Tag: special counsel

Jeffrey Toobin to his former professor Alan Dershowitz: ‘What’s happened to you?’

The following article by Derek Hawkins was posted on the Washington Post website March 22, 2018:

Back in June 2017, conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh spent many minutes on his radio show extolling Alan Dershowitz, the renowned defense lawyer and Harvard Law School professor, for taking “100 percent Trumpist” positions on the Trump administration’s legal tangles.

“I don’t know what has happened to Professor Dershowitz,” Limbaugh said of the famed civil libertarian. “But whatever it is, I like it.” Continue reading “Jeffrey Toobin to his former professor Alan Dershowitz: ‘What’s happened to you?’”

Republican lawmakers continue attacks on FBI to delegitimize the Russia investigation

The following article by Emily C. Singer was posted on the Mic.com website December 26, 2017:

A handful of Republican lawmakers have embarked on an effort to discredit the top federal law enforcement agency, charging the FBI with bias as it investigates President Donald Trump and his campaign’s alleged ties to Russia.

On Tuesday, Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) became the latest Republican member of Congress to attack the Department of Justice and the FBI, charging both with bias against Trump.

“I would like to see the directors of those agencies purge it and say look, we’ve got a lot of great agents, a lot of great lawyers here, those are the people that I want the American people to see and know that good work’s being done, not these people who are kind of the deep state,” Rooney said Tuesday on MSNBC. Continue reading “Republican lawmakers continue attacks on FBI to delegitimize the Russia investigation”

Former Justice Dept. official joins special counsel Russia probe: report

The following article by Brandon Carter was posted on the Hill website September 16, 2017:

Robert S. Mueller

Special counsel Robert Mueller has hired yet another high-profile prosecutor for the ongoing investigation into potential ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russia, according to a new report.

Politico reports Kyle Freeny, a former Department of Justice lawyer who specializes in money laundering, has joined Mueller’s team. She was reportedly present during the grand jury testimony on Friday from a spokesman of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

Freeny was previously working on a DOJ case in their Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative, part of the DOJ’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section, which aims to reclaim money from foreign corruption. Continue reading “Former Justice Dept. official joins special counsel Russia probe: report”

Trump friend floats possibility of firing special counsel in Russian probe

The following article by John Wagner was posted on the Washington Post website June 13, 2017:

President Trump is calling it a “witch hunt,” lawmakers are applauding it and the Justice Department says it’s in the “public interest,” but what can the newly appointed special prosecutor really do and can he still be fired? Here are four things to know. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post)

A friend of Donald Trump on Monday raised the politically explosive possibility that the president could take action to fire Robert S. Mueller III, the recently appointed special counsel tasked with looking into Russian meddling in last year’s election and potential collusion with the Trump campaign.

“I think he’s considering perhaps terminating the special counsel,” Christopher Ruddy said during an appearance on PBS’s “NewsHour.”  “I think he’s weighing that option.” Continue reading “Trump friend floats possibility of firing special counsel in Russian probe”