FBI raid on Cohen probes Trump links with 2016 tape
FBI deputies searched Michael Cohen's office and residences seeking communications with Donald Trump about the 2005 Access Hollywood tape and about potential sources of negative publicity ahead of the 2016 election. The warrant shows prosecutors probing Trump Cohen interactions and possible influence on campaign messaging.
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FBI
Donald Trump
Michael Cohen
Trump
Cohen
White House
Jennifer Rodgers
Columbia Law School
Center For the Advancement of Public Integrity
Robert Mueller III
U.S. Attorney's Office
New York
Document on origin of Russia probe shown to Nunes
Justice Department gave House Intelligence Committee members access to a redacted document on how the Russia investigation began. The release aimed to calm a dispute over subpoenaed materials and potential impeachment threats against Rosenstein and Wray as the Mueller probe continues.
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Justice Department
House Intelligence Committee
Devin Nunes
Trump
Russia
Nunes
FBI
Department
R-Calif
Adam Schiff
D-Calif
Hillary Clinton
Tice Department
Rod Rosenstein
Clinton
Andrew McCabe
House Judiciary Committee
Bob Goodlatte
R-Va
Fox News
Christopher Wray
Rosenstein
Jeff Sessions
Robert Mueller
Sessions
Mueller
House Oversight Committee
Trey Gowdy
R-S.c
Goodlatte
House Freedom Caucus
Mark Meadows
R-N.c
John Ratcliffe
R-Texas
House
Meadows
Congress
GOP
Jim Jordan
R-Urbana
Lausch
Jordan
Judiciary chair aims vote on special counsel bill next week
Senate Judiciary Committee expects to vote April 26 on a bipartisan bill to shield special counsels like Mueller from being fired. The measure would delay removal by 10 days, allow an appeal to three judges, and bar related document destruction during that period.
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Judiciary Committee
Robert Mueller II
Mueller
Trump
Charles Grassley
Iowa
Dianne Feinstein
Calif
Thom Tillis
R-N.c
Christopher Coons
D-Del
Lindsey Graham
R-S.c
Cory Booker
D-N.j
Special Counsel
Donald Trump
Jeff Sessions
Boehner backs marijuana legalization advisory role
Former Speaker John Boehner joins Acreage Holdings advisory board signaling a shift from opposing to supporting federal marijuana legalization. Weld also joins Acreage, while Boehner cites veterans and the opioid crisis as reasons and calls for federal research and VA access to cannabis.
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John Boehner
Ohio
Acreage Holdings
Massachusetts
William Weld
Weld
Legal Pot
Gary Johnson
Boehner
Department of Veterans Affairs
Donald Trump
Barack Obama
Boehner and Weld
A Tobacco
Paul Ryan
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