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House panel to probe Trump financial 'entanglement' with foreign governments
Vowing not to be "intimidated" by Donald Trump, the new Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said the panel will probe whether foreign governments had improper leverage over the president or his business interests. Rep. Adam Schiff told reporters Wednesday that the panel will ...
Civil rights lawyer Margaret Ratner Kunstler seen as Roger Stone's possible WikiLeaks link
Tucked into last week's indictment of Roger Stone, the brash longtime confidante of President Donald Trump, was a fleeting reference to an attorney who had the ability to contact WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Prosecutors wrote that an email from Stone, seeking dirt on Democratic presidential ...
President Donald Trump has agreed to shut down his personal charity, the Trump Foundation, the New York attorney general said Tuesday, accusing it of engaging in a "shocking pattern of illegality" to advance his political and business interests. State Attorney General Barbara Underwood said the ...
Contacts between Trump campaign and Russia — multiple and undeniable
On Jan. 11, 2017, Donald Trump was asked in his first press conference after his shock election victory, "Did you or anyone in your campaign have any contact with Russia leading up to or during the campaign?" "No, not at all," Trump responded. Fact check: Senior ...
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 ...
Donald Trump Jr. says he's not worried about going to jail: report
U.S. President Donald Trump's eldest son said he was not worried that he could be jailed over his role in the Russia probe, but suggested investigators might try to "create" legal difficulties for him. In an interview with ABC that aired Tuesday, he also attacked ...
The father of slain Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts in an opinion piece spoke out against using his daughter's death in support of "views she believed were profoundly racist," a call that comes after President Donald Trump and others seized on the suspected killer's ...
Lawyer Rudy Giuliani echoes Trump: 2016 Tower meeting sought dirt on Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said the 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between the then-candidate's oldest son and a Russian lawyer with ties to the Kremlin was arranged to seek information about Democrat Hillary Clinton. "The meeting was originally for the purpose of getting information ...
Trump admits purpose of 2016 meet with Russia lawyer was to get dirt on Clinton
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to change his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsel's investigation, tweeting that his son met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to collect information about his political opponent. "Fake News reporting, ...
Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said the president did not know beforehand about a 2016 meeting between his campaign and Russians, as the president's former attorney is reportedly ready to tell prosecutors. Giuliani said those who were allegedly present when Trump learned about the meeting ...
The New York state attorney general sued U.S. President Donald Trump, three of his children and his foundation on Thursday, saying he illegally used the nonprofit as a personal "checkbook" for his own benefit, including his 2016 presidential campaign. Barbara Underwood, the attorney general, asked ...
GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley cool to calling Trump Jr. for hearing over alleged lying
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley said Donald Trump Jr.'s lawyers should be asked about possible discrepancies between his private testimony to the committee and press reports, but he didn't endorse a Democratic proposal to bring him in for a public hearing. "I would suggest Mr. ...
