Lawyers for House Democrats urged a judge Tuesday to release secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation as Congress conducts an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. The Justice Department is opposing the request, and Chief U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell did ...
House Democrats unveiled broad legislation Tuesday to protect the country's elections as they investigate whether President Donald Trump inappropriately solicited foreign election help from Ukraine ahead of the 2020 vote. A House committee could advance the election security bill as soon as next week. It ...
Robert Mueller, who oversaw Trump-Russia probe, returns to private practice
Robert Mueller, the former special counsel who oversaw a two-year probe into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election to help Donald Trump become president, is returning to his old law firm. Mueller, 75, is rejoining WilmerHale as a partner focused on high-profile investigations and ...
Trump pressed Australian leader to help in probe of Robert Mueller inquiry's origins, NYT reports
President Donald Trump urged Australia's prime minister during a recent phone call to help the U.S. attorney general in an investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing two U.S. officials with knowledge of the call. The ...
Under fire for peddling a debunked conspiracy theory, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, said Sunday he would cooperate with the House's impeachment inquiry only if Trump gave him permission. "If he decides that he wants me to testify, of course I'll testify," Giuliani ...
After subpoena snub, U.S. House panel calls on former Trump aide Flynn to testify Sept. 25
The U.S. House Intelligence Committee has sent a letter to Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, demanding he testify before the panel on Sept. 25, a committee aide said on Monday. In a letter sent on Friday and seen by ...
Prominent DC lawyer and ex-Obama aide acquitted in foreign lobbying case
A prominent Washington lawyer was found not guilty Wednesday of lying to the Justice Department about work he did for the government of Ukraine in a case that arose from the special counsel's Russia investigation and focus on the lucrative world of foreign lobbying. The ...
Former White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter is being called to testify before the House Judiciary Committee as the panel pursues what its chairman calls an investigation into whether to draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. Porter was called to testify on Sept. ...
U.S. House panel subpoenas ex-Trump campaign chief Corey Lewandowski
The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee said on Thursday it subpoenaed President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, for public testimony as part of an investigation of the Trump presidency. The committee, which was considering articles of impeachment against Trump, also served a subpoena ...
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Joseph Maguire, the current chief of the National Counterterrorism Center, will become the acting director of national intelligence. Trump said in a tweet that Maguire will take over the post on Aug. 15, when Dan Coats, the current ...
Roger Stone appeals judge's order in bid to get back on social media
Roger Stone wants back on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and every other social media platform from which he was banished last month by his future trial judge. He has turned to a U.S. appeals court for help. In papers filed with the Washington-based panel on Monday, ...
Justice Department declines to prosecute ex-FBI chief James Comey over leaks
Justice Department officials have declined to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for mishandling classified information, including leaking a memo to the media about his interactions with President Donald Trump, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The decision was made after the ...
