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 17 Giuliani: A Trump-Mueller interview ‘looks more hopeful’ By Yamiche Alcindor Giuliani told the PBS NewsHour Thursday that Mueller’s team and the president’s lawyers have been working together to narrow the scope of questions Mr. Trump would answer if he did sit down for an interview. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 9:21 Where Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation stands, one year later By Nick Schifrin As Robert Mueller’s special counsel probe marks its first year, the Senate Judiciary Committee released thousands of pages of documents providing the most comprehensive look at an undisclosed meeting in Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer. Nick Schiffren talks with… Continue watching
May 16 Trump Jr: Can’t recall discussing Russia probe with father By Mary Clare Jalonick, Eric Tucker, Chad Day, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. told the Senate Judiciary Committee last year he couldn't remember whether he had discussed the Russia investigation with his father and said he didn't think there was anything wrong with meeting a Russian lawyer at… Continue reading
May 09 Watch 5:27 Why did major companies pay Trump’s personal lawyer through a shell company? Payments totalling more than $4 million were made to a shell company set up by Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, and included about $500,000 from a U.S. company with ties to a Russian oligarch who is close to Vladimir… Continue watching
May 03 ‘Typical Rudy’: Will Giuliani’s blunt style help or hurt Donald Trump? By Daniel Bush People close to Rudy Giuliani said in interviews Thursday that the Fox appearance was a perfect example of the former New York mayor's personality and crisis management style: a blend of brash rhetoric and political calculation that mirrors his most… Continue reading
May 02 Watch 6:38 Trump legal team shuffle signals more combative strategy on Russia probe President Trump on Wednesday tapped Emmet Flood, a veteran Washington attorney who represented former President Bill Clinton, to join his legal team. Flood replaces Ty Cobb as the lead White House lawyer in the special counsel investigation. Judy Woodruff talks… Continue watching
May 02 Special counsel team has floated idea of subpoena for Trump By Chad Day, Eric Tucker, Associated Press The special counsel leading the Russia investigation raised the prospect in March of issuing a grand jury subpoena for President Trump, his former attorney said. Continue reading
Apr 30 Watch 12:09 James Comey: FBI had ‘basis for investigating’ possible ties between Trump and Russia By Judy Woodruff, Elizabeth Summers, Geoffrey Lou Guray, Daniel Bush To say there was no evidence of coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign "just wasn't the case," former FBI Director James Comey tells Judy Woodruff, disputing a conclusion by the GOP-majority House Intelligence Committee. In a conversation about his… Continue watching
Apr 25 Republican senators consider resolution to protect special counsel Mueller’s job By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The bill would give any special counsel a 10-day window to seek expedited judicial review of a firing. Continue reading