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f I firms. Now, thirteen months after his inauguration, he was facing p sonal legal trouble at least as great as that faced by Richard Nixon and E Clinton, and doing so with what seemed like, at best, a Court Street lei team. But Trump appeared to be oblivious to this exposed flank. Ratch' ing up his

convince liberals that the populist way ought to be their way, too. Early in the year, Bannon went to Cambridge to see Larry Summers, who had been Bill Clinton's Treasury secretary, Barack Obama's director of the National Economic Council, and, for a time, president of Harvard. Summers's wife refused to allo

national security advisor Michael Flynn, the eager-beaver junior adviser George Papadopoulos, and Manafort's business partner and campaign official Rick Gates. This series of legal moves could be classically read as a methodical, step-by-step approach to the president's door. Or, from the Trump camp's poi

there are a host of other matters that come to light," said Bruce Udolf, who worked for the independent counsel's office that investigated President Bill Clinton. "And you start turning over those stones as well." In addition to the 34 people charged by Mueller, other crimes have been uncovered in other juri

they originally looked at," said Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton University. The independent counsel appointed to investigate Clinton in 1994 started with a suspicious real estate transaction in Arkansas, for example. Four years later the office finished by probing the president's

lynn's firm and has denied that Ankara played any role in the contract. A different scheme was unearthed while Mueller prosecuted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, the chairman and deputy chairman of Trump's 2016 campaign, for money laundering, conspiracy and other crimes related to their work as political co

there are a host of other matters that come to light," said Bruce Udolf, who worked for the independent counsel's office that investigated President Bill Clinton. "And you start turning over those stones as well." In addition to the 34 people charged by Mueller, other crimes have been uncovered in other juri

they originally looked at," said Julian Zelizer, a presidential historian at Princeton University. The independent counsel appointed to investigate Clinton in 1994 started with a suspicious real estate transaction in Arkansas, for example. Four years later the office finished by probing the president's

lynn's firm and has denied that Ankara played any role in the contract. A different scheme was unearthed while Mueller prosecuted Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, the chairman and deputy chairman of Trump's 2016 campaign, for money laundering, conspiracy and other crimes related to their work as political co

. The Washington Times (7/13, Boyer, 492K) reports that the White House on Monday defended Trump's commutation for Stone and "said former presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama indulged in politically connected pardons and wholesale clemency." White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Stone's cleme

d commutations in nearly four years, while Mr. Obama issued 1,927 in eight years." McEnany "also contrasted the clemency for Stone with some of Mr. Clinton's infamous 11th-hour pardons." Trump Does Not Rule Out Pardoning Flynn. CNBC (7/13, Breuninger, Mangan, 3.62M) reports on its website that in comme

spoken with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Stone claimed the website planned to release a batch of information, according to Cohen's testimony. Rick Gates, a former Trump campaign official, offered similar testimony during Stone's November 2019 trial." Politico (7/13, Choi, 4.29M) reports, "Speaking w

ate. From a Bloomberg Businessweek cover story by Josh Green: "The Massachusetts senator underwent a full vetting and was smuggled into Whitehaven, Clinton's Washington home, for an interview. It went well enough that some Clinton advisers were convinced Warren would be the best pick. ... In a memo to

na with a really nice set up: VIDEOS OF THE DAY: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), who participated in the impeachment inquiries into Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, shares what's different about this time: Rep. Zoe Lofgren shares what she's learned after witnessing every modern impeachment inquiry Stephen Co

There was a coverup: "A number of people we interviewed in our investigation, it turns out, did lie." Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos have each acknowledged that they lied to the FBI. Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) asked Mueller whether it was "fair to say" that

geles. "At one point during the interview, as Rosenstein was describing how he had 'always liked Jim Comey' but disagreed with his decisions in the Clinton case, the deputy attorney general 'paused a moment, appearing to have been overcome by emotion, but quickly recovered and apologized,' according to

rts documented by Mueller to interfere with the investigation that followed, is much worse than the behavior that led House Republicans to impeach Bill Clinton two decades ago. "Clinton lied about an affair, but he didn't sell our country out to the Russians," Mills reasoned. "Neither one is something I ap

out pardons after his home and office were raided. Sekulow told the AP that Cohen's statements were false. 2. Former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates told the FBI that, if Rudy Giuliani had been the attorney general, some in the president's orbit believed he wouldn't have recused himself, as Jeff

te. From a Bloomberg Businessweek cover story by Josh Green: "The Massachusetts senator underwent a full vetting and was smuggled into Whitehaven, Clinton's Washington home, for an interview. It went well enough that some Clinton advisers were convinced Warren would be the best pick. ... In a memo to

There was a coverup: "A number of people we interviewed in our investigation, it turns out, did lie." Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, Rick Gates and George Papadopoulos have each acknowledged that they lied to the FBI. Rep. Val Demings (D-Fla.) asked Mueller whether it was "fair to say' tha

w, as Rosenstein was describing how Page 17289 EFTA00046800 Ile nau altilfclyS IIKUU JIM t.Airriey out ClIbi:lyf eeLl WWI Ills UMISICHIS Ill the Clinton case, the deputy attorney general 'paused a moment, appearing to have been overcome by emotion, but quickly recovered and apologized,' according to

ut pardons after his home and office were raided. Sekulow told the AP that Cohen's statements were false. 2. Former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates told the FBI that, if Rudy Giuliani had been the attorney general, some in the president's orbit believed he wouldn't have recused himself, as Jef

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rn more about the release of hacked Democratic emails by the anti-secrecy group WildLeaks." Reuters (11/18, Wolfe) says that during Stone's trial, Rick Gates, Trump's former deputy campaign chairman, "suggested in testimony during a jury trial in a criminal case that Trump talked to...Stone about WikiLea

of t firms. Now, thirteen months after his inauguration, he was facing px sonal legal trouble at least as great as that faced by Richard Nixon and E Clinton, and doing so with what seemed like, at best, a Court Street les team. But Trump appeared to be oblivious to this exposed flank. Ratch: ing up his le

r national security advisor Michael Flynn, the eager-beaver junior adviser George Papadopoulos, and Manafort's business partner and campaign official Rick Gates. This series of legal moves could be classically read as a methodical, step-by-step approach to the president's door. Or, from the Trump camp's point

to convince liberals that the populist way ought to be their way, too. Early in the year, Bannon went to Cambridge to see Larry Summers, who had been Bill Clinton's Treasury secretary, Barack Obama's director of the National Economic Council, and, for a time, president of Harvard. Summers's wife refused to allow