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With declassification of interview info, Trump prepares latest jab at Russia probe
President Donald Trump has opened a new front in his efforts to discredit the origins of the Justice Department's Russia probe, with the White House saying he will declassify a trove of documents and publicly release text messages of former FBI officials after calls ...
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate with Russia probe
U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed Friday to cooperate with the special counsel's Trump-Russia investigation as he pleaded guilty to federal crimes and avoided a second trial that could have exposed him to more time in prison. The deal gives special ...
Ex-Trump aide Paul Manafort close to plea deal with Robert Mueller: source
U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is close to reaching a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller but an agreement has not been concluded, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday. "It's close but not there yet," the source ...
Paul Manafort's foreign agent trial to stay in DC, judge rules
Paul Manafort's second trial will remain in the District of Columbia, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said that the former Trump campaign chairman's attorneys had failed to show that thorough jury questioning and careful instructions couldn't ensure that both sides ...
U.S. investigators tried to cultivate Russian oligarchs since 2014, had Paul Manafort on radar: NYT
U.S. justice officials secretly sought cooperation from a few of Russia's richest men as they investigated Russian organized crime and possible aid from Moscow to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, The New York Times has reported. Nearly all the half-dozen Russian oligarchs approached between 2014 ...
Washington lobbyist admits to failing to file as a foreign agent and will cooperate in Russia probe
A business associate of a co-defendant of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty Friday to failing to register as a foreign agent for a Ukrainian political party and also admitted his role in a $50,000 donation scheme involving the presidential inauguration. W. Samuel ...
Paul Manafort asks to move upcoming trial from Washington, cites 'intensely negative news coverage'
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort asked Wednesday to move his upcoming trial out of the nation's capital, with his lawyers citing "intensely negative news coverage" and potential juror bias against him. "While federal courts often address issues of pretrial publicity in high-profile cases, it ...
U.S. judge gives partial win to prosecution ahead of Paul Manafort's second trial
A judge overseeing the upcoming second trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Tuesday approved the prosecution's request to allow evidence about a Justice Department inspection of Manafort's lobbying activities in the 1980s but limited the scope of what it can show. The ...
On second thought: Lawyers for Trump, Michael Cohen stumble on facts
They're the ultimate insiders, but the lawyers speaking publicly on behalf of President Donald Trump and his longtime "fixer"-turned-foe Michael Cohen have been fumbling the facts of late. Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis, spent recent days walking back his bombshell assertions that his client could tell ...
Democrats aren't talking Trump impeachment but are vowing probes if they prevail in midterms
Democrats demurred on Sunday on whether Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses after he was implicated last week in a potential crime, but promised vigorous investigations if the party takes control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections. "The role of Congress is not ...
U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his long-running feud with Attorney General Jeff Sessions Friday, calling on him to probe a litany of recurring complaints against those investigating his administration and Democrats. Responding to Sessions' declaration that he would not be influenced by politics, Trump tweeted ...
White House denies Trump wrongdoing after Michael Cohen plea deal
The White House pushed back forcefully on Wednesday against suggestions that a plea deal struck by President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen implicated Trump in a crime. "As the president has said, we've stated many times, he did nothing wrong. There are no charges ...
