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…
A Federal Judge Just Ordered George Papadopoulos to Report to Prison on Monday
Ting Shen/Xinhua/ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos must report to prison on Monday, a federal judge ruled Sunday, rejecting a last-minute attempt to delay his sentence. Papadopoulos pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI about his contacts with individuals connected to the…
Trump Now Says He Didn’t Know Anything About Whitaker’s Anti-Mueller Comments
Jim Loscalzo/CNP via ZUMA Wire Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Before Matthew Whitaker, now the acting attorney general, entered the Justice Department as Jeff Sessions’ chief of staff, he raised his public profile as a television pundit attacking special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe. But in a new interview on “Fox…
Right-Wing Conspiracy Theorist Jerome Corsi Expects to Be Indicted in Russia Investigation
Jerome Corsi/YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Right-wing conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi announced Monday evening that he expects to be indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the coming days for perjury. In rambling video that he livestreamed on YouTube, Corsi explained that Mueller’s office had informed him of plans…
Trump’s New Acting Attorney General Claimed There Was No Evidence Russia Interfered in the 2016 Election
Charlie Neibergall/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As soon as President Donald Trump installed Matt Whitaker as acting attorney general, media outlets began mining his appearances as a radio and television pundit and discovered he had repeatedly denigrated the Mueller investigation, which he now will be overseeing, and claimed there…