two unidentified law enforcement officials, reported that Trump directed lawyer Michael Cohen to lie […]
1/18/2019
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In a rare public statement, special counsel Robert Mueller’s office on Friday [1-18-19] disputed a blockbuster report from BuzzFeed News that alleged President Donald Trump directed his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to lie in his testimony before Congress. Despite worldwide coverage and intense interest, Mueller’s office has stayed mostly […]
1/18/2019
DEMS/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democrats are vowing to investigate whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice — with some openly floating the prospect of impeachment or his resignation — following a bombshell BuzzFeed report that Trump personally directed his former attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress..Citing law enforcement officials, BuzzFeed reported Thursday [1-17-19] night […]
1/18/2019
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For much of the past 20 months, President Donald Trump and his administration have insisted that, for all of the smoke surrounding his 2016 campaign, there was no fire. A lot of people in Trump’s orbit engaging in conversations and relationships with Russian officials, but no evidence of collusion […]
1/18/2019
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier, two reporters for BuzzFeed News, may have just scored the scoop that, if it is ultimately confirmed, irrevocably changes the course of the Trump presidency. If so, it will represent for Leopold the apex of a comeback from a troubled personal and professional past. On […]
1/18/2019
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election disputed on Friday [1-18-19] a report that said President Trump had directed Michael D. Cohen, his longtime lawyer and fixer, to lie to Congress about his role in negotiations to build a skyscraper in Moscow. The rare public statement […]
1/17/2019
PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani backtracked on Thursday [1-17-19] from a surprising assertion he had made a night earlier that left open the possibility that Trump campaign aides might have coordinated with Russia in its election interference in 2016…Mr. Giuliani was seeking to clarify an interview […]
1/16/2019
2016 ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Judiciary Committee chairman said Wednesday [1-16-19] that his panel would subpoena special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report if William Barr, President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, does not release it to the public…Mueller is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 campaign and possible collusion between […]
1/16/2019
FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Every day, it seems, brings another load of disturbing information about President Donald Trump’s interactions with Russian President Vladimir Putin. A few days ago, we learned that Trump’s behavior was so troubling that the FBI opened a counter-intelligence investigation to find out if Trump was working, ‘on behalf of Russia against […]
1/16/2019
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The swirl of speculation surrounding the Russia investigation often assumes that the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, will release a report of his findings that will serve as the definitive explanation of how Russia interfered in the 2016 election and whether President Trump or his associates coordinated with […]
1/15/2019
PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, was working through mystery intermediaries in January 2017 to get people appointed in President Donald Trump’s new administration, according to a court filing released Tuesday [1-15-19]. Manafort described the hiring effort to Rick Gates, his longtime deputy, who in turn revealed the […]
1/15/2019
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The president’s pick to replace Jeff Sessions at the helm of the Justice Department has known and admired the president’s bête noire, Robert Mueller, for 30 years — and somehow President Donald Trump seems fine with that. The relationship, which Barr described in public Tuesday [1-15-19] during his […]
1/15/2019
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort spoke to a federal grand jury last fall about his communications with Konstantin Kilimnik, including regarding an in-person meeting with the Russian associate and an email with him, special counsel Robert Mueller revealed Tuesday [1-15-19]. The 31-page filing gives an unprecedented window into Mueller’s […]
1/15/2019
PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Paul Manafort, the convicted former chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, told a business associate in January 2017 he was using middlemen to get people appointed to the Trump administration, according to a court filing on Tuesday [1-15-19]. U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller had been given until Monday [1-14-19] by […]
1/15/2019
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rick Gates, a former senior campaign aide to President Donald Trump, will have to wait at least another two months for his sentencing date in the Russia investigation, prosecutors said Tuesday [1-15-19]. In a new court filing, special counsel Robert Mueller’s team said they’re not ready for Gates’ sentencing […]
1/14/2019
FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [1-14-19] denied any ties to the Russian government, labeling a question on the subject ‘a disgrace’ after a flurry of reports over the weekend suggested the president had confiscated notes from a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and was suspected by the FBI of being […]
1/12/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The FBI was so distressed by President Donald Trump’s behavior in the second week of May 2017, when he fired FBI Director James B. Comey, that it opened criminal and counterintelligence investigations to determine if the president was acting on behalf of Russia against the United States or had […]
1/12/2019
