The Justice Department released to the public Mueller’s report detailing the findings of his 22-month investigation. . ... In one instance, Trump called Sessions at his home and told him to “unrecuse” himself so he could direct the Justice Department to..…
In the short run, Trump is unlikely to face legal liability. Justice Department policy forbids prosecution of a sitting president. ... Mueller concluded that Congress could enforce the obstruction of justice statute when Trump acted corruptly to undermine an..…
Speaking on Thursday at media conference at US Justice Department, Mueller's two-year investigation did not uncover any clear evidence that Trump obstructed the special counsel probe. ... Barr acknowledged that officials at Justice Department met with White..…
And it could offer insights about when Trump's campaign learned the hacking operation, which Trump had repeatedly praised. . ... Barr said the Justice Department will conceal information related to grand jury proceedings, which Mueller used extensively during his..…
With the investigation bearing down on him, Trump wanted to make sure Sessions remained in charge at Justice Department, and he asked McGahn to tell the attorney general not to recuse because of his work on Trump campaign. ... Reince Priebus, the chief of staff, told..…
The report stated that when former Attorney General Jeff Sessions told Trump in May 2017 that a special counsel was being appointed by the Justice Department to look into allegations that the Republican’s campaign colluded with Russia, Trump slumped back in his chair and..…
The 10 episodes presented are wide ranging, from the circumstances of FBI Director James Comey's firing, to the allegation that Trump asked White House legal counsel Don McGahn to request that Justice Department fire Mueller.. The episodes, suggest that Trump was..…
Tess Bridgeman, Senior Editor of Just Security and Senior Fellow and Visiting Scholar at NYU Reiss Center on Law and Security, served Associate Counsel to the President, and Deputy Legal Adviser to National Security Council, and at State Department. In his pre-release press conference, AG Barr..…
Trump asked Justice Department leaders to lay out reasons for firing Comey. ... But Trump later told NBC News that he had decided to fire Comey prior to consulting the Justice Department, citing what he called “this Russia thing.” . . . ..…
About hour the redacted document was delivered by Justice Department to congressional committees on CDs, then made public on the department's website... Even in its incomplete form, Mueller report outlines disturbing evidence that President Trump engaged obstruction of justice..…
Attorney General William Barr speaks Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, right, and acting Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Edward O'Callaghan, left, about the release of version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during Thursday news conference at Department of..…
Barr had written memo to Justice Department June 2018, that Mueller appeared to be proposing expansion of obstruction laws.. By opponents and illegal leaks, Trump was frustrated and angry that his presidency was being undermined by special counsel investigation he thought to be..…
Barr described the report to journalists before the Justice Department released it. ... The Justice Department planned to release the report later Thursday morning. ..…
The report states Trump at one point directed McGahn to tell the attorney general to remove Mueller from the investigation based on supposed conflicts of interest Trump often raised that Justice Department had determined were meritless.. Trump also pressed Sessions to..…
Mueller's team, however, did assist Justice Department with making redactions... ... Claiming vindication, Trump and Republicans have angled for investigations of FBI's against Trump, probe that would eventually morph into Mueller's ' Russiagate investigation. ..…
The article was written before the conclusions of the investigative report on Russian collusion by special counsel Robert Mueller were made public by Attorney General William Barr, who told Congress the Trump campaign was spied on by the U.S. government. . The Justice Department is..…
Critics of Justice Department have pointed to, among other the things, the use of the largely unverified Trump by FBI to obtain Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants to spy on Trump campaign Carter Page. In its rebuttal to House Intelligence GOP,..…
McCabe: Justice officials considered Trump’s ouster . Ousted FBI acting director Andrew McCabe confirms reports that top Justice Department officials considered invoking a constitutional amendment to remove President Donald Trump from office after Trump abruptly..…
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin wrote to Massachusetts Democrat last week that his department could not immediately comply with the request for Trump's taxes and that he would be discussing the matter further with DOJ counsel. ..…
McCabe wrote February in Atlantic in which he disputed Trump's and Sander's of Comey's firing. Justice Department released Mueller report to Thursday. The report represents the culmination of investigation into collusion between Trump's and Russian government.. ..…
But recent poll shows that majority want Congress to keep investigating Trump's ties with Russia, Justice Department has shared too few details with the public. ..…