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From 'birtherism' to 'deep state,' Puerto Rico death toll joins Trump's conspiracy theory list
The Puerto Rico death toll. Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe. The 2016 presidential election vote. Hillary Clinton and her emails. President Donald Trump speaks and tweets often about conspiracies against him. That's not to say they exist as he describes them. A look at some ...
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 ...
FBI: No evidence Hillary Clinton's server was hacked despite Trump tweet that Chinese got in
The FBI says it has no evidence Hillary Clinton's private email server was compromised even though President Donald Trump tweeted a news report that alleged the Chinese had hacked it. Trump tweeted Tuesday evening about a report by the conservative Daily Caller that said China ...
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, ...
Russian bots and trolls test the waters ahead of U.S. midterms
The sponsors of the Russian "troll factory" that meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign have launched a new American website ahead of the U.S. midterm election in November; a Russian oligarch has links to Maryland's election services; Russian bots and trolls are deploying ...
If U.S. President Donald Trump was inclined to be tentative when raising the issue of election meddling when he meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the indictment Friday of 12 Russian intelligence officers over hacking in 2016 has made that approach a ...
U.S. indicts Russian intelligence officers ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
Twelve Russian military intelligence officers hacked into Hillary Clinton's U.S. presidential campaign and the Democratic Party and released tens of thousands of private communications in a sweeping conspiracy by the Kremlin to meddle in the 2016 election, according to an indictment announced days before ...
Obama's warning to Putin only briefly slowed Russia poll meddling: ex-aides
Russia may have stepped up efforts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election after President Barack Obama's administration did not retaliate strongly to reports of its activities, former aides to the Democratic president told U.S. senators on Wednesday. Victoria Nuland, a top State Department official ...
Trump adviser Roger Stone reveals new meeting with Russian offering to sell dirt on Hillary Clinton
Special counsel Robert Mueller is examining a previously undisclosed meeting between longtime Donald Trump confidante Roger Stone and a Russian figure who allegedly tried to sell him dirt on Hillary Clinton. The meeting between Stone and a man who identified himself as Henry Greenberg was ...
A report by the Justice Department's watchdog found no evidence that political bias affected the outcome of the FBI's probe into Hillary Clinton but provided fresh political fodder for Republicans and Donald Trump to sow doubts about the continuing investigation into the president. While the ...
James Comey 'insubordinate' but not biased in Hillary Clinton probe, inspector general finds
Former FBI Director James Comey was "insubordinate" in handling the probe into Hillary Clinton, damaging the bureau and the Justice Department's image of impartiality even though he wasn't motivated by politics, the department's watchdog found. Although the report issued Thursday by Inspector General Michael Horowitz ...
