world news Trump hints DOJ spied on campaign but Giuliani says 'we don't know' By Published On :: Fri, 18 May 2018 15:09:05 +0100 The president poured gasoline on an already roaring political bonfire, suggesting he believes the FBI planted 'at least one' spy in his campaign in order to derail his White Houe aspirations. Full Article
world news Chris Christie: Trump's six months were a 's*** show' By Published On :: Fri, 18 May 2018 17:51:13 +0100 Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie thinks the first six months of Donald Trump's administration were a 's*** show,' and doesn't want him to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller. Full Article
world news Trump says a government spy infiltrated his 2016 election campaign By Published On :: Fri, 18 May 2018 21:09:57 +0100 An FBI informant was acting as 'secret spy' in the Trump election campaign, but he was not planted. A retired professor working for the Government met with three Trump aides in 2016. Full Article
world news Is this the FBI informant who 'spied' on the Trump campaign? By Published On :: Sat, 19 May 2018 19:54:52 +0100 Former Cambridge University professor Stefan Halper met with two Trump advisers suspected of dealing with the Russians in 2016, prompting claims he was acting as an FBI agent. Full Article
world news Trump demands look at whether FBI or DoJ 'infiltrated' his campaign By Published On :: Sun, 20 May 2018 19:08:27 +0100 President Trump is demanding his Justice Department examine whether his 2016 presidential campaign was 'infiltrated or surveilled' by the FBI, he announced on Sunday. Full Article
world news Roger Stone says he is 'prepared' for an indictment from Mueller By Published On :: Mon, 21 May 2018 05:24:52 +0100 Roger Stone, the self-described Republican ‘political dirty trickster’ and supporter of President Donald Trump, says he is ‘prepared’ in case he is indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Full Article
world news Justice Department orders internal probe of 'political motivation' behind spying on Trump campaign By Published On :: Mon, 21 May 2018 13:21:23 +0100 Following Trump's demand that the DOJ investigate his allegation that the Obama administration's FBI 'infiltrated or surveilled' his 2016 campaign, the agency said it will formally probe those claims. Full Article
world news Trump meets with FBI director, Rosenstein & DNI after demand for probe By Published On :: Mon, 21 May 2018 19:35:18 +0100 The planned sit-down is to discuss a response to congressional requests. Trump is expected to bring up his demand, however, that DOJ examine whether his campaign was 'infiltrated or surveilled'. Full Article
world news GOP pays half a million dollars for law firm representing Hope Hicks By Published On :: Mon, 21 May 2018 23:52:32 +0100 The Republican Party has paid half a million dollars to the law firm representing Hope Hicks, the former Trump aide who admitted she sometimes lied to help her then-boss Donald Trump. Full Article
world news GOP: We need second special counsel to investigate FBI spying on Trump By Published On :: Tue, 22 May 2018 13:50:22 +0100 Three members of the House Freedom Caucus will introduce a 12-page resolution on Tuesday calling for a new probe to run in parallel with one led by Robert Mueller. Full Article
world news Kirstjen Nielsen was unaware Russia's election meddling was for Trump By Published On :: Tue, 22 May 2018 16:00:05 +0100 Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said she was unaware of intelligence assessments concluding that Russia favored President Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election. Full Article
world news There was another 'informant' trying to infiltrate Trump camp : Ex-aide By Published On :: Tue, 22 May 2018 16:10:23 +0100 There was at least one additional 'informant' who tried to infiltrate Donald Trump's presidential campaign, it was revealed by a former aide Michael Caputo, who has long Russia ties. Full Article
world news Intel chiefs will brief only GOP lawmakers on Trump campaign 'spying' By Published On :: Tue, 22 May 2018 23:16:56 +0100 Top intelligence agency officials will brief Republican lawmakers on Thursday on a confidential FBI source who acted as an informant on the Trump presidential campaign. Full Article
world news Lawyers to Mueller on Trump interview: No questions on post-election By Published On :: Tue, 22 May 2018 23:48:38 +0100 President Donald Trump's legal team is trying to cut a deal on the president's potential interview with Mueller's team, pushing to keep any of Trump's actions after he won the presidency off the table. Full Article
world news Trump claims 'spy' was embedded in 2016 presidential campaign By Published On :: Wed, 23 May 2018 06:25:19 +0100 The tweets were the US President's latest attempt to use reports that an FBI informant met with three of his campaign advisers to accuse the bureau of pursuing political ends. Full Article
world news Trump goes all-in on his Spygate claims saying he believes his campaign was snooped on by the FBI By Published On :: Wed, 23 May 2018 13:15:07 +0100 'SPYGATE could be one of the biggest political scandals in history!' the president tweeted on Wednesday, gloating that it could be a comeuuppance for a partisan FBI that is investigating him. Full Article
