Influential Republican consultant and former Minnesota congressman Vin Weber resigned on Friday from Mercury LLC, a major DC consulting firm, amid ongoing scrutiny of his Ukranian lobbying efforts.
Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, who as US Attorney in Miami oversaw a 2008 plea deal with Jeffrey Epstein, defended on Tuesday his handling of the case and tweeted he is pleased "prosecutors are moving forward."
Preet Bharara, the former US attorney from the Southern District of New York, said Thursday special counsel Robert Mueller likely didn't subpoena President Donald Trump for in-person testimony in order to end his probe well before the 2020 election.
Robert Khuzami, the deputy US attorney for the Southern District of New York who has overseen the criminal case against President Donald Trump's former personal attorney Michael Cohen, is set to leave his post next month, the office announced Friday.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie argued that the Southern District of New York -- and not the special counsel's Russia investigation -- presents more of a "problem and a threat" to President Donald Trump.
