White House Told Kushner’s Security Clearance Will Be Delayed The Justice Department informed the White House this month that there were substantial issues related to Jared Kushner that still needed to be investigated and would significantly delay a recommendation on whether he should receive a permanent security clearance, according to […]
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Senate Judiciary Chairman Questions FBI Use of Salacious Dossier Senate Judiciary Chairman Questions FBI Use of Salacious Dossier:- The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a stern letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking whether a salacious dossier on President Donald Trump was the basis of the bureau’s Russia […]
Mueller Has Early Draft of Trump Letter Giving Reasons for Firing Comey Mueller Has Early Draft of Trump Letter Giving Reasons for Firing Comey:- The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has obtained a letter drafted by President Trump and a top political aide that offered an unvarnished view of […]
Comey Expected to Testify Before Senate, if He Isn't Blocked Senators expect the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to testify next week about his conversations with President Trump, congressional officials said on Wednesday, setting up a test of the White House’s willingness to cooperate with investigations into Mr. Trump’s […]
Kushner Is Said to Have Discussed a Secret Channel to Talk to Russia Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, spoke in December with Russia’s ambassador to the United States about establishing a secret communications channel between the Trump transition team and Moscow to discuss strategy in Syria and […]
Lieberman Is a Finalist for F.B.I. Director, Trump Says Lieberman Is a Finalist for F.B.I. Director, Trump Says:- President Trump, 24 hours from his self-imposed deadline for picking a new F.B.I. director, told reporters on Thursday that he was “very close” to choosing a successor to James B. Comey, and […]
Comey, Unsettled by Trump, Is Said to Have Wanted Him Kept at a Distance President Trump called the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, weeks after he took office and asked him when federal authorities were going to put out word that Mr. Trump was not personally under investigation, according to […]
Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Is Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation The Justice Department appointed Robert S. Mueller III, a former F.B.I. director, as special counsel on Wednesday to oversee the investigation into ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, dramatically raising the legal and political stakes in […]
Senators Voice Concerns About Trump's Threat of Taped Conversations Senators Voice Concerns About Trump's Threat of Taped Conversations:- President Trump’s abrupt dismissal last week of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and his subsequent allusion to taped conversations with Mr. Comey continued to roil Washington on Sunday. In televised appearances, […]
House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia Inquiry House Democrats Ask Devin Nunes to Recuse Himself From Russia Inquiry:- Top House Democrats on Monday called on the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee to recuse himself from the panel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 […]
