LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Can a president be forced to testify? While the Supreme Court has never definitively ruled on the subject, the answer appears to be yes. The question was tested during the Watergate scandal in 1974, when justices held unanimously that a president could be compelled to comply with a subpoena for tapes […]
Category: Robert Mueller
5/2/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani, U.S. President Donald Trump’s lawyer, said on Wednesday [5-2-18] that any interview of Trump by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller for a probe into alleged meddling by Russia in the 2016 election and possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign would be limited in scope and length. ‘Some people […]
5/2/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lawyer Emmet Flood, who advised President Bill Clinton in impeachment proceedings, will assist President Donald Trump with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election, replacing Ty Cobb, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said on Wednesday [5-2-18]. The latest lawyer shuffle comes as the question of whether Trump […]
5/2/2018
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NEW BOOK – A MUST READ! ‘The Russia Hoax – The Illicit Scheme to Clear Hillary Clinton and Frame Donald Trump’ by the brilliant Fox News Legal Analyst Gregg Jarrett. A sad chapter for law enforcement. A rigged system!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 2, 2018 8:33 am […]
5/2/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday [5-2-18] morning that questions by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team about whether he obstructed justice amount to a ‘setup & trap…’ Trump’s tweet comes after the New York Times published a leaked list of questions Mueller would like to ask the President, several of which were […]
5/2/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘The questions are an intrusion into the President’s Article 2 powers under the Constitution to fire any Executive Branch Employee…what the President was thinking is an outrageous…..as to the President’s unfettered power to fire anyone..’ Joe Digenova, former US Attorney” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, May 2, 2018 8:23 am […]
5/2/2018
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/ROBERT MUELLER/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Obstruction of Justice (that is a setup & trap). What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch […]
5/1/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team has given President Trump a list of questions for an interview, and the president—should he agree to sit for questioning—is in for the toughest exam of his life. By providing the president’s legal team with advance notice of these questions, Mueller has made clear that he […]
5/1/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has insisted he is eager to make the case to the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, that he has done nothing wrong. But the questions that Mr. Mueller wants to ask show why the president’s lawyers have countered that an interview would be a minefield for Mr. Trump. […]
5/1/2018
IVANKA/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “She was in Bedminster, New Jersey, with President Donald Trump the rainy May 2017 weekend when he decided to fire FBI Director James Comey. She was a passenger on the plane flying home from the G-20 conference in Germany the next month, strategizing about how to manage the fallout of her brother […]
5/1/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday [5-1-18] said it was ‘disgraceful’ that questions the special counsel would like to ask him were publicly disclosed, and he incorrectly noted that there were no questions about collusion. The president also said collusion was a ‘phony’ crime. While Mr. Trump is right that the word […]
4/30/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia’s election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he wants to ask President Trump to learn more about his ties to Russia and determine whether he obstructed the inquiry itself, according to a list of the […]
4/27/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has lost his lawsuit claiming that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and special counsel Robert Mueller exceeded their authority in charging him with alleged crimes that he says have nothing to do with the 2016 campaign. A judge said Friday [4-27-18] that Manafort […]
4/27/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign manager indicted on tax and lobbying charges, lost his bid Friday [4-27-18] to restrict special counsel Robert Mueller through a civil lawsuit. The order dismissed a civil case Mr. Manafort had brought alleging that the Justice Department had exceeded its authority in establishing […]
4/26/2018
DONALD JR/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SENATE: “Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said this week that he is eager to release transcripts of interviews with Donald Trump Jr. and other participants in a 2016 Trump Tower meeting that included a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer. Grassley first announced plans to release the transcripts in January, one day after two […]
4/26/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In the 15 months since Donald Trump shut him out of a White House job, Michael Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer, has made a show of publicly dining with a vocal Trump critic, the billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. After lunch at Freds restaurant in New York in April […]
4/26/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took shots at the FBI and the Justice Department during a half-hour phone interview on ‘Fox and Friends’ Thursday morning [4-26-18], hinting that at ‘some point’ he might step in and take action. ‘You look at the corruption at the top of the FBI — it’s a […]
4/26/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT; “A Senate panel on [4-26-18] Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired without cause, in a bipartisan show of support for the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Serious political and legal hurdles stand in the way of it becoming […]
