• Papadopoulos served prison time for lying to the FBI during its investigation into Russia's meddling on behalf of Trump in the 2016 election. (yahoo.com)
  • Those pledges have been eclipsed by the political furor over Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. (newsmax.com)
  • He also said there could be a push from Congress for even greater sanctions amid the investigation into Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election. (sky.com)
  • Everything We've Learned From Robert Mueller's Investigation (So Far) Even without seeing the full report, we know plenty about wrongdoing by Trump associates and Russia's 2016 election meddling. (nymag.com)
  • The US Capitol is seen after Special Counsel Robert Mueller reportedly handed in a long awaited report on his investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 presidential election and any potential wrongdoing by President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, March 22, 2019. (theworld.org)
  • Here is a timeline of significant developments in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 US presidential election and whether President Donald Trump's campaign conspired with Moscow. (theworld.org)
  • That would mean restarting the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russia's 2016 meddling but waiting for Special Counsel Robert Mueller's findings before making any political determination on the matter. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Previous to her time in Atlanta, Gallagher worked as a National Security Correspondent based in Washington, D.C. where she reported on investigations into Russia's meddling in the 2016 U.S. elections, the fight against ISIS and other defense strategies. (cnn.com)
  • White House press secretary Sean Spicer announced in a statement that Trump requested that congressional intelligence committees 'determine whether executive branch investigative powers were abused in 2016' as part of their investigations of Russia's alleged meddling in the U.S. election. (go.com)
  • Mueller has wide-ranging authority to investigate Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, including whether or not Trump's associates colluded. (time.com)
  • The special counsel is looking at Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and whether there was any collusion with the Trump campaign. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • The FBI as part of our counterintelligence mission is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts," Comey told the House Intelligence Committee. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The reported conversations suggest Dowd, and possibly others including Trump himself, were concerned the former national security adviser and Trump campaign chairman might cut a deal with Robert Mueller, the Justice Department's special counsel investigating Russia's 2016 election meddling, and give him information damaging to the president. (rollcall.com)
  • The report caps an investigation that began with the promise of bipartisanship but quickly transformed into an acrimonious battle between Democrats and Republicans over Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and whether there were any connections with the Trump campaign. (arabnews.com)
  • But Merrill acknowledged that Sessions' chances could be complicated by his relationship with Trump, which was badly strained after Sessions recused himself from the investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election, leading to the appointment of a special counsel. (wral.com)
  • Sullivan added that he could "only assume federal authorities will now explore this direct connection between Trump and Russia as part of their existing probe into Russia's meddling in our elections. (naturalnews.com)
  • The timing of Russia's outreach was critical to the way the probe into Russia's election meddling has unfolded. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • The investigation became special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • Speaking before a packed audience Monday, the President didn't once respond to FBI Director James Comey, who spent the day testifying about Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and confirming, for the first time publicly, that there is an investigation into the connections between Trump associates and Russian operatives. (fox47news.com)
  • However, three years after the election the FBI Director appointed by Trump, Christopher A. Wray, stated: "We have no information that indicates that Ukraine interfered with the 2016 presidential election. (wikipedia.org)
  • Trump was also under investigation by US then special prosecutor Robert Mueller from May 2017 to March 2019 to determine if Trump's campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 US presidential election. (presstv.ir)
  • The US treasury has already imposed sanctions on Russia for alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election, taking steps against 19 people and five entities. (sky.com)
  • The accused 'had a strategic goal to sow discord in the US political system, including the 2016 US presidential election' according to the court document filed by Mueller. (theworld.org)
  • But in advance of the talks, Trump listed a series of topics that did not include Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. (ktrs.com)
