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Dec 12 2022
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White House officials meeting to discuss next steps in Paul Whelan's case
White House officials are convening a planning session Monday to discuss the next steps in securing retired U.S. Marine Paul Whelan's freedom from Russia, an official with the National Security Council confirmed to CBS News.
The meeting is part of the Biden administration's "continued work" on Whelan's case, and is "routine," according to the official. Whelan, 52, was arrested by
CBS News (Online)Nov 04 2021
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Igor Danchenko, source for Steele dossier, arrested as part of Durham probe
An analyst who was a primary source for a 2016 dossier of allegations against Donald Trump has been arrested on charges arising from special counsel John H. Durham’s probe of that matter, a spokesman for Durham said.
Igor Danchenko’s role in providing information to British ex-spy Christopher Steele, who compiled the accusations about Trump in a series of reports, has long been a
Washington PostMar 28 2019
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Mueller report stokes political rift. Could it inspire some unity too?
What happens now to America’s divisions? In the short run they may well get worse. Sunday’s release of special counsel Robert Mueller’s main conclusions, as summarized by Attorney General William Barr, could widen the gulf of suspicion and misunderstanding between the nation’s polarized political factions.
Republicans are triumphant that the threat of a conspiracy indictment for
Christian Science MonitorJun 09 2022
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DOJ Objects to Navarro's 45-Day Delay, Claims He Lied in Filing
The Justice Department is firing back Thursday at former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro's request for a 45-day continuance to hire representation for his contempt of Congress charge.
A DOJ filing in the case to outline opposition to the request for a continuance claims Navarro's filing made "numerous misrepresentations and provides no justification" for the delay. Among the
Newsmax (News)Mar 24 2019
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Nancy Pelosi Vows To Reject Classified Briefing On Mueller Report
Democrats in Congress are gearing up for a fight to ensure that special counsel Robert Mueller’s findings are made public, calling for the release of the full report. On Friday, Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William Barr, who now has to determine what to do with the conclusions from the 22-month investigation that resulted in charges against 34 people. As a start, he is
HuffPostMar 23 2019
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Democrats plot ways to force release of Mueller findings
House Democrats are huddling Saturday to strategize how to force special counsel Robert Mueller's potentially explosive findings into the open — a possible drag-out legal fight that could consume Washington for months. As of Saturday morning, lawmakers of both parties were clueless about the contents of Mueller's report on links between the Trump campaign and Russia. But Speaker Nancy Pelosi
PoliticoSep 12 2020
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Trump attacks Robert Mueller's 'hit squad' in row over 'wiped' phones
Donald Trump called Robert Mueller’s investigators a “hit squad” on Saturday, joining rightwing outcry over Department of Justice documents that indicated members of the Russia investigation wiped information from at least 15 phones.
“So now we find out that the entire Mueller ‘hit squad’ illegally wiped their phones clean just prior to the investigation of them,” the president wrote on
The GuardianApr 20 2018
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Donald Trump On Comey Memos: ‘No Collusion and No Obstruction'; UPDATE: Shows Ex-FBI Chief Leaked Classified Information?
Katie will have all the documents posted for you in the early morning folks, but the Comey memos have been released. Last night, the 15 pages of documents that then-FBI Director James Comey had in meetings with President Trump in the final months of his tenure at the FBI. These documents were critical in the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel to takeover the ongoing Russia
TownhallJul 25 2019
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Mueller offers terse answers, uncertainty in testimony
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert Mueller paused. He refused to speculate. He made constant references to his report — but wasn’t sure of a number of things in it.
The former special counsel’s long-awaited, heavily-negotiated testimony Wednesday was just what he’d promised: relentlessly focused on the report he issued in April on President Donald Trump, obstruction and Russian meddling in the
Associated PressApr 18 2018
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Mitch McConnell sees 'no indication' Donald Trump might fire Robert Mueller. Um, what?
Mitch McConnell said something very odd Tuesday in an interview with Fox News Channel. Asked about the ongoing bipartisan effort in the Senate to pass legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, McConnell said this: "I don't think he should fire Mueller and I don't think he's going to. So this is a piece of legislation that isn't necessary in my judgment." He added (bolding is mine
CNN (Opinion)