Elena Khusyaynova of St. Petersburg, Russia, is accused of using using social media platforms to create thousands of social media and e-mail accounts that purported to be from Americans, to "amplify divisive social media and political content."
A federal judge on Friday scheduled a Feb. 8 sentencing date for Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman who was convicted on eight counts of tax and bank fraud. Manafort showed up to the Alexandria, Va. courthouse clad in a prison jumpsuit and sitting in a wheelchair.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein characterized the special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections as "appropriate and independent" in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Rep. Peter Roskam, a chief architect of the sweeping tax cuts, argues they have jump-started economic growth and created jobs. But there's one thing they may not be able to do: save his own job.
Tense moments peppered a debate between California Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher and Democrat Harley Rouda as the incumbent defended his pro-Russia record and accused his opponent of trying to impeach President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump is on the verge of naming Pat Cipollone, a veteran Washington litigator and a loyalist of the president, as White House Counsel, two reports said.
The question-and-answer phase between Trump's legal team and Mueller follows months of negotiations between the two sides over the format and subject matter of a potential interview with the president.
Judge T.S. Ellis, whose district court in Alexandria, Va., bears a plaque above the entrance doors declaring "Justice Delayed is Justice Denied," threw cold water on the prosecutors' apparent scheduling preferences.
The Wall Street Journal reported that late GOP operative Peter Smith had been working with former security adviser Michael Flynn's connections to try and recover Hillary Clinton's deleted emails. Smith died in an apparent suicide in 2017 and investigators found a note that read, 'NO FOUL PLAY WHATSOEVER.'
Republican operative who spent the final months of his life seeking out Hillary Clinton's deleted emails developed a relationship with Trump's former national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as early as 2015, WSJ reported.
Richard Pinedo was sentenced to six months in prison and six months probation.
With just a few exceptions, states that voted for Trump in the 2016 presidential election tended to also favor the books that cast him in a friendlier light, and vice versa.
The president and his deputy attorney general are expected to discuss Rosenstein's future at the Justice Department, amid conflicting reports this week that he either planned to resign or expected to be fired.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday accused China of seeking to meddle in the Nov. 6 U.S. congressional elections, saying Beijing did not want his Republican Party to do well because of his pugnacious stance on trade.
USAReally might look like any other fledgling news organization. But some cybersecurity experts believe it may be part of a retooled Russian propaganda operation, The New York Times reports.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will remain in his job at least until Thursday, when he is scheduled to sit down with President Donald Trump to discuss his future at the Justice Department.
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If Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is fired, it would be similar to a pivotal moment in the Watergate scandal, said former Watergate prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein leaves the White House amid reports that he is out at the Department of Justice. He is set to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday.
CNBC's Eamon Javers reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is scheduled to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday following reports that Rosenstein was out at the Department of Justice.
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