Trump Appoints Kash Patel as Ninth FBI Director After Senate Confirmation
US President Donald Trump has officially signed the commission confirming Kash Patel as the ninth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
U.S. President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified officials, Voice of America reported.
Mueller is investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. Former FBI Director James Comey told Congress last week he believes he was fired by Trump to undermine the agency's Russia probe.
The Washington Post, citing five people briefed on the requests who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency, and Richard Ledgett, the former deputy director at the NSA, had agreed to be interviewed by Mueller's investigators as early as this week.
The obstruction of justice investigation into Trump began days after Comey was fired on May 9, according to people familiar with the matter, the Post said.
Trump's legal team quickly denounced the report on Wednesday.
"The FBI leak of information regarding the President is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal," a spokesman for Trump's legal team, Mark Corallo, said.
A spokesman for Mueller's team declined to comment.
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a stark warning to Russia, threatening a new wave of punitive tariffs unless a peace agreement with Ukraine is reached within the next 50 days
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has officially announced his nomination of First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko to lead the country’s next cabinet
Svenja Hahn, Chairwoman of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and Member of the European Parliament from Germany, has formally requested an urgent meeting
In a significant step toward strengthening Ukraine’s energy independence, Westinghouse Electric Company and Ukraine’s state-run Energoatom signed an agreement to launch the construction of a joint nuclear fuel fabrication facility within Ukraine
President Donald Trump has confirmed that the United States will provide Ukraine with Patriot air defense systems and other sophisticated military equipment
Germany is facing increasing pressure to bolster its defense capabilities amid new security challenges
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