Moscow denies seeking to influence the election, and Trump denies any collusion.
|
|
In seeking to influence the executive branch, the president is not without help.
|
|
Aides denied she was seeking to influence the BoE's policy decisions with her comments.
|
|
Political campaigns are a particularly ripe target for foreign hackers seeking to influence US elections.
|
|
The Kentucky contest is one of three governor's races Mr. Trump is seeking to influence.
|
|
Moscow denies seeking to influence the election, and Trump has dismissed any talk of collusion.
|
|
It kept pushing, seeking to influence implementation in ways that could blunt the law's ambition.
|
|
He did not elaborate in the clip on how Russia was seeking to influence the election.
|
|
Stop serving as a conduit for secret money from corporations seeking to influence policy and elections.
|
|
Administration officials played down the president's comments, saying he was not seeking to influence the Fed.
|
|
Public charities can engage in a limited amount of lobbying — seeking to influence legislation or legislators.
|
|
Those seeking to influence elections use Facebook's surveillance architecture to identify users most susceptible to their messages.
|
|
She is the first Russian national convicted for seeking to influence U.S. politics during the 2016 campaign.
|
|
Russia denies seeking to influence the U.S. election, and Trump has dismissed claims of collusion as fake news.
|
|
The US intelligence community has accused Russia of seeking to influence the 2016 presidential election to help Trump.
|
|
Background: Butina was the first Russian national convicted for seeking to influence U.S. politics during the 2016 campaign.
|
|
The SABC denies Matthews' assertions, while the ruling African National Congress (ANC) denies seeking to influence the broadcaster's coverage.
|
|
If they once focused on holding politicians to account, fact-checkers are now seeking to influence a wider audience.
|
|
"There is simply no indication of Butina seeking to influence or undermine any specific policy or law," he added.
|
|
First, he tries to establish a false friendship with them, using soothing words in seeking to influence their investigation.
|
|
The order, however, will apply beyond just Russia to other foreign entities that are seeking to influence US elections.
|
|
The company also said it had removed as many as 30,000 fake accounts seeking to influence the French election.
|
|
By contrast, Limbaugh, seeking to influence the views of his listeners, demonized Boehner's position as tantamount to destruction of America.
|
|
Clinton's former chief of staff, Cheryl D. Mills, of seeking to influence the department's purportedly independent investigation of the attack.
|
|
The check's date does not categorically demonstrate that Mr. Trump was not seeking to influence Ms. Bondi, a fellow Republican.
|
|
What is the most direct evidence currently known connecting Mr. Trump with any Russians seeking to influence the 2016 election?
|
|
"I think it certainly creates a perception problem, especially if Mr. Hart is seeking to influence the agency," he said.
|
|
With the possibility that state actors like Russia are now seeking to influence U.S. elections through hacking, the possibilities are frightening.
|
|
The lobbying of the "digital ambassador," however, operates in reverse — it is not a private player seeking to influence governmental actors.
|
|
Just as worrisome as political campaigns misusing technology are the outside forces seeking to influence American politics for their own ends.
|
|
The Apple executive has been waging a publicity campaign for weeks, seeking to influence public opinion in the emotionally charged case.
|
|
Why it matters: Maria Butina is the first Russian national convicted for seeking to influence U.S. politics during the 2016 campaign.
|
|
Or that advertisers and ad exchanges are somehow seeking to influence or control right-wing audiences more than left-wing ones.
|
|
And that harm is relevant whether or not the data was stolen by a foreign government seeking to influence this election.
|
|
Meanwhile, congressional committees are calling Facebook and Google to testify about how Russia bought advertisements seeking to influence the 2016 presidential election.
|
|
Sitting governors in both parties seeking to influence the presidential race in their home states are failing miserably so far in 21625.
|
|
The discussion was friendly and hardly confrontational, yet it felt like a deposed order seeking to influence the revolutionaries who toppled it.
