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Donald Trump grew wary of Andrew McCabe in wake of debunked New York Times story

The White House's suspicions over the motives of besieged FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe go back at least to the first months of President Trump's presidency.

March 14, 2018

Obama aide started Christopher Steele-FBI Alliance

A senior Obama State Department official gave the green light to an FBI agent in 2016 to meet with dossier writer Christopher Steele, a new book says.

March 13, 2018

Democrat leaks on Trump-Russia dossier mislead media

Democrats have marked the first year of the House's investigation into Russian election meddling by promoting conspiracy tales in the Christopher Steele dossier and leaking to the press more than two dozen stories, some of which Republicans contend were way off base.

March 11, 2018

George Soros, liberal megadonor, is bankrolling Fusion GPS, claims Russian billionaire

A Russian billionaire writes that George Soros, a major financier of liberal causes, is funding Fusion GPS, the firm that orchestrated the Christopher Steele dossier.

March 10, 2018

Donald Trump on Mueller probe: No president ‘more cooperative or transparent’

A member of the president's legal team on Thursday strongly defended the "disciplined" way President Trump has handled his job and personnel contacts amid a probe by special counsel Robert Mueller.

March 8, 2018

Christopher Steele knew Democrats funding Trump dossier before FBI sought FISA warrant

Christopher Steele learned he was being paid by Democrats soon after beginning work on his unverified anti-Trump dossier, a timeline element that may contradict the FBI's warrant application to spy on Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page.

March 6, 2018

Christopher Steele, Russia dossier writer, same source for Yahoo News, FBI

Two pieces of evidence that have come together prove anti-Trump dossier writer Christopher Steele was the key source for a Yahoo News story that the FBI cited to support its wiretap application.

March 4, 2018

Nunes: FBI on shaky legal ground with use of Dem-funded dossier to wiretap Trump campaign

Rep. Devin Nunes says the FBI violated its own rules, and may have skirted federal law, by using a Democratic Party-bought dossier to spy on a Trump campaign volunteer.

March 2, 2018

FBI-debunked Russia-Trump story helped New York Times win journalism award

One of the stories for which the New York Times won a coveted George Polk Award was a Russia-Trump report that was repudiated by former FBI Director James Comey.

March 1, 2018

BuzzFeed cost Russian entrepreneur up to $170 million by publishing Trump dossier: expert

The analyst who estimated libel damages for the infamous Hulk Hogan libel trial says that a Russian entrepreneur lost $60 million to $170 million due to BuzzFeed posting the unverified anti-Trump dossier in January 2017.

February 28, 2018

Here are the liberals still hell-bent on trying to prove the anti-Trump dossier is true

Twenty months after Christopher Steele first briefed the FBI on his Donald Trump conspiracies, dossier fever has struck Washington as at least eight politicos and groups are trying to prove it is true.

February 27, 2018

Carter Page charges in Russia dossier unconfirmed: Republican rebuttal

The core Trump-Russia dossier charges against onetime campaign volunteer Carter Page remain unconfirmed after nearly a year of wiretapping by the FBI, says a Republican rebuttal to a Democratic memo on the dossier.

February 25, 2018

BuzzFeed’s Russia dossier claim on IP addresses rebutted

Computer networks owned by a Russian entrepreneur accused in the infamous anti-Trump dossier don't contain any IP addresses used by Moscow to hack Democrats' computers, the entrepreneur's attorney says in a rebuttal to a Buzzfeed court filing.

February 25, 2018

Devin Nunes memo response shows FBI commitment to protecting image

At the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, a guidance drummed into the heads of new agents is, "Don't do anything to embarrass the bureau."

February 21, 2018

Devin Nunes expands dossier probe to find out what Obama knew

Rep. Devin Nunes is trying to determine the breadth and reach of the unverified Russia-Trump dossier inside the U.S. government, especially among senior leaders in the Barack Obama administration during the 2016 election.

February 20, 2018

Robert Mueller threatens new charges against Paul Manafort

Special counsel Robert Mueller is threatening to file more criminal charges in new jurisdictions against Paul Manafort, his attorney said in a court filing that suggests prosecutors are deliberately trying to deplete his client's "resources."

February 19, 2018

Infamous Steele anti-Trump dossier disproven by Mueller’s first Russia indictments

The Christopher Steele dossier allegation that an "extensive conspiracy" existed between the Donald Trump campaign and the Kremlin wasn't borne out in the special counsel's first charges of Russian election interference.

February 17, 2018

Military court upbraids Marine commander for bias in hazing case

A military appeals court has chastised a two-star Marine Corps division commander for showing bias in overseeing a hazing court-martial after the general went on a campaign to oust such "jackassery" from the service.

February 16, 2018

Trump lawyers resist Robert Mueller interview, cite Bill Clinton precedent

President Trump's legal team is citing a three-pillar argument to convince investigators, and the public, that President Trump shouldn't sit down for an interview with special counsel Robert Mueller.

February 14, 2018

Bill Clinton White House had security clearance backlog

A backlog in security clearances for sensitive White House jobs is not new. Just ask the Clinton administration.

February 14, 2018