• Trump grants Barr power over classified Russia probe info

    Trump grants Barr power over classified Russia probe info

    May 24, 2019 12:58 PM EST

    ... The cover-up has entered a new and dangerous phase," Schiff tweeted.Despite Mueller finding no evidence to support criminal charges against Americans related to Russia's actions, his report documented extensive Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 campaign and willingness on the part of some in Trump's ...

  • Analysis: The role Russian businessmen played in the Mueller report

    Analysis: The role Russian businessmen played in the Mueller report

    Apr 22, 2019 08:42 PM EST

    ... years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iThiTnODYE To be clear, Mueller did not identify evidence of a connection between Manafort’s polling data and Russia’s interference in the 2016 election or “establish that Manafort otherwise coordinated with the Russian government on its election-interference efforts.” But correspondence cited ...

  • Egyptians vote on changes that would extend el-Sissi’s rule

    Egyptians vote on changes that would extend el-Sissi’s rule

    Apr 20, 2019 05:46 PM EST

    ... But they also include an article specific to el-Sissi that extends his current second four-year term to six years and allows him to run for another six-year term in 2024 — potentially extending his rule until 2030. Novelist Omar Knawy voted “No” in the referendum. He said he ...

  • Mueller report finds no Trump-Russia collusion, but does not exonerate president, attorney general says

    Mueller report finds no Trump-Russia collusion, but does not exonerate president, attorney general says

    Mar 24, 2019 07:42 PM EST

    ... indicted.Barr’s chief of staff called White House counsel Emmet Flood at 3 p.m. Sunday to brief him on the report to Congress. https://twitter.com/presssec/status/1109911057013919746 Mueller’s investigation ensnared nearly three dozen people, senior Trump campaign operatives among them. The probe illuminated Russia’s ...

  • Barr on pace to release Sunday summary findings on Russia investigation

    Barr on pace to release Sunday summary findings on Russia investigation

    Mar 24, 2019 01:35 PM EST

    ... prosecutors. All told, Mueller charged 34 people, including the president’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and three Russian companies. Twenty-five Russians were indicted on charges related to election interference, accused either of hacking Democratic email accounts during the campaign or of ...

  • Congress won't see Mueller's findings on Russia investigation Saturday, according to DOJ official

    Congress won't see Mueller's findings on Russia investigation Saturday, according to DOJ official

    Mar 23, 2019 06:03 PM EST

    ... Robert Mueller sent the attorney general the final report Friday on his 22-month investigation that cast a dark shadow of Donald Trump’s presidency. https://youtu.be/u-KxCR1yT54 Mueller has concluded his investigation of Russian election interference and possible coordination with Donald Trump’s campaign. Barr is reviewing ...

  • Nation awaits key findings as Mueller wraps up Russia probe

    Nation awaits key findings as Mueller wraps up Russia probe

    Mar 23, 2019 02:31 PM EST

    ... must not be allowed to interfere in decisions about what parts of those findings or evidence are made public,” they said in a joint statement. https://twitter.com/jdawsey1/status/1109278129573502977 https://twitter.com/Yamiche/status/1109270896416604160 It was not clear whether Trump would have early access to Mueller’s ...

  • Mueller delivers final Russia report to Justice Department

    Mueller delivers final Russia report to Justice Department

    Mar 22, 2019 09:07 PM EST

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller on Friday turned over his long-awaited final report on the contentious Russia investigation that has cast a dark shadow over Donald Trump's presidency, entangled Trump's family and resulted in criminal charges against some of the president's closest associates. The comprehensive ...

  • Algeria’s president runs for 5th term, promises key changes

    Algeria’s president runs for 5th term, promises key changes

    Mar 03, 2019 06:58 PM EST

    ... said central committee of his party, Talaie El Houriat, Arabic for “Vanguard of Freedoms”), decided not to field a candidate so as “not to serve as a pretext for the candidacy of the sick president.”The head of the moderate Islamist party MSP, Abderrazak Makri, also has ruled out running.

  • Read Michael Cohen's full prepared testimony on Trump's Russia plans, WikiLeaks email dump

    Read Michael Cohen's full prepared testimony on Trump's Russia plans, WikiLeaks email dump

    Feb 27, 2019 06:12 AM EST

    ... hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee. Cohen also said he does not know of any "direct evidence" that Trump or his campaign had colluded with Russia. "But, I have my suspicions," he said in his statement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lmOUXYLHzw Read Cohen’s full testimony below: