Robert Mueller
Mueller is coming for the Trump syndicate
When Michael Flynn signed on with Donald Trump's presidential campaign despite not really knowing the candidate personally, the reason seemed …
Donald TrumpTrump Ethics Chief Approves Anonymous Donations for Russia-Related Legal Fees
The Washington swamp just got a little bit swampier.<p>The White House has a Russia problem, and over the past few months, staffers have been lawyering up to protect themselves. <b>Robert Mueller</b> is looking at several Trump associates in particular: <b>Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, Jared Kushner,</b> and the …
Donald TrumpBalance of Power: Mueller Unfriends Facebook as Probe Zeroes In
A reckoning is coming for Facebook.<p>The social media giant was already on the defensive after top Senate investigators said it and related companies …
BusinessMark Zuckerberg’s Russia Problem Is Bigger Than Facebook
With Mueller bearing down and Congress demanding answers, Silicon Valley is losing its political firewall.<p>Facebook, which initially rejected claims that it enabled the spread of misinformation during the presidential race, is now a central focus of the Justice Department probe into Russian …
Mark ZuckerbergKey Senate panel eyes new bills to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller
<b>(CNN) —</b> The Republican-led Senate judiciary committee now plans to take the first steps on legislation that would make it harder for President Donald Trump to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the latest sign that Trump could face a backlash from Capitol Hill if he sought to dismiss the special …
PoliticsTrump reportedly called Sessions an ‘idiot’ after he appointed Mueller
President Trump called Attorney General Jeff Sessions “an idiot” and said he should resign after learning that a special counsel had been appointed …
World LeadersRecode Daily: Robert Mueller's investigation has a ‘red-hot’ focus on Russian interference in the U.S. election
Plus, Facebook won’t let publishers profit from hate or fake, Bodega’s first-day backlash and the real bitcoin.<p><b>Russia</b><b>’</b><b>s effort to influence U.S. voters through Facebook and other social media is a “red-hot” focus of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 election</b> and possible …
United StatesThe fake news industrial complex
The year's most consequential storylines have collided — and are now one mega-story worthy of your undivided attention — with the revelation by …
PoliticsLate-night on Trump and Russia: 'Why can't Don Jr pick one lie and stick to it?'
Comics, including Samantha Bee and Trevor Noah, weighed in on the damage caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and the latest in the Russia investigation<p>Late-night hosts on Wednesday addressed the fallout from Hurricanes Irma and Harvey, the latest developments in Robert Mueller’s Russia …
CultureCongress struggles to figure out which Russia investigation trumps the others
WASHINGTON — The three congressional committees investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election often overlap but rarely coordinate, creating a legal quagmire for witnesses and challenges for special counsel Robert Mueller as he conducts a separate criminal probe.<p>The committees have been …
GovernmentThe Flynn Family Appears to Be a Major Piece of Robert Mueller's Puzzle
Charles P. Pierce<i>A hound it was, an enormous coal-black hound, but not such a hound as mortal eyes have ever seen. Fire burst from its open mouth,</i> …
Liberal ViewRobert Mueller's Russia probe has a 'red-hot' focus on Facebook and other social media
Special prosecutor Robert Mueller reportedly has a “red-hot” focus on the way that Russia sought to influence the 2016 US election by the anonymous …
RussiaWill Trump Derail Mueller's Investigation with Pardons?
As a brooding President Trump rages over the continuing investigation of his Russia connections, two more White House aides lawyer up and son-in-law …
Donald TrumpToday's Impeach-O-Meter: We Forgot How Much Trump Hates Jeff Sessions Now
<i>The Impeach-O-Meter is a wildly subjective and speculative daily estimate of the likelihood that Donald Trump leaves office before his term ends,</i> …
Donald TrumpMorning Bits
Melinda Gates on the Trump administration’s monstrous budget. “Seeing a zero in a line item on a spreadsheet for global health, I have never seen that before. If a government starts defunding stuff, it means something doesn’t matter to them. And that is the signal I think you’re seeing from this …
OpinionDispatch From the Resistance
When Congress has to pass a joint resolution condemning white supremacy and plunk it on the desk of the “president” — in an effort to force him to sign it and daring him not to — you know that we as a country are beyond the pale.<p>(On Wednesday, the press secretary for the “on many sides” white …
OpinionThe 10 most important things in the world right now
Hello! Here's what you need to know on Thursday.<p><b>1. US President Donald Trump has reached a deal with top US Democrats to protect certain, unauthorised immigrants as part of a broader border security agreement</b>. The deal does not include funding for a wall along the US-Mexico border, something Trump …
International Olympic CommitteeHow Has Flynn Dodged Subpoenas to Testify on the Russia Connection?
