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The FBI Mysteriously Close New Mexico Observatory
Staff have been evacuated and the FBI has sent agents and a Blackhawk helicopter to the site, without telling anyone what's going on.
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Two prosecutors leave Mueller's office
Prosecutors Ryan Dickey and Brian Richardson are no longer working for the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, the Justice Department confirmed. Both lawyers were relatively junior but frequently spotted members of Mueller's corps. Both have worked on court cases that Mueller opened as part of his investigation into Russian interference and coordination with the Trump campaign in the 2016 presidential election.
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Giuliani: When Mueller’s report shows Trump’s innocence we will admit he was ‘fair’
President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Saturday said when Robert Mueller's report into alleged collusion and obstruction by the president's campaign proves Trump did nothing wrong, "we will have to admit you were fair." "Just a few days before 60 day run-up to 2018 elections. If Mueller wants to show he’s not partisan, then issue a report on collusion and obstruction," Giuliani tweeted. "They will show President Trump did nothing wrong. Then we will have to admit you were fair. And we will."
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Reality Winner, Who Leaked A Secret Report On Russian Hacking, Gets 5 Years
A former government contractor who pleaded guilty to mailing a classified U.S. report to a news organization was sentenced to more than five years Thursday as part of a deal with prosecutors, who called it the longest sentence ever imposed for a federal crime involving leaks to the media. Reality Winner, 26, pleaded guilty in June to a single count of transmitting national security information. The former Air Force translator worked as a contractor at a National Security Agency’s office in Augusta, Georgia, when she printed a classified report and left the building with it tucked into her pantyhose.
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Judge in Paul Manafort trial says he has been threatened and is now under U.S. Marshal protection
Judge T.S. Ellis, the man presiding over the criminal trial of former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort, said Friday that he has received threats about the case — and now travels with protection from the U.S. Marshal Service. Speaking at a hearing outside of jurors' presence, Ellis also said he has no plan to release the names and home addresses of those 12 people now deliberating Manafort's fate because he is worried about their "peace and safety."
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Donald Trump is a "Russian asset" owned by the mafia, author claims in new book
Omarosa vs. Trump may be the political pro wrestling match of the week, but a more serious confrontation could be prompted by a book that came out Tuesday, alleging that President Donald Trump may be a Russian asset compromised by billions of laundered dollars over decades of shady real estate deals.
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Trump could try to revoke Robert Mueller's security clearance next, top Democrat warns
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, warned on Wednesday that President Trump revoking former CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance could set a precedent for taking similar action against special counsel Robert Mueller. "I worry whether this precedence will lead to the president trying to take away Mueller and his whole team's security clearances. This is clearly another effort to silence critics and not allow the Mueller investigation...
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Suspected ISIS member arrested in Sacramento County, allegedly committed ‘most heinous crimes’
Federal agents in Sacramento arrested a suspected ISIS member Wednesday on charges that he killed an Iraqi police officer in 2014 in the Rawah District of Al-Anbar province as fighters were taking over the town. Omar Abdulsattar Ameen, 45, was arrested in a raid at an Eastern Avenue apartment complex in Sacramento County and appeared in federal court Wednesday afternoon as part of extradition proceedings to return him to Iraq to face trial on a charge of premeditated murder.
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Trump won’t stop tweeting out evidence he’s actively obstructing justice
As special counsel Robert Mueller reportedly examines President Trump’s tweets for evidence of obstruction of justice, Trump began his first morning back at work in nearly three weeks with a string of tweets approvingly quoting a right-wing commentator who wrote that the firing of FBI agent Peter Strzok “is as much about the Mueller investigation as anything else.”
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FBI fires Peter Strzok over anti-Trump texts
The FBI has fired Peter Strzok over anti-Trump text messages he exchanged with his lover during the 2016 presidential campaign, Strzok's lawyer Aitan Goelman confirmed Monday.
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Donald Trump Says Son's Trump Tower Meeting Was To Get Clinton Dirt But 'Totally Legal'
The president and his legal team have issued a number of contradicting statements about Donald Trump Jr.'s June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer.
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Mueller has "pieces" to charge Trump for conspiring with Russia, says ex-FBI official
Special counsel Robert Mueller has the “pieces” available to charge President Donald Trump for conspiring with Russia to claim the White House in 2016, according to a former top FBI official on Tuesday.
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Trump calls on Sessions to end Russia probe ‘right now’
President Trump on Wednesday called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to stop the Russia investigation, a significant escalation of his attacks against the long-running probe that has dogged his presidency. "Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further," Trump tweeted.
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Trump rails against Mueller in Sunday tweetstorm
President Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets on Sunday lashing out at the special counsel investigation led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller.
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How The Pee Tape Explains The World Cup
On the morning of May 27, 2015, Swiss police officers raided the Baur au Lac Hotel in Zurich and arrested nine of the world’s top soccer officials on behalf of the United States government. In the coming days, the world would learn about deep-seated corruption throughout FIFA, global soccer’s governing body, that stretched from its top ranks to its regional confederations to its marketing partners around the world.
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Federal investigators want to know if Facebook lied about Cambridge Analytica
The federal investigation into data mining firm Cambridge Analytica and its relationship to Facebook has been expanded to include an examination into the social network itself, according to a report from The Washington Post. Specifically, investigators want to know whether members of the social network lied to lawmakers, the public, and investors about the massive data privacy scandal that broke back in March. The investigation is being led by the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Manafort 'has been tampering with potential witnesses' claims Mueller
Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort to be put in jail while he awaits trial because he allegedly tampered with witnesses. Mueller filed a motion in federal court asking a judge to revoke Manafort’s $10m bail, according to The New York Times. Manafort has been indicted for financial crimes related to his work as a lobbyist for foreign actors.
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Off-duty FBI agent doing backflip in a bar shoots man in the leg
An FBI agent is under investigation after he accidentally discharged his firearm as he performed a backflip at a Denver nightclub. The off-duty agent was dancing when the handgun fell from his waistband holster. It fired as he went to pick it up, wounding another customer in the leg.
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Rudy Giuliani Admits White House Is Trying To Discredit Russia Investigation
President Donald Trump’s lawyer flatly admitted that the White House is waging a fierce information campaign against special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The aim: to delegitimize the probe in the eyes of voters and lawmakers in Congress. Rudy Giuliani, asked about the near-daily attacks on the probe, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday, “They are giving us the material. I couldn’t do it if I didn’t have the material. ... It is for public opinion.”
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Mueller Is Reportedly Examining An Israeli Firm’s Fake News Presentation
Special counsel Robert Mueller may be pulling on another thread in relation to foreign influence on Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. According to The Wall Street Journal, his team of investigators have obtained a nine-slide presentation created by the Israeli firm, Psy-Group, which claims to have links to Israeli intelligence agencies.
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