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Trump began the day by tweeting that he is the victim of "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history," a claim ignoring impeachment efforts and blistering verbal attacks on previous presidents and other political leaders. He has made similar complaints before, but this one came the day after the Justice Department appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the federal Trump-Russia investigation.
With almost no warning, the Justice Department appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller Wednesday as special counsel in charge of the bureau's investigation Russian interference with the presidential election. Mueller, who led the FBI for 12 years, was named one day after we learned of a memo by fired FBI Director James Comey.
The appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel is only the second time the Justice Department has appointed a special counsel under the current rules. Mueller will take over the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election.
Skip to navigation Skip to content Skip to footer View text version of this page Help using this website - Accessibility statement Join today and you can easily save your favourite articles, join in the conversation and comment, plus select which news your want direct to your inbox. Washington: Former US national security adviser Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump's campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 calls and emails during the last seven months of the 2016 presidential race, current and former US officials familiar with the exchanges told Reuters.
As the American Thinker reported yesterday , the issue of Seth Rich and his connection to WikiLeaks has caught media attention again. However, the new bombshell information, reported by Fox News , that a federal investigator has spoken with Fox News anonymously and confirmed that Seth Rich sent 44,053 emails and 17,761 attachments to WikiLeaks, has been overshadowed in the same article by the headline that the "Family of slain DNC staffer Seth Rich blasts detective over report of WikiLeaks link."
Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller is sworn in during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in 2013. Robert S. Mueller III, who served as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the last two administrations, brings to his new role as special counsel a proven willingness to take on a sitting president.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday interviewed four potential candidates to lead the FBI, including former Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, former Oklahoma Gov. Frank Keating and Andrew McCabe, currently the bureau's acting director. White House press secretary said Trump would also meet with Richard McFeely, a former top FBI official, in addition to the three other candidates.
The Latest on the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as a special counsel to oversee a federal investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election : Sen. Charles Grassley, the chairman of the committee, and Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein wrote Comey on Wednesday. They asked him to testify on the "circumstances of your termination" and his interactions with President Donald Trump's administration about the FBI's investigation into Russia.
Russia President Vladimir Putin has offered to turn over to Congress records of President Donald Trump's discussions with Russian diplomats in which Mr Trump is said to have disclosed classified information. Mr Putin's remarks come as Washington was reeling over revelations late on Tuesday that President Trump personally appealed to FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau's investigation into National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.
President Donald Trump faced fallout Wednesday over revelations that he personally appealed to now-fired FBI Director James Comey to abandon the bureau's investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, allegations based on notes Comey wrote after the meeting. The White House has denied the report, which came amid a furor over the president's discussions with Russian diplomats in which Trump is said to have disclosed classified information.
Then-FBI Director James Comey testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee during an oversight hearing on the FBI on Capitol Hill on May 3. President Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to close down the agency's investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn just one day after Flynn was let go. An associate of Comey's who is familiar with the matter confirms that the former FBI director memorialized the conversation with Trump in a memo he wrote immediately after their Oval Office conversation on February 14. The news was first reported by the New York Times .
In this June 19, 2013, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. On May 17, 2017, the Justice Department said is appointing Mueller as special counsel to oversee investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
A judge has paused Stormy Daniels' lawsuit against President Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen while an FBI criminal investigation into him continues in New York. The ruling came after Cohen said he would assert his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination if the civil case was not delayed, arguing any statement could affect the criminal investigation into his business dealings in New York.
Washington, May 17 - A US House Committee has requested the FBI to provide all documents that its former director James Comey had on President Donald Trump, a media report said. The request, signed by Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Republican Jason Chaffetz on Tuesday, includes memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings held by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
President Donald Trump asked the FBI to drop its probe into former national security adviser Michael Flynn and urged former FBI Director James Comey instead to pursue reporters in leak cases, according to associates of Comey who have seen private notes he wrote recounting the conversation.
The "thing" is an accumulation of claims he has dark personal, financial and political connections with Russia which continued through the election campaign. The President is in danger of charges he has interfered with the course of justice with heavy-handed interventions which continue to preoccupy his administration.
For the second consecutive day Tuesday, the White House pushed back on a breaking news report, this time that President Donald Trump requested in February that then-FBI Director James Comey drop the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Comey described the conversation with Trump in a memo he shared with top FBI officials, according to sources who described the memo's contents to ABC News.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of N.Y. reacts to questions from reporters about President Donald Trump reportedly sharing classified information with two Russian diplomats during a meeting in the Oval Office, Tuesday, May 16, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Listen as Larry spoke with private investigator Rod Wheeler regarding new details suggesting Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich had contact with Wikileaks before his death. O'Connor: You have stated that you believe, again, an anonymous source at the FBI has corroborate this.