Records Show FBI Was Probing Michael Cohen Long Before Raid

By JIM MUSTIAN and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of pages of court records made public Tuesday revealed that special counsel Robert Mueller quickly zeroed in on Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer, in the early stages of his Russia probe. The heavily blacked-out records, released by…

Cohen’s Lawyer Says Trump Advisers Were ‘Dangling’ Pardons

  By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s advisers dangled the possibility of a pardon for his former personal lawyer Michael Cohen last year, Cohen’s attorney said Thursday, as congressional investigators zero in on the president’s pardon power. The issue of pardons has emerged as a key…

Cohen confesses To Lying About Trump Tower Moscow Deal

By ERIC TUCKER, LARRY NEUMEISTER and CHAD DAY , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The surprise plea agreement with President Donald Trump’s former lawyer made clear that prosecutors believe Michael Cohen was continuing to pursue the Trump Tower Moscow project weeks after his boss had clinched the Republican nomination for president and while investigators believe…

GOP – And Some Democrats, Too – Reject Talk of Impeachment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The day after President Donald Trump was implicated in a federal crime, members of both parties dismissed talk of impeachment, with some Democrats expressing fears Wednesday about such a politically risky step, and Republicans shrugging off the accusations or withholding judgment. The legal entanglements surrounding Trump — the guilty plea by former…