4/26/2018
FBI/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [4-26-18] defended his decision not to appoint a second special prosecutor to investigate Republicans’ concerns about the FBI by noting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe had already taken on ‘a life of its own.’ Speaking to a U.S. House appropriations panel […]
4/25/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudy Giuliani isn’t wasting time as Donald Trump’s newest lawyer. Hired late last week as the president’s top personal attorney, Giuliani held his first meeting on Tuesday 4-24-18] with special counsel Robert Mueller in a bid to jump-start talks on whether Trump will even be called in for an interview as part […]
4/25/2018
MEDIA/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A group of news outlets requested on Tuesday [4-24-18] that documents used by special counsel Robert Mueller to obtain warrants in his investigation into Russian election meddling be unsealed by a federal court. The media organizations — which include POLITICO, The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Associated Press […]
4/24/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Tuesday [4-24-18] she will oppose legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller if an amendment from Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is added to the bill. Feinstein told CNN she has three concerns about the amendment Grassley plans […]
4/24/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Getting Michael Cohen to rat out President Donald Trump may not be as simple as it sounds. Although Trump’s detractors are rooting for Trump’s personal attorney to ‘flip’ on the president and cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller to escape a potentially harsh prison sentence, legal obstacles make it difficult […]
4/21/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump has been hinting that he might try to fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating possible criminal wrongdoing related to Russian election interference and matters related to it, such as the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. As Trump put it last Monday [4-16-18] when asked about […]
4/20/2018
LEGAL/NEW YORK/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “New York state lawmakers on Friday [4-20-18] introduced legislation to give the state’s attorney general and other local prosecutors the power to bring criminal charges against people pardoned by U.S. President Donald Trump.The bill is intended to close what New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman called a loophole in state law […]
4/19/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and longtime friend of President Trump, will join the president’s legal team in an effort to ‘quickly’ resolve the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and possible ties to Trump associates. Mr. Trump will also bring on Jane Serene Raskin and […]
4/19/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The leader of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee said on Thursday 4[19-18] the committee would vote on a bill to protect Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, despite objections by the chamber’s Republican leadership.Senator Chuck Grassley, the Judiciary Committee’s Republican chairman, said […]
4/18/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge expressed skepticism on Thursday [4-19-18] as a lawyer for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort sought to convince her to dismiss charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. During a hearing, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson questioned Manafort’s attorney Kevin Downing and […]
4/18/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [4-18-18] downplayed speculation he’s moving to fire special counsel Robert Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. ‘They’ve been saying I’m going to get rid of them for the last three months, four months, five months, and they’re still here,’ the President told reporters, standing alongside […]
4/18/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/LEGAL/NEW YORK/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Wednesday [4-18-18] asked state lawmakers to expand his powers to prosecute people who have received a presidential pardon. In a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York’s legislative leaders, Mr. Schneiderman, a Democrat, said: ‘Recent reports indicate that the president may […]
4/17/2018
GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he won’t be holding a vote on legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump, essentially killing the bipartisan bill. McConnell tells Fox News that the measure’s ‘not necessary’ despite a push by Republican and Democratic senators to bring […]
4/17/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump probably can’t fire special counsel Robert Mueller himself. So if he wants to end or limit Mueller’s Russia probe, he’ll need to find someone who will. He may have his man in Solicitor General Noel Francisco, a little-known Trump appointee who happens to have an ax to grind […]
4/17/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A handful of House Republicans have endorsed legislation that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from any attempt by President Donald Trump to remove him, even as GOP leaders insist that such legislation is unnecessary. Rep. Charlie Dent introduced a version of the bill on Friday [4-13-18], and on Monday [4-16-18], […]
4/16/2018
GOP/LEGAL/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As Donald Trump openly toys with the possibility of firing deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein or special counsel Robert Mueller (or both), the New York Times editorial board has published a striking and strident piece warning Republicans that the time is now or never to speak out against the sitting president…The […]
4/16/2018
GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Thom Tillis isn’t the kind of Republican who typically challenges Donald Trump. The North Carolina senator backs the president’s agenda and holds his tongue when it comes to the tweets. As others abandoned Trump after the ‘Access Hollywood’ tape emerged, Tillis stood by his endorsement. But now, he’s a lead sponsor […]
4/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Another white collar lawyer has turned down the opportunity to represent President Donald Trump, citing an unidentified conflict, as the President struggles to add to the legal team representing him in the special counsel investigation. People close to Trump contacted New York attorney Steven Molo, a former prosecutor who specializes […]
4/13/2018
FBI/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Shortly before news became public on Monday [4-9-18] of an F.B.I. raid on the hotel room and office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Mr. Trump’s legal team met in Washington to draft a proposal that would allow him to be interviewed by the special counsel in the Russia investigation, […]
4/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, asked a federal judge in Manhattan on Friday [4-13-18] to block the Justice Department from reading documents related to his decade-long legal representation of Mr. Trump and that were taken in a recent F.B.I. raid. Mr. Trump and Mr. Cohen still were […]
4/13/2018
ETHICS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein continues to oversee special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation after consulting with a career ethics adviser at the Justice Department about his ability to oversee the Russia probe, a source familiar with the matter tells CNN. For nearly a year, legal experts and journalists have […]
4/13/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The FBI raid of the office of President Donald Trump’s attorney caused the President’s team to back off presenting a proposal they were preparing for special counsel Robert Mueller about an interview with the President, according to sources familiar with the matter. Trump’s legal team is now re-evaluating what, if […]
4/13/2018
FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A lawyer for adult film star Stormy Daniels argued in a court hearing on Friday [4-13-18] that materials seized by federal investigators from U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer may concern his client, who claims the president slept with her. Daniels, whose legal name is Stephanie Clifford, has said she […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SENATE/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senators on Thursday [4-12-18] implored Mike Pompeo, the C.I.A. director nominated to be secretary of state, to stabilize the Trump administration’s erratic diplomacy by standing up to Russia and other adversaries and reinstalling American influence among allies. Under persistent questioning, Mr. Pompeo said that he had spoken to Robert S. Mueller […]
4/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A breakthrough bipartisan bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller is coming under a new threat: Partisan infighting among leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Confusion and distrust between Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and top Democrat Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has already delayed consideration of the hot-button bill, which is strongly opposed […]
4/12/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-12-18] that if he wanted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, he would have months ago…Trump was disputing a New York Times report published Tuesday [4-10-18] that said the President sought to fire Mueller in December following reports that Mueller was seeking Trump’s financial records. CNN […]
4/12/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said Thursday [4-12-18] that the new bill that to protect special counsel Robert Mueller is an improvement, but he still has constitutional concerns about the measure to restrict the ability of the President to fire the special counsel. And a fight is already brewing ahead of an […]
4/12/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I have agreed with the historically cooperative, disciplined approach that we have engaged in with Robert Mueller (Unlike the Clintons!). I have full confidence in Ty Cobb, my Special Counsel, and have been fully advised throughout each phase of this process.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 11:46 am […]
4/12/2018
MIKE POMPEO/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mike Pompeo, the CIA director nominated to be secretary of state, defended the Trump administration’s efforts to push back on aggression from Russia at his confirmation hearing Thursday [4-12-18] while suggesting more sanctions on Moscow are still needed. Yet he dodged repeatedly when Democrats tried to pin him down on President […]
4/12/2018
FBI/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The longest-serving Republican senator in history offered a sharp rebuke Thursday [4-12-18] to anyone recommending that President Donald Trump fire special counsel Robert Mueller. ‘Anyone advising the President — in public or over the airwaves — to fire Bob Mueller does not have the President or the nation’s best interest at […]
4/12/2018
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “If I wanted to fire Robert Mueller in December, as reported by the Failing New York Times, I would have fired him. Just more Fake News from a biased newspaper!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, April 12, 2018 5:03 am […]
4/12/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly slammed a federal probe into possible collusion between Moscow and his presidential election campaign as a ‘witch hunt,’ said on Thursday [4-12-18] he backed a ‘cooperative’ approach to the investigation…Mueller has been tasked with looking into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 […]
4/11/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Senate Judiciary Committee could vote as soon as next week on bipartisan legislation introduced Wednesday [4-11-2018] that would allow special counsels like Robert S. Mueller III to appeal their firing to a panel of judges and possibly be reinstated. The committee’s chairman, Senator Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa, […]
