Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina submitted documents Monday to change her plea in court, as it appears her lawyers have reached a plea deal.
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President Trump accused Democrats on Monday of shifting goal posts away from collusion allegations after new court documents tied him to campaign finance violations, which he continued to blame on his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
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President Trump’s longtime “fixer” Michael Cohen pleaded guilty Thursday to charges of lying to Congress and now says the president’s business empire was pursuing a deal with Russia even during the heart of the 2016 presidential campaign as that country was trying to interfere in the election.
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German authorities searched the headquarters of Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt and other offices on Thursday on the suspicion bank employees helped clients set up offshore companies in tax havens to launder hundreds of millions of euros, in an investigation brought about from an analysis of online document leaks.
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A Republican lobbyist's plan to discredit special counsel Robert Mueller by smearing him with sexual harassment allegations fell apart Thursday when the lobbyist failed to produce the woman.
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The Trump administration's effort to root out leakers in the federal government bagged a top-level Treasury employee who was charged Tuesday with giving a reporter confidential information about suspicious financial transactions involving former Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, accused Russian agent Maria Butina and the Russian Embassy.
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FBI agents are investigating the Manhattan District Attorney's Office over allegations it dropped high-profile cases after attorneys for subjects of those probes -- including Harvey Weinstein and Ivanka Trump -- made campaign donations, according to a report Wednesday.
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A senior FBI official lied to the Justice Department inspector general about accepting free tickets from a broadcast journalist for professional sports events, but the official will not be prosecuted.
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The co-founder of an opposition research firm that compiled and distributed a salacious anti-Trump dossier will not cooperate with a Congressional investigation, his attorney said Thursday.
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Two House committees investigating FBI and Justice Department actions surrounding the 2016 election issued a subpoena Thursday for memos written by fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, as one key witness said he will no longer speak to lawmakers.
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