|
|
Facebook, Twitter and Google are under increasing scrutiny for their potential use during 2016 by Russians seeking to influence the presidential election.
|
|
Google has said it has not found any evidence that its advertising tools were manipulated by foreign actors seeking to influence the election.
|
|
Twitter, Facebook and Google each endured heavy scrutiny following disclosures that had been manipulated by Russian trolls seeking to influence the 2016 elections.
|
|
Of course Facebook is by no means the only place online where all sorts of foreign agents have been caught seeking to influence opinions.
|
|
Two conservative groups are seeking to influence the Senate's healthcare bill with a list of recommendations aimed at keeping the bill to the right.
|
|
This was indeed a major step toward ensuring that these entities meet the comprehensive disclosure requirements for foreign lobbyists seeking to influence U.S. politics.
|
|
The Times account painted a picture of Trump's legal team as increasingly willing to combat the Mueller investigation while seeking to influence public opinion.
|
|
Clinton cited the specter of Russian hackers seeking to influence the election with strategic leaks, which she suggested were intended to help Mr. Trump.
|
|
Museveni also accused some unnamed foreign countries of seeking to influence the nation's politics by funneling assistance to the opposition through non-governmental organizations.
|
|
Another angle: The report outlines numerous meetings between Mr. Trump's advisers and Russian operatives seeking to influence the campaign and the presidential transition team.
|
|
And this month he is hosting an event introducing the theater industry to Swing Left, which is seeking to influence the midterm congressional races.
|
|
Many of these, therefore, while clearly seeking to influence the outcome, were not necessarily voting for a candidate they hope will win the presidency.
|
|
Staffers have begun interviewing intelligence analysts involved in the report announced in January that charged Russia with seeking to influence the election on Trump's behalf.
|
|
Fox said on Tuesday a group of politicians was seeking to influence the CMA, adding they were making "a number of unsupported and fanciful assertions".
|
|
Across the continent, politicians are seeking to influence business using a range of tactics including regulation, nudging managers to do deals and boosting state ownership.
|
|
It does what every lobbyist does in drafting legislative language, organizing votes, pressing candidates to write position papers, and seeking to influence members of Congress.
|
|
Nixon would eventually resign as president when faced with likely impeachment for his actions, including abusing his executive power in seeking to influence the DOJ.
|
|
"Social media manipulation is the new frontier for antagonists seeking to influence elections, polarise public opinion, and side-track legitimate political discussions," the report states.
|
|
The FBI is investigating whether those meetings were part of alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian agents seeking to influence the 2016 election.
|
|
The New York Times reported that bids had risen to more than $72,000, and that the top bidders were people seeking to influence Donald Trump's policymaking.
|
|
Mr. Trump has denounced that investigation, and he has maintained that there was "no collusion" between his campaign and Russians seeking to influence the 2016 election.
|
|
Califf, a well-regarded cardiologist and researcher, said the agency's action should not be considered a precedent for others seeking to influence its drug approval policy.
|
|
Mr. Putin again dismissed allegations that Russia was seeking to influence the political landscape in the West by supporting far-right parties and undercutting mainstream factions.
|
|
The consequences will play out for years and handicap the United States in seeking to influence the development of rules in the area of international taxation.
|
|
Facebook has since introduced new policies and said that it would hire extra staff to help monitor foreign actors seeking to influence elections on its platform.
|
|
The Iranian-based accounts were first revealed by the security firm FireEye, and amplified concerns that countries other than Russia were seeking to influence U.S. elections.
|
|
He added it was "undesirable" for public relations firms to get involved in criminal proceedings as it could be perceived they are seeking to influence the jury.
|
|
Trump has said he narrowed his short list down to two or three contenders amid an intense lobbying campaign by outside groups seeking to influence his choice.
|
|
The archdiocese, seeking to influence the rezoning of East Midtown Manhattan, where St. Patrick's Cathedral is, has paid Kasirer Consulting $242,000 since 2014, according to city records.
