Sentences with phrase «of meddling into»

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Comey said the collusion inquiry began last July as part of a broader probe into Russian meddling in American politics, meaning Trump was elected president as associates remained under investigation for possible connections to Russia.

«Any insinuation that Ambassador Rice's actions in this matter were inappropriate is yet another attempt to distract and deflect from the importance of the ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in America's democracy.»

The raid suggests Mueller may have documents that call into question the credibility of Trump and Cohen, even if the materials have nothing to do with Russian meddling, said Jeffrey Cohen, a New York family law attorney who's not involved in the case and isn't related to Michael Cohen.

President Donald Trump condemned as «disgraceful» an FBI raid on the office and hotel room of his longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen, who paid $ 130,000 to an adult - film actress and who has been a key figure in the U.S. investigation into Russian election meddling.

This latest data comes with the release of Reddit's annual transparency report, which outlines several ways that Reddit has complied with the government's investigation into Russian election meddling and other abuses of the platform.

Former Trump campaign advisor Michael Caputo said he expects to pay about $ 25,000 per hearing as part of the congressional inquiries into Russian election meddling.

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

Amid the continuing investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, there, of course, has been a great deal of discussion and news coverage of the 45th commander in chief not completing his full term in office.

Comey, for one, suggested that the Flynn investigation, if dropped, most likely would not alter the course of the FBI's larger investigation into Russia's election meddling and whether the Trump campaign had a role in it.

President Donald Trump lashed out at the «Fake News Media» in a series of tweets Saturday in which he distanced himself from special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

Trump has also publicly denounced leaks of unflattering revelations about his team, which is deeply embroiled in an FBI investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election and whether it colluded with the Trump campaign.

In an indictment brought Friday by the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, PayPal has become the latest tech company pulled into the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

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.

His presidency has taken the world on a wild political rollercoaster: From the travel ban to the repeal of DACA, the firing James Comey, and the investigation into Russian meddling in the election — it's been quite a year.

The Southern District of New York reportedly initiated the Cohen raids after receiving a referral from Mueller, most likely because he uncovered evidence of wrongdoing related to Cohen that fell outside the purview of his investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 US election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.

At the time of his firing, Comey was handling the bureau's investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to meddle in the 2016 election, creating a firestorm of controversy for the Trump administration.

Some of the queries deal with Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, who at the time was heading up the investigation into Russian meddling in the election, and reports that the president ordered the White House counsel to fire Mueller.

Mr. Ryan said Mr. Cohen has cooperated with the authorities and turned over thousands of documents to congressional investigators looking into Russian election meddling.

The companies provided that information in response to the UK's Electoral Commission, which has been running its own investigation into whether there was any digital misspending relating to the referendum — handing the exact same information to the committee, despite its request for a more wide - ranging probe of Russian meddling.

In contrast, the recent leaking of an FBI memo on the investigation into possible Russian meddling in the 2016...

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.

The New York Times late Monday published the more than 40 questions that Mueller wants to ask Trump as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and whether Trump campaign associates colluded.

Page, who testified last week before the House Oversight Committee as a part of its ongoing probe into Russian election meddling in 2016, told congressional investigators in testimony revealed Monday that he had asked the former Trump campaign chief and Hope Hicks, now the White House communications director, about his trip to Moscow in 2016 in which he met with Russian officials and discussed the presidential campaign.»

Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft spent a combined $ 14.2 million lobbying the U.S. government last quarter, as some in the tech industry began to weather an investigation into Russia's election meddling and others tried to battle a host of new regulations targeting their platforms.

In my 43 years living in this great country, I have never seen so much meddling into the affairs of a province as the full frontal assault taking place against the soon - to - be-sworn-in government of B.C. Let's be clear.

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.

But Facebook delivered them to Congress as part of an ongoing inquiry into the effect of Russia's meddling, and the House's Intelligence Committee has posted a handful ahead of its hearing tomorrow.

The president is mad at Sessions, of course, because of Sessions's decision to recuse himself from the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign.

Rosenstein was asked about investigations that go on for months or even years; if there is a precedent on how long an investigation should last and when would the American people get to know the results of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election that has been underway since May of 2017.

Rosenstein is, in fact, the man who is overseeing the Mueller investigation after his boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, recused himself from any investigation into Russian meddling because of his role in President Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

But when the believers start to meddle in the affairs of legitimate government and want THEIR «laws» made into civil law, that's where I draw the line.

And with the club in the middle of kit negotiations and the two rumored brands — Adidas and Nike - in line to take over from Puma following the 2018 - 2019 season, Arsenal is worried that continued seasons outside of Europe's top - flight competition will see their earnings potential decrease due to the apparel companies» hesitancy investing massive amounts of money into a meddling Europa League contender.

''... children have no natural appetite for twaddle, and a special literature for children is probably far less necessary than the booksellers would have us suppose... What they want is to be brought into touch with living thought of the best, their intellectual life feeds upon it without meddling on our part.»

Mrs. Obama has been criticized by the right as a meddling officer of the Food Police, and more recently by the left for getting into bed with Walmart.

You are not fooling anyone into thinking your pushy meddling agenda is purely for the benefit of society's underprivileged children.

Mrs. Obama has been criticized by the right as a meddling officer of the Food Police, and more recently by the left for getting into bed with -LSB-...]

If he wants to force another type of governance on NYC schools he owns the outcomes... if you look back at the history of NY State meddling into local school operation it is not a positive one.

Bharara, constrained from endorsements and opining as a federal prosecutor, has let his hair down on Twitter in recent weeks since he was fired President Donald Trump, posting pointed thoughts on issues ranging from the investigation into Russian meddling in the election to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the MTA.

McCabe claimed he was targeted for being a witness into whether Trump tried to obstruct the probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

The House intelligence committee, moving rapidly to interview a series of major witnesses in July, plans to bring forward another former Trump adviser — Michael Caputo, of Buffalo — to question as its investigation into Russia meddling reaches a new phase.

Rep. John Katko said Trump's firing of Comey won't interfere with the FBI's probe into accusations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

In the face of the importance of the issues, it is to be expected that these e-mails are going to be included into the ongoing probes1 about Russian meddling in the presidential campaign and Trump's team collusion with Russia, and that would lead to - very likely - Donald Trump Jr. being forced to testify.

Mueller's team is examining a series of previously unreported meetings that took place in 2017 in the Seychelles, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, as part of its broader investigation into Russian meddling.

Trump and his allies have seized on the report to question the origins of the federal probe into his campaign and Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential race, which the president had labeled a «witch hunt.»

Playing out in the background of Facebook's dispute with Cambridge Analytica is the wide - ranging probe into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election.

The senator has called for an investigation into Russia's meddling into the 2016 presidential election that included hacking the Democratic National Committee and the emails of some Hillary Clinton campaign staffers.

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) is looking at Cambridge Analytica's work for President Donald Trump's campaign as part of its investigation into Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 race, according to sources familiar with the probe.

Posobiec, whose Twitter page identifies him as political director of a political action committee «dedicated to overhauling the GOP,» has been a frequent and harsh critic of the various probes into Russian election meddling and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

The scope of congressional investigations into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential contest came into sharper focus on yesterday as lawmakers said they intended to question the former chairman of the Trump campaign and to determine whether Russian social media «trolls» were connected to Trump's election efforts.