Author: Chad Day
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Ex-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort guilty of 8 charges
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort, the longtime political operative who for months led Donald Trump’s winning presidential campaign, was found guilty of eight financial crimes Tuesday in the first trial victory of the special counsel investigation into the president’s associates. A judge declared a mistrial on 10 other counts the jury could not agree on.…
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Gates, star witness against Manafort, concludes testimony
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Paul Manafort’s protégé on Wednesday wrapped up his testimony aimed at implicating the former Trump campaign chairman in financial crimes while also enduring stinging attacks on his character and credibility. Rick Gates has been the government’s star witness in Manafort’s financial fraud trial, testifying how at the behest of his longtime boss,…
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Manafort lawyer: ‘So many lies’ Gates can’t keep up
ALEXANDRIA, Va. • In blistering questioning, a defense lawyer accused the protege of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of being immersed in “so many lies” he can’t remember them all, as he tried to undermine the credibility of the government’s star witness in Manafort’s fraud trial. Defense lawyer Kevin Downing began his cross-examination of…
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All eyes on ‘righthand man’ in Manafort trial
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The bookkeeper said Paul Manafort submitted fake financial documents. The accountant testified he hid foreign bank accounts. And a series of businessmen said he used international wire transfers to pay for millions of dollars in luxury items. On Friday, a tax preparer even admitted that she helped disguise $900,000 in foreign income…
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Trump seethes over Russia probe, calls for end to ‘SPYGATE’
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump escalated his efforts to discredit the Russia investigation Wednesday, saying the FBI has been caught in a “MAJOR spy scandal” over their use of a secret informant to determine whether some of Trump’s campaign aides were working with Russia ahead of the 2016 election. “SPYGATE could be one of the…
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Senate panel releases interview transcripts with Donald Trump Jr.
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he couldn’t remember whether he had discussed the Russia investigation with his father, according to transcripts released Wednesday of his interview with the panel. The committee released more than 1,800 pages of transcripts of interviews last year with Trump’s son and others who met…
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Trump hires lawyer who represented Clinton in impeachment
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday hired a veteran attorney who represented Bill Clinton during his impeachment process as the White House shifted to a more aggressive approach to a special counsel investigation that has reached a critical stage. The White House announced the hiring of lawyer Emmet Flood after disclosing the retirement of…
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In Comey memos, Trump talks of jailed journalists, ‘hookers’
WASHINGTON — In a series of startlingly candid conversations, President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of a top adviser, asked about the possibility of jailing journalists and described a boast from Vladimir Putin about Russian prostitutes, according to Comey’s notes of the talks obtained…
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Rudy Giuliani to join Trump legal team in Russia probe
WASHINGTON — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining the legal team defending President Donald Trump in the special counsel’s Russia investigation, a Trump attorney said Thursday. With the addition of Giuliani, Trump gains an experienced litigator and former U.S. attorney in Manhattan. Trump is looking to bring his involvement with special counsel…
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AP source: Trump expected to pardon former Cheney aide Libby
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to pardon I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney, according to a person familiar with the president’s decision. The person said the announcement could come as early as Friday. The person, who wasn’t authorized to discuss the decision ahead of its public announcement…