4/11/2018
JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “James Comey’s memoir hits bookstores Tuesday [4-17-18], with the former FBI director planning a series of media appearances that will put him back in the public eye as a government watchdog is set to release a report examining his conduct in office. The media appearances, starting with an interview on […]
4/11/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TWITTER: “Donald Trump is acting like he feels the walls are closing in. The President perceives a marauding special counsel, an FBI plot to persecute him and a conspiracy within his own government to unfairly pry deep into his personal confidences held by a cherished confidant and personal attorney. Aides say he […]
4/11/2018
DEMS/OBAMA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Much of the bad blood with Russia is caused by the Fake & Corrupt Russia Investigation, headed up by the all Democrat loyalists, or people that worked for Obama. Mueller is most conflicted of all (except Rosenstein who signed FISA & Comey letter). No Collusion, so they go crazy!” -Donald Trump, […]
4/11/2018
FBI/PAUL RYAN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump fumed over an FBI raid targeting his personal attorney, U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Wednesday [4-11-18] he has been assured Trump does not intend to fire the special counsel investigating Russian election meddling. A Senate panel prepared meanwhile to consider a bill that would […]
4/11/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A bipartisan group of senators will introduce legislation on Wednesday [4-11-18] to protect the office of the special counsel, one day after the White House said U.S. President Donald Trump had the authority to fire a special prosecutor investigating Russia and the 2016 election. Robert Mueller, the special counsel, is […]
4/10/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The F.B.I. agents who raided the office of President Trump’s personal lawyer on Monday [4-9-18] were looking for records about payments to two women who claim they had affairs with Mr. Trump, and information related to the publisher of The National Enquirer’s role in silencing one of the women, several people […]
4/10/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump White House punched back at its own Justice Department Tuesday [4-10-18], with President Donald Trump and senior officials expressing outrage over a law enforcement raid on lawyer Michael Cohen—and making thinly veiled threats to fire special Russia prosecutor Robert Mueller…Angry and increasingly isolated, the president is more […]
4/10/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump ‘believes he has the power to’ fire special counsel Robert Mueller, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday [4-10-18]… She did not suggest Trump would be moving to fire Mueller. Under the special counsel regulations, Mueller may be ‘disciplined or removed from office only by […]
4/10/2018
GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s latest tirade against Robert Mueller’s investigation does not appear to have prompted many Capitol Hill Republicans to reconsider the need for legislation to protect the special counsel. Instead, GOP lawmakers maintained Tuesday [4-10-18] that additional protections aren’t necessary all but offered a sobering warning: any move by Trump […]
4/10/2018
FBI/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was a photo-op meant to portray President Donald Trump at his most commanding: Flanked by senior military leaders, Trump was there to plot America’s response to a suspected chemical gas attack in Syria. Instead, his boiling display in the White House Cabinet Room on Monday [4-9-18] evening only served to […]
4/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The F.B.I. on Monday [4-9-18] raided the office of President Trump’s longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, seizing records related to several topics including payments to a pornographic-film actress. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan obtained the search warrant after receiving a referral from the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, […]
4/9/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/UKRAINE: “The special counsel is investigating a payment made to President Trump’s foundation by a Ukrainian steel magnate for a talk during the campaign, according to three people briefed on the matter, as part of a broader examination of streams of foreign money to Mr. Trump and his associates in the […]
4/6/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The man sat at a restaurant table, grasping a glass of white wine. His sandy hair was close cropped, he wore a cardigan sweater and in the afternoon bustle he looked like just another office worker at lunch…Yet in Washington these days, the man, Konstantin V. Kilimnik, has turned up in […]
5/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, transformed this week what has appeared to be a weakness — his relative lack of independence — into a strength. Since he was appointed in May by Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, the […]
4/4/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s legal team has been told in recent weeks that special counsel Robert Mueller does not consider Trump a target in his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, but he’s more than a witness, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN. The issue came up in […]
4/3/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The office of special counsel Robert Mueller appears to be trying to entice President Donald Trump into an interview by assuring him last month that he is not a ‘target’ of its investigation and is only a ‘subject’ of the probe, at least for now, a source familiar with the discussions […]
4/3/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge tore into all of the legal arguments that a lawyer for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort made on Wednesday [4-4-18] in his long-shot civil case to convince her that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has run amok and should be reined in…Manafort filed a […]
