Tag: Law

George Papadopoulos, third from left, sits at a table with then-candidate Trump and others at what is labeled at a national security meeting. Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign aide pleaded guilty and provided evidence in the first criminal case that connects Trump's team and intermediaries for Russia seeking to interfere in the campaign. (Donald Trump's Twitter account via AP)

George Papadopoulos considered congressional run at time of FBI arrest in July

Anna Giaritelli · November 2, 2017 2:11 pm

A restaurant in D.C. says it will offer the $5 Moscow mules each time special counsel Robert Mueller indicts a Trump associate in the Russia probe. (iStock Photo)

DC restaurant to offer $5 ‘Moscow Muellers’ anytime a Trump associate is indicted

Caitlin Yilek · November 2, 2017 11:41 am

Trump remarked earlier in the day during a Cabinet meeting at the White House that the U.S. justice system is "a joke" and "a laughingstock." (Alex Brandon/AP)

National Security

Trump wants death penalty for NYC terror attack suspect

Daniel Chaitin · November 2, 2017 6:06 am

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller is now the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election. Mueller's investigation led to the indictment of multiple Trump campaign associates Monday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Beltway Confidential

Shut up about Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation and Paul Manafort

Quin Hillyer · November 2, 2017 4:10 am

Paul Manafort leaves Federal District Court in Washington, Monday, Oct. 30, 2017. Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, and Manafort's business associate Rick Gates pleaded not guilty to felony charges of conspiracy against the United States and other counts. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Will Paul Manafort or Rick Gates flip on Trump in Russia probe?

Steven Nelson · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

"There was nothing to be gained by staying," Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Senate Democrats cave on Trump’s judges after GOP threatens weekend work

Susan Ferrechio · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

For three months Djalali was kept in a solitary confinement, interrogated daily with no lawyer present, and tortured to extract false confessions. (Twitter)

He refused to spy for Iran’s military, and was sentenced to death for it

Eugene Chudnovsky · November 2, 2017 4:01 am

Hillary Clinton was asked about her presidential campaign team's involvement in the so-called "Trump dossier" during an interview for Wednesday's episode of "The Daily Show" with host Trevor Noah. (screenshot)

Hillary Clinton: ‘Serious people’ know difference between opposition research, Trump-Russia collusion

Daniel Chaitin · November 2, 2017 3:12 am

On Wednesday, Fox News' Laura Ingraham asked her former boss, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, whether Justice Neil Gorsuch had "ruffled some feathers" upon his arrival in D.C., a reference to rumors that Gorsuch had sparred with others. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Clarence Thomas: ‘No idea’ what rumors of Neil Gorsuch ruffling feathers are about

Ryan Lovelace · November 2, 2017 3:01 am

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Wednesday that now that Sayfullo Saipov is "lawyered up," plea bargaining may be the only way to retrieve more intelligence about the New York City terrorist attack that killed eight people Tuesday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Lindsey Graham: Trump making ‘huge mistake’ by not naming NYC terror suspect an enemy combatant

Diana Stancy Correll · November 1, 2017 10:43 pm

Currently, the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review employs 336 immigration judges nationwide and is allowed up to 384 judges. (AP Photo/Khampha Bouaphanh)

Justice Department: US needs to double the number of immigration judges

Anna Giaritelli · November 1, 2017 8:16 pm

hose who radiate contempt have a habit of attracting it. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

A DC jury will not be kind to Paul Manafort

Bill Myers · November 1, 2017 6:51 pm