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Trump reacts to Cohen plea
President Donald Trump reacts to his ex-attorney Michael Cohen’s guilty plea to making false statements to Congress about the Russia investigation. Source: CNN
Trump told Mueller he didn't know about Trump Tower visit and Roger Stone didn't tell him about WikiLeaks
President Donald Trump told special counsel Robert Mueller in writing that Roger Stone did not tell him about WikiLeaks, nor was he told about the 2016 Trump Tower meeting between his son, campaign officials and a Russian lawyer promising dirt on Hillary Clinton, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Source: CNN
Analysis: Trump appears consumed by Mueller's investigation
Donald Trump’s behavior isn’t doing much to bolster White House assurances that he’s got nothing to worry about from Robert Mueller’s probe, after a series of potentially ominous turns in the Russia investigation. Source: CNN
Analysis: What we learned from 2018's last Senate race
Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith has defeated Democrat Mike Espy in the Mississippi special Senate runoff election. The win capped off a tumultuous final few weeks of the campaign for Hyde-Smith who had a string of controversies, many of them touching on issues of race. Source: CNN
Nadler warns Trump 'dangling a pardon' for Manafort is 'close to obstruction of justice'
The likely incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee warned President Donald Trump that “even dangling a pardon” for his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort “would fortify a claim or a charge of obstruction of justice.” Source: CNN
Anderson Cooper: Something must be weighing on Trump
CNN’s Anderson Cooper argues that although President Trump has said there is no collusion, his response to mounting news about the Mueller investigation suggests the President is concerned about the end result. Source: CNN
The special counsel's team has asked if WikiLeaks or founder Julian Assange were discussed in a meeting with Ecuador's president, a source tells CNN
Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, secretly met several times with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, including around the time he was made a top figure in the Trump campaign, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Source: CNN
Judge appears reluctant to unseal Assange case
A federal judge in Virginia appeared reluctant Tuesday to grant a request to unseal a criminal complaint against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, emphasizing the “compelling interest” the government has in keeping such matters under wraps until he is arrested, should that happen. Source: CNN