A second congressional subpoena deadline for U.S. Attorney General William Barr to provide lawmakers with an unredacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report expired at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) on Monday.
America got to see Trump freak out in real time on Twitter as he told special counsel Robert Mueller not to testify to Congress.
President Trump failed to bring up Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meddling in our elections when they spoke for an hour today, and also failed to tell Putin not to meddle in the upcoming election.
Donald Trump spit in the face of the United States on Friday as he spoke for an hour with Russian President Vladimir Putin, discussing the Mueller Report among other topics.
Trump and Putin spoke by phone about the Mueller report and decided that the Russia investigation is over.
Sen. Klobuchar got Barr on the record saying she is free to request Trump’s tax returns and any other evidence connected to the Russia investigation.
The days of Barr acting as a middle man between Bob Mueller and the American people were over when he sold out his country to protect the president.
U.S. House Democrats threatened on Thursday to hold Attorney General William Barr in “contempt of Congress” for not complying with a subpoena to hand over an unredacted version of the Mueller report. What does that mean?
Sen. Maize Hirono (D-HI) called AG Barr a liar to his face and told him to resign during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Barr, named as attorney general by Trump after the Republican president fired his predecessor Jeff Sessions, also told the panel he believed Russia and other countries were still a threat to interfere in future U.S. elections.
Ranking Judiciary Committee member Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) took apart Barr’s interpretation that Robert Mueller found no Trump/Russia collusion.
A congressional subpoena deadline for the U.S. Justice Department to provide lawmakers with an unredacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation report expired at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT) on Wednesday.
The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said on Wednesday an agreement had been reached to have Special Counsel Robert Mueller testify to Congress on his probe into Russian election interference and possible attempts by the President Donald Trump to impede the probe.
That is to say, there are Republicans in the Senate and House who might not be there were it not for Russia’s help of Donald Trump. So naturally, they aren’t interested in pulling the curtain back on the little man behind the ridiculous, clearly unfit person occupying the White House.
Attorney General William Barr will face pointed questions on Wednesday about his handling of the special counsel’s report on Russia’s role in the 2016 election when he testifies before Congress amid accusations he misrepresented the document’s findings.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller complained in a letter to Attorney General William Barr that his four-page summary of Mueller’s Russia report “did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance” of the investigation’s conclusions.
There is no other way to put this: William Barr lied under oath when he said he didn’t know how Mueller felt about his handling of the Russia report.
Barr has forever tarnished his own reputation and put a stain on the Department of Justice. If he doesn’t resign, he should be impeached.
Mueller expressed his concerns in a letter and followed it up with a phone call to Barr in which he told the AG to release the special counsel summaries.
They cited, among many ethical and legal issues, Barr’s decision not to recuse himself, whether his non-summary summary was misleading, whether his conduct with respect to the report complied with DOJ practices, and whether he has demonstrated sufficient impartiality to continue overseeing the 14 criminal matters referred to other components of the DOJ and FBI.
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday opposed a bid by President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone to obtain unredacted portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election to help his defense against criminal charges brought by Mueller. “The government does not intend…
House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff announced that he would be referring Erik Prince for criminal prosecution for perjury.
Jared Kushner sought out and was advised on Trump’s campaign by a Russian who is known to have a pro-Kremlin agenda during the 2016 election.
If Trump continues to refuse to comply with lawful investigations, it will put America in a far more dangerous position than Watergate ever did.
Democrats have control of one half of one branch of the U.S. government – the House of Representatives – and they are using it to follow the money.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the House Intelligence Committee chairman, called Trump’s beliefs on collusion with Russia scummy and thought that a president could be indicted.
Rod Rosenstein used a common phrase among those in the Trump administration who are using their positions to cover-up for Trump.
President Donald Trump denied on Thursday that he had ordered then-White House counsel Don McGahn to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller from the Russia investigation, moving to undermine McGahn’s credibility ahead of a possible congressional testimony.
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald McGahn, the former White House counsel described in the Mueller report as repeatedly standing up to President Donald Trump, could become a star witness again if congressional Democrats get their way in their investigation of whether Trump used his office to obstruct justice. Since the April 18 release…
By Jan Wolfe (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats have taken legal action to obtain the full Russia report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, without redactions, as well as other evidence he uncovered in his 22-month investigation but there are obstacles in their way. U.S. Attorney General William Barr must decide by May 1 whether to comply…
Trump has no legal footing when it comes to these matters. Congress has the authority to conduct oversight, even if he doesn’t like it.
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departed for Russia on Wednesday morning by private train, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Wednesday. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Thursday in the Russian Pacific port of Vladivostok to discuss the international standoff…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – White House advisor and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation of Russia’s role in the 2016 election harmed U.S. democracy more than Moscow’s interference did. “You look at what Russia did, buying some Facebook ads to try to sow dissent and do…
Speaking at the Time Magazine 100 Summit, Trump’s son-in-law and White House advisor Jared Kushner tried to rewrite history on Tuesday by pretending he didn’t understand what the Russians meant when they said they wanted to help Trump in the 2016 election and claiming they didn’t know what Russia was doing and it didn’t register as impactful.
House Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) has subpoenaed former White House counsel Don McGahn for documents and testimony related to Trump obstruction of justice.
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on Friday he was “sickened” by the dishonesty of U.S. President Donald Trump and people around him as portrayed in a report on Russia’s attempts to influence the 2016 election. Romney, now a U.S. senator from Utah and an off-and-on Trump critic,…
When Joe Walsh is correcting your bias, you might want to check yourself.
By David Alexander and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump dismissed questions from reporters on Monday about his staff’s willingness to carry out his orders and the chances of impeachment proceedings in the U.S. Congress, days after the Mueller report highlighted both issues. The 448-page report from U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on…
By Jonathan Landay and Aram Roston WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Erik Prince, founder of the now defunct Blackwater security firm and a supporter of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential run, appears to have misled the U.S. Congress on details of contact he had with a Russian banker in January 2017, Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report released on…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday sued to block a subpoena issued by the Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Oversight Committee that sought information about his personal and business finances. The subpoena sought eight years of documents from Trump and several of his businesses, lawyers for Trump and the Trump Organization…
Sharyl Attkisson, opinion contributor and host of Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson on stations operated by the conservative propaganda outlet Sinclair Broadcast Group, echoed the cries of the Right and Donald Trump as she tried desperately to blame Obama for Trump taking help from the Russians to “win†an election. You see, this is really…
By Sarah N. Lynch and Yasmeen Abutaleb WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top congressional Democrats left the door open on Sunday to the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump, but said they would first need to complete their own investigations into whether he obstructed justice in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Party leaders have cautioned against…
Intent on keeping his title as the world’s worst defense lawyer, Rudy Giuliani defended the Trump campaign taking information provided by Russia.
Donald Trump has reportedly become increasingly angry and is lashing out at those around him as he watches the cable news coverage.
Following the release of Robert Mueller’s redacted report, Donald Trump’s approval rating has tumbled to the lowest point this year.
Mueller said in his report released on Thursday that he found “numerous links” and that the Trump campaign “expected it would benefit” from Russia’s effort to tilt the ballot in Trump’s favor.
It also revealed that Trump’s staff and associates frequently ignored the president – disregarding his orders and hoping he just wouldn’t ask again.
House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it was inappropriate to criticize the U.S. President while abroad, unlike Republicans, many of whom criticized former President Barack Obama while overseas. The Democratic Speaker refused to comment on whether the House might launch impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, saying it was not appropriate to criticize him…
MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Friday that U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report did not contain any evidence the Russian state had meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Mueller’s report, released on Thursday, details extensive contacts between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russian operatives who, it said, sought to tilt the…
What should worry the American people is that there is no indication that Russia’s efforts to undermine U.S. democracy have stopped.
It wasn’t just minor details Trump was unable to remember. His inability to recall touched on some of the main components of Mueller’s investigation.
The bad news for Trump – and for Bill Barr – is that the United States is not the authoritarian regime he wishes it was – at least not yet.
(Reuters) – There are several aspects of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election campaign that were not previously known until the release of his report on Thursday. TRUMP’S REACTION TO APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COUNSEL U.S. President Donald Trump believed the appointment of a special counsel to take over…
If Barr’s press conference intended to present the facts in an honest way to the American public, then Mueller would likely be there.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler tore William Barr to shreds for acting as a spin master for Donald Trump.
Trump’s legal team has been able to get out in front of the Mueller report – which is expected to be damning – and craft a rebuttal with Barr’s help.
With less than two days until Robert Mueller’s redacted report is released, it’s no wonder Donald Trump is feeling uneasy.
If this is what Barr is willing to do to keep attention away from his version of the Mueller report, just imagine how damaging the unredacted document is.
Experts are warning that Attorney General William Barr is expected to censor and not make public 50%-70% of the Mueller report.
Oligarch Oleg Deripaska, whose company was recently granted sanctions relief by Trump and Mitch McConnell is now planning to invest $200 million in McConnell’s home state of Kentucky.
Trump went on a rant about “crooked cops” and “spying” as soon as the release date for the Mueller report was announced.