  • Trump said he took Putin at his word that Russia did not seek to interfere in the US presidential election last year, despite a finding from US intelligence agencies that it did . (wkbw.com)
  • He's the sixth Trump aide to be charged in connection with Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election and its possible ties to Trump campaign officials. (journal-news.com)
  • Hillary Clinton is GUILTY of manipulating the 2016 US Presidential Election. (naturalnews.com)
  • The Special Counsel inquiry looked at Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, ties between Trump associates and Russian officials, and possible obstruction of justice by Trump and his allies. (world-wire.com)
  • As President Trump's presidency nears its first 100 days, Trump and his campaign are facing multiple investigations over whether the campaign colluded with Russian officials to influence the 2016 presidential election. (democracynow.org)
  • It is also possible that the low point for public trust in the media in 2016 was an anomaly because of the contentious presidential election. (gallup.com)
  • U.S. government investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 elections, and the links between Russian intelligence and Trump associates, started with the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation (July 31, 2016, to May 17, 2017), and continued with the "Mueller investigation" (or Special Counsel investigation, 2017-2019) which was established after President Donald Trump fired the director of the FBI James Comey, (raising suspicions of obstruction of justice). (wikipedia.org)
  • The Mueller investigation concluded that Russian interference was "sweeping and systematic" and "violated U.S. criminal law", and indicted Russian citizens and Russian organizations. (wikipedia.org)
  • Over the shouts of a lone heckler at a packed Livermore town hall, Northern California Rep. Eric Swalwell on Saturday once more called for the creation of an independent commission to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election. (latimes.com)
  • Nearly all Americans say Russian meddling in the 2018 midterm elections would be unacceptable, even if their party was the beneficiary of any interference. (cbsnews.com)
  • One of the key narratives from the Democrats and corporate media after the 2016 election was that "Russian interference," in particular through the seeding of misinformation and propaganda on Facebook, had been a critical factor in President Trump's victory. (breitbart.com)
  • Trump said last week that he would raise the meddling issue again with Putin, but questions have been swirling about whether Trump will sharply and publicly rebuke his Russian counterpart for the interference that prompted a special investigation probe that Trump has repeatedly labeled a "witch hunt. (ktrs.com)
  • Last week, the Senate Intelligence Committee issued a subpoena for Flynn's "documents relevant to the Committee's investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 elections. (npr.org)
  • The U.S. president faced widespread criticism for comments at the Helsinki summit press conference in which he suggested he believed Putin's denials about alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election that put him in office, contradicting conclusions by the U.S. intelligence community. (rferl.org)
  • Trump has repeatedly expressed hope for improvement in ties with Russia, which have been badly strained by disputes over issues that also include Moscow's military interference in Ukraine and the poisoning of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain. (rferl.org)
  • The House investigation is the first of several inquiries probing Russian election interference to conclude. (arabnews.com)
  • "The investigation did not show that individuals of the Trump campaign collaborated or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference efforts," the probe concluded. (world-wire.com)
  • Results from a new survey and focus groups conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner provide guidance for all who are addressing the scandal enveloping the Trump administration regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. (gqrr.com)
  • Mueller's appointment comes a week after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, who had been leading the investigation, just as it was heating up, with subpoenas being issued and Comey himself asking for more prosecutorial resources. (politico.com)
  • He said Mueller's investigation did not eliminate the need for an independent commission. (latimes.com)
  • Mueller's investigation found that Russia meddled in the 2016 election to help Trump, and led to criminal convictions of several former campaign aides. (presstv.ir)
  • The easiest (albeit, not especially easy) way for Putin to find out what's behind Mueller's redactions is to order Trump to demand Putin's counter-investigation against the DOJ, the FBI, the SCO, the Obama holdovers and everybody else on Crazy George's list of the usual suspects. (jonathanturley.org)
  • Whatever is behind Mueller's redactions is potentially exculpatory for the targets of Putin's counter-investigation. (jonathanturley.org)
  • It was unclear whether Comey had firsthand knowledge of Mueller's investigation when he made the comment. (time.com)
