Section: POLITICO – U.S. Edition (USA)
Ukrainian politician behind controversial peace proposal to appear in Mueller probe
KIEV — A Ukrainian politician who communicated with Trump associates about a controversial plan to resolve Ukraine’s conflict with Kremlin-backed rebels said Monday that he has been called to testify before a grand jury connected to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.Andrii Artemenko said he could not provide details of...
Playbook: ‘Big day’ in Jerusalem as U.S. embassy opens
U.S. EMBASSY OPENS TODAY IN JERUSALEM … DR. MIRIAM ADELSON — Sheldon’s wife — wrote the top story in Israel HaYom, the paper her family owns. The headline is “Big day for Israel and America.” http://bit.ly/2jYPwAZ … SPOTTED in Israel for the opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham...
Judge challenges Mueller’s actions in Manafort case
A federal judge sharply challenged special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecution team Friday, questioning how its indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on financial charges relates to Mueller’s core mandate to investigate alleged 2016 Russian election interference.U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis said...
Trump suggests he may intervene in DOJ release of Mueller probe documents
President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that he may “use the powers granted” to him to push for the release of internal Justice Department records relating to the scope of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.“A Rigged System – They don’t want to turn over...
New scrutiny of potential Manafort links with Russia
Two seemingly conflicting developments involving the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Russia have left legal experts puzzling.A set of leaked questions for President Donald Trump indicates that special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors are eager to ask the president about efforts Manafort may have made to seek Russian...
Mueller interested in 2016 convention episode dismissed by House GOP
Robert Mueller wants to question President Donald Trump about a change to the 2016 Republican Party platform’s language about Ukraine and Russia, rekindling a subject that House Republicans dismissed as a non-starter.President Donald Trump has denied any role in a decision by party activists at the 2016 Republican National Convention to...
NYT: Mueller’s questions for Trump focus on Manafort, Flynn, Comey, Sessions
Special counsel Robert Mueller has a long list of questions for President Donald Trump, and is seeking to ask him about everything from Michael Flynn, his first national security adviser, to whether or not Attorney General Jeff Sessions tried to resign, according to a New York Times report.The Times reported on Monday night that Mueller had at...
Meet the pro-Trump PR Guy at the Center of the Mueller Probe — And Everything Else
What do the Mueller probe, the Eric Trump Foundation, Sinclair Broadcasting, Girls Gone Wild, Israel, Turkey, Sean “P. Diddy” Combs and Donald Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow all have in common?Ronn Torossian.Earlier this month, the hard-charging New York PR man caught Washington’s notice first when he announced in an op-ed that...
Bolton and Russian ambassador meet at White House
The White House on Thursday said national security adviser John Bolton and Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov agree that both nations want to have a better relationship, but cautioned that Bolton said such an improvement will only occur if Russia address “concerns” about interference in 2016 election and it’s actions in Ukraine...
Judge raises doubts on Mueller appointment order
A federal judge raised doubts Thursday about the scope of the order used to appoint special counsel Robert Mueller to probe alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.During a two-and-a-half hour hearing in one of Mueller’s criminal cases against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, U.S. District Judge Amy Berman...
