Robert Mueller, former FBI director and special counsel, dies at 81
Robert Mueller served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013 and led the investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Robert Mueller served as FBI director from 2001 to 2013 and led the investigation into allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Elk River is part of the 6th congressional district, 40 miles northwest of the Twin Cities. There, 68% of voters backed Trump in 2016. But there were sharply divided opinions Wednesday.
Former special counsel Robert Mueller will testify before the House Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee, Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, of New York, announced Tuesday. He will appear in an open session July 17.
The ranks of Democratic White House hopefuls backing impeachment proceedings grew on Wednesday following a rare public statement from special counsel Robert Mueller that made clear his Russia report didn't exonerate President Donald Trump.
Attorney General William Barr will release the redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report Thursday morning, Justice Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec said Monday.
The Justice Department is expected to send the report by special counsel Robert Mueller to Congress by mid-April, Attorney General William Barr wrote in a letter to the chairmen of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees Friday.
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who is also in the running for the 2020 presidential race, is calling for Robert Mueller's report to be released to the public.
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani Sunday said the president would be interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller "over my dead body," dismissing Mueller's team as "a joke" in an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
The special counsel's office is calling Michael Flynn's cooperation "substantial" and is recommending no prison time for the former Trump administration national security adviser.
Prosecutors from special counsel Robert Mueller's office said Monday that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort violated his plea agreement with the government by lying to federal investigators "on a variety of subject matters."
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty Friday to two federal crimes after cutting a deal with prosecutors and agreeing to cooperate with the special counsel's Russia probe.
Special counsel Robert Mueller has referred a collection of cases to New York federal prosecutors concerning whether several high-profile American lobbyists and operatives failed to register their work as foreign agents, according to people familiar with the matter.
Months of House Republican criticism of the Justice Department has culminated in the introduction of articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.
National Security Adviser John Bolton cites Mueller's probe as reason the for the delay.
Giulani says the president's legal team would contest any effort to force the president to testify in front of a grand jury.
Thursday marks one year since the special counsel was appointed in the 2016 election investigation.
A year ago today, President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey and announced "a new beginning for our crown jewel of law enforcement."
The special counsel leading the Russia investigation raised the prospect in March of issuing a grand jury subpoena for President Donald Trump, his former attorney said, confirming that investigators have floated the extraordinary idea of forcing a sitting president to testify under oath.
President Donald Trump insisted that all was "very calm and calculated" at the White House, even as he vented Wednesday about the Russia probe, complained about Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and served noticed that "nice and new and 'smart'" missiles will be coming down on Syria.
Andrew McCabe, the onetime FBI deputy director long scorned by President Donald Trump and just fired by the attorney general, kept personal memos detailing interactions with the president that have been provided to the special counsel's office and are similar to the notes compiled by dismissed FBI chief James Comey, The Associated Press has learned.
Paul Manafort sues special counsel Robert Mueller saying he exceeded authority in Russia probe.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's grand jury is investigating a prominent Democratic lobbyist and a former GOP congressman from Minnesota for their involvement in an influence campaign on behalf of Ukrainian interests tied to Paul Manafort, according to a person with direct knowledge of the investigation.
On a black Monday for Donald Trump's White House, the special counsel investigating possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump presidential campaign announced the first charges, indicting Trump's former campaign chairman and revealing how an adviser lied to the FBI about meetings with Russian intermediaries.
President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and a former business associate, Rick Gates, have been told to surrender to federal authorities Monday, according to reports and a person familiar with the matter.
President Donald Trump is unleashing new criticism of the investigations into possible ties between his campaign associates and Russia.
