Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 5/12/18.


New York Times: “Firm Tied to Russian Oligarch Made Payments to Michael Cohen…President Trump’s Personal Lawyer.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/08/us/politics/michael-cohen-shell-company-payments.html

Bloomberg News: “Russian Oligarch’s Links to Trump’s World Extend Beyond Cohen.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-09/russian-oligarch-s-links-to-trump-s-world-extend-beyond-cohen

CNBC News: “House Democrats released more than 3500 Russian-bought Facebook ads…Russia sought to weaponize social media platforms to drive a wedge between Americans and in an attempt to sway the 2016 election.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/10/congress-releases-russian-bought-facebook-ads.html

Slate: “Why is Mike Pence Calling for an end to the Mueller Probe?...Where Pence fits into the timeline of potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.”
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/05/mike-pence-calls-for-an-end-to-the-mueller-probe-what-is-he-afraid-of.html

ABC News: “Special counsel probing donations with foreign connections to Trump inauguration.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclusive-special-counsel-probing-donations-foreign-connections-trump/story?id=55054482

ThinkProgress: “Columbus Nova…the company that paid-off Michael Cohen…listed as a subsidiary of Renova—a Russia-based conglomerate…spent 2016 and 2017 registering a number of websites aimed at young white supremacists.”
https://thinkprogress.org/columbus-nova-and-the-alt-right-af5b5471d8cf/

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