The request that Durham and other officials come in for interviews opens a new line of investigation by House Democrats into the conduct of the Trump administration.
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Durham rejects ‘some conclusions’ of Horowitz report
Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham is conducting his own probe into how the Russia investigations were initiated.
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Durham faces tough job investigating Trump campaign investigators
In investigating the origins of the Russia probe, U.S. Attorney John Durham risks angering either the White House or the FBI.
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Blumenthal, Murphy demand quick release of Mueller report
U.S. Attorney General William Barr notified congressional leaders late Friday that Mueller had concluded his 22-month probe.
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Conn. U.S. Attorney Durham conducting probe of FBI media leaks in Russia probe
WASHINGTON – Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham is investigating a former top FBI lawyer and possibly others in connection with media leaks from the agency’s initial probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion by then-candidate Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Durham’s role in heading the leak investigation was revealed Tuesday, with the release of a letter to him from House Republicans seeking more information on his findings.
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Blumenthal: Sessions ‘resignation’ a ‘breaking glass’ moment
WASHINGTON – Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who has sponsored legislation aimed at protecting special counsel Bob Mueller, angrily denounced President Donald Trump’s replacement of Attorney General Jeff Session with Matthew Whitaker, a Justice Department employee who thinks Mueller has exceeded his powers.
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Himes blasts GOP intelligence panel’s final report on Russia probe
WASHINGTON – While Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee issued a final report Friday on a year-long probe into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 elections that generally clears the Trump campaign of any wrongdoing, Rep. Jim Himes and other Democrats on the panel say they will continue the investigation.
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Mueller protection bill approved by key committee with GOP help
WASHINGTON– Four Republicans joined Sen. Richard Blumenthal and other Democrats in voting on Thursday to approve a bill that aims to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired in the midst of the Russia investigation.
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Himes: Intelligence panel badly hurt by Russia probe conduct
WASHINGTON — Although it boosted his visibility, Rep. Jim Himes says the House Intelligence Committee’s newly concluded Russia probe has left him disappointed and left the important oversight panel “relatively toothless” to tackle similar missions. Nevertheless, the five-term Democrat says he’s sticking with the job of overseeing the nation’s spy agencies, whose actions are sometimes “scary.”
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Blumenthal slams Trump for failing to commit to a Mueller interview
WASHINGTON – Sen. Richard Blumenthal on Wednesday slammed President Trump for declining to say whether he would grant an interview to special counsel Robert Mueller and his team, who are investigating any possible collusion between Russian and the Trump campaign. Blumenthal said, “The president has a moral and legal duty to cooperate.”
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Sessions tells Blumenthal he’s had no contact from Mueller in Russia probe
WASHINGTON — Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Attorney General Jeff Sessions played a game of political cat and mouse Wednesday during a Senate Judiciary oversight hearing, with the Democratic senator pressing Sessions on whether he’d been contacted for questioning by special counsel Robert Mueller. Blumenthal finally got a no from Sessions.
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Blumenthal calls Trump’s new Vietnam tweets about him ‘slurs’
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President Donald J. Trump took to Twitter Monday morning – and again in the afternoon – to renew his attacks on U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., bringing up the senator’s misstatements about service in Vietnam for the third time. Trump called him a “phony Vietnam con artist.”
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Blumenthal: Comey testimony shows Trump ‘disdain’ for rule of law
WASHINGTON — During Senate debate Wednesday on legislation that would tighten U.S. sanctions on Iran, Sen. Richard Blumenthal said former FBI Director James Comey’s accounts of meetings with Donald Trump may explain why the president is not pressing for tougher sanctions against Russia.
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Himes: Comey testimony raises questions about Trump’s ability to enforce the law
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Himes said former FBI Director James Comey’s prepared testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee “should have us all asking a fundamental question about whether we can trust this president to uphold and enforce the laws of the United States.”
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Trump picks Lieberman associate Kasowitz as personal lawyer in Russia probe
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s decision to hire New York attorney Marc Kasowitz to serve as his private lawyers during federal and congressional Russia probes has hurt Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman’s chances of becoming the next FBI chief.