Russia Investigation - Page 200

May 21, 2019

James Comey, Loretta Lynch 'turning on each other' amid probe of Russia investigation's origins: Huckabee

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Democrats are “turning on each other” amid the Attorney General Bill Barr’s investigation into the potential misconduct by the FBI over spying on the Trump campaign.

May 21, 2019

Democrats fume as McGahn skips House hearing: ‘Our subpoenas are not optional’

The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee vowed Tuesday to go to court if necessary to seek former White House Counsel Don McGahn's testimony, after he defied a subpoena and skipped a committee hearing at President Trump's direction. 

May 21, 2019

Gaetz says 'most compelling' evidence in the Trump-Russia probe could be days away

Florida congressman Matt Gaetz revealed Monday night that "most compelling" evidence in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation is days, if not weeks away. According to Rep. Gaetz, R-Fla., secret unreleased transcripts involving former Trump aide George Papadopoulos reveal that he denied there was an illegal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia and that intelligence officials did not present that information to the FISA court.

May 21, 2019

McCabe says he 'made the decision' to remove Strzok from Mueller team: transcript

Former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe claimed he “made the decision” to remove Peter Strzok from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team in the summer of 2017 after a series of anti-Trump text messages surfaced between the former FBI special agent and another official with whom he was romantically involved. 

May 20, 2019

Trump jokes that he'll serve 5 terms at Pennsylvania rally

President Trump joked that he could serve as many as five terms during a campaign rally Monday, just a month after saying on Twitter that his first two years in the White House were robbed from him as a result of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.  

May 20, 2019

Hannity: Secret FBI transcripts from Russia probe 'must be made available'

Fox News' host Sean Hannity told his audience Monday that a barrage of news information will be released in the coming days and weeks that will prove that  "Trump-Russia collusion" was a "hoax from the get-go" and called for secret FBI transcripts to made public.

May 20, 2019

AG Barr: 'I felt the rules were being changed to hurt Trump'

Attorney General William Barr told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Monday that his handling of the Mueller report and its aftermath is rooted in a desire to defend the power of the executive branch rather than personal support for President Trump.

May 20, 2019

Trump personal attorney denies claim from Michael Cohen he directed jailed lawyer to lie about Trump Tower Moscow project

Lawyers representing President Trump’s personal attorney Jay Sekulow has dismissed a report claiming he instructed Michael Cohen to make false claims regarding the Trump Tower Moscow project.

May 20, 2019

Federal judge sides with House Democrats over subpoena for Trump’s financial records

A Washington, D.C.-based federal judge has sided with House Oversight Committee Democrats seeking to enforce their subpoena of Trump accounting firm Mazars USA, in a major ruling that breathes new life into Democrats' ongoing efforts to probe the president's financial dealings.

May 20, 2019

McGahn confirms he will skip House hearing, as DOJ asserts 'immunity' and Nadler fumes

President Trump has directed former White House Counsel Don McGahn to skip a House Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for Tuesday, citing a Justice Department opinion that he cannot be compelled to testify about his official duties.