Archives for Josh Gerstein
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US judge’s rulings break with Australian explanation on Rwandan migrants
An immigration judge found that three Rwandan men engaged in ‘persecution of others.’
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‘That’s just insane’: Australia’s secret deal to take in Rwandan guerillas
Two men once accused of butchering tourists sat in American legal limbo for decades — until another country agreed to welcome them.
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Australia’s secret US refugee deal faces blowback from victims, Kiwis
Transfer of Rwandan suspected murderers highlights government’s hypocrisy over refugee policy.
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Mueller complained to Barr about Russia report memo
‘This threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel,’ the letter said.
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Mueller cannot confidently state Trump didn’t obstruct justice
The report lays out in great detail how President Donald Trump repeatedly tried to interfere in the Russia probe.
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Dispute over ‘political’ crimes looms over Assange extradition
Dispute over ‘political’ crimes looms over Assange extradition US-UK treaty could help WikiLeaks founder.
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Mueller finds no evidence of Trump-Russia conspiracy
US Attorney General William Barr says the special counsel does not take a clear position on whether the president obstructed justice.
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Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation is officially complete
The special counsel has submitted a report of his findings to Attorney General William Barr.
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Manafort sentence reaches 7.5 years in Mueller case
The punishment concludes the special counsel’s most public legal battle and cap a spectacular fall for the globe-trotting GOP consultant and ex-Trump campaign chairman.
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Paul Manafort gets 47 months in prison for financial fraud
The sentence is the longest to date for a Trump associate ensnared in the special counsel’s investigation, but much shorter than expected.
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Ex-Trump campaign staffer accuses president of forcibly kissing her
The White House says the incident ‘never happened’ and calls the accusation ‘absurd on its face.’
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Mueller team disputes aspects of Buzzfeed report on Trump, Cohen
There were inaccuracies in a blockbuster report that the president instructed his former personal attorney to lie to Congress, the special counsel’s office said.
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Libel suit against BuzzFeed thrown out
Judge rules release of Steele dossier was protected by fair report privilege.
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Judge orders more fact-finding in Clinton email case
The US district court judge blasted Clinton’s email practices as ‘one of the gravest modern offenses to government transparency.’
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Mueller recommends little to no prison for Trump’s ex-national security adviser
‘The defendant deserves credit for accepting responsibility in a timely fashion and substantially assisting the government.’
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What is Harvard trying to hide?
For years, reporters have been trying to get elite universities to be more transparent about their admissions process. It might take a court to pry it all open — with unforeseen consequences.
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Judge dismisses Stormy Daniels libel suit against Trump
The porn star, who alleges a former affair, is also ordered to pay the president’s legal fees.
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Manafort to cooperate with Mueller as part of plea deal
The plea deal calls for a cap on prison time and dismisses deadlocked charges from an earlier trial pending cooperation with the Mueller probe.
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Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort reaches plea deal
The plea deal calls for a 10-year cap on how long Manafort will be sent to prison, according to a source.
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Giuliani: Trump sees no danger in Manafort plea
Trump’s lawyer says of Manafort: ‘It’s pretty clear if they were going to get anything from him they’d have gotten it already.’
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Ex-Trump campaign aide sentenced to 14 days in prison
The former Trump campaign aide was also sentenced to one year of supervised release after pleading guilty to lying to the FBI during its Russia probe.
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