Tom Hamburger

Trump attorney Cohen is being investigated for possible bank fraud, campaign finance violations, according to a person familiar with the case

April 9, 2018 at 9:58 p.m.

Michael Cohen, the longtime attorney of President Donald Trump, is under federal investigation for possible bank fraud, wire fraud and campaign finance violations, according to three people with knowledge of...

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Former Cambridge Analytica workers say firm sent foreigners to advise US campaigns

March 26, 2018 at 7:05 a.m.

Cambridge Analytica assigned dozens of non-U.S. citizens to provide campaign strategy and messaging advice to Republican candidates in 2014, according to three former workers for the data firm, even as...

“You should do it”: Trump officials encouraged George Papadopoulos’ foreign outreach, documents show

March 23, 2018 at 6:47 p.m.

When a Russian news agency reached out to George Papadopoulos to request an interview shortly before the 2016 election, the young adviser to then-candidate Donald Trump made sure to seek...

Then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn ...

Witness: Flynn said Russia sanctions would be “ripped up”

December 6, 2017 at 10:06 p.m.

As President Donald Trump delivered his inaugural address on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in January, his new national security adviser, Michael Flynn, sent a text to a former...

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Probe shakes both parties as Tony Podesta, whose brother led Hillary Clinton鈥檚 campaign, leaves his lobbying firm

October 30, 2017 at 2:07 p.m.

Tony Podesta, a Democratic power lobbyist, announced to colleagues Monday that he is stepping down amid a series of indictments that cast a shadow on work his firm had done...

Trump’s company had more contact with Russia during campaign, according to documents turned over to investigators

December 7, 2017 at 5:33 p.m.

Associates of President Donald Trump and his company have turned over documents to federal investigators that reveal two previously unreported contacts from Russia during the 2016 campaign, according to people...

Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's then-campaign chairman, ...

Manafort offered to give Russian billionaire “private briefings” on 2016 campaign

September 20, 2017 at 7:51 p.m.

Less than two weeks before Donald Trump accepted the Republican presidential nomination, his campaign chairman offered to provide briefings on the race to a Russian billionaire closely aligned with the...

Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company during 2016 election

September 6, 2017 at 3:11 p.m.

Facebook officials reported that they traced the ad sales, totaling $100,000, to a Russian "troll farm" with a history of pushing pro-Kremlin propaganda, these people said.

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Top Trump Organization executive reached out to Putin aide for help on business deal

August 28, 2017 at 2:43 p.m.

A top executive from Donald Trump's real estate company emailed Vladimir Putin's personal spokesman during the U.S. presidential campaign last year to ask for help advancing a stalled Trump Tower...

Trump’s business sought deal on a Trump Tower in Moscow while he ran for president