Special Counsel Robert Mueller told the country in a dramatic statement that it was “not an option” for his office to have charged President Trump with an obstruction crime, adding it would be ‘inappropriate’ for him to speak further about his probe of Russian election interference.
“If we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,” Mueller said, reading from prepared notes behind a lectern at the Justice Department. “We did not, however, make a determination as to whether the president did commit a crime.”
Mueller emphasized that he were to testify in front of Congress as requested, no new information would be provided. “The report is my testimony,” he said.
Mueller also publicly announced he is resigning as special counsel because the investigation he was appointed in 2017 to conduct is complete.
New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker called for Congress to launch impeachment proceedings against Trump, becoming the latest 2020 White House contender to endorse the president’s removal from office.
An unidentified man set himself on fire early this afternoon in front of sightseers on the Ellipse park in downtown Washington, D.C., not far from the White House, authorities said.
New York Times White House reporter Maggie Haberman, who came under fire over the weekend for her article about Hope Hicks’ apparent dilemma about complying with a congressional subpoena, acknowledged the criticism and said it’s “unfortunate” that “the tenor” of critiques against her have “gotten extremely personal.”
Lawyers for a Navy SEAL accused of killing an Islamic State prisoner in Iraq in 2017 want the case thrown out because of alleged prosecutorial misconduct that includes withholding evidence and conducting surveillance on the defense.
The state’s largest business lobbying group – the Business Council of New York State – came out in support of New York granting driver’s licenses to immigrants who are in the United States illegally.
A leadership change in the New York Republican Party has left the state organization looking even more like the national GOP, with pro-Trump populists ascendant and wealthier social moderates on the wane.
New York’s mayors are throwing their support behind an end of session push to legalize the use of electric bicycles and scooters.
New York State Electric & Gas Corp. is seeking a rate increase that would raise the average monthly bill for its electric customers by more than $10 a month.
Approximately 500 Remington Arms employees will be furloughed for the months of June and July while much of the plant is shut down.
Clinton County Treasurer Kimberly Davis, a Democrat, will challenge Republican state Sen. Betty Little in 2020.
Retired Orchard Park Police Chief Mark F. Pacholec faced two votes of no confidence by his police officers and command staff in the months before he retired, according to a joint statement released by the unions representing those town employees.
Rod Watson: “Add one more crime to the list (WNY Republican Rep.) Chris Collins is accused of committing. Except when it comes to this one, the verdict already is in: He’s guilty of rampant hypocrisy.”
Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas is proposing a trio of bills inspired by a woman whose story shed light on a Columbia University doctor accused of sexually assaulting dozens of pregnant women in his care.
Tiffany Cabán’s grassroots campaign for Queens district attorney is drawing contributions from across the nation. But her two most frequent donors are local: two campaign staffers who together have made dozens of donations as small as $5.
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