Author: Aruna Viswanatha

WASHINGTON • Two donors to a pro-Trump fundraising committee who helped Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to investigate Democrat Joe Biden were arrested late Wednesday on criminal charges stemming from their alleged efforts to funnel foreign money into U.S. elections and influence U.S. politics on behalf of at least one unnamed Ukrainian politician. In an indictment unsealed…

WASHINGTON — Two Soviet-born donors to a pro-Trump fundraising committee who helped Rudy Giuliani’s efforts to investigate Democrat Joe Biden were arrested late Wednesday on criminal charges of violating campaign finance rules, including funneling Russian money into President Donald Trump’s campaign. Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two Florida businessmen, have been under investigation by the…

WASHINGTON • Former special counsel Robert Mueller revealed little new information during a highly anticipated set of hearings Wednesday before two House committees, repeatedly directing lawmakers to his report and providing limited responses to Republican attacks on his investigation. The hearings left Democrats without much of the ammunition they had sought to build support for…

WASHINGTON • President Trump persistently tried to curtail or shut down the special counsel’s investigation, according to Robert Mueller’s report, which also gave a detailed account of Russia’s election interference and its efforts to communicate with the Trump campaign. The 448-page report, released Thursday, follows a nearly two-year investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016…