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Assange, Manafort Deny Report They Met. The White House Declined To Address It

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

The boss of WikiLeaks and Donald Trump's former campaign chairman both said Tuesday they hadn't met before the 2016 election, notwithstanding a news account that said Manafort had flown to London.

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Dems: The Acting Attorney General Can't Continue In His Job. DOJ: Yes, He Can

Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Critics are continuing to put pressure on Matthew Whitaker after he was named as temporary replacement for Jeff Sessions. The Justice Department says the law is clear: He can stay.

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The Russia Investigations: Trump Says His Answers For Mueller Are Done. Now What?

Saturday, November 17, 2018

The president told reporters that he wrote the answers to questions from the special counsel and that he did so "very easily." He also said he suspected some were designed to be a "perjury trap."

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Trump Says He Has Completed Written Answers For Mueller, But Not Turned Them In

Friday, November 16, 2018

The president told reporters the questions were "very routinely answered by me" and that he was able to answer them "very easily." Trump reiterated that the Russia investigation is a "hoax."

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The Russia Investigations: Who's Running The Justice Department?

Saturday, November 10, 2018

The president's appointment of a new acting AG ejected Jeff Sessions and leapfrogged Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, the only person at DOJ who the president may like less than Sessions or Robert Mueller.

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What Will Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker Mean For The Mueller Inquiry?

Wednesday, November 07, 2018

The chief of staff to former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Whitaker is a former U.S. attorney with a history of questioning the scope of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation.

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Where Sessions' Resignation Leaves The Russia Investigation

Wednesday, November 07, 2018

What does the dismissal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions mean for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation?

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The Russia Investigations: Is The Endgame Now In Sight?

Saturday, November 03, 2018

The passage of Election Day on Tuesday may mean that special counsel Robert Mueller's office switches off passive mode and goes active again. If so, then what?

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An Apparent Scheme To Discredit Mueller May Have Backfired. He Referred It To The FBI

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

It isn't clear whether the intention was to embarrass Robert Mueller or to try to embarrass reporters who reported on the purported allegations against the special counsel.

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Trump Suggests He'll Give Written Answers To Mueller, Make More News After Election

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

The president renewed his complaints to Fox News that the special counsel investigation is baseless and denied that his campaign conspired with the Russian attack on the 2016 election.

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The Russia Investigations: The U.S. Launches A Digital Offensive — Gently

Saturday, October 27, 2018

The NSA and U.S. Cyber Command can exercise near-godlike omniscience over the Internet. A recent report from The New York Times provides some insight into what they're doing with it.

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Here's How Russia Runs Its Disinformation Effort Against The 2018 Midterms

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Court documents, intelligence reports and other official accounts have now created the most comprehensive picture yet of one key aspect of the "active measures" targeting the West.

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The Russia Investigations: Why Are Democrats Avoiding The Russia Imbroglio?

Saturday, October 20, 2018

Democrats have placed their chips as they try to unseat Republicans — but not on Russia red. Meanwhile, a liberal billionaire outsider has built a massive organization intent on impeaching Trump.

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Spy Bosses Warn Of Foreign Interference As Feds Unseal New Russia Charges

Friday, October 19, 2018

The intelligence agencies said the threat of foreign interference persists; DOJ unsealed a criminal case against a Russian accused of being the top accountant for Moscow's disinformation effort.

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Trump Intervened In FBI HQ Project To Protect His Hotel, Democrats Allege

Thursday, October 18, 2018

The president has been personally involved with the future of the FBI's Pennsylvania Avenue headquarters building, and Democrats say it is an abuse of power intended to help his hotel up the street.

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'Irresponsible' To Conflate Chinese, Russian Influence Schemes, Democrats Charge

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

The minority leaders of a number of key House committees argue that the White House shouldn't lump together dissimilar foreign threats to U.S. elections, citing a Homeland Security briefing.

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'Tiny' Vs. 'Horseface': Trump Slings Mud With Stormy Daniels After Courtroom Win

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

The president said he relished the chance to battle back in court against the adult film actress after a judge threw out her defamation lawsuit on Monday. Bring it, her lawyer said.

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The Russia Investigations: Unanswered Questions In The Eye Of The Storm

Saturday, October 13, 2018

The president and his lawyers may be close to submitting a take-home exam of sorts to special counsel Robert Mueller, but so many other points about this imbroglio remain unresolved.

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The Russia Investigations: The New Era Of Foreign Threats

Saturday, October 06, 2018

A week's worth of troubling reports about foreign intelligence exploits suggest the danger to U.S. democracy is getting more serious.

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Who Talked To The FBI In The Kavanaugh Case — And Who Didn't?

Thursday, October 04, 2018

The FBI spoke with nine people as it looked into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. He and Christine Blasey Ford apparently weren't among them.

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