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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.»

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

Not exact matches

One unanswered question in Special Counsel Robert Muellers investigation into whether there was any collusion between Trump's campaign and Russia is whether Russias Internet Research Agency or Russian intelligence used data Cambridge Analytica obtained from Facebook or other sources to help target and time messages during the campaign that were anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Trump and politically and racially divisive.

Flynn has since pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and is cooperating with the special counsel's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

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.

Flynn was the first member of the Trump administration to plead guilty to a crime uncovered by the special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing, wide - ranging investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 US presidential election and whether any Trump campaign aides colluded with Moscow.

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.

The Times editorial comes at a time when there are growing concerns that Trump could look to undermine or completely shut down special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election and Trump's alleged ties to Russia.

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.

Former FBI Director James Comey, whose firing in May precipitated the appointment of Mueller as special counsel, has said Trump had asked him in a private Oval Office meeting to consider ending the investigation into Flynn.

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.

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.

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.

It was a relatively slow week in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, but some key revelations helped move the investigation forward.

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.

Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller in mid-May as special counsel overseeing the the investigation into whether the President Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russian officials during the 2016 election, noted that under the special counsel regulations, only the attorney general has the authority to fire such an appointee.

Manafort is currently a focus in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Following Comey's ouster, former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which was tasked with overseeing an independent investigation into Russian interference and has the power to file charges.

The Strzok - Page texts could fuel further demands from Trump and his defenders for a special counsel to examine how the bureau handled the investigation into Clinton's use of a private server to conduct government business.

President Donald Trump's fury over the raid of his lawyer Michael Cohen's office has initiated a new round of discussion about whether the president will finally fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in an effort to halt investigations into himself and his associates.

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.

Schneiderman hasn't announced any kind of investigation into Cohen, but he has been coordinating closely with the Justice Department and special counsel Robert Mueller on their investigation into former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort.

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.

The biggest share of legal payments in the first quarter of this year — about $ 348,000 — went to Jones Day, a law firm representing the campaign in the investigations by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and several congressional committees into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

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.

We did learn that Facebook is working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller on his investigation into election interference.

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.

Conservative House allies of President Trump have drafted articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who oversees the ongoing special counsel probe, setting up a possible GOP showdown over the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The FBI's Monday raid of Cohen's offices indicates that the Justice Department is looking at issues beyond special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The White House and some of Trump's conservative supporters in Congress have urged the appointment of a second special counsel to conduct a criminal investigation into how senior FBI and Justice Department personnel handled matters related to Clinton.»

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.

Today, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified before the House Judiciary Committee and faced tough questions from both sides about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia's attack on our 2016 election.

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.

The GOP also appears to believe that the Nunes memo could permanently damage special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Democrats have said this isn't the full scope of the available intelligence, and that House Republicans have adapted the evidence to fit their own ends — namely, to undercut the legitimacy of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible Trump - Russia collusion in the 2016 elections.

Dowd's comments provide a new window into the interactions between Trump's lawyers and the special counsel leading the Russia investigation.

And last month the social network cooperated with Special Counsel Mueller's investigation into Russian election meddling, likely after a warrant was issued.

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.

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.

Either way, the existence of three memos is seriously complicating the Republican campaign to #ReleaseTheMemo — an effort that, if successful, could have profound implications for special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Trump's Russia ties and the FBI's independence more broadly.

But the fact that the president used a national tragedy to disparage the credibility of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia is raising some eyebrows.