WASHINGTON — Fired FBI Director James Comey told U.S. lawmakers Thursday that President Donald Trump expected him to pledge his loyalty and urged him to drop the investigation into links between his aides and Russian officials. Trump ousted Comey last month, saying he was thinking of “this Russia thing” when he decided to dismiss the chief […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. President Barack Obama warned then-President-elect Donald Trump not to give the post of national security adviser in his administration to Michael Flynn who was eventually fired in a controversy about ties to Russia, a former Obama aide said. Obama gave the warning in an Oval Office meeting with Trump just […]
CAPITOL HILL — U.S. President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has offered to cooperate with congressional investigators looking into contacts between Trump campaign advisers and Russia, as long as Flynn is granted immunity from prosecution. The Wall Street Journal first reported Thursday that Flynn is in talks to try to get a promise […]
FBI Director James Comey has debunked President Donald Trump’s explosive claim that former President Barack Obama wiretapped him in the weeks before last year’s presidential election and also confirmed that his agency is investigating whether Trump campaign aides criminally colluded with Russian interests to help Trump win. “We don’t have any information that supports (Trump’s) […]