Former campaign chairman for Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, was sentenced for crimes uncovered by the investigation conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller over the last several years.
Manafort was charged with a bevy of crimes related to tax evasion, fraud …
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An improperly redacted document shows former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort discussed a possible Ukraine peace plan with a Russian national during the 2016 presidential campaign.
“Mr. Manafort ‘conceded’ that he discussed or may have discussed a Ukraine peace plan …
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Investigators in the Robert Mueller investigation into Russian collusion have rejected an excuse by attorneys for former National Security Adviser and early Trump supporter Michael Flynn that he was not told lying to the FBI is illegal.
Prosecutors on Mueller’s …
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A senior employee at the U.S. Treasury Department has been arrested on suspicion of leaking large amounts of confidential information, most notably financial reports related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election …
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has struck a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The deal involves a reduced prison sentence for the onetime campaign head in exchange for …
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President Trump criticized Attorney General Jeff Sessions harshly today on Twitter, attacking him for not investigating Mr. Trump’s political enemies and for what the President calls a double standard in the prosecution of corruption.
“’Department of Justice will not be …
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Paul Manafort, onetime chairman of the Trump campaign, was found guilty of eight felony counts Tuesday. He was facing eighteen counts on a bevy of charges including tax evasion, bank fraud and lying to the FBI.
The jury failed …
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The defense of onetime Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort rested its case on Monday without calling a witness or presenting a piece of evidence. Manafort also told the judge in the case that he will not be taking the …
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Two weeks after Paul Manafort secured a multi-million dollar loan from Federal Savings Bank he recommended the bank’s CEO for several high-level posts in the Trump administration, newly released emails show.
Manafort had served as Trump campaign chairman for …
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The former right-hand man of one-time campaign manager for President Trump, Paul Manafort, spent the week testifying against his former boss as the first trial stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 presidential election …
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A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, has granted a request put forth by special counsel Robert Mueller for five witnesses to receive immunity. The witnesses are to testify in the criminal trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.…
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A U.S. federal judge has ordered former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort to jail while awaiting his trial scheduled to begin in September. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson revoked Manafort’s bail which had allowed him to live under house …
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Paul Manafort has been indicted once again by a federal grand jury in Washington D.C. on charges of fraud and money laundering. The new indictment also included charges of obstruction of justice.
The indictments were brought by special counsel Robert …
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A band of news organizations have filed a motion with a federal court to unseal documents related to Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. The records specifically concern the indictments of several former Trump campaign …
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A Dutch lawyer is the first person to be sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Attorney Alex van der Zwaan has been sentenced to thirty days in prison and was …
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Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team has alleged that a business associate of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort is a former member of the Russian intelligence services, and that Manafort and Rick Gates also a former Trump campaign …
Continue ReadingA Russian model has posted messages on her Instagram account pleading with U.S. journalists to help get her out of a jail in Thailand, where she’s being held for running so-called “sex training” sessions. In exchange, she says, she can …
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