News

Trump fumes over FBI raid that targeted payments to women - aides

John Walcott, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Apr 11 08:24 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump was fuming on Tuesday over FBI raids of his lawyer's office and home in search of details about ties between Trump and two women who say they had sex with him, aides said.   Read more »

Mueller said last month Trump not a criminal target 'at this point' -Washington Post

Reuters
Posted at Apr 04 12:13 PM

WASHINGTON - U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller told President Donald Trump's attorneys last month he was continuing to investigate the president but did not consider him a criminal target in the Russia probe "at this point," the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. Read more »

Trump spoke to witnesses about discussions they had with special counsel -NYT

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 08 08:30 AM

WASHINGTON - The U.S. special counsel in the Russian election meddling investigation has learned of two conversations in which President Donald Trump has asked witnesses about matters discussed with investigators, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Read more »

Ex-Trump aide says he will refuse Russia probe subpoena

Reuters
Posted at Mar 06 07:59 AM

WASHINGTON - Sam Nunberg, a former political aide to U.S. President Donald Trump, said on Monday he would refuse to comply with a subpoena to testify before a grand jury in U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election campaign. Read more »

Lawyer pleads guilty to lying to U.S. investigators in Russia probe

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 21 12:29 PM

WASHINGTON - A lawyer linked to a former campaign aide of President Donald Trump pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents Tuesday, as the probe into Russian election meddling gains pace. Read more »

US probe looking at Kushner foreign business contacts: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 20 10:48 AM

WASHINGTON - Special counsel Robert Mueller is probing Jared Kushner's efforts to get foreign investors beyond Russia to provide financing for his company during the presidential transition, including in China, CNN reported Monday. Read more »

Trump ordered Mueller's firing, then backed off: NY Times

Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 11:17 AM

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump last June ordered Special Counsel Robert Mueller fired but backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than follow his directive, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing four people told of the matter. Read more »

Trump says he is willing to testify under oath in U.S.-Russia probe

Roberta Rampton and Warren Strobel, Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 09:08 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be willing to be interviewed under oath by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Read more »

Trump's ex-campaign manager Manafort sues Special Counsel Robert Mueller

Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 08:56 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort sued Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Wednesday, alleging that his office's wide-ranging investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia exceeded its legal authority and needed to be reined in. Read more »

Trump's eldest son faces questions in U.S. Congress about Russia

Patricia Zengerle, Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 08:50 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., returned to Congress on Wednesday to face questions from lawmakers about alleged Russian efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion with Moscow by his father's presidential campaign. Read more »

Deutsche Bank gets subpoena from Mueller on Trump accounts: report

Arno Schuetze and Nathan Layne, Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 03:01 AM

FRANKFURT/WASHINGTON - A U.S. federal investigator probing alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election asked Deutsche Bank for data on accounts held by President Donald Trump and his family, a person close to the matter said on Tuesday. Read more »

Flynn's lawyers split from Trump, signaling possible cooperation with Mueller -NY Times

Reuters
Posted at Nov 24 07:19 AM

WASHINGTON - Lawyers for Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, have told Trump's legal team they can no longer discuss the probe by a special counsel, indicating Flynn may be cooperating with the investigation, the New York Times reported on Thursday. Read more »

Robert Mueller: straight-shooting former FBI chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 31 03:02 AM

Robert Mueller, the former FBI director heading the probe into alleged collusion between the Trump election campaign and Russia, has earned a reputation of being a straight shooter who could be right out of Hollywood's central casting. Read more »

US special counsel's investigators met author of 'Trump dossier' -source

Reuters
Posted at Oct 06 10:09 AM

WASHINGTON - A former British spy who compiled a dossier with allegations that Russia helped Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has met with investigators working for the special counsel on the case, a source familiar with the contact said on Thursday. Read more »

'Trump dossier' on Russia links now part of special counsel's probe: sources

Mark Hosenball, Reuters
Posted at Oct 05 10:21 AM

WASHINGTON - The special counsel investigating whether Russia tried to sway the 2016 U.S. election has taken over FBI inquiries into a former British spy's dossier of allegations of Russian financial and personal links to President Donald Trump's campaign and associates, sources familiar with the inquiry told Reuters. Read more »

Trump using campaign, RNC funds to pay legal bills from Russia probe -sources

Karen Freifeld and Ginger Gibson, Reuters
Posted at Sep 20 08:41 AM

NEW YORK - U.S. President Donald Trump is using money donated to his re-election campaign and the Republican National Committee to pay for his lawyers in the probe of alleged Russian interference in the U.S. election, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Read more »

Mueller seeks interview with ex-White House top aide: report

Agence France Presse
Posted at Aug 14 09:46 AM

WASHINGTON - US special prosecutor Robert Mueller is seeking an interview with ousted White House chief of staff Reince Priebus as he expands his probe of Russian interference in the November election, The New York Times reported Sunday. Read more »

Trump calls son 'high-quality person', applauds his transparency

Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 10:16 AM

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump called his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., a "high-quality person" on Tuesday after disclosures about the latter's meeting last year with a woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who might have information incriminating Trump's Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. Read more »

Trump Jr.'s Russia emails could trigger probe under election law

Jan Wolfe, Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 08:50 AM

Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a woman he was told was a Russian government lawyer who had incriminating information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton that could help his father's presidential campaign could lead investigators to probe whether he violated U.S. election law, experts said. Read more »

Trump under investigation for possible obstruction of justice -Wash Post

Reuters
Posted at Jun 15 08:09 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified officials. Read more »