Sentences with phrase «on special counsel»

That leaves the president with just one personal lawyer who is working full time on the special counsel's investigation as Mr. Trump is facing one of the most significant decisions related to it: whether to sit for an interview.

Jay Sekulow is the only personal lawyer for President Trump who is working full time on the special counsel's investigation as Mr. Trump faces a significant decision: whether to sit for an interview.

That leaves the president with just one personal lawyer who is working full time on the special counsel's investigation as Mr. Trump is facing one of the most significant decisions related to it: whether to sit for an interview.

Jay Sekulow is the only personal lawyer for President Trump who is working full time on the special counsel's investigation as Mr. Trump faces a significant decision: whether to sit for an interview.

Giuliani, who is bonded with the president by a particular brand of New York bravado, has escalated Trump's attacks on the Department of Justice, pushed for strict limits on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe and upended White House legal strategy.

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.

Not exact matches

Paul Manafort plans to file a motion to suppress evidence that was «improperly obtained» by special counsel Robert Mueller's team via a «search warrant, subpoena, or otherwise,» according to a new court document filed by his lawyer Kevin Downing on Friday.

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

President Donald Trump's campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and Manafort's former business associate, Rick Gates, pleaded not guilty on Monday after being indicted by a grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe.

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.»

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.

According to the National Archives» communications with Grassley, however, he sent an initial records request to the White House counsel, Donald McGahn, on May 17, 2017 — the same day special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to oversee the Russia probe.

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.

President Donald Trump on Thursday appeared to shoot down a proposed plan to derail special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, tweeting that he agrees with his lawyers» strategy to cooperate with the probe.

Now, Trump is furious that the FBI «broke into» his lawyer's office, acting in part on a referral from the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, looking for information about the payment to Daniels, among other things.

Comey said he instructed the professor to provide information on the memos because he felt the investigation may have reached the point at which a special counsel needed to be appointed.

Ryan's retirement announcement was preceded by a string of tweets from Trump, who touched on subjects including special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election meddling and the response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria on Wednesday.

The reason for the fear, this strategist said, comes from uncertainty about how the president may react, including possibly firing special counsel Robert Mueller, who reportedly made the referral leading to the Cohen raid, and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who reportedly signed off on the raids.

On Sept. 19, CNN reported that the RNC had paid $ 230,000 in August to two lawyers representing Trump in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

And he said «we can infer» Robert Mueller, the special counsel in the Russia case, «is investigating Donald Trump for obstruction of justice» based on Comey's testimony.

Trump and his supporters have seized on the memo to exonerate him in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Trump's supporters also took grievance with Comey's stunning acknowledgment that he instructed a good friend — a Columbia University law professor — to leak information on his memos to the news media because he felt the investigation may have reached the point at which a special counsel needed to be appointed.

President Donald Trump shook up his legal team yet again on Wednesday, signaling a shift in the White House's approach to the Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.

On Thursday, the GOP - led Senate Judiciary Committee approved a measure that would safeguard special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.

Rick Gates, the former Trump campaign adviser, is expected to plead guilty on Friday in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling, according to a letter obtained by ABC News.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has asked German lender Deutsche Bank (db) to share data on accounts held by President Donald Trump and his family, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters Tuesday.

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.

Legal experts told Business Insider that the plea deal struck by Michael Flynn, the former White House national security adviser, with the special counsel Robert Mueller was most likely evidence that Flynn has damaging information to offer prosecutors on other persons of interest in the Russia investigation.

White House officials tout the appointment of US Attorney John Huber as basically a second special counsel on the FBI investigation but some conservative critics say his appointment is nothing more than window - dressing, the Hill reports.

Trump has mused about firing special counsel Mueller on the heels of an FBI raid of the offices of Michael Cohen, Trump's personal lawyer.

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.

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.

Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading the Russia probe, is believed to be focusing on the period last summer when Trump ramped up his attempts to pressure Sessions to carry out his suggestions.

A federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, on Tuesday granted a motion by the special counsel Robert Mueller's office to dismiss several charges brought against Rick Gates, the former deputy chairman of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

Earlier on Thursday, Trump's lead lawyer in the special counsel's Russia probe, John Dowd, also announced his resignation.

Mueller's office's move to dismiss last week's charges against Gates appear to be in step with the plea deal the former Trump adviser coordinated with the special counsel's office, said Jens David Ohlin, a vice dean at Cornell Law School and an expert on criminal law.

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.

CNBC's Kayla Tausche reports on comments from former Trump campaign aide Sam Nunberg to MSNBC after he rejected a subpoena from the special counsel.

On Feb. 16, Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed an indictment accusing 13 Russians of running a bot farm and disinformation operation that spread pro-Donald Trump propaganda on social mediOn Feb. 16, Special Counsel Robert Mueller filed an indictment accusing 13 Russians of running a bot farm and disinformation operation that spread pro-Donald Trump propaganda on social medion social media.

President Donald Trump suggested on Friday night that the Russia investigation being conducted by special counsel Robert Mueller is illegitimate.

Trump called on his Twitter followers to «ask Jeff Session» why the Obama administration is not the focus of the special counsel's Russia probe.

Goodlatte, according to The Post and the two letters he sent through the House Judiciary Committee, appears to be focusing particularly on Comey, and has asked that a second special counsel investigate «leaks» about his private conversations with Trump.

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.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering appointing a second special counsel tasked with investigating several issues related to former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey, The Washington Post reported on Monday.

That the special counsel's team is exploring that possibility indicates that they clearly believe the president will test his powers as it relates to his advisers, Mariotti told Business Insider on Tuesday.

Citing reports that a Justice Department official's wife reportedly worked for a firm that paid for opposition research on Trump, Jay Sekulow told CNBC in a Tuesday interview that «I think these revelations require a special counsel to investigate.»

At a recent press conference on Capitol Hill, the Democratic leader specifically addressed the calls from Steyer's supporters to move ahead with campaigning on a goal of impeaching Trump, arguing that it's premature while special counsel Robert Mueller's probe is ongoing.

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he has no intention to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, who is leading a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and alleged collusion by the Trump campaign.

The newly unsealed charge, filed October 3 by the special counsel Robert Mueller's office, said that on January 27 Papadopoulos lied to FBI agents about «the timing, extent, and nature of his relationships and interactions with certain foreign nationals whom he understood to have close connections with senior Russian government officials.»

On Monday, Sessions made progress on setting up a special counsel to look into the Clinton Foundation's involvement in an Obama - era uranium deal and what that might mean for the Clinton campaigOn Monday, Sessions made progress on setting up a special counsel to look into the Clinton Foundation's involvement in an Obama - era uranium deal and what that might mean for the Clinton campaigon setting up a special counsel to look into the Clinton Foundation's involvement in an Obama - era uranium deal and what that might mean for the Clinton campaign.