Jul 11 Watch 7:27 Trump Jr.'s emails on Russia meeting raise question of what the president knew By PBS News Hour President Trump's son Donald Jr. released a potentially explosive email chain on Thursday, showing he was eager to hear "dirt" on Hillary Clinton with Russia’s support. Trump Jr. said he released them to be transparent, but The New York Times… Continue watching
Jul 11 Trump Jr. says in emails he'd 'love' to see Russian info on Clinton By Associated Press Donald Trump Jr. eagerly accepted help from what was described to him as a Russian government effort to aid his father's campaign with damaging information about Hillary Clinton, according to emails he released publicly on Tuesday. Continue reading
Jul 11 Russian lawyer describes meeting with Donald Trump Jr. By Associated Press A Russian lawyer tells NBC's "Today" show that she was summoned to Trump Tower during last year's presidential campaign to meet with Donald Trump Jr. and asked if she had information on the Clinton campaign. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 7:09 Why Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting to discuss damaging Clinton info matters By PBS News Hour How does the news that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to discuss damaging information about HIllary Clinton add to what we know about Russian meddling in the 2016 election? Former CIA officer John Sipher and Mark Mazzetti… Continue watching
Jul 10 Trump Jr. 'happy to work with' Senate panel By Associated Press President Donald Trump's eldest son says he's willing to communicate with the Senate Intelligence committee. Continue reading
Jul 10 Trump Jr. admits he wanted info on Clinton from Russian By Chad Day and Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's eldest son acknowledged Monday that he met a Russian lawyer during the 2016 presidential campaign to hear information about his father's Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. Continue reading
Jul 05 Ongoing Mueller probe could draw focus to Russian crime operations By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The U.S. government has long warned that Russian organized crime posed a threat to democratic institutions, including "criminally linked oligarchs" who might collude with the Russian government to undermine business competition. Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 5:45 Inside Obama's secret deliberations on how to fight Russian election interference By PBS News Hour New revelations shed light on how former President Obama learned of Russia's efforts to tip the 2016 election in Donald Trump's favor and how his administration responded, including their debate over punishing Russian President Putin. Greg Miller of The Washington… Continue watching
Jun 15 AP poll: A majority of Americans think President Trump meddled in Russia probe By Josh Lederman and Emily Swanson, Associated Press A clear majority of Americans believe President Donald Trump has tried to interfere with the investigation into whether Russia meddled in the 2016 election and possible Trump campaign collusion, a new poll shows. Continue reading
Jun 08 WATCH: Comey says former AG Lynch urged him to refer to Clinton email probe as 'matter,' not 'investigation' By Associated Press Comey says in his Senate Intelligence Committee hearing that he was confused by the request and it was one of the reasons he felt the need to publicly announce his findings in the Clinton email case. Continue reading