  • Flynn was the first member of Trump's administration to plead guilty to a crime uncovered by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian attempts to influence the 2016 U.S. election and potential collusion by Trump aides. (rawstory.com)
  • NBC cited unnamed people familiar with Mueller's investigation, as well as witnesses who have been interviewed by Mueller's team. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • Mueller's Prosecutors Are Said to Have Interviewed Jared Kushner on Russia Meeting. (snopes.com)
  • Based on his tweets and public comments about both entities, the Russia investigation and Mueller's team, those people include the president. (rollcall.com)
  • Mueller, 72, will oversee a sprawling and potentially explosive investigation that, his fans and critics alike said Wednesday night, will be finished when he says it's finished, no matter the pushback from the White House or Trump's political appointee running the Justice Department, Attorney General Jeff Sessions. (politico.com)
  • The FBI's investigation into possible collusion between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia in last year's election could hamper his political agenda for months, if not years, to come. (politico.eu)
  • The announcment was part of a week-long push to publicize Trump's plans to overhaul the country's aging infrastructure while the White House confronts a growing probe into alleged ties between his campaign and Russia. (newsmax.com)
  • Mr. Trump's failure to publicly denounce Putin's role in the 2016 election caused concern across the political world, leading many to question if the president had more faith in a known U.S. adversary than his own intelligence chiefs. (cbsnews.com)
  • And what happened yesterday, to the surprise of the Democrats, was the Republicans fell in line with Donald Trump's view about the lack of Russian meddling. (wbur.org)
  • May 17 - US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appoints former FBI Director Mueller as a special counsel to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 election and to look into any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and people associated with Republican Trump's campaign. (theworld.org)
  • The appointment follows President Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey on May 9 and days later Trump attributed the dismissal to 'this Russia thing. (theworld.org)
  • Oct. 30 - Veteran Republican political operative and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who worked for the campaign for five pivotal months in 2016, is indicted on charges of conspiracy against the United States and money laundering as is his business partner Rick Gates, who also worked for Trump's campaign. (theworld.org)
  • Dec. 1 - Michael Flynn, Trump's national security adviser for less than a month who also had a prominent campaign role, pleads guilty to the charge of lying to the FBI about his discussions in 2016 with the Russian ambassador to Washington. (theworld.org)
  • Another White House press briefing leads to questions about the promised investigation into the claims and Comey's reported request made in private that the Justice Department publicly shoot down Trump's claims. (go.com)
  • Flynn also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors delving into contacts between Trump's inner circle and Russia before the president took office. (rawstory.com)
  • Senator Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said she believed the indictments in the investigation so far and Trump's 'continual tweets' pointed toward an obstruction of justice case. (rawstory.com)
  • The Russia matter has dogged Trump's first year in office, and this weekend overshadowed his first big legislative win when the Senate approved a tax bill. (rawstory.com)
  • But Monday's session was condemned in advance by members of Congress from both parties after the U.S. indictment last week of 12 Russian military intelligence officers accused of hacking Democrats in the 2016 election to help Trump's presidential campaign. (ktrs.com)
  • That report did not find that Trump's team colluded with Russia in meddling in the 2016 election but cited several instances when Trump tried to thwart the investigation , pointing to possible obstruction of justice. (sltrib.com)
  • Speculation about an FBI investigation has roiled Washington and cast a cloud over President Donald Trump's first months in office. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • His remarks, which came near the end of Trump's marathon swing through Asia, amounted to the clearest statement yet of Trump's views about last year's election meddling issue. (wkbw.com)
  • As Trump has traveled abroad, the special counsel investigation looking into possible collusion between his campaign aides and Russia has crept close to Trump's inner circle . (wkbw.com)
  • But on his flight, which departed Da Nang in the early evening Saturday, Trump's simmering anger over the Russia matter burst forth. (wkbw.com)
  • Trump's acceptance of Putin's denial that Russia sought to sway the election in his favor runs counter to assessments by US intelligence agencies. (wkbw.com)
  • The Republican-led House intelligence committee on Friday released a lengthy report concluding it found no evidence that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia in the 2016 presidential campaign. (arabnews.com)
