By The Washington Post | June 6, 2019 at 12:35 pm By Spencer S. Hsu | Washington Post WASHINGTON – Former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has fired his attorneys and retained new counsel, according to court filings, as he awaits sentencing for lying to the FBI about his Russian contacts in Robert Mueller’s probe of interference in the 2016 election. Flynn’s defense team of Robert Kelner and Stephen Anthony declined to comment Thursday beyond a single-page filing in which they requested their law firm withdraw as counsel, advising the federal court in Washington that Flynn “has notified the undersigned that he is terminating Covington & Burling LLP as his counsel and has already retained new counsel for this matter.” Kelner and Anthony asked U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan of Washington to allow them to withdraw, saying that because only sentencing remains in Flynn’s case and it has yet to be scheduled, the change in defense … [Read more...] about As Russian probe sentencing looms, Flynn fires his lawyers
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Clapper: We Shouldn’t Lose Sight of Why Russian Probe Started
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper downplayed reports that Attorney General William Barr is taking the first steps to carry out a probe into how the 2016 Russian investigation got started by assigning US Attorney John Durham for the job. Asked by CNN on Tuesday if such a probe is “warranted,” Clapper said, “you’re going to have to stand in line and take a number to do an investigation of the investigators.” He added that “There is a substantial investigation, which as I understand it, is nearing completion, being conducted by the Justice Department Inspector General. I’d wait for the outcome of that to determine if there needs to be more investigations.” Clapper also emphasized that “we’re kind of losing sight” of the fact that the initial cause of the probe was Russia’s interfere with U.S. political institutions and their efforts to have contacts with President Donald Trump’s … [Read more...] about Clapper: We Shouldn’t Lose Sight of Why Russian Probe Started
At rally, Trump says Russia probe backers tried to steal power…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Reuters) - At his first political rally since the end of the Russia collusion probe, President Donald Trump on Thursday accused backers of the investigation of trying to overturn the 2016 election and attempting “illegally” to claim power. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a Make America Great Again rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S., March 28, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Declaring the country “hurt” by the probe, Trump called his opponents “losers” and celebrated the fact the investigation had come to a close. “After three years of lies and smears and slander, the Russia hoax is finally dead. The collusion delusion is over,” he told a crowd of thousands at a Grand Rapids arena. “The Russia witch hunt was a plan by those who lost the election to try and illegally regain power by framing innocent Americans – many of them, they suffered – with an elaborate hoax,” he … [Read more...] about At rally, Trump says Russia probe backers tried to steal power…
Trump Lashes Out at FBI After NY Times Report on Russian Probe
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
FBI suspected Donald Trump may have been a secret Russian AGENT after he sacked bureau chief James Comey, bombshell report says
THE FBI suspected Donald Trump may have been a secret Russian agent after the President fired the bureau's boss two years ago, a bombshell report claims. A criminal and counterintelligence probe was launched into Trump in May 2017 after he sacked James Comey, according to the New York Times. Citing unnamed former law enforcement officials, it reports that the FBI was gravely concerned by the President's actions. It even led "the Feds" to believe that Trump may have been acting on the orders of Kremlin spymasters. Comey had been a key player in the investigation into alleged Russian collusion with the Trump election campaign. But he was unceremoniously dumped by the President - who has gone on to brand him a Democrat stooge - just four months after taking office. Ex-FBI Director James Comey gives evidence about firing by Donald Trump and Russia inquiry Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani has dismissed the alleged investigation as baseless. He said that no evidence has emerged in the … [Read more...] about FBI suspected Donald Trump may have been a secret Russian AGENT after he sacked bureau chief James Comey, bombshell report says