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Professor Jonathan Turley at a House judiciary committee hearing on the impeachment of US president Donald Trump on Wednesday. He said that Trump was “allowed” to go to court to block witnesses and that it would be an abuse of power for Congress to treat that as an impeachable act of obstruction. Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Are Democrats moving too quickly with impeachment? A professor makes the case
  • US
  • December 5, 2019, 13:28

Are House Democrats making a mistake by moving swiftly to impeach President Donald Trump when some facts remain hidden about whether he abused his pow(...)

Democrat Jerry Nadler speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday. Photograph: Alex Edelman/Bloomberg
US House committee votes to subpoena full Mueller report
  • US
  • April 3, 2019, 18:53

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives judiciary committee voted on Wednesday to authorise subpoenas for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full(...)

White House counsel Don McGahn listens to US president Donald Trump speak to the media. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA
White House counsel co-operates with Russia investigation
  • US
  • August 19, 2018, 18:37

The White House’s top lawyer has co-operated extensively with the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US election, sharing (...)

Robert Mueller, appointed by the justice department, is investigating alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election and whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow. File photograph: Christopher Gregory/New York Times
Trump says he backs ‘co-operative’ approach to Russia inquiry
  • US
  • April 12, 2018, 20:28

US president Donald Trump, who has repeatedly condemned as a “witch hunt” a federal inquiry into possible collusion between Moscow and his presidentia(...)

Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, pictured last year on Capitol Hill in Washington. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times
Trump firm ordered to turn over documents for Russia inquiry
  • US
  • March 15, 2018, 21:16

The US special counsel, Robert Mueller, has subpoenaed the Trump Organisation to turn over documents, including some related to Russia, according to t(...)

US President Donald Trump and former FBI Director Robert Mueller. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
Trump says report on firing Mueller is ‘fake news’
  • US
  • January 26, 2018, 07:32

President Donald Trump has dismissed as “fake news” a New York Times report that he ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June, bu(...)

Hillary Clinton’s team will support the Green party candidate Jill Stein in her effort to secure recounts in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Photograph: Cliff Owen/AP
Clinton’s team says it will support efforts to secure election recounts
  • US
  • November 26, 2016, 13:03

Hillary Clinton’s campaign team will help with efforts to secure recounts in key states where Donald Trump’s margin of victory was razor thin, its ge(...)