Former Trump aide Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate in Russia probe

US President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian election meddling as part of a plea deal, prosecutors have told a federal court in Washington. Manafort pleaded guilty to two criminal counts of conspiracy against the US and conspiracy to obstruct justice brought by Mueller's team Manafort, 69, also pleaded guilty to two criminal counts on Friday , becoming the most prominent former Trump campaign official to plead guilty in Mr Mueller's investigation.

Manafort pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate with Mueller investigation

Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department, including in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy against the US and one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice due to attempts to tamper with witnesses, according to a court filing Friday.

Manafort signals he intends to plead guilty before new trial

Paul Manafort signaled Friday that he intends to plead guilty ahead of a second trial as prosecutors filed new charging documents against the former Trump campaign chairman. The charges in Friday's filing were contained a criminal information, a document that can only be filed with a defendant's consent and typically signals a deal has been reached.

Sources: Former Trump Aide Manafort Close to Plea Deal With Mueller

Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort arrives for arraignment on charges of witness tampering, at U.S. District Court in Washington, June 15, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is nearing a plea deal with U.S. prosecutors to avoid a second criminal trial, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

The Latest: Teacher beats Dem incumbent in NY Senate primary

In this Aug. 28, 2018, file photo, candidate Letitia James stands at the podium during a debate by the Democratic candidates for New York State Attorney General at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. The four candidates in the tightly contested primary, Zephyr Teachout, James, U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney and Leecia Eve have all vowed to be a legal thorn in Republican President Donald Trump's side, opposing his policies on immigration and the environment.

Eating dogs and cats banned in U.S. in House-passed bill

The House has passed legislation to outlaw the slaughter of dogs and cats for food - a practice that, although rare, is still legal in 44 states. Eating dogs and cats banned in U.S. in House-passed bill The House has passed legislation to outlaw the slaughter of dogs and cats for food - a practice that, although rare, is still legal in 44 states.

Prisoners Fighting Fires Are Being Denied Justice

Evidence of global climate disruption blankets the Earth, pummeling communities with the full arsenal of nature's fury, from hurricanes, tornadoes, relentless rainstorms and thousand-year floods, to historic droughts and searing heat waves. In California, wildfires have raged in record numbers and intensity, pushing the state's firefighting crews to the limit and busting the state's firefighting budget.

Where is the Democrats’ Contract with America 2018?

So when the words "Democratic Party" are spoken, millions of voters would know what it stands for so they can hold candidates specifically accountable should there be any post-election betrayals. What does the Democratic Party stand for? The big question persists! Typical of the Democrats, they delegated this question to political consultants who came up with the vapid slogan, "A Better Deal."

Lucian J. Gandolfo, Ph.D., Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis…

Rev. Dr. Gandolfo continues to have a desire for justice, and for the forces of good to overcome the darkness of this world. MELBOURNE, FL, September 13, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Marquis Who's Who, the world's premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Lucian J. Gandolfo, Ph.D., with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award.

Latvian National Sentenced to Prison for Scareware Hacking Scheme…

A Latvian man was sentenced today in Minneapolis for participating in a lucrative "scareware" hacking scheme that targeted visitors to the Minneapolis Star Tribune 's website. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald of the District of Minnesota and Special Agent in Charge Jill Sanborn of the FBI's Minneapolis Field Office made the announcement.

Bolton to ICC: You’re “dead to us”

Technically true since its creation, but John Bolton wants to make the point excruciatingly clear . Neither the US nor Israel participates in the treaty that established the International Criminal Court, AKA "The Hague," which means that it takes an act of the UN Security Council to charge nationals of either nation .

Philippine lawyers alarmed by Duterte moves to jail senator

The largest group of lawyers in the Philippines has asked the country's courts to resist "creeping incursions" on its independence and warned of judicial "chaos" after the president voided an amnesty granted to an opposition senator and ordered his arrest. The Integrated Bar of the Philippines expressed alarm Monday over the "overt audacity to publicly arrest and incarcerate" Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV for offenses that have been abolished by an amnesty approved by President Rodrigo Duterte's predecessor and Congress and which led to the dismissal of criminal proceedings against the senator.

Papadopoulos’s wife acknowledges that special counsel team suspected her of being a Russian spy

The wife of a one-time Trump adviser who was sentenced Friday for lying to federal investigators acknowledged that special counsel Robert Mueller's team suspected she may have been a Russian spy. Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos, wife of former Trump campaign foreign policy aide George Papadopoulos , said in an exclusive live interview with her husband on "This Week" Sunday that her international political background raised "a red flag" for U.S. investigators.

Papadopoulosa s wife acknowledges that special counsel team suspected her of being a Russian spy

The wife of a one-time Trump adviser who was sentenced Friday for lying to federal investigators acknowledged that special counsel Robert Mueller's team suspected she may have been a Russian spy. Simona Mangiante Papadopoulos, wife of former Trump campaign foreign policy aide George Papadopoulos, said in an exclusive live interview with her husband on "This Week" Sunday that her international political background raised "a red flag" for U.S. investigators.

Papadopoulos: Trump campaign members a fully awarea of efforts to set Putin meeting

George Papadopoulos, the one-time foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump who became swept up in the special counsel investigation, says members of the Trump campaign team were "fully aware" and in many cases supportive of his efforts to broker a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I actively sought to leverage my contacts with the professor to host this meeting," Papadopoulos told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview on This Week Sunday.

Prison for ex-Trump insider

George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, was sentenced to 14 days in prison Friday after he told a judge he was "deeply embarrassed and ashamed" for lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian intermediaries. Papadopoulos, the first campaign aide sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller's ongoing investigation, acknowledged that his actions hindered an investigation of national importance, a move that the judge in his case said resulted in the 31-year-old putting his own self-interest above that of his country.