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Manafort Case: Judge Questions Mueller's Powers

'We had to follow the money where it led,' Justice Department lawyer told the court

(Newser) - The indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort took center stage in federal court on Friday and things got a bit testy. US District Court Judge T.S. Ellis tartly asked Robert Mueller's prosecution team to explain how their indictment of Manafort on financial charges relates to Mueller'...

Giuliani: Mueller Is Trying to 'Trap' Trump Into Perjury

If a meeting does occur, it should take 'two or three hours'

(Newser) - New Trump legal team member Rudy Giuliani told Fox News that the president may not sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller and that if he does, he should not be under oath, reports USA Today . "What they’re really trying to do is trap him into perjury, and...

Lawyer: Mueller Warned of Presidential Subpoena

Dowd says he responded: 'This isn't some game'

(Newser) - A former member of President Trump's legal team has confirmed that Robert Mueller raised a possibility last month that could lead to a long legal battle: a presidential subpoena. John Dowd, who led the Trump team's response to the Mueller investigation until his resignation in March , tells Reuters...

Mueller&#39;s Question About Manafort Is &#39;Intriguing&#39;
Mueller's Question About
Manafort Is 'Intriguing'
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May 1, 2018 11:37 AM CDT

Mueller's Question About Manafort Is 'Intriguing'

It suggests special counsel has yet-to-be-revealed evidence related to collusion

(Newser) - The New York Times delivered a big scoop in regard to the Robert Mueller investigation Tuesday when it revealed nearly 50 questions the special counsel has submitted to President Trump's lawyers that he wants the president to answer. "The open-ended queries appear to be an attempt to penetrate...

Mueller's Questions for Trump Leaked

Special counsel has dozens of things to ask president

(Newser) - President Trump is not happy about a story involving three of his least favorite things: the Robert Mueller investigation, leakers, and the New York Times . Trump denounced the "Russian Witch Hunt" early Tuesday after the Times reported on a leaked list of around four dozen questions that Mueller wants...

Bill to Safeguard Mueller Clears Senate Panel

But McConnell has said it won't be considered by full Senate

(Newser) - Bipartisan legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller now lies in the hands of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell after the GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to advance it, the AP reports. McConnell has said the bill is unnecessary and he won't let it reach the Senate floor...

Trump&#39;s New Lawyer in Russia Probe Is a Familiar Face
Trump's New Lawyer
in Russia Probe
Is a Familiar Face
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Apr 19, 2018 5:13 PM CDT

Trump's New Lawyer in Russia Probe Is a Familiar Face

Rudy Giuliani is joining, plus more of the latest developments related to Russia, Trump

(Newser) - Rudy Giuliani is joining President Trump's legal team with an eye on ending special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe. "I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country and because I have high regard for the...

McConnell Won't Let Senate Vote on Bill to Safeguard Mueller

His reasoning is that it's unnecessary

(Newser) - "I'm the one who decides what we take to the floor," Mitch McConnell said Tuesday in a Fox News interview during which he explained that bipartisan legislation intended to safeguard special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Trump won't make the cut. "We...

Did Cohen Raid Dash Hopes for a Mueller-Trump Sit-Down?

NBC says talks have broken down after raid on attorney office

(Newser) - President Trump said in January that he was "looking forward" to chatting under oath with Robert Mueller in the special counsel's Russia investigation, but that possibility may have vanished this week after talks between the two sides fell apart and both sides started to mull how to move...

Trump Slams Rod Rosenstein, Mueller on Twitter

Sources say president is considering firing Rosenstein

(Newser) - President Donald Trump insisted that all was "very calm and calculated" at the White House, even as he vented Wednesday about the Russia probe and complained about Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the AP reports. Trump, who was so incensed by the FBI's raid of his personal attorney'...

Report: Trump Has Tried to Fire Mueller Twice Already

He ordered firing in anger at news report last year

(Newser) - President Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller in December, which is the second known time the president has attempted to get rid of the special counsel, according to the New York Times . which cites interviews with eight White House officials and other people close to Trump. The sources say Trump...

Trump&#39;s &#39;Fix-It Guy&#39; May Be in Real Trouble
Trump's 'Fix-It Guy'
May Be in Real Trouble
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Apr 10, 2018 1:30 PM CDT

Trump's 'Fix-It Guy' May Be in Real Trouble

A look at the potential legal trouble for Michael Cohen, as well as the president

(Newser) - A quick look at stories about Michael Cohen, the president's personal attorney, reveals a clear theme: The 51-year-old has long prided himself on being Donald Trump's No. 1 troubleshooter. "I am the fix-it guy," he once told the Wall Street Journal , which also collects a quote...

Trump's New Response to Raid Is Succinct

'A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!'

(Newser) - President Trump has more to say about Robert Mueller's latest moves, and it's in all caps with three exclamation points: "A TOTAL WITCH HUNT!!!" Trump tweeted Tuesday morning after the FBI's raid on the office of Trump attorney Michael Cohen. He also wrote : "Attorney–...

Report: Mueller Told Trump He Isn't a 'Criminal Target'

But that doesn't mean he's off the hook, analysts say

(Newser) - Robert Mueller has told President Trump's lawyers that he is only a "subject" of his investigation, not a criminal "target," insiders say. Sources tell the Washington Post that the special counsel told the attorneys that he still wants to interview Trump and he is preparing a...

Rosenstein Authorized Mueller to Probe Manafort, Memo Shows

Court filing reveals previously unreleased memo

(Newser) - Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein explicitly authorized the Justice Department's special counsel to investigate allegations that President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman colluded with the Russian government, according to a court filing late Monday night. Special counsel Robert Mueller's team of prosecutors included that detail in a...

Robert Mueller's Inquiry Is Sending Someone to Jail

Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan gets 30 days for offense not directly related to election

(Newser) - A Dutch attorney who lied to federal agents investigating former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison in the first punishment handed down in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. He was also ordered to pay a $20,000 fine. Alex van der Zwaan's...

Trump Lawyer Reportedly Floated Pardons for 2 Figures

But John Dowd denies report in 'New York Times' regarding Flynn, Manafort

(Newser) - President Trump's lawyer, John Dowd, discussed pardons for Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort with their lawyers as special counsel Robert Mueller was building cases against them, three people with knowledge of the conversations tell the New York Times . If true, the Times points out the timing would be significant,...

Report: Mueller Witness Sent $2.5M to Trump Fundraiser

Sources say George Nader secretly backed anti-Qatar agenda

(Newser) - A top fundraiser for President Trump received millions of dollars from a political adviser to the United Arab Emirates last April, just weeks before he began handing out a series of large political donations to US lawmakers considering legislation targeting Qatar, the UAE's chief rival in the Persian Gulf,...

New Lawyers: We Can't Help Trump With Russia Probe

Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing have 'conflicts'

(Newser) - President Donald Trump will not be adding two new lawyers to the legal team defending him in the special counsel's Russia investigation, one of the president's attorneys said Sunday. Trump attorney Jay Sekulow says in a statement that Washington lawyers Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing have conflicts that...

Trump: 'Very Happy' With His Legal Team

'Don’t believe the Fake News narrative that it is hard to find a lawyer who wants to take this on'

(Newser) - President Trump is busily tweeting how "very happy" he is with his legal team in the wake of the departure of top lawyer John Dowd, reports the Washington Post . "Many lawyers and top law firms want to represent me in the Russia case...don’t believe the Fake...

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