Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Last week’s raid by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Florida home has damaged U.S. voters’ trust in FBI, said a recent survey by U.S. polling company Rasmussen Reports. The new national telephone and online survey published on Thursday said …
Read More »7 U.S. Capitol police officers sue Trump, right-wing groups over Jan. 6 riot
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Seven U.S. Capitol police officers on Thursday filed a civil rights lawsuit against former President Donald Trump and his ally Roger Stone, as well as a number of members of right-wing extremist groups over the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Filed in a Washington, D.C. federal …
Read More »Trump commutes his longtime confidant Roger Stone’s jail sentence
Washington, United States | XINHUA | U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive grant of clemency commuting the prison time of his longtime confidant Roger Stone, said White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Friday. The announcement came shortly after an appeals court denied Stone’s motion to delay the …
Read More »Trump ally to be sentenced amid firestorm over presidential meddling
Washington, United States | AFP | Donald Trump’s longtime aide Roger Stone will be sentenced Thursday in a case that has caused a stir in Washington following meddling by the US president and his attorney general. Stone, one of the Republican leader’s allies and “oldest friends,” was convicted in November of …
Read More »Justice chief blasts Trump for making job ‘impossible’
Washington, United States | AFP | US Attorney General Bill Barr on Thursday delivered a highly unusual public rebuke of Donald Trump, saying the president’s tweets were making his job at the Justice Department “impossible.” “I have a problem with some of the tweets,” Barr said in an interview with ABC …
Read More »Trump under fire for intervening in Roger Stone case
Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump faced fresh accusations of abuse of power Tuesday after appearing to pressure the Justice Department to seek a lighter prison sentence for his longtime political aide Roger Stone. Stone was convicted in November last year of lying to Congress, tampering with …
Read More »Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe: Where it stands
Washington, United States | AFP | Longtime Donald Trump advisor Roger Stone is the 34th person indicted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller as part of the investigation of possible ties between the US president’s election campaign and Russia. The ongoing probe by the former FBI director has led to six …
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