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The Justice Department faces deadline to turn over all documents requested by congressional investigators; chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge reports from Washington. FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking news as well as…

[3] At the time of the raid the White House and its allies were gearing up to fire Deputy AG Rosenstein as the White House fears investigators seized tape recordings of conversations between Cohen and President Trump. [4] President Trump has attempted to fire Special Counsel Mueller multiple times. [5] President Trump's former lead Russia lawyer, who recently quit,[6] called for an end of Mueller's investigation. He and Mr. Vekselberg attended the event together and met with Mr. Cohen there, according to a person briefed on the matter. Columbus Nova, the company controlled by a Russian oligarch that paid Michael Cohen, registered a number of websites aimed at white nationalists and the alt-right. [10] A company at the center of widening questions involving President Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen is listed as the organization behind a string of websites targeted toward white nationalists and other members of the alt-right. Columbus Nova, a company whose U.S. chief executive, Andrew Intrater, and Russian investment partner Viktor Vekselberg have both reportedly been interviewed by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s team, is listed as the registrant behind a handful of domains for websites named after the alt-right that were created during the 2016 election. Could the court just issue charges repeatedly after the President issued a pardon (assuming it covers civil contempt)? WASHINGTON, July 6 - Judith Miller, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, was sent to jail on Wednesday after a federal judge declared that she was "defying the law" by refusing to divulge the name of a confidential source. Judge Hogan held the two reporters in civil contempt in October for refusing to cooperate with a federal prosecutor's investigation into the disclosure of the identity of a covert operative of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Critics question how the deputy attorney general can oversee Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation if his recommendation to fire former FBI Director James Comey makes him a witness; insight from Judge Andrew Napolitano, Fox News senior judicial analyst. FOX News…

Firing a warning shot – seemingly at Trump-allied Republicans on the Hill who have reportedly drafted articles of impeachment against him and beyond – said during a wide-ranging that the DOJ is ‘not going to be extorted.’ » Subscribe to…

During a talk at the Newseum in Washington, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said that the Department of Justice is "not going to be extorted,' after receiving public and private threats.

(Photo: Saul Loeb, AFP/Getty Images) Pittsburgh police received orders this week to get their riot gear ready just in case President Trump decides to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, a local CBS affiliate reported. What's the likelihood of that happening? Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has told Trump he's not a target in Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 elections, nor is his now-raided lawyer, Michael Cohen, according to Bloomberg Politics on Thursday. Still, the Senate will vote on a bill to protect Mueller next week. The latest to Trump's legal team: Rudy Giuliani? As Trump hopes to put the Russia investigation behind him, there's only one man he could turn to: Rudy Giuliani, apparently. Trump's legal team has been in shambles: John Dowd, his chief criminal attorney, resigned last month, with slated additions Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing withdrawing soon after. The team's big decision: deciding whether Trump will interview with Mueller. Time's Most Influential People: Ted Cruz praises Trump, who once called his wife ugly Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world debuted Thursday, with no shortage of political figures on it. Trump for his part, once published a tweet suggesting Cruz's wife is unattractive.

Rod Rosenstein has reportedly requested an extension for turning over fired FBI director James Comey's unredacted memos to lawmakers. Constitutional attorney Ed Pozzuoli comments on 'Fox & Friends First.' FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated…

The president’s advisers have concluded that a corruption investigation in New York presents a more imminent threat than the special counsel’s inquiry. Nearly a week after a deadly suspected chemical attack, the United States and its allies launched airstrikes on Syria. Additional reading Excerpts from James B. Comey’s memoir, which describes Mr. Trump as “untethered to truth,” were released. The president fired Mr. Comey in May. Additional reading Additional reading Speaker Paul D. Ryan announced he would not seek re-election, sending Republicans scrambling seven months before the midterm elections. As many as 50 House Republican seats are at risk in competitive races this year, and his departure makes it more difficult for the Republican Party to hold onto the House majority. Additional reading Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, testified before Congress for the first time. Mark Zuckerberg answered nearly 600 questions from skeptical lawmakers over two days after revelations that Facebook, the company that he repeatedly mentioned he started in his Harvard University dorm room, failed to protect the data of more than 87 million users from being harvested by a political consulting firm. Additional reading The Trump administration continued to seek trade deals — including one it left last year — but it remains unclear how those deals will unfold. In a sharp reversal, Mr. Trump said on Thursday that the United States was looking to rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multinational trade agreement he pulled out of during the first few days of his administration.

Today in 5 Lines Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reportedly signed off on the FBI’s raid of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, on Monday. Agents reportedly targeted records about payments to women who claim they had affairs with Trump. During a press briefing, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters that Trump “certainly has the power” to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. In his testimony before a joint session of the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committees, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company is working with Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but said he was "not aware" if it had been issued a subpoena. Vice President Mike Pence will attend the Summit of Americas meeting in his stead. White House Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert resigned. David Frum argues it’s a good strategy. Michael Cohen Has a Problem: The evidence federal prosecutors have concerning President Trump’s personal lawyer is most likely extraordinarily strong. (Adam Serwer) ‘A House You Can Buy, But Never Own’: Alana Semuels describes a new predatory loan scheme targeting African Americans. The problem is they usually don’t.

The Trump administration has announced criminal charges and sanctions against nine Iranians accused of participating in a government-sponsored hacking scheme to steal sensitive information from hundreds of universities, private companies and US government agencies. The nine defendants, accused of working at the behest of the Iranian government-tied Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, hacked the computer systems of about 320 universities in the United States and abroad to steal expensive research that was then used or sold for profit, prosecutors said. 'It's become a monster': is Iran's revolutionary guard a terror group? The Department of Justice said the hackers were affiliated with an Iranian company called the Mabna Institute, which prosecutors say contracted since at least 2013 with the Iranian government to steal scientific research from other countries. Also on Friday, the treasury department targeted the Mabna Institute and 10 Iranians – the nine defendants and one charged in a separate case last year – for sanctions. But the grand jury indictment – filed in federal court in Manhattan – is part of the government’s “name and shame” strategy to publicly identify foreign hackers, block them from traveling without risk of arrest and put their countries on notice. “People travel. “Having your name, face and description on a ‘wanted’ poster makes moving freely much more difficult.” According to the indictment, the Iranians broke into universities through relatively simple, but common means: tricking professors to click on compromised links. “Just in case you’re wondering, they’re not admiring our work,” Bowdich said. “They’re stealing it, and they’re taking credit for it, and they’re selling it to others.”