4/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office netted its first prison sentence on Tuesday [4-3-18] and disclosed a memo showing it had been explicitly authorized to look beyond the presidential election, bringing into sharper focus its wide-ranging probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election. A lawyer who admitted to lying to […]
4/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A lawyer who pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators probing alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election was sentenced Tuesday [4-4-18] to 30 days in prison and a $20,000 fine. Alex van der Zwaan admitted in February he had misled investigators about his last contact with former Trump campaign aide […]
4/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Robert Mueller, the U.S. Justice Department’s special counsel, is specifically authorized to investigate allegations that Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, colluded with Russia to interfere with the 2016 presidential election, a court filing showed late on Monday [4-2-18]. The court documents also show that Mueller […]
4/1/2018
DEMS/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Even for Senator Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican who has emerged as one of his party’s most fervent critics of President Trump, the warning he issued recently that firing the special counsel could lead to the president’s impeachment was extraordinary… But it is anything but clear that the long-speculated dismissal […]
3/30/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NATIONAL SECURITY/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Before taking his new job as White House national security adviser in 10 days, John Bolton will have to wind down his multimillion-dollar political operation that is already in the thick of the 2018 election, according to the White House and an independent federal watchdog agency. Under the […]
3/30/2019
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An American academic who supports U.S. President Donald Trump and is a strong advocate of Britain’s exit from the European Union will testify next month before the federal grand jury considering evidence in the investigation into possible collusion between Trump’s 2016 election campaign and Russia.Theodore Malloch, the author of […]
3/30/2018
PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team last year made clear it wanted former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates’ help, not so much against his former business partner Paul Manafort, but with its central mission: investigating the Trump campaign’s contact with the Russians. New information disclosed in court filings and to CNN […]
3/29/2018
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Investigators probing whether Donald Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with Russia have been questioning witnesses about events at the 2016 Republican National Convention, according to two sources familiar with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiries. Mueller’s team has been asking about a convention-related event attended by both Russia’s U.S. ambassador and Jeff […]
3/28/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A top Trump campaign official had repeated communications during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential race with a business associate tied to Russian intelligence, according to a document released on Tuesday 3-27-18] by the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the election. The campaign official, Rick Gates, had […]
3/28/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A lawyer for President Trump broached the idea of Mr. Trump pardoning two of his former top advisers, Michael T. Flynn and Paul Manafort, with their lawyers last year, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions. The discussions came as the special counsel was building cases […]
3/28/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Trump campaign adviser was in touch in the fall of 2016 with a person he said was a Russian former spy, special counsel Robert Mueller’s office said in a court filing that links cases against top former Trump aides with the wider probe into Moscow’s election meddling. Richard Gates, […]
3/28/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Several top US law firms have left President Donald Trump with few places to turn for legal help in the Russia probe. Five large law firms are passing on the opportunity to represent the President after a shakeup last week on his private defense team and as he anticipates giving possible […]
3/28/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When President Donald Trump lashed out against Robert Mueller by name earlier this month, the president’s supporters sprang into action — treating the chief Russia investigator to political campaign-style opposition research. Within hours, the Drudge Report featured a story blaming Mueller, the special counsel leading the Justice Department’s Russia probe, […]
3/28/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Trump campaign adviser was in touch in the weeks before the 2016 election with a person he said was a Russian former spy, a lawyer who worked with both men told special counsel Robert Mueller’s office. Richard Gates, the campaign adviser, told London-based lawyer Alex van der Zwaan […]
3/27/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Republican senator behind a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s job joined his Democratic co-author on Tuesday [3-27-18] in a bipartisan call for President Donald Trump to let Mueller’s investigation proceed ‘without impediment.’ Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) aligned with Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) after weeks of downplaying […]
