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10 Oct 2017, 2:55 pm by Emma Kohse, Benjamin Wittes
But the public record contains substantial evidence that President Trump attempted to impede the investigations of Michael Flynn and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including by firing FBI Director James Comey. [read post]
10 Oct 2017, 2:55 pm by Emma Kohse, Benjamin Wittes
But the public record contains substantial evidence that President Trump attempted to impede the investigations of Michael Flynn and Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, including by firing FBI Director James Comey. [read post]
10 Oct 2017, 9:15 am by J. Dana Stuster
Turkey is still chafing at the U.S. refusal to extradite Fethullah Gulen, the Pennsylvania-based cleric Erdogan accuses of plotting his overthrow; Turkish officials no doubt hoped to have Gulen in custody by now after Trump’s first national security advisor, Michael Flynn, lobbied for his extradition. [read post]
9 Oct 2017, 8:56 am by Ned Price
Nevertheless, administration allies on Capitol Hill have repeatedly obscured those facts, publicly conflating Section 702 authorities with unmasking and leaking, as is alleged to have happened in the case of former national security adviser Michael Flynn. [read post]
27 Sep 2017, 11:47 am by Garrett Hinck
The IRS Criminal Investigation Division is now sharing information about Paul Manafort and Michael Flynn. [read post]
21 Sep 2017, 1:01 pm by Vanessa Sauter
Meanwhile, Mueller has asked the White House for documents related to Trump’s actions in office, including the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor, and the firing of James Comey, the former FBI director, reports the New York Times. [read post]
Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that Mueller had obtained a letter drafted by Trump detailing his rationale for firing former FBI director James Comey. [read post]
14 Sep 2017, 11:51 am by Vanessa Sauter
James Davis suggested the endowment effect may help understand the international impasse with North Korea. [read post]
13 Sep 2017, 1:58 pm by Susan Hennessey, Benjamin Wittes
This afternoon, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, from the White House podium, declared that former FBI Director James Comey may have “violated federal law” in sharing memos documenting his conversations with the president. [read post]
13 Sep 2017, 11:17 am by Garrett Hinck
Flynn declined to comply with a Senate subpoena in May, citing his Fifth Amendment rights. [read post]
10 Sep 2017, 9:00 am by Harry Litman, Mark Greenberg
First: because the President has the constitutional authority to hire and fire executive branch officials, Trump could not have obstructed justice when he fired FBI Director James Comey. [read post]
28 Aug 2017, 5:36 am by Jane Chong, Benjamin Wittes
Some of the revelations about Trump’s behavior on this front have taken the form of credible but as-yet unverified allegations; most notably, former FBI Director James Comey testified under oath that Trump asked him to pledge his loyalty and also expressed the “hope” that the bureau drop its investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn. [read post]
13 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm by Ronald D. Rotunda
Some argue Trump obstructed justice when he terminated FBI Director James Comey. [read post]
9 Aug 2017, 1:09 pm by Kristen Friend
A wealthy supporter of President Trump conspired with Fox News and the White House to push a dubiously sourced article about the death of a Democratic National Committee staffer in an attempt to deflect attention from the president’s possible connections to Russia, according to a lawsuit filed last Tuesday. [read post]
3 Aug 2017, 12:10 pm by Benjamin Wittes, Nora Ellingsen
” The senator has also written to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein criticizing McCabe’s involvement not only in the Clinton email investigation but also in the Flynn investigation, arguing that McCabe is biased against Flynn because of the latter’s support for an FBI agent who made a complaint against McCabe. [read post]
21 Jul 2017, 6:00 am by David Forscey
James Lankford (R-OK) are co-sponsors on a bill to permanently reauthorize Section 702, without substantive changes. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 11:00 am by Jane Chong
Trump did not express to Comey his “hope” that the FBI would drop its investigation of former national security advisor Michael Flynn until two weeks after the dinner, in February. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 5:17 am by Benjamin Wittes
In James Comey’s written statement provided to the Senate Intelligence Committee before his testimony, Comey describes a phone conversation in which the president informed Comey that “he hadn’t brought up ‘the McCabe thing’ because I had said McCabe [then Comey’s deputy] was honorable, although McAuliffe was close to the Clintons an [read post]