  • They specifically cited the Trump campaign for "poor judgment" in taking a June 2016 meeting in Trump Tower that was described in emails to Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., as part of a Russian government effort to aide his father's presidential bid. (arabnews.com)
  • It's also unclear how Sessions would fare in light of President Donald Trump's past attacks on his former attorney general for his handling of the Mueller investigation. (wral.com)
  • The investigation determined that Russian intelligence hacked and disseminated embarrassing data from the Clinton campaign and several Democratic Party groups and that the Russian Internet Research Agency's social media campaign promoted Trump's presidential run while criticizing Clinton's. (world-wire.com)
  • Major reporting on the alleged unrest surrounding Trump's administration -- including the departure of several high-level aides and the ongoing investigation into the Trump campaign's potential meddling with Russia -- may be feeding this perception. (gallup.com)
  • With major outlets such as The Washington Post and The New York Times conducting in-depth investigations of Trump's presidential campaign and White House officials, Democrats may be heartened by major media outlets seemingly committed to 'real' journalism. (gallup.com)
  • It also shows the ambition of Russian intelligence, which has been overshadowed by reports of its social-media efforts to influence the 2016 election. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • Trump rejects the conclusion of US intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to benefit candidate Trump, suggesting without evidence instead that hostile American officials may have planted false information that led to the Russia inquiry. (wikipedia.org)
  • July 16 - In Helsinki after the first summit between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump publicly contradicts US intelligence agencies that concluded Moscow had interfered in the 2016 election with a campaign of hacking and propaganda. (theworld.org)
  • He has claimed the investigations were an "illegal hoax", (they have been dubbed the Russia Collusion Hoax), and that the "real collusion" was between Hillary Clinton, Democrats, and Russia - and later, Ukraine. (wikipedia.org)
  • He attacked the Russia investigation over 1,100 times by February 2019, claiming that it was fabricated as an excuse for Hillary Clinton losing the Electoral College in 2016, that it was an "illegal hoax", and that the FBI had refused to investigate the "real collusion" between the Democrats and Russia - and later, Ukraine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Democrats are looking into whether Trump abused his power by withholding $391 million in US security aid to Ukraine as leverage to pressure Kiev to conduct an investigation that would benefit him politically. (presstv.ir)
  • Democrats accuse the president of trying to quash an ongoing probe into his campaign's contacts with Russia. (politico.eu)
  • Democrats' retort to FBI: What about Trump and Russia? (politico.eu)
  • Seventy percent of Republicans call the Russia investigation a "witch hunt," while Democrats call it a "critical" matter of national security (77 percent). (cbsnews.com)
  • Polls suggest the Democrats shouldn't lose in the House, but after 2016 everyone is paranoid. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Utah's other members of Congress, all Republicans, remain steadfast in their objection to impeachment and have urged Democrats to move on from the 2016 election. (sltrib.com)
  • Rep. Chris Stewart, a Utah Republican and member of the House Intelligence Committee, has defended Trump during the Muller investigation and argues Democrats are on a vendetta to get the president. (sltrib.com)
  • Democrats on the committee, led by ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), sought to tease out what the FBI and the NSA know about any possible ties between Trump advisers and the Kremlin, but in a public hearing Comey could say little about the ongoing investigation. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The House report's conclusion on collusion is fiercely opposed by committee Democrats, who accused their Republican colleagues of playing "defense counsel" for the White House throughout the investigation. (arabnews.com)
  • The indictment does not charge Stone with conspiring with Russia but instead accuses him of witness tampering, obstruction and false statements about his interactions related to WikiLeaks' release during the run-up to the 2016 election of emails stolen from Democrats by Russian operatives. (journal-news.com)
  • Even with the Russia investigation in its early days and the election more than a year off, Democrats already enjoy a notable enthusiasm edge in these battleground districts. (gqrr.com)
  • Robert Mueller, who is leading the probe into Russia's meddling in the election as special prosecutor, remade the FBI in the wake of 9/11. (politico.com)
  • John Carlin, who led the Justice Department's National Security Division as it pursued the Russia hacking probe in its earliest stages before the November election and is a former chief of staff and senior counsel to Mueller, said his former boss would run a buttoned-down, by-the-book operation. (politico.com)
