Tag: Trump transition team

Gates agrees to testify against Manafort in Mueller probe: report

The following article by Jacqueline Thomsen was posted on the Hill website February 18, 2018:

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Richard Gates, a former campaign adviser for President Trump, has agreed to testify against his former associate Paul Manafort as part of a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.

The former adviser and Manafort business associate is reportedly nearing a deal with Mueller’s team and will plead guilty to fraud charges in the next few days, according to the Times.

Gates and Manafort were both indicted in Mueller’s probe in October and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Continue reading “Gates agrees to testify against Manafort in Mueller probe: report”

Nunes announces deal for FBI files, interviews

The following article by John Bowden was posted on the Hill website January 4, 2018:

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House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said Thursday that he has reached a deal with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for documents and interviews relating to FBI agents who were removed from special counsel Robert Mueller‘s team over anti-Trump text messages.

In a letter detailing an earlier conversation between the two men released by Nunes on Thursday night, the California Republican announced that the House Intelligence Committee will gain access to documents and text messages relating to agent Peter Strzok and his FBI colleague Lisa Page, as well as access to a number of FBI witnesses themselves, later in January. Continue reading “Nunes announces deal for FBI files, interviews”

Trump criticizes how Mueller obtained transition emails, says no plans to fire special counsel

The following article by Anne Gearan and Philip Rucker was posted on the Washington Post  website December 17, 2017:

President Trump spoke to reporters on Dec. 17 after special counsel Robert S. Mueller III obtained emails from President Trump’s transition team. (The Washington Post)

President Trump appeared to back the claims of a lawyer for his presidential transition team that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III improperly obtained Trump associates’ emails, saying Sunday that “a lot of lawyers thought that was pretty sad.”

Trump also said he has no plan to fire Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the presidential election, including the possibility of coordination with the Trump campaign. Mueller’s investigation has resulted in charges against two people and guilty pleas by two others, including former national security adviser Michael Flynn. Continue reading “Trump criticizes how Mueller obtained transition emails, says no plans to fire special counsel”

Stephanopoulos: “Transition teams have no expectation of privacy’

There’s been a lot written about the Trump legal team saying the Mueller investigation obtained the Trump transition team’s emails illegally.  This Sunday, George Stepahnopoulos, who served in the Clinton transition and administration, had something to say about that.

Here’s the video from the December 17, 2017, Good Morning America segment (Stephanopoulos’ comments come at about the 3:40 mark):

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