By Greg Miller and Greg Jaffe May 15 President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting last week, according to current and former U.S. officials, who said Trump’s disclosures jeopardized a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State. CLICK IMAGES for links to WP videos. CLICK HERE for link […]
By Shane Harris and Carol E. Lee May 12, 2017 WASHINGTON—A Treasury Department unit that specializes in combating money-laundering will share financial records with an expanding Senate probe into possible ties between Russia and President Donald Trump and his associates, according to people familiar with the matter. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to WSJ story. The Senate Intelligence Committee requested […]
By PETER BAKER MAY 12, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump on Friday warned James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director he fired this week, against leaking anything negative about the president and put the news media on notice that he may cancel future White House briefings. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to NYT story. In a series of early-morning […]
Editor’s note: this is a link to the First Article of Impeachment on July 27th, 1974 relating to President Richard Nixon’s alleged obstruction of justice. KEITH A. SPENCER May 11, 2017 In Lester Holt’s interview with President Donald Trump on NBC Nightly News that aired earlier tonight, the president defended his sacking of FBI director James Comey and, in a possible […]
Editor’s note: citing associates of James Comey, the NYT offers the recently fired FBI Director’s account of the White House dinner described today by Donald Trump in an interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt. By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT MAY 11, 2017 WASHINGTON — Only seven days after Donald J. Trump was sworn in as president, James B. Comey […]
By Peter Elkin May 11th 2017 On Tuesday, when Donald Trump abruptly dismissed the F.B.I. director, James Comey, his Administration insisted that he was merely following the recommendation of his Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General, the two most senior officials in the Justice Department. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to story. In a three-page memorandum attached to Comey’s […]
Andrew Buncombe Thursday 11 May 2017 The acting head of the FBI has said the agency will continue to investigate alleged links between Russia and Donald Trump’s campaign – but will not routinely update the White House. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE FOR LINK TO STORY & VIDEOS Andrew McCabe, who assumed leadership of the investigative agency following the firing of […]
By Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker, Sari Horwitz and Robert Costa May 10 Every time FBI Director James B. Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to avoid: Russia. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for link to WP video. CLICK HERE for link to WP story. Trump had long questioned Comey’s […]
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG and MATT APUZZO MAY 10, 2017 WASHINGTON — Days before he was fired, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, asked the Justice Department for a significant increase in resources for the bureau’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the presidential election, according to three congressional officials who were briefed on his request. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to […]
By MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MATT APUZZO MAY 9, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday fired the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, abruptly terminating the top official leading a criminal investigation into whether Mr. Trump’s advisers colluded with the Russian government to steer the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to […]
