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Investigators follow flow of money to Trump from wealthy donors with Russian ties Three Americans with significant Russian business connections contributed almost $2 million to political funds controlled by Donald Trump, ABC News has learned. The timing of contributions coming from US citizens with ties to Russia, is now being questioned by investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a Republican campaign aide interviewed by Mueller’s team. Unless the contributions were directed by a foreigner, they would be legal, but could still be of interest to investigators examining allegations of Russian influence in the 2016 campaign, said Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. “Obviously, if there were those that had associations with the Kremlin that were contributing, that would be of keen concern,” Schiff told ABC News. A review of Trump campaign records conducted by the Center for Responsive Politics for ABC News ...

This month's revelations about the investigation into Russia's election interference and President Donald Trump's campaign ties to Moscow have come at a dizzying pace. We learned that special counsel Robert Mueller obtained a search warrant to examine Facebook accounts linked to Russia after the company announced that the "inauthentic" users had purchased more than $100,000 in political ads during the election. We also learned more details about the FBI's longtime interest in Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort - and his overtures to a Russian oligarch last July. The president's legal team, meanwhile, is clashing over how cooperative to be with Mueller, who is homing in on key White House players as he examines whether Trump sought to obstruct justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey. Here is a look back at some of the month's most important developments: Facebook's Russia bombshell: Facebook announced on Septemb...

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The California Democrat added that there was no strict definition for what constitutes an impeachable offense. Outspoken Donald Trump critic Maxine Waters on Thursday guaranteed that there was collusion between the president and Russia and called on the black community to demand his impeachment. Waters, the long-time Democratic Congresswoman from California, has frequently called for Trump to be removed from office, citing a variety of alleged offenses. Related: Trump Supporters Don't Really Care If He Is Impeached But her latest tirade against the United States' 45th president may be her most severe yet. Speaking at a town hall on civil rights for the Congressional Black Caucus, Waters called on the black community to step up and make their voices heard in opposition to Trump. Adding that there was no strict definition for what constituted an impeachable offense. "How many in your organization have said 'impeach 45?'" she said. "Impeachment is abo...

On June 8, 2016, former FBI Director James Comey delivered what will be remembered as one the most consequential testimonies in modern history. Major networks interrupted their normal day-time TV to broadcast it live, which has only happened for a handful of congressional hearings (the Watergate hearings being among them). Americans tuned in with one question at the forefront of their minds: Is President Trump guilty of obstruction of justice? There have been numerous reports since Trump fired Comey that depict a president who was eager to end the investigation into his campaign’s potential collusion with Russia, and from what we got from Comey’s testimony, that appears to be the case. Comey’s prepared opening statement confirmed President Trump’s demand for loyalty in a private dinner, Trump’s request to end the FBI’s investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn, and that Comey did indeed write detailed memos of all his interactions with Trump. These details c...

WASHINGTON — Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, President Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Russia, told Congress on Tuesday that Moscow's meddling in the 2016 presidential election led directly to the lack of trust between the two former Cold War foes. Appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Huntsman struck a tough tone amid heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow. The relationship has been marred in recent months by a series of expulsions of diplomats and closures of diplomatic missions. "There is no question that the Russian government interfered in the U.S. election last year and Moscow continues to meddle in the democratic processes of our friends and allies," said Huntsman, who also noted that Russia continues to disregard its commitments to arms control treaties. "Right now we're at a low point," he said. "It reminds me of 1986." He said he would not hesitate to remind Russian officials that the...

President Donald Trump’s administration refused to release visitor logs from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida that would provide the identities of those who have visited the president while he has stayed there. In July the Department of Justice was ordered by a federal court to finish reviewing Mar-a-Lago visitor records and make them available to the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a liberal nonprofit group that fights for government transparency,  according  to the New York Times. On Friday the Justice Department had only “released a State Department list of just 22 names — all of them members of the delegation of the Japanese prime minister — who visited the club in February for a meeting with President Trump,” the Times reported. The defiant decision is the latest example of the Trump administration’s lack of transparency, and only stirs more questions regarding Trump’s private business that he can still  take out money from . It ...