One of the reasons House Democrats asked former special counsel Robert Mueller to testify before Congress on Wednesday was to present his finding to the American people in a format other than a dense, 448-page report. No member of Congress was able to accomplish this more effectively than House Intelligence …
Read More »Mueller: 'If We Had Confidence That the President Did Not Commit a Crime, We Would Have Said So'
Special Counsel Robert Mueller spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since he was appointed two years ago to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election and any Trump campaign coordination with Russia. “I am speaking out today because our investigation is complete,” he began. “The attorney general has made …
Read More »Adam Schiff Is Convinced Mueller Will Testify. But Will He?
WASHINGTON — The American people will hear directly from Special Counsel Robert Mueller about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. The question is when. So says Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) anyway. On Sunday, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee went on ABC’s This Week and told …
Read More »How Lawmakers Are Reacting to the Final Mueller Report
After a day of speculation and writer’s block jokes by journalists, resistance-grifters and news junkies, the world learned about 5 p.m. ET Friday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had indeed delivered his final report to Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein and Attorney General William Barr. Barr, in turn, sent a letter …
Read More »Paul Manafort, One of D.C.'s Most Venerable Swamp Creatures, Is Headed to Jail
WASHINGTON – “I thought about this long and hard, Mr. Manafort. I have no appetite for this.” In an overflow room at the D.C. federal courthouse in the shadow of the Capitol, the voice of Judge Amy Berman Jackson came through reedy and distant from the ceiling speakers. But her …
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