NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, made a surprise appearance before a federal judge in New York on Thursday and pleaded guilty to lying to Congress to cover up that he was negotiating a real estate deal in Moscow on Trump’s behalf during the heat of his campaign for the […]
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Trump says he wouldn't take Manafort pardon 'off the table'
WASHINGTON (AP) — A pardon for Paul Manafort is “not off the table,” President Donald Trump said, drawing swift rebuke from critics who fear the president will use his executive power to protect friends and supporters caught up in the Russia probe. The president’s discussion of a possible pardon in an interview Wednesday with the […]
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New developments put Manafort back in Russia probe spotlight
WASHINGTON (AP) — The breakdown of a plea deal with former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and an explosive British news report about alleged contacts he may have had with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange threw a new element of uncertainty into the Trump-Russia investigation. On Tuesday, a day after prosecutors accused Manafort of repeatedly lying […]
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Senate Democrats sue to stop appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general
Three Democratic senators are filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker to serve as acting attorney general, in the latest move by lawmakers to protect the probe being led by special counsel Robert Mueller III. Sens. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island and Mazie Hirono […]
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Angus King says Jeff Sessions' resignation creates uncertainty
OAKLAND — A day after Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ forced resignation, U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, expressed uncertainty Thursday about the effect on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s potential interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. King made an appearance Thursday morning in Oakland for Messalonskee Middle School’s annual Veterans Day assembly. “We’ll […]
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Jeff Sessions’ resignation puts future of Mueller probe into question
WASHINGTON — The future of the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign was thrown into uncertainty Wednesday after President Donald Trump ousted Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a move that will result in a change in the probe’s supervision. Trump named as acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker, Sessions chief of staff, who […]
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Donald Trump accuses China of trying to interfere in U.S. midterm elections
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China of attempting to interfere with the upcoming United States congressional elections, and claimed its efforts are motivated by opposition to his tough trade policy. Trump, speaking in front of world leaders while chairing the United Nations Security Council for the first time, did not […]
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Rod Rosenstein staying at DOJ but will meet with Trump on Thursday
WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will stay in the job for now, but will meet with the president on Thursday, White House officials said Monday, after officials described a series of private discussions that pointed to his resignation or firing. “At the request of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, he and President Trump […]
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Rod Rosenstein denies that he proposed secretly taping Trump and invoking 25th Amendment
WASHINGTON — Memos written by Andrew McCabe, then the acting FBI director, say deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein suggested he secretly record his talks with President Donald Trump, and that Rosenstein discussed possibly trying to remove him from office, according to people familiar with the matter. The account, first reported by The New York Times, […]
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Donald Trump OKs sanctions for foreigners who meddle in elections
WASHINGTON (AP) —President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday authorizing sanctions against foreigners who meddle in U.S. elections, a move that counters critics who claim he has not taking election security seriously enough. The executive order covers not just interference with campaign infrastructure, but it also covers the distribution of disinformation and propaganda, national […]