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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating an alleged scheme to pay women to accuse Russia collusion probe chief Robert Mueller of sexual harassment in a bid to discredit him, his office said Tuesday. The scheme was uncovered after a woman who said she worked ...
Trump top court pick, who endorsed presidential immunity, faces tough hearings in Congress
President Donald Trump's newest Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, is expected to face punishing questioning from Democrats this week over his endorsement of presidential immunity and his opposition to abortion. Some two dozen witnesses are lined up to argue for and against confirming Kavanaugh, who ...
Clinton impeachment lawyer met with Trump about White House job: source
Veteran Washington lawyer Emmet Flood is under consideration for a White House job assisting U.S. President Donald Trump with the Russia probe, according to a person familiar with the matter. Flood, who advised former President Bill Clinton in impeachment proceedings, met with Trump in the ...
Grand jury indicts Missouri governor who admitted affair for alleged invasion of privacy
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens remains defiant, even amid calls for impeachment or resignation, after a St. Louis grand jury indicted him for felony invasion of privacy, alleging the Republican took a compromising photo of a woman during an extramarital affair the year before he ...
Trump faces perilous political reality in aftermath of Alabama election upset
President Donald Trump faced a new, more perilous political reality Wednesday, after a stunning Democratic victory at the polls in America's deeply conservative South threw the depth and breadth of his support into serious doubt. Doug Jones' win in a special Senate race in Alabama ...
Trump's attacks on GOP lawmakers could leave him friendless if impeachment comes
President Donald Trump has stepped up his attacks on Republican senators, an approach he may regret if he is someday impeached and the Senate has to weigh charges against him stemming from an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. More than half ...
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has hired a lawyer known for defending government officials in high-profile investigations to help him with probes into whether there were ties between the election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia, his office said on Thursday. U.S. intelligence ...
Democrats seek distance from call to impeach Trump, at least till probes play out
House Democrats distanced themselves on Tuesday from a longshot bid to impeach President Donald Trump, arguing that multiple investigations should play out before considering such drastic, politically fraught action. California Rep. Brad Sherman has told colleagues that he may try to force a vote in ...
Ousted Park taps 'bullet-proof vest' lawyer, other loyalists for defense
A lawyer known as her "bullet-proof vest" is on former South Korean president Park Geun-hye's legal team. So are two failed candidates for parliament from her ruling party. Park has turned to a group of loyalists for her legal defense as she faces questioning on ...
Opposition lawmaker files impeachment complaint against Duterte over extrajudicial killings, graft
An impeachment complaint was filed Thursday in the Philippine Congress against President Rodrigo Duterte, citing alleged involvement in extrajudicial killings in the government's drug war, graft and corruption as grounds for removing him from office. Rep. Gary Alejano of the opposition Magdalo Party-List lodged the ...
South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party said on Monday it and other parties would seek the impeachment of the prime minister, Yonhap News Agency reported after the premier said an investigation into a corruption scandal would not be extended. The move to seek the impeachment ...
Donald Trump is reviving memories of Bill Clinton's affair with a White House intern and his turbulent interactions with black voters during South Carolina's 2008 primary as the ex-president campaigns for his wife in New Hampshire. Trump's latest broadsides on the Clintons — a potential ...
