• How Minneapolis is trying to reimagine the future of policing

    How Minneapolis is trying to reimagine the future of policing

    Jun 15, 2020 10:35 PM EST

    ... now are the MPD, who we pay. Phillipe Cunningham: I like to more specifically think about it as reimagining public safety. Fred de Sam Lazaro: Phillipe Cunningham serves the city's Fourth Ward. Phillipe Cunningham: At the end of the day, we want to make sure that, when anyone calls ...

  • 'A Very Stable Genius' illuminates administration officials' worries about Trump

    'A Very Stable Genius' illuminates administration officials' worries about Trump

    Feb 13, 2020 11:30 PM EST

    Philip Rucker: And it appears to be. And it fits a pattern. We have seen again and again, after the Mueller investigation, after impeachment, that when this president escapes accountability, when he's held up, when he's effectively on trial, as he was before the Senate, and escapes without ...

  • House Judiciary Committee schedules impeachment hearing for Dec. 4

    House Judiciary Committee schedules impeachment hearing for Dec. 4

    Nov 26, 2019 07:14 PM EST

    ... National Security Adviser John Bolton — refused, following Trump’s orders. Lastly, Democrats could potentially include an obstruction of justice article based on special counsel Robert Mueller’s report released earlier this year. Mueller said he could not exonerate Trump on that point, essentially leaving the matter up to Congress. WATCH ...

  • Questions over possible abuse of power overshadow Trump's agenda at UN

    Questions over possible abuse of power overshadow Trump's agenda at UN

    Sep 23, 2019 10:55 PM EST

    ... to do that. How do they see all this in terms of an opportunity to go after the president, investigate the president, after all the Mueller report and its aftermath? Yamiche Alcindor: Some believe that the Democrats really lost momentum after the Mueller report and after Robert Mueller testified before ...

  • Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on Warren’s poll numbers, Democrats on impeachment

    Amy Walter and Tamara Keith on Warren’s poll numbers, Democrats on impeachment

    Sep 23, 2019 10:25 PM EST

    ... really changed the dynamic. My sense from talking to some folks is, look, this is certainly a new wrinkle, because it's no longer about Mueller. I think the sense was, the Mueller report has sort of played its way out. And, yes, they could continue to have more hearings ...

  • What happens if Attorney General Barr is held in contempt of Congress?

    What happens if Attorney General Barr is held in contempt of Congress?

    May 08, 2019 01:52 AM EST

    The congressional debate over the conclusions of the Mueller report is entangled in an equally fierce fight over access to the document and its witnesses. Attorney General William Barr has repeatedly declined Democrats’ requests to release the unredacted report and question key witnesses on the lawmakers’ terms. In return, House ...

  • AP fact check: Trump's claims on Russia probe, Michael Cohen

    AP fact check: Trump's claims on Russia probe, Michael Cohen

    Dec 03, 2018 01:54 PM EST

    Mueller, a longtime Republican, was cleared by the Justice Department to lead the Russia investigation. The department said in May 2017 that its ethics experts "determined that Mr. Mueller's participation in the matters assigned to him is appropriate." The issue had come up because of his former position at ...

  • Prosecutors turn to Paul Manafort's taxes, unreported bank accounts

    Prosecutors turn to Paul Manafort's taxes, unreported bank accounts

    Aug 03, 2018 04:00 PM EST

    ... jurors expected to hear testimony that he never told his tax accountants about offshore bank accounts containing millions of dollars. The testimony of longtime accountant Philip Ayliff would build on evidence presented by special counsel Robert Mueller's team that Manafort inflated his business income by millions of dollars and ...

  • The art of the evidence-free claim. How Trump gets by without sourcing what he says

    The art of the evidence-free claim. How Trump gets by without sourcing what he says

    May 29, 2018 09:39 PM EST

    ... before, when he claimed that Hillary Clinton received $145 million during her time as secretary of state, and that the cost of special counsel Robert Mueller’s year-long Russia investigation was approaching $20 million. The comments highlighted the president’s tendency to present his remarks as facts without offering ...

  • Trump White House shaken by downgrades, departure and dispute

    Trump White House shaken by downgrades, departure and dispute

    Mar 01, 2018 11:50 PM EST

    ... duties with integrity and honor. That may turn out to be more than an internal feud. Today, the Washington Post also reported special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the president's attempts to pressure or oust Sessions to determine whether he was obstructing justice. For the PBS NewsHour, I'm ...