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That was the message from Sen. Chuck Schumer Friday regarding President Trump's one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin planned for Monday in Helsinki. Schumer called for the cancellation of the ultra-private face-to-face following the indictments Friday of 12 senior Russian military officers on charges they hacked Democrats to swing the 2016 presidential election.
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona says President Donald Trump must be willing to confront Russia's Vladimir Putin during their summit Monday in Helsinki. McCain's statement comes after the Justice Department announced charges Friday against 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking into Democratic accounts during the 2016 presidential election.
The Justice Department announced indictments in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election against 12 Russian nationals and accused of them of engaging in a "sustained effort to hack into the computer networks" of the DCCC, the DNC and "the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton and release that information on the internet under the names DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0 and through another entity." All 12 defendants are members of the GRU, a Russian federation intelligence agency within the main intelligence directorate of the Russian military, who were acting in "their official capacities."
As US President Donald Trump heads to Helsinki for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump's critics continue to inveigh against what they consider an illicitly close relationship between the two, a perspective stemming from the "Russiagate" scandal drummed up by supporters of Hillary Clinton to explain her defeat in the 2016 presidential election. Russiagate or not, this summit may represent the two countries' last, best opportunity to halt or even reverse a decade of backsliding toward frigid Cold War relations.
Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who sent anti-Trump texts, engaged in angry exchanges with House Republicans Thursday as he testified for the first time in public at a joint hearing before the House Judiciary and Oversight committees. One of the first exchanges began when Rep. Trey Gowdy, A South Carolina Republican, said he "didn't give a damn" as Strzok tried to explain the "context" around the texts including one that said "we will stop it," referring to then-candidate Donald Trump.
With his efforts to help Donald Trump become president by meddling in the 2016 election, Vladimir Putin has already done more to advance Russia's foreign policy goals and worldview than anything he could have imagined in his wildest dreams as a longtime KGB agent. He has succeeded in sowing discord in the West without firing a shot, at low cost and with relatively few consequences as the Kremlin continues nefarious cyber and propaganda activities around the globe.
An embattled FBI agent whose anti-Trump text messages exposed the Justice Department to claims of institutional bias vigorously defended himself at an extraordinary congressional hearing that devolved into shouting matches, finger-pointing and veiled references to personal transgressions. Peter Strzok on Thursday testified publicly for the first time since being removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team following the discovery of texts last year that were traded with an FBI lawyer in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election.
As the Helsinki summit approaches, President Trump appears to be on the verge of acquiescing to parts of the belligerent strategy and behavior that Moscow has been pursuing for decades. The summit will be a culmination of Trump's often-proclaimed eagerness for better relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she wants to know what leverage the Russians have over President Donald Trump, but wouldn't say whether she'd favor hearings on the question should Democrats take control of the House next year. Some of the party's most liberal members want to aggressively attack Trump to mobilize progressive voters.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer on Wednesday issued a one-sentence warning about President Donald Trump's upcoming huddle with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday morning, the Senate minority leader, stated: "President Trump should not meet with President Putin alone."
President Donald Trump barreled into a NATO summit Wednesday with claims that a pipeline deal has left Germany "totally controlled" and "captive to Russia" as he lobbed fresh complaints about allies' "delinquent" defense spending at the opening of what was expected to be a fraught two-day meeting. Trump, in a testy exchange with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, took issue with the U.S. protecting Germany as it strikes deals with Russia.
In this June 18, 2018, file photo, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., listens during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Kennedy, who just returned from a congressional trip to Russia warned against trusting President Vladimir Putin, saying that dealing with the Russian government is like "dealing with the mafia."
President Donald Trump and some of his Republican allies have expressed an extraordinary amount of denial about Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The president seethes at the suggestion of collusion or cooperation between his campaign and Russia, calls the special counsel's inquiry a "witch hunt" and "hoax," and continues to suggest that he accepts the assurance of Vladimir Putin that Russia did not intervene.
Inside the U.S. government there is virtual unanimity on the question of Crimea, the Ukrainian region invaded and abruptly annexed by Russia in 2014: It was an egregious act of aggression and, as the first forcible transnational seizure of territory in Europe since World War II, should never be accepted by the United States. Since his presidential campaign, Trump has repeatedly said - most recently, to the other leaders of the Group of Seven democracies - that Crimea ought to be part of Russia because a majority of its people are Russian-speaking and, as he put it in 2016, "would rather be with Russia."
PRESIDENT TRUMP and some of his Republican allies have expressed an extraordinary amount of denial about Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The president seethes at the suggestion of collusion or cooperation between his campaign and Russia, calls the special counsel's inquiry a "witch hunt" and "hoax," and continues to suggest that he accepts the assurance of VladiA mir Putin that Russia did not intervene.
Ambassador to Germany Ric Grenell joins 'Sunday Morning Futures' to discuss President Trump's upcoming summits with NATO and President Putin, tariff threats and more. This is a rush transcript from "Sunday Morning Futures," July 8, 2018.
Special counsel Robert Mueller said in a court filing Friday that his prosecutors will not present evidence regarding Trump campaign collusion with Russia at an upcoming trial for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. "The government does not intend to present at trial evidence or argument concerning collusion with the Russian government," reads a filing submitted by Mueller's team in federal court in Virginia on Friday.