DAVID CORN JAN. 13, 2017 1:31 PM Last fall, a week before the election, I broke the story that a former Western counterintelligence official had sent memos to the FBI with troubling allegations related to Donald Trump. The memos noted that this spy’s sources had provided him with information indicating that Russian intelligence had mounted a yearslong operation […]
By Jason Easley on Fri, Jan 13th, 2017 at 6:32 pm As Donald Trump prepares to take office, the Senate Intelligence Committee has announced a bipartisan investigation into Russian election hacking and any connections between Russia and any members of campaigns. The Senate Intelligence Committee released a joint statement: Another Senate investigation is something that Trump and his […]
By Jonathan Landay, Warren Strobel and Susan Heavey Fri Jan 13, 2017 | 1:42pm Michael Flynn, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for national security adviser, held multiple phone conversations with Russia’s ambassador to Washington on the day the United States announced retaliation for Moscow’s interference in the U.S. presidential election, two people familiar with the issue […]
By LizzieBorden Friday Jan 13, 2017 · Trump SoHo and Trump Financing Connection to Russian Mafia From Ruth Sherlock, of the Telegraph of London, reporting on a conversation she had with a former US intelligence source: The former agent also urged me to follow the money. Not just the election, but Mr Trump’s whole career, he claimed, is […]
By Paul Wood BBC News, Washington 12 January 2017 Donald Trump has described as “fake news” allegations published in some media that his election team colluded with Russia – and that Russia held compromising material about his private life. The BBC’s Paul Wood saw the allegations before the election, and reports on the fallout now they […]
By Peter Lance January 11th, 2017. KellyAnne Conway faced off with Anderson Cooper Wednesday night in a heated exchange in which she reiterated President-elect Trump’s charge at his press conference earlier that CNN’s report Tuesday night on briefing documents shared by intelligence chiefs with Mr. Trump, President Obama and members of congress, amounted to “fake […]
By SCOTT SHANE, NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and MATTHEW ROSENBERG JAN. 11, 2017 WASHINGTON — Seven months ago, a respected former British spy named Christopher Steele won a contract to build a file on Donald J. Trump’s ties to Russia. Last week, the explosive details — unsubstantiated accounts of frolics with prostitutes, real estate deals that were intended […]
Mahita Gajanan Jan. 11, 2017 Updated: 1:09 PM PST Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, the law firm advising President-elect Donald Trump on handling his business conflicts, won the Russia Law Firm of the Year award in 2016. The law firm announced the award in a press release last May, noting it was recognized in the Chambers & Partners’ […]
By ADAM GOLDMAN, ERIC LICHTBLAU and MATT APUZZO JAN. 12, 2017 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s inspector general said Thursday that he would open a broad investigation into how the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, handled the case over Hillary Clinton’s emails, including his decision to discuss it at a news conference and to disclose […]
By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH JAN. 12, 2017 At 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Representative Maxine Waters was on the floor of the House of Representatives, arguing for the importance of the Securities and Exchange Commission. “At this time,” Ms. Waters, Democrat of California, said, “with a bill that would basically take our cop on the block, […]