FBI/JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Saturday [1-12-19] unleashed an extended assault on the F.B.I. and the special counsel’s investigation, knitting together a comprehensive alternative story in which he had been framed by disgraced ‘losers’ at the bureau’s highest levels. In a two-hour span starting at 7 a.m., the president made a series […]
1/10/2019
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hours after he was sworn in as America’s 45th president, Donald J. Trump and his wife, Melania, swayed together to a rendition of the Frank Sinatra classic ‘My Way,’ as hundreds of their wealthiest and most influential supporters held aloft smartphones to capture the Trumps’ first dance following the inauguration. […]
1/10/2019
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A fateful confrontation for the ages is fast approaching over the limits of presidential authority between Donald Trump and the political, investigative and judicial bodies that stand in his way. The three top intrigues consuming Washington — the Russia probe, the duel over the border wall and Trump’s battle with the […]
1/10/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer who implicated him in a scheme to pay hush money to two women claiming to have had affairs with him, said on Thursday [1-10-19] that he had agreed to testify before a House committee next month and give ‘a full and credible […]
1/10/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As special counsel Robert Mueller wraps up his Russia probe, investigators have focused on conflicting public statements by President Donald Trump and his team that could be seen as an effort to influence witnesses and obstruct justice, according to people familiar with the investigation. The line of questioning adds […]
1/8/2019
CRIME/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A look at where the investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him: WHAT’S THIS ALL ABOUT? Trump is facing criminal investigations in Washington and New York. Special counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia and whether the president […]
1/7/2019
FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It’s a document that became so famous — or infamous — in the two years since its existence was reported that it’s now known by a simple two-word phrase: the dossier. The controversial 35 pages of intelligence memos compiled by retired British spy Christopher Steele paint a picture of widespread conspiracy […]
12/29/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Mueller Angry Democrats recently deleted approximately 19,000 Text messages between FBI Agent Lisa Page and her lover, Agent Peter S. These Texts were asked for and INVALUABLE to the truth of the Witch Hunt Hoax. This is a total Obstruction of Justice. All Texts Demanded!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 29, […]
12/19/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The House Intelligence Committee voted Thursday [12-20-18] to send the transcript of its 2017 interview with Roger Stone to special counsel Robert Mueller, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Rep. Mike Conaway, a Texas Republican on the panel, said the committee approved it unanimously by voice […]
12/18/2018
COURTS/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former national security adviser Michael Flynn expected to be sentenced Tuesday [12-18-18] by a federal judge. But after almost two dramatic hours in a courtroom discussing his crimes, he asked to postpone his sentencing for several months so he can have more of an opportunity to cooperate in federal investigations […]
12/18/2018
COURTS/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Flynn’s sentencing for lying to the FBI was postponed on Tuesday [12-18-18] after a federal judge suggested all sides wait until President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser is finished cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. The surprise outcome came after an unexpectedly contentious hearing, in which U.S. […]
12/18/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump sent a supportive message Tuesday [12-18-18] to former national security adviser Michael Flynn, hours before Flynn’s sentencing for lying to the FBI in the Russia investigation…Flynn is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday morning, more than a year after he pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents […]
12/17/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “This weekend, President Donald Trump raged against Michael Cohen, calling his former lawyer and accuser a ‘rat’ for cooperating with federal prosecutors. Cohen has accused Trump of directing him to make secret hush-money payments to two women so that they wouldn’t tell their stories before the November 2016 election. […]
12/17/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Last week the nation witnessed a courtroom spectacle that included the president’s former personal lawyer and ‘fixer,’ Michael Cohen, groveling for mercy at a sentencing hearing while his daughter watched, a crutch at her side. Future historians might view the maudlin scene as the beginning of the end of the […]
12/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A special counsel investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump has already secured more than 30 indictments and guilty pleas and has spawned at least four federal probes. But that is not all that Trump needs to worry about. With less than […]
12/14/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team continues to be interested in interviewing the President Donald Trump, two sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. Mueller’s stance on interviewing the President has been constant for a year and a half, one of the sources said…The President’s legal team has resumed some discussion […]
12/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MIDDLE EAST/PAC/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal prosecutors are examining whether foreigners illegally funneled donations to President Trump’s inaugural committee and a pro-Trump super PAC in hopes of buying influence over American policy, according to people familiar with the inquiry. The inquiry focuses on whether people from Middle Eastern nations — including Qatar, Saudi […]
12/12/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The clock is ticking for Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer. Though he has asked for no jail time, the real question is how much he’ll get in light of dueling sentencing memos that paint entirely different pictures of him. Last week, speculation from TV […]
