Jul 26 Audio recording steps up feud between Trump and his former ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen By Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller, Associated Press The sudden public airing of Donald Trump talking about paying for a Playboy model's silence marks a turning point in the legal game of cat-and-mouse between the president and his onetime lawyer. Continue reading
Jul 25 Most Americans think Trump isn’t tough enough on Russia, new poll says By Laura Santhanam Looking to the 2018 midterm elections, most Americans don’t think Russia has abandoned efforts to influence U.S. politics. Continue reading
Jul 23 Judge postpones trial for former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort By Chad Day, Associated Press U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III pushed the trial back until July 31 to give Manafort's lawyers more time to review thousands of pages of data and documents turned over by special counsel Robert Mueller's office in the last several… Continue reading
Jul 17 AP fact check: Trump isolated in view of Russia meddling By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press President Donald Trump said he sees no reason why Russia would have interfered in the 2016 election. On the same platform, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered a reason, even while denying Moscow ever meddled: He wanted Trump to win. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 3:53 Indictment of 12 Russian agents exposes gaps in election security By PBS News Hour Robert Mueller’s team indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers on Friday for hacking into the Democratic campaign and state election operations in 2016. The indictment also revealed how state and local election boards were targeted, information on 500,000 American voters was… Continue watching
Jul 13 Watch 9:15 What the latest Russia probe indictments show for the first time While President Trump condemned the Russia probe as a "rigged witch hunt," Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictment of 12 Russian military officers for conspiring to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. The charges come three days before… Continue watching
Jul 13 5 things we learned from Mueller’s new Russia indictment By Gretchen Frazee, Courtney Norris Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 12 Russian officials Friday shed light on the people behind cyber attacks and how they carried them out. Here are some key findings. Continue reading
Jul 13 Trump asked Russia to find Clinton’s emails. On or around the same day, Russians targeted her accounts By Erica R. Hendry "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing, I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press," Trump said in a July 27, 2016, news conference. Continue reading
Jul 13 Read Mueller’s full indictment against 12 Russian officers for election interference By Erica R. Hendry The allegations came in the latest indictment from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the elections and possible ties to President Donald Trump's campaign, and days before Trump's scheduled meeting with Putin. Continue reading
Jul 13 WATCH: 12 Russians accused of hacking Democrats in 2016 U.S. election By Eric Tucker, Associated Press The Russians were accused of hacking into the computer networks of the Democratic National Committee and the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. Continue reading