Maria Butina Was Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison For Conspiring To Act As An Unregistered Russian Agent
Butina pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as an unregistered agent in the United States for the Russian government. She'll get credit for the nine months she's already served.
The Supreme Court Will Decide If The Trump Administration Can Ask If You’re A Citizen On The 2020 Census
The Trump administration argues the question will help enforce voting rights. The challengers argue the Census Bureau’s own experts concluded the question would hurt the accuracy of the count.
Julian Assange Was Arrested. So Why Is Chelsea Manning Still In Jail?
Manning has been in jail since early March for refusing to testify before a grand jury about Assange and WikiLeaks.
Trump Is Suing House Democrats To Stop A Subpoena To His Accountant
This is the first lawsuit Trump has filed to block Democrats from exercising their subpoena power to look into his business affairs.
Mueller Said He Would Have Exonerated Trump On Obstruction If The Evidence Supported It, But He Couldn’t
Mueller and his team declined to make a “prosecutorial judgment” about whether Trump committed obstruction. Attorney General Bill Barr later concluded that the evidence didn’t support that.
Here’s The Mueller Report. Read The Document, Not The Spin.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which was released with redactions, said President Trump didn’t commit a crime of obstruction — but that his report “also does not exonerate him.”
It Could Be Years Before Julian Assange Steps Foot In The United States
Extradition cases between the UK and the US can take years to sort out.
A Federal Judge Compared Trump's Criticism Of The Courts To The KKK And Segregationists
"We are now eyewitnesses to the third great assault on our judiciary," Judge Carlton Reeves said in a speech on Thursday.
Former Obama Administration Lawyer Greg Craig Was Charged With Lying About His Work For Ukraine
A grand jury indicted Craig on two counts of making false statements in connection with work that linked him to Paul Manafort.
Progressive Groups Ask Congress To Investigate Brett Kavanaugh
More than two dozen groups signed a letter to the House of Representatives urging an investigation into what they characterized as Justice Brett Kavanaugh's "sham confirmation process."
Julian Assange Was Arrested In London And US Officials Want Him Brought To America To Face Hacking Charges
The WikiLeaks founder was taken into custody from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where he had spent nearly seven years.
A Judge Won't Order The Justice Department To Speed Up Releasing The Mueller Report
A judge ruled Tuesday that a group that sued for the report failed to show they'd suffer "irreparable harm" if they waited until after Attorney General Bill Barr releases a redacted version of Mueller's report.
The US Supreme Court Is Letting The Trump Administration's Bump Stock Ban Take Effect
A majority of justices on the Supreme Court denied a request to delay the ban while the challengers continue to appeal it.
The House Sued Over Trump’s National Emergency
“No one is above the law or the Constitution, not even the President,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement.
Mitch McConnell Just Made It A Whole Lot Easier For Trump To Confirm A Bunch Of Nominees
Republicans on Wednesday forced through a rules change that slashes the amount of time it will take to confirm many of Trump's nominees to the federal courts and executive branch agencies.
Paul Manafort’s Judge Won’t Face Disciplinary Action For How He Treated Mueller’s Office
A judge reviewing ethics complaints found that Judge T.S. Ellis III, who oversaw Manafort’s Virginia trial, “was sometimes strident” with the government, but didn’t cross the line into misconduct.
Ted Cruz Is Suing To Get Rid Of Limits On How Much He Can Reimburse Himself For His Campaign Against Beto O’Rourke
Cruz put up $260,000 in personal funds and assets for his 2018 US Senate campaign. Federal law says his campaign can only raise up to $250,000 to reimburse him.
Robert Mueller Found That The Trump Campaign Did Not Conspire With Russia, According To The Attorney General
Attorney General Bill Barr submitted a letter to Congress on Sunday summarizing the special counsel's "principal conclusions." Read it here.
Here’s Everyone Robert Mueller Charged
Mueller indicted more than three dozen individuals for a variety of crimes during his investigation, including top Trump campaign officials and members of Russian intelligence.
Robert Mueller Is Done With His Investigation Into The Trump Campaign — And Isn't Recommending More Indictments
Mueller’s report to Attorney General Bill Barr is confidential, at least for now. Barr is expected to advise Congress soon on the "principal conclusions" of Mueller's report.