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Trump Could Force Out Rosenstein, Fail to Stop Russia Probe

EghtesadOnline: If Donald Trump fires Rod Rosenstein or prods him into recusing himself from the Russia meddling investigation he oversees, the president risks creating chaos at the Justice Department while failing to stop the inquiry.
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Publish Date:17/June/2017 | 04:16

Pence hires his own lawyer for Russia probes

EghtesadOnline: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has hired a lawyer known for defending government officials in high-profile investigations to help him with probes into whether there were ties between the election campaign of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia, his office said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:16/June/2017 | 07:26

Mueller's Expanding Probe Raises Stakes for Trump Presidency

EghtesadOnline: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s move to investigate whether Donald Trump sought to get the FBI to back off from a probe of his former national security adviser has angered the president and raised the stakes in the inquiry of Russian meddling in the U.S. election.
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Publish Date:15/June/2017 | 22:07

Senate Votes to Limit Trump's Power to Lift Russia Sanctions

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. Senate voted to increase sanctions on Russia, and give Congress the power to review any attempt by President Donald Trump to unilaterally lift them, a rebuke of the president’s suggestions that the U.S. improve relations with the country.
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Publish Date:15/June/2017 | 21:41

Sessions Calls Notion He Colluded With Russia a 'Detestable Lie'

EghtesadOnline: Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he never spoke with Russian officials concerning “any type of interference” with the 2016 presidential campaign and called any suggestion he colluded with Russia during the election an “appalling and detestable lie.”
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Publish Date:14/June/2017 | 06:19

Trump Slams ‘Cowardly’ Comey as Sessions Offers to Testify

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump called James Comey “cowardly,” days after the fired FBI director’s testimony to a Senate committee and as Attorney General Jeff Sessions offered to speak to the same panel to answer questions about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
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Publish Date:12/June/2017 | 04:20

Comey Leaves Trump Under a Crippling ‘Cloud’ of Investigations

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump’s White House had feared the worst from former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony -- the revelation of what one close associate called a "salacious bomb" that would send the investigations off into entirely new, and entirely unpredictable, directions.
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Publish Date:10/June/2017 | 05:44

Trump Praises Troops as White House Grapples With Kushner Report

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump stuck to a traditional script in his first public appearance since returning from Europe and the Middle East as the White House grapples with revelations of mounting scrutiny into son-in-law Jared Kushner’s outreach to Russian officials.
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Publish Date:30/May/2017 | 04:47

Trump son-in-law had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy - sources

EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, seven current and former U.S. officials told Reuters.
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Publish Date:27/May/2017 | 04:26

FBI Scrutiny of Kushner Brings Russia Probe Into White House

EghtesadOnline: FBI scrutiny of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, brings the sprawling probe into Russia’s role during and after last year’s campaign into the heart of the White House.
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Publish Date:27/May/2017 | 03:51

Ex-CIA chief: Worries grew of Trump campaign contacts to Russia

EghtesadOnline: Former CIA director John Brennan said on Tuesday he had noticed contacts between associates of Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia during the 2016 election and grew concerned Moscow had sought to lure Americans down "a treasonous path."
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Publish Date:24/May/2017 | 05:02

Comey Agrees to Testify to Senate as Trump's Crisis Week Endures

EghtesadOnline: Former FBI Director James Comey agreed to testify in open session before the Senate Intelligence Committee about the bureau’s probe into Russian meddling with the 2016 U.S. election, intensifying Donald Trump’s troubles at the start of his first foreign trip as president.
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Publish Date:20/May/2017 | 05:02

Trump revealed intelligence secrets to Russians in Oval Office: officials

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump disclosed highly classified information to Russia's foreign minister about a planned Islamic State operation, two U.S. officials said on Monday, plunging the White House into another controversy just months into Trump's short tenure in office.
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Publish Date:16/May/2017 | 05:53

With a threat of 'tapes,' Trump tells ousted FBI chief not to talk to media

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump warned ousted FBI Director James Comey on Friday not to talk to the media, a highly unusual move that prompted fresh charges the president is trying to silence the man who led an investigation into possible collusion between Trump's election campaign and Russia.
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Publish Date:13/May/2017 | 06:27

Trump Fires FBI Director Comey Amid Russia Meddling Inquiry

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey amid the agency’s investigation of Russian interference in last year’s election, saying the bureau needed new leadership to restore “public trust and confidence.”
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Publish Date:10/May/2017 | 04:32