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the prosecutor general of ukraine has launched an investigation into claims surrounding an alleged multi-million dollar lobbying contract that names one of us president donald trump's most influential fundraisers, elliott broidy.the 12-page document, which appears to have been signed by broidy, outlines his role as providing "political advocacy" on behalf of a now sanctioned russian bank, vtb.the deal was apparently dated june 12, 2014, just weeks before vtb bank was blacklisted by the us and eu as a key kremlin asset following russia's invasion of crimea. russian president vladimir putin is guest of honor at vtb bank's investor conference every year.emails show uae-linked lobbying effort to oust tillerson: reports the document raises serious questions about whether broidy is in breach of

the prosecutor general of ukraine has launched an investigation into claims surrounding an alleged multi-million dollar lobbying contract that names one of us president donald trump's most influential fundraisers, elliott broidy.the 12-page document, which appears to have been signed by broidy, outlines his role as providing "political advocacy" on behalf of a now sanctioned russian bank, vtb.the deal was apparently dated june 12, 2014, just weeks before vtb bank was blacklisted by the us and eu as a key kremlin asset following russia's invasion of crimea. russian president vladimir putin is guest of honor at vtb bank's investor conference every year.emails show uae-linked lobbying effort to oust tillerson: reportsthe document raises serious questions about whether broidy is in breach of t

leaked emails show that a businessman with ties to the united arab emirates (uae) tried to convince us president donald trump to fire secretary of state rex tillerson for not supporting the uae-backed blockade of qatar, the bbc reported. according to the emails obtained by the news outlet, elliott broidy, who is also a major trump fundraiser, met president donald trump in october 2017 and lobbied against the top us diplomat for "performing poorly". the emails appear to confirm earlier reports of the existence of a memo by broidy, allegedly confirming attempts to implement us policies in favour of the uae.saudi arabia, the uae, egypt and bahrain severed diplomatic and transport ties with qatar on june 5, accusing it of supporting "terrorism". qatar has repeatedly rejected the allegations as

a special counsel is probing alleged attempts by the united arab emirates (uae) to curry favour with members of donald trump's campaign team during the 2016 us election, a news report said.the new york times reported on saturday that george nader - an advisor to the de facto ruler of the uae - has been questioned "for information about any possible attempts by the emiratis to buy political influence by directing money to support mr trump during the presidential campaign, according to people with knowledge of the discussions".nader, who is described as a white house regular, allegedly took part in discussions of american foreign policy in the gulf region with then-chief strategist stephen bannon and senior advisor jared kushner shortly after trump took office.the times report highlighted th

a special counsel is probing alleged attempts by the united arab emirates (uae) to curry favour with members of donald trump's campaign team during the 2016 us election, a news report said.the new york times reported on saturday that george nader - an advisor to the de facto ruler of the uae - has been questioned "for information about any possible attempts by the emiratis to buy political influence by directing money to support mr trump during the presidential campaign, according to people with knowledge of the discussions".nader, who is described as a white house regular, allegedly took part in discussions of american foreign policy in the gulf region with then-chief strategist stephen bannon and senior advisor jared kushner shortly after trump took office.the times report highlighted th

a 75-year-old oregon man took his last breath on april 6 after his being told donald trump was impeached. the news, which is obviously false, however put michael garland elliott in a reported  peaceful state before he died.read woman separates from husband of 22 years after he votes for trumpword of elliott’s death came way of his obituary in the oregonian. his ex-wife teresa elliott who is described as his best friend and only surviving family member was the last person elliott spoke to before succumbing to his declining health.“and the last thing she said to him was “donald trump has been impeached. upon hearing that he took his final, gentle breath, his earthly work concluded.”read florida police seize 5,500 packs of heroin featuring donald trump’s facedonald trump is not only still the

washington — the special counsel investigating possible ties between president donald trump's campaign and russia's government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey, the associated press has learned.deputy attorney general rod rosenstein told the ap in a separate interview that he would step aside from any oversight of special counsel robert mueller if he were to become a subject of mueller's investigation.the justice department's criminal investigation into manafort predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in july began investigating possible collusion between mo

washington—president donald trump met briefly tuesday with ukrainian leader petro poroshenko, who used his first white house visit to stress his country’s alliance with washington as he pushes for more u.s. pressure against moscow’s support for pro-russian separatists in ukraine.the two leaders spoke during a photo session in the oval office, but avoided potentially difficult issues. mr. trump called ukraine a place that...

