Tag: Russia

House Judiciary Committee Democrats have decided it's time to start getting serious about a strategy to impeach President Trump. (Al Drago/Bloomberg)

Impeachment an option if Trump told Michael Cohen to lie, says House Democrat

Katelyn Caralle · January 18, 2019 1:45 pm

Michael Cohen and President Trump

Beltway Confidential

Here’s why Trump should worry about the latest report on his directing Cohen to lie to Congress

Timothy P. Carney · January 18, 2019 1:03 pm

Michael Cohen, formerly a lawyer for President Trump, leaves his hotel in New York.

Trump told Cohen to lie about plans to meet with Putin in Russia: Report

Anna Giaritelli · January 18, 2019 5:08 am

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a key member of the group, are trying to avoid lawmakers adding money to the resolution as they work on the tax legislation.

Criminal leak investigation into ex-top FBI lawyer wasn’t about Russia, defenders say

Daniel Chaitin · January 18, 2019 1:24 am

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the federal courthouse in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, in Washington.

Firm linked to Manafort settles with DOJ, registers as foreign lobbyist

Kelly Cohen · January 17, 2019 10:04 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska, right, walk to attend the APEC Business Advisory Council dialogue in Danang, Vietnam, Friday, Nov. 10, 2017.

Republicans join Democrats to rebuke Trump on Russia sanction relief

Susan Ferrechio · January 17, 2019 5:51 pm

Ken Starr, the independent counsel during the Monica Lewinsky and Whitewater scandals under former President Bill Clinton, predicted Saturday that special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 elections would end in indictments.

Ken Starr: William Barr should not be forced to recuse himself from overseeing Mueller investigation

Caitlin Yilek · January 17, 2019 5:13 pm

Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2019, after getting a haircut.

Jeff Sessions: ‘At least in the United States, they fire you, they don’t shoot you’

Naomi Lim · January 17, 2019 5:00 pm

In this Aug. 1, 2018 file photo, Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, addresses a gathering during a campaign event fin Portsmouth, N.H.

Giuliani backtracks: ‘No knowledge of any collusion’ by Trump campaign

Diana Stancy Correll · January 17, 2019 4:27 pm

The silhouette of Robert Mueller, former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, is seen as he leaves the U.S. Capitol Building following a meeting with the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, June 20, 2017. Senators on the Intelligence Committee pressed administration officials Wednesday to disclose more about the extent of Russian hacking attempts during last year's election after the government disclosed that 21 states had been targeted.

Magazine - Columnists

Key Justice Department officials, including Mueller deputy, knew about dossier

Byron York · January 17, 2019 7:56 am

President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani speaks to reporter's following the White House Sports and Fitness Day event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, May 30, 2018.

Rudy Giuliani: ‘I never said there was no collusion’ between Trump campaign, Russia

Naomi Lim · January 17, 2019 3:24 am

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit, Friday, July 7, 2017, in Hamburg. Trump and Putin met for more than two hours.

Adam Schiff: House Intel could subpoena interpreter, notes from Trump-Putin meeting

Naomi Lim · January 17, 2019 1:39 am