Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Robert Mueller, the special counsel tapped to lead the investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. He released the report after two years in April 2019, which was significantly redacted…
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Fast Forward Mueller Investigating Kushner’s Contacts With Israeli Officials
Investigators employed by special counsel Robert Mueller are looking into presidential adviser/son-in-law Jared Kushner’s conversations with Israeli officials during the presidential transition process, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Last December, the Obama administration chose not to veto a United Nations Security Council resolution that was critical of Israeli settlement construction. In the run-up to…
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Fast Forward Michael Flynn Probed Over $15M Scheme To Hand Over ‘Pro-Israel’ Critic To Turkey
Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating whether President Donald Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was involved in an alleged plan to seize a Muslim cleric and deliver him to Turkey in exchange for millions of dollars, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Under the plan, Flynn, who was fired by Trump after…
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Fast Forward Stephen Miller Interviewed In Mueller Probe
White House aide Stephen Miller has been interviewed as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian involvement in the 2016 election, becoming the highest-ranking current White House figure to be questioned. CNN reported that one of the topics discussed was Miller’s role in the firing of FBI director James Comey earlier this year,…
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Fast Forward Meet Andrew Weissman, Mueller’s ‘Pit Bull’ Lawyer
The indictments of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates shed a spotlight on Andrew Weissmann, special counsel Robert Mueller’s top lieutenant. Weissmann took the lead in the case, presenting the indictment to the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. Weissmann, a former New York prosecutor, has a reputation as a very tough adversary. “Frankly, I can’t…
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Fast Forward Bad Jared! Trump Now Blames Kushner For Russia Probe
President Trump is blaming Jared Kushner’s bad advice for leading to the investigations that now threaten his presidency, Vanity Fair reported Wednesday. Trump reportedly complained in a phone call to Steve Bannon, the former White House chief strategist who now runs the pro-Trump Breitbart news website, that Kushner encouraged him to fire National Security Adviser…
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Breaking News Is Jared Kushner In Deeper Trouble After Robert Mueller’s Bombshell Legal Push?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating whether President Donald Trump’s campaign had ties with Russia, issued two indictments this week and unsealed a guilty plea. Paul Manafort, who for several months last year helmed the Trump campaign, and an associate, Rick Gates, who remained with the campaign after Manafort left and worked…
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Fast Forward Roger Stone Claims He Laughed About Mueller At Caviar Dinner With RJC Chief
Political provocateur Roger Stone claimed in a late-night tweet Wednesday that he had spent the evening “laughing about what an asshole Robert Mueller is” with the head of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Matthew Brooks. In DC w/ my pal @mbrooksrjc feasting on Russian caviar and laughing about what an asshole Robert Mueller is pic.twitter.com/37Dn57Nrq1 —…
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Fast Forward Ethics Guru Says Trump Would Be ‘Worse Than Watergate’ To Kill Russia Probe
Norm Eisen, former ethics czar for the Obama administration, has a stern warning for President Trump: Don’t even think of firing Robert Mueller or preemptively pardoning those involved in Russian election interference. Eisen, who is currently with the Brookings Institution, warned against taking steps that would put the president and the White House in a…
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