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David G. Savage of The LA Times reports that some legal experts contend that a decision in favor of Lucia could also open the door for the President to be able to remove other executive officers, such as special counsel Robert Mueller.

Consultant Michael Caputo answered questions for three hours Wednesday as special counsel Robert Mueller's team continues to investigate Russian involvement in the 2016 Presidential election.

Roger Stone is claiming his connection to Paul Manafort deputy Rick Gates are minimal as special counsel Robert Mueller is said to be reviewing their ties.

«Meet the Parents» actors Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller made a surprise appearance on «Saturday Night Live» this week to parody the 2000 film as special counsel Robert Mueller and Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen.

Earlier this week, a major bombshell dropped in the Russia Investigation as Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed the first official charges since the probe began back in May.

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WASHINGTON — As news broke Monday morning that a grand jury indicted three people who were involved in President Donald Trump's presidential campaign, tension heightened among senators worried that Trump may retaliate and attempt to oust Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Trump, speaking Monday to reporters at the White House, defended Cohen as a «good man» and blasted Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe as «an attack on our country, in a true sense.»

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.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told a Senate committee on Tuesday that Facebook is cooperating with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office and that his company may have received subpoenas as part of the investigation into any ties between the Trump presidential campaign and Russian election interference.

However, the Justice Department's appointment of ex-FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate alleged ties between Russia and Trump's election campaign team appeared to soothe investor concerns and supported Wall Street in Thursday's session.

The claim mirrors some of the details laid out in an indictment of Manafort and Gates as part of an investigation by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller.

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.

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.

The FBI was acting as part of a probe related to Cohen by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, who were acting on a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election as well as potential collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

The sanctions specifically targeted Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling.

Thursday's sanctions target Russians indicted last month as part of the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling on charges of conspiracy to interfere in the election by waging a social - media influence operation to sow discord and sway public opinion in the US in favor of Trump.

Last month the office of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller charged 13 Russians and three firms with interfering in the 2016 presidential vote as part of what it called a conspiracy to support Donald Trump and disparage Hillary Clinton.

President Donald Trump's legal woes continued this week as a handful of prominent attorneys rejected offers to represent him amid special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

Dutch lawyer Alex van der Zwaan is the first person to be sentenced as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.

Trump's criticism was seen by some as a move to eventually put someone in charge at the Justice Department who would fire Robert Mueller from his post as special counsel leading the Russia investigation.

The special counsel Robert Mueller has nearly 50 substantive questions he wants to ask President Donald Trump as part of the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 US election.

The deal, which Republicans have painted as evidence of collusion between Clinton and Russia, made its way back into headlines in October, shortly before it emerged that a federal grand jury approved the first charges filed by special counsel Robert Mueller as he investigates whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team is looking into whether there are any limits on President Donald Trump's pardon powers as the FBI investigates Russia's interference in the 2016 election.

Political consultant Rick Gates, who served as a deputy to his longtime business partner Paul Manafort while Manafort was President Donald Trump's campaign manager, has fired his lawyer who was reportedly working to get him a plea deal in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, the Daily Beast reports.

Now, as FBI special counsel Robert Mueller and congressional intelligence committees continue to investigate Russia's election interference, evidence is emerging that the hacking and disinformation campaign waged at the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin took at least four separate but related paths.

Rudy Giuliani vowed to «get on a charger» and ride into the special counsel's office «with a lance» if Robert Mueller goes after President Trump's daughter Ivanka as part of...

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has requested that a data analytics company called Cambridge Analytica turn over internal documents as part of its investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment outlined the efforts of the Kremlin - linked Russian troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency, which spread false stories and propaganda using thousands of accounts.

According to documents released on Oct. 30, 2017, in an interview conducted as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference, Papadopoulos misrepresented the timing of conversations with an individual known to be substantially connected to Russian government officials, his knowledge of the individual's Russian connections and the nature of his interactions with a female Russian national.

Investigators working with several congressional committees and the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, have delved into Mr. Steele's work as part of inquiries into connections between Russia and Mr. Trump and his associates, including whether they conspired to influence last year's election.

As the Wall Street Journal noted last year, Cambridge Analytica's role in Trump's campaign drew the scrutiny of special counsel Robert Mueller, the Department of Justice investigator looking into the alleged Russian plot to meddle in the 2016 elections.

In December, it was asked by Special Counsel Robert Mueller to hand over documents as part of Mueller's ongoing investigation into any collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign during the election.

People involved with crafting the platform also were expecting interest from special counsel Robert Mueller's team, such as witness interviews or producing documents, some of those sources said.»

Because if he, as a proxy for the Justice Department (specifically the FBI), can be painted as anti-Trump, then it means his hiring of special counsel Robert Mueller had ulterior anti-Trump motives.

Cambridge Analytica, backed by top Trump donor and hedge - fund billionaire Robert Mercer, was asked in December to turn over documents to special counsel Robert Mueller, as part of his investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

Congressional Republicans are rushing this through before anyone has a chance to grasp all of the bad stuff in it and before special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation possibly ensnares bigger fish than former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to a charge Friday as part of a plea deal.

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.

Here's a key bit of context showing why Giuliani's admission could be important: Remember that Trump himself reportedly made this same demand of Comey — and that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III appears to be examining that demand as part of his effort to determine whether Trump obstructed justice.

On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice appointed former FBI director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russia's intervention in the 2016 presidential election as well as any improper contact between Russian agents and the Trump campaign.

Republicans have been selling this memo politically as devastating proof of anti-Trump animus at the FBI's upper echelons and in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

During an appearance on Fox News on Thursday morning, Giuliani accused special counsel Robert S. Mueller III of trying to trap Trump into perjury by making him sit for an extended interview as part of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.

Michael Caputo, a former communications adviser to the Trump campaign, met with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team on Wednesday as well as the...

Trump hired Flood on Wednesday to bolster his defenses as he negotiates a perilous interview with special counsel Robert Mueller's team.

Special counsel Robert Mueller has given a list of almost four dozen questions to lawyers for President Donald Trump as part of his Russia investigation, according to The New York Times.

President Donald Trump is furious that the New York Times published a list of around four dozen questions special counsel Robert Mueller's investigators had proposed to ask him as the two sides negotiated a possible interview.

Democrats have been pushing to formally refute the GOP memo, which they see as an effort by Trump and his allies in Congress to divert attention away from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russians, and possible obstruction of justice by the president.

Cambridge Analytica, which touted its role in helping swing the 2016 election to Pres. Trump, was asked in December to turn over documents to special counsel Robert Mueller, as part of his investigation into collusion between the campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.

There is no evidence that the offer was accepted, but the email containing the offer is one of tens of thousands of documents that have been turned over to special counsel Robert Mueller's team as part of the ongoing investigation into what, if any, collusion with Russia took place during last year's presidential election.

Then, on Wednesday, Trump's worst nightmare came true as the Justice Department appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel for the Russia investigation.

Michael Caputo, a political consultant from Western New York, spent Wednesday with members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team as part of their investigation into possible Russian collusion.