Mueller report justifies obstruction charges vs Trump: ex-U.S. Justice Department officials
Almost 500 former U.S. Justice Department officials said on Monday in a joint statement that the Mueller report’s findings would justify obstruction charges against President Donald Trump if he were not currently occupying the White House.
U.S. Democrats edge toward court battles over Mueller, Trump’s taxes
U.S. congressional Democrats edged closer on Monday to fighting two legal battles – one over the Mueller report and one over President Donald Trump’s tax returns – after administration officials stonewalled lawmakers’ requests for those documents.
U.S. Treasury’s Mnuchin refuses to release Trump’s tax returns to Congress
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday denied a leading House Democrat’s request for President Donald Trump’s tax returns, setting the stage for a lengthy court battle between lawmakers and the Trump administration.
No survivors found in Mexico crash of jet carrying 13 people
A plane crash in a remote mountain region in northern Mexico claimed the lives of all 13 people on board, including a family of five that were flying back from watching a boxing match in Las Vegas, authorities and local media said on Monday.
Explainer: How hard-hitting are U.S. Congress subpoenas, contempt citations?
U.S. Attorney General William Barr faces the prospect on Wednesday of a vote by a U.S. House committee to hold him in “contempt of Congress.” What does that mean?
U.S. House panel readies contempt vote against Barr over Mueller report
Congressional Democrats moved closer on Monday to citing Attorney General William Barr for contempt of Congress over his failure to give them an unredacted version of the Mueller report, escalating a showdown with the White House.
Puerto Rico oversight board gets 60-day court extension for reappointments
A U.S. Appeals Court on Monday gave Puerto Rico’s federally created financial oversight board another 60 days to allow for the constitutional reappointment of its members by President Donald Trump and the Senate.
Crashed jet in Mexico had 13 aboard according to flight plan-state government
The regional government of the Mexican state of Coahuila said on Monday that a private jet plane that crashed between Las Vegas, Nevada and the northern Mexican city of Monterrey had 13 people on board, according to the flight plan.
Ex-lawyer Cohen reports to prison, blasts Trump for ‘injustice and lies’
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, took a parting shot at his former boss – denouncing “xenophobia, injustice and lies” – before reporting to a U.S. federal prison on Monday to begin a three-year sentence.
Fourteen dead after private jet crashes between Las Vegas and Mexico: media
The remains of a plane have been found after it disappeared en route from the U.S. city of Las Vegas to Monterrey in northern Mexico, an official of Mexican state of Coahuila said on Monday, with local media reporting that all 14 on board had died.
