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Weekly Roundup: Mueller Investigates Trump Organization, US Officials Blacklist Russians, and More

U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller subpoenaed the Trump Organization for documents amid claims by Democratic lawmakers that the company was “actively negotiating” a finance deal with VTB Bank, a Russian state-owned, U.S. blacklisted lender, during the 2016 election campaign, the Guardian and The New York Times reported. More and More The U.S. Treasury Department designated five Russian entities and 19 individuals suspected of engaging in cyberattacks and meddling with the U.S. presidential election in 2016, Reuters reported. More Russia’s government pledged to blacklist an equal number of U.S. nationals, Reuters said, citing RIA. More U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May pledged...

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