Section: US & Canada
Mueller: Manafort Was Ghostwriting Op-Ed With Russian Colleague Last Week
The agreement that Paul Manafort and Special Counsel Robert Mueller had seemed to have come to on releasing him from home arrest has fallen apart due to what prosecutors described in court filings Monday as an op-ed Manafort was “ghostwriting” with a Russia-based colleague “regarding his political work for Ukraine.”The colleague has been...
Did Paul Manafort ghost-write an op-ed with a Kremlin-tied Russian? The special counsel says yes, and cancels his bail deal.
WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort ghost-wrote an editorial about his political work in Ukraine, violating a court order, according to a new court filing from the special counsel’s office. …read more Source: Pittsburgh...
Prosecutors: Manafort Wrote Op-Ed With Colleague ‘Assessed To Have Ties’ In Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — While facing several felony charges, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been working on an op-ed essay with a longtime colleague “assessed to have ties” to a Russian intelligence service, according to court papers filed Monday by prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller.In the court...
Prosecutors: Manafort Wrote Op-Ed With Colleague ‘Assessed To Have Ties’ In Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — While facing several felony charges, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been working on an op-ed essay with a longtime colleague “assessed to have ties” to a Russian intelligence service, according to court papers filed Monday by prosecutors working for special counsel Robert Mueller.In the court...
Aid to Ukraine Illustrates Dangers of U.S. Membership in NATO
Will military aid to Ukraine avoid war with Russia, or is a better solution for the U.S. to withdraw from NATO? …read more Source: The New...
NATO Chief Says Alliance Will Maintain Focus Despite Tillerson ‘Rumors’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has praised Rex Tillerson for what he called a “strong personal commitment” to the alliance and said “rumors” that the U.S. secretary of state could lose his job would not affect meetings this week in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
NATO Chief Says Alliance Will Maintain Focus Despite Tillerson ‘Rumors’
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has praised Rex Tillerson for what he called a “strong personal commitment” to the alliance and said “rumors” that the U.S. secretary of state could lose his job would not affect meetings this week in Brussels. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Europe’s Wheel of Fortune Turns
Flashpoints: The Emerging Crisis in EuropeGeorge FriedmanAnchor Books, 2016, 264 pp., $21 Slippery Slope: Europe’s Troubled FutureGiles MerrittOxford University Press, 2016, 320 pp., $29.95 Europe Since 1989: A HistoryPhilipp Ther, trans. Charlotte Hughes-KreutzmüllerPrinceton University Press, 2016, 440 pp., $35 Medieval EuropeChris...
Ukrainian TV Station Hit By Blockade
Men dressed in camouflage blockaded Ukraine’s NewsOne TV station in Kyiv with sandbags and barbed wires on December 3. They were angry that the broadcaster covered an opposition rally organized by Mikheil Saakashvili’s political party. (RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service) …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Special counsel questions Manafort bail deal after op-ed
Paul Manafort and a Russian colleague with ties to the country’s intelligence services were ghostwriting an editorial about his work in the Ukraine. …read more Source: United Press...
