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Police fired tear gas canisters and pepper spray at ‘yellow vest’ protesters in central Paris on Saturday during a demonstration against the high cost of living. A police spokesperson told reporters there were about 1,500 protesters on the Champs Elysees and authorities said 211 people had been placed under arrest after police found weapons such as hammers, baseball bats and metal petanque balls on them. About 89,000 police…

The casket of Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus arrives on stage for a memorial service on Nov. 15 in Westlake Village, Calif. Al Seib/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Al Seib/Getty Images The casket of Ventura County Sheriff Sgt. Ron Helus arrives on stage for a memorial service on Nov. 15 in Westlake Village, Calif. Al Seib/Getty Images When Ventura County Sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Helus and a California Highway…

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A short time later, special counsel Robert Mueller’s office filed its own court documents saying that Cohen lied to investigators to protect Trump regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. It said the attorney committed a serious crime but had made significant efforts to assist the special counsel’s office, which didn’t recommend a specific sentence but appeared to suggest some leniency would be warranted.

Both the Southern District of New York and special counsel Robert Mueller’s office dropped their respective sentencing memos for President Trump’s since-fired personal attorney Michael Cohen just before 5 p.m. on Friday. Although Robert Mueller called Cohen’s crime of lying about Trump’s proposed Moscow project “serious,” it seems as though Cohen’s campaign finance violations in the hush money payments issued to Trump’s ex-flings Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels are far…

Both the Southern District of New York and special counsel Robert Mueller’s office dropped their respective sentencing memos for President Trump’s since-fired personal attorney Michael Cohen just before 5 p.m. on Friday. Although Robert Mueller called Cohen’s crime of lying about Trump’s proposed Moscow project “serious,” it seems as though Cohen’s campaign finance violations in the hush money payments issued to Trump’s ex-flings Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels are far…

A short time later, special counsel Robert Mueller’s office filed its own court documents saying that Cohen lied to investigators to protect Trump regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. It said the attorney committed a serious crime but had made significant efforts to assist the special counsel’s office, which didn’t recommend a specific sentence but appeared to suggest some leniency would be warranted.

A memorial to Heather Heyer and the other victims of last year’s hit and run is seen a few blocks away the first day of jury selection for James Fields’s murder trial at the Charlottesville Circuit Court, November 26, 2018 in Charlottesville, Virginia. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images charlottesville By ASSOCIATED PRESS 12/07/2018 06:18 PM EST A man who drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist…

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department says that President Donald Trump directed illegal payments to buy the silence of two women whose claims of extramarital affairs threatened his presidential campaign, the first time prosecutors have connected Trump to a federal crime. In a court filing, prosecutors said former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen arranged the secret payments at the height of the 2016 campaign “in coordination with and at the…

President Trump appears poised to make Nick Ayers his third chief of staff as he prepares for re-election, replacing John Kelly with a wunderkind political operative whose confident, no-nonsense manner has ruffled feathers but also stirred admiration. Trump is poaching the 36-year-old Ayers from Vice President Mike Pence, for whom he has served as chief of staff since the summer of last year. Beginning in his early 20s, Ayers served…

Both the Southern District of New York and special counsel Robert Mueller’s office dropped their respective sentencing memos for President Trump’s since-fired personal attorney Michael Cohen just before 5 p.m. on Friday. Although Robert Mueller called Cohen’s crime of lying about Trump’s proposed Moscow project “serious,” it seems as though Cohen’s campaign finance violations in the hush money payments issued to Trump’s ex-flings Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels are far…

Rosalind S. Helderman Tom Hamburger December 7 at 6:32 PM A Russian national who claimed ties to the Kremlin told President Trump’s personal attorney, Michael Cohen, as early as November 2015 that he could use his Russian government connections to help Trump’s business and political prospects. The new Russia contact was revealed Friday by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, as he outlined cooperation that Cohen has provided the investigation…

“There’s no evidence he came prepared to do any harm,” said John Hill, a defense lawyer, during the trial. The defense called Dwayne Dixon, an anti-racism activist, to testify, and he acknowledged shouting at a gray car while he had an AR-15 rifle slung over his shoulder. But video footage from that day showed Mr. Fields’s car idling and then backing up before it plowed ahead into the crowd. Jurors…

President Trump appears poised to make Nick Ayers his third chief of staff as he prepares for re-election, replacing John Kelly with a wunderkind political operative whose confident, no-nonsense manner has ruffled feathers but also stirred admiration. Trump is poaching the 36-year-old Ayers from Vice President Mike Pence, for whom he has served as chief of staff since the summer of last year. Beginning in his early 20s, Ayers served…

Video Implications of the Cohen sentencing memo Federal prosecutors recommended a ‘substantial term of imprisonment’ for President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen; analysis from Jonathan Turley, George Washington University law professor. Federal prosecutors on Friday recommended a “substantial term of imprisonment” for President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen, saying his efforts to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller were “overstated.” The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New…

Both the Southern District of New York and special counsel Robert Mueller’s office dropped their respective sentencing memos for President Trump’s since-fired personal attorney Michael Cohen just before 5 p.m. on Friday. Although Robert Mueller called Cohen’s crime of lying about Trump’s proposed Moscow project “serious,” it seems as though Cohen’s campaign finance violations in the hush money payments issued to Trump’s ex-flings Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels are far…

Both the Southern District of New York and special counsel Robert Mueller’s office dropped their respective sentencing memos for President Trump’s since-fired personal attorney Michael Cohen just before 5 p.m. on Friday. Although Robert Mueller called Cohen’s crime of lying about Trump’s proposed Moscow project “serious,” it seems as though Cohen’s campaign finance violations in the hush money payments issued to Trump’s ex-flings Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels are far…

Video Implications of the Cohen sentencing memo Federal prosecutors recommended a ‘substantial term of imprisonment’ for President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen; analysis from Jonathan Turley, George Washington University law professor. Federal prosecutors on Friday recommended a “substantial term of imprisonment” for President Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen, saying his efforts to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller were “overstated.” The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New…

Both the Southern District of New York and special counsel Robert Mueller’s office dropped their respective sentencing memos for President Trump’s since-fired personal attorney Michael Cohen just before 5 p.m. on Friday. Although Robert Mueller called Cohen’s crime of lying about Trump’s proposed Moscow project “serious,” it seems as though Cohen’s campaign finance violations in the hush money payments issued to Trump’s ex-flings Karen McDougal and Stormy Daniels are far…