washington (ap) — the special counsel investigating possible ties between president donald trump’s campaign and russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey, the associated press has learned.deputy attorney general rod rosenstein told the ap in a separate interview that he would recuse himself from any oversight of special counsel robert mueller if he were to become a subject of mueller’s investigation.the justice department’s criminal investigation into manafort, who was forced to resign as trump campaign chairman in august amid questions over his business dealings years ago

evidence has emerged suggesting a businessman with links to the united arab emirates tried to convince the us president donald trump to sack secretary of state, rex tillerson.leaked emails obtained by the bbc found elliot broidy, a major trump fundraiser, wanted tillerson fired for not supporting the uae-backed blockade against qatar.al jazeera's rosiland jordan reports from washington, dc.

the special counsel investigating possible ties between president trump's campaign and russia's government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of atty gen. jeff sessions and deputy atty. gen. rod rosenstein in the firing of fbi director james b. comey, the associated press has learned.the justice department's criminal investigation into manafort, who was forced to resign as trump campaign chairman in august amid questions over his business dealings years ago in ukraine, predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in july began investigating possible collusion between moscow and associates of trump.the move to consolidate the matters, involving allegations o

washington — president donald trump said tuesday that a former campaign aide thrust into the center of special counsel robert mueller's russia probe "has already proven to be a liar."on twitter, trump sought to dismiss george papadopoulos, who has provided key evidence in the first criminal case connecting trump's team to alleged intermediaries for russia's government.said trump: "few people knew the young, low level volunteer named george, who has already proven to be a liar. check the dems!"papadopoulos was approached by people claiming ties to russia and offering "dirt" on hillary clinton in the form of thousands of emails, according to court documents unsealed monday. papadopoulos pleaded guilty to lying to fbi agents about the conversations and has been cooperating with investigators,

special counsel robert s. mueller iii (associated press)a lawyer linked to rick gates and paul manafort, two of president trump’s former campaign aides ensnared in the ongoing russian probe, has been charged by special counsel robert s. mueller iii with lying to federal investigators. the lawyer, alex van der zwaan, previously worked at skadden, arps, slate, meagher & flom, a prominent law firm that worked on a controversial report used to defend what was then the pro-russian government of ukraine in its prosecution of a political opponent. manafort, trump’s former campaign manager, was an longtime advisor to ukraine’s kremlin-allied president at the time, viktor yanukovich, who subsequently fled to russia amid widespread antigovernment protests. manafort and gates, his partner and later h

a young boy in need of a heart transplant that met with first lady melania trump in italy on wednesday is now the recipient of a new heart from a donor. mrs. trump met with a group of young children of the bambino gesu hospital in rome where she took time to color, read and chat with the group of ill children. "the time i spent with the little ones in the intensive care unit is something i will never forget, and i will pray for each of them daily. i want to thank the doctors, nurses and staff of the hospital, who all do such beautiful and critical work," said mrs. trump in a statement following her visit. it was there, according to the first lady's staff, that she connected with the one boy in particular. mrs. trump was able to read a book to a young boy who is suffering from a heart ailme

a young boy in need of a heart transplant that met with first lady melania trump in italy on wednesday is now the recipient of a new heart from a donor. mrs. trump met with a group of young children of the bambino gesu hospital in rome where she took time to color, read and chat with the group of ill children. "the time i spent with the little ones in the intensive care unit is something i will never forget, and i will pray for each of them daily. i want to thank the doctors, nurses and staff of the hospital, who all do such beautiful and critical work," said mrs. trump in a statement following her visit. it was there, according to the first lady's staff, that she connected with the one boy in particular. mrs. trump was able to read a book to a young boy who is suffering from a heart ailme

special counsel robert s. mueller iii (associated press)a lawyer linked to rick gates and paul manafort, two of president trump’s former campaign aides ensnared in the ongoing russian probe, has been charged by special counsel robert s. mueller iii with lying to federal investigators. the lawyer, alex van der zwaan, previously worked at skadden, arps, slate, meagher & flom, a prominent law firm that worked on a controversial report used to defend what was then the pro-russian government of ukraine in its prosecution of a political opponent. manafort, trump’s former campaign manager, was an longtime advisor to ukraine’s kremlin-allied president at the time, viktor yanukovich, who subsequently fled to russia amid widespread antigovernment protests. manafort and gates, his partner and later h

nbc news reports two close aides to donald trump have emerged as “key figures” in the investigation into russian collusion with the trump campaign.four law enforcement officials told nbc news that “multiple grand jury subpoenas” have been issued in connection with former campaign manager paul manafort and former national security advisor michael flynn.deputy attorney general rod rosenstein announced wednesday that former fbi director robert mueller will head the justice department’s investigation into trump campaign collusion with russia and russia interference into the 2016 election campaign.nbc news also reports that both manafort and flynn have been formally categorized as “subjects” of a criminal investigation.“i hope you can let this go,” james comey is alleging trump told him, in ref

