• 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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:

  • Trump lashes out at officials involved in Russia probe

    Trump lashes out at officials involved in Russia probe

    Feb 18, 2019 04:03 PM EDT

    ... look like they were planning a very illegal act, and got caught." Trump tweets: "This was the illegal and treasonous 'insurance policy' in full action!" https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1097469642048716801 https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1097473080253968384 Rosenstein issued a denial of McCabe's account last year. He said any ...