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December 12, 2019

Sanders, Bongino sound off: Only thing the IG report 'vindicated' was Trump's firing of Comey

Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino sounded off on Thursday after Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) report examining the origins of the Russia probe.

December 11, 2019

Giuliani associate Lev Parnas tried hiding $1M Russia payment, prosecutors allege

U.S. prosecutors on Wednesday accused Rudy Giuliani's associate Lev Parnas of receiving $1 million from Russia just one month before he was charged with campaign finance violations.

December 11, 2019

Cruz mocks FBI on Russia probe: 'This wasn’t Jason Bourne. This was Beavis and Butt-Head'

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, let it be known Wednesday that he isn't impressed with the FBI’s and the Department of Justice’s handling of the Trump-Russia investigation -- saying those involved were hardly the type of skillful agents found in an action thriller movie.

December 11, 2019

Andy McCarthy on Horowitz testimony: The standards for opening FISA probe 'so low as to be illusory'

Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy McCarthy said Wednesday that he was not buying Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz's conclusion there was no evidence of political bias by the FBI at the outset of their investigation into suspected coordination between President Trump's 2016 campaign and the Russian government.

December 10, 2019

Russia's Sergey Lavrov meets with Trump, Pompeo, dismisses election-interference worries

After meeting with President Trump at the White House in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said there was no talk of election interference and brushed off the notion that it was a topic of importance.

December 9, 2019

Putin, Zelensky, in first sitdown, agree to exchange all prisoners, revive peace process

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, agreed Monday to revive peace talks in order to de-escalate tensions between the two nations amid the five-year separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine that has reshaped geopolitics in the region.

December 9, 2019

Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics, other major sports events for 4 years

The Russian flag and national anthem were banned from next year's Tokyo Olympics and other major sports events for four years on Monday.

December 8, 2019

Alan Dershowitz: Some Democrats channeling Soviet minister's 'Show me the man, I'll show you the crime' maxim

Some Democrats pursuing the impeachment of President Trump are trying their hardest to pin an impeachable crime on the commander-in-chief, according to law professor Alan Dershowitz.

December 7, 2019

US military says Russian air defenses shot down unarmed drone near Libyan capital: report

The U.S. Military believes that the unarmed drone lost over Tripoli, the Libyan capital last month was actually shot down by Russian air defenses.

December 6, 2019

Con man arrested in Russia after allegedly building fake border posts for migrant workers

A con man was arrested by Russian authorities for allegedly constructing fake border posts designed to trick migrant workers into believing they had entered Finland -- when in fact they had entered the Russian town of Vyborg.