|
|
"Threat actors are seeking to influence the Canadian public and interfere with Canada's democratic institutions and processes," wrote Tahera Mufti, a spokesperson for CSIS, in an emailed statement.
|
|
McMaster did not elaborate on how Russia was seeking to influence the July ballot when Mexico is due to elect a new president to succeed Enrique Pena Nieto.
|
|
That bombshell has provoked backlash against the FBI, with critics accusing Comey of playing politics and seeking to influence the campaign less than two weeks before Election Day.
|
|
Mr. Ashe had solicited and accepted bribes since 2011 from Chinese businesspeople who were seeking to influence the actions of United Nations and Antiguan officials, prosecutors have said.
|
|
President Obama is using his bully pulpit to shape the 2016 presidential race, seeking to influence the vote to succeed him as the spotlight on his presidency fades.
|
|
If reliable evidence does come out showing the Russians hacked our voting machines in addition to seeking to influence the campaign, then we should certainly take appropriate corrective action.
|
|
Around the time of the rat study, the industry was seeking to influence a new tooth-decay prevention program run by a federal agency, Kearns' team reported in 2015.
|
|
The executive suggested there are outside forces seeking to influence Huawei's sales for political reasons, and he reiterated the company is "doing its best" to continue building its business.
|
|
The revelation that Bill Clinton met privately with Lynch — uncovered by a local ABC affiliate reporter — provoked allegations that the former president was improperly seeking to influence the investigation.
|
|
The report does additional damage to allegations that Trump campaign officials colluded with Russian officials at a time when the Kremlin was seeking to influence the 2016 presidential election.
|
|
" Today, according to Dobbins, "Kim Jong Un is not so much trying to divide South Korea from the United States as he is seeking to influence Washington through Seoul.
|
|
The raids were related to Mueller&aposs probe of allegations of collusion between Trump&aposs 2016 campaign and Russia interests seeking to influence the outcome of the U.S. presidential election.
|
|
China, faced with a growing backlash from Washington, Canberra and other capitals, has rejected accusations that it is seeking to influence foreign governments and that its investments are politically driven.
|
|
US officials have said there is "mounting evidence" that Russia is passing along hacked documents to WikiLeaks -- prompting concerns that the Russian government is seeking to influence the US elections.
|
|
Hacquebord and other experts said the attacks, which took place in March and April, suggest Pawn Storm is seeking to influence the national elections in the two European Union powerhouses.
|
|
In the book, Benedict says that he came to know of the presence of a "gay lobby" made up of four or five people who were seeking to influence Vatican decisions.
|
|
Symantec said candidates, campaigns and other election groups can use its program, called Project Dolphin, to help protect their websites from hostile actors seeking to influence the election through cyber means.
|
|
The Times cited the previously unreported request from Trump as one of several examples of the president seeking to influence the investigations into his presidency, his associates and his business interests.
|
|
Symantec said candidates, campaigns and other election groups can use its program, called Project Dolphin, to help protect their websites from hostile actors seeking to influence the election through cyber means.
|
|
Therefore, there isn't any reason for donors seeking to influence federal races to use state candidates as "conduits" to evade the federal contribution limits — not that this had ever been likely.
|
|
Potential Russian involvement in western elections has become a sensitive issue since U.S. intelligence agencies accused their Russian counterparts of seeking to influence the U.S. election through hacking, something Moscow has denied.
|
|
She is expected to provide information on receiving calls from Giuliani allies seeking to influence policy and the meeting during which an "informal hold" was placed on Ukraine military aid, it added.
|
|
A police report obtained by Reuters that lays out the case named Karti Chidambaram as one of those accused of criminal conspiracy, cheating, seeking to influence a public servant and criminal misconduct.