special counsel robert s. mueller iii (associated press)a lawyer linked to rick gates and paul manafort, two of president trump’s former campaign aides ensnared in the ongoing russian probe, has been charged by special counsel robert s. mueller iii with lying to federal investigators. the lawyer, alex van der zwaan, previously worked at skadden, arps, slate, meagher & flom, a prominent law firm that worked on a controversial report used to defend what was then the pro-russian government of ukraine in its prosecution of a political opponent. manafort, trump’s former campaign manager, was an longtime advisor to ukraine’s kremlin-allied president at the time, viktor yanukovich, who subsequently fled to russia amid widespread antigovernment protests. manafort and gates, his partner and later h

special counsel robert s. mueller iii (associated press)a lawyer linked to rick gates and paul manafort, two of president trump’s former campaign aides ensnared in the ongoing russian probe, has been charged by special counsel robert s. mueller iii with lying to federal investigators. the lawyer, alex van der zwaan, previously worked at skadden, arps, slate, meagher & flom, a prominent law firm that worked on a controversial report used to defend what was then the pro-russian government of ukraine in its prosecution of a political opponent. manafort, trump’s former campaign manager, was an longtime advisor to ukraine’s kremlin-allied president at the time, viktor yanukovich, who subsequently fled to russia amid widespread antigovernment protests. manafort and gates, his partner and later h

washington (ap) — the special counsel investigating possible ties between president donald trump’s campaign and russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey, the associated press has learned.the justice department’s criminal investigation into manafort, who was forced to resign as trump campaign chairman in august amid questions over his business dealings years ago in ukraine, predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in july began investigating possible collusion between moscow and associates of trump.the move to consolidate the matters, involving all

washington (ap) — the special counsel investigating possible ties between president donald trump’s campaign and russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey, the associated press has learned.the justice department’s criminal investigation into manafort, who was forced to resign as trump campaign chairman in august amid questions over his business dealings years ago in ukraine, predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in july began investigating possible collusion between moscow and associates of trump.the move to consolidate the matters, involving all

washington — the special counsel investigating possible ties between president donald trump's campaign and russia's government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey, the associated press has learned.the justice department's criminal investigation into manafort, who was forced to resign as trump campaign chairman in august amid questions over his business dealings years ago in ukraine, predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in july began investigating possible collusion between moscow and associates of trump.the move to consolidate the matters, involving allegati

a brewery in ukraine is offering a special line of craft beer themed after world leaders. their latest addition is devoted to the president of the united states, donald trump.the bbc's anastasiya gribanova made a visit to the brewery in lviv, in western ukraine.

special counsel robert s. mueller iii (associated press)a lawyer linked to rick gates and paul manafort, two of president trump’s former campaign aides ensnared in the ongoing russian probe, has been charged by special counsel robert s. mueller iii with lying to federal investigators. the lawyer, alex van der zwaan, previously worked at skadden, arps, slate, meagher & flom, a prominent law firm that worked on a controversial report used to defend what was then the pro-russian government of ukraine in its prosecution of a political opponent. manafort, trump’s former campaign manager, was an longtime advisor to ukraine’s kremlin-allied president at the time, viktor yanukovich, who subsequently fled to russia amid widespread antigovernment protests. manafort and gates, his partner and later h

the special counsel investigating possible ties between president donald trump's campaign and russia's government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey, the associated press has learned.the justice department's criminal investigation into manafort, who was forced to resign as trump campaign chairman in august amid questions over his business dealings years ago in ukraine, predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in july began investigating possible collusion between moscow and associates of trump.the move to consolidate the matters, involving allegations of klepto

the special counsel investigating possible ties between president donald trump's campaign and russia's government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey, the associated press has learned.the justice department's criminal investigation into manafort, who was forced to resign as trump campaign chairman in august amid questions over his business dealings years ago in ukraine, predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in july began investigating possible collusion between moscow and associates of trump.the move to consolidate the matters, involving allegations of klepto

the special counsel investigating possible ties between president donald trump's campaign and russia's government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey, the associated press has learned.the justice department's criminal investigation into manafort, who was forced to resign as trump campaign chairman in august amid questions over his business dealings years ago in ukraine, predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in july began investigating possible collusion between moscow and associates of trump.the move to consolidate the matters, involving allegations of klepto

washington — the special counsel investigating possible ties between president donald trump’s campaign and russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of fbi director james comey, the associated press has learned.deputy attorney general rod rosenstein told the ap in a separate interview that he would step aside from any oversight of special counsel robert mueller if he were to become a subject of mueller’s investigation.the justice department’s criminal investigation into manafort predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in july began investigating possible collusion between mo

u.s. president donald trump on thursday said he had not obstructed the fbi’s investigation into alleged russian meddling in the 2016 u.s. presidential election and possible collusion by his campaign.“look, there has been no obstruction, there has been no collusion,” trump told fox news channel in an interview set to air on friday. fox provided a partial transctipt of the interview in advance of its airing.(reporting by tim ahmann; editing by nick macfie)

washington—ukraine’s president met tuesday with president donald trump and vice president mike pence in a u.s. visit that comes as he pushes for more u.s. pressure on moscow, which backs pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine.petro poroshenko met with mr. pence and saw mr. trump in the oval office, the white house said. he also was expected to meet defense secretary jim mattis and secretary of state rex tillerson.for...