3/27/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A pair of veteran white-collar lawyers have turned down President Donald Trump’s offer to help lead his defense in the Russia probe, marking another setback for a legal team that’s seen its numbers dwindle over the past week while it prepares for a potentially critical interview between the president and […]
3/22/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The president’s lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation, John Dowd, resigned on Thursday [3-22-18], according to two people briefed on the matter, days after the president called for an end to the inquiry. Mr. Dowd, who took over the president’s legal team last summer, had considered leaving several times in […]
3/21/2018
JAMES COMEY/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has so far discussed with President Donald Trump’s lawyers four main topics they want to talk about with the President. According to two sources, the areas that the special counsel investigators have indicated they want to pursue with Trump are the President’s role in […]
3/21/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Special Council is told to find crimes, wether crimes exist or not. I was opposed the the selection of Mueller to be Special Council, I still am opposed to it. I think President Trump was right when he said there never should have been a Special Council appointed because….. there was […]
3/20/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/PAUL RYAN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday [3-20-18] said he has been assured that fellow Republican President Donald Trump is not considering firing U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller. ‘The special counsel should be free to follow through his investigation to completion without interference, absolutely,’ Ryan said at a […]
3/20/2018
2016 ELECTION/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Republican congressional leaders said Tuesday [3-20-18] that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into meddling by Russia in the U.S. election should be allowed to continue unimpeded, after stepped-up attacks from President Donald Trump raised concerns he would move to end the probe. ‘The special counsel should be free to follow […]
3/20/2018
GOP/PAUL RYAN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday [3-20-18] stepped up their defense of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation amid attacks by President Donald Trump, though they stopped well short of calling for legislation to protect Mueller from being fired by the president. Ryan said Tuesday he’s […]
3/20/2018
JAMES COMEY/JEFF SESSIONS/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “As President Donald Trump’s reaction to special counsel Robert Mueller grows more irate by the day, attorneys on both sides sat down last week in a rare face-to-face discussion about the topics investigators could inquire of the President. It was the first in-person meeting after several weeks of […]
3/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT:“President Trump on Sunday [3-18-18] abandoned a strategy of showing deference to the special counsel examining Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election, lashing out at what he characterized as a partisan investigation and alarming Republicans who feared he might seek to shut it down. Mr. Trump has long suggested that […]
3/19/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s legal team was poised for a shake-up on Monday [3-19-18], according to two people briefed on the matter, as he openly discussed firing one of his lawyers, another considered resigning and a third — who pushed theories on television that Mr. Trump was framed by the F.B.I. — joined […]
3/19/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former federal prosecutor Joseph diGenova will join President Donald Trump’s legal team later this week, adding to the president’s Russia response another bulldog lawyer who argued earlier this year that Trump had been framed by the Justice Department and FBI with a falsely created crime…’ The addition of diGenova […]
3/18/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For months, President Trump’s legal advisers implored him to avoid so much as mentioning the name of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, in his tweets, and to do nothing to provoke him or suggest his investigation is not proper. Ignoring that advice over the weekend was the decision of […]
3/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN/ROBERT MULLER/RUSSIA: “The Mueller probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime. It was based on fraudulent activities and a Fake Dossier paid for by Crooked Hillary and the DNC, and improperly used in FISA COURT for surveillance of my campaign. WITCH HUNT!” -Donald Trump, […]
3/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS/UAE: “The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has subpoenaed the Trump Organization in recent weeks to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to two people briefed on the matter. The order is the first known instance of the special counsel demanding records directly related to President Trump’s businesses, […]
3/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents related to his investigation into whether Donald Trump’s associates colluded with Russia’s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Trump Organization has been voluntarily producing documents to the special counsel […]
3/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/STEVE MNUCHIN/TREASURY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK: “The Trump administration on Thursday [3-15-18] issued for the first time sanctions against Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and for cyberattacks, targeting the Kremlin’s intelligence agencies and individuals indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller for their role in election interference. In sanctioning five entities […]
3/10/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump is in discussions with a veteran Washington lawyer who represented Bill Clinton during the impeachment process about joining the White House to help deal with the special counsel inquiry, according to four people familiar with the matter. The lawyer, Emmet T. Flood, met with Mr. Trump in the Oval […]