WASHINGTON – The elevation of Matthew Whitaker to acting attorney general does not affect special counsel Robert Mueller’s eligibility to lead the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, Mueller’s team said in a court filing Monday. The ...

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said he would not overrule his acting attorney general, Matthew Whitaker, if he decides to curtail the special counsel probe being led by Robert Mueller III into Russian interference in the 2016 election campaign. “Look, ...

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A federal judge refused Thursday to dismiss the indictment of a Russian firm accused by Special Counsel Robert Mueller of funding part of a Russian effort to influence the 2016 U.S. election. Concord Management and Consulting – owned by Yevgeniy ...

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WASHINGTON – A bipartisan pair of lawmakers is seeking to force a Senate vote Wednesday on a bill to prevent special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired, an effort that has been revived over concerns President Donald Trump’s acting attorney ...

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WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court on Thursday is set to consider the validity of special counsel Robert Mueller’s appointment to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The appeal, brought by an associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ...

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WASHINGTON – A spokesman for Robert Mueller said Tuesday that the special counsel’s office has asked the FBI to examine claims that women were offered money to say Mueller behaved inappropriately toward them decades ago. The spokesman, Peter Carr, issued ...

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller is expected to issue findings on core aspects of his Russia probe soon after the November midterm elections as he faces intensifying pressure to produce more indictments or shut down his investigation, according to two U.S. ...

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WASHINGTON – Shortly after Robert Mueller III was appointed to investigate possible coordination between President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Kremlin, he was drawn into a tense standoff in which Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and then-acting FBI director Andrew ...

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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged Attorney General Jeff Sessions to terminate the investigation into Russian campaign interference “right now,” forcing his lawyers to scramble to clarify that the president was not ordering Sessions to take a specific ...

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WASHINGTON – Federal investigators have an audio recording in which then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and his personal attorney Michael Cohen discussed in the fall of 2016 making payments for the story of Playboy centerfold Karen McDougal, who allegedly had an ...

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WASHINGTON – A Russian company accused by special counsel Robert Mueller of being part of an online operation to disrupt the 2016 presidential campaign is leaning in part on a decision by Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh to argue ...

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WASHINGTON – In Michael Flynn’s first appearance in federal court since pleading guilty seven months ago, his lawyers confirmed that he continues to work with the government and is eager to be sentenced and wrap up his case. But it ...

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