Tag: Hillary Clinton

Donald Trump Jr.'s decision on Tuesday to publish four pages of emails about a meeting he attended last year with a Russian lawyer touched off a firestorm of criticism and exposed the White House to a new round of legal scrutiny. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

National Security

Major legal questions surround Donald Trump Jr.’s emails

Sarah Bedford · July 12, 2017 1:38 pm

Former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile, left, raises her arms with newly elected Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., during a meeting of Democratic National Committee Wednesday, May 4, 2011 in Washington. Brazile replaced Wasserman Schultz last year after the Wikileaks email release of party discussions.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Washington Secrets

Book: Brazile rips DNC she inherited, ‘infighting, scandal, hubris,’ cites Clinton, Obama ‘missteps’

Paul Bedard · July 12, 2017 1:37 pm

Corey Lewandowski insisted Wednesday that he and his former boss were not aware of a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian attorney last June. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

National Security

Corey Lewandowski says he knew nothing about Trump Jr.’s Russia encounter

Anna Giaritelli · July 12, 2017 11:52 am

The news that Donald Trump Jr., who once bragged that his family had significant business interests in Russia, met with a Kremlin-linked lawyer along with his father's former campaign manager and one of his closest advisers is the straw that broke the camel's back. It's time to remove the stain from the presidency. Trump must go. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)(AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Trump-Russia investigation takes sharp turn toward the dumb

Byron York · July 12, 2017 3:16 am

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is planning to review the meeting between Trump Jr. and the Kremlin-linked lawyer too. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Rep. Elijah Cummings requests documents to review Donald Trump Jr. meeting with Russian attorney

Josh Siegel · July 11, 2017 10:46 pm

Kushner also attended the meeting designed to uncover damaging information about Hillary Clinton, along with the younger Trump and campaign chairman Paul Manafort. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Democrats gunning for Jared Kushner after Donald Trump Jr. emails released

W. James Antle III · July 11, 2017 8:24 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday called on Donald Trump Jr. to testify under oath and in public about the meetings he had with a Russian lawyer. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Chuck Schumer: Donald Trump Jr. should testify publicly and under oath

Al Weaver · July 11, 2017 7:20 pm

Pence's office released a statement highlighting the fact that he wasn't on the Republican ticket when Trump Jr.'s meeting about Hillary Clinton with a Russian lawyer took place. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

White House: ‘Absolutely no distance’ between Trump and Mike Pence

Sarah Bedford · July 11, 2017 7:10 pm

Donald Trump Jr.'s published the email chain between himself and lawyer Rob Goldstone on Tuesday, willingly revealing his knowledge of the Russian government's involvement in a meeting he took last June at the promise of opposition research on Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Beltway Confidential

Donald Trump Jr. doesn’t seem to think he did anything wrong

Emily Jashinsky · July 11, 2017 5:47 pm

The full text of the email exchange with Donald Trump Jr. about setting up a meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to discuss information about Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Read Donald Trump Jr.’s Russia meeting emails: Full text

Washington Examiner Staff · July 11, 2017 5:41 pm

There is likely much more to this story than we currently know. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Beltway Confidential

How the intelligence community is decoding Donald Trump Jr.’s emails

Tom Rogan · July 11, 2017 5:29 pm

The emails suggested Trump Jr. pursued what he thought was opposition research about Hillary Clinton from a source connected to the Russian government last year. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

National Security

Five big issues raised by Donald Trump Jr.’s emails

Sarah Bedford · July 11, 2017 5:18 pm