Sentences with phrase «special counsel investigation»

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining President Trump's legal team to help deal with the ongoing special counsel investigation into whether Trump's campaign conspired with the Russian attack on the 2016 election.

President Trump's growing desire for his lawyers to more forcefully counter the ongoing special counsel investigation drove yet another shake - up of his legal team on Wednesday, putting the White House on war footing with federal prosecutors examining Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.

President Donald Trump's growing desire for his lawyers to more forcefully counter the ongoing special counsel investigation drove yet another shake - up of his legal team on Wednesday, putting the White House on a war footing with federal prosecutors...

Sol Wisenberg, a defense attorney who was a deputy independent counsel during the Starr special counsel investigation into President Bill Clinton, said the comment «obviously increases the president's exposure to potential campaign finance violations, but it also makes him look terrible.»

Justice Department regulations don't allow special counsel investigations to go beyond the scope of an assigned matter absent a determination by the attorney general, the suit says.

The FEC is also being asked how it would «monitor illicit coordination between a campaign and a third party political spender, including foreign actors,» which sure seems like a reference to a certain special counsel investigation into a certain presidential campaign.

«It obviously increases the president's exposure to potential campaign finance violations, but it also makes him look terrible,» said Sol Wisenberg, a defense attorney who was a deputy independent counsel during the Starr special counsel investigation into President Bill Clinton.

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign spent more than $ 1 out of every $ 5 on attorney fees this year as the president contended with the ongoing special counsel investigation and a new legal challenge from an adult - film star.

Even the enemies and the haters admit that,» Trump said about the special counsel investigation.

The indictments resulted from a special counsel investigation into which member of the Bush administration had leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame.

And CNN notes it was Comey, then serving as Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Justice, who oversaw the special counsel investigation into the leak that ultimately led to Libby's conviction.

The decision, reported by Bloomberg News, contrasts with his decision to recuse himself from the FBI's probe into Russian meddling and any potential collusion — which later became the special counsel investigation led by Robert Mueller.

John Dowd, who resigned as President Trump's lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation, broke with Mr. Trump over whether the president should agree to be questioned in the inquiry, a person briefed on the matter said.

WASHINGTON — John Dowd resigned on Thursday as President Trump's lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation as Mr. Trump signaled that he was prepared to ignore his advice and wanted a sit - down with investigators.

A lawyer for President Donald Trump called on the Justice Department on Saturday to end the special counsel investigation into ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, shifting abruptly to a more adversarial stance as the inquiry appeared to be intensifying.

Rudy Giuliani, who is representing Trump in the special counsel investigation, has said that Trump was unaware of the payments to Cohen.

Almost everything about Michael Flynn's guilty plea to perjury and his cooperation agreement with the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference suggests that it is part of a much bigger picture, legal experts said on Friday.

He also shares his thoughts on John Dowd's resignation as President Trump's lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

George Nader, an adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to President Trump, is cooperating in the special counsel investigation.

But only four Republicans joined every Democrat in voting to protect the special counsel investigation last month, and McConnell has said he will not bring legislation to protect Mueller to the floor for a vote.

«The only aspect of this case that is left standing is Manafort's effort to forestall unspecified and as yet unknown future developments in the special counsel investigation, and a claim of that nature, where the harm is purely speculative, raises significant standing and ripeness issues,» she wrote.

McInerney will moderate the «Special Counsel Investigations» panel and Fiske will serve as a panelist.