Special Counsel investigation into Russia’s interference in 2016 U.S. Elections news and stories

December 18, 2018

The Latest: Flynn arrives at courthouse for sentencing

The Latest on former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn and the Russia investigation (all times local): 10:15 a.m.

December 18, 2018

Report: Russia still using social media to roil US politics

Russia's sweeping political disinformation campaign on U.S. social media was more far-reaching than originally thought, with ...

December 18, 2018

Run-up to Flynn sentencing tinged with unexpected drama

Michael Flynn may have given extraordinary cooperation to prosecutors, but the run-up to his sentencing hearing Tuesday has ...

December 18, 2018

Comey says House Republicans are 'shameful' after interview

Former FBI Director James Comey had harsh words for House Republicans on Monday, saying their silence in response to ...

December 17, 2018

Flynn's ex-business associates charged with illegal lobbying

Two business associates of Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, were charged Monday with ...

December 17, 2018

Trump lawyer Giuliani rules out Mueller interview with Trump

With a number of probes moving closer to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump and his attorney unleashed a fresh series ...

December 15, 2018

Michael Cohen claims Trump knew hush money payments wrong

Shaken and facing a prison term, President Donald Trump's longtime personal lawyer said Friday that Trump directed him to buy ...

December 15, 2018

Mueller says FBI not to blame for Flynn's false statements

The special counsel's office is pushing back at the suggestion that the FBI acted improperly in its interview of former ...

December 15, 2018

Reports: Federal prosecutors probe Trump inaugural committee

Federal prosecutors are reportedly investigating the finances of President Donald Trump's inaugural committee and whether ...

December 13, 2018

As probe closes in, Trump distances himself from Cohen

Abandoned by two of his most powerful protectors, President Donald Trump insisted Thursday that he did not violate campaign ...

December 13, 2018

'Dirty deeds': Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen gets 3 years in prison

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's one-time fixer, was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison for crimes that ...

December 12, 2018

Flynn's lawyers say his lie to FBI 'uncharacteristic'

Lawyers for President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn are asking a judge to spare him prison ...

December 12, 2018

The Latest: Flynn requests probation, community service

The Latest on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election (all times local): 12:35 a.m. Lawyers for ...

December 11, 2018

Moment of reckoning looms for ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

The moment of reckoning has nearly arrived for Michael Cohen, who finds out Wednesday whether his decision to walk away from ...

December 11, 2018

'Truth isn't truth' tops list of notable quotes in 2018

The assertion that "truth isn't truth," made by a personal attorney for President Donald Trump, tops a Yale Law School ...

December 11, 2018

Some Trump allies starting to worry about investigations

President Donald Trump's intensifying legal troubles are unnerving some of his fellow Republicans. Despite his brash stance, ...

December 10, 2018

Judge sets court date for ex-Trump campaign chair Manafort

A judge has set a court date for this week for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort after prosecutors with the ...

December 10, 2018

Top House Dems raise prospect of impeachment, jail for Trump

Top House Democrats have raised the prospect of impeachment or the real possibility of prison time for President Donald Trump ...

December 09, 2018

Comey: FBI probe of Russia initially looked at 4 Americans

The FBI's counterintelligence investigation into potential ties between the Trump campaign and Russia initially focused on ...