Russia Probe

Prosecutors Want Substantial Sentence for Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen

Prosecutors say Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, should serve a substantial prison term with a modest amount of credit for his cooperation. Cohen is scheduled to be sentenced next Wednesday in New York federal court. He pleaded guilty to federal charges and cooperated in multiple state and federal probes over several months, including having seven meetings with…

President’s son-in-law told Flynn to speak with Russians

AP breaks story, quoting a source.

(AP) – AP source: Jared Kushner is ‘very senior’ Trump transition official who directed Flynn to contact Russians on UN vote. (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.) Watch Alabama News Network— CBS 8 at 5:30, or ABC Montgomery at 5:00— for complete coverage of this developing story. Categories:…

Trump Rages at Sessions in New York Times Interview

President Donald Trump says he never would have appointed Jeff Sessions as attorney general had he known Sessions would recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation. Trump makes the extraordinary statement about Sessions in an interview with the New York Times Wednesday. He tells the paper that Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from all matters related to Russia was “very…