Category: Refusal

The Justice Department abruptly announced late Friday night that it would replace the U.S. attorney in Manhattan who oversaw probes into several allies of President TrumpDonald TrumpMcCarthy to offer UC request to revisit foreign spending in omnibus GOP senator on Trump pardons: ‘This is rotten to the core’ Trump pardons Manafort, Stone and Charles Kushner in latest round MORE[2][3][4][5][6][1], though...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. federal prosecutor whose office has been investigating President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani, refused to step down after the administration abruptly said late on Friday it was replacing him. The standoff marks the latest in a series of unusual actions by Attorney General William Barr that critics say are meant to benefit Trump...

Tracking the milestones in Robert Mueller’s investigation can be tough, but if you’ve got three minutes, we’ve got a wrap-up of Michael Cohen for you. USA TODAY WASHINGTON — An extraordinary clash between Attorney General William Barr and Manhattan’s chief federal prosecutor continued to play out Saturday after Geoffrey Berman, whose office has managed a series of high-profile investigations into Trump...