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Mueller’s 448-page report documents extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians, including attempts to cooperate or collude, neither of which is a specific crime. (Joshua Robert)

Trump attacks Mueller ahead of testimony on Russia probe

Two days before Mueller testifies the president repeated his longstanding claim it was a biased ‘witch hunt’

The scrupulously tight-lipped Mueller will appear at back-to-back hearings on July 17 of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

US prosecutor Mueller to testify publicly on Russia probe

The Mueller report released in April outlined numerous contacts between Trump’s 2016 election campaign and government-linked Russians

Michael Cohen as sentenced to three years in prison in December, after admitting to having paid hush money during the 2016 election to two women who said they had had affairs with Donald Trump. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Trump’s one-time aide who turned on him goes to jail

Michael Cohen who once said he was ready to "take a bullet" for Trump is awaited at the federal prison in Otisville, New York

Attorney General Bill Barr. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Mueller criticised Barr’s depiction of Russia probe: reports

Mueller reportedly complained that Barr’s letter did not capture ‘context’ of Trump probe

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

Trump sues banks in bid to block Congress subpoenas

Donald Trump on Monday sued Deutsche Bank and Capital One in an attempt to stop them from complying with Congressional subpoena

The scrupulously tight-lipped Mueller will appear at back-to-back hearings on July 17 of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Mueller report tops Amazon bestseller charts

Paperback versions of the Mueller report figure in the number one, two and five spots on Amazon US’s list of bestsellers

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

Trump says Congress ‘can’t impeach’ him

Asked by reporters at a White House Easter event for children whether the prospect of impeachment worries him, Trump replied: "Not even a little bit."

The former New York mayor heaped special scorn on Senator Mitt Romney, a former Republican presidential candidate who said Friday he was “sickened” by the report’s findings. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Trump lawyer attacks Mueller report as ‘calumny, lies and distortion’

Rudy Giuliani mounted a combative defence of Trump in Sunday talk show appearances, taking aim at Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators

US Attorney General William Barr testifies on the Justice Department’s budget proposal before a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein)

Barr to release redacted Mueller report ‘within a week’

Attorney General William Barr says he does not intend to release the full unredacted report ‘at this stage’

Former United States President Donald Trump. Photo: Supplied

Trump declares ‘complete exoneration’ after Mueller finds no collusion

Mueller report clears Russian collusion claims, but does not exonerate Trump of obstruction of justice.

The scrupulously tight-lipped Mueller will appear at back-to-back hearings on July 17 of the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

Collusion, obstruction among key findings in Mueller report

Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report confirms Russian collusion and obstruction of justice in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidental election.

Mueller’s 448-page report documents extensive contacts between the Trump campaign and Russians, including attempts to cooperate or collude, neither of which is a specific crime. (Joshua Robert)

Trump says Mueller investigation report should be made public

The nearly two-year-old investigation is examining whether the US president himself criminally obstructed the probe

President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticised the Mueller probe as a “witch hunt” and views it as an attempt to besmirch the legitimacy of his presidency. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump blasts FBI counterintel probe into whether he worked for Russia

The New York Times reported that the FBI launched a counterintelligence investigation to determine whether Trump posed a national security threat

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

Russia used all major social media platforms to aid Trump: report

Two new reports say Russian disinformation campaign on US social media is much more far-reaching than initially thought

Special counsel Robert Mueller departs after briefing members of the U.S. Senate on his investigation into potential collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Reuters/Joshua Roberts)

Phantom-like Mueller holds Washington spellbound

Eighteen months into his investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller has the US capital spellbound