washington—ukraine’s president met with president donald trump and vice president mike pence in a u.s. visit that comes as he pushes for more u.s. pressure on moscow, which backs pro-russian separatists in eastern ukraine.petro poroshenko met on tuesday with mr. pence and saw mr. trump in the oval office, the white house said. he also was expected to meet defense secretary jim mattis and secretary of state rex tillerson.for...

when michael elliott died, the last voice he heard was that of his ex-wife, his best friend.in a short phone conversation moments before elliott took his last breath, she told him what he wanted to hear.“i told him that everything’s going to be all right,” teresa elliott told the washington post. “and donald trump has been impeached.”michael elliott died “peacefully,” surrounded by friends and neighbors in his home in a suburb outside of portland, oregon, according to an obituary published in the oregonian.teresa elliott, who lives in texas, said she couldn’t make it to oregon in time. so on april 6, one of michael elliott’s friends called her and told her that he was about to die. the two talked as someone held up the phone to the dying man’s ear.relatedafterward, one of his friends took

the ufc 219 card kicks off with the ufc debut of undefeated newcomer mark de la rosa against former flyweight title challenger tim elliott. de la rosa has accumulated a 9-0 record primarily on the strength of his ground skills. elliott is 3-6 in the ufc and 14-8-1 overall in mma competition.round 1. elliott opens with a few low kicks and then secures a takedown. de la rosa goes for a guillotine choke but has to let it go. de la rosa then looks for an armbar. elliott is patient and gets out after a couple of slams. elliott then lands a few punches from the top. elliott continues to work with punches while de la rosa has to concentrate more on defense. elliott attempts a d’arce choke and then a guillotine choke. de la rosa gets out of danger and briefly takes top position but elliott then re

when michael elliott died, the last voice he heard was that of his ex-wife, his best friend.in a short phone conversation moments before elliott took his last breath, she told him what he wanted to hear."i told him that everything's going to be all right," teresa elliott told the washington post. "and donald trump has been impeached."michael elliott died "peacefully," surrounded by friends and neighbors in his home in a suburb outside of portland, oregon, according to an obituary published in the oregonian.teresa elliott, who lives in texas, said she couldn't make it to oregon in time. so on april 6, one of michael elliott's friends called her and told her that he was about to die. the two talked as someone held up the phone to the dying man's ear.afterward, one of his friends took the pho

moscow—the trump administration added to confusion about its policy on russia and ukraine with a statement after a phone call with ukraine’s president that noted russia’s involvement in the conflict there but appeared to misstate where the fighting is taking place.the statement, released late urday, said president donald trump had “a very good call” with ukrainian president petro poroshenko, addressing various topics including “ukraine’s long-running conflict with russia.” moscow has denied involvement in a nearly...

special counsel robert s. mueller iii (associated press)a lawyer linked to rick gates and paul manafort, two of president trump’s former campaign aides ensnared in the ongoing russian probe, has been charged by special counsel robert s. mueller iii with lying to federal investigators. the lawyer, alex van der zwaan, previously worked at skadden, arps, slate, meagher & flom, a prominent law firm that worked on a controversial report used to defend what was then the pro-russian government of ukraine in its prosecution of a political opponent. manafort, trump’s former campaign manager, was an longtime advisor to ukraine’s kremlin-allied president at the time, viktor yanukovich, who subsequently fled to russia amid widespread antigovernment protests. manafort and gates, his partner and later h

kal penn quickly turned an internet troll’s angry comments into a force for good, raising more than $500,000 in 24 hours to help syrian refugees.the “designated survivor” star was expressing his horror at donald trump’s executive action that temporarily bans refugees, indefinitely bans refugees from syria and temporarily bans citizens from 10 predominantly muslim countries from entering the u.s. with an instagram post, but one comment prompted him to take action.“families are being torn apart,” penn wrote on instagram. “shame on us. this is un-american. ‬what donald trump and the republican party are doing is wholly unamerican.”among the responses, one critic wrote, “you don’t belong in this country you f**king joke.” penn, who was born in new jersey, is the son of gujarati immigrants. ins