|
|
The Alliance for Securing Democracy, an initiative by the public policy group German Marshall Fund, has an ongoing review of 600 Twitter accounts linked to Russia and seeking to influence U.S. politics.
|
|
Mueller's prosecutors previously had accused Manafort of seeking to influence public opinion regarding his case by ghostwriting an op-ed with a colleague who prosecutors alleged was connected to Russian intelligence services.
|
|
The French and German flag carriers have urged the European Commission to counter what they say are unfair practices by Gulf airlines, seeking to influence the drafting of a new EU law.
|
|
The combo of Brown and Fowke on stage is one way the wind group is seeking to influence the Energy Department, which isn't officially seeking public comment before issuing the study summer.
|
|
The board's opinions about the strategy and tactics may reflect a weak management needing direction, or may represent frustrated operators hoping for an exit and seeking to influence day-to-day decisions.
|
|
Cummings insists on "total autonomy," despite the various Conservative Party and right-wing populist UK Independence Party (UKIP) representatives seeking to influence the decision-making, with whom he repeatedly clashes over strategy.
|
|
The couple's many businesses offer foreign allies and adversaries a channel for seeking to influence American policy, fueling suspicion that the Trumps and Mr. Kushner are leveraging public office for private gain.
|
|
The Parliament has also become a magnet for lobbyists seeking to influence legislation on issues from the amount of permissible emissions from industry, including cars, to the way cellphone calls are priced.
|
|
Whatever the outcome of the NRA investigation, it seems plausible that if Russian plutocrats were seeking to influence one US interest group, they may have approached other groups and individuals as well.
|
|
Potential Russian involvement in western elections has become a more sensitive issue since U.S. intelligence agencies accused their Russian counterparts of seeking to influence the U.S. election through hacking, something Moscow has denied.
|
|
Sanders' campaign, however, has signaled after his poor showing in Tuesday's Northeastern primaries that he may only be seeking to influence the party platform if he continues his campaign into the convention. Rep.
|
|
Maria Butina, the first Russian national convicted for seeking to influence U.S. politics during the 2016 campaign, was sentenced to 18 months in prison — with credit for nine months already served — on Friday.
|
|
But putting that aside, what if the bigger danger comes not from amateurish foreign advertisers, but from foreign governments seeking to influence the American regulatory agencies meant to act as the citizens' watchdogs?
|
|
The Times cited the previously unreported request from Trump to Whitaker as one of several examples of the president seeking to influence the investigations into his presidency, his associates and his business interests.
|
|
His comments drew charges that he was seeking to influence monetary policy for political gain as President Richard Nixon did when he pressured the Fed to delay raising rates beyond the 1972 elections.
|
|
Mr. Trump is correct that nothing produced publicly by Mr. Mueller to date has claimed any wrongdoing by the president nor any illegal collaboration with the Russians seeking to influence the 2016 election.
|
|
She said, for example, that a document creating the legal defense fund would have to clearly state that it wouldn't accept donations from prohibited sources that are seeking to influence the employee's agency.
|
|
Warner's spokesperson noted that while ads were likely a component of potential election interference, experts suggest that fake accounts and pages on Twitter and Facebook seeking to influence voters are a bigger problem.
|
|
Testifying to a Senate committee in the aftermath of the election, GOP Vice-Presidential nominee Bob Dole indicated the Ford-Dole campaign was actively seeking to influence Democrat electors to switch to their ticket.
|
|
On Monday, Facebook (FB) rolled out sweeping updates to its products and policies surrounding elections and disinformation and said it had caught dozens of fake Russian-controlled accounts seeking to influence the 2020 election.
|
|
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jailed American financier Jeffrey Epstein made payments to two potential witnesses seeking to influence them in the child sex trafficking case against him late last year, prosecutors said late on Friday.
|
|
The hearing is a follow-up to the panel's hearing in November, in which lawmakers grilled lawyers from each firm for how their platform was manipulated by Russian trolls seeking to influence the election.
