Sentences with phrase «special counsel does»

If I'm reading that correctly, it sounds like the special counsel doesn't get any special powers, per se, but rather is given special jurisdiction that allows exercising those powers more broadly?

Referring to Gagan, the letter says, «Although there may be other positions to which this person could be appointed, which should not occur in any event under this cloud of darkness, Special Counsel does not exist and any payments to this person in this title are impermissible.»

Not exact matches

Special Counsel Robert Mueller put an end to those claims on Friday, declaring definitively that they did.

Trump's legal team was initially looking at a number of options to avoid having the president submit to a face - to - face sit down with the special counsel, including providing written responses to questions and submitting an affidavit saying Trump did nothing wrong.

Following special counsel Robert Mueller's newest indictment on Friday of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, two former European leaders were shocked to find their names mentioned in the indictment documents, claiming they'd done nothing wrong, according to the New York Times.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- President Donald Trump on Friday seized on what was wasn't in special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of Russians as evidence that his campaign didn't collude in Moscow's effort to influence the 2016 election.

When Wallace said Sekulow did not appear to know whether Trump was under investigation, Sekulow sarcastically said he had not been informed that special counsel Robert Mueller was investigating the president.

President Donald Trump says he doesn't intend to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is overseeing the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign that has spilled over to Trump's associates and perhaps to the president himself.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has looked into the work of a consulting firm that's done business with the United Arab Emirates, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

President Trump claimed in a tweet Friday that the latest indictment issued by the special counsel showed that his presidential campaign «did nothing wrong.»

The special counsel's office didn't conduct the raids of Cohen's office and home.

Gowdy did not sign onto that letter because he did «not want to interfere with the special counsel's investigation,» an aide said at the time.

The topic du jour may be Rudy Giuliani's bombshell about Stormy Daniels, but the more important story remains Special Counsel Robert Mueller's...

The topic du jour may be Rudy Giuliani's bombshell about Stormy Daniels, but the more important story remains Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of the Russia scandal and possible obstruction of justice by the president.

The raid doesn't seem to be related to the Russia probe, though Cohen hasn't entirely evaded scrutiny in the special counsel's investigation.

Of course, if Trump has done nothing wrong, he should have no reason to worry about Cohen flipping or about what the special counsel will find in his investigation.

We did learn that Facebook is working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller on his investigation into election interference.

McClatchy reporters Peter Stone and Greg Gordon write that Special Counsel Robert Mueller «has evidence» that Cohen did, in fact, make a «late - summer trip to Prague during the 2016 presidential campaign.»

On the advice of counsel, Yap didn't give a statement to the RCMP during their investigation, according to the special prosecutor.

In his confirmation hearing for secretary of state, CIA Director Mike Pompeo said that he has been interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but did not provide additional details.

The first story on Fox's website about Hannity's interview didn't even mention the payment, leading instead with Giuliani's assertion that people can't blame Trump for feeling that he is being mistreated by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's «garbage investigation.»

The president did not mention his abrupt firing earlier this week of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson by tweet, the personnel turmoil engulfing his administration, special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign or reports of his alleged affair with adult film star Stormy Daniels — and his lawyer paying her to keep silent about the relationship.

It's been a relatively quiet period for the Trump - Russia investigation since news of its first indictments dropped in late October — but a series of recent reports could give some clues about what special counsel Robert Mueller might do next.

But this is what is special about church, as opposed to other counselling or charity which can be done without the church.

And so, precisely because the rules of constitutional law create some faint possibility of gaining special consideration, the question the religion must ask itself becomes (to take Needham as our example) not What form of counseling does God require?

Many persons who are not likely to join groups in churches and schools may do so if they're made available in family counseling agencies» mental health services, youth organizations, business and industry, fraternal groups, self - help groups (such as A.A., P.W.P., Alanon, etc.), and in the many organizations devoted to special needs of the handicapped, ex-prisoners, ex-patients, unwed parents, minority groups of all kinds, senior citizens, community action groups, ethnic organizations.

It's not that I have an issue with catering to special diets (and it's great to have resources like this for counselling patients if needed), but other than being «trendy» I can't tell why the author has chosen to do this.

«Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III informed President Trump's attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target at this point, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

9) I have my ECE with special needs and infant toddler diploma, I'm 3/4 of of the way through my Child and Youth Care counseling bachelors program specializing in child protection (however this has been put on pause for 3 years so it may never get completed), and have done Wise Woman way of Birth doula training.

I mean, do we expect the Special Counsel to prove that Trump sat in a room with Putin and they were both laughing maniacally about how they were going to collude together?

House Speaker Paul Ryan said he would be «surprised» if Trump fired Robert Mueller and encouraged him to allow the special counsel to «do his job independently.»

When the special counsels work is done his report will not necessarily be released to the public.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller III informed President Donald Trump's attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target at this point, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

Giuliani also said that his client doesn't have to comply with a subpoena from the special counsel's office and instead «can assert the same privileges other presidents have.»

Trump's lawyers are considering ways for him to testify before special counsel Robert Mueller, provided the questions he faces are limited in scope and don't test his recollections in ways they say could unfairly trap him into perjuring himself.

Also, special counsels usually do their work privately so unless they issue a press release or an official statement, no one'll know who they're looking into.

Democratic and Republican lawmakers said a GOP - produced congressional memo on FBI surveillance powers did not clear Trump in the Russia investigation, and they expressed hope that special counsel Robert Mueller's work would continue without interference.

While Caputo says he never saw any evidence of collusion with Russia during his work on the campaign, he says the special counsel knows more about the campaign than he did.

Janos Marton, former special counsel to the Moreland Commission to Investigate Public Corruption — the body created and dissolved by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — said relationships forged between business interests and politicians are often strained when one side doesn't get what it wants.

SUNY spokesman Morgan Hook says Hogan Lovells was approved as a special counsel by the Comptroller back in 2009, and therefore they didn't need to go through another process.

The FBI did not retain text messages exchanged by two senior officials involved in the probes of Hillary Clinton and Trump for a five - month period ending the day a special counsel was appointed to investigate possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russia, according to a new congressional letter.

President Donald Trump wanted to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating whether his campaign colluded with Russian officials in the election, last June, but didn't after the White House counsel threatened to quit.

Trump will not attend a ceremony for FBI Director Christopher Wray tomorrow, and in so doing, will avoid possible run - ins with former FBI Director James Comey and Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller.

@RBarryYoung Questioning by the Senate Judiciary Committee during Rosenstein's confirmation hearing confirms that the Deputy AG is in fact the Acting AG, and does fit into the rules for the operation of a Special Counsel.

ALBANY — State Sen. John DeFrancisco has called for a special counsel to investigate the revelation that Joe Percoco, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's close confidante and 2014 campaign manager, did extensive campaign work that year at the governor's Manhattan headquarters.

Although the email's body did clarify that President Donald Trump had not fired the special counsel, the implication of the subject line was enough to stir backlash.

The money didn't save the district from making cuts altogether, but did allow it to maintain programs like special education, counselling and extracurriculars, said Michael Ginalski, the district superintendent.

The money didn't save the district from making cuts altogether, but did allow it to maintain programs like special education, counseling, and extracurriculars, said Michael Ginalski, the district superintendent.

Caputo said that he believes the investigation being conducted by the House and Senate is purely political, though he did say that he supports an investigation by the special counsel.

According to Richard Rifkin, special counsel to the New York State Bar Association who formerly worked under Attorneys General Robert Abrams and Eliot Spitzer, the governor granting power to the AG doesn't tether them together.