When Donald Trump’s former campaign deputy Rick Gates pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the special counsel team last month, most legal observers assumed Robert Mueller wanted Gates to provide information on his former business partner, Paul Manafort.
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has pitched a bold plan to protect President Trump from the advancing special counsel investigation.
Early discussions between special counsel Robert Mueller and Donald Trump’s lawyer suggest investigators are focusing on whether the president obstructed justice and colluded with Russia to gain leverage in the 2016 presidential election.
The FBI raided the office of President Trump’s personal lawyer and confidant Michael Cohen, seizing emails, tax documents and records involving payments to an adult film actress.
Longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone said the president’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort will not plead guilty or “roll over” on Trump.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation now has what appears to be a direct link between Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia.
One of Donald Trump’s lawyers floated the idea of pardoning two of the president’s former advisers who have been charged in the special counsel investigation of Russia and Trump’s campaign, The New York Times first reported Wednesday.
“The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert, pointing out Donald Trump’s trouble finding a lawyer, offered an unconventional solution to the president: Hire special counsel Robert Mueller.
