A U.S. judge in Washington sternly rebuked President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, for lying to investigators about his contacts with Russia in the weeks before Trump assumed power in early 2017, but delayed his sentencing. “I can’t hide my disgust, my disdain,” U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan said of Flynn’s behavior, before […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump has insisted on numerous occasions that his 2016 presidential campaign had nothing to do with Russia. “Time for the Witch Hunt to END!” Trump said in a message on Twitter last Saturday. “After two years and millions of pages of documents (and a cost of over $30 million) no collusion!” […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON — Feverish media speculation had raged ahead of Robert Mueller’s sentencing recommendations for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, fueled by hopes the court filing would provide fresh insight into the special counsel’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. What emerged instead from the heavily redacted document was a deepening […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Russia probe led by special counsel Robert Mueller appears to be entering a new phase in the wake of last week’s guilty plea by Michael Cohen, who had long served as President Donald Trump’s personal attorney. Now, legal analysts are debating whether the Russia investigation is moving toward a conclusion, and if so, […]