Documents Point to Illegal Campaign Coordination Between Trump and the NRA
NRA annual convention in Dallas, May 2018Sue Ogrocki/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The National Rifle Association spent $30 million to help elect Donald Trump—more than any other independent conservative group. Most of that sum went toward television advertising, but a political message loses its power if it fails to…
The Mueller Investigation Grows More Ominous for Trump and His Inner Circle
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs a closed-door meeting with US senators about Russia and the Trump campaign, June 2017J. Scott Applewhite/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. “The time that he can get away with lying to the American people all the time and evading accountability is coming to an end.”…
When the Manafort Plea Deal Blew Up, It Was Good News for Oligarchs
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When the news broke that special counsel Robert Mueller was ending Paul Manafort’s plea deal—because the former Trump campaign manager, according to prosecutors, had repeatedly lied to them during his supposed cooperation—President Donald Trump and his champions had reason to cheer. This seemed to mean…
After Michael Cohen, More Trump-Russia Figures Could Face Charges for Lying to Congress
Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to making false statements to Congress about a Moscow real estate project Trump pursued during the months he was running for president.Drew Angerer/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen is the first associate of President Donald Trump charged with lying to Congress. He probably…
Facebook Is Still Downplaying Its Role in the 2016 Election
Gabriel Sainhas/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Immediately after the 2016 election, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as “crazy” the notion that fake news stories disseminated over his platform had influenced the outcome of the presidential race. Facing an outpouring of criticism about Facebook’s role in spreading disinformation, Zuckerberg and his…
Mueller’s Team Just Said Manafort Lied to Investigators After His Plea Deal
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Monday evening prosecutors from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigative team said Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, lied to investigators after agreeing to a plea deal back in September. “After signing the plea agreement, Manafort committed federal crimes by lying to…