January 28, 2019 Whitaker: Mueller probe is 'close to being completed' In his first question-and-answer session with reporters since becoming Acting Attorney General, Matthew Whitaker on Monday announced that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is “close to being completed."
January 28, 2019 New details of 2016 meeting with Trump dossier author conflict with Dems’ timeline New details contained in congressional transcripts and emails about a July 2016 meeting involving the author of the anti-Trump “dossier,” Justice Department official Bruce Ohr, and his wife, Nellie, appear to conflict with claims from Democrats -- and the co-founder of the firm behind the dossier -- that significant contacts did not occur until after the election.
January 28, 2019 Manafort sentencing date in fraud case pushed back by judge Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's sentencing in regard to multiple counts of bank and tax fraud has been delayed until “further order of the court,” a district court judge announced on Monday.
January 28, 2019 Date set for Cohen to testify before House Intel Committee, as 2 new lawyers join his legal team Michael Cohen’s legal team added a few new players to its roster just in time for his upcoming - and rescheduled - testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee.
January 28, 2019 Barr acknowledges conversations with Pence about Mueller's Russia probe William Barr, President Trump's nominee for attorney general, disclosed on Monday that he has discussed Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe with Vice President Mike Pence, although he insisted he neither provided legal advice to the White House nor received any confidential information from Pence.
January 27, 2019 Sanctions against 3 Russian companies linked to Oleg Deripaska lifted by US The Treasury Department on Sunday announced it was lifting sanctions on three companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
January 27, 2019 Roger Stone opens door to cooperating with Mueller after dramatic predawn arrest Former Trump adviser Roger Stone appeared to open the door to cooperating in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe on Sunday, just hours after he defiantly condemned his dramatic predrawn arrest for lying to Congress and witness tampering and vowed to fight the charges.
January 26, 2019 Andrew McCarthy: Trump and Russia -- What the Roger Stone indictment really tells us Roger Stone is the shiny object. The obstruction charges in his long-anticipated indictment, made public on Friday, are not the matter of consequence for the United States.
January 26, 2019 Pelosi: Roger Stone indictment shows ‘attempt by top Trump campaign officials to influence the 2016 election’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi weighed in Friday on the indictment of former Trump adviser Roger Stone as part of the Special Counsel’s Russia investigation, seemingly questioning President Trump’s choices on who he’s decided “to surround himself with.”
January 26, 2019 Defiant Roger Stone posts picture of Mueller’s 'nothingburger' as Trump comes to his defense Former Trump adviser Roger Stone posted a mock image of FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller holding a “nothingburger” on Saturday after his arrest for witness tampering, obstruction and false statements -- as Trump came to his defence, asking about “so many others” also accused of lying.