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A new poll finds most Americans want to see special counsel Robert Mueller complete the Russia investigation. The NPR/PBS News Hour/Marist poll published on Wednesday reports that, among national registered voters, 69% say Mueller – whose team of prosecutors is trying to make sense of Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and whether the Trump campaign was involved – should be allowed to finish their work. When broken down by party, a majority of both Republicans and Democrats expressed the same sentiments. The poll released on Wednesday also found a majority of registered voters have some level of confidence in the FBI, despite repeated attacks on the agency from Trump and his allies. A new poll published Wednesday finds that a majority of Americans believe Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the Russia probe, should be allowed to complete the … [Read more...] about New poll suggests Trump’s attacks on the Russia probe and the FBI are having an unexpected effect on voters from both parties

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the FBI agent whom special counsel Robert Mueller ousted last July committed “treason” by exchanging politically-charged texts with an FBI colleague. Counterintelligence veteran Peter Strzok was removed from Mueller’s team after he expressed anti-Trump sentiment in texts he sent to FBI lawyer Lisa Page. Trump and his allies latched onto the revelations last year to paint Mueller’s investigation and the FBI as biased against him. President Donald Trump said during an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Thursday that Peter Strzok, the FBI counterintelligence agent who was ousted from special counsel Robert Mueller’s team last July, committed treason. “A man is tweeting to his lover that if [former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton] loses, we’ll essentially do the insurance policy,” Trump said. “We’ll go to … [Read more...] about Trump alleges that the FBI agent Mueller ousted committed ‘treason’ by sending anti-Trump texts

Noor Salman, the wife of the Pulse nightclub shooter who killed 49 people in 2016, told authorities that she knew about her husband’s planned attack in advance. Last month, the FBI released a 12-page account of Salman’s first interview with authorities shortly after the massacre. Salman’s lawyers claim that account shouldn’t be used in court because no attorneys were present at the time. The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen told the FBI just hours after the June 2016 rampage that she knew about her husband’s plot ahead of time, USA Today reported Friday. Noor Salman reportedly told authorities that she knew that Mateen was “going to do something bad,” and that she was aware that Pulse nightclub would be the target. She also said her husband would regularly go to the shooting range, browse jihadi websites, and watch beheading videos while fuming about how the US … [Read more...] about The FBI quietly released documents from the 2016 Orlando nightclub massacre — and the shooter’s wife made a stunning admission

Noor Salman, the wife of the Pulse nightclub shooter who killed 49 people in 2016, told authorities that she knew about her husband’s planned attack in advance. Last month, the FBI released a 12-page account of Salman’s first interview with authorities shortly after the massacre. Salman’s lawyers claim that account shouldn’t be used in court because no attorneys were present at the time. The wife of Orlando nightclub shooter Omar Mateen told the FBI just hours after the June 2016 rampage that she knew about her husband’s plot ahead of time, USA Today reported Friday. Noor Salman reportedly told authorities that she knew that Mateen was “going to do something bad,” and that she was aware that Pulse nightclub would be the target. She also said her husband would regularly go to the shooting range, browse jihadi websites, and watch beheading videos while fuming about how the US … [Read more...] about The FBI quietly released documents from the 2016 Orlando nightclub massacre — and the shooter’s wife made a stunning admission