Section: US & Canada
Mueller: Paul Manafort lied about contacts with Trump administration this year
WASHINGTON, DC — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team said Friday that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied on five major issues after agreeing to cooperate with prosecutors, including his “contact with administration officials.” In a heavily-redacted document released Friday, Mueller’s team also said Manafort lied about...
This Week: Mueller Recommends No Jail Time For Cohen, Flynn Thanks To Their Cooperation
In a flurry of court documents filed late Friday, federal prosecutors sought a “substantial prison term” for Michael Cohen, and the special council’s office asked that any time served by Cohen for lying to Congress “be served concurrently” with his prison term in the Southern District of New York case. The special counsel’s office...
READ: Mueller Tells Judge About Manafort’s Lies
Special counsel Robert Mueller in a court filing Friday detailed for a judge the lies former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort allegedly told investigators, including after he agreed to cooperate with the special counsel. In the filing, Mueller says that his investigators confronted Manafort’s attorneys in November about what...
Inside the Mind of Manafort’s Courtroom Artist, Dana Verkouteren
Dana Verkouteren/APAn expensive suit. A silky tie. A fresh shave and perfectly coiffed hair. That used to be Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager of President Donald Trump who is now one of two former Trump associates expected to be the subjects of new disclosures from the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller coming Friday. Manafort,...
Ukraine to send naval ships through Kerch Strait soon
MINSK, Belarus — Ukraine’s defense ministry warned Russia on Friday that it will soon send navy ships through the Kerch Strait where Russia fired on and seized three Ukrainian vessels two weeks ago. The announcement sets up another possible flash point in the long-simmering conflict between Russia and Ukraine that erupted in 2014 with...
This Russian oligarch reportedly bragged of his U.S. influence after Trump’s election — and he has a direct tie to Michael Cohen
The sprawling connections between Trump and Russia never end. Viktor Vekselberg is among the Russian oligarchs that Michael Cohen came into contact with during his years as President Donald Trump’s personal attorney. The 61-year-old Ukraine-born Vekselberg has had business and political contacts in the U.S. for decades—and after the 2016...
Confession: Belarusian Played Angry Ukrainian In Russian TV Report Slamming Euromaidan
After a Russian blogger exposed a young Belarusian for playing a disgruntled Ukrainian in a Russian state TV report criticizing Euromaidan, the man came forward and confessed to a “monstrous mistake.” …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Prominent Crimean Lawyer Jailed For Five Days Over 2013 Social-Media Post
A Russia-controlled court in Crimea has sentenced prominent lawyer Emil Kurbedinov to five days in jail for a 2013 Facebook post made before Russian forces seized and subsequently annexed the peninsula from Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Kyiv Says Russia Blocking Kerch Strait, Plans To Send Ukrainian Navy Ships
Ukraine is accusing Russia of keeping up its blockade of the Kerch Strait that links the Black Sea with the Sea of Azov, warning that it will soon send more navy ships through the strait. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
TIME’s 25 Most Influential Teens of 2018
To determine TIME’s annual list, we consider accolades across numerous fields, global impact through social media and overall ability to drive news. In the past, we’ve recognized everyone from singer Lorde to Olympic champion Simone Biles to political activist Joshua Wong. Here’s who made this year’s cut (ordered from...
