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Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara poured cold water on President Donald Trump's early morning tweet that attorney-client privilege is "now a thing of the past," saying the president has no idea what he is talking about. Appearing on State of the Union with Jake Tapper, the CNN contributor was asked about the tweet, which said in full, "Attorney Client privilege is now a thing of the past.
Attorney Joanna Hendon representing President Trump, right, talks to Michael Avenatti, attorney and spokesperson for adult film actress Stormy Daniels, center, at the Federal court, Friday, April 13, 2018, in New York. A hearing has been scheduled before U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood to address President Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen's request for a temporary restraining order related to the judicial warrant that authorized a search of his Manhattan office, apartment and hotel room this week.
Suncor's base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta, on Monday June 13, 2017. After nearly a decade since the last major oil pipeline was built, and with existing ones brimming with crude, Canada's energy industry is wondering when and if any new lifelines to foreign markets will go into the ground.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, speaking in an interview broadcast Sunday, declined to wade into the nasty feud between President Donald Trump and James Comey, the FBI director whom Trump fired last year and who is now promoting a book describing the experience. Ryan, R-Wis., who announced his retirement on Wednesday, has previously defended Comey from Trump's attacks.
More than 200 former Justice Department employees are urging Congress to "swiftly and forcefully respond" should President Donald Trump fire Robert Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, or Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein, who is overseeing the federal probe. "It is up to the rest of us, and especially our elected representatives, to come to their defense and oppose any attempt by the President or others to improperly interfere in the Department's work," according to a statement signed by 245 former officials who worked under current and previous administrations, some as far back as that of President Richard M. Nixon.
President Donald Trump attacked James Comey in a fusillade of tweets Sunday morning, calling for the former FBI director to be imprisoned as Trump served up a number of his favorite theories and alleged misdeeds without evidence. Trump's tweets are part of a broader effort by the White House and the Republican National Committee to discredit Comey, who has written a damaging tell-all book called ''A Higher Loyalty,'' to be released Tuesday.
It is reported that the former First Lady played a "key role" in getting the pair together and is devastated she will not be there for the big day. Despite Harry's friendship with Barack Obama, which stems from the Invictus Games, the former president and Michelle won't be invited as it would cause a "diplomatic headache".
Former FBI chief James Comey said his belief that Hillary Clinton would be elected US president in 2016 "was a factor" in his handling of the probe into her misuse of a private email server while she was secretary of state. Comey, who was fired by Trump last year, told ABC that a desire to ensure that Clinton's victory was seen as legitimate played a role in his decision to announce the bureau would reopen the investigation, made 11 days before the election.
The founder and leader of the True Fire Prophetic Word Ministry , Prophet Nigel Gaisie has emphatically that he did not prophesy on his own volition that former President John Dramani Mahama will win the 2020 elections should he decide to contest. According to him, he was led to say and also warn the opposition National Democratic Congress that they risk not returning to power in 2020 if they field any candidate either than the former President.
The United States Senate returned to work last week. Time to talk about President Donald Trump's nominations again - especially those to the federal courts.
The White House is seen in the early morning light in Washington, Saturday, April 14, 2018, the morning after the U.S. military response, along with France and Britain, to Syria's chemical weapon attack on April 7.a less The White House is seen in the early morning light in Washington, Saturday, April 14, 2018, the morning after the U.S. military response, along with France and Britain, to Syria's chemical weapon attack on ... more In this image released by the Department of Defense, a U.S. Air Force B-1 Bomber separates from the boom pod after receiving fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker on April 13, 2018, en route to strike chemical weapons targets in Syria.
In heated exchanges with his national security team in recent weeks, President Donald Trump repeatedly made clear he saw little incentive for the United States to be involved in Syria's intractable civil war. In doing so, Trump is trying to confront a dilemma that haunted his predecessor, Barack Obama.
Special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and Donald Trump's presidential campaign is starting to display similarities to Ken Starr's probe into Bill and Hillary Clinton. The latest twist in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation feels, as the great American philosopher Yogi Berra once put it, like deja vu all over again.
With the latest U.S. missile strikes, President Donald Trump appears to have reset America's red line for military intervention in Syria over the use of chemical weapons. The United States said its strikes were a response to President Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons attack on April 7 that administration officials say employed chlorine and perhaps even sarin, a more deadly nerve agent.
President Donald Trump told Liberty University graduates that Americans worship God, not government, and to "relish the opportunity to be an outsider." Hillary Clinton compared Trump to Richard Nixon in a fiery speech at Wellesley College.
The Republican National Committee has committed $250 million to a midterm election strategy that has one goal above all else: Preserve the party's House majority for the rest of President Donald Trump's first term.
Boston hedge fund billionaire Seth Klarman lavished more than $7 million on Republican candidates and political committees during the Obama administration, using his fortune to help underwrite a GOP takeover of the federal government. But the rise of Donald Trump shocked and dismayed Klarman, as did the timid response from the Republican-controlled House and Senate, which have acquiesced rather than challenge the president's erratic and divisive ways.
A plurality of Democrats have indicated that President Donald Trump-not his predecessor Barack Obama-is responsible for the current state of the country's economy, a tonal shift from earlier this year when top members of the party argued the economic conditions were still due to former President Barack Obama. As of April 9, 46 percent of Democrats agreed that the United States economy was down to Trump, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released earlier this week.
Vice President Mike Pence told allies at an international summit in Latin America on Saturday that the U.S.-led airstrikes on Syria "degraded and crippled" the country's chemical weapons capability. Pence, meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of a summit in Peru, said President Donald Trump had "made it clear to the world" that the United States "will not tolerate the use of chemical weapons against men, women and children."