The Justice Department's special-counsel investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 USA presidential election is now also reportedly examining whether President Donald Trump attempted to obstruct justice. The investigation into Trump reportedly began shortly after he fired FBI Director James Comey. "Nice." And then: "You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history - led by some very bad and conflicted people!"
Kushner has become a top target in Special Council Robert Mueller's investigation of the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election for his business and financial dealings with Russian officials, the Washington Post reported.
Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, sent out spokespeople and surrogates with a far-fetched cover story to explain the dismissal, and then told NBC's Lester Holt that the real reason for the firing was Comey's pursuit of the Russian Federation investigation.
"The President is not under investigation by the special counsel", Jay Sekulow said in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press". He declined further comment.
USA TODAY previously reported that the FBI was investigating Kushner for his contact with Russian officials, but there was no word at that time that his financial dealings were part of the probe.
Trump, who hired his own lawyer last month to represent him regarding probes by the special counsel and congressional committees, continued his harsh criticism of the investigations in series of tweets on Friday.
Mueller investigation appeared to be reaching a broadening circle of current and former officials.
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Robert Mueller III, the former FBI director now leading the investigation, is looking into whether the 45th president is guilty of a federal crime, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Under the specific circumstances, however, with his longtime friend James Comey at the center of the inquiry, Mueller's the wrong choice. Comey testified that Trump directed him in February to drop an FBI investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn relating to the Russian Federation matter.
Spicer also defended Rosenstein, telling Fox Business on the night of the firing that he is "someone who has earned bipartisan support and most recently served as the United States attorney for Maryland under President Obama".
The vice president's office said thatPence has retained Richard Cullen, a Richmond-based lawyer and chairman of McGuire-Woods who previously served as a USA attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. And with the investigation reaching all the way up to Trump - and with Trump regularly tweeting about it - it's almost impossible for the White House to compartmentalize.
Pence has seldom addressed the Russian Federation issue, which has overshadowed Trump's efforts to overhaul the healthcare system, cut taxes and boost jobs - priorities that Pence has worked on intensively with Republican lawmakers. (He has already been compelled to mislead the public on Michael T. Flynn's contacts with Russians and on the reason for firing Comey.) Pence is the one executive branch employee whom Trump can not fire; he therefore has leverage to speak his mind - or remain silent.
Trump's spokesman said when he dismissed Comey on 9 May that the reason was the former FBI chief's handling of the investigation into Democrat Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
First, they thought refusing to enlist a select committee to investigate the Russian Federation affair would put distance between themselves and the White House. Mueller has been building a team of investigators for a wide-ranging inquiry into Russia's meddling.
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