Sentences with phrase «comes as the special counsel»

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The special counsel's scrutiny comes as Trump's lawyers are angling to sidestep a face - to - face interview between Mueller and their client, who has shown a tendency to exaggerate the truth.

The questioning about whether the White House was seeking to oust Mueller came as top conservative boosters of Trump sought to delegitimize Mueller, a former FBI director who took the special counsel job after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

Trump's comment comes amid escalating tension between allies of the president and the special counsel's office, which has obtained tens of thousands of emails from the Trump transition team as part of the Russia probe.

Calls to appoint a second special counsel came as early as July, when House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte wrote a letter urging Sessions to consider it.

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.

I came to the position with experience as a law clerk to a federal appellate judge, thirteen years of practice (including service as a special counsel appointed to prosecute the impeachment of Nebraska's Attorney General), and then five years as a United States Magistrate Judge.

The indictments come as part of US special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.