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Rudy Giuliani said Friday that special counsel Robert Mueller has agreed to narrow the scope of a potential interview with President Donald Trump from five topics to two. The former New York City mayor told CNN's Chris Cuomo on "New Day" that Mueller is not considering asking the President about his former personal attorney Michael Cohen, who's under investigation in New York over his business dealings.
On the anniversary of Robert Mueller taking over the investigation into possible Russian collusion in the 2016 election, AP Reporter Eric Tucker reflects on the case: who has been questioned, who has been charged and what is yet to come. WASHINGTON - It was one year ago Thursday when Robert Mueller, the former FBI director, was appointed as special counsel to take over the Justice Department's investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
President Trump on Thursday sarcastically celebrated the anniversary of FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, tweeting "we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History" and claiming the only collusion came from Democrats. "Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History...and there is still No Collusion and No Obstruction," he tweeted.
In this June 21, 2017, file photo, former FBI Director Robert Mueller, the special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 election, departs Capitol Hill following a closed door meeting in Washington. It was one year ago Thursday when Robert Mueller, the former FBI director, was appointed as special counsel to take over the Justice Department's investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, waits to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing entitled 'Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, July 27,2010. Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling turns a year old on Thursday, and Stephen Colbert said he knows exactly how the special counsel might celebrate.
President Trump and his legal team are planning to use the one-year anniversary this week of Robert Mueller's appointment to ratchet up pressure on the special counsel to close his investigation. Trump and his lawyers are trying to set up the milestone Thursday as a turning point in their campaign to end Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling and obstruction of justice, Rudy Giuliani, Trump's personal lawyer, said Tuesday in an interview.
The grand jury witnesses arrive one by one at the windowless room in the federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue in downtown Washington. They are struck first by how commonplace the setting feels - more classroom than courtroom, two witnesses said.
The grand jury witnesses arrive one by one at the windowless room in the federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue in downtown Washington. They are struck first by how commonplace the setting feels - more classroom than courtroom, two witnesses said.
On Monday, April 9, the Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the office, home, and hotel room of Michael Cohen , the longtime council and business associate of U.S. President Donald Trump. The raid on the president's infamous confidant, which was authorized by the U.S. attorney's office , led to the reported seizure of records relating to the lawyer's $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels following an alleged sexual encounter with the president in 2006.
President Donald Trump is angrily protesting a leaked list of questions that the Justice Department's special counsel may want to ask him, while at the same time contending the list shows anew there was no crime or collusion with the Russians by his presidential campaign. But the questions suggest that investigators want to focus on collusion and obstruction of justice.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein - after weeks of public pressure from President Trump and his supporters in Congress over the probe by special counsel Robert Mueller - pushed back yesterday, saying the Justice Department would not be "extorted." "I can tell you there have been people who have been making threats privately and publicly against me for quite some time, and I think they should understand by now, the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted," Rosenstein said at an event in Washington.
President Donald Trump's political attacks on the FBI make America less safe because they undermine public confidence that the bureau is an "honest, competent and independent" institution, fired director James Comey told The Associated Press on Tuesday. In a telephone interview, Comey also said it was logical that special counsel Robert Mueller would seek to interview Trump as part of his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Before a U.S. Navy submarine begins its patrol or mission, its crew conducts "angles and dangles" maneuvers. This involves shaking the boat from side to side and up and down so as to dislodge anything that is not properly stowed.
Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russia's election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he wants to ask President Donald Trump to learn more about his ties to Russia and determine whether he obstructed the inquiry itself, according to a list of the questions obtained by The New York Times. The open-ended queries appear to be an attempt to penetrate the president's thinking, to get at the motivation behind some of his most combative Twitter posts and to examine his relationships with his family and his closest advisers.
In this April 26, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump speaks at White House in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018. Martin and Jane Raskin, added last week to President Donald Trump's legal team is described by those who know them as experienced, skilled and humble, a striking counterpoint to some of the other attorneys who have represented him over the last year.
Mueller legislation is unconstitutional: Sen. Mike Lee - President Donald Trump is passing up a chance to say whether he will fire special counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. He says there's been speculation that he would get rid of them but "they're still here."
Ronny Jackson, Trump's V.A. Nominee, Faces Claims of Overprescription and Hostile Work Environment - WASHINGTON - The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is examining allegations that President Trump's nominee to lead the Veterans Affairs Department oversaw a hostile work environment Watchdog report points to power struggle involving VA pick - WASHINGTON - A watchdog report ordered in 2012 by Dr. Ronny Jackson - President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs - found that he and a rival physician exhibited "unprofessional behaviors" Sessions Declines to Recuse Himself From Probe Into Trump Lawyer - Attorney general's recusal from Mueller probe angered Trump - Sessions still may step back from some issues involving Cohen - Attorney General Jeff Sessions has decided against recusing himself from the investigation Mueller legislation is unconstitutional: Sen. Mike ... (more)
Conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch announced Friday it filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department for communications on James Comey and Robert Mueller. Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Justice Department for all records of communications relating to former FBI Director James Comey's providing memoranda of his conversations with President Trump to Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team.
Bowing to demands from Republicans in the House, the Justice Department on Thursday night gave lawmakers memos written by former FBI Director James Comey after meetings and phone calls with President Donald Trump, with the resulting leaks only amplifying Comey's story that Mr. Trump had pressed him repeatedly about the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections. There had been concerns that sharing the memos with Congress might cause problems for the investigation of Special Counsel Robert Mueller - but press reports on Thursday night indicated otherwise, and a reading of the materials did not reveal a new treasure trove of information.