Sen. Adam Schiff: a The president acts like hea s compromiseda by Russian government

Responding to the way President Donald Trump conducted himself during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said Trump "acts like he's compromised" by the Kremlin. "I think there's no ignoring the fact that, for whatever reason, this president acts like he's compromised," Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos Sunday on This Week .

President Trump, allies dismiss revelations in new court documents tied to Russia probe

APRIL 16: Carter Page arrives at the courthouse on the same day as a hearing regarding Michael Cohen, longtime personal lawyer and confidante for President Donald Trump, at the United States District Court Southern District of New York, April 16, 2018 in New York City. Cohen and lawyers representing President Trump are asking the court to block Justice Department officials from reading documents and materials related to Cohen's relationship with President Trump that they believe should be protected by attorney-client privilege.

OpinionGive Brett Kavanaugh a fair hearing, Sen. Casey | Charlie Gerow

President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court seat of retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy sparked predictable bile reactions, both on the left and the right. What was especially interesting was not the vitriol with which the left attacked the nomination of Judge Kavanaugh, but the timing.

Trump says redacted documents on wiretapping of ex-adviser Carter Page ‘misled the courts’

President Donald Trump tweeted that newly released documents on the wiretapping of onetime campaign adviser Carter Page, who has been interviewed about potential ties to Russia and denied Sunday he ever was an "agent of a foreign power," show that intelligence agencies misled the court that approved the warrant. Page, previously interviewed by FBI about Russia ties, says he's 'never been the agent of a foreign power' The FBI released documents on Saturday related to the surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, left, as part of an investigation into whether he conspired with the Russian government to undermine the election.

Adam Schiff, top intel Democrat, says Trump ‘acts like he’s compromised’

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee blasted Trump, suggesting he "acts like he's compromised." Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., was responding to Trump's apparent acceptance during a news conference last week of Putin's denial that Russia attempted influence the 2016 election.

Americans give Trump negative marks for Helsinki performance

By wide margins, Americans give President Donald Trump negative marks for his conduct during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week and for his casting doubt on U.S. intelligence conclusions that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds. But public reaction nationally appears more muted than in Washington, where Trump faced withering bipartisan criticism for appearing to side with Putin over U.S. intelligence agencies at a Monday news conference in Helsinki.

.com | Trump lashes out at ex-lawyer Cohen, says taping of client ‘perhaps illegal’

Washington US President Donald Trump lashed out at his former lawyer on Saturday, saying Michael Cohen may have acted illegally in secretly taping their discussion about a payment to hush up an alleged affair with a Playboy model. Trump's early-morning tweet was his first direct reaction to a New York Times report on Friday that the FBI had seized the recording during an April raid on Cohen's office amid an investigation of possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia.

Rivals for Senate testy in Virginia

The candidates in Virginia's U.S. Senate race had a quarrelsome first debate Saturday, and President Donald Trump served as a frequent focal point of the sparring. Republican Corey Stewart, a former state chairman of Trump's presidential campaign, accused Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of being an ineffective elitist who puts his opposition to the president above all other considerations.

Agency uncloaks filing for wiretap

President Donald Trump's administration has disclosed a previously top-secret set of documents related to the wiretapping of Carter Page, the former Trump campaign adviser who was at the center of accusations by Republicans that the FBI had abused its surveillance powers. Democrats in February rejected the claims by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee that law enforcement officials had improperly obtained the warrant, accusing them of putting out misinformation to defend Trump and sow doubts about the origin of the Russia investigation.

Trump Questions Legality of Ex-Lawyer Tapping Phone About Paying Woman ‘Hush Money’

President Donald Trump said Saturday that it was "perhaps illegal" that his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, tapped a private phone conversation between the two about a potential payment for a woman having an affair with Trump. The New York Times stated that the conversation took place two months before the November 2016 election.

Trump lashes ex-lawyer, says taping of client a perhaps illegala

"Inconceivable that the government would break into a lawyer's office - almost unheard of," Trump tweeted Saturday US President Donald Trump lashed out at his former lawyer on Saturday, saying Michael Cohen may have acted illegally in secretly taping their discussion about a payment to hush up an alleged affair with a Playboy model. Trump's early-morning tweet was his first direct reaction to a New York Times report Friday that the FBI had seized the recording during an April raid on Cohen's office amid an investigation of possible Trump campaign collusion with Russia.

Kavanaugh: Once questioned Watergate tapes decision

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh suggested several years ago that the unanimous high court ruling in 1974 that forced President Richard Nixon to turn over the Watergate tapes, leading to the end of his presidency, may have been wrongly decided. Kavanaugh was taking part in a roundtable discussion with other lawyers when he said at three different points that the decision in U.S. v.

Trump faces isolation after Putin summit, walkbacks

Facing condemnation from allies and foes alike on Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump was outnumbered even in the Oval Office. Top aides gathered to convince the president to issue a rare walk-back of the comments he'd made raising doubts about U.S. intelligence conclusions of Russian election interference as he stood alongside Vladimir Putin.

U.S. Air Force fighter jet intercepts aircraft flying near President Trump’s private golf club

A U.S. Air Force fighter jet intercepted a small general aviation aircraft flying near President Donald Trump's private golf club Saturday. The U.S. military is announcing that an F-16 jet intercepted a plane around 12:30 p.m. Saturday flying "without proper clearances or communications" in the temporary flight restriction zone around the president's Bedminster, N.J. golf course, where he is spending the weekend.

Trump finds it ‘inconceivable’ lawyer would tape a client

Donald Trump said Saturday he finds it "inconceivable" that a lawyer would tape a client, as the president weighed in after the disclosure that in the weeks before the 2016 election, his then-personal attorney secretly recorded their discussion about a potential payment for a former Playboy model's account of having an affair with Trump. FILE - In this April 26, 2018 file photo, Michael Cohen leaves federal court in New York.

Cruising for answers to Trumpa s Putin man crush

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. I just got off one of those ginormous cruise ships, 1,000-plus feet, 18 decks high, with nearly 5,000 souls aboard.