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President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting jeopardizing a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State. A Russian photographer took photos of part of the session that were released by the Russian state-owned Tass news agency. No U.S. news organization was allowed to attend any part of the meeting.

The Trump-Russia investigation, from the beginning

CNN produced a documentary that tells the Russia story, from the beginning, and strings together the many threads with insights from the reporters and analysts who've been covering it.

In the months after the election, the Trump team denied that there were any contacts with Russians during the campaign. Trump said so himself at a news conference in February 2017. "I have nothing to do with Russia," he declared. "To the best of my knowledge, no person that I deal with does." That's why it was so shocking when The New York Times dropped this bombshell over the summer: The President's son, Donald Trump Jr., met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer during the campaign after being promised dirt on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Not only that, but Trump Jr. was joined by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, who was the campaign chairman at the time.

"When Donald Trump Jr. is told the Russian government is trying to elect your father president, he doesn't say, 'what do you mean? How can that be?' He says, 'I wanna hear this'," said CNN's chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, referring to the emails sent to Trump Jr. before the meeting.

James Comey fired

"This is not normal, this is not how presidents behave. It's a dark moment in American history today." That's how Toobin reacted on May 9, 2017, the day Trump unexpectedly fired FBI Director James Comey, the man who was overseeing a federal investigation into Trump's presidential campaign. Everyone was caught off guard, including senior White House aides. The FBI director himself learned about his fate while in California on official business by watching it on television.

Trump later admitted he was thinking about Russia when he decided to fire Comey, seeming to contradict the official White House line that Comey was fired for mishandling the Clinton email investigation.

An action perhaps designed to neutralize the Russia investigation instead triggered a series of events that led to Mueller's appointment as special counsel. "That just gives you a sense of how impulsive this firing was and it really did backfire," said CNN's chief political correspondent Dana Bash. ...

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	MENU Home Trump Chosen By God! Mendacity Temperament Escapades Conflicts Fraud Statesmanship Xenophobia Mobsters Links		"Not Collusion... Not Incompetence... Not Cruelty... It's the Corruption, Stupid. Why His Self-Dealing is His Biggest Political Liability.” Trump shouts his unreasonable support for Russia while under FBI investigation. Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador President Trump revealed highly classified information to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in a White House meeting jeopardizing a critical source of intelligence on the Islamic State. A Russian photographer took photos of part of the session that were released by the Russian state-owned Tass news agency. No U.S. news organization was allowed to attend any part of the meeting. Trump administration declines to impose new sanctions on Russia as required by law The Trump government had until Monday to take two steps under a law passed by Congress in 2017 in the wake of the 2016 presidential campaign. The first required the U.S. to slap sanctions on anyone doing "significant" business with people linked to Russia's defense and intelligence agencies, using a blacklist the U.S. released in October. The second required the administration to publish a list of Russian "political figures and oligarchs" who have grown rich under President Vladimir Putin. The administration decided it didn't need to penalize anyone, even though several countries have had multibillion-dollar arms deals with Russia in the works. New York Rep. Eliot Engel, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, lambasted the move to punish no one, saying he was "fed up" and that Trump's administration had chosen to "let Russia off the hook yet again. The Trump-Russia investigation, from the beginning CNN produced a documentary that tells the Russia story, from the beginning, and strings together the many threads with insights from the reporters and analysts who've been covering it. In the months after the election, the Trump team denied that there were any contacts with Russians during the campaign. Trump said so himself at a news conference in February 2017. "I have nothing to do with Russia," he declared. "To the best of my knowledge, no person that I deal with does." That's why it was so shocking when The New York Times dropped this bombshell over the summer: The President's son, Donald Trump Jr., met with a Kremlin-connected lawyer during the campaign after being promised dirt on Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Not only that, but Trump Jr. was joined by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, who was the campaign chairman at the time. "When Donald Trump Jr. is told the Russian government is trying to elect your father president, he doesn't say, 'what do you mean? How can that be?' He says, 'I wanna hear this'," said CNN's chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, referring to the emails sent to Trump Jr. before the meeting. James Comey fired "This is not normal, this is not how presidents behave. It's a dark moment in American history today." That's how Toobin reacted on May 9, 2017, the day Trump unexpectedly fired FBI Director James Comey, the man who was overseeing a federal investigation into Trump's presidential campaign. Everyone was caught off guard, including senior White House aides. The FBI director himself learned about his fate while in California on official business by watching it on television. Trump later admitted he was thinking about Russia when he decided to fire Comey, seeming to contradict the official White House line that Comey was fired for mishandling the Clinton email investigation. An action perhaps designed to neutralize the Russia investigation instead triggered a series of events that led to Mueller's appointment as special counsel. "That just gives you a sense of how impulsive this firing was and it really did backfire," said CNN's chief political correspondent Dana Bash. ...

			Here’s what we know so far about Team Trump’s ties to Russian interests Here are members of Team Trump who are known to have Russian connections and the story lines that have made those ties relevant. Click link and hover to see connections. Click to read more. Eric Trump said three years ago the Trump Organization had “all the funding we need out of Russia” for its golf course projects, according to an author recounting the story of a 2014 meeting with Donald Trump and his son. Trump's Irish Golf Course Lost Money Three Years in a Row Click for story In Scotland, the commander-in-chief’s two golf courses reported that their losses doubled in 2016 to more than $24 million combined. And in California, Trump’s course outside of Los Angeles reported its 2017 totals to be the lowest since 2011. In New York, the president’s Bronx course also reported declining revenue, according to The Post. US Congress asks if Russian money funded Trump golf courses “So we were able to get the financial statements. And they do show is enormous amounts of capital flowing into these projects from unknown sources and – or at least on paper it says it’s from the Trump Organisation, but it’s hundreds of millions of dollars. “And these golf courses are just, you know, they’re sinks. They don’t actually make any money. “So if you’re familiar with Donald Trump’s finances and the litigation over whether he’s really a billionaire, you know, there’s good reason to believe he doesn’t have enough money to do this and that he would have had to have outside financial support for these things.”
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"Not Collusion... Not Incompetence... Not Cruelty... It's the Corruption, Stupid. Why His Self-Dealing is His Biggest Political Liability.”

Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador

The Trump-Russia investigation, from the beginning

James Comey fired

Here’s what we know so far about Team Trump’s ties to Russian interests

US Congress asks if Russian money funded Trump golf courses