world news Trump goes after James Clapper for illegal 'spying' on his campaign By Published On :: Wed, 23 May 2018 15:22:26 +0100 President Donald Trump volleyed another attack at former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, saying he was 'not happy' about what he termed 'spying' on his presidential campaign. Full Article
world news Trump lauds Rod Rosenstein for combating MS-13 By Published On :: Wed, 23 May 2018 23:01:46 +0100 President Donald Trump lauded his deputy attorney general on Wednesday for combating a violent gang of criminal immigrants. Full Article
world news White House will invite Democrats to top secret meeting By Published On :: Wed, 23 May 2018 23:18:32 +0100 Democratic leaders like Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi will be allowed inside the top secret White House meeting on the 2016 election Full Article
world news Claim of second FBI spy in Trump campaign may be big misunderstanding By Published On :: Thu, 24 May 2018 00:21:21 +0100 An impromptu conversation at a cocktail party could be behind the assertion from former Trump aide Michael Caputo that there was another informant sniffing around the campaign. Full Article
world news Trump claims James Clapper 'admitted' spy was paid to target his campaign By Published On :: Thu, 24 May 2018 13:57:29 +0100 'Clapper has now admitted that there was Spying in my campaign. Large dollars were paid to the Spy, far beyond normal,' Trump tweeted Thursday. Full Article
world news Trump claims FBI is great but James Comey was a 'rotten apple' By Published On :: Thu, 24 May 2018 14:45:31 +0100 Donald Trump hit back at James Comey again on Thursday morning as the fired FBI director entered a new war of words over the way the law enforcement agency operated under Comey's leadership. Full Article
world news Dems insist they heard NOTHING in secret intel briefing that proves FBI snooped on Trump's campaign By Published On :: Thu, 24 May 2018 17:54:03 +0100 Senior lawmakers attended classified briefings with intelligence officials on the FBI's probe of Russia's role in the 2016 election. Full Article
world news Mueller bid for secrecy: Barest details risk blowing open Russia probe By Published On :: Thu, 24 May 2018 18:40:59 +0100 Special counsel Robert Mueller is fighting for complete secrecy in his probe into Russia's role in the election and his arguments hint that his investigation is growing across multiple fronts. Full Article
world news Roger Stone 'sought info on Hillary from Assange before election' By Published On :: Fri, 25 May 2018 05:02:40 +0100 Longtime Trump adviser, Roger Stone (left), allegedly inquired about damaging information on Hillary Clinton from WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (top right) before the 2016 election. Full Article
world news Trump says Democrats' campaign spying was 'illegal' By Published On :: Fri, 25 May 2018 14:06:25 +0100 Trump claims Democrats are splitting hairs in the semantics of determining whether the FBI used a 'spy' or an 'informant' to keep tabs on his presidential campaign. Full Article
world news Trump claims FBI told Obama about Russian meddling before election By Published On :: Sat, 26 May 2018 23:46:23 +0100 President Donald Trump has launched a stinging attack on former President Barack Obama, criticising his predecessor's lack of action over 'so-called Russian meddling'. Full Article
world news Ex Trump adviser: 'two and perhaps more' FBI spies approached him By Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2018 14:49:21 +0100 A former adviser to Donald Trump claims that 'two and perhaps more' informants approached him prior to the presidential election with information that would have 'jammed up' the campaign in some way. Full Article
world news Mueller's Russia investigation bill hits $17 million By Published On :: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 09:34:19 +0100 According to the U.S Department of Justice, special counsel Robert Mueller's probe racked up nearly $10 million in expenditure from October to March, the latest six-month accounting period. Full Article
world news Trump again derides Mueller's investigation as a 'hoax' By Published On :: Fri, 01 Jun 2018 13:55:13 +0100 Trump said hopped on a report that put the tab for the investigation that he called the 'Russian hoax' at $17 million. Full Article
world news Inside the mysterious Wikistrat firm that Mueller is investigating By Published On :: Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:54:49 +0100 Wikistrat, a company that pitches itself as a crowdsourced geopolitical research firm, may actually be involved in intelligence-gathering on behalf of foreign governments, it has been reported. Full Article
world news Trump says 'Spygate' campaign 'made Watergate look like Keystone Cop' By Published On :: Wed, 06 Jun 2018 10:10:37 +0100 Donald Trump renewed his 'spygate' attacks by parroting claims on Fox that shamed agents Strzok and Page were hiring 'spies' to work on his campaign as early as December 2015. Full Article
world news Jeff Sessions defends firing Comey ahead of Clinton email report By Published On :: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:00:12 +0100 Jeff Sessions was speaking ahead of the inspector general's report on the Clinton email investigation, which is expected to blame 'insubordinate' James Comey. Full Article
world news FBI lawyer working on Mueller probe texted: 'Viva le Resistance' By Published On :: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 23:16:33 +0100 An FBI lawyer exchanged messages after the election with another colleague and proclaimed: 'Vive la resistance.' Full Article
