Michael Isikoff
Chief Investigative Correspondent- Yahoo News
Mueller files report with attorney general — with no details made public
Special counsel Robert Mueller submitted a confidential report on the Russia investigation to Attorney General William Barr late Friday afternoon. The Justice Department provided no details on Mueller’s findings or conclusions.
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Maverick Republican William Weld looks to run against Trump's 'malignant narcissism'
Weld has special credentials to make that judgment: As a young lawyer, he served on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee that voted to impeach Nixon, spending five months researching a memo that laid out the legal grounds to remove a president.
Yahoo NewsHow Cohen's testimony threatens the president — and a roadmap to Trump's possible defenses
Cohen testified that he also briefed Trump’s children, Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump, both of them executives in the Trump Organization, about negotiations for a Trump Tower Moscow during the campaign.
Yahoo NewsAndrew McCabe exacts tell-all revenge on Donald Trump
The former deputy director of the FBI pulls few punches in “The Threat: How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump.”
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Ann Coulter: 'Lunatic' Trump could be challenged in 2020 — from the right
Ann Coulter says that President Trump was elected to build a wall on the United States' border, and that he can decide to build one by executive fiat, without waiting for the approval of Congress.
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'Stonewall it': Trump ally Roger Stone arrested in Mueller probe
The long-awaited indictment of Roger Stone lays out new details of his testimony to the House Intelligence Committee about how and what he knew in advance about the release by WikiLeaks of Clinton campaign emails.
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2020 prospect Sen. Klobuchar: It's 'difficult to imagine' voting for Trump AG pick
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar — a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and prospective Democratic candidate for president in 2020 — says it is “very difficult to imagine” she will vote to confirm nominee William Barr as attorney general in light of his refusal to commit to releasing special counsel
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House 'will open up money-laundering inquiry' into Trump-Russia ties, says key Democrat
Rep. Eric Swalwell discusses the aggressive agenda for the House Intelligence Committee and it's not good news for the president.
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Retired Gen. Allen says Trump turned troop visit into 'political rally'
A former top U.S. military commander criticized President Trump for turning his visit to an Iraqi air base into a “political rally” that improperly used U.S. troops for partisan purposes.
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Mueller report may be on the horizon after tumultuous year
After a year filled with dramatic revelations from prosecutors in the office of special counsel Robert Mueller, the investigation into Russian influence on the 2016 presidential election appears to be nearing a conclusion, with potentially huge consequences for the president.
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In ‘disgust,’ judge threatens Flynn with prison, but delays sentencing
The sentencing for former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn, scheduled for Tuesday morning, was unexpectedly postponed after a federal judge said Flynn’s conduct left him with “disgust,” and indicated he was considering a prison sentence — even though prosecutors had recommended no jail time
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Obama DOJ official: Trump can be indicted while in office
Neal Katyal, a former deputy and acting solicitor general, told "Skullduggery" that there is indeed a way to indict Trump.
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Plea deal by Russian agent Maria Butina describes 2016 influence campaign
Russian agent Maria Butina’s plea deal includes a description of the “Diplomacy Project” she ran, under the direction of Putin ally Alexander Torshin, to influence American policy leading up to the 2016 election.
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Mueller preparing endgame for Russia investigation
The office of the special counsel investigating ties between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election says it is "tying up loose ends."
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Cohen is a 'serial liar,' says former Trump aide Lewandowski
Former Trump presidential campaign manager Corey Lewandowski called Michael Cohen a “serial liar” who had “nothing to do with the campaign,” a description contradicted by multiple sources.
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In the closet in the White House: The tortured history of the gay man who touched off the purge of gays in government
A new book describes how Dwight Eisenhower’s top national security aide, a lifelong closeted gay man, helped draft the policy that drove thousands of gay men and women out of the government — and some to suicide.
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George Conway: Republican Party has become a 'personality cult' under Trump
George Conway, the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, said the GOP has become “a personality cult” under President Trump and that he would “move to Australia” rather than vote for Trump again.
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Scaramucci: I couldn't improve Trump's relations with press because 'the fish does stink from the head down'
President Trump’s former communications director said his attempts to smooth the White House’s relations with the media failed because of the tone set at the very top.
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'Skullduggery': Washington think tank says 'no' to Saudi funds
A prominent Washington think tank will stop taking money from Saudi Arabia as a result of the apparent murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, its chairman said.
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Khashoggi friend says journalist angered Saudi government with column during its 'charm campaign'
Jamal Khashoggi's friend Khaled Saffuri tells the Yahoo News podcast "Skullduggery" what the Washington Post columnist may have done to provoke the ire of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Saudi royal family.
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From Gary Hart to Donald Trump: How politics went tabloid
Three decades ago, a single news story about a presumed extramarital affair upended a U.S. presidential campaign.
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Russian plot to kill defector began with a false story of his death
The CIA's former Moscow chief believes the false story of a Russian defector's death was likely part of a plot to kill him.
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The go-between in the Trump Tower meeting offers clue to 'golden shower' claim in dossier
Rob Goldstone, who set up the 2016 meeting between a Kremlin-linked lawyer and Trump campaign officials, shares his theory.
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A Rosenstein departure could raise new conflict-of-interest issues for Justice Dept.
If Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gets fired or resigns, the chain of command gets murky.
Yahoo NewsPublicist wonders if he was 'patsy' in Trump Tower meeting
Publicist Rob Goldstone wrote an email to Donald Trump Jr. that interested special counsel Robert Mueller's prosecutors.