|
|
Meanwhile, Washington's so-called "influence industry" – and those seeking to influence the regulation of that industry – focused on another executive order prohibiting certain incoming administration officials from lobbying the administration after they leave government.
|
|
Just as college students did 216 years ago, many high schoolers are pointing to broad social turbulence that affects them — gun violence, for instance — and are seeking to influence the political process by voting.
|
|
The latest: Mario Dion, the ethics commissioner, said Trudeau's "flagrant attempts to influence" Wilson-Raybould violated rules against seeking to influence a decision to "further another person's private interests" — in this case SNC-Lavalin.
|
|
Biden is a top contender for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and the House is investigating whether Trump was illicitly seeking to influence the election by going after one of his main political rivals.
|
|
Most of all, a normal commander in chief would not collect large, entirely secret financial flows on an ongoing basis — flows that make him an easy mark for foreign states seeking to influence American policy.
|
|
"There is simply no indication of Butina seeking to influence of undermine any specific policy or law (of) the United States -- only at most to promote a better relationship between the two nations," Driscoll said.
|
|
Facebook has taken the rap for purportedly helping Donald Trump win the presidency through the distribution of false news and political ad buys by the Republican campaign and Russian agents seeking to influence the election.
|
|
He has raised money from those seeking to influence city business through lobbyists and from a local Democratic fixture, Frank Carone, who was in the middle of an active real estate negotiation with the city.
|
|
Of the countries seeking to influence negotiations with North Korea, Japan has remained the most hard-line, consistently calling for complete and immediate denuclearization as well as the removal of all missiles and biological weapons.
|
|
The 2018 election campaign has been the bloodiest in Mexico's modern history with dozens of politicians, candidates and activists murdered by criminal groups and gangsters seeking to influence the shape of the post-electoral map.
|
|
The issue of fake news has taken on new importance in recent weeks after warnings by German and U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia is seeking to influence elections and sway public opinion in both countries.
|
|
But they are seeking to influence policy makers, particularly in the European Union, which together makes up one of the largest importers of palm oil, that regulations on land-grabbing by corporations must be in place.
|
|
Zuckerberg's Q Score was measured largely before the revelation that Facebook sold $100,000 in ads to a Kremlin-linked entity seeking to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election and sow discord in its aftermath.
|
|
Putin is using a Russian geographic endpoint because he knows the best way to degrade our trust in democracy is to create just enough proof that a foreign enemy was seeking to influence our political process.
|
|
But the phenomenon of wealthy people seeking to influence areas in which they have no particular expertise appears to be particularly severe today, partly because of the young age at which people can now become wealthy.
|
|
While Mr. Farkas hasn't been vocal in seeking to influence federal policymaking, he has repeatedly worked with a prominent businessman from the United Arab Emirates, where Mr. Kushner is a point person for American foreign policy.
|
|
But the experience in Britain offers a preview of the unruly online battle brewing across the Atlantic, as those seeking to influence voters become more cunning about reaching people through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and WhatsApp.
|
|
Cyber experts told NBC News they believe Guccifer 2.0 is a Russian front, and also said the leaks show that Russia is seeking to influence the U.S. presidential campaign, perhaps with an eye toward helping Donald Trump.
|
|
"Anyone seeking to influence the president could set up an anonymous company and purchase his property," said Heather Lowe, director of government affairs at Global Financial Integrity, a D.C.-based group aimed at curbing illicit financial transactions.
|
|
During that period, Mr. Manafort never registered as a foreign agent with the United States Justice Department — as required of those seeking to influence American policy on behalf of foreign clients — although one of his subcontractors did.
|
|
Also complicating Mr. Bolton's transition back into government has been the network of advocacy groups Mr. Bolton championed that are linked to major donors, political figures and interest groups seeking to influence the Trump administration's foreign policy.
|
|
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government warned on Friday that Russia, China and Iran were seeking to influence next month's congressional elections as federal prosecutors unveiled charges against a Russian national accused of participating in such a scheme.
