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Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 12/31/17.

Guardian : “Trump aide told Australian diplomat Russia had dirt on Clinton…WikiLeaks began publishing hacked emails from Democratic officials two months later…Papadopoulos edited an outline of Trump’s first major foreign policy speech…Papadopoulos…highlighted the speech to his contacts in Moscow, suggesting it was a ‘signal to meet.’” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/dec/30/donald-trump-russia-inquiry-george-papadopoulos-australian-diplomat Washington Post : “ Russia never stopped its cyberattacks on the United States.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/russia-never-stopped-its-cyberattacks-on-the-united-states/2017/12/25/83076f2e-e676-11e7-a65d-1ac0fd7f097e_story.html?utm_term=.a381ac75c887 Washington Post : “Russia is going to attack our next election…Trump fought the intelligence on Russia and left an election threat unchecked.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/12/26/russia-is-going-to-attack-our-next-election-the-trump-administrati

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 12/23/17.

ABC News : “More than 40 US attorneys and Republican and conservative officials are pushing back against efforts to discredit the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.” http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/us-attorneys-gop-officials-muellers-defense-51955661 Bloomberg News : “President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon and his former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski have been asked to testify to House lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-22/bannon-lewandowski-said-to-be-asked-to-testify-to-house-probe Business Insider : “Steve Bannon blames Jared Kushner for Trump’s Russia problems…Bannon blamed Kushner for meetings during the campaign with Russians.”   http://www.businessinsider.com/bannon-kushner-trump-colluded-with-russia-2017-12 FactCheck.org : “Michael Flynn’s Russia Timeline.” http://www.factcheck.org/2017/12/michael-flynns

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 12/17/17.

Washington Post : “Trump continues to reject the evidence that Russia waged an assault on a pillar of American Democracy and supported his run for the White House…the personal insecurities of the president—and his refusal to accept what even many in his administration regard as objective reality—have impaired the government’s response to a national security threat.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/world/national-security/donald-trump-pursues-vladimir-putin-russian-election-hacking/?utm_term=.cabc5ad26daf Politico : “Trump transition lawyer accuses Mueller of unlawfully obtaining emails…the latest in a series of legal maneuvers seeking to challenge the special counsel’s authority…the allegations against Mueller smacked of a pretext for Trump firing him.” https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/16/mueller-trump-transition-emails-lawyer-299577 National Public Radio : “On his way to speak at FBI, Trump slams the Bureau and opens the door to pardoning Flynn.” http

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 12/9/17.

CNN : “Trump’s tweet on Saturday about firing Michael Flynn…a possible admission of obstruction of justice…Walter Shaub…responded…“Are you admitting you knew Flynn had lied to the FBI when you asked Comey to back off Flynn?’” http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/02/politics/trump-tweet-flynn-firing-fbi-reaction/index.html Business Insider : “Trump’s lawyer offered a dubious explanation for Trump’s bombshell tweet about Michael Flynn…claimed he authored a controversial tweet from Trump’s Twitter account…the tweet’s wording was inconsistent with that used by most experienced attorneys.” http://www.businessinsider.com/john-dowd-claims-he-wrote-trump-tweet-about-michael-flynn-2017-12 NBC News : “Donald Trump Jr. asked Russian lawyer for info on Clinton Foundation.” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-jr-asked-russian-lawyer-info-clinton-foundation-n826711 Business Insider : “Whistleblower: Michael Flynn suggested to business colleague around Inauguration Day that Rus

Update: Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 12/4/17.

NPR : "Michael Flynn pleaded guilty Friday to lying to the FBI...and he is cooperating with the special counsel's investigation." https://www.npr.org/2017/12/01/561238303/michael-flynn-sr-expected-to-plead-guilty-to-lying-to-fbi Politico : “What Michael Flynn’s plea deal means. Eleven legal experts weigh in.” https://www.politico.eu/article/michael-flynn-guilty-plea-what-it-means/ New York Times : “Trump Pressed Top Republicans to End Senate Russia Inquiry.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/30/us/politics/trump-russia-senate-intel.html BBC News : “Jared Kushner has been questioned by special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators about former top White House aide Michael Flynn.” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42177932 Washington Post : Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has reached a bail deal with prosecutors.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/paul-manafort-announces-proposed-bail-deal-with-mueller-probe-pr