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Firm in Mueller indictment got RNC funds for work on Trump campaign

WASHINGTON — A company listed in the Monday indictment of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and his associate Rick Gates received funds from the Republican National Committee for work done in coordination with Donald Trump’s election campaign. Bade LLC, listed in the indictment among 17 domestic entities that Manafort and Gates are alleged to […]

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Eric Trump tells president’s supporters: ‘You know the truth’

President Trump’s son made an appeal Monday to his father’s base to hold steady in their support, as the White House was rocked by criminal indictments in the special counsel’s Russia probe. Eric Trump told supporters “I know you know the truth” in a fundraising email sent out by the president’s re-election campaign. “There’s new

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Manafort led lavish lifestyle but hid tens of millions from taxman, prosecutors say

WASHINGTON — For decades before he was charged Monday with money laundering, tax evasion and fraud, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager straddled a lucrative divide, shaping presidential politics while banking tens of millions of dollars as a lobbyist for dodgy foreign clients. Paul Manafort helped run no fewer than four successful presidential campaigns —

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Why Is Paul Manafort Mueller’s First Indictment?

President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort turned himself in to police in Washington D.C. early Monday after special counsel Robert Mueller filed the first charges in his Russia investigation last week. Manafort is one of the prime suspects in Mueller’s investigation, which is examining whether Trump’s campaign and its associates worked with Russia

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Trump tweets that Democrats should be the focus of collusion claims

President Trump doubled down Monday on his contention that Democrats should be the focus of collusion probes after his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was charged with conspiracy against the U.S. “Sorry, but this is years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign. But why aren’t Crooked Hillary & the Dems the

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Read Full Text of Robert Mueller’s Manafort Indictment

Conspiracy to launder money. Funneling millions to foreign bank accounts. Working as agents of Ukraine. These and other charges are contained in the just-released indictment of Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort and friend Richard Gates. Here is the full text of the document, which cites more than $75 million flowing through offshore accounts: 1. Defendants

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Paul Manafort and former aide face multiple charges in Mueller probe

WASHINGTON — Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, has been indicted on 12 charges of money-laundering and conspiracy, the first charges filed in the investigation of possible connections between the Trump campaign and a Russian effort to influence last year’s presidential election. Manafort, 68, turned himself in at FBI headquarters early Monday for

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In first, top New Zealander makes official visit to Israel

By David Sedley New Zealand’s Governor-General arrived in Israel on Monday, a first for the country’s constitutional head, as part of the commemorations marking 100 years since the Battle of Beersheba. President Reuven Rivlin welcomed Governor-General of New Zealand Patricia Reddy, and her husband David Gascoigne, to Jerusalem. Reddy also met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

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International, Middle East

Elie Wiesel, all too human

A woman’s allegation this week that Elie Wiesel groped her more than 27 years ago, when she was 19, provides us with a teaching moment, sad as it is for all concerned: the woman, Jenny Listman, now a 46-year-old geneticist; and the Wiesel family, foundation, and countless admirers, including the NJJN staff. Does Listman’s allegation

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Abbas says he won’t appoint Hamas ministers who won’t recognize Israel — report

By TOI staff Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has reportedly said that he will not appoint any Hamas officials to the Palestinian unity government that do publicly recognize the existence of Israel. According to the Haaretz daily, Abbas told a delegation of former Israeli lawmakers visiting his party’s Ramallah headquarters on Sunday that “the Americans

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Moldova will build a monument to Roma victims of the Holocaust

More than 70 years after the end of World War II, the former Soviet country Moldova is planning to build a new monument to Roma victims of the Holocaust — thanks to a good Samaritan. Local politician Iurii Zagorcea, who has already constructed five monuments to Jewish Holocaust victims, told PRI he’s now collecting donations

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