Pelosi and Schumer Urge Mueller to Testify Publicly
ZUMA In a joint statement Thursday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called on Robert Mueller to publicly testify before Congress, citing what they called Attorney General William Barr’s “regrettably partisan handling” of the special counsel’s report into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia. The statement came on the heels…
Michael Cohen Claims He Has Evidence of Possible Illegal GOP Contributions From China
Michael Cohen speaks to the media after appearing at a closed-door House Intelligence Committee hearing on March 6.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and a former deputy finance chair of the Republican National Committee, claims that he “knows of possible…
Barr Says He’ll Release Redacted Mueller Report by Mid-April
U.S. Attorney General William Barr departs his home March 26, 2019.Win McNamee/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Attorney General William Barr said in a letter Friday that he expects to release a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report “by mid-April, if not sooner.” Last Sunday, after Mueller…
We Still Don’t Know Anything About Mueller’s Counterintelligence Findings
U.S. House Select Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calf.) speaks as ranking member Devin Nunes (R-CA) looks on. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The results of a key part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation were excluded from the four-page letter that Attorney General William Barr sent to…
Prosecutors Question Albanian Politician on Payments From Russia-Linked Firm to GOP Lobbyist
Albanian opposition party leader Lulzim Basha poses with Donald Trump during a 2017 visit to Washington./Facebook Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Albanian prosecutors on Monday questioned the head of the country’s main conservative party regarding more than $600,000 in payments that the party reportedly made in 2017 to a Republican…
There’s a Lot More to Investigate Than Just Russia
Sergei Malgavko/Zuma Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. One of the frustrations of investigative reporting is that usually you don’t see the impact of your work until much later—if at all. That’s why it was remarkable when, earlier this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer…