Trump-Russia News.

CNN : “Robert Mueller’s team…wanted former Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates’ help…investigating the Trump campaign’s contact with the Russians…Mueller’s team alleges that Gates was in contact with a close colleague of Manafort’s who worked for a Russian intelligence agency—and that Gates knew of the spy service ties in September and October 2016, while he worked on the Trump campaign.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/29/politics/mueller-gates-russia-investigation-contacts/index.html The Atlantic : “Why is Trump Turning Against the Russians Now?...The question about collusion is no longer whether Trump officials had untoward contacts with Russians—two have already pleaded guilty to concealing meetings with Russians from the FBI…but the scale of the collusion, and whether Trump himself was involved.” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/03/why-is-trump-turning-against-russia-now/556970/ Politico : “When Trump lashed out against Robert Mueller by name earlier this m

Politico : “Trump’s Russia probe lawyer John Dowd resigns…amid a larger shakeup of the legal team handling the Mueller investigation.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/22/trump-lawyer-john-dowd-steps-down-479417 NPR : “Russia Hacked US Power Grid – So What Will The Trump Administration Do About It?” https://www.npr.org/2018/03/23/596044821/russia-hacked-u-s-power-grid-so-what-will-the-trump-administration-do-about-it Independent : “Robert Mueller…will scrutinize links between Donald Trump’s campaign and Cambridge Analytica-the British firm accused of using the personal information of millions of Facebook users for campaigning without their consent or knowledge…The campaign paid the firm just under $6m for its work, federal records show.” https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mueller-cambridge-analytica-trump-election-russia-special-counsel-rnc-a8269986.html Washington Post : Trump is attacking Mueller as faith in the special counsel is

CNN : “Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe late Friday, less than two days shy of his retirement…McCabe said his firing is part of a larger effort to discredit the FBI and the special counsel’s investigation.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/16/politics/andrew-mccabe-fired/index.html BBC News : “Ex-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe has given memos about conversations he had with President Donald Trump to an inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election.” http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43444482 The New Yorker : “McCabe was fired because he is a crucial witness in the investigation led by Robert Mueller…when McCabe testifies against Trump, he will now be dismissed by the President’s supporters as an ex-employee embittered by his firing.” https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/donald-trump-and-the-craven-firing-of-andrew-mccabe New York Times : “Mueller Wants Trump’s Business Records. What’s the Russia C

New York Magazine : “What We Know About Efforts to Set Up a Trump-Russia Back Channel.” http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/the-push-for-a-trump-russia-back-channel-what-we-know.html Business Insider : “Trump has reportedly been asking witnesses what they told Mueller – and it adds to a growing obstruction case against Trump.” http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-asked-key-russia-witnesses-what-they-discussed-with-mueller-2018-3 ABC News : “Five and a half hours after testifying before a grand jury in the Russia probe, a former political adviser to Donald Trump told ABC News exclusively that he believes the investigation is ‘warranted.’” http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-aide-speaks-mueller-russia-probe-witch-hunt/story?id=53650541 The Intercept : “Ivanka Trump…is connected…to events at the heart of the probe…as Mueller’s investigation broadens, the so-called first daughter is becoming a long overdue part of the bigger story.” https://theintercept.com/

Vox : “Jared Kushner’s…scandals explained…Robert Mueller’s investigators are reportedly interested in the senior White House adviser for a plethora of reasons—including, but not limited to, the central topic of whether the Trump team worked with Russia to interfere with the 2016 campaign.” https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/1/17053398/jared-kushner-scandals-russia-clearance-loans NBC News : “Trump attacks Sessions over inquiry into alleged FBI surveillance abuses in Russia probe.” https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-attacks-sessions-over-russian-probe-n851961 CNN : “Donald Trump has long been obsessed with the idea that the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election is…a political scheme to rob him of the credit he so rightly deserves for winning that race…that obsession has been tuned up a notch with Trump unleashing a series of bitter tweets attacking even his own top advisers.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/18/politics/d