THE president has asserted he has the power to pardon himself in Russia probe, adding that the special counsel investigation is “totally unconstitutional.”
On the anniversary of Robert Mueller taking over the investigation into possible Russian collusion in the 2016 election, AP Reporter Eric Tucker reflects on the case: who has been questioned, who has been charged and what is yet to come. (May 17) AP
“And I’m not in favor of that. It’s not something that I relish or take lightly. I’m just telling you that could very well be the option we wind up with at the end,” he said.
The U.S. Senate confirmed Gina Haspel on Thursday to be director of the CIA, ending a bruising confirmation fight centered on her ties to the spy agency's past use of waterboarding and other brutal interrogation techniques
A White House official reportedly mocked John McCain’s health status after he opposed Trump’s spy-chief nominee Gina Haspel. Officials were forced to respond after furious reaction from both the senator’s family and social media.
Among the disclosures in the memos is a Feb. 8, 2017, encounter in which Trump confronted Comey about the contents of a dossier prepared by a former British intelligence agent purportedly describing Trump's involvement with prostitutes during a 2013 visit in Moscow.
So let's cut straight to it. I've been reading the book, and watched the interview. I also spent hours listening to James Comey giving testimony to Congress before he was fired and afterwards. And my views about him have coalesced.
What's now slowly coming to light as we gather more pieces of the puzzle is a coordinated pattern and practice by Trump associates to silence those with potentially embarrassing information about Trump in the weeks leading up to the 2016 election.
FBI agents have raided the home and office of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Michael Cohen, seizing business records that reportedly include details of payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.