  • Questions over the Russia probe and GOP efforts to kill the Affordable Care Act dominated the discussion. (latimes.com)
  • James Comey says the probe is part of a larger investigation into whether Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election. (politico.eu)
  • That drama will come to a head on Thursday when former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, who was leading the Russia probe until Trump fired him, testifies before a U.S. Senate panel. (newsmax.com)
  • A series of tweets by U.S. President Donald Trump about the investigation into contacts between his 2016 campaign and Russia prompted concerns on Sunday among both Democratic and Republican lawmakers, with Republican Senator Lindsey Graham saying Trump could be wading into 'peril' by commenting on the probe. (rawstory.com)
  • He told the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee in June he believed his dismissal was related to the Russia probe, and said Trump asked him to end the investigation of Flynn. (rawstory.com)
  • McCord has led the probe into Russian election meddling. (npr.org)
  • FBI Director James Comey confirmed Monday that the bureau has since July been examining the Russian campaign to meddle in the 2016 American election, and that the federal probe includes an investigation of any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin effort. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • The Russia probe puts "the country in a very bad position," Trump told the Times during an interview in West Palm Beach with no lawyers or aides present, and "the sooner it's worked out, the better it is for the country. (theweek.com)
  • It was also known as the Russia inquiry, the Mueller investigation, and the Mueller probe. (world-wire.com)
  • Jared Kushner is reportedly under scrutiny by the FBI in the Russia probe. (liberalvaluesblog.com)
  • There won't be additional discussion," citing Comey's explanation last summer of why the FBI and Justice Department weren't filing charges in the Hillary Clinton email investigation, a decision that sparked controversy and, according to Trump, played a contributing role in his decision to fire Comey last week. (politico.com)
  • FBI Director James Comey makes a statement at FBI Headquarters in Washington, July 5, 2016. (go.com)
  • A report from the New York Times last month dropped like a bombshell: Trump, according to a memo written by Comey, had asked his FBI Director to back off the investigation into ousted National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, raising the specter that the President may have obstructed justice. (time.com)
  • While the hearing mostly focused on Trump, Comey, their interactions and his firing, Republicans on the committee also revisited Comey's controversial handling last year of the investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server. (time.com)
  • Asked if Lynch's brief meeting with former President Bill Clinton on an airport tarmac led him to go public about the investigation, Comey responded, "Yes, in an ultimately conclusive way. (time.com)
  • That was the thing that capped it for me that I had to do something separately to protect the credibility of the investigation, which meant both the FBI and the Justice Department," Comey said. (time.com)
  • WELNA: Well, I think the bombshell this week, besides the fact that FBI Director Comey said that there is a counterintelligence investigation looking at possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, was that Nunes said that he has seen intelligence that suggests that the names of people involved in the Trump campaign may have been unmasked. (wunc.org)
  • Legal experts and some Democratic lawmakers said if Trump knew Flynn lied to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and then pressured Comey not to investigate him, that could bolster a charge of obstruction of justice. (rawstory.com)
  • Comey, who had been investigating the Russia allegations, was fired by Trump in May. (rawstory.com)
  • President Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to close down the agency's investigation into his former national security adviser Michael Flynn just one day after Flynn was let go, according to two sources close to Comey. (npr.org)
  • Comey - who was fired one week ago by Trump amid the FBI investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia - wrote in the February memo that Trump asked for the investigation of Flynn to go away - to which Comey gave a non-response response. (npr.org)
  • I hope you can let this go,'" Trump told Comey of the Flynn investigation, the same source said. (npr.org)
  • While the President has repeatedly expressed his view that General Flynn is a decent man who served and protected our country, the President has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation, including any investigation involving General Flynn. (npr.org)
  • Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, who took over last week after Comey was fired, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee last week that, "There has been no effort to impede our investigation to date. (npr.org)
  • While describing his relationship with Putin and the ongoing investigations into 2016 meddling, Trump seemed to indicate on Saturday that he trusts Putin's denials more than the comments of former intelligence officials, like former high-ranking intelligence officials James Comey, John Brennan and James Clapper. (wkbw.com)