Why hasn't the Senate Intelligence Committee held him in contempt yet?
GovernmentRoger Stone agrees to testify before House Intel Committee
President Trump’s longtime associate Roger Stone said Thursday that he will voluntarily appear before the House Intelligence Committee in a …
News (U.S.)Trump Humiliated Jeff Sessions Worse Than We Knew
Right now, a team of top-notch criminal investigators is sifting through each and every skeleton in Donald Trump’s many closets. They’re picking …
Donald TrumpWhy Mueller is drilling into Trump’s role in drafting Don Jr.’s false Russia statement
It could help him get over one of the toughest legal hurdles in proving obstruction.<p>Earlier this year, when reporters were sniffing around Donald Trump Jr.’s now-infamous June 2016 meeting with a Russian attorney, some people inside the Trump camp wanted to come clean: to issue a statement saying …
Donald TrumpCan Trump pardon himself and his children?
The presidential pardon power is broad, but not limitless<p>Was it legal for Ronald Reagan to pardon George Steinbrenner? Was it legal for Richard Nixon to pardon Jimmy Hoffa? Was it legal for Bill Clinton to pardon Patty Hearst? Yes, yes and yes.<p>Yet presidential pardon power is vast, but not …
Liberal ViewTrump’s latest tweetstorm signals major concessions may lie ahead
<b>THE MORNING PLUM:</b><p>Barely a few hours after Democrats announced that they had reached a tentative deal with President Trump on protecting the “dreamers,” Trump unleashed a steaming-hot morning tweetstorm that seemed to suggest that there was no deal at all.<p>But make no mistake: If you read between the …
OpinionKeith Olbermann: Donald Jr.'s Testimony Will Be Trump's Downfall
According to commentator Keith Olbermann, Donald Trump Jr.’s testimony before a Senate intelligence committee is all but wrapping up a case against …
Donald TrumpThe Bruising Experience of Testifying Before a Grand Jury
Veterans of the Whitewater and Valerie Plame scandals recall what it was like—and offer advice to Team Trump.<p>For most Americans, the grand jury is a mystery. Television series like <i>Law & Order</i> and films like <i>Twelve Angry Men</i> have branded regular jury trials onto the national cultural psyche: Many …
PoliticsHave The Walls Already Closed In On Michael Flynn?
Things do not look good for former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. His once-profitable consulting enterprise has been shut down. He is defiantly facing down Congressional subpoenas and appears to be a subject of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing criminal probes. His legal bills are …
Michael FlynnRead Dems' letter to Mueller: Flynn failed to disclose trip to broker Saudi-Russian business deal
<b>(CNN) —</b> This is the letter sent by Reps. Elijah Cummings of Maryland and Eliot Engel of New York to special counsel Robert Mueller that they say is evidence that former national security adviser Michael Flynn failed to disclose a trip he took to the Middle East to explore a business deal with the …
PoliticsNew Revelations About Mueller's Russia Investigation Put Jared Kushner Squarely in the Hot Seat
A series of revelations this week shows the federal probe of President Donald Trump’s alleged campaign ties to Russia has centered around social …
Liberal ViewFacebook and Twitter are becoming a 'red-hot' focus of Mueller's Russia investigation
Russia's use of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media platforms to spread fake news and propaganda during the 2016 election has become a "red-hot" focus of FBI special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election interference, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.<p>The news comes one …
Social MediaHuckabee Sanders: Comey’s memo leak was a clear ‘violation’
The White House on Wednesday launched another harsh attack on James Comey — the second day in a row the administration put the fired former FBI …
Government