|
|
She notes that in the unlikely event that the Democrat-sponsored bill advances in the House or Senate, the regulation of paid ads won't stop misinformation campaigns or private political spending on Facebook seeking to influence U.S. politics.
|
|
" This allows many people doing what you would traditionally think of as lobbying — seeking to influence legislation, getting paid to pressure lawmakers — to avoid formally registering as lobbyists, and thus circumvent the laws applying only to "registered lobbyists.
|
|
It cited a "noticeable increase" in spying by Turkey's MIT foreign intelligence agency in Germany in 2016, following the failed July 15 coup in Turkey, and said Russia was seeking to influence a parliamentary election on Sept. 24.
|
|
Ethics experts have said Beijing could be seeking to influence the President by awarding him and his family the trademarks, but the Chinese government has dismissed those assertions, emphasizing that authorities follow the law in reviewing all applications.
|
|
The New Jersey Legislature, which is controlled by Democrats, passed a bill on Monday that Mr. Murphy was expected to sign requiring nonprofit groups seeking to influence elections or legislation to report donors who contribute $10,000 or more.
|
|
An M28500S government could easily become an ally of a Trump administration seeking to influence the EU. Still, in 6900, M2628S and FPÖ are far from alone in riding the populist, Eurosceptic wave towards victory at the polls.
|
|
"There is simply no indication of Ms. Butina seeking to influence or undermine any specific policy or law or the United States — only at most to promote a better relationship between the two nations," Driscoll said in a statement.
|
|
The small business owners Trump never paid in full One of Trump's central attack lines against Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton is that her family's foundation benefited from donations by foreign governments seeking to influence the then-secretary of state.
|
|
Trump fired the FBI director in a dramatic move last month that has led to charges that the White House was seeking to influence an FBI probe into alleged ties between Trump's campaign and Russia during the 2016 election.
|
|
The investigation is being closely watched amid mounting concerns over leaks of data on tens of millions of Facebook users, as well as the use of social media by foreign powers seeking to influence elections in the United States.
|
|
It has also suffered political black eyes from corporate boycotts, allegations of improper ties with Russian agents seeking to influence the 2016 elections and relentless political attacks by the student-led movement that arose from the Parkland school shooting.
|
|
Ross didn't unload his Chevron and Boeing shares until May, and held onto his IAC-related investments until October, according to federal records cited by CREW, meaning the secretary had financial stakes in companies seeking to influence his department.
|
|
The proposed sanctions are also broad in their objectives: US legislators are, in the same bill, seeking to influence the transfer of arms to Syria, the sale of Russian energy and how the privatization of Russian state-owned enterprises takes place.
|
|
Earlier this year, Facebook faced massive backlash over the Cambridge Analytica scandal in which data from 87 million users was shared without their knowledge as well as over how its platform was manipulated by Russians seeking to influence the 2016 election.
|
|
Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday that he was helping lead a coalition seeking to influence a coming Supreme Court case because President Obama's executive action on immigration would have a "direct, tangible impact" on at least 220,000 New Yorkers.
|
|
Advertisers commit to avoiding (and support their partners in the avoidance of) the funding of actors seeking to influence division or seeking to inflict reputational harm on business or society and politics at large through content that appears false and/or misleading.
|
|
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia mounted a campaign of "propaganda on steroids" seeking to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee said on Thursday, listing several areas of concern about possible links to Republican Donald Trump's campaign.
|
|
Trump's Louisville rally, his third since his inauguration, followed a daylong congressional hearing in which FBI Director James Comey acknowledged for the first time that the agency was investigating whether Trump's campaign colluded with Russian officials seeking to influence the 2016 campaign.
|
|
To win a congressional seat or the presidency means pitching a platform that can turn on the spigot of cash from the rich and powerful seeking to influence the policy decisions and governance of each candidate they help turn into an elected official.
