Dan Boylan

Obama AG Lynch refuses to discuss notorious Clinton tarmac meeting with Russia probe: Report

Former President Obama's Attorney General Loretta Lynch met behind closed doors with a congressional Russian election meddling probe on Friday.

October 20, 2017

Vladimir Putin’s rage triggered by President Obama’s diplomatic moves

In interview after interview with top U.S. intelligence officials and foreign diplomats about the downward spiral in U.S.-Russian relations, one date keeps resurfacing: January 2012.

October 18, 2017

Donald Trump uses Twitter, not press leaks, for policy trial balloons

President Trump has replaced the carefully placed story with the Washington press corps with tweets to his more than 40 million followers at a time when less than a third of Americans trust the news media, according to polls.

October 16, 2017

Loretta Lynch, Obama-appointed attorney general, to testify to Congress on Russian election meddling

President Obama's Attorney General Loretta Lynch has been called to testify before congressional Russian election meddling probes next week.

October 12, 2017

Trump dossier leads to subpoena of firm that put it out

The Republican chairman of the House intelligence committee has subpoenaed the head of the Washington firm that commissioned the sensational anti-Trump campaign research dossier — adding fresh intensity to the behind-the-scenes scramble among lawmakers to grasp how the infamous document fits into the Russian election meddling investigation.

October 11, 2017

Russia warns of ‘restrictions’ on U.S. media organizations

Moscow has threatened U.S.-supported news organizations operating in Russia with unspecified "restrictions" in a move widely seen as retaliation for what the Kremlin considers the unfair targeting of Russian media and charges of meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

October 10, 2017

Trump Jr. meeting with Russians not on Hillary Clinton dirt, new email says

A new email between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer attending the now-notorious July 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in Manhattan contradicts previous accounts that they gathered to exchange political dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

October 9, 2017

Alexander Vinnik, bitcoin crime suspect, at center of U.S., Russia extradition fight

The alleged Russian mastermind of a $4 billion digital money laundering scheme sits in an Athens prison cell as Washington and Moscow "fight over his brain," according to international illicit finance analysts.

October 8, 2017

Robert Mueller russia probe interviews Christopher Steele on dossier

Investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election have reportedly spoken with the former British spy who compiled the controversial anti-Trump dossier.

October 5, 2017

Russia ‘still trying to create chaos’ in U.S. elections, Senate panel says

The Facebook and other internet ads that Kremlin-linked operatives ran during the presidential election campaign were intended to "create chaos" across the political spectrum, not back a specific candidate, the chairman of the Senate intelligence committee said Wednesday.

October 4, 2017

Russia hacking probe will outline next steps in Senate investigation

Members of the Senate intelligence committee, conducting the highest-profile congressional probe into Russian meddling in last year's presidential election, will deliver on Wednesday their first public update since launching their probe last spring.

October 3, 2017

Russian interference seen in Catalonia crisis

Russian propagandists scored a victory in Spain this weekend after "boldly injecting fake news and disinformation" into the debate over Catalonian independence and seemingly influencing the election results, according to U.S. information warfare experts.

October 2, 2017

Catalonia independence vote likely influenced by Russia disinformation

Russian propagandists scored a victory in Spain this weekend after "boldly injecting fake news and disinformation" into the debate over Catalonian independence and apparently influencing the election results, according to U.S. information warfare experts.

October 2, 2017

Senate Intelligence Committee to provide Russia investigation update

Capitol Hill's leading investigation into Russian election meddling in the 2016 election will gather next week to provide a public update on their inquiry, in addition to issuing a warning that foreign entities continue to pose a major threat to America's political system.

September 29, 2017

Rod Rosenstein meets with House Intelligence Committee to discuss anti-Trump dossier

The House Intelligence Committee met behind closed doors Thursday with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to address mounting frustration over the Justice Department's handling of the infamous anti-Trump dossier that stunned America weeks after Mr. Trump's election victory.

September 28, 2017

Mueller, IRS reach deal on access to Trump aides’ tax data: Report

The IRS and special counsel Robert Mueller have resolved a nasty turf battle that raged earlier this summer over sharing key Trump campaign officials' financial and tax information as part of Mr. Mueller's probe into the Russian election hacking scandal.

September 27, 2017

Twitter on the hot seat as Hill probes bots, fake news

The social media giant Twitter is facing greater scrutiny from congressional investigators seeking to explain the widespread dissemination of fake news on the microblogging platform.

September 27, 2017

Congress’ Russian probe searching for fracking-related social media ads

Congressional leaders on Tuesday expanded their investigation into Moscow's use of social media to meddle in the 2016 election demanding that Twitter, Facebook and Google hand over any Russian-bought ads targeting the American debate over fracking and energy policy.

September 26, 2017

Roger Stone, Trump associate, says no evidence of Russia collusion

Longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone says there is "not one shred of evidence" that he was involved with Russian interference in the 2016 election.