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Trump Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 1-28-18.

Axios News : “President Trump ordered the firing of Special counsel Robert Mueller last June, reversing course after White House Counsel Don McGahn threatened to resign.” https://www.axios.com/trump-ordered-mueller-fired-151692962-9163399b-a48c-4f31-b5fe-08efd450d72d.html National Public Radio : “The 10 Events You Need To Know To Understand The Almost-Firing Of Robert Mueller.” https://www.npr.org/2018/01/26/580964814/the-10-events-you-need-to-know-to-understand-the-almost-firing-of-robert-mueller Washington Post : ”Could lying about trying to fire Mueller put Trump in even more hot water?” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/01/27/could-lying-about-attempting-to-fire-mueller-put-trump-in-even-more-hot-water/?utm_term=.8009b20202bd Bloomberg News : “Twitter Says Russian Bots Retweeted Trump 470,000 Times.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-26/twitter-says-russian-linked-bots-retweeted-trump-470-000-times CNN : “A list of troublesom

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 1/20/18.

McClatchy News : “The FBI is investigating whether a top Russian banker with ties to the Kremlin illegally funneled money to the National Rifle Association to help Donald Trump win the presidency.” http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article195231139.html CNBC : “President Donald Trump personally ordered Steve Bannon not to answer certain questions during his testimony to the House Intelligence Committee.” https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/18/trump-ordered-restrictions-for-bannons-testimony-report.html Newsweek : “President Donald Trump possibly obstructed justice or intimidated a witness if he did indeed tell Steve Bannon not to answer certain questions during his interview with the House Intelligence Committee.” http://www.newsweek.com/bannon-testimony-trump-obstruct-justice-house-intelligence-785113 Politico: “Manafort trial likely to start in September at the earliest.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/paul-manafort-trial-timeline-341128

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 1/14/18.

NPR : “Senate Democrats…study, about Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s international crusade against democracy…documents Russian offensive efforts in 19 different countries…‘Never before in American history has so clear a threat to national security been so clearly ignored by a US president,’ the report’s preface reads.” https://www.npr.org/2018/01/11/577084624/democrats-unveil-a-blueprint-for-battling-putin-daring-trump-to-act?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20180111 New York Times : “President Trump declined on Wednesday to commit to being interviewed by Robert S. Mueller III…backing off his statement last year that he would be willing to talk to Mr Mueller under oath.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/10/us/politics/trump-russia-election-interference.html Newsweek : “Jared Kushner will be interviewed by Senate Judiciary Committee for Trump-Russia Investigation.” http://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushner-

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 1/6/18

New York Times : “Obstruction Inquiry Shows Trump’s Struggle to Keep Grip on Russia Investigation.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/politics/trump-sessions-russia-mcgahn.html NBC News : “Steve Bannon, the former Whitehouse chief strategist, calls a meeting of Trump campaign officials with a Russian lawyer in Trump Tower during the presidential campaign “treasonous” and “unpatriotic.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/steve-bannon-calls-trump-tower-russian-meeting-treasonous-new-book-n834286 Quartz Media: “Money-laundering allegations could hurt Trump more than Russia-gate.” https://qz.com/1172800/trumps-money-laundering-allegations-by-michael-wolff-fusion-gps-and-adam-schiff/ PBS NewsHour : “The Trump-Bannon rift and what we’re learning about the Russia investigations.” https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-trump-bannon-rift-and-what-were-learning-about-the-russia-investigations CNN : “The Trump-Russia Investigation from the beginning.” http:/