lawyer who was said to have dirt on clinton had closer ties to kremlin than she let on

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Was the Russian lawyer who met with Trump Jr in touch?

Apr 27, 2018 · Lawyer Who Was Said to Have Dirt on Clinton Had Closer Ties to Kremlin Than She Let On Give this article 733 Natalia V. Veselnitskaya had long insisted that she met top Trump campaign officials in...

Why did Natalia Veselnitskaya meet with Donald Trump Jr?

Jul 26, 2018 · LONDON (AP) — The Moscow lawyer said to have promised Donald Trump ’s presidential campaign dirt on his Democratic opponent worked more closely with senior Russian government officials than she previously let on, according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.

Who was the US attorney who refused to resign?

The Russian lawyer who met with Trump campaign officials in Trump Tower in June 2016 on the premise that she would deliver damaging information about Hillary Clinton has long insisted she is a private attorney, not a Kremlin operative trying to meddle in the presidential election.

North and South Korea Set Bold Goals: A Final Peace and No Nuclear Arms

Kim Jong-un of North Korea and Moon Jae-in of the South agreed to work to formally end the Korean War and rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons.

Koreans Set the Table for a Deal That Trump Will Try to Close

North and South Korea agreed to seek denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, but President Trump and North Korea’s leader now have many details to iron out.

Plan to Storm Fence Gets Bloody Preview in Gaza

After hundreds of Palestinian protesters attacked the fence between Israel and Gaza, Israeli troops opened fire, killing four and wounding hundreds.

The Golden State Killer Is Tracked Through a Thicket of DNA, and Experts Shudder

The arrest of a suspect has set off alarms among some scientists and ethicists worried that consumer DNA may be widely accessed by law enforcement.

Firing of House Chaplain Causes Uproar on Capitol Hill

Speaker Paul D. Ryan, who requested the resignation of the Rev. Patrick J. Conroy, is facing pushback from his own party as well as Democrats.

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Who gave $400 million to Clinton?

Putin said associates of Bill Browder gave $400 million to the Clinton campaign. The associates appear to be the Ziff brothers. According to public data, Ziff Brothers Investments gave about $315,000 to Clinton and the Democratic National Committee.

What law did Browder pass?

To add salt to the wound, Browder had led the charge to pass the 2012 Magnitsky Act, a law that penalizes Russian officials suspected of sanctioning the death of Browder’s lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in a Russian prison.

House devolves into round of finger pointing over dismissal of chaplain

THE DISMISSAL of the House chaplain, Father Patrick Conroy, has touched off a round of finger pointing in the Capitol, culminating in a vote Friday morning to launch an investigation into his firing. The vote -- forced by Democrats -- was tabled by the GOP majority.

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