|
|
The investigation will examine whether traders are seeking to influence the value of digital currencies by engaging in illegal practices that could prompt others into buying or selling from their online wallet, four sources familiar with the matter told the news outlet.
|
|
Putin purposely used a Russian geographic endpoint because he knows the best way to degrade our trust in democracy is to create just enough proof that a foreign enemy was seeking to influence our political process to persuade some, but not all, Americans.
|
|
The investigation will examine whether traders are seeking to influence the value of digital currencies by engaging in illegal practices that could prompt others into buying or selling from their online wallet, four sources familiar with the matter told the news outlet.
|
|
The district court decision in Emily's List, followed by the Supreme Court decision in Citizens United, paved the way for the phenomenon of super PACs that support a single candidate and can accept unlimited campaign contributions from anyone seeking to influence that candidate.
|
|
Trump's reported attempt to have a political ally maintain control of an investigation into his associates would add to a list of possible examples of Trump seeking to influence the Justice Department -- and opening himself up to potential obstruction of justice claims.
|
|
"We will - in good faith - redouble our efforts and put our shoulder to the wheel in seeking to influence the Brexit talks in a way that protects Scotland's interests," Sturgeon said, adding she wanted Scotland to stay in the European single market.
|
|
" A statement by Treasury identified other actors the department is watching: "While today's action only targets Russian actors, the U.S. Government is safeguarding our democratic processes from adversaries -- primarily Russia, Iran, and China -- that may be seeking to influence the upcoming 2020 elections.
|
|
In 2015, the scandal-plagued government of Sri Lanka paid a total of $6.5 million to Mr. Zuberi and another company linked to him, for services that appear to have included seeking to influence the American government, the magazine Foreign Policy reported.
|
|
The probe is being closely watched in Europe amid mounting concerns over leaks of data on tens of millions of Facebook users, as well as the extensive use of targeted ads by foreign powers seeking to influence elections in the United States.
|
|
The company, which has been under intense pressure to protect the integrity of elections around the world, said it made the decision after groups raised concerns over how outside groups were seeking to influence the outcome of the divisive vote, set for May 25.
|
|
Email communications obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by USRTK revealed that in her CDC role, Bowman had been communicating regularly with - and offering guidance to - a leading Coca-Cola advocate seeking to influence world health authorities on sugar and beverage policy matters.
|
|
Members of Congress, where both chambers are controlled by Trump's fellow Republicans, have called for more action, including introducing new sanctions legislation "from hell," to punish Russia for its annexation of Crimea, involvement in Syria's civil war and cyber attacks seeking to influence U.S. elections.
|
|
Members of Congress, where both chambers are controlled by Trump's fellow Republicans, have called for more action, including introducing new sanctions legislation "from hell," to punish Russia for its annexation of Crimea, involvement in Syria's civil war and cyber attacks seeking to influence U.S. elections.
|
|
The hearing Thursday made it clear that the focus should not be on alleged crimes by President Trump, but rather on the extraordinary crimes committed by the Russian government and its functionaries in hacking the Democratic National Committee and in seeking to influence the presidential election.
|
|
The prosecution told the court on April 7 that Merchant, the former line manager of Pabon and Reich, alleged in SFO interviews in March 2014 that his Barclays bosses, including Bagguley, had known of and approved the practice of seeking to influence the bank's Libor rates.
|
|
The judge's comments came during a status hearing in federal court in the case against Ms. Butina, who was arrested this summer on charges of illegally seeking to influence Republican politicians on behalf of the Russian government by infiltrating conservative political circles, including the National Rifle Association.
|
|
On September 5th Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's number two, and Jack Dorsey, the boss of Twitter, testified before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee on what may be the companies' most notorious foul-up, allowing their platforms to be manipulated by Russian operatives seeking to influence the 2016 presidential election.
