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Robert Mueller
Report: Papadopoulos, Not Dossier, Sparked Russia Investigation The scoop about Trump’s so-called “coffee boy” demolishes a key GOP talking point.
russia probe
Dec. 28, 2017
If Flynn Is Just a Liar, Why Did Trump Keep Defending Him? There’s a flaw in Team Trump’s reported plan to attack Flynn’s credibility: basically everything the president has said about his former adviser.
GOP Representative Supports ‘Purge’ of FBI, Justice Department The Republican Party is sounding uncomfortably Stalinesque these days.
national circus
Dec. 20, 2017
russia probe
Dec. 19, 2017
Mueller Probe Expected to Last Through 2018, Despite What Trump’s Lawyers Say A meeting later this week between Trump’s attorneys and Mueller’s is expected to confirm that the White House timetable is highly unrealistic.
the national interest
Dec. 18, 2017
Why Trump Might Fire Rod Rosenstein Instead of Robert Mueller The question is not so much whether Trump will erupt in rage but when, and where he will direct it.
russia investigation
Dec. 17, 2017
Are Trump’s Transition Lawyers Attempting to Discredit Mueller? They claim Mueller unlawfully obtained thousands of private emails from Trump’s transition-team members, but the accusation looks pretty weak.
Jesse Watters Says We May ‘Have a Coup on Our Hands in America’ Fox News’ efforts to discredit Robert Mueller and his investigation are reaching a fever pitch.
interesting times
Dec. 15, 2017
Andrew Sullivan: The Assault on Mueller We’ve learned a new and sickening thing this month: GOP tribalism demands that the special counsel be aggressively smeared.
We Now Know FBI Agents Called Trump an ‘Idiot,’ But Not Why That’s Relevant While the text messages released by the Justice Department added fuel to attacks on Mueller, we still know little about their significance.
the national interest
Dec. 12, 2017
Trump Wants to Fight Robert Mueller by Appointing Bizarro Mueller Don’t Republicans deserve their own special counsel to investigate their conspiracy theories?
the national interest
Dec. 8, 2017
The Mueller Investigation Is in Mortal Danger Yet another distressing lesson from the Roy Moore campaign.
Report: Mueller Subpoenas Deutsche Bank Records Relating to Trump This opens up a new phase of the investigation — and one the president definitely won’t like.
Michael Flynn Promised Ex-Partner That Russia Sanctions Would Be ‘Ripped Up’ The former national security adviser was working behind the scenes to make sure his friends got rich.
russia investigation
Dec. 3, 2017
Mueller Removed FBI Agent From Russia Probe Over Possible Anti-Trump Texts Two FBI agents who worked on the Mueller probe may have exchanged politically charged messages.
russia investigation
Dec. 2, 2017
Trump Claims He Isn’t Worried About Flynn Guilty Plea The president repeated “no collusion” three times when speaking with reporters on Saturday.
Michael Flynn to Plead Guilty to Making False Statements to the FBI He admitted that Trump administration officials directed his contact with Russians.
russia probe
Dec. 1, 2017
GOP Senators Join Long List of People Trump Pressured to End the Russia Probe He called the Senate Intelligence Committee chair, and a number of other GOP lawmakers, and said he wanted them to wrap up their investigation.
russia probe
Nov. 29, 2017
Could the Curious Case of Reza Zarrab Lead to the Downfall of Michael Flynn? Federal prosecutors have flipped the Turkish businessman accused of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions. What might he know about Flynn?
Mueller May Have Flipped Michael Flynn Flynn’s lawyers just told Trump’s legal team that they can no longer discuss the Russia investigation.
Jeff Sessions, the Jokester Undermining the rule of law for a cheap laugh isn’t funny.
the national interest
Nov. 20, 2017
Trump Hasn’t Fired Robert Mueller Yet Because His Lawyer Is Blowing Sunshine Meanwhile there’s a “Gambino-style roll-up” of the administration under way.
Mueller Wants to Know More About the the DOJ’s Role in Comey’s Firing Reports suggest the probe is starting to delve into some juicy territory … though Trump’s attorney claims it’ll wrap up soon.
‘Russian Backdoor Overture’ to Kushner Involved Close Putin Ally Just another Russian contact the president’s son-in-law conveniently forgot about.
Sessions: I Can Only Remember the Parts of 2016 That Exonerate Me He doesn’t remember a Trump aide proposing a meeting with Russians — but does remember shooting down that aide’s suggestion.
Flynn Kidnapping Plot Is Like Teapot Dome With a Dash of Treason That a presidential national security adviser might have sold his influence to a foreign government so quickly and cheaply is a very big deal.
Mueller Seems to Be Closing in on Flynn — and the Indictments Could Be Explosive Reports of a $15 million kidnapping plot have only raised the stakes of the investigation for the Trump White House.
Paul Manafort Will Not Be Allowed to Take Off His Ankle Monitor A federal judge denied the request. Trump’s former campaign manager remains in a “High Intensity Supervision Program.”
Manafort Offers Trump Tower Condo As Collateral His lawyer says Manafort is too cash poor to afford bail.
russia investigation
Nov. 5, 2017
Trump’s Denials of Russian Hacking Look Pretty Darn Incriminating If his campaign staff suspected in 2016 that Russia stole Clinton’s emails, why wouldn’t the president take the CIA’s word for it in 2017?
Seth Meyers Takes “A Closer Look” at the First Charges in Mueller’s Russia […] Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Night, where Seth Meyers takes “A Closer Look” at yesterday’s news about Robert Mueller’s first charges in […]
Democrats Should Declare Victory on Trump and Russia The undisputed facts of this scandal are damning enough.
Mueller Quietly Dropped a Bombshell on Monday — and It Wasn’t About Manafort The special counsel’s charging of a very minor player reveals a lot about the big picture.
Who Is Rick Gates, the Other Person Indicted on Monday? The political survivor with close ties to Paul Manafort.
Former Trump Campaign Manager Indicted for ‘Conspiracy Against the U.S.’ Paul Manafort and fellow Trump campaign aide Rick Gates are the first to face indictment in Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
russia investigation
Oct. 29, 2017
What We Do and Don’t Know About Mueller’s Impending Indictment The Russia investigation is poised to enter a whole new phase.
Roger Stone Says He’ll Take Twitter to Court Following Permanent Ban The longtime Trump adviser was kicked off the platform after threatening CNN journalists on Friday.
Mueller Files First Charges in Russia Investigation Anyone charged will be taken into custody on Monday.
the national interest
Oct. 26, 2017
Republicans Develop a Theory of Alt-Collusion to Defend Trump From Mueller “No puppet, no puppet, you’re the puppet” is now the official Republican case against Robert Mueller.
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