  • By not commenting on Comey, Trump was also staying mum on his unfounded claim that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign. (fox47news.com)
  • While Trump didn't mention Comey, the White House tried to distance the Trump campaign from some of the campaign advisers in question and argued that the investigation into 2016 wiretapping and surveillance wasn't finished. (fox47news.com)
  • If we do anything, we should make sure that the 2018 election is more secure than the 2016 election," Swalwell said, drawing a round of applause from the audience. (latimes.com)
  • President Donald Trump suggested on Saturday he's done confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin over his country's election meddling since it's insulting to the Russian leader. (wkbw.com)
  • Foreign policy advisers Page and Papadopoulos revealed in recent congressional testimony and court documents that between April 2016 and July 2016 they met, spoke, and exchanged emails with Russians who gushed about Trump and wanted to bring him closer to Russian President Vladimir Putin. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • Trump touts Putin's 'extremely strong and powerful' denial of meddling. (theworld.org)
  • The fraught relations between the two leaders was underscored anew when Putin's spokesman said election meddling did not come up when they spoke, even though Trump said it did. (wkbw.com)
  • Comey's confirmation of the ongoing investigation was an extraordinary acknowledgement. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Special prosecutor Robert Mueller led the investigation from May 2017 until March 2019. (world-wire.com)
  • The woman leading the Justice Department's investigation of foreign meddling into the 2016 election and possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia has told staff members she will leave the department in May. (npr.org)
  • Trump in particular has attacked not only the origins but the conclusions of the investigation, and ordered a review of the Mueller report, which was conducted by attorney general William Barr - alleging there was a "deep state plot" to undermine him. (wikipedia.org)
  • From the outset, conservatives tried to delegitimize the Mueller investigation. (wikipedia.org)
  • On April 2, 2019, Trump personally urged investigation into the origins of the Mueller investigation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Soon after former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III was named special counsel to oversee the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion by associates of Donald Trump, the president put out a statement saying he looked forward to the inquiry's speedy resolution. (politico.com)
  • Based on past history, the investigation could stretch over a period of several years, as Mueller encourages FBI agents and prosecutors to pursue every lead, interview every witness - numerous times if needed - and consider any possible permutation of criminal violations, current and former colleagues said. (politico.com)
  • I can't think of a better selection," Carlin said, praising Mueller as someone whose reputation for integrity and experience overseeing complex investigations is respected "by people of all parties and background… by prosecutors and law enforcement agencies. (politico.com)
  • But Mueller concluded that he did not have enough evidence to prove there was a criminal conspiracy between Trump and Russia. (presstv.ir)
  • The Russiagate investigation was a 32 million dollar expenditure where Robert Mueller came up with absolutely nothing that would stick to Trump," Dankof told Press TV on Friday. (presstv.ir)
  • Special Counsel Robert Mueller has asked witnesses about Kushner's attempts to secure financing for his family's real estate ventures, focusing specifically on his talks with people from Qatar and Turkey, as well as Russia, China and the United Arab Emirates, NBC News said. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • A separate investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller continues, as do probes led by the Senate intelligence and judiciary committees. (arabnews.com)
  • The Mueller investigation came to a conclusion in the Mueller report, which stated that while the Trump campaign welcomed Russian involvement and planned to benefit from it, there was insufficient evidence to charge Trump or his allies with conspiracy. (world-wire.com)
  • Committee Republicans chose not to seriously investigate - or even see, when in plain sight - evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia," Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the top Democrat on the committee, said in a statement. (arabnews.com)
  • Michael S. Rogers, the director of the National Security Agency, urging them to publicly deny the existence of any evidence of collusion during the 2016 election. (liberalvaluesblog.com)
  • White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer also stood behind a series of comments from Obama administration officials who said they saw no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. (fox47news.com)
