On Friday the Justice Department dropped some huge shoes in the Russia investigation. First a pair of memos from special prosecutor Robert Mueller and the Southern District of New York involving the criminal sentencing of Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former lawyer and fixer. Then a filing on Paul Manafort’s failed cooperation with the Mueller probe (it said he lied). Source: …
Analysis: Trump tries to change the story
President Donald Trump is dipping into his playbook of distraction and denial, but even his skills at weaving alternative narratives cannot disguise the growing threat he faces from special counsel Robert Mueller. Source: CNN
SE Cupp: Is Trump even reading what I'm reading?
CNN’s SE Cupp sifts through the trio of court filings, two from the special counsel’s office and one from the Southern District of New York, which suggest special counsel Robert Mueller has substantial evidence to back up his accusations. Source: CNN
The President, his lawyer and Geraldo Rivera say the filings in Manafort and Cohen cases show no collusion
President Donald Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Saturday that Friday’s court filings in the Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen cases showed no collusion between the 2016 Trump presidential campaign and Russia. Source: CNN
What we learned from the special counsel filings
Everyone’s lying to Robert Mueller — and he knows it. Source: CNN
Feds: Cohen broke the law at Trump's direction
Federal prosecutors Friday requested that the court impose “a substantial term of imprisonment” for Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen. Source: CNN
RBG's message one month after fall: I'm still here
Supreme Court arguments Thursday on a case involving double jeopardy immediately turned heated, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was among the most relentless in questioning a lawyer at the lectern. Source: CNN
Analysis: Donald Trump's very bad day
On Friday, President Donald Trump (and the rest of us) got the most fulsome look into the inner workings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation yet. And what Trump saw has to terrify him. Source: CNN
Kellyanne Conway's husband trolls Trump's tweet
Attorney George Conway, husband of White House counselor Kellywanne Conway, responded to President Trump’s tweet that said “totally clears the President” shortly after prosecutors filed sentencing documents against Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen. Source: CNN
Chief of staff was questioned in an investigation about potential obstruction of justice, sources say
White House chief of staff John Kelly was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in recent months, three people with knowledge of the matter told CNN. Source: CNN