|
|
Lawmakers have also accused the company of willfully obstructing good faith attempts at investigating scandals such as Cambridge Analytica data misuse, Kremlin-backed election interference, or how foreign money flowed into its platform seeking to influence the UK's Brexit referendum result, in just a few of multiple examples.
|
|
Critics have also been eager to know if the Cambridge Analytica data was ever used by the Trump campaign or by groups seeking to influence the Brexit vote in the U.K. The disclosure has sparked new debate over user privacy on the internet among the public as well.
|
|
The committee says it has no direct evidence of foreign interference in the voter registration process, but goes on to express deep concern about allegations of foreign powers such as Russia and China seeking to influence public opinion elsewhere via psychological cyber attacks in order to subvert democratic processes.
|
|
A joint statement released Monday by DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and FBI Director Christopher Wray warned that while there was no indication that America's voting infrastructure -- voting machines, for example -- had been compromised, foreign operatives were seeking to influence American voters.
|
|
At a moment when there is acute attention to whether the Russian government is seeking to influence the 2018 midterm elections, the report is a reminder that the bulk of Russia's cyberactivity has been in more traditional arenas: placing malware in facilities that are critical to keeping a nation's infrastructure running.
|
|
Though exposing no apparent legal violation, they offer a window into how some top USDA political appointees -- former lobbyists themselves -- are in frequent contact with their old employers and others who are lobbying the agency, and how those lobbyists are seeking to influence the agency on issues large and small.
|
|
Clinton and her campaign are clearly seeking to influence the way she and Republican nominee Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE are covered.
|
|
Facebook's stock dropped 43 percent from its 13 peak to the market's trough last December, as it faced months of scrutiny related to the use of its platform by Russians seeking to influence the 2016 American presidential campaign as well as the collection of users' data by the political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
|
|
"A failure by your office to investigate these reports and to take appropriate action will leave the nation exposed to foreign governments directly and indirectly providing payments and financial benefits to President Trump when those foreign governments may be seeking to influence executive branch policies and positions," the groups wrote in a letter to Bharara.
|
|
The FBI said it was still evaluating the request, which had a committee-set deadline of Wednesday, in light of the appointment of a special prosecutor to look into the possibility of collusion between Trump's presidential campaign and Russian officials seeking to influence the 2016 election, according to a letter released by committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz.
|
|
The conduct which likely prompted the use of an FBI arrest team worthy of a Navy SEAL operation can be found in an incredibly stupid and highly incriminating series of messages allegedly sent to the indictment's "Person 2" (reported to be comedian and radio personality Randy Credico) seeking to influence and shape "Person 2's" congressional testimony.
|
|
The report laid bare that Mr. Trump was elected with the help of a foreign power, and cataloged numerous meetings between Mr. Trump's advisers and Russians seeking to influence the campaign and the presidential transition team — encounters set up in pursuit of business deals, policy initiatives and political dirt about Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate for president.
|
|
That divide, first exposed during the bitter feud between Sanders and Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonCNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting Trump says he'll debate eventual Democratic nominee Bull meets china shop: Roger Stone controversy follows a familiar pattern MORE during the 2016 nominating process, was amplified by Russian actors seeking to influence that year's presidential campaign.
|
|
"It's disappointing that the man who promised to 'drain the swamp' just took a massive step away from transparency by refusing the release the White House visitor logs that the American people have grown accustomed to accessing over the last six years and that provide indispensable information about who is seeking to influence the president," said Noah Bookbinder, the executive director of CREW.
|
|
Computer Program Used by Clinton Campaign Hacked as Part of DNC Cyber Attacks Hack of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee 'Similar' to DNC Breach Why Experts Are Sure Russia Hacked the DNC Emails Cyber experts have told NBC News they believe Guccifer 2.0 is a Russian front, and also said the leaks show that Russia is seeking to influence the U.S. presidential campaign, perhaps with an eye toward helping Donald Trump.
|
|