President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at FBI Director Christopher Wray after the man he chose to lead the bureau backed the findings of an inspector general report that found the investigation into Russian election interference was properly launched. “I don’t know what report current Director of the FBI Christopher Wray was reading, but […]
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A conspiracy theory about a murdered Democratic National Committee staffer that was repeatedly brought up on Fox News and by allies of President Donald Trump was planted and promoted by Russian intelligence, according to an investigation by Yahoo News. The theory centers on Seth Rich, a DNC data director who was shot in 2016 in what […]
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The Department of Justice on Monday moved to block former White House counsel Don McGahn from testifying to Congress, citing the principle of the separation of powers in a legal opinion. McGahn had been subpoenaed by the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions on Tuesday about Mueller’s investigation of President Donald Trump and Russian interference […]
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Attorney General William Barr said in an interview airing Friday that the point of the Justice Department probe into the origins of the federal investigation into Russian election interference is to determine “whether government officials” abused “their power and put their thumb on the scale.” “I’ve been trying to get answers to the questions and […]
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Attorney General William Barr has appointed a U.S. attorney to examine the origins of the Russia investigation and determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,” according to a person familiar with the issue. Barr appointed John Durham, the U.S. attorney in Connecticut, to conduct the inquiry, the person said. The […]
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After an FBI briefing, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says Russian hackers gained access to voter databases in two Florida counties ahead of the 2016 presidential election. DeSantis said Tuesday the hackers didn’t manipulate any data and the election results weren’t compromised. The governor said he signed an agreement with the FBI not to disclose the […]
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The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr. to answer questions about his contention that he had only limited knowledge of a project to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, a source with direct knowledge tells NBC News. The committee, led by Republicans, is nearing completion of its investigation into Russian election interference — a […]
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The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to advance a measure that would hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller’s unredacted report. Moving to hold Barr in contempt for refusing to comply with the committee’s subpoena for the full, unredacted report and […]
