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February 12, 2020 at 8:05 pm

After Stone case, prosecutors say they fear pressure from Trump

WASHINGTON — For decades after Watergate, the White House treated the Justice Department with the softest of gloves, fearful that any appearance of political interference...

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November 27, 2019 at 1:06 pm

Giuliani Pursued Business in Ukraine While Pushing for Inquiries for Trump

As Rudy Giuliani waged a public campaign this year to unearth damaging information in Ukraine about President Donald Trump’s political rivals, he privately pursued hundreds...

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November 25, 2019 at 8:58 am

Why Giuliani eyed 2 Ukrainian oligarchs for help in digging dirt

Interviews with the oligarchs as well as with several other people fill out a strategy clearly aimed at leveraging information from politically powerful but legally...

October 11, 2019 at 6:26 pm

Those Foreign Business Ties? The Trump Sons Have Plenty Too

Last month, the Trump family business received approval from a local government in Scotland for a major expansion of its golf resort near Aberdeen, marking...

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September 16, 2019 at 12:32 pm

8 Years of Trump tax returns subpoenaed by Manhattan DA

NEW YORK — State prosecutors in Manhattan have subpoenaed President Donald Trump’s accounting firm to demand eight years of his personal and corporate tax returns,...

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January 14, 2019 at 6:25 pm

At Trump’s inauguration, $10,000 for makeup and lots of room service VIEW

WASHINGTON — Private donors put up $107 million to usher Donald Trump into office in style two years ago, and it is now clear just...

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October 1, 2018 at 5:46 pm

Kavanaugh was involved in bar brawl at Yale

The incident, which occurred in September 1985 during Kavanaugh’s junior year, resulted in Kavanaugh and four other men being questioned by the New Haven Police...

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September 26, 2018 at 6:01 pm

Heavy drinking at center of Kavanaugh accusations

The backdrop to the accusations about Brett Kavanaugh was a culture of hard partying that permeated certain quarters of high-school and college life in the...

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September 26, 2018 at 1:01 pm

At the center of the Kavanaugh accusations: heavy drinking

As accusations of sexual impropriety have threatened to upend the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, a common theme has emerged connecting...

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August 21, 2018 at 11:57 am

Ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen reaches plea deal but doesn't have to cooperate with feds, sources say

Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, on Tuesday reached a plea agreement with prosecutors investigating payments he made to women on behalf of Trump,...

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