world news Trump: Decision to revoke Manafort's bail is 'very unfair' By Published On :: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 16:31:58 +0100 Donald Trump has called the decision to revoke Paul Manafort's bail 'tough' and 'very unfair' after a federal judge sent the former campaign manager to await trial behind bars. Full Article
world news Paul Manafort is listed as 'VIP' in Virginia jail By Published On :: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:00:39 +0100 Manafort was booked into Northern Neck Regional Jail in Warsaw, Virginia at 8.22pm on Friday, after a federal judge revoked his bond ahead of a trial scheduled for September. Full Article
world news Paul Manafort could 'never see the outside of a prison cell' By Published On :: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 14:31:30 +0100 Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman said Manafort's advance age, and the hefty sentences he could face from a U.S. federal judge, mean he could be behind bars for the rest of his life. Full Article
world news Texas tax fraud convict jailed for five years for illegally voting in 2016 election denied retrial By Published On :: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:29:32 +0100 Crystal Mason, a 43-year-old tax fraud convict and mother-of-two, voted in the 2016 election while on supervised release - unaware that she was ineligible under a Texas law. Full Article
world news Trump slams FBI agent Peter Strzok as a 'sick loser' By Published On :: Mon, 18 Jun 2018 04:19:27 +0100 In his latest Twitter rant Trump slammed Peter Strzok, who worked briefly on the Russia investigation but was removed from the probe when a report revealed he had sent anti-Trump text messages. Full Article
world news Trump mocks 'Crooked Hillary' for losing election amid dispute over immigration By Published On :: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 23:23:07 +0100 Donald Trump swatted back at his former presidential rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday after she said in a speech that he was wrong about Germany's crime rate. Full Article
world news GOP lawmaker charges FBI with changing witness forms in Clinton probe By Published On :: Wed, 20 Jun 2018 14:00:53 +0100 A Republican congressman claimed there is 'growing evidence' the FBI altered witness reports in their investigations into Clinton's email server and in the Russia probe. Full Article
world news Republican suggests Flynn pleaded guilty after TAMPERED evidence By Published On :: Thu, 21 Jun 2018 23:26:29 +0100 The head of the conservative 'Freedom Caucus' says government investigators may have 'tampered' with evidence that helped secure fired National Security Advisor Mike Flynn's guilty plea. Full Article
world news NSA leaker Reality Winner reaches plea deal By Published On :: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 00:17:35 +0100 Winner, 26, has been scheduled to plead guilty in US District Court on June 26. She allegedly leaked a document about Russia cyber-attacks to The Intercept. Full Article
world news Majority of Republicans say Trump should not pardon himself By Published On :: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:06:53 +0100 Democrats and Republicans agree presidents should not pardon themselves and majorities of Americans in both parties believe Congress should impeach that president, poll finds. Full Article
world news Trump says he'll talk to Putin about election meddling By Published On :: Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:10:21 +0100 The U.S. president says he also plans to talk to Putin about the civil war in Syria and Russia's incursion into Crimea when they meet on July 16 Helsinki, Finland. Full Article
world news Farage rubbishes claims he is being investigated over links to Moscow By Published On :: Sun, 01 Jul 2018 01:08:42 +0100 The ex Ukip leader said reports that special prosecutor Robert Mueller was investigating him and Ukip donor Arron Banks over links to Moscow were 'hysterical'. Full Article
world news Trump 'feels' Russia interfered following election meddling report By Published On :: Tue, 03 Jul 2018 21:27:56 +0100 President Trump seemed to claim last week that Russia was not involved in a conspiracy to disrupt the election, but the White House says he 'feels' that Putin's government did and 'didn't question that.' Full Article
world news Moscow pop star Emin Agalarov denies he was agent of Russian collusion By Published On :: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:35:19 +0100 Russian pop star Emin Agalarov admits he was the force behind the infamous Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr. but he denies he was trying to influence the election for Donald Trump. Full Article
world news Trump says he'll bring up election meddling with Putin By Published On :: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 12:12:02 +0100 President Donald Trump said he would once again raise the sensitive issue of election meddling with Russian President Vladimir Putin – then predicted his counterpart 'may deny it.' Full Article
world news Spicer says DHS told Trump campaign Russia couldn't rig the election By Published On :: Thu, 12 Jul 2018 20:37:24 +0100 In his upcoming book The Briefing: Politics, the Press and the President, detailing his time White House, Sean Spicer says DHS officials made the comments when Clinton was expected to win. Full Article