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Rod Rosenstein set to meet Trump as job, Robert Mueller probe, hang in balance
After a long weekend spent wondering if he should resign or would be fired, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein still has his job — for now. President Donald Trump gave Rosenstein a three-day reprieve pending their face-to-face White House showdown Thursday. That's when the man ...
Trump orders declassification of more documents related to FBI's Russia probe
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday declassified a trove of documents related to the early days of the FBI's Russia investigation, including a portion of a secret surveillance warrant application and former FBI Director James Comey's text messages. Trump made the extraordinary move in response ...
Trump will deny asking FBI chief to go easy on Michael Flynn if asked under oath: lawyer
U.S. President Donald Trump will deny he ever asked former FBI director James Comey to go easy on fired former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn if made to testify about it under oath, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday. "There was no conversation about Michael ...
Robert Mueller probing Trump's tweets over possible obstruction of justice: NYT
Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether U.S. President Donald Trump's tweets constitute an attempt to obstruct justice with respect to the probe into his campaign's ties with Russia, The New York Times reported Thursday. Citing three unnamed people briefed on the subject, the Times ...
Former FBI Director Comey urges voters not to 'rush to the socialist left'
Former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime Republican who has clashed with U.S. President Donald Trump over the federal Russia probe, has doubled down on his earlier call for Americans to vote for Democrats in November congressional elections. In a second tweet on the subject, ...
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 ...
Report on FBI's Clinton email probe and James Comey's statements coming next week
A report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's internal watchdog into the agency's handling of an inquiry into the management of emails by former U.S. presidential candidate Hilary Clinton will be released next week, the agency said on Thursday. U.S. congressional committees are also currently ...
Key Senate Republicans warn trump on obstruction, pardon powers but House ranks take softer tone
Several Senate Republicans are warning Donald Trump against obstructing justice or pardoning himself, even as they continue to say there's no evidence to support allegations the president's team colluded with Russia in the 2016 elections. "I'd advise everybody from the president to the people operating ...
Trump lawyer Giuliani plays down idea of U.S. president pardoning himself
An attorney for President Donald Trump stressed Sunday that the president's legal team would contest any effort to force the president to testify in front of a grand jury during the special counsel's Russia probe but downplayed the idea that Trump could pardon himself. Rudy ...
Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe wrote a confidential memo last spring recounting a conversation that provided "significant behind-the-scenes" details on the firing of former FBI director James Comey, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The Times reported that McCabe had turned in his ...
President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said special counsel Robert Mueller should complete his investigation by September to avoid influencing midterm congressional elections, a mistake Giuliani says former FBI director James Comey made in handling the Hillary Clinton probe. "If he doesn't file his report ...
