Mueller Files Obstruction Charges Against Manafort, Russian Associate
The expanded criminal allegations ratchet up the pressure Manafort faces to cut a deal with the special counsel's office as he awaits two criminal trials.
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The expanded criminal allegations ratchet up the pressure Manafort faces to cut a deal with the special counsel's office as he awaits two criminal trials.
President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, defended the President's political attacks against special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the Trump campaign, suggesting that the origins of the probe are illegitimate.
Kushner met with Robert Mueller's investigators a second time in April and answered questions for seven hours, according to his attorney, Abbe Lowell.
The former New York City mayor and longtime Trump supporter says he is joining the president's legal team to help end the Russia investigation.
This, despite an avalanche of reports that he's reeling over developments related to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.
One source familiar with the decision described Dowd's resignation as a "mutual decision."
The President called the investigation a "witch hunt" earlier in the week.
The meeting last week made it clear to Trump that Mueller won't wrap up soon.
If [Trump] tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency," said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina on CNN's "State of the Union."
Andrew McCabe was fired by Attorney General Jeff Sessions less than two days before he could retire.
Former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg said Monday he refuses to comply with a grand jury subpoena in the Russia investigation.
While it is not known whether Ivanka Trump's business deals are of interest to the special counsel's investigation, Robert Mueller has been examining her husband's interactions with foreign investors.
Prosecutors allege the men "hid the existence and ownership of the foreign companies and bank accounts" they oversaw and laundered more than $30 million in income.
Richard Pinedo has admitted to federal investigators that he was selling bank account numbers that were created using stolen American identities.
Mueller is currently investigating any possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.
President Donald Trump spent the weekend firing off tweets that took aim at the Department of Justice and the FBI in the wake of the guilty plea by his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn.
The Washington Post is reporting that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is now examining whether President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice.
Authorities were grappling Monday with how to respond to a website that posted what appears to be private financial information about top government officials and stars.
