Author: Chad Day
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Paul Manafort to turn himself in to Robert Mueller, source says
WASHINGTON — In a black Monday for Donald Trump’s White House, the special counsel investigating possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump presidential campaign announced the first charges, indicting Trump’s former campaign chairman and revealing how an adviser lied to the FBI about meetings with Russian intermediaries. The formal charges against a total of…
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Trump family and associates to be in Russia probe crosshairs
WASHINGTON — As Congress returns from recess, President Donald Trump’s family and associates will be back in the crosshairs of congressional committees investigating whether his campaign colluded with Russia, as well as of the high-wattage legal team assembled by special counsel Robert Mueller. Some of the attention will be focused squarely on the president’s eldest…
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Source: Grand jury hears from lobbyist in Trump Tower chat
WASHINGTON — A grand jury used by special counsel Robert Mueller has heard secret testimony from a Russian-American lobbyist who attended a June 2016 meeting with President Donald Trump’s eldest son, The Associated Press has learned. A person familiar with the matter confirmed to the AP that Rinat Akhmetshin had appeared before Mueller’s grand jury…
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FBI agents searched former Trump campaign chair’s home
FILE – In this July 18, 2016 file photo, then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort walks around the convention floor before the opening session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. A spokesman for President Donald Trumpâs former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, says that FBI agents served a search warrant at one of his homes. (AP…
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AP source: Mueller using grand jury in DC in Russia probe
WASHINGTON — Special Counsel Robert Mueller is using a grand jury in Washington as part of an investigation into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, a person familiar with the probe said Thursday. The use of a grand jury, a standard prosecution tool in criminal investigations, suggests that Mueller and his team of…
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Trump defends son after disclosure of Russian emails
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that his eldest son was “open, transparent and innocent,” a day after Donald Trump Jr. revealed his eagerness to hear damaging information about Hillary Clinton from the Russian government in a meeting last year with an attorney from Moscow. Defending his son’s conduct, the president again dismissed the…
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Emails show Trump Jr. embraced help said to be from Kremlin
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s eldest son revealed Tuesday that he was eager to hear damaging information about Hillary Clinton from the Russian government, disclosing a series of emails that marked the clearest sign to date that Trump’s campaign was willing to consider election help from a longtime U.S. adversary. The email exchange posted to Twitter…
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Source says Flynn to invoke 5th Amendment
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — Former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn will invoke his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination as he notifies a Senate panel that he won’t hand over documents in the probe into Russia’s meddling in…
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Lawmakers suggest former Trump aide Flynn broke US law
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, appeared to violate federal law when he failed to seek permission or inform the U.S. government about accepting tens of thousands of dollars from Russian organizations after a trip there in 2015, leaders of a House oversight committee said Tuesday. The congressmen also raised…
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AP Exclusive: Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort had plan to benefit Putin government
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti-Russian opposition across former Soviet republics, The Associated Press has learned. The work appears to contradict assertions by the…