Trump, again on defensive, says Putin denies 2016 meddling

Days before returning home from a whirlwind trip to Asia, President Donald Trump was back on the defensive over Russian election meddling and accusing Democrats of trying to sabotage U.S.-Russia relations. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had again vehemently insisted - this time on the sidelines of an economic summit in Vietnam - that Moscow had not interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections.

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Leaders pose during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. Front left to right, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, China's President Xi Jinping, Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in.

Trump Says Putin ‘Means It’ About Not Meddling

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Investigators probe Trump knowledge of campaign’s Russia dealings: sources

'He said he didn't meddle': Trump talks with Putin about U.S. elections, Syria in brief interactions - HANOI - President Trump said Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin again denied his nation tampered in the U.S. presidential election last year when the two men spoke during brief conversations Snag in Media Merger Stirs Tensions Over Trump-CNN Feud - Uncertainty around AT&T deal arises after long stretch of hostility between network, administration - Early this year, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, met a top executive at CNN parent Time Warner Inc. TWX 4.08% Trump adviser claims he lied to FBI out of loyalty to Trump: Source - George Papadopoulos, the Trump foreign policy aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, initially misled agents out of what he claimed was loyalty to President Donald Trump, according to a person with direct knowledge of ... (more)

Cambridge Analytica Denies Working With Russia, Unconvincingly

'He said he didn't meddle': Trump talks with Putin about U.S. elections, Syria in brief interactions - HANOI - President Trump said Saturday that Russian President Vladimir Putin again denied his nation tampered in the U.S. presidential election last year when the two men spoke during brief conversations Snag in Media Merger Stirs Tensions Over Trump-CNN Feud - Uncertainty around AT&T deal arises after long stretch of hostility between network, administration - Early this year, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, met a top executive at CNN parent Time Warner Inc. TWX 4.08% Data Firm's WikiLeaks Outreach Came as It Joined Trump Campaign - Cambridge Analytica said it reached out to Julian Assange to share Hillary Clinton-related emails in 'early June 2016,' when the company had already started working for the campaign - The chief executive Trump adviser claims he ... (more)

U.S. soldier in Niger ambush was bound and apparently executed,…

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Papadopoulos represented Trump campaign at meetings

He's been dismissed as a "low-level volunteer" and just a "coffee boy," but former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos represented the Trump campaign at various meetings with foreign officials up until Inauguration Day. In October, Papadopoulos pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI "about the timing, extent and nature of his relationships and interactions with certain foreign nationals whom he understood to have close connections with senior Russian government officials," according to court filings.

Carter Page suggested Trump travel to Russia during campaign

Carter Page brought up the idea of having President Trump travel to Russia during the presidential campaign, according to a closed-door testimony he gave last week. In a May 2016 email to advisers J.D. Gordon and Walid Phares, Page wrote, "If [Trump] would like to take my place [on a trip to Russia] and raise the temperature a little bit, of course I'd be more than happy to yield this honor to him."

US commerce chief Wilbur Ross says he is likely to divest Russia-linked shipping stake

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross holds a news conference at the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 10, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Thayer U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday he probably would not keep his holdings in a shipping company with business ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle and that he had fully and properly disclosed investments.

What to know about Paradise Papers

A trove of leaked documents made public Sunday purports to show financial ties between Russia and a member of President Trump's cabinet. The leak, called the Paradise Papers, was revealed when the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and its dozens of collaborating news outlets on Sunday published investigations related to them.

6 loose ends in Mueller’s investigation that could end up shaking Trump’s presidency

Despite denials by the White House and dismissive right-wing media coverage, special counsel Robert Mueller's opening salvo - the indictments and a guilty plea - has stunned Washington for its aggressiveness, legal positioning and comprehensive strategy that suggests the Trump campaign and White House's problems will only deepen.

Wilbur Ross In Business With Close Putin Associates, Documents Show

There has been a very large document dump today of documents from an offshore law firm who handles offshore corporate transactions for the oligarchs of this age. This document dump shows that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross was in business with close associates of Vladimir Putin and may not have divested himself of the shell companies he was invested in.

Franken: Sessions ‘seems to have problems telling the truth’

Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken responded to the latest developments in the special counsel investigation by saying that Attorney General Jeff Sessions "seems to have problems telling the truth." Franken's comments on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront" came after unsealed court documents showed former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos had told the campaign about a potential meeting opportunity between Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, and news emerged that Sessions vetoed the idea.