12/12/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The sentencing of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and fixer might mark the end of a wrenching chapter for Michael Cohen, but the political and legal implications of Cohen’s capitulation have only darkened the shadow that looms over the Trump White House. The worst of what New York […]
12/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Moments before learning his fate, Michael Cohen made a final plea. He admitted in open federal court all his wrongdoings, which he said resulted from being weak and a “blind loyalty to Donald Trump,” his former boss. In his more than 1,000-word statement on Wednesday [12-12-18] ahead of […]
12/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rep. Denny Heck said Wednesday [12-12-18] that recent indictments and sentencing memos show ‘the walls are closing in and this is the beginning of the end for the Trump administration’…Heck, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Russian operatives and […]
12/11/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort told a U.S. judge on Tuesday [12-11-18] they needed more time to evaluate prosecutors’ allegations that Manafort lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team and breached his plea deal. During a U.S. District Court hearing in Washington, Manafort’s lawyer […]
12/10/2018
LEGAL/NEW YORK/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald J. Trump, protected from criminal charges while in office, is now facing the prospect of indictment when he becomes a private citizen. On Friday [12-7-18], federal prosecutors in New York accused Trump of a felony: violating campaign-finance laws with hush-money payments intended to skew the 2016 election. […]
12/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Key pieces of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation appear to be falling into place. In three court filings Friday, prosecutors for the first time connected President Donald Trump to a crime involving hush money payments to a porn actress. They revealed new details about outreach from Russia early in […]
12/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The White House attempted to dismiss a barrage of new developments in the Russia investigation Friday [12-7-18], saying the updates were not ‘of value’ and not related to the president. President Donald Trump also posted on Twitter, appearing to feel vindicated after special counsel Robert Mueller released new details […]
12/7/2018
PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller said Friday [12-7-18] that Paul Manafort breached the terms of his guilty plea by repeatedly lying to prosecutors about his contacts with the Trump administration, bringing the longtime GOP operative’s problems directly into the Trump White House. Mueller’s charges against Manafort had until now largely […]
12/7/2018
JAMES COMEY/JUSTIC DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former FBI director James Comey on Friday [12-7-18] called President Donald Trump’s attacks against the Justice Department ‘deeply troubling’ and said Americans on both sides of the aisle should continue to call out the president’s insults…The president early Friday morning sent a flurry of tweets criticizing special counsel […]
12/7/2018
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “On a day when all eyes were on special counsel Robert Mueller, President Donald Trump had a busy Friday [12-7-18] of his own. And his flurry of personnel announcements, teases of more to come and biting comments about his former secretary of state were seen by some as an attempt […]
12/7/2018
GOP/MICHAEL COHEN/PAUL MANFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Court filings on Friday [12-7-18] regarding Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen reveal the ways in which the special counsel’s investigation can endanger President Trump’s future. Special Counsel Robert Mueller also revealed on Tuesday [12-4-18] that former national security adviser Michael Flynn offered ‘substantial assistance’ to the Russia investigation […]
12/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump and his allies have long rallied around the defiant battle cry that special counsel Robert Mueller is conducting a ‘witch hunt’ that has uncovered ‘no collusion’ with Russia. But public filings by Mueller and the Southern District of New York over the past two weeks have changed the […]
12/7/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/NEW YORK/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal prosecutors said for the first time Friday [12-7-18] that Michael Cohen acted at the direction of Donald Trump when the former fixer committed two election-related crimes during the 2016 presidential campaign, as special counsel Robert Mueller outlined a previously undisclosed set of overtures and contacts between the […]
12/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “We will be doing a major Counter Report to the Mueller Report. This should never again be allowed to happen to a future President of the United States!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 9:56 am […]
12/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It has been incorrectly reported that Rudy Giuliani and others will not be doing a counter to the Mueller Report. That is Fake News. Already 87 pages done, but obviously cannot complete until we see the final Witch Hunt Report.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 8:39 am […]
12/7/2018
2016 ELECTION/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller said Friday [12-7-18] that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied about five major issues after agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors, including his ‘contact with administration officials.’ In a heavily redacted document, Mueller also said Manafort lied about his interactions with Konstantin Kilimnik. Mueller […]
12/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Will Robert Mueller’s big time conflicts of interest be listed at the top of his Republicans only Report. Will Andrew Weissman’s horrible and vicious prosecutorial past be listed in the Report. He wrongly destroyed people’s lives, took down great companies, only to be……..” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 7, 2018 6:28 am […]
