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9 September, 2024

Former US president Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally in Claremont, New Hampshire. Photo: Reuters

Top-secret binder on Russian meddling missing since end of Trump term

The disappearance of the 10-inch thick binder has fuelled fears that the methods used to collect the information could be compromised.

16 Dec 2023 - 11:31AMvideocam

Trump claims he suffered ‘distress’ from leaked dossier alleging Russian ties

16 Oct 2023 - 8:00PMvideocam

US special counsel slams FBI probe of Trump-Russia collusion

16 May 2023 - 7:19AMvideocam

Jury selection starts in US$1.6 billion Dominion v Fox lawsuit

Prospective jurors are being questioned behind closed doors in one of the most closely watched US defamation cases in years.

14 Apr 2023 - 12:47AM

Juror’s are being selected for Dominion v Fox trial, which is considered a test of whether he news outlet’s coverage crossed the line between ethical journalism and the pursuit of ratings. Photo: Reuters

Explainer | Among US presidential scandals, Trump stands alone

Though far from the only US president dogged by legal and ethical scandals, Donald Trump now occupies a unique place in history as the first indicted on criminal charges,

31 Mar 2023 - 1:33PMvideocam

Ex-top FBI official charged with working for sanctioned Russian oligarch

Charles McGonigal, who once led the agency’s counter-intelligence division in New York, is accused of being paid by Oleg Deripaska to investigate a rival oligarch, and of pushing for the lifting of sanctions on Deripaska.

24 Jan 2023 - 8:25AM

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Trump and lawyer fined nearly US$1 million for ‘frivolous’ Clinton lawsuit

In a blistering filing, the judge accused the ex-US president of a ‘pattern of abuse of the courts’, using them to seek revenge on political adversaries.

21 Jan 2023 - 2:12AMvideocam

Former US president Donald Trump announces he is running for president for the third time at Mar-a-Lago in November 2022. Photo: AP

Explainer | What is ‘Putin’s chef’ – the hot dog vendor turned mercenary boss – cooking up?

Once a low profile figure, Yevgeny Prigozhin’s recent admission that he meddles in US elections has propelled the Kremlin caterer into the spotlight.

11 Nov 2022 - 8:26AMvideocam

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Putin ally admits to US election meddling

8 Nov 2022 - 7:00PM

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‘Putin’s chef’ admits to interfering in US elections

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin’s remarks come on the eve of the US 2022 midterms; he was among those indicted in Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation.

8 Nov 2022 - 8:24AMvideocam

Yevgeny Prigozhin (left) serves food to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during dinner at Prigozhin’s restaurant outside Moscow in November 2011. Photo: AP

US Capitol attack investigators question ex-Trump aide Hope Hicks

The former White House communications director is no stranger to probes of her ex-boss and was a witness in Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

26 Oct 2022 - 6:12AM

US President Donald Trump stands next to former White House communications director Hope Hicks outside the Oval Office in March 2018. Photo: Reuters

Trump sues CNN for defamation, seeking US$475 million in damages

The ex-US president’s lawyers say the news network has tried to taint him with labels like ‘racist’, ‘Russian lacky’, ‘insurrectionist’ and ‘Hitler’.

4 Oct 2022 - 5:37AMvideocam

Why was Trump cleared in Russia probe? New memo sheds light on decision

A government watchdog says the document – which concludes that the firing of an FBI director and other actions were not an obstruction of justice – ‘twists the facts and the law’ to benefit Trump.

25 Aug 2022 - 2:04PMvideocam

Hillary Clinton approved leaking Trump-Russia link to media, court hears

A witness in the trial of a former campaign lawyer charged with lying to the FBI said Clinton had personally signed off on the plan to pitch to the media the now-discredited theory about secret communications with a Russian bank.

21 May 2022 - 3:07PM

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pictured at a commencement ceremony at Columbia University earlier this month. Photo: Reuters

Russian source for anti-Trump Steele dossier charged in the US

The analyst has been indicted for allegedly lying to the FBI about his role in collecting information for ex-UK spy Christopher Steele.

5 Nov 2021 - 3:17AM

Former US president Donald Trump reacts after his speech during a rally in Iowa in October. Photo: Reuters

FBI raids Washington, New York homes linked to Russian oligarch

Oligarch Oleg Deripaska has ties to Vladimir Putin and to Trump ally Paul Manafort, and has been under US sanctions since 2018.

20 Oct 2021 - 8:56PM

Explainer | What are the hacking accusations against China?

Several countries accuse ‘cyber actors’ backed by Beijing of hacking the Microsoft Exchange email server, as allegations of Chinese cyberattacks mount.

20 Jul 2021 - 11:29PMvideocam

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Donald Trump’s former counsel Don McGahn testifies to House panel

McGahn was questioned for hours on Friday by House Judiciary Committee Democrats about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

5 Jun 2021 - 7:24AM

Former White House counsel Donald McGahn. Photo: AP

Trump issues 26 more pardons, including Kushner’s father

US President Donald Trump issued a new raft of pardons for allies, adding to a long list he has granted in his waning days in office.

24 Dec 2020 - 10:15AM

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Politico | US Attorney General William Barr to step down

The decision follows months of complaints from President Donald Trump about the administration’s top lawyer.

15 Dec 2020 - 7:57PMvideocam

Trump pardons ex-adviser Flynn, who pleaded guilty in Russia probe

This is the highest profile pardon by the president, who has also pardoned Army personnel accused of war crimes in Afghanistan and former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio.

26 Nov 2020 - 6:00AMvideocam

Michael Flynn, US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, leaves a federal courthouse in Washington after a hearing in June 2019. Photo: AP

Donald Trump ‘plans to pardon’ former aide Michael Flynn

Donald Trump reportedly plans to include his former national security adviser in a series of pardons he will issue in the final days of his presidency.

25 Nov 2020 - 6:27PM

Donald Trump and Michael Flynn in 2016. File photo: AFP

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Barr’s future in doubt as Trump’s pursuit of political enemies flops

US president has expressed frustration with his attorney general for not doing more to prosecute his political enemies ahead of the November 3 election.

15 Oct 2020 - 4:40PMvideocam

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Trump wanted Ivanka as 2016 running mate, says ex-deputy campaign chair

President distrusted politicians and valued loyalty above all, repeatedly placing relatives in key campaign positions, writes former aide Rick Gates in new book.

29 Sep 2020 - 8:09PMvideocam

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Politico | Trump officials tried to censor Russian meddling reports, push China angle

Whistle-blower report by ex-DHS official says he was told to halt assessments on Russian influence because they were making ‘president look bad’.

10 Sep 2020 - 9:26PM

US President Donald Trump (right) walks past Russia’s President Vladimir Putin as they prepare for a group photo at the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in November 2018. Photo: AP

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China actively trying to interfere in US election, Trump aide says

Robert O’Brien said Beijing has the biggest programme to influence domestic politics.

5 Sep 2020 - 6:47PMvideocam

Postal vote election workers stuff applications at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections office in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo: AFP

US presidential election 2020

Opinion | Four more years: why America is likely to vote for Trump after all

With America divided and uncertain, expect the president to position himself as the saviour of the US and exploit to great effect Biden’s weaknesses. The Democratic Party’s position of holding the moral high ground, as Hillary Clinton did in 2016, will also enrage many voters.

29 Aug 2020 - 3:42AMvideocam

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Politico | His job is to fight Russian meddling. But Trump’s putting him in awkward spot

US counter-intelligence chief William Evanina in political crosshairs after report that China wants ‘unpredictable’ US president to lose in November election.

19 Aug 2020 - 5:04AMvideocam

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