Donald Trump Says He “Never Worked for Russia”
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. After spending the weekend failing to directly deny that he had ever acted on behalf of the Russian government, President Donald Trump on Monday morning offered his most definitive response yet, telling reporters outside the White House that he “never worked for Russia.”…
Why the FBI’s Counterintelligence Investigation Into President Trump Is Such a Big Deal
Jacquelyn Martin/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Saturday night, President Donald Trump called into Jeanine Pirro’s show on Fox News to repeat his call for a border wall. The New York Times had just released a bombshell investigation revealing that the FBI had opened a counterintelligence investigation into the sitting…
Steve Mnuchin Briefed Congress on Why He Dropped Sanctions on Russian Companies. It Didn’t Go Well.
Evan Vucci/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin gave lawmakers a classified briefing late Thursday to explain why the Trump administration has decided to drop sanctions against companies owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. But far from placating Democratic lawmakers, he seems to have angered them. Deripaska, a…
House Democrats Want Answers on Admin’s Decision to Lift Sanctions on Deripaska Companies
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin testifying before the Senate Finance Committee on February 14Ting Shen/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. House Democrats are demanding answers from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on why his agency removed companies owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska from its list of sanctioned companies last month.…
Paul Manafort’s Botched Redactions Reveal New Details on Trump-Russia Interactions
Paul Manafort arrives for a court hearing on April 19, 2018, in Washington.Mark Wilson/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Paul Manafort dropped a bombshell on himself Tuesday. In sections of a court filing that lawyers for the imprisoned former Trump campaign boss unsuccessfully tried to redact, Manafort’s attorneys disclosed that…
Paul Manafort’s Lawyers Tried—and Failed—to Redact This Sensitive Legal Filing
Bill Clark/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When lawyers for Paul Manafort filed documents on Monday responding to special counsel Robert Mueller’s allegations that President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman had repeatedly lied to federal investigators, they did so under seal, with Manafort’s defense team signaling that redacted versions would…