Russia investigation Coverage

Editorial: Did Trump use FBI to silence Sen. Burr?

Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021-- Based on all we've witnessed of former President Donald Trump's modus operandi, it looks like an effort to put the squeeze on and muzzle any action - no matter how mild - that Sen. Richard Burr's Senate Intelligence Committee might take in its inquiry into efforts by Russia and other international actors to influence the 2016 elections.

Fact check: In Charlotte, Trump repeats false claim about Obama spying

On night three of the Democratic National Convention, former President Barack Obama charged that President Donald Trump has shown "no interest" in taking his job seriously. "Donald Trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't," Obama said. As Obama spoke, Trump tweeted. "He spied on my campaign, and got caught!" Trum

Jon Greenberg, PolitiFact reporter

Editorial: Trump needs to make election safe for voters, not Russian hackers

Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 -- It is Donald Trump's duty as the current president to make sure the next president is elected by American voters - not by Kremlin hackers and social media bots.

Supreme Court Rules Trump Cannot Block Release of Financial Records

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for prosecutors in New York to seek President Donald Trump’s financial records in a stunning defeat for Trump and a major statement on the scope and limits of presidential power.

Adam Liptak, New York Times

NBC Special Report: NY prosecutor, not Congress, can access Trump records

The Supreme Court on Thursday granted a Manhattan district attorney access to President Donald Trump's financial records but denied a similar request from Congress.

Was AG Barr correct in his attack on FBI over Russia probe?

Attorney General William Barr blasted the FBI over its 2016 decision to open the Russia investigation later led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, rejecting an inspector general's conclusion that the FBI's probe was justified from the get-go.

Fact-checking Barr's dispute of inspector general's report on the FBI, Russia probe

Attorney General William Barr blasted the FBI over its 2016 decision to open the Russia investigation later led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, rejecting an inspector general's conclusion that the FBI's probe was justified from the get-go.

Bill McCarthy, PolitiFact reporter

Editorial: Burr's committee work wasn't a hoax; He needs to say so

Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 -- As a loyal and partisan Republican, U.S. Sen Richard Burr may want to stand with the president on the question of impeachment. But loyalty should not be blind. Burr needs to stand up for the work of his committee - one that he has proudly pointed to as a bipartisan effort to find and tell the truth about Russia's efforts to manipulate U.S. politics and elections.

DRAUGHON DRAWS: Spotting the hoax

Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019 -- Capitol Broadcasting Company's editorial cartoonist.

FIONA HILL: A coal-miner's daughter, Russia expert, warns of attacks on U.S. elections

Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 -- Russia's security services and their proxies have geared up to repeat their interference in the 2020 election. We are running out of time to stop them. In the course of this investigation, I would ask that you please not promote politically driven falsehoods that so clearly advance Russian interests. As Republicans and Democrats have agreed for decades, Ukraine is a valued partner of the United States, and it plays an important role in our national security. ... I refuse to be part of an effort to legitimize an alternate narrative that the Ukrainian government is a U.S. adversary, and that Ukraine--not Russia--attacked us in 2016. These fictions are harmful even if they are deployed for purely domestic political purposes.

Editorial: Burr's committee findings still need his follow through on recommendations

Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019 -- Sen. Richard Burr needs to make it his top priority to develop specific legislation, including making it clear that candidates cannot solicit or willingly accept foreign influence in their campaigns. Cleaning up elections from destructive and disruptive international meddling - and making sure candidates who look to exploit it are penalized -- is a legacy Burr needs to embrace.

States rush to make voting systems more secure as new threats emerge

Amid growing warnings about the security of American voting systems, many states are rushing to address vulnerabilities exposed by the 2016 election, even as intelligence officials worry they are fighting the last battle and are not sufficiently focused on a new generation of threats headed into 2020.

David E. Sanger, Reid J. Epstein and Michael Wines, New York Times

Democrats on House Judiciary Committee cross threshold

They filed a petition in federal court to get secret grand jury evidence used in Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Impact of Mueller's testimony before Congress ripples across Washington

Politicizing efforts to stop interference in U.S. elections and challenging Democrats as they continue to investigate President Trump filled the agenda Thursday.

Everything Robert Mueller said in the second part of his congressional testimony

Here's everything former special counsel Robert Mueller said during his congressional testimony on the Russia probe.

Everything Robert Mueller said in the first part of his congressional testimony

Here's everything former special counsel Robert Mueller said during his congressional testimony on the Russia probe.

DHS will examine Durham County poll equipment

At the request of the State Board of Elections, federal investigators with the Department of Homeland Security will conduct forensic examinations of poll equipment from Durham County elections workers in 2016.

Homeland Security will probe Durham poll equipment from 2016

Amid lingering questions over the impact of Russian-backed hackers in the last presidential election, federal investigators now say they will examine equipment used to check Durham County voters into the polls in 2016 for evidence of interference.

Tyler Dukes, WRAL investigative reporter, & Sarah Krueger, WRAL reporter

Trump Admits to Russia 'Helping Me to Get Elected'

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Thursday acknowledged for the first time that Russia helped "me to get elected," and then quickly retracted the idea.

Eileen Sullivan, New York Times

Editorial: Mueller's done. Case isn't closed. Work goes on

Thursday, May 30, 2019 -- Robert Mueller did the job he was assigned to do - and did it well. It is up to Congress to determine the appropriate and necessary efforts to thwart future foreign interference in our elections. As significantly, Congress must carefully consider what action, if any, should be taken as regards any allegations concerning obstruction of justice - no matter who they might implicate.

Mueller makes 1st public statement on Russia probe

Special counsel Robert Mueller is making his first public statement on the Russia investigation amid demands for him to testify in Washington.

Trump Asserts Executive Privilege Over Full Mueller Report

WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege Wednesday in an effort to shield hidden portions of Robert Mueller's unredacted report and the evidence he collected from Congress.

Nicholas Fandos, New York Times

Hung jury: Public remains divided over Mueller probe in NBC, Wall Street Journal poll

Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has been dishonest in the Russia investigation, while only a third believe the report by special counsel Robert Mueller clears the president of wrongdoing.

Mark Murray

Russian woman gets 18 months for role in trying to influence conservative US voters

WASHINGTON -- The gun-loving Russian woman who ran a secret operation to influence conservative Americans was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison.

Sharon LaFraniere and Eileen Sullivan, New York Times

Editorial: Mueller report reveals Trump's fake news, Burr's toothless watchdog bite

Tuesday, April 23, 2919 -- Two critical conclusions emerged amid all the dust raised by the recently released Mueller report: The news reporting on what was going on in the White House was accurate. It was President Donald Trump and his spokespeople who lied to spin it as "fake news." And, Sen. Richard Burr,R-N.C. who is supposed to be our watchdog leading the Senate's probe into Russian election interference, was revealed to be a Trump lapdog -- leaking information on a closed-door FBI briefing to the White House.