U.N. experts demand probe into alleged Saudi hack of Amazon boss Jeff Bezos
U.N. experts have demanded an immediate investigation by the U.S. and other authorities into allegations that Saudi Arabia's crown prince was involved in a plot to hack the phone of Amazon boss and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos. The U.N. special rapporteurs, Agnes Callamard and ...
D.C. claims inaugural committee spending enriched Trump family in lawsuit
U.S. President Donald Trump's inaugural committee spent more than $1 million to book a ballroom at the Trump International Hotel in the nation's capital as part of a scheme to "grossly overpay" for party space and enrich the president's own family in the process, ...
Trump defense v. founders: Crime required for impeachment? Not so, say legal experts
U.S. President Donald Trump's defense relies in part on arguments made in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson more than 150 years ago: that impeachment requires a crime. But most legal scholars disagree, including a law professor called by Republicans in the House investigation ...
The FBI laid out new protocols Friday for how it conducts electronic surveillance in national security cases, responding to a Justice Department inspector general report that harshly criticized the bureau's handling of the Russia investigation. The changes, detailed in a 30-page filing with the secretive ...
Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a major donor to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee with obstructing a federal investigation into whether foreign nationals unlawfully contributed to the inaugural celebrations. The donor, Imaad Zuberi, recently pleaded guilty in a separate case in Los Angeles to campaign ...
Trump pays charities $2 million in damages as part of court settlement
Donald Trump on Tuesday paid $2 million in damages as part of a settlement over use of his former charity to further his political and business interests — the latest item on the U.S. president's list of legal woes. Trump had been accused of using ...
Mike Pompeo suggests debunked, Trump-pushed Ukraine election meddling theory should be probed
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday suggested that Ukraine should be investigated over allegations that it interfered in the 2016 election, a debunked theory advanced by President Donald Trump that witnesses told the congressional impeachment inquiry was spread by Russian spy agencies. Pompeo ...
Ukraine did not meddle in 2016 U.S. election, says Zelenskiy
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday dismissed suggestions that his country interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, rubbishing a conspiracy theory promoted by some allies of U.S. President Donald Trump. Zelenskiy, elected in April, told reporters that Ukraine did not interfere in the elections ...
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Trump campaign manager Manafort pushed Ukraine hack theory as early as 2016
Documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice on Saturday indicated that a top adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump said as early as the summer of 2016 that Ukraine, not Russia, was behind a hack of Democratic party emails. Trump and his surrogates have suggested ...
White House admits quid pro quo, saying request for 2016 poll probe was factor in frozen Ukraine aid
President Donald Trump's withholding of $391 million in military aid to Ukraine was linked to his request that the Ukrainians look into a claim — debunked as a conspiracy theory — about the 2016 U.S. election, a senior presidential aide said on Thursday, the ...
Trump administration renews efforts on probe into Clinton emails
Donald Trump's administration is amping up an investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, The Washington Post reported Saturday, breathing new life into a pet issue used by the president to rail against his opponent during the 2016 elections. The question of whether Clinton improperly used a ...
