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Trump may answer written Russia probe questions this week, but not on obstruction: source
President Donald Trump is expected to provide written answers to questions from the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election as soon as this week, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The questions from special counsel Robert Mueller ...
Acting U.S. attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, may have violated group's tax-exempt status
Matthew G. Whitaker, America's new acting attorney general, repeatedly chided presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in public statements during 2016 while he was speaking for a group that is barred by its tax-exempt status from supporting or opposing political candidates during a campaign. Before coming to ...
FBI probing Florida company linked to acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, report says
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is conducting a criminal investigation of a Florida company accused of scamming millions from customers during the period that Matthew Whitaker, the acting U.S. attorney general, served as a paid advisory-board member, The Wall Street Journal has reported. World Patent ...
On new acting AG he just hired and previously endorsed, Trump says: 'I don't know Matt Whitaker'
Matthew Whitaker's future at the helm of the Justice Department appeared uncertain at best Friday as President Donald Trump denied even knowing the man he had named acting attorney general just two days earlier. The Senate's top Republican predicted a permanent replacement could be ...
Cybersecurity officials start focusing on the 2020 elections
An unprecedented federal and state collaboration to defend U.S. election systems against Russian interference ended with no obvious voting system compromises, although it is not entirely clear why. Federal officials are wondering whether foreign agents are saving their ammunition for the 2020 presidential showdown or ...
Indictments? Final report? White House braces for Mueller's next move
The White House is bracing for the probe of Donald Trump's presidential campaign to fire up again. Trump's advisers are privately expressing worries that the special counsel, who has been out of the news for the past month, has been stealthily compiling information and ...
U.S. court case tests special counsel Mueller's power, status
A U.S. Justice Department attorney on Thursday spelled out the circumstances under which special counsel Robert Mueller could be fired in a court case that took on new significance this week after President Donald Trump ousted his attorney general. The case, argued on Mueller's behalf ...
Newly empowered Democrats take aim at Trump business conflicts
Beyond trying to get their hands on the Holy Grail of President Donald Trump's business dealings — his tax returns — House Democrats are prepared to use their newfound majority and subpoena power to go after all manner of financial records that could back ...
Can Matthew Whitaker, new U.S. attorney general, shut down the Mueller probe?
U.S. President Donald Trump's decision on Wednesday to oust Attorney General Jeff Sessions and replace him with a noted critic of special counsel Robert Mueller raised immediate fears about the future of Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump appointed Sessions' chief ...
Democrats warn Trump after Attorney General Sessions forced out
The ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions by President Donald Trump on Wednesday drew sharp criticism from Democrats, who warned Trump against moving to squash a probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The probe, led by special counsel Robert Mueller under ...
The man who will serve at least temporarily as America's top law enforcement official is a relatively inexperienced Republican Party loyalist from Iowa who has called for limiting special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. Matthew Whitaker, 49, will become the nation's acting attorney general following the ...
Newly released emails from the 2016 presidential campaign appear to show political operative Roger Stone presenting himself as a WikiLeaks insider to Steve Bannon, who was at the heart of then-candidate Donald Trump's run for president. The emails, which were published Thursday by The New ...
