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A lot of people were singing the praises of Special Investigator Robert Mueller after Mike Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI in the course of an investigation. To them, it is a sign that Mueller struck a deal with Flynn and Flynn is about to give up the goods on President Donald Trump.
Michael Flynn's guilty plea Friday added a new layer of lies to the far-reaching investigation into ties between President Donald Trump and Russia, and put heightened scrutiny on the president's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. But Flynn's admission, and all of the criminal cases thus far, have not resolved the fundamental question special counsel Robert Mueller is seeking to answer: Still, Mueller has left no doubt that his investigators have amassed a wealth of knowledge about the contacts between Trump associates and the Russians, and they're looking to gather more facts from Flynn, a new key cooperator.
Each weeknight, Fox News Channel airs an unqualified defense of the Trump presidency for one hour. That hour is hosted by Sean Hannity, a media personality who proudly rejects the label of "journalist" and who explicitly endorsed Trump's candidacy.
President Donald Trump lashed out Friday after a jury acquitted a Mexican man in the killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier, calling the verdict "disgraceful" and suggesting Democrats will pay a price for being "weak on Crime." Trump launched an aggressive series of tweets over the 2015 shooting of Kate Steinle, which he often cited during his presidential campaign to push for a wall on the Mexican border.
Michael Flynn, the retired general who campaigned at Donald Trump's side and then served as his first national security adviser, pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI about reaching out to the Russians on Trump's behalf and said members of the president's inner circle were intimately involved with - and at times directing - his contacts. Flynn's plea to a single felony count of false statements made him the first official of the Trump White House to admit guilt so far in a wide-ranging criminal investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller.
So now comes word that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel has engaged in a war of words with Roy Moore, Alabama's Republican candidate for Senate. Kimmel has joked about going down to Alabama to settle a score because Moore has apparently challenged him to a fistfight.
Court documents show Flynn, an early and vocal supporter on the campaign trail of President Donald Trump... . FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2017 file photo, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington.
Here is a timeline of Michael Flynn's involvement with Donald Trump's presidential campaign, his brief career as Trump's national security adviser, and the probe into Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Aug. 7: Lt.
Republicans used a burst of eleventh-hour horse-trading Friday to edge to the brink of Senate passage of a $1.4 trillion tax bill, as a party starved all year for a major legislative triumph took a giant step toward giving President Donald Trump one of his top priorities by Christmas. "We have the votes," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., declared after leaders swayed holdout senators by agreeing to fatten tax breaks for millions of businesses and let people deduct much of their local property taxes.
President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are scrambling to change a Republican tax... . Pausing for a reporter's question, Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., and other senators squeeze into an elevator as they rush to the chamber to vote on amendments as the Republican leadership works to craft their sweeping tax ... .
Pennsylvania's Attorney General is leading the charge among his Democratic peers preparing to shore up protections for borrowers and savers while President Donald Trump follows through on a pledge to defang a powerful consumer finance watchdog. FILE PHOTO: Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney arrives to speak to the media at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , where he began work earlier in the day after being named acting director by U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, U.S. on November 27, 2017.
ABC News reported today that former U.S. national security adviser Michael Flynn is prepared to testify that President Donald Trump directed him to make contact with Russians when he was a presidential candidate. Reuters could not immediately verify the report, which cited a Flynn confidant.
One of the ways the White House brushed aside the first three indictments in the Russia investigation was by noting they weren't directed at anyone serving in the administration. George Papadopoulos and Paul Manafort were on the campaign - in limited roles , officials claimed - and Rick Gates was simply Manafort's business partner.
Former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to misleading the FBI about conversations he had with Russia's ambassador to the United States. His guilty plea marks an escalation of the special counsel's probe into Trump campaign ties to Russia, and also corroborates anonymously-sourced media reports about Flynn's contacts with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak.
President Donald Trump lashed out Friday after a jury acquitted a Mexican man in the killing of a woman on a San Francisco pier, calling the verdict "disgraceful" and suggesting Democrats will pay a price for being "weak on Crime." Trump launched an aggressive series of tweets over the 2015 shooting of Kate Steinle, which he often cited during his presidential campaign to push for a wall on the Mexican border.
Oh my . What, we wondered , did Michael Flynn have that led Robert Mueller to let him off with a relatively minor plea deal to one count of lying to investigators? According to ABC's Brian Ross, it's that Donald Trump ordered Michael Flynn to make contact with the Russians as a candidate - but for what purpose? And is that illegal? JUST IN: @BrianRoss on @ABC News Special Report: Michael Flynn promised "full cooperation to the Mueller team" and is prepared to testify that as a candidate, Donald Trump "directed him to make contact with the Russians."
Donald Trump has condemned a jury's verdict that a Mexican man is not guilty of murdering a woman on a San Francisco pier. In a pre-dawn tweet, the president said the cleared man, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, "came back and back over the weakly protected Obama border, always committing crimes and being violent".
Senate Republicans are stepping quickly to meet competing demands of holdout GOP senators for a tax overhaul package expected to add $1 trillion to the nation's deficit over 10 years. The Republicans eye a crucial final vote Friday on the $1.4 trillion Senate bill carrying the hopes of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party to preserve their majorities in next year's elections.
An Inglewood police officer talks to outspoken conservative activist Arthur Schaper at a town hall meeting held by Maxine Waters in May. An Inglewood police officer talks to outspoken conservative activist Arthur Schaper at a town hall meeting held by Maxine Waters in May. Arthur Christopher Schaper sat in the back of the Huntington Park City Council chambers, wearing a "Make America Great Again" cap and a Donald Trump flag around his shoulders like a cape. The council warned him he was disrupting the June meeting.