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Putin's Dreams Come True If Trump Wins Presidency In 2024: 'He's Horrifying,' Financier Says
Saturday, March 11, 2023 - 5:39pm | 565In 2019, Special Counsel Robert Mueller released a report detailing his investigation into then-President Donald Trump's purported collusion with Russia. It discusses two Russian plots to influence the 2016 election: a social media influence operation, as well as a hacking and releasing of...
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Trump's Eagerness To Testify Before Jan. 6 Panel Reportedly Drew Flak From Legal Team: 'Absolutely F**king Not'
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 - 11:34pm | 408Former President Donald Trump reportedly told people around him that he would like to testify before the Jan.6 panel probing the Capitol riots provided it was televised. It drew severe flak. What Happened: Trump’s eagerness to appear before the panel did not go down...
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Pelosi Leaves Impeachment Out Of Remarks After Mueller Address
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 3:40pm | 257U.S. stocks appeared to rally rather sharply following a midday comment from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in which she failed to mention impeachment following a press conference held by outgoing Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential...
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Mueller Closes Special Counsel's Office, Says Charging Trump With Crime Was Not An Option
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 - 11:35am | 392Robert Mueller said Wednesday the special counsel's investigation into President Donald Trump intentionally didn't reach a conclusion on whether the president committed a crime, because he couldn't be charged with one, but clarified that it didn't mean the report cleared the...
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How American Presidents Have Used Executive Privilege
Wednesday, May 8, 2019 - 5:04pm | 611President Donald Trump is pulling all stops to protect the full report of special counsel Robert Mueller. On Wednesday, Trump asserted “executive privilege” over all related documents. “This is to advise you that the President has asserted executive privilege over the entirety of...
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Mueller Report Highlights: The Special Counsel's Conclusions On Russia, Obstruction, Collusion
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 4:18pm | 580Special Counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited report into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election was released to the public Thursday and drew no conclusion that President Donald Trump committed a crime — but said he is not exonerated. Mueller’s...
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No Collusion: AG Barr Says Russians Interfered In Election, But Without Help From Trump, His Campaign
Thursday, April 18, 2019 - 11:42am | 633Attorney General William Barr said Thursday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation looked at 10 instances of possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump and found that the president never deprived the investigation of what it needed — and didn’t have...
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The Mueller Report: What We Know And What It Means Going Forward
Monday, March 25, 2019 - 10:12am | 668The long-awaited report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller presented no evidence incriminating President Donald Trump, according to Attorney General William Barr. "The Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or...
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The Market Impact Of Trump AG Nominee William Barr
Friday, December 7, 2018 - 1:19pm | 554Markets had little reaction Friday to the latest shakeup in the White House after President Trump announced he will be nominating William Barr to serve as the next attorney general. What To Know Barr, who previously served as attorney general under George H.W. Bush for a little over a year, will...
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What Acting AG Matthew Whitaker Means For Investors
Friday, November 9, 2018 - 2:37pm | 435In addition to a shift in the House majority and the passage of a number of new ballot measures this week, investors got one more major curveball from Washington when President Donald Trump ordered U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step down from his position and selected Matthew Whitaker as...
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The Burkman-Wohl Press Conference Didn't Go Quite As Planned
Friday, November 2, 2018 - 2:21pm | 586Twenty-year-old Twitter pundit Jacob Wohl and conservative lobbyist and radio host Jack Burkman — both of whom are known for spreading right-wing conspiracy theories — held a press conference Thursday at a Holiday Inn which had been announced as the unveiling of an alleged...
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Report: FBI Investigating Claims Against Robert Muller With Connections To Jacob Wohl
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 - 12:21pm | 716Jacob Wohl, whose attempts at hedge fund management ended in a flurry of regulatory issues, is back in the news thanks to ties to an alleged bizarre plot to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller. What Happened A company called Surefire Intelligence is tied to a recent scheme that...
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FBI Raids Office Of Michael Cohen, Trump's Personal Lawyer
Monday, April 9, 2018 - 4:39pm | 345The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Monday raided the office of Michael Cohen, long-time personal lawyer of President Donald Trump, according to the New York Times. At the referral of special counsel Robert Mueller, the agency obtained search warrants from the U.S. Attorney’s Office and...
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Markets Feel The Impact Of Mueller's Latest Indictments In Russia Probe
Friday, February 16, 2018 - 3:59pm | 264The markets had been steadily recovering over the last week. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each rose 8.4 percent and seemed to be on a stable trajectory — until a common catalyst resurfaced. Both indices fell 1 percent Friday afternoon after Special Counsel Robert Mueller...
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The GOP Surveillance Memo: What You Need To Know
Friday, February 2, 2018 - 4:59pm | 488The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average lower, while the VIX trended higher Friday as investors grew concerned about rising interest rates and a couple of underwhelming tech earnings reports. Amid the selloff, House Republicans released a declassified intelligence memo...