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House Democrats probe whether Trump lied to Mueller

President Trump battled his political foes' legal assaults on two fronts Monday.

November 18, 2019

Roger Stone criminal trial attended by a parade of ‘alt-right’ personalities

The sideshow in the gallery was sometimes more gripping than what was happening on the stand at Roger Stone's perjury trial in federal court.

November 17, 2019

Stone lawyers scold Alex Jones; unidentified man blares ram’s horn, calls for presidential pardon

Roger Stone's trial may have ended Friday, but the circus that tends to follow the conservative firebrand did not.

November 16, 2019

Roger Stone trial: Michael Caputo, ex-Trump campaign adviser, removed from courtroom

Former Trump campaign adviser Michael Caputo was kicked out of the Roger Stone trial Friday after he turned his back on jurors as they exited the courtroom.

November 15, 2019

Roger Stone guilty of obstruction, witness tampering and lying to Congress

Roger Stone, President Trump's longtime confidant was convicted Friday of lying to Congress and obstructing the Russia probe, a stunning fall from grace for the Republican operative.

November 15, 2019

Trump lawyers ask high court to block tax returns’ release

Lawyers for President Trump on Thursday asked the Supreme Court to block a New York grand jury from seizing his tax returns, setting up a landmark ruling on the extent of presidential immunity.

November 14, 2019

Roger Stone has ‘turned to God,’ spiritual adviser Randy Lancaster-Short says

As a former colleague from President Trump's 2016 campaign delivered damning testimony in the perjury trial of right-wing gadfly Roger Stone, the accused sat quietly at the defense table and did something no one expected: He read the Bible.

November 14, 2019

Democrats can demand 8 years of Trump taxes, court rules

House Democrats can demand eight years of President Trump's tax returns, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in a decision that sets up a fierce legal battle before the U.S. Supreme Court.

November 13, 2019

Justice Department hints it may not prosecute Andrew McCabe

The Justice Department hinted in a court filing Wednesday that it likely won't prosecute Andrew McCabe, saying it will no longer shield documents about the former FBI deputy director from public release.

November 13, 2019

Roger Stone lied to Congress to protect Trump, prosecutors say in closing arguments

Roger Stone was so worried about protecting the Trump campaign that he lied to a congressional committee investigating Russian election meddling, government lawyers said Wednesday as they wrapped up their prosecution of the longtime GOP operative.

November 13, 2019

Roger Stone will not take stand in perjury trial

Roger Stone, a longtime confidant of President Trump, will not take the stand in his perjury trial, his attorney said Tuesday.

November 12, 2019

Rick Gates says Roger Stone updated campaign officials about WikiLeaks releases

Roger Stone's lawyers gambled that a scratchy, barely audible recording of his testimony to Congress will keep the longtime GOP operative out of prison as both sides rested their cases Tuesday.

November 12, 2019

Trump attempt to keep New York tax returns from Congress nixed by federal judge

A Trump-appointed federal judge Monday dealt a setback to the president's lawsuit to stop the State of New York from providing a congressional committee with his tax returns.

November 11, 2019

Roger Stone’s attorneys to point finger at Congress as trial resumes Tuesday

Longtime GOP political operative Roger Stone's defense team will point the blame at Democratic lawmakers this week in his perjury trial that stems from the Trump-Russia collusion probe.

November 11, 2019

Senators request records on Hunter Biden’s influence at Obama State Dept.

Two Republican senators are calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to release documents related to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's son and his work for a Ukrainian energy company, saying Hunter Biden's role may have been used to influence the Obama State Department.

November 7, 2019

Roger Stone trial: Prosecutors highlight his contacts with Trump campaign officials

The perjury trial of Roger Stone sounded like a Russia collusion trial on Thursday as prosecutors detailed nearly 60 conversations the defendant had with senior Trump campaign officials, including Donald Trump himself, on WikiLeaks and emails hacked from the Democratic National Committee.

November 7, 2019

Roger Stone lied because ‘the truth looked bad’ for Donald Trump: prosecutors

Longtime Republican strategist Roger Stone lied to a congressional committee in 2017 because the "the truth looked bad" for President Trump, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday as the Trump confidant's criminal trial started Wednesday.

November 6, 2019

Roger Stone jury comprised of nine women, three men

A jury of nine women and three men were chosen Wednesday to decide the fate of Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Trump.

November 6, 2019

Justice Department creates strike force to eliminate federal contract bid rigging

The Justice Department on Tuesday announced a new strike force to prosecute companies that rig bids for government contracts, costing taxpayers billions of dollars.

November 5, 2019

Burisma Holdings pressed State Department official for meeting to end corruption probe in 2016

The Ukrainian energy company that hired former Vice President Joseph R. Biden's son Hunter for its board of directors pressed the Obama State Department at the time to end a corruption investigation into the company, according to State Department documents.

November 5, 2019