A group of bipartisan Senators have drafted a bill that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired. The Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act would ensure that Mueller could only be fired for “good cause” by a senior …
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Attorney Michael Cohen had a request to keep seized documents from being viewed by federal prosecutors denied on Monday in a blow to his defense and to his highest-profile client, President Trump.
FBI agents raided an office and a hotel …
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Two sources familiar with the Justice Department’s investigation into Russia interference in the U.S. 2016 presidential election, say that special counsel Robert Mueller now has evidence that Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, made a secret trip to Prague in …
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President Trump has pardoned Scooter Libby, the former Chief of Staff of Vice President Dick Cheney. Libby was convicted in 2007 of perjury and obstruction of justice in relation to the case of a leaked CIAs operative’s identity, Valerie Plame. …
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Close associates of President Trump’s are worried recordings made by his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, were seized in raids on his offices earlier this week. FBI agents raided space Mr. Cohen uses in the offices of another law firm …
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FBI agents have raided the offices of Michael Cohen, personal attorney to President Trump, yesterday in a dramatic development. The raids were confirmed by Stephen Ryan, an attorney for Mr. Cohen, who said the raids were related, at least in …
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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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The inspector general of the Department of Justice has announced the opening of an investigation into actions by DOJ and FBI officials in the obtaining of FISA warrants “related to a certain U.S. person.” The “certain U.S. person” is widely …
Attorneys for the White House are looking into whether the President’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, violated ethics regulations by meeting with banking executives who then lent his family’s real estate business hundreds of millions of dollars.
Kushner had several meetings …
Continue ReadingFormer FBI Director Andrew McCabe is pleading with the nation’s young people not to be discouraged from going into careers in public service despite the “divisive politics and partisan attacks” that characterize the country’s national discourse. McCabe made his case …
Continue ReadingPresident Trump’s lead lawyer in the Russia investigation has resigned today it was announced, citing strong differences in strategy in the President’s defense. John Dowd who has been part of the President’s personal legal team since last summer said he …
Continue ReadingJared Kushner’s father, Charles Kushner, met with the Qatari Finance Minister last year in the hopes of securing financing for a debt-ridden asset in the company’s portfolio the company confirmed yesterday. Kushner maintains however that he turned down offers form …
Continue ReadingTensions between President Trump and former high-ranking intelligence community officials have been rising in the wake of the firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. McCabe was fired on Friday after an internal FBI investigation found he acted inappropriately in …
Continue ReadingFormer Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe believes his firing was political and that it has to do with his willingness to corroborate information former FBI Director James Comey has given to Congress as well as the special counsel about interactions …
Continue ReadingAttorney General Jeff Sessions dismissed Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe yesterday in the wake of an internal investigation that found that McCabe had been less than forthcoming with an internal audit about some actions while conducting the Hillary Clinton email …
Continue ReadingRussians who have worked at Russia’s infamous “troll factory” corroborate much of what was written in Robert Mueller’s indictment of thirteen Russian individuals and three entities last month for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Operatives working at the …
Continue ReadingSpecial counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed financial records from the Trump Organization it was learned yesterday. The organization is the umbrella company for President Trump’s real estate holdings and other business ventures. Some of the requested documents are said …
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