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Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 6/23/18.

Vanity Fair : “Inside Russia’s Attempt to Hack 2018 and 2020. According to various cyber-security experts, everything is on the table and it’s already happening.” https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/inside-russias-attempt-to-hack-2018-and-2020 Washington Post : “Trump associate Roger Stone reveals new contact with Russian national during 2016 campaign.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-associate-roger-stone-reveals-new-contact-with-russian-national-during-2016-campaign/2018/06/17/4a8123c8-6fd0-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d186fe509c5b Politico : “Mueller seeks September sentencing for Papadopoulos.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/22/mueller-george-papadopoulos-sentencing-667169 The Spectator, UK : “What does the British government know about Trump and Russia?” https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/06/what-does-the-british-government-know-about-trump-and-russia/ Vanity Fair : “Robert Mueller…investigating mee

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 6/17/18.

Chicago Tribune : “As Mueller moves to finalize obstruction report, Trump’s allies ready for political battle.” http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-mueller-trump-russia-20180616-story.html Politico : “The president and his allies are calling for Mueller’s probe to stop after the DOJ watchdog report.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/15/trump-ig-report-mueller-investigation-648989 AP Fact Check : “Trump is claiming exoneration in the Russia matter from a Justice Department report that actually offers him none.” https://www.apnews.com/dc41519107004360ae23c5cf9f66c7e1/AP-FACT-CHECK:-Trump-on-FBI,-phantom-law-on-migrant-kids CNN : “Judge sends Paul Manafort to jail, pending trial…after special counsel Robert Mueller’s prosecutors dropped new accusations of witness tampering on him.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/politics/judge-sends-paul-manafort-to-jail-pending-trial/index.html The New Yorker : “Trump is pushing his team to arrange…m

Trump-Russia Investigation. The Week in Review. 6/9/18.

The Guardian : “Paul Manafort. Trump’s ex-chair hit with new obstruction of justice charges.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/08/paul-manafort-russia-trump-robert-mueller-obstruction-of-justice Fact Check : “Trump’s attorneys said the president ‘dictated’ his son’s statement to the New York Times about a June 2016 meeting between top Trump campaign aides and a Russian lawyer. The admission…contradicted earlier claims.” https://www.factcheck.org/2018/06/a-timeline-of-trump-tower-meeting-responses/ Snopes : “Does the President Have an ‘Absolute Right’ to Self-Pardon?” https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/06/06/does-president-have-absolute-right-pardon/ PBS NewsHour : “Paul Ryan contradicts Trump’s claim that the FBI planted a spy…in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.” https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/paul-ryan-contradicts-trumps-claim-that-the-fbi-planted-a-spy Vanity Fair : “Was Viktor Vekselberg Bankrolling Michael Cohen’s Pro-Russia Peac

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

CNN : “Trump, again, denies firing Comey over Russia despite saying exactly that at the time.” https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/politics/trump-russia-investigation/index.html Politico : “Mueller Team Moves Another Case Toward Sentencing.” https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/29/mueller-russia-probe-sentencing-richard-pinedo-610843 Washington Post : “Robert Mueller’s Obstruction of Justice Probe is Bigger Than We Realized.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/30/the-trump-obstruction-of-justice-probe-is-bigger-than-we-realized/?utm_term=.dd3c891d566f Vanity Fair : Mueller’s Method: “This is Rico 101.” https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/05/why-mueller-isnt-taking-rudys-bait Denver Post : “On Fox News, Rep. Trey Gowdy and Andrew Napolitano dismantle Trump’s ‘Spygate’ theories…anchor Shepard Smith ripped apart the president’s ‘conspiracy theories.’” https://www.denverpost.com/2018/05/30/gowdy-napolitano-trump-fox-news/ New York Times : “