Russia investigation

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee tell Newsweek they're eager to hear from Donald Trump Jr. and Trump Organization executive Allen Weisselberg following Michael Cohen's testimony.

"It's way too close to the line for comfort, that is for sure," a former federal prosecutor told Newsweek on Wednesday about Roger Stone's comment.

Cohen's prepared remarks are blunt about Trump and WikiLeaks.

Trump's attorneys told The New York Times that the notes were a jewel in special counsel Robert Mueller's evidence that President Donald Trump may have obstructed justice.

"If anyone in Trump world is breathing easy right now, I'd say they are very foolish," a former defense lawyer for Rick Gates, Trump's ex-campaign deputy chairman, told Politico.

Attempting to make Trump unimpeachable would be nonsensical, corrupt and a terminal blow to America's rule of law.

The January raid on Stone's home was caught live on camera by CNN, prompting some to speculate how the news organization knew it was going to happen.

Donald Trump hasn't explicitly said he'll pardon Paul Manafort, but if he does, it won't affect state-level charges against him.

Former Trump campaign adviser Sam Nunberg said he believed the report by special counsel Robert Mueller would lay the foundation for the House to bring articles of impeachment against the president.

"There's nothing ambiguous about crosshairs," the judge said. "In the world of social media, there's no such thing as a take-back. Roger Stone fully understands the power of words and the power of symbols."

Michael Cohen was headed to prison on March 6 to begin his three-year sentence for campaign finance violations, lying to Congress and tax and bank fraud.

"The strange thing, I think, that's bothered a lot of people, both in and out of the intelligence community, is this strange personal deference to Putin by the president," retired Lieutenant General James Clapper told CNN.

"I was confident in May of 2017 that we had ample facts to indicate that the president may have committed obstruction of justice," the former acting FBI director told MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

The former acting FBI director suggested the president's alleged links with Russia could amount to something more sinister than previously believed.

Rosen will replace Rod Rosenstein, who has been attacked recently by the president over claims of a secret taping plot.

White House counselor was speaking to CNN's Chris Cuomo about recent Andrew McCabe revelations.

In addition, a former senior counsel to independent counsel Ken Starr's Whitewater probe of President Bill Clinton tweeted that the actions would constitute "impeachable activity."

"Just in the past few days, the counterintelligence red flags are flying a lot higher than they did, arguably, then, when this investigation was first launched" after the James Comey firing, Samantha Vinograd said.

"The information I have, including the memos I wrote, I've given all that to the special counsel's team," Andrew McCabe told "The View."

Michael Cohen's lawyer said his client will tell Congress that the president "speaks in bigoted words in private."

Kaiser met with Julian Assange in 2017.

"They're trying to find out if the president directed people to lie," former federal prosecutor Cynthia Alksne said on Saturday during an appearance on MSNBC.

The court filing contains the first allegation by prosecutors that Stone directly interacted with WikiLeaks and Russian hackers.

Sarah Sanders is the latest Trump administration official known to have sat down with special counsel Robert Mueller.

"She may very well have relevant information," a House Democrat said of Ivanka Trump.

Following the firing of FBI Director James Comey, former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said he initiated the FBI's obstruction of justice and counterintelligence investigations into the president.  

During a segment on MSNBC's "The Beat," Nick Ackerman told host Ari Melber that today's ruling could pressure Manafort to "tell the truth."

Their connection is undeniable.

Trump had warned special counsel Robert Mueller not to delve into his family's finances, but they are reportedly very much within the scope of the House Democrats' investigation.

The Washington Post reported in January that the president had gone to "extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations" with Russian President Vladimir Putin.