WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday appointed a special counsel to investigate the presence of documents with classified markings found at President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, and at an office in Washington. The announcement followed Biden's acknowledgement Thursday morning that a document with classified markings from...
DOJ Reviews Potentially Classified Documents at Biden Center
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is reviewing a batch of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden's former institute, the White House said Monday. Special counsel to the president Richard Sauber said “a small number of documents with classified markings” were discovered as Biden's...
Mueller: Special Counsel Probe Did Not Exonerate Trump
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller said Wednesday he was legally barred from charging President Donald Trump with a crime but pointedly emphasized that his Russia report did not exonerate the president. If he could have cleared Trump of obstruction of justice he "would have said so," Mueller said. The...
Is Mueller Wrapping Up Russia Probe? Acting AG Says Yes.
WASHINGTON — The special counsel's Russia probe is "close to being completed," the acting attorney general said Monday in the first official sign that the investigation may be wrapping up. Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker's comments were a departure for the Justice Department, which rarely comments on the state of...
Mueller Disputes BuzzFeed Report Trump Told Cohen to Lie
WASHINGTON — Special counsel Robert Mueller's office on Friday issued a rare public statement disputing the accuracy of BuzzFeed News' report that said President Donald Trump's attorney told Mueller that the president directed him to lie to Congress. BuzzFeed, citing two unidentified law enforcement officials, reported that Trump directed Michael...
Trump Team Turns Over Written Answers to Mueller’s Questions
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has provided the special counsel with written answers to questions about his knowledge of Russian interference in the 2016 election, his lawyers said Tuesday, avoiding at least for now a potentially risky sit-down with prosecutors. It's the first time he has directly cooperated with the...
Trump Appears to Change Story on Meeting With Russian Lawyer
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — President Donald Trump appears to have changed his story about a 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that is pivotal to the special counsel's investigation, tweeting that his son met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer to collect information about his political opponent. Trump tweeted on Sunday: [raw] Fake News...
Nunes Issues Statement on Russia Investigation Indictments
Indictments were issued today against 13 Russian nationals suspected of criminal interference with the 2016 U.S. presidential election as part of the Justice Department's special counsel investigation. The Washington Post reports, "The Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, was named in the indictment as the hub of an ambitious effort...
Nunes Issues Statement on Russia Investigation Indictments
Indictments were issued today against 13 Russian nationals suspected of criminal interference with the 2016 U.S. presidential election as part of the Justice Department's special counsel investigation. The Washington Post reports, "The Internet Research Agency, based in St. Petersburg, was named in the indictment as the hub of an ambitious effort...
Where Does NunesMemo.com Go? Straight to Janz Campaign Site
With Republicans screaming on social media for Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Tulare) to "RELEASE THE MEMO" and expose all sorts of alleged FBI wrongdoing, what does somebody, presumably a Democrat, do? That somebody creates a website, www.nunesmemo.com, and redirects every click to the campaign website of Andrew Janz, a Democrat who is...