Paul Manafort Will Give Robert Mueller “Complete Cooperation,” His Attorney Says
Paul Manafort defense lawyer Richard Westling, at federal court in Washington, Friday, Sept. 14, 2018.Dana Verkouteren/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. By the time Paul Manafort entered a packed courtroom on the second floor of the E. Barrett Prettyman US Courthouse in Washington at around 11 a.m. on Friday, everyone knew he was going…
The Russian Hacking of 2016 Was Just a Taste. Here’s What We Could Be In For.
Adam Vieyra; Zocha_K/Getty; MLADN61_Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Oleh Derevianko was on the road to his parents’ village in Ukraine on a bright June day in 2017 when he got a call from the CEO of a telecommunications company. Computer systems were failing at Oschadbank, one of the largest…
Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos Was Just Sentenced to 14 Days in Prison
George Papadopoulos, and his wife Simona Mangiante arrive at federal court for sentencing on Friday, Sept. 7, 2018.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A federal judge sentenced George Papadopoulos, who served as a forign policy adviser to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, to 14 days in prison on Friday.…
Former Trump Campaign Aide Suggests Trump Supported Meeting Russians
FILE – In this Dec. 15, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump sits with Attorney General Jeff Sessions during the FBI National Academy graduation ceremony in Quantico, Va. Evan Vucci/AP Photo Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lawyers for a former Trump campaign adviser say that both Attorney General Jeff Sessions…
Trump Associates Suspected of Misleading Congress Have a New Reason to Worry
W. Samuel Patten leaves the federal court in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republican political operative Samuel Patten’s agreement to plead guilty Friday to charges that he acted as an unregistered lobbyist for a Ukrainian political party included his admission that he…
Political Operative Tied to Paul Manafort Charged With Illegal Foreign Lobbying
Federal prosecutors on Friday morning charged Sam Patten, a former associate of ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, with illegally lobbying for a Ukrainian political party. Patten was charged by the US Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC, and the Justice Department’s National Security Division, not by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. But the case appears to represent the…