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Trump-Russia Investigation. George Papadopoulos Report. 10/31/17.

CNN : “The Manafort news drew bigger headlines Monday…but the Papadopoulos guilty plea and the fact that he has been cooperating with the special counsel investigation since July…significantly more problematic for Trump and his White House.” http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/30/politics/george-papadopolous-trump-guilty/index.html Politifact : “How important was George Papadopoulos on Donald Trump’s foreign policy team?” http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/oct/30/how-important-was-george-papadopoulos-donald-trump/ BBC News : “George Papadopoulos: Biggest Trump-Russia news wasn’t about Manafort.” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41808283

Trump-Russia Investigation. Special Edition: The First Indictments. 10/30/17.

Reuters : “ Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager to President Donald Trump, and a business associate were indicted by a federal grand jury on 12 counts including conspiracy against the United States. conspiracy to launder money and violating federal lobbying and banking laws, the federal special counsel said on Monday .” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-charges-indictment/ex-trump-campaign-aide-manafort-charged-in-12-count-indictment-idUSKBN1CZ1KT New York Times : “Trump tries to shift focus…Pushing back against the accelerating criminal investigation into his campaign ties to Russia…President Trump argued on Sunday that its focus should instead be on his 2016 rival, Hillary Clinton.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/29/us/politics/trump-clinton-mueller-russia.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=politics&module=Ribbon&version=context&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Politics&pgtype=article CNN : “The arrest of President D

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 10/28/17

BBC News : “ The first charges have been filed in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller into alleged Russia interference in the 2016 US election.” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41786470 New York Times : “The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website…first hired…the research firm that months later produced…‘the Steele dossier’…to research…connections between Mr Trump, his businesses, his campaign team and Russia.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/27/us/politics/trump-dossier-paul-singer.html Politico : “Carter Page scheduled for House intel committee interview.” https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/27/carter-page-house-intel-committee-interview-244244 NBC News : “ Congressional investigators this week grilled President Donald Trump’s personal attorney over a scuttled plan to open a new tower in Moscow.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hill-committees-focus-russia-tower-deal-cohen-interviews-n815121 Reuters : “Twitter bans a

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 10/22/17

Bloomberg News : “Two executives of a firm that helped produce an opposition-research dossier that makes salacious claims about President  Donald Trump ’s ties to Russia refused to answer questions Wednesday in a private meeting with the House Intelligence Committee.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-18/executives-of-firm-tied-to-trump-dossier-won-t-answer-queries Politico : “ Questioning who paid for the salacious document, the president reveals his real fear of its contents. ” http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/10/21/jack-shafer-swamp-diary-trump-russia-dossier Reuters : “ Democrats on [the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee ] say members of its Republican majority are trying to sabotage an investigation into suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election ” https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-house/partisan-feud-undercuts-trump-russia-probe-u-s-democrats-charge-idUSKBN1CP2MN Politico : “ President Dona

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 10/15/17.

Daily Beast : “ A data firm backed by some of Donald Trump’s closest allies is now facing scrutiny as part of an investigation into possible collusion between the president’s team and  Russian operatives.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-probe-now-investigating-cambridge-analytica-trumps-psychographic-data-gurus Business Insider : “Rience Priebus meets with Robert Mueller on the Trump-Russia Investigation.” http://www.businessinsider.com/reince-priebus-robert-mueller-interview-russia-investigation-2017-10   Politico : “Russia threatens US media with retaliatory restrictions...US intelligence accused RT of meddling in last November’s US presidential election.” http://www.politico.eu/article/russia-threatens-us-media-with-retaliatory-restrictions/   Politico : “ Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign, informed the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that he will not be cooperating with any requests to appear before the panel.”

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 10/8/17.

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 10/8/17. The New York Times : “Russian hackers obtained classified documents [from] a National Security Agency employee…by exploiting Kaspersky Lab antivirus software.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/politics/russia-nsa-hackers-kaspersky.html Business Insider : “ Trump's lawyers have adopted a new legal strategy of cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in the hopes that he will…confirm publicly that Trump is not being investigated…Mueller is reportedly investigating Trump for obstruction of justice based on his decision to fire Comey.” http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-mueller-comey-russia-investigation-2017-10 The Guardian : “ Christopher Steele,  has been interviewed  by investigators working for the special counsel…Steele’s reports…describe the Kremlin’s cultivation [of Trump] and the systematic collusion of Trump’s associates with Moscow.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/07/trump