12/7/2018
JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller and Leakin’ Lyin’ James Comey are Best Friends, just one of many Mueller Conflicts of Interest. And bye the way, wasn’t the woman in charge of prosecuting Jerome Corsi (who I do not know) in charge of ‘legal’ at the corrupt Clinton Foundation? A total Witch Hunt…” […]
12/5/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani, former New York City Mayor and personal attorney to President Donald Trump, tweeted a minor typo Friday [11-30-18]– and by Tuesday [12-4-18], he knew there could only be one explanation: an anti-Trump conspiracy at the heart of Twitter. It began innocently enough, with Giuliani posting a tweet denouncing […]
12/5/2018
DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democrats taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives in January plan to send Special Counsel Robert Mueller the transcripts of testimony by some of President Donald Trump’s closest associates so they can be reviewed for evidence and possible falsehoods, said three sources familiar with the matter. […]
12/4/2018
MICHAEL FLYNN/NATIONAL SECURITY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Flynn, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, cooperated substantially with prosecutors and should not be required to serve time in prison, U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office said in a court filing on Tuesday [12-4-18]. Flynn provided assistance in multiple investigations and gave information on […]
12/4/2018
MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Flynn’s lawyer had it right back in March 2017 — his client certainly has a story to tell. That special counsel Robert Mueller clearly agrees but is not ready to share the former national security adviser’s tale with the American people cannot be anything but bad news for […]
12/4/2018
MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller told a federal court Tuesday [12-4-18] that former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has given ‘substantial assistance’ to the Russia investigation and should not get jail time. Flynn has sat for 19 interviews with the special counsel and other Justice Department offices, and his […]
12/4/2018
MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office will make a sentencing recommendation for former national security adviser Michael Flynn on Tuesday [12-4-18], 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 […]
12/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Throughout his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, special counsel Robert Mueller has imposed on his team an ironclad rule: nobody leaks and nobody speaks — out of court, that is. But when it comes to official court filings — indictments, plea agreements, sentencing memos — […]
12/3/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen’s guilty plea for lying to Congress about Donald Trump’s Moscow project prompted a new frenzy of ‘Did the president commit a crime?’ chatter among legal pundits. Finding—or refuting—a smoking gun of criminality has become the singular focus for the president’s supporters and critics alike, and his ex-lawyer’s […]
12/3/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump weighed in publicly Monday [12-3-18] on two key witnesses in the Russia investigation, attacking his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen while praising long-time political aide Roger Stone for refusing to cooperate with prosecutors. The president also maintained his criticism of Russia special counsel Robert Mueller, saying […]
12/3/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Bob Mueller (who is a much different man than people think) and his out of control band of Angry Democrats, don’t want the truth, they only want lies. The truth is very bad for their mission! [Twitter for iPhone]” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 10:56 am […]
12/3/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “America may get its most intimate look yet inside Robert Mueller’s secretive Russia investigation in the next four days, with a series of disclosures that have the potential to be greatly damaging for President Donald Trump. Court filings focusing on Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, on […]
11/30/2018
G20/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If Donald Trump thought he could end this week with a high note at the G20 summit, Robert Mueller’s investigation certainly scuttled those plans. Hours before Trump boarded his plane to Argentina, a bombshell landed in Trumpworld with the news Michael Cohen had pleaded guilty to lying to Congress […]
11/30/2018
FBI/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will tentatively face sentencing on March 5, a federal judge ruled on Friday [11-30-18], after the U.S. special counsel investigating whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia said Manafort had breached his plea agreement. U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team must […]
11/30/2018
CONGRESS/DEMS/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congressional Democrats on Friday [11-30-18] warned that other associates of President Donald Trump may have lied to Congress, a day after his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to doing so as part of a probe of Russian meddling in U.S. politics. Lawmakers did not level direct accusations […]
11/30/2018
MICHAEL COHEN/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel’s office and President Trump found themselves in rare agreement on Friday [11-30-18] over Mr. Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort: Nothing is off the table. Prosecutors for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, said in court that they have not decided whether to charge […]
11/30/2018
FBI/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will tentatively face sentencing on March 5, a federal judge ruled on Friday [11-30-18], after the U.S. special counsel investigating whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia said Manafort had breached his plea agreement. U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team must […]