Tag: Russia

The filing comes days after Justice Department officials said the special counsel investigation has cost American taxpayers at least $3.2 million so far. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Robert Mueller pressed witnesses on why Trump never gave Michael Cohen a White House job: Report

Daniel Chaitin · August 28, 2018 10:35 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, center, reviews a military honor guard with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony outside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Friday, June 8, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

It sounds odd, but you should welcome the Chinese-Russian war games

Tom Rogan · August 28, 2018 4:19 pm

Donald Trump is reportedly being investigated by the New York City Department of Buildings for hosting campaign events in the atrium of his gilded Manhattan skyscraper Trump Tower.

Beltway Confidential

CNN’s Trump Tower scoop is falling apart

Becket Adams · August 28, 2018 4:03 pm

National Security

Disney singalong shows Maria Butina and GOP operative were in love, lawyer argues

Caitlin Yilek · August 28, 2018 2:29 pm

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Trump threatens action against Google for ‘rigged’ search results

Caitlin Yilek, James Langford · August 28, 2018 11:18 am

Bruce Ohr of the Justice Department speaks at an event.

Bruce Ohr ‘has explaining to do’ in closed-door testimony

Kelly Cohen · August 28, 2018 4:00 am

The Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday it has subpoenaed Paul Manafort after a deal to "accommodate" him was not reached. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Paul Manafort fails to strike plea deal with Mueller’s prosecutors in second case: Report

Naomi Lim · August 27, 2018 11:18 pm

Robert Mueller sits at a hearing on Capitol Hill in D.C.

Robert Mueller’s team silent on potential interview with Trump nearly three weeks after counteroffer

Diana Stancy Correll · August 27, 2018 11:07 pm

Roger Stone said he started writing the book, titled "The Fall of Trump," after seeing how the White House reacted to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

Roger Stone denies forthcoming article suggesting he told Trump of Wikileaks email dump

Diana Stancy Correll · August 27, 2018 10:01 pm

Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Sergei Kislyak.

Trump at odds with Don McGahn over Manafort pardon: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · August 27, 2018 9:36 pm

This Dec. 11, 2017 file photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad watching troops march at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria.

Beltway Confidential

Russia and Syria are using pre-emptive fake news to prepare for a new chemical weapons attack

Tom Rogan · August 27, 2018 8:27 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2017, file photo, longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone arrives to testify before the House Intelligence Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is examining previously undisclosed contact between former Trump campaign officials and a Russian figure alleged to have tried to sell them dirt on Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign. But Stone and Michael Caputo say they believe the man was an FBI informant trying to set them up. He denied that to the Washington Post.

Roger Stone predicts Robert Mueller will ‘charge Donald Trump Jr. with lying to the FBI’

Naomi Lim · August 27, 2018 7:44 pm