Barr wants to make sure DOJ keeps investigating Democrats after he’s gone
Attorney General William Barr appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham as a special counsel in October.
By Associated Press - December 01, 2020Attorney General William Barr appointed U.S. Attorney John Durham as a special counsel in October.
By Associated Press - December 01, 2020The judge is seeking information on what the clemency order covers.
By Associated Press - July 13, 2020Stone was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after being convicted of witness tampering and lying to Congress.
By Emily Singer - June 04, 2020Donald Trump and his allies have launched a broad election-year attack on the investigation into Russian contacts with his 2016 campaign as a ‘deep state’ conspiracy.
By Associated Press - May 19, 2020Trump on Friday said he ‘learned a lot from Richard Nixon’ — the corrupt former president who resigned in disgrace.
By Emily Singer - May 08, 2020The longtime confidant of Donald Trump reassured Julian Assange in a Twitter message that if prosecutors came after him, ‘I will bring down the entire house of cards.’
By Associated Press - April 29, 2020Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about dealings with Russia’s ambassador before Trump took office.
By Associated Press - March 16, 2020Richard Grenell has never worked in any intelligence agency, but he has spent thousands at Trump’s hotel chain and earned himself a loyalty ‘Trump Card.’
By Emily Singer - February 20, 2020An official claims the decision was made before Trump called the nine-year sentencing guideline ‘unfair.’
By Emily Singer - February 11, 2020Flynn now says that prosecutors acted in ‘bad faith’ and wants his plea agreement nullified.
By Associated Press - January 15, 2020The Department of Justice reversed its previous stance that former national security adviser Michael Flynn shouldn’t receive prison time.
By Associated Press - January 07, 2020Trump also figured in the second and third biggest stories of the year: his family separation policy and the investigation by former special counsel Robert Mueller.
By Associated Press - December 22, 2019Trump claimed the House impeachment proceedings were an ‘unprecedented and unconstitutional abuse of power’ and suggested Pelosi had been lying when she said she prayed for him ‘all the time.’
By Oliver Willis - December 17, 2019Former Trump campaign official Rick Gates was sentenced to 45 days in prison, a light sentence due to his cooperation in the Mueller probe.
By Associated Press - December 17, 2019The attorney general lied about the findings of an inspector general report that determined the Russia investigation was legitimate.
By Emily Singer - December 10, 2019Trump has repeatedly referred to the investigation as a partisan ‘witch-hunt.’
By Associated Press - December 09, 2019The report blows up Trump’s claim that former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was unfair.
By Associated Press - December 09, 2019The House just told a federal judge it needs to see grand jury material from Robert Mueller’s investigation to determine whether Trump lied to Mueller’s investigators.
By Emily Singer - November 18, 2019A jury convicted Roger Stone of all seven counts of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice.
By Associated Press - November 15, 2019Stone is charged with lying to federal investigators, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice related to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.
By Associated Press - November 06, 2019Papadopoulos went to jail for lying to federal investigators in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe.
By Associated Press - October 30, 2019Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX) ‘appears to be somebody who is more interested in pleasing Donald Trump,’ one former CIA director said.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 30, 2019Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Trump’s pick for the director of national intelligence, is a fervent loyalist and attack dog.
By Lisa Needham - July 29, 2019Mueller’s testimony convinced even more members of Congress that it’s time to start talking impeachment.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 26, 2019After Trump pushed it for months, his administration suddenly insists his ‘exoneration’ isn’t that important.
By Oliver Willis - July 25, 2019Through two hearings, former special counsel Robert Mueller exposed several significant lies told by Trump.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 24, 2019Trump repeatedly said he ‘loves’ WikiLeaks. That’s a real problem to special counsel Robert Mueller.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 24, 2019Trump says the Russian attacks are a ‘hoax,’ but America has been targeted and Republicans are ignoring the warnings.
By Oliver Willis - July 24, 2019Republican members of the Judiciary Committee refused to ask Robert Mueller questions about evidence of Trump obstructing justice.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 24, 2019Mueller just confirmed Trump wouldn’t be safe from charges if he weren’t president.
By Oliver Willis - July 24, 2019