  • But Trump, speaking a day before U.S. midterm elections that will help shape the second half of his four-year term amid high tension in U.S. politics and society, said on November 5 that Russia and the United States 'haven't set anything up yet' for talks in Paris. (rferl.org)
  • After Trump concluded his remarks, American reporters shouted several questions about whether he would bring up election meddling during his discussions with Putin. (ktrs.com)
  • Trump spoke to Putin three times on the sidelines of summit here , where the Russia meddling issue arose. (wkbw.com)
  • The contacts illustrate the overlooked role in the 2016 election of Russian intelligence, which has flourished under Putin, a former spy. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • In May 2016, as Trump sealed the Republican presidential nomination and expressed optimism about relations with Putin, he installed as campaign chairman Paul Manafort, a Republican operative who consulted for a Russia-friendly Ukrainian political party from 2006 to 2015. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • He added: "As with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed. (npr.org)
  • The FBI launched a counterintelligence investigation one month later, reacting to what former CIA director John Brennan told Congress was growing alarm over "contacts and interactions between Russian officials and US persons involved in the Trump campaign. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • The report largely confirms the findings of US intelligence agencies that Russia was assessed to be responsible for cyberattacks on US political institutions, including the hack of the Democratic National Committee's emails. (arabnews.com)
  • Top Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook testified under oath in federal court and confirmed that Hillary Clinton devised the Russia/Alfa Bank rumors. (naturalnews.com)
  • In June 2016, in the so-called Trump Tower meeting, Trump Jr. met a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer who he'd been told wanted to share incriminating information about Hillary Clinton. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • Russia, which denies interfering in the election, says there is no evidence that the 12 are linked to spying or hacking. (theworld.org)
  • Russia has denied interfering in the election, and Trump has said there was no collusion. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • Despite partisan claims, those involved with the investigation have consistently stated that there is no evidence of any collusion between Trump and the Russians with regards to meddling in the 2016 election. (liberalvaluesblog.com)
  • Instead of President Trump saying to his counterpart in Ukraine in words or substance, "Do me a favor …" he would have to have said, "Here's the deal …" and followed up by explicitly linking an investigation of the Bidens to the provision of U.S. military assistance. (time.com)
  • According to the Trump administration, the Russia investigation should never have happened in the first place as it was a plot by law enforcement and intelligence officials to prevent Trump from winning the 2016 election, and then, once he won the election, to frustrate his "America First" agenda. (wikipedia.org)
  • Schiff cited several "secret meetings and communication" between people linked to Russia and Trump campaign officials, including Trump Jr. and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. (arabnews.com)
  • Evidence of this was further increased this week when news came out that Trump had attempted to get two top intelligence officials to help him block the FBI investigation . (liberalvaluesblog.com)
  • President Trump asked two of the nation's top intelligence officials in March to help him push back against an FBI investigation into possible coordination between his campaign and the Russian government, according to current and former officials. (liberalvaluesblog.com)
  • US officials have not said what contacts triggered the investigation into Russian intelligence efforts. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • Trump has denied any collusion between Russia and his campaign. (newsmax.com)
  • But the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign remains a divisive political issue, with Republicans more likely to doubt the FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies and more likely to back the president, a new CBS News poll found. (cbsnews.com)
  • In 2016, Gallagher spent most of the year on the campaign trail, and was reporting live when Donald Trump was declared the winner of the historic election. (cnn.com)
  • It was part of its investigation into the connection between President Trump, members of his campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign. (wunc.org)
  • He says there's more than circumstantial evidence that there may have been collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. (wunc.org)
  • His term has been clouded by investigations into the alleged Russian meddling and whether his associates colluded with Moscow during and after the campaign. (rferl.org)
  • While the committee found no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded, coordinated, or conspired with the Russian government, the investigation did find poor judgment and ill-considered actions by the Trump and Clinton campaigns," the House intelligence committee wrote. (arabnews.com)
