A lawyer told Michael Cohen in an email in April 2018 that he can “sleep well” because he has “friends in high places,” following an alleged “back channel” communication with President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani, where the pardon issue was raised, a report said.
One of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s top prosecutors investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election is leaving the Justice Department, according to reports.
The husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway blasted President Trump on Wednesday, claiming Trump has a problem with “pathological” lying.
Paul Manafort was indicted in New York City on Wednesday on mortgage fraud, conspiracy, and other state charges, alleging that the former Trump campaign chairman and others falsified business records to illegally obtain millions of dollars.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election has led to charges for multiple Americans.
As President Trump’s former campaign chairman awaited sentencing Wednesday Fox News’ Brit Hume believes Paul Manafort, while guilty, is also paying for his association to President Trump.
Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison on bank and tax fraud charges on March 7. He was the first campaign associate of President Trump found guilty by a jury in part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s long-running probe.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Wednesday to an additional 3 and a half years in prison in connection with his guilty plea related to foreign lobbying and witness tampering, a term he will serve concurrent with the 47-month sentence handed down in a separate case in Virginia last week, bringing his total prison time to 81 months.
A lawyer representing President Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, said in a letter Tuesday that his client could have been “clearer” regarding the time frame when he told the House Oversight Committee that he “never asked” the president for a pardon.
Rep. Doug Collins, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, made a bold vow Tuesday to show the American people the extent of corruption within the Justice Department with its handling of the investigations involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Trump.