Donald Trump lashed out on Saturday following a New York Times report that the FBI had opened a probe in 2017 to determine if the president had been working, knowingly or unknowingly, on behalf of Russia. In a series of early-morning tweets Trump said that the agency had opened a probe “for no reason and with no proof, after I fired Lyin’ James Comey, a total sleaze.” He termed former leaders of the agency “corrupt.” Trump went on to describe the Federal Bureau of Investigation as having been “in complete turmoil” under Comey, whom he called a “Crooked Cop.” Tweeting in response, Comey quoted former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt: “I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.” The president on Saturday also slammed familiar targets including Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who’s investigating possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and Democrat … [Read more...] about Trump Lashes Out at FBI After NY Times Report on Russian Probe
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Trump says Putin made an ‘incredible offer’ in Russian hacking case
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page By Eric Tucker Associated Press July 16, 2018 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin privately made an ‘‘incredible offer’’ to help American investigators in their prosecution of 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking crimes during the 2016 presidential election season.‘‘He offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people,’’ Trump told reporters during a news conference in Helsinki following his joint summit with Putin. ‘‘I think that’s an incredible offer, OK?’’The special counsel investigating potential coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin charged a dozen Russian military intelligence officers on Friday with hacking the Democratic … [Read more...] about Trump says Putin made an ‘incredible offer’ in Russian hacking case
U.S. indictments show technical evidence for Russian hacking…
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. indictments against a dozen Russian intelligence officers on Friday provided detailed technical evidence to back up allegations of Russian hacking and leaking of information to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A copy of the grand jury indictment against 12 Russian intelligence officers is seen after the indictments were filed in U.S. District Court by prosecutors working as part of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigationÊin Washington, U.S., July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg By tracing control of email and social media accounts and a tool for remote internet connections, the 29-page indictment document for the first time showed that the same group of Russians leased servers, targeted Democratic officials with phishing tricks aimed at capturing their online credentials and communicated with Republicans and other distributors of hacked information. A federal grand jury on Friday charged 12 Russian intelligence … [Read more...] about U.S. indictments show technical evidence for Russian hacking…
In Eastern Europe, Militaries Gird Against Russian Might and Manipulation
Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Subscribe Log In Advertisement Supported by ByEric Schmitt June 27, 2018 ORZYSZ, Poland — Soon after a United States Army convoy crossed Poland’s border into Lithuania during a major military exercise this month, two very strange things happened. First, four Army Stryker armored combat vehicles collided, sending 15 soldiers to the hospital with minor injuries. No one died. But hours later, an anti-American blog claimed a Lithuanian child was killed in the crash and posted a photo of a grisly accident. It was a different collision from the Army mishap, and Lithuanian news media quickly denounced the blog post as fake, designed to turn public opinion against the Americans and their Baltic ally. The bloggers had borrowed a page from the playbook of Russia’s so-called hybrid warfare, which American and Lithuania officials say has … [Read more...] about In Eastern Europe, Militaries Gird Against Russian Might and Manipulation
Giuliani wants Mueller’s ‘almost illegal and unethical probe’ to be investigated
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani thinks that the ongoing probe into Russian interference with the 2016 U.S. elections and potential links between Donald Trump’s campaign and Moscow should itself be investigated.Giuliani, who joined President Trump’s legal team in April, told CNN’s “State of the Union” that former FBI Director Robert Mueller did not necessarily do anything wrong but that the probe he leads has become unethical and possibly illegal — calling for an investigation into its origins.“I believe that the Mueller investigation should be investigated, not because necessarily of Mueller, but because of its genesis in this very, very now completely almost illegal and unethical probe, this Russian probe, that began with Peter Strzok in charge. And he didn’t leave it until July of last year,” Giuliani said in an interview with CNN host Jake Tapper on Sunday.RELATED: All of President Trump's tweets about the Mueller … [Read more...] about Giuliani wants Mueller’s ‘almost illegal and unethical probe’ to be investigated