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None of Trump's lawyers can even look at Mueller's real questions on Russia and obstruction of justice because they don't have security clearances President Donald Trump's lawyers may have another legal hurdle to clear as they prepare for the possibility of a battle royal with the special counsel's office Jay Sekulow, Rudy Giuliani and Martin and Jane Raskin are not believed to have the necessary securirty clearance to review some of the materials Trump is on the path to a historic confrontation with special counsel Robert Mueller, who has threatened to subpoena him if he doesn't play ball The White House says its position is that complying will make the probe end more quickly, and that is what it wants And Trump defiantly claimed this morning, 'There was no Collusion and there is no Obstruction of Justice ' President Donald Trump 's lawyers may have another legal hurdle to clear as they ... (more)
In this Feb. 21, 2018, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, gestures to the Utah House during a visit at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Retiring Hatch is looking to cement his legacy after more than 40 years in Washington as he unveils plans for a think tank and library bearing his name in Salt Lake City.
President Donald Trump is slamming a leaked list of questions that the Justice Department's special counsel may want to ask him as part of the Russia investigation. Trump on Twitter Wednesday promoted a comment from attorney Joseph diGenova describing the questions as an "intrusion" into the president's constitutional powers and saying it would be "outrageous" to ask the president what he was thinking when firing members of the executive branch.
President Donald Trump angrily insisted again Tuesday that there was no collusion between his presidential campaign and Russians in the 2016 election, but special counsel Robert S. Mueller III apparently isn't convinced. After speaking with prosecutors on Mueller's team, Trump's lawyers prepared a list of nearly four dozen questions the prosecutors had that could be posed during a potential interview with the president, according to sources with knowledge of the process who declined to speak publicly.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller, in a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers in March, raised the possibility of issuing a subpoena for Trump if he declines to talk to investigators in the Russia probe, a former lawyer for the president said on Tuesday. John Dowd told Reuters that Mueller mentioned the possibility of a subpoena in the early March meeting.
Eighteen states Tuesday sued President Donald Trump's administration over its push to "reconsider" greenhouse gas-emission rules for the nation's auto fleet, launching a legal battle over one of former President Barack Obama's most significant efforts to address climate change. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt in April said he would revisit the Obama-era rules, which aim to raise efficiency requirements to about 50 miles per gallon by 2025.
Following through on a months-old promise, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Tuesday to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, leading a seven-state coalition against an Obama-era immigration measure that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants nationwide from deportation, including more than 120,000 in Texas. Paxton first threatened in June 2017 to sue over the program if President Donald Trump's administration had not ended it by September.
President Donald Trump is angrily protesting a leaked list of questions that the Justice Department's special counsel may want to ask him, while at the same time contending the list shows anew there was no crime or collusion with the Russians by his presidential campaign. But the questions suggest that investigators want to focus on collusion and obstruction of justice.
The US Federal Reserve achieved an inflation milestone this week, but that isn't likely to alter expectations for what the Fed will announce when its latest policy meeting ends Wednesday. FILE - This June 19, 2015, file photo shows the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington.
Stephanie Clifford, the porn star known as Stormy Daniels, spoke outside a federal courthouse after a hearing involving Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer, in New York on April 16. WASHINGTON - In a startling revelation, President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that Trump repaid his personal attorney $130,000 in a deal made just before the 2016 election to keep porn star Stormy Daniels quiet about her tryst with the president, directly contradicting Trump's statements about the hush money.
President Donald Trump's political attacks on the FBI make America less safe because they undermine public confidence that the bureau is an "honest, competent and independent" institution, fired director James Comey told The Associated Press on Tuesday. In a telephone interview, Comey also said it was logical that special counsel Robert Mueller would seek to interview Trump as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's team raised the prospect of issuing a grand jury subpoena to compel President Donald Trump to testify as part of the Russia probe, the president's former lawyer has said. Lawyer John Dowd told The Associated Press that Mr Mueller's team broached the subject in March during a meeting with Mr Trump's legal team while they were negotiating the terms of a possible interview with the president.
In this March 8, 2016, file photo, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans are trying to make good on President Donald Trump's promise to make Tester pay for scuttling his pick to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs.
President Donald Trump has called courts unfair and political and repeatedly assailed the 9th Circuit, the U.S. court system's westernmost division, where some of his key immigration policies have stalled. Other observers describe America's judges as conservative or liberal, implying they bring an ideology to their decision-making that goes beyond a careful assessment of law and precedent.
'If this was 148 years ago I'd have been more like Harriet or Nat': Kanye West sparks fury by comparing himself to Underground Railroad hero Harriet Tubman, hours after calling slavery 'a choice' during explosive interview 'I made it all up as I went along': Trump's former doctor claims the president DICTATED the glowing letter, released in 2015, that said he would be the 'healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency' 'Lawyers don't write this way': Mueller's former assistant says grammatical errors prove the leaked 44 questions Special Counsel wants to ask actually came from TRUMP 'The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted,' says Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, as Republicans prepare impeachment move Netflix producer claims Harvey Weinstein raped her at least NINE times in abuse lasting years - and says the disgraced mogul threatened her to stay silent as ... (more)
'If this was 148 years ago I'd have been more like Harriet or Nat': Kanye West sparks fury by comparing himself to Underground Railroad hero Harriet Tubman, hours after calling slavery 'a choice' during explosive interview 'I made it all up as I went along': Trump's former doctor claims the president DICTATED the glowing letter, released in 2015, that said he would be the 'healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency' 'Lawyers don't write this way': Mueller's former assistant says grammatical errors prove the leaked 44 questions Special Counsel wants to ask actually came from TRUMP 'The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted,' says Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, as Republicans prepare impeachment move Netflix producer claims Harvey Weinstein raped her at least NINE times in abuse lasting years - and says the disgraced mogul threatened her to stay silent as ... (more)
President Donald Trump's political attacks on the FBI make America less safe because they undermine public confidence that the bureau is an "honest, competent and independent" institution, fired director James Comey told The Associated Press on Tuesday. In a telephone interview, Comey also said it was logical that special counsel Robert Mueller would seek to interview Trump since the president is a subject of an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
For weeks, President Donald Trump has expressed alarm about a caravan of Central American migrants heading for the United States and vowed to keep them out. But on Tuesday, U.S. officials allowed a second group of the asylum seekers across the border, their fate now in the hands of immigration officials and judges.
The White House said Monday it would postpone a decision on imposing tariffs on U.S. imports of steel and aluminum from the European Union, Canada and Mexico for 30 days, avoiding the potential for a trade battle with Europe as the U.S. prepares for tense trade talks in China this week.
Two big stories broke late yesterday, and have obviously gotten well under Donald Trump's skin given a series of new tweets ranting about them. First, the New York Times leaked a series of questions that special counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask Trump.