Section: The Blaze (USA)
Mueller probing $150K donation to Trump from Ukrainian billionaire who gave millions to Clintons
FBI special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly investigating a $150,000 payment from a Ukrainian billionaire to President Donald Trump’s foundation in 2015, according to the New York Times. That same Ukrainian man, steel magnate Victor Pinchuk, has donated millions of dollars to Bill and Hillary Clinton’s foundation over the years....
Ruble drops; Russian oligarchs lose $16 billion after Trump sanctions
The latest round of sanctions imposed on Russia by the Trump administration seem to be having a noticeable impact on the wallets of oligarchs in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle. The value of the Russian ruble has dropped by at least 2 percent, and the targeted oligarchs have reportedly lost roughly $16 billion. On Friday,...
US imposes new sanctions on Russian oligarchs and government officials
The United States will impose sanctions on 38 Russian individuals and entities, including 17 members of the Russian government. The Treasury Department announced the sanctions in a news release on Friday. The news release mentioned Russian actions in Ukraine, its support of the Assad regime, and cybercrime, but did not mention the poisoning of...
First prison sentence from Mueller investigation: Dutch lawyer gets 30 days
A lawyer who worked with Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and campaign adviser Richard Gates in Ukraine has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. He was also fined $20,000 and given two months of supervised release. This is the first sentence to be imposed by special counsel Robert Mueller since he started his investigation....
US expels 60 Russian diplomats over nerve agent attack on British soil
This story has been updated to refelct the most current information. The United States will expel 60 Russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a Russian double agent in England. These include 12 Russian representatives to the United Nations whom the U.S. government accused of being spies. The other 48 are from the Russian embassy in...
Undercover video reveals shocking political plots from Trump campaign data firm
A report from Channel 4 News includes undercover video showing officers of Cambridge Analytica, a data firm used by the Trump campaign, talking about dirty political tricks they orchestrate on behalf of their clients. Here’s what the undercover video showed Channel Four investigators sent what appeared to be a political agent from Sri Lanka...
Breaking: Trump administration slaps sanctions on Russia over 2016 election meddling
The Trump administration has imposed new sanctions on Russia as retaliation for Russia’s attempts to interfere in the 2016 election, and for cyberattacks on other nations. The sanctions will specifically target 19 individuals and five entities. These include Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin who has close ties to Russian...
Case against Paul Manafort takes a bizarre turn, and it involves the Russians
In a bizarre turn in the continuing saga of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, it appears that he broke his bail terms by trying to ghost-write an editorial with a Russia-connected confidante. He did what? According to a filing by Special Counsel Bob Mueller Monday, Manafort was in the process of writing an opinion-editorial “to...
Report: The Podesta Group, which is under scrutiny in Mueller’s investigation, to shut down
The Podesta group, a lobbying firm co-founded by Tony Podesta and John Podesta — Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign chairman — will shutter its doors by the end of the year, according to a new report. What’s going on? After special counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and staffer...
Trump asks Vladimir Putin multiple times about election meddling — here’s what Putin said
While in Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not hold a formal meeting, but they did talk informally several times. During those conversations, Trump pressed the Russian leader on whether or not his country tried to meddle in the 2016 presidential election....
