Sentences with phrase «u.s. special counsel»

Cambridge Analytica is reportedly in the sights of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating alleged contacts between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Facebook - along with Twitter and other tech companies - were found to have been played by Russian propagandists seeking to influence elections in a February indictment by U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller.

according to an indictment released Friday by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller stepped up pressure on two former Trump campaign aides to cooperate in his probe into possible collusion with Russia.

Facebook has already provided information about Russia - linked ads to U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller, who is also investigating alleged election meddling, a source said last month.

U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's team presented Trump's lawyers with dozens of questions as part of the probe into the 2016 U.S. election and possible obstruction.

And if he was still harboring dreams of firing U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, something many Republicans already have warned against, such a move may be politically impossible.

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There's also the ever - present distraction of special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the U.S. election.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice is said to be close to completion, but he may set it aside while he finishes other key parts of his probe, such as possible collusion and the hacking of Democrats, according to current and former U.S. officials.

Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty in December to lying to federal agents and is providing cooperation to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and whether the Trump campaign was involved.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team, who is looking into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, have asked questions about Kushner's interactions with potential foreign investors, the Times said.

U.S. President Donald Trump's new chief lawyer said on Thursday that if his client agrees to an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, it should be limited to a few hours and focus on Russian tampering in the 2016 election.

The Cohen case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, which got its referral from the investigation led by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.

WASHINGTON — Yesterday, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Henry Kerner, a prosecutor and veteran Capitol Hill staffer, as OSC Special Counsel in a Senate Voice Vote.

While cable news has been reporting 24/7 on the Special Counsel probe into Russia's attempts to subvert democracy in the U.S., reporting on massive infiltration into the Trump administration by Koch - related individuals has been left to more courageous voices.

The line of questioning suggests the special counsel... is looking into possible coordination between WikiLeaks and Trump associates in disseminating the emails, which U.S. intelligence officials say were stolen by Russia.»

The indictment unsealed that same day included the first criminal allegations disclosed by the office of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, which is investigating possible Russian influence in U.S. political affairs including the 2016 election of President Trump.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked the firm to turn over its internal documents as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election.

Consider the Fed's hike in interest rates on March 21, the passing of a massive $ 1.3 trillion spending bill on March 23 that dramatically widened the federal deficit, the resignation of former director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn on March 6, the firing of former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13, the tariff tantrum between the U.S. and China on March 1 and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe.

The following is from an official document from the U.S. Office of special counsel:

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Friday told reporters that firing White House special counsel Robert Mueller would risk a «constitutional crisis» and his investigation into Russian collusion should proceed without White House intervention.

Trump has hired Joseph diGenova, a former U.S. attorney who was appointed independent counsel during the George H.W. Bush administration, to help represent him in the special counsel's Russia investigation.

The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on a bill to protect Mueller's job — legislation that has split Republicans as Trump has repeatedly criticized the special counsel's Russia investigation.

A top Russian official dismissed the latest round of indictments in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe as «just blabber» while U.S. officials said the charges made it clear the nation meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

As part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, a federal grand jury recently indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for waging «information warfare» against the U.S.

He also worked as counsel to the state Legislature and a special agent in the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence.

Mr. Paquin, who was transferred to a lower - level position in 1999, returned to his old job years later after filing a complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel alleging that his transfer was prompted by testimony he gave to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which conducted a separate review of HUD's overall monitoring activities.

Thompson also served as special assistant to the U.S. Treasury Department Undersecretary for Enforcement in Washington, D.C., and in the General Counsel's office at the Treasury.

The four prosecutors involved in the first Silver trial have left the U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan — Carrie H. Cohen entered private practice; Andrew D. Goldstein joined the office of Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election; Howard S. Master became a senior enforcement counsel for the New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman; James M. McDonald now heads enforcement for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — and a new team has taken over.

A quick recap of Trump's first year in office: an airstrike on a Syrian airbase, FBI Director James Comey's firing, Special Counsel Robert Mueller's appointment to investigate possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the GOP healthcare fiasco, U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, North Korea's ongoing threats of nuclear annihilation, «Crazy Mika «tweets, the Mooch, Charlottesville, #MeToo, Democratic gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey, Roy Moore's Alabama Senate run, Paul Manafort's indictment, Mike Flynn's plea deal, an ongoing battle over the Consumer Financial Bureau, the annihilation of ISIS, a resurgence of al - Qaeda terrorist networks, the repeal of net neutrality, the move of the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Republican tax reform, Steve Bannon's fall from grace, «shithole» countries and continuing Fire and Fury fallout.

U.S. Rep. Jerrold Nadler issued a statement in the wake of a raid by FBI agents on the home and office of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer on Monday in which the congressman warned the president not to interfere with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation.

A former North Carolina Supreme Court judge has filed complaints with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel and a New York state ethics panel alleging that taxpayer - funded ads Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has run in North Carolina violated the Hatch Act by interfering with the gubernatorial and legislative races...

Cuomo also hired Carolyn Pokorny, formerly of the U.S. attorney general's office, to be chief special counsel for ethics.

U.S. Senate Republicans are trying to shield special counsel Robert Mueller from increasing criticism that his probe of Russian interference is politically motivated.

Russia's effort to influence U.S. voters through Facebook and other social media is a «red - hot» focus of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into the 2016 election and possible links to Trump's associates.

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his ex-business associate Rick Gates appeared before a U.S. District judge for a status hearing following their indictment in the special counsel's ongoing investigation, and were warned about speaking to the press yet again as the case moves forward.

From 1999 - 2001, he worked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he served as Special Assistant to the Secretary and later as Assistant General Counsel.

Sally Yates, the former acting attorney general, and Preet Bharara, the former Manhattan U.S. attorney, both fired by Trump, emphasized in a joint interview that Special Counsel Robert Mueller faces a high bar in proving criminal conduct in his investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, addressing the possibility that he may not bring a case.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions pushed back on the immediate need for a second special counsel to investigate former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering naming a special counsel to lead an investigation into a list of matters involving Hillary Clinton, according to a letter the Justice Department sent to the House Judiciary Committee.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses President Trump's inquisition into special counsel Robert Mueller, his questions about possible pardoning, and U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller III's independent investigation into Russia may have inspired a defiant West Wing response, but the U.S. attorney's raid of Michael Cohen's home, office and hotel room has stirred more fear and loathing inside White House offices than at any time since President Richard Nixon battled Watergate prosecutors in the summer of 1973.

Prior to that position, she was appointed to serve as a Special Counsel (in recognition of her outstanding contributions) at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

I expect that employees are able to report these matters confidentially to the Department's Office of Inspector General (OIG), the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, or appropriate management officials.

Prior to joining the General Counsel's Office at DOT, Mr. Geier held several other positions with the federal government, including Deputy Solicitor to the U.S. Department of Energy's Special Counsel, where he was responsible for judicial litigation arising out of the petroleum pricing and allocation program, and Regional Counsel for Region X of the Community Services Administration in Seattle, Washington.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team supposedly issued a subpoena for documents on the Trump campaign related to the conspiracy theory about alleged Russian involvement in the 2016 U.S. elections that propelled Trump to the Presidency.

His early career was spent in the policy arena as special assistant and policy counsel for two members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

The case was investigated by Special Agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and prosecuted by Senior Counsel Robert S. Anderson of the Justice Department's Environmental Crimes Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jason Conder of the District of Wyoming.

The first example is an excerpt from a letter to me by Attorney Tracy Biggs, U.S. Office of Special Counsel, January 16, 2001:

Defendants are special counsel Robert Mueller, the U.S. Justice Department and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller after Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself.