INTERVIEW – JOE DIGENOVA – LEGAL ANALYST AND FORMER US ATTORNEY TO THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
- RUSSIA PROBE:
- Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates return to court to discuss a trial date Washington (CNN)Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates return to court Tuesday morning for a hearing that could give the clearest picture yet of how both sides are preparing for a trial related to the Russia probe. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of prosecutors have asked for the trial to begin on May 14 — roughly six months before November’s midterm elections.
- Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski expects to voluntarily testify before Congress behind closed doors this week as part of the Russia investigation
- White House Communications Director Hope Hicks is expected to meet with the House Intelligence Committee as soon as this week
- Steve Bannon expected to meet with House Intel Committee
- Nunes charges ‘abuse’ of government surveillance by FBI and Justice officials. House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes told Republican colleagues in two closed-door meetings this week he has seen evidence that shows clear “abuse” of government surveillance programs by FBI and Justice Department officials, according to three sources familiar with the conversations, raising more questions about whether the controversial anti-Trump dossier was used by the Obama administration to authorize surveillance of advisers to President Trump.
- URANIUM ONE: Feds announce indictment in massive bribery scheme connected to Hillary Clinton’s Uranium One deal. A federal indictment connected to the infamous “Uranium One” deal facilitated by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration was announced Friday. DOJ announced 11-count indictment against Mark Lambert involving Uranium One. Lambert is the “former co-president of a Maryland-based transportation company that provides services for the transportation of nuclear materials to customers in the United States and abroad,” the DOJ said in a statement.
