Trump’s Legal Team Builds Argument Against Sit-Down Interview with Mueller
Donald Trump’s legal team is building an argument to prevent the president from a sit-down interview with special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Schiff: House Committee Presented with ‘Ample Evidence’ Trump Campaign Colluded with Russia
Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee, said there is “ample evidence” that the public has not yet seen to show Donald Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia and that the president obstructed justice.
Top DOJ Official Steps Down to Avoid Prospect of Overseeing Special Counsel Probe
Fearing she would be tapped to oversee the special counsel investigation of Donald Trump and Russia, the Justice Department’s third in command decided to step down and avoid the president’s escalating attacks on the DOJ and other federal law enforcement agencies.
Watergate Reporter Bernstein: No Modern President Has Lied As Often As Trump
Carl Bernstein, the Washington Post reporter who helped expose the Watergate scandal under President Nixon, is skeptical that Donald Trump will agree to an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller because of the president’s “compulsive, continual lying.”
Congressional Democrats to Meet with FBI Today Over Rebuttal Memo
Democrats are refusing to give up on their fight to publicly release a classified report that rebuts a much-disputed, Republican-drafted memo alleging the FBI and Justice Department had abused their surveillance powers to spy on a former Trump campaign aide.
As Trump Escalates ‘Witch Hunt’ Rhetoric, No. 3 at Justice Department Steps Down
Rachel L. Brand, the third in command at the Justice Department and the first woman to serve as associate attorney general, plans to step down after nine months on the job as President Trump and his allies escalate their criticism of the nation’s top law enforcement agencies.
Bannon Agrees to Mueller Interview, But May Face Contempt for Defying Congressional Subpoena
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who is facing threats of contempt charges for defying a subpoena ordering him to testify before a House committee’s investigation of President Trump and Russia, plans to meet with special counsel Robert Mueller next week and answer all of his questions.
Trump Says Nunes, Who Spearheaded Memo’s Release, Has Makings of ‘Great American Hero’
Republican Devin Nunes, the California congressman who set off a political firestorm by spearheading the controversial release of a secret, much-disputed memo drafted by GOP staff, “may someday” be considered a “Great American Hero,” President Trump said Monday.