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Top intelligence official told associates Trump asked him if he could intervene with Comey on FBI Russia probe
The interaction with the director of national intelligence, who testifies Wednesday, indicates Trump wanted help getting the bureau to back off its focus on Michael Flynn.
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James Comey will introduce the words “hookers in Russia” to the congressional record.
The opening statement to Comey’s much-anticipated testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee was released Wednesday afternoon. The testimony details the nine heart-to-heart conversations Comey had with Trump over the last four months, three times in person and six times over the phone. The report confirms that Trump directly asked Comey on January 27 for his loyalty, in a meeting that can only...
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The 6 key takeaways from the James Comey hearing on Trump and Russia
The former FBI director delivered bombshell testimony.
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Trump impeachment calls surge with president facing the ‘most serious scandal’ in U.S. history
Two leading Trump resistance groups have called for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump to begin.
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Photograph places Jeff Sessions, Russian ambassador together at the Mayflower Hotel
On Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions dismissed former FBI Director James Comey's report to senators last week in a closed-door session that Sessions possibly had a third, previously unreported meeting with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak at the Mayflower Hotel in April 2016. Sessions said that it was his understanding that Kislyak was indeed in attendance at the event, but that he could "not remember" talking to the ambassador.
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Special counsel is investigating Trump for possible obstruction of justice, officials say
Mueller is interviewing senior intelligence officials as the Russia probe widens.
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Special counsel is investigating Jared Kushner’s business dealings
FBI agents and federal prosecutors have also been examining the finances of other Trump associates.
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Trump's personal lawyer hires attorney: report
President Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has hired his own attorney as the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference progresses, NBC News reported Friday.
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Analysis | Trump’s bluff on White House tapes wasn’t just dishonest — it was also a failure
Trump admits he has no tapes of his conversations with James B. Comey, after six long weeks.
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Trump Indicates Tweet on Tapes Was Meant to Affect Comey Testimony
In an interview on “Fox & Friends,” the president also raised questions about the impartiality of the special counsel for the Russia investigation, Robert S. Mueller III.
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Stephen Colbert went to Russia to ‘announce’ his 2020 run for president
For Russian ears only: Stephen Colbert is running for president of the United States in 2020.
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Pro-Trump group launches new attack ad against special counsel Robert Mueller
A Southern California group backing President Trump is out with a new ad attacking special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, criticizing the investigation into the Trump campaign's possible cooperation with Russian interference in the 2016 election. The ad, called "Witch Hunt," features conservative favorite Tomi Lahren reflecting Trump's own language to complain about the probe. The more than $400,000 ad buy is expected to start running Sunday.
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France's U.S. Ambassador Says Donald Trump Is Harming Global Stability
"I think it’s impossible to move on without America, and I think also that the United States really can’t let the world move on.” As President Donald Trump prepares for this week’s G-20 summit, his European partners aren’t hiding their disillusionment with how his “America First” approach to foreign policy has damaged the liberal world order.
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Maddow to news orgs: beware of forged Trump Russia documents!
Rachel Maddow explains how an ostensible top secret NSA document submitted through the show's inbox is likely a fake, and points out the perils of such forgeries to news organizations trying to report out important stories like the Trump Russia story.
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Trump’s Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton
Donald Trump Jr. is said to have arranged the meeting with the Kremlin-linked lawyer during the campaign after he was told he would be provided with details about Hillary Clinton.
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Trump’s Son Met With Russian Lawyer After Being Promised Damaging Information on Clinton
President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, according to three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting and two others with knowledge of it.
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Trump Jr. Was Told in Email of Russian Effort to Aid Campaign
The president’s son was told in an email that the Russian government wanted to help Donald J. Trump’s election bid last year.
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White House: Trump didn't know about his son's meeting with Russian lawyer
President Donald Trump only recently learned of the meeting between a Russian lawyer and three of his top campaign officials, including his son Donald Trump, Jr., a White House spokeswoman said Monday. Trump learned of the meeting "in the last couple of days," Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, describing the meeting Trump's son, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Natalia Veselnitskaya, as "very short" with "absolutely no follow up."
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Email 'linked Kremlin to Trump son meeting'
Donald Trump Jr was told that material on Hillary Clinton offered by a Russian lawyer was part of Moscow's effort to help his father's election campaign, the New York Times has said. Publicist Rob Goldstone, who arranged the June 2016 meeting with the lawyer, stated this in an email, it reported.
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Trump’s Big Political Asset Is Supporters Who Believe Any Negative News Is Fake
GOP “base” voters have long regarded the media as “biased” allies of their enemies. It’s taken Trump to convince them any bad news is just made up.
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