The DOJ is saying that they intend to make the redacted Mueller report available to the public and Congress on Thursday morning.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a ’60 Minutes’ interview that there’s ‘nobody in the country who knows better’ than Donald Trump that he shouldn’t be president.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange repeatedly violated his asylum conditions and tried to use the Ecuadorian embassy in London as a center for spying, Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno told Britain’s Guardian newspaper.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday sentenced Republican political consultant Samuel Patten to 36 months of probation, 500 hours of community service and a $5,000 fine in a case spun out of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. Patten, 47, pleaded guilty in August to communicating with U.S. lawmakers and news media…
Rachel Maddow crushed the conspiracy theory that the government spied on the Trump campaign by pointing out that foreign governments caught Trump people constantly interacting with Russians. Rachel Maddow Drops The Truth On Trump Spied On Conspiracy Theory Maddow said: To give them the benefit of the doubt, conceivably maybe he is talking about foreign…
By Nathan Layne (Reuters) – Attorney General William Barr has provided only a glimpse of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the inquiry into Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election, with many details expected to emerge when the document is finally released. Barr on March 24 sent a four-page letter to lawmakers detailing Mueller’s…
While Barr may think his actions are protecting his Trump, they are only increasing the chances that Democrats will formally open an impeachment inquiry.Â
By Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the House of Representatives are gearing up to issue subpoenas to try to obtain Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report on Russia’s role in the 2016 U.S. election and President Donald Trump’s actions related to the inquiry. The question is: how successful will they be? Attorney General…
Attorney General William Barr refuses to answer whether or not he briefed Trump and the White House on the Mueller report.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Judiciary Committee Jerrold Nadler called on Attorney General William Barr on Thursday to release any summaries of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia report that were prepared by Mueller’s team. Nadler, a Democrat who is also demanding release of the full Mueller report to Congress, sent a letter to Barr citing…
Among other offenses, Patten pleaded guilty to communicating with U.S. lawmakers and the media on behalf of the Opposition Bloc, a Russia-aligned political party in Ukraine, without disclosing that work to the Justice Department, in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
Cohen, who is due to start a three-year prison term on May 6, is still going through a recently accessed hard drive with more than 14 million files, including e-mails, voice recordings and attachments from his computers and phones, Davis said.
By Jan Pytalski WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several hundred people gathered outside the White House and in New York’s Times Square in small rallies organized by liberal advocacy groups demanding the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s report on Russia‘s role in the 2016 presidential election. U.S. Attorney General William Barr, who received the confidential report…
Trump may have thought Barr’s initial four-page summary was a boost for him, but it has quickly turned into a full-fledged disaster.
Robert Mueller’s team is frustrated and speaking out because the Mueller report is said to contain compelling and alarming evidence on collusion and obstruction of justice.
“If these recent reports are accurate … then those summaries should be publicly released as soon as possible,” the chairman said.
Rachel Maddow pointed out that what Barr and Trump are doing to Mueller’s report is rubbing people associated with the investigation the wrong way and they are starting to speak out.
Investigators who worked on the Mueller investigation are talking and confirming suspicions that William Barr misled on the damaging info for Trump in the Mueller report.
House Judiciary Committee Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) told Attorney General William Barr to turn over the full Mueller report or get ready for court.
House Democrats took the first big step toward obtaining the full Mueller report as the Judiciary Committee voted 24-17 to subpoena the report.
Democrats aren’t afraid to go to the mat to get the complete Mueller report. Polling shows that the American people are with them.
It’s no surprise now that the president is attacking the same lawmakers – Reps. Jerry Nadler and Adam Schiff – driving the effort to get Mueller’s report.
Donald Trump is trying to normalize unethical behavior by claiming it’s okay so long as he doesn’t get implicated in a crime.
Six powerful House Democratic committee chairmen will begin the process of subpoenaing the Mueller report and all related evidence on Wednesday.
If William Barr doesn’t release the complete Mueller report by Thursday, the American people will be taking to the streets in protest.
The goal of the hastily-released Barr report was never to give the American people a clear and fair summary of Mueller’s findings.
Fox News’s Chris Wallace flat out told Kellyanne Conway that she was making untrue statements about Mueller’s findings.
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) said that it is time for Congress to act to get the Mueller report as he had enough of Barr’s excuses and Trump‘s tweets. Democrats want the Mueller report now Rep. Doggett said on MSNBC, “Well, I think it’s time to take action. We don’t have the 400-page Mueller report. We…
The White House has come up with a new lie as Trump’s Mueller report cover story is falling apart.
Donald Trump likes to think he is an authoritarian ruler that can use the U.S. government as his personal playtoy, but he is in for a rude awakening.
The administration is behaving as they have all along, like people who know they’re guilty and are working tirelessly to conceal the facts.
House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) flatly stated that Congress would get the whole Mueller report, even the redacted sections. Adam Schiff Vows To Get The Mueller Report Schiff said during an interview with MSNBC‘s Rachel Maddow: We’re going to compel the release of the report. This report is all going to come…
Trump went on a Twitter tirade on Friday night where he said that Republicans should take their “victory” and refuse to release the Mueller report.
In his latest letter to Congress, Attorney General Barr said that he would not be sending the Mueller report to Trump to edit, but he will be editing the report for Trump himself.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he will probably talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping about the crisis in Venezuela.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler said on Friday that Attorney General William Barr should send Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report to Congress without redactions. “As I informed the Attorney General earlier this week, Congress requires the full and complete Mueller report, without redactions, as well as access…
“I do not believe it would be in the public’s interest for me to attempt to summarize the full report or release it in serial or piecemeal fashion,” he wrote.
White House national security adviser John Bolton said on Friday that President Donald Trump is eager for a U.S. trade deal with Britain once it breaks away from the European Union.
Editor’s Note: Other news sources report that Trump will be allowed to assert executive privilege but hasn’t said that he will. Executive privilege is not typical with special counsel investigations. By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General William Barr plans to issue a redacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s nearly 400-page…