Trump showed senior advisers Sessions’ resignation letter during a May 2017 trip to the Middle East, former White House communications director Hope Hicks told the special counsel’s team. ... Mueller’s report goes on to detail Trump’s claims that Mueller had conflicts of interest,..…
His report notes that Flynn told special counsel investigators that he informed Kislyak about the vote and Transition Team's to the resolution, and requested that Russia vote against or delay the resolution. Mueller then notes that U.N resolution passed with Russian support and U.S..…
Barr’s letter said his own evaluation of the issue had nothing to do with the OLC opinion, but Mueller’s report mentions the opinion as one of the factors that “guided” the team’s obstruction investigation. The report states that Mueller’s team accepted the..…
Furthermore, that the president refused to cooperate with the investigation with regard to answering questions on obstruction of justice charges, and that Mueller team declined to issue order to pursue the issue. Mueller report provides what will be first draft of history of..…
As the attempts to obfuscate were directed at the public, and not Congressional and special prosecutor’s office official, Mueller’s team stated that his actions did not amount to obstructions of justice. . ..…
s enthusiastic response to securing potential dirt on Hillary Clinton offered by Russian government supportive of his father's campaign was reviewed for possible criminal charges by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office, made in Thursday, indicated.. Mueller's team felt the..…
In the report, Mueller's team identified numerous instances in which Trump offered praise for Manafort and his former adviser, and in some cases raised the possibility of pardon as they faced prosecution on charges arising from Mueller's into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.....…
Welcome to USA TODAY NETWORK’S EUROPEAN UNION EXPERIENCE . Learn More . . . . . ... Barr wrote in his letter that Mueller and his team looked into 'a number of actions' by Trump. ..…
Trump, whose legal team called the report “a total victory” for the president, has long described Mueller’s inquiry as a “witch hunt.” . ... Trump refused a sit-down interview with Mueller’s team and eventually provided only written answers. . ..…
One in deciding whether the president obstructed justice, however, was that Mueller and his team did not establish that the President was involved in underlying crime related to Russian interference, ... ..…
In his pre-release press conference, AG Barr excused and defended President Trump's, dishonest attacks against DOJ, FBI, and the professionals on Special Counsel Mueller's team as sincere frustration and anger. ..…
Barr said he told Trump about his relationship with Mueller when he first asked him to join his legal team in 2017. . 'I told him how well I knew Bob Mueller and that the Barrs and Muellers were good friends and would be good friends when this was all over,' Barr said. . ..…
Washington Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report found no grounds to charge conspiracy between Trump and Russia during the election, several members of the team, including former Paul Manafort, were eager for Russian help.. ..…
Mueller, the special counsel, and that, The talks have aided the president's team as it prepares rebuttal to the report and strategizes for the coming war over its findings... ..…
He added that he disagreed with some of the counsel's legal reasoning, and he maintained White House's with Mueller's team suggests the president had no intent to obstruct the probe... ..…
The incidents scrutinized by Mueller's team include Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey, the president's directive to subordinates to have Mueller fired and efforts to encourage witnesses not to cooperate.. ..…
Mueller III and his team that will reveal much about President Trump’s actions in office. . ... So much of the report, it seems so far, is based on the premise that Mueller and Team did not think a prez could be indicted. . . . ..…
(Win McNamee/Getty Images) Mueller Report . Mueller’s team did establish interference from several different groups of Russians, including a group called the Internet Research Agency. . “The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and..…
By reporters does suggest there is indeed not, The report — now being read in frenzy-pleasing smell coming from Oval Office particularly his press team, and not enough to be defined with specificity to bring charges. Special counsel Robert Mueller's lengthy report made Thursday reviewed..…
Shortly after the press conference, Pelosi , “AG Barr has confirmed the staggering partisan effort by the Trump Admin to spin public’s view of the – complete with acknowledgment that the Trump team received a sneak preview. It’s more urgent than ever that Special Counsel Mueller..…
Mueller's team asked the president dozens of questions focusing on June 9, 2016, meeting that included Russian Natalia Veselnitskaya, Glenn Simpson. Mueller asked Trump of the scheduling of the meeting, and when he learned that some of the individuals attending the meeting..…
The pair called on Mueller to testify on Capitol Hill, following Barr's regrettably partisan handling of the release. Mueller's team, however, did assist Justice Department with making redactions... ..…
Further solidifying the optics of a partisan scheme in the eyes of Barr's critics was a New York Times report that said the Justice Department had 'numerous conversations' with lawyers from the White House about the report, which helped Trump's legal team prepare a rebuttal they plan to release after..…
Special Counsel Robert Mueller removes FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page from his team after discovering they had exchanged derogatory texts about President Trump. . . ... Mueller expands probe to include obstruction of justice . The Washington Post reports..…
And despite Mueller deciding not to prosecute anyone from Trump's team for coordinating with Russia, Democrats still want to expose non-criminal misconduct that his report highlights, including the numerous links the special counsel found between Trump campaign officials and people..…
President Donald Trump and his team are spinning the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's redacted Russia report and some analysts appear inclined to agree.. ..…