May 21 Trump says he will ‘demand’ DOJ to investigate whether FBI infiltrated campaign By Jonathan Lemire, Darlene Superville, Associated Press The president said he will "demand" that the Justice Department investigate whether the FBI infiltrated his 2016 campaign, an order that came hours before his legal team said the special counsel indicated the Russia probe could be concluded by September. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 4:34 Attacking Mueller investigation, Trump launches accusations of conspiracy By PBS News Hour Last week marked the anniversary of the Mueller investigation, and the GOP-led Senate Intelligence Committee found that Russia tried to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. The committee did not refute a report by The New York Times that emissaries… Continue watching
May 18 What’s behind Trump’s FBI spy theory? By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press President Donald Trump and his supporters are circulating an explosive theory: The FBI, they say, may have planted a mole, or "spy," inside the 2016 campaign to bring him down. The unverified allegation has lit up conservative media and earned… Continue reading
May 18 Giuliani says special counsel Mueller has narrowed scope of questions for Trump By Anne Flaherty, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump's attorney said special counsel Robert Mueller has narrowed the scope of potential questions for the president in the Russia probe, even as Trump advanced an unverified theory that the DOJ planted a spy in his 2016 campaign. Continue reading
May 17 WATCH: White House says Trump ‘very clearly referring’ to MS-13 gang, not immigrants By Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says she doesn't think President Donald Trump went far enough when he described some people who enter the country illegally as "animals."… Continue reading
May 17 Rudy Giuliani says time for Mueller probe to end By Associated Press President Donald Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani says the president still wants to testify in the Russia probe, but says he is "pretty comfortable" that special counsel Robert Mueller's team could not subpoena him in the investigation. Continue reading
May 17 Mueller investigation enters its second year. Where is it headed? By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Hundreds of pages of court filings, and public statements from witnesses, have to an extent pulled back the curtain on an extraordinarily secretive investigation. But much remains hidden from view. Here's a look at what may lie ahead. Continue reading
May 16 Giuliani: Mueller’s team told Trump attorneys it can’t indict a sitting president By Yamiche Alcindor Giuliani, in a text to the PBS NewsHour, said Mueller’s team told the president’s lawyers about their conclusion two weeks ago. Continue reading
May 15 Special counsel Mueller had authority to prosecute Manafort, federal judge says By Chad Day, Associated Press The decision was a setback for Paul Manafort in his defense against charges of money-laundering conspiracy, false statements and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. Manafort had argued that Mueller had exceeded his authority because the case was unrelated to… Continue reading
May 11 Decision on Trump special counsel interview delayed, Giuliani says By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Any preparation with Trump for a possible interview with investigators would likely be delayed until after the June 12 summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore because "I wouldn't want to take his concentration off something far, far more important,"… Continue reading