Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Robert Mueller, the special counsel tapped to lead the investigation into allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. He released the report after two years in April 2019, which was significantly redacted…
Robert Mueller
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Right-Wing Operative Who Hawked Seth Rich Murder Rumors Tied To Robert Mueller Sex Smear
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team has asked the FBI to look into claims that women were offered money to fabricate sexual assault allegations against Mueller, who leads the probe into Russia’s attempts to influence the U.S. election in 2016. “When we learned last week of allegations that women were offered money to make false claims…
-
Fast Forward Rosenstein And McCabe’s Falling Out Began With Spat In Mueller Meeting
Tensions were high between Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and former FBI director Andrew McCabe back in 2017, around the time Robert Mueller was tapped to investigate Russia’s possible involvement in the 2016 election, the Washington Post reported. Both men wanted the other to back away from investigation, people familiar with the situation said. They…
-
Fast Forward Michael Cohen Spoke For Hours With Mueller Team About Russia, Collusion
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal attorney, has spoken over the past month for hours with investigators working for special counsel Robert Mueller, ABC News reported Thursday. The interviews covered Trump’s financial and business dealings with Russia, as well as possible collusion during the 2016 presidential campaign, the network reported. ABC added that the meetings,…
-
Fast Forward Mueller’s Team Asked About Cohen’s Personal Dealings While Working At Trump Org
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has questioned witnesses about whether President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen conducted separate personal business while employed by the Trump Organization — even after the FBI raided Cohen’s office and hotel, CNBC reported Tuesday. The Forward exclusively reported in April that Cohen had indeed conducted his taxi medallion business using…
-
Fast Forward Dershowitz Says Trump Should Fear New York Prosecutors, Not Mueller
Lawyer Alan Dershowitz thinks President Trump should be more worried about federal prosecutors in New York than about the Russia investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller. Dershowitz, an emeritus professor at Harvard Law School and frequent cable news talking head, said Sunday on ABC News’s “This Week” that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the…
-
The Schmooze What Will Become Of Paul Manafort’s Hideous Ostrich Coat?
The American public anxiously awaits the verdict of Paul Manafort’s hot-button trial, but we at The Forward have heavier matters on our minds. Don’t get us wrong, we are feverishly refreshing our Twitter feeds to check if the jury has come to a decision, yet we can’t help but fixate on a certain aspect of…
-
Fast Forward Kushner’s Security Clearance Restored After Second Meeting With Mueller
President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner had his White House security clearance restored Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Kushner was stripped of his interim clearance in February amid a change in procedures following the resignation of Rob Porter, the President’s staff secretary, who had been allowed to remain…
-
Fast Forward Mueller Examined Israeli Social Media Firm Over Trump Campaign Assistance
(JTA) — U.S. special counsel Robert Mueller has sent investigators to Israel to uncover the activities of an Israeli-run social media firm that may have led a social media manipulation effort to help Donald Trump get elected. The co-founder of the firm, identified as Joel Zamel, who was born in Australia, met in New York…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
- 2
Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
- 3
Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
- 4
News Your complete guide to Trump’s Jewish advisers and pro-Israel cabinet
In Case You Missed It
-
Looking Forward How a Jewish student at Columbia became an icon of a movement
-
Culture At 95, Shaindel Schreiber is still dispensing babka and advice on the Lower East Side
-
Fast Forward Fighting antisemitism is ‘an American issue’ not a Democratic or Republican one, says House Democratic leader
-
Fast Forward Netanyahu now faces arrest in several Western countries following ICC warrant
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
