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Former Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook told a federal court in Washington, DC on Friday that, in 2016, Hillary Clinton approved leaking to the media a story claiming that the Trump Organization had been in contact with Russia’s Alfa Bank. The story originated with one of Clinton’s lawyers, and is …

The fascinating thing about special counsel John Durham’s investigation is that it keeps revealing things about “Russiagate” almost incidentally, in seemingly unrelated procedural filings concerning prosecutions of process crimes.  For example, a simple conflict-of-interest statement in the case of a high-caliber lawyer charged with lying to the FBI spotlighted a …

Responding to a document request by the New York Times, the DOJ has sought out the report named in a book by Mueller assistant Andrew Weissman and is working to declassify it for publication, US Attorney Damian Williams of the Southern District of New York said in a court filing …

In a statement on Friday, the Washington Post announced that it had removed “large portions” of two articles covering the discredited Steele dossier – a political opposition report commissioned by Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign which claimed to have evidence of a conspiracy between President Donald Trump and Russia. Washington …

The indictment of Igor Danchenko on Thursday is the latest development in the painfully slow unravelling of the conspiracy behind the Russiagate hoax. At the same time, however, it is also a new window into the workings of the so-called ‘deep state’ forces that bought into the lies and wielded …

The revelations in question take the form of an indictment laid against a Russian citizen living in the United States by the name of Igor Danchenko. The accusation against him is that he lied to the FBI when being questioned about his role in the “Russiagate” affair. But the real …

Michael Sussmann was charged with making a false statement to the FBI, falsely telling counsel James A. Baker that he was not acting on behalf of a client, even though he represented an unnamed tech executive, an internet company, and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. In the September 19, 2016 meeting, …

On Thursday, London’s Guardian newspaper delivered the latest installment in this long-standing ‘Russiagate’ tradition. Rolling out a series of supposed revelations, intended to shock readers with the scale of the alleged deception behind Trump’s win, journalist Luke Harding, who has previous experience in publishing fake stories on this theme, alleged …

As CNN’s chief media critic, Stelter regularly focuses his attention on Carlson, who he’s branded an icon of “white male rage and resentment,” a “conspiracy theorist,” and “the new Donald Trump.” Audiences don’t seem to care, however, and ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ pulled in around 2.8 million viewers every night in …

The short course, titled ‘The Mueller Report and the Role of the Special Counsel’ was announced on Wednesday. It is sponsored by the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy, a nonprofit based at the law school whose mission is to “promote understanding and appreciation of the principles and practices necessary …