“Thing is, with prosecutors you don’t have to ‘partake,’” noted Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. “They and the agents and the grand jurors go about their business without you having to ‘partake’ at all.” Former President Donald Trump on Friday told Fox News Digital that he won’t “partake” after U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith to serve as special counsel for […]
[dropcap]M[/dropcap]anafort “intentionally made multiple false statements to the FBI, the (office of special counsel) and the grand jury concerning matters that were material to the investigation,” Judge Amy Berman Jackson said behind closed doors in the District of Columbia’s U.S. District Court on Wednesday. Judge Jackson determined that Manafort breached his plea agreement with […]
U.S. President Donald Trump is pushing back against a New York Times report that said he had late last year considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller, who is heading the criminal investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. “If I wanted to fire Robert Mueller in December, as reported by the Failing New York […]
The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that special counsel Robert Mueller has seated a grand jury in Washington, D.C., to investigate Russia’s interference with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The newspaper, citing two unnamed sources familiar with the matter, said the grand jury had begun its work — an important step toward potential criminal charges — […]