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President Donald Trump told Russian diplomats last week his firing of "nut job" James Comey had eased the pressure on him, even as the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation had moved into the White House, according to reports Friday that pursued the president as he began his maiden foreign trip. White House hopes that Trump could leave scandalous allegations at home were crushed in a one-two punch of revelations that landed shortly after his departure.
The naming Wednesday of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate the Russian government's meddling in the U.S. election, including ties to Trump's campaign, abruptly shifted the balance of power in Washington. The city's permanent political class forcefully reasserted itself against an antagonistic president determined to bring them to heel.
There could be a side benefit for Rod Rosenstein in appointing a special counsel to head an investigation into possible Russian coordination with the Trump campaign: reviving his own reputation, heavily battered for his role in the firing of James Comey, who had been leading the probe. The Wednesday decision to name former FBI Director Robert Mueller, an apolitical outsider, to oversee the case seemed intended to restore public faith in an independent Justice Department following a series of headache-inducing headlines.
The Justice Department 's look at Russian meddling in the presidential election has turned from a counterintelligence investigation into a criminal probe, leading senators said Thursday as they emerged from a secret briefing with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein . Addressing lawmakers a day after he appointed a special counsel to head the investigation, Mr. Rosenstein also confirmed that he knew President Trump was going to fire FBI Director James B. Comey even before the president tasked the deputy attorney general with writing a memo justifying the ouster.
House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. takes questions from reporters at the Republican National Committee Headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, May 17, 2017.
Editorial: While GOP, Democrats applaud Mueller, Trump tweets Record Editorial on the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russia involvement in 2016 election. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2rwlyHH Thursday morning should have been a good one in the West Wing.
Rod Rosenstein saves the Republican Party from itself Appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel could save the Republican Party. Check out this story on northjersey.com: https://njersy.co/2qXeKFZ With the stroke of a pen, Rod Rosenstein redeemed his reputation, preserved the justice system, pulled American politics back from the brink - and, just possibly, saved the Republican Party and President Trump from themselves.
Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein knew President Donald Trump was going to fire FBI Director James Comey before he wrote a memo recommending Trump do that. Rosenstein gave a classified briefing for the full Senate in private on Thursday afternoon more than a week after Trump fired Comey and a day after he appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel for all things related to Russian attempts to influence the 2016 election.
Trump began the day by tweeting that he is the victim of "the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history," a claim ignoring impeachment efforts and blistering verbal attacks on previous presidents and other political leaders. He has made similar complaints before, but this one came the day after the Justice Department appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to lead the federal Trump-Russia investigation.
With almost no warning, the Justice Department appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller Wednesday as special counsel in charge of the bureau's investigation Russian interference with the presidential election. Mueller, who led the FBI for 12 years, was named one day after we learned of a memo by fired FBI Director James Comey.
The appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel is only the second time the Justice Department has appointed a special counsel under the current rules. Mueller will take over the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election.
The U.S. Justice Department, in the face of rising pressure from Capitol Hill, named former FBI chief Robert Mueller on Wednesday as special counsel to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion between President Donald Trump's campaign and Moscow. The move followed a week in which the White House was thrown into uproar after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.
Mueller took office as FBI director in 2001 expecting to dig into drug cases, white-c... The surprise announcement to hand over the probe was a striking shift for Trump's Justice Department, which had resisted increasingly loud calls from Democrats for an outside prosecutor. The surprise announcement to hand over the probe was a striking shift for Trump's Justice Department, which had resisted increasingly loud calls from Democrats for an outside prosecutor.
'Shots fired shots fired!' Police release bodycam footage of moment cop shot driver who charged at him out of nowhere with a semi-automatic rifle when he stopped to help him 'Selfie murderer', 26, reveals she took photo next to body of her father-in-law because it 'made her really happy' - as she admits she tried to contact ISIS before her arrest but got no response Family of four die in horror crash on the way home from a Mother's Day visit after tractor trailer slams into five other vehicles and sparks a fire White Oklahoma cop who shot dead unarmed black man is cleared of any wrongdoing after saying she was in 'fear' because he would not lie down 'There was NO collusion', says defiant Trump after Justice Department bows to pressure and names former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to lead Russian election interference probe House Majority Leader told senior GOP ... (more)
President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey created an urgent need for a special prosecutor, independent of the White House and the Justice Department, to investigate whether members of the Trump campaign team and administration violated federal law. The Justice Department's appointment Wednesday of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special prosecutor was the right thing to do.
Then-FBI Director Robert Mueller is sworn in during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in 2013. Robert S. Mueller III, who served as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation during the last two administrations, brings to his new role as special counsel a proven willingness to take on a sitting president.
The very ordinary life of the Wizard of Lies' wife: Ruth Madoff buys bagels and gets gas for her Prius days before HBO movie depicts lavish life she shared with Ponzi-scheming husband 'There was NO collusion', says defiant Trump after Justice Department bows to pressure and names former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to lead Russian election interference probe House Majority Leader told senior GOP colleagues behind closed doors: 'I think Putin pays Trump' Trump calls McMaster 'a pain' - as the general is used by the White House to defend the president's blabbing of classified info to the Russians Trump will interview four FBI director candidates including Democrat Joe Lieberman - who has suggested newspapers can be PROSECUTED for reporting on classified documents It's so unfair! Trump claims 'no politician in history has been treated worse' in commencement speech to Coast ... (more)