President Donald Trump attacked Michael Cohen, his former lawyer, in an unsubtle tweet Wednesday, a day after Cohen pleaded guilty to tax evasion, bank fraud and campaign finance violations and admitted he made hush-money payments to women at Trump’s direction. “If anyone is looking for a good lawyer, I would strongly suggest that you don’t retain the […]
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he feels “very badly” for Paul Manafort after his former campaign chairman was convicted on eight felony counts in his federal bank and tax fraud trial. Trump called it a “sad thing that happened” and said the verdict had nothing to do with him and “nothing to do with Russian collusion.” […]
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A federal jury in Virginia convicted Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, on eight counts on Tuesday, but a mistrial was declared on the 10 other charges he faced. The trial was the first public test of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, and while the special counsel was vindicated, the victory wasn’t total. […]
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Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and “fixer,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to campaign-finance violations and other charges, saying he and Trump arranged the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and a former Playboy model to influence the election. Under a plea bargain reached with federal prosecutors, Cohen, 51, could get […]
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President Donald Trump says that he has chosen to stay out of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation — but he claimed that he is “totally allowed” to be involved in the probe and could even “run it.” “I’ve decided to stay out,” Trump said in an interview with Reuters published Monday. “Now, I don’t have […]
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Hillary Clinton is stepping back into the limelight before the November midterm elections, helping to raise money for the Democratic National Committee in a series of fundraisers, NBC News has learned. The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee will headline three events — in San Francisco, Chicago and New York — for the DNC this fall to […]
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Women are not just running for office in record numbers this year — they are winning. More women than ever before have won major party primaries for governor, U.S. Senate and House this year — paving the way for November battles that could significantly increase the number of women in elected office and change the […]
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President Donald Trump said Friday he expects to “quickly” revoke the security clearance for the Justice Department official whose wife worked for the firm involved in producing the dossier on Trump’s ties to Russia. Trump says the official, Bruce Ohr, is a “disgrace.” Asked about Ohr’s security clearance, Trump said: “I suspect I’ll be taking […]
