Section: TPM (USA)
Yet More On Cohen
The New York Times is reporting this evening that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating a $150,000 donation – in 2015, during the campaign – to Donald Trump’s foundation from Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk which was solicited by none other than Michael Cohen. In return, Trump made a 20-minute appearance via video link to a...
Search Warrant Shows Depth Of Manafort Ukraine Probe When Mueller Took Over
A redacted search warrant that was released in court filings this weekend suggests that federal investigators were already zeroing in on the Paul Manafort’s Ukraine work soon after Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed. That timeline casts further doubt on the argument Manafort has tried to make that the financial crimes connected to...
Prosecutors Reveal DOJ Gave Mueller Power To Probe Manafort Ukraine Ties
In a federal court filing submitted Monday night, prosecutors for special counsel Robert Mueller revealed that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave Mueller the specific authority to investigate former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort’s work for Ukrainian officials and his time in the Trump campaign.The revelation came in the...
NBC News: Trump Told Aides Not To Publicize Weapons Sales To Ukraine
President Donald Trump told aides not to publicize his decision to allow the sale of U.S. weapons to Ukraine, NBC News reported Thursday, so as to avoid agitating Russian President Vladimir Putin.NBC News reported the development based on the accounts of multiple unnamed senior U.S. officials. Read More → …read more Source:...
Report: Mueller Investigating 2016 Republican Convention In Russia Probe
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking into Russia-related events that occurred during the 2016 Republican Convention in Cleveland, Reuters reported Thursday. Anonymous sources told Reuters that Mueller is primarily investigating a meeting between then-Sen. and current Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Russia’s U.S. then-Ambassador...
Gates Communicated With Ex-Russian Intel Officer In 2016, Prosecutors Say
A new filing from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team released Tuesday night alleges that Rick Gates communicated with a former Russian intelligence officer while he was working for the Trump campaign in the 2016 election.The revelation came in a sentencing memorandum for Alex van der Zwann, who pleaded guilty to lying to investigators in...
WaPo: Mueller Probes Michael Cohen’s Role In Russia, Ukraine-Related Episodes
Special counsel Robert Mueller has focused his attention on President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and in particular on the role Cohen played in two specific incidents involving Russia and Ukraine, the Washington Post reported Tuesday.The Post cited several unnamed people familiar with document subpoenas and interviews...
New Filing And TPM Exclusive Emails Show Manafort’s Involvement In Op-Ed
The extent of Paul Manafort’s alleged involvement in ghostwriting an op-ed favorable to him has become much clearer from a new court filing submitted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team Friday afternoon and emails about the op-ed provided to TPM by the man who claims to be its author: a former Ukrainian government publicist, Oleg...
New Filing And TPM Exclusive Emails Show Manafort’s Involvement In Op-Ed
The extent of Paul Manafort’s alleged involvement in ghostwriting an op-ed favorable to him has become much clearer from a new court filing submitted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team Friday afternoon and emails about the op-ed provided to TPM by the man who claims to be its author: a former Ukrainian government publicist, Oleg...
READ: The Op-Ed Manafort Is Accused Of Ghostwriting With A Russian Asset
TPM has obtained what appears to be the draft opinion article that Paul Manafort allegedly helped to ghostwrite, getting him in hot water with federal prosecutors and potentially the judge in his criminal case.The draft op-ed was provided t0 TPM by Oleg Voloshyn, a former spokesman for Ukraine’s ministry of foreign affairs under the...
