The Latest: House Dems ask AG to release full Russia report on WTOP| WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the special counsel’s Russia investigation (all times local): 3:40 p.m. Six House Democratic committee heads are calling on Attorney General William Barr to make special counsel Robert Mueller’s full…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the special counsel’s Russia investigation (all times local):
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Special counsel Robert Mueller’s sentencing memorandum for former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was not publicly available late Friday, suggesting the document may still be under seal.
Mueller’s team was to have weighed in by the end of the day Friday on Manafort’s punishment in one of his two criminal cases. But the memo was not publicly filed by midnight Friday, an indication that the document includes sensitive information and that prosecutors are seeking a judge’s approval to redact, or black out, that material.
The sentencing recommendation comes as the 69-year-old Manafort, who led Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign for several critical months, is already facing the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison in a separate case.
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President Donald Trump is continuing to insist his 2016 presidential campaign did not collude with Russia as the special counsel is showing signs of concluding his investigation.
Trump said at the White House Friday that he won the election “because I was a better candidate… and it had nothing to do with Russia.” He adds that the report will say that “if it’s an honest report.
