Author: Sadie Gurman
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2 Giuliani associates who helped him on Ukraine charged with campaign-finance violations
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…
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2 Giuliani associates who helped him on Ukraine are charged with campaign-finance violations
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…
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Pompeo took part in Ukraine call, official says
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was among the administration officials who listened in on the July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukraine’s president, a senior State Department official said Monday, a disclosure that ties the State Department more closely to the House impeachment inquiry. Pompeo’s participation on the call, which hadn’t been previously…
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Mueller defends investigation as ‘thorough’ and ‘fair’ in House testimony
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…
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Mueller report lays out Trump’s attempts to curtail probe
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…
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Colorado, 15 other states sue Trump over emergency wall declaration (VIDEO)
Colorado to join proposed lawsuit against Trump wall {child_byline}Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Sadie Gurman, The Wall Street Journal{/child_byline} Colorado and 15 other states have filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s national-emergency declaration to pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, setting up a showdown with the administration that could go to the…
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Justice Department proposes banning rapid-fire bump stocks
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON — The Trump administration said Saturday it has taken the first step in the regulatory process to ban bump stocks, likely setting the stage for long legal battles with gun manufacturers while the trigger…
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Caller told FBI Florida shooting suspect ‘going to explode’
WASHINGTON — A woman close to the man charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school warned the FBI in chilling detail that he had a growing collection of guns and a temper so uncontrollable she worried about him “getting into as school and just shooting the place up.” The Associated Press on…
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Did FBI miss a warning before Florida high school shooting?
The massacre at a Florida high school is again raising concerns about whether the FBI missed signs that might have stopped a mass shooting. Last fall, a Mississippi bail bondsman and video blogger noticed a comment on one of his YouTube videos that said, “I’m going to be a professional school shooter.” He immediately reported…
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Vacancies at Justice Department grow as Colorado’s Cory Gardner continues to block confirmations
WASHINGTON — The sudden departure of the Justice Department’s No. 3 official is adding to the turmoil at an agency that already lacks permanent, politically appointed leaders for many of its most important divisions. Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand’s resignation builds on an unusual problem that has contributed to instability in the department, current and…