  • The panel also singles out Manafort for criticism, saying the numerous criminal charges he faces unrelated to Russia illustrated the need for better vetting by the campaign. (arabnews.com)
  • No one could connect Trump to Russia or Alfa Bank, but Clinton and her campaign continued to promote the story. (naturalnews.com)
  • On October 31, 2016 (one week before the election), Campaign adviser Jake Sullivan stated: "Computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank. (naturalnews.com)
  • A criminal investigation into possible conspiracy and obstruction of justice charges against President Trump and individuals of his campaign or administration was part of the inquiry. (world-wire.com)
  • Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign showed how t he Clinton campaign initiated a strategy to blame Clinton's loss on others , such as Russia, within twenty-four hours of her loss. (liberalvaluesblog.com)
  • While President Donald Trump continues to say he's skeptical that Russia interfered in the election and denies that there was any collusion between his campaign and Russian authorities, outside experts say they believe there can now be little doubt that the Russian government was trying to penetrate the campaign. (buzzfeednews.com)
  • On his personal Twitter account, Trump slammed any talk of connections between his 2016 campaign and Russia before Monday's hearing. (fox47news.com)
  • The 14% trust among Republicans today ties with 2016 as the low for this party in Gallup's trend. (gallup.com)
  • On November 22, 2019, The Washington Post reported that a forthcoming United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General report found the origin of the FBI investigation was properly predicated on a legal and factual basis, and the report did not support several conservative conspiracy theories about the origin. (wikipedia.org)
  • Half of Republicans say that hearing criticisms of President Trump on the Russia issue makes them want to defend him more. (cbsnews.com)
  • In principle, people are not ok with this (Russian meddling) but there's a difference between that principle they tell us, and what a lot of Republicans see as unfair criticism of the president. (cbsnews.com)
  • Notably, the Democratic generic vote and the party's enthusiasm edge over Republicans both rise even after a prolonged and balanced discussion of the Russia investigation. (gqrr.com)
  • This week the Russia collusion story took a new twist, with emails surfacing showing that Donald Trump Jr. (valuewalk.com)
  • Claims that Zelenskyy has abandoned the capital aren't the only narratives Russia is trying to use to lower Ukrainian morale, according to Roman Osadchuk, a Ukraine-based analyst with the Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab. (yahoo.com)
  • Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse," Trump tweeted Monday morning, blaming "many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt! (ktrs.com)
  • On July 28, 2016, former CIA Director John Brennan briefed former President Obama on the plan to lie to the public as "a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server. (naturalnews.com)
  • There he rose to become head of the criminal division, and oversaw the investigation into the Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, and the investigation and the prosecutions of Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega and New York mobster John Gotti. (politico.com)
  • Voters want the facts behind this scandal to come out, and strongly reject moves by Trump to cut off the investigation or potential prosecutions. (gqrr.com)
  • Although the Russia scandal is not the top concern, the research shows this issue is motivating to potential Democratic voters. (gqrr.com)
  • Muller's team also has expressed interest in a meeting Kushner held at Trump Tower in December 2016 with former Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al Thani, people familiar with the meeting told NBC News. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • exclusive, we speak with a man who has been at the center of much discussion of Russian election meddling: Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks. (democracynow.org)
  • WikiLeaks maintains Russia was not the source of the documents. (democracynow.org)
  • The investigation resulted in charges against 34 individuals and 3 companies, 8 guilty pleas, and a conviction at trial. (wikipedia.org)
  • Charges were filed against 34 people and three corporations as a consequence of the investigation, which resulted in eight guilty pleas and a trial conviction. (world-wire.com)
  • On one side of that alleged quid pro quo would be the public announcement of an investigation by Ukraine into a rival presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, and a member of Biden's family. (time.com)
  • I would just say this with the president: There's an ongoing criminal investigation,' Graham said on the CBS program 'Face the Nation. (rawstory.com)
  • No White House official ever interfered with any independent investigation led by the Department of Justice. (go.com)
  • MARTIN: If anything, this week we have learned that this independent investigation that's supposed to be happening at the House level, chaired by Devin Nunes, Republican, Adam Schiff, the Democrat, there's a divorce afoot or at least a separation between these two men. (wunc.org)