May 10 Pence says it’s time for Robert Mueller to ‘wrap it up’ By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday he believes it's time for special counsel Robert Mueller to conclude his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and other potential misdeeds by those in the president's orbit. Continue reading
May 10 House Democrats release more than 3,500 Facebook ads created by Russians By Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The intelligence committee Democrats released a sampling of the ads purchased by Russia’s Internet Research Agency last year, but they are now releasing the full cache of ads that Facebook officials turned over to the panel after acknowledging in September… Continue reading
May 07 WATCH: Haspel ‘is 100 percent committed’ to going through confirmation process, White House says By Joshua Barajas and Associated Press The White House says acting CIA director Gina Haspel "wanted to do everything she could to protect the agency" when she offered to withdraw her nomination to permanently lead the CIA. Continue reading
May 07 Trump says ’13 angry Democrats’ on Mueller team should be wary By Associated Press President Donald Trump, again, strikes a combative tone against the Russia probe. He's talking about "Fighting Back" and telling Democrats on the special counsel's team, "wait 'till the Courts get to see your unrevealed Conflicts of Interest!"… Continue reading
May 07 Rudy Giuliani’s media blitz defending Trump is off to rough start By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Rudy Giuliani's confounding and at times contradictory statements are said to have pleased President Donald Trump, exasperated White House aides and attorneys, and worried the president's allies. Continue reading
May 04 Giuliani will ‘get his facts straight’ and other takeaways from Trump’s comments on the White House lawn By Joshua Barajas As he departed for his speech at the NRA convention in Dallas on Friday, President Donald Trump spent several minutes talking in a freewheeling back-and-forth with reporters outside Air Force One. Here's what he said. Continue reading
May 01 WATCH: White House defends taking medical records from Trump’s former doctor By Associated Press Harold Bornstein, Trump's longtime personal doctor, told NBC News that Keith Schiller, the president's longtime bodyguard and former director of Oval Office operations, showed up at his office in February 2017 along with two other men to collect the records,… Continue reading
May 01 Trump says leak of Mueller’s Russia probe questions ‘disgraceful’ By Darlene Superville, Associated Press Robert Mueller's questions do appear to indicate that he is looking into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Continue reading
May 01 Robert Mueller gives list of questions to Trump’s lawyers, NYTimes reports By Associated Press The Times obtained a list of the questions, which range from Trump's motivations for firing FBI Director James Comey a year ago to contacts Trump's campaign had with Russians. Continue reading
Apr 27 GOP-led House panel officially clears Trump in Russia probe By Tom Lobianco, Chad Day, Associated Press The Republican-led House intelligence committee on Friday officially declared the end of its Russia probe, saying in its final report that it found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign. Continue reading