Michael Isikoff
Chief Investigative Correspondent- Yahoo News
GOP Rep. King's parting advice to Trump: 'Don't punch down'
“Tone down the tweets, don't punch down, you're the president of the United States,” said King in an interview on the Yahoo News podcast “Skullduggery” when asked if he had any advice for the president. "I mean, just don't punch down."
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House Democrat warns Trump could be reelected despite impeachment inquiry
Michigan Democrat Debbie Dingell thinks Trump could win reelection in 2020.
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After Roger Stone conviction, star witness against him feels 'horrible'
Randy Credico told Yahoo News that he was in tears upon learning of the verdict and did not want to see Stone go to jail because of his testimony.
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Senate Republicans are 'sweating' over impeachment trial, Ohio's Sherrod Brown says
Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, says his Republican colleagues are increasingly nervous about President Trump’s conduct and privately describe him as “pretty crooked” and a liar — even if they are not yet ready to publicly break with him.
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Roger Stone's trial could hang on a comedian's drunken texts
Randy Credico's text messages to Roger Stone are likely to be key exhibits in a federal courtroom this week when Stone, the flamboyant longtime political adviser to Donald Trump, goes on trial on charges of obstruction, lying to Congress and witness tampering.
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Pullback in Syria could prolong war 'two or three decades,' former top diplomat says
A former top State Department official says that President Trump’s green light for a Turkish invasion into northern Syria was a “super-damaging” and “reckless” mistake that could prolong the war there for “probably two or three decades.”
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Sondland, key witness in Ukraine probe, blocked from testimony in midnight call
The State Department waited until 12:30 a.m. on Tuesday to tell U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland not to show up for his scheduled deposition with three House committees later that morning, the ambassador’s lawyer told Yahoo News.
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Senate Intel panel seeks interview with Ukraine whistleblower
The Senate Intelligence Committee has opened its own inquiry and is seeking a quick interview with the whistleblower who filed the initial complaint with the intelligence community’s inspector general, according to a letter obtained by Yahoo News.
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Citing Trump impeachment 'charade,' Nadler's Democratic challenger demands primary debate
Lindsey Boylan has mounted a surprisingly strong bid to unseat Rep. Jerry Nadler in New York’s 10th District.
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Kavanaugh book authors: 2020 Democrats had a 'rush to judgment' on impeachment after NYT op-ed
Kate Kelly, one of the authors of a controversial new book about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, said Democratic presidential candidates calling for his impeachment were engaged in a “rush to judgment” after the authors' NYT op-ed.
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Court revives suit alleging Fox News inflicted 'emotional torture' on Seth Rich family
A federal appeals court on Friday revived a lawsuit against Fox News brought by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, concluding there are plausible claims that the network was party to a “campaign of emotional torture.”
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'Speed it up,' Sen. Merkley tells House committee on impeachment
The House Judiciary Committee got an unexpected vote of no confidence Thursday in its timetable to move forward with an impeachment inquiry against President Trump.
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Pulling out of Afghanistan could lead to 'another Saigon,' counterterrorism expert warns
“If we continue the negotiations only between us and between the Taliban, that is not a withdrawal — that is another Saigon,” Ali Soufan told Yahoo News' "Skullduggery."
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Felix Sater: Trump wanted to reveal my secret CIA, FBI work during the campaign
During the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump wanted to reveal years of secret work that his one-time real estate adviser Felix Sater did for the CIA and FBI, Sater tells the Yahoo News “Skullduggery” podcast.
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'It is indescribable': How a harassment campaign overwhelmed Seth Rich's friends and family
Aaron Rich had finally had enough. For months, he listened in disbelief as an internet conspiracy entrepreneur named Matt Couch had posted reckless claims on social media accusing him of complicity in the events that led to the July 2016 murder of his brother, former Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich.
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'It's blasted across America': How Fox and Sean Hannity amplified a Russia-fueled conspiracy
The backstory of a Fox News “exclusive” about the death of Seth Rich — and how it fell apart eight days later — is the subject of the latest episode in Yahoo News’ “Conspiracyland” podcast, released on Tuesday.
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Mueller, a man of few words, may disappoint Trump impeachment advocates
Robert Mueller will take center stage when he appears before the House Judiciary and Intelligence committees to testify about his landmark report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
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Fox News fiction: How the Seth Rich conspiracy murder theory made its way to Trump's favorite cable news network
How Fox News came to report an inflammatory and unsubstantiated conspiracy story about the murder of Seth Rich — and then, after hawking it for a week, retract it and strike it from its website — is the subject of the next two episodes of Yahoo News’ “Conspiracyland.”
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How a 'slick talker' lobbyist boosted the false Seth Rich murder conspiracy — before getting shot himself
Jack Burkman’s controversial involvement in the case — including attention-getting gimmicks and press conferences filled with wild and completely unsubstantiated claims — would ultimately lead to a real-life shooting: of Burkman himself.
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Exclusive: The true origins of the Seth Rich conspiracy theory. A Yahoo News investigation.
In the summer of 2016, Russian intelligence agents secretly planted a fake report claiming that Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was gunned down by a squad of assassins working for Hillary Clinton, giving rise to a notorious conspiracy theory that captivated conservative activists and was later promoted from inside President Trump’s White House, a Yahoo News investigation has found.
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GOP whip Scalise cites Trump accuser's 'bizarre' CNN interview in doubting her account
On the Yahoo News podcast “Skullduggery,” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise questioned author E. Jean Carroll’s allegations that she was sexually assaulted by Donald Trump more than 23 years ago.
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Former top U.S. diplomat deplores policy toward Iran 'untethered to any coherent strategy'
President Trump seriously miscalculated when he scrapped the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, embarking on a policy “untethered to any coherent strategy,” according to a scathing assessment by William Burns, the former U.S. diplomat who negotiated the nuclear agreement. Burns said the move was certain to embolden hard-liners in Tehran and contribute to military tensions in a way that will backfire against the U.S. — which was already happening this week, as news broke that Iran had shot down an American military drone.
Yahoo NewsConfronted with multiple errors in his new Trump book, a testy Michael Wolff says, 'You have to trust me'
The author is questioned about several notable errors in his new book, “Siege: Trump Under Fire.”
Yahoo NewsKey House Democrat: About 40 of us want Trump impeached
About 40 House Democrats now support impeachment, including about 90 percent of those on the House Judiciary Committee, according to Rep. Steve Cohen.
Yahoo NewsTop FBI officials were 'quite worried' Comey would appear to be blackmailing Trump
Senior FBI officials were concerned then director James Comey would appear to be blackmailing then President-elect Trump – using tactics notoriously associated with J.Edgar Hoover – when he attended a fateful Jan. 6, 2017 meeting where he informed the real estate magnate about allegations he had consorted with prostitutes in Moscow, according to Jim Baker, the bureau’s chief counsel at the time.
