1. Top White House officials agreed to back the decision by senior FBI and national intelligence officials to withhold information about a top-secret intelligence source being sought by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes. The White House agreed that turning over the information could risk lives and damage national security. The decision marks a rare moment of agreement between the White House and the Justice Department, but some administration officials worry that Trump may change his mind and support Nunes’ argument. (Washington Post)

  2. One of Michael Cohen's shell companies received payments of more than $1 million from an American company linked to a Russian oligarch and several companies with business before the Trump administration. The company, Essential Consultants, is the same shell company Cohen used to pay the hush money to Stormy Daniels. At least $4.4 million flowed through Cohen's shell company beginning just before the 2016 election and continued until January 2018. (New York Times)

  3. Mueller's investigators questioned a Russian oligarch about the large payments made by his company's US affiliate to Michael Cohen after the election. Viktor Vekselberg, chairman of Renova Group, is an oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin. The Trump administration last month placed him on a list of sanctioned Russians for election interference and other activities. Questions remain regarding the purpose of the payments and the nature of the business relationship between Vekselberg and Cohen. (CNN)

  4. Michael Avenatti published a dossier claiming that “Vekselberg and his cousin Mr. Andrew Intrater routed eight payments to Mr. Cohen through a company named Columbus Nova LLC beginning in January 2017 and continuing until at least August 2017.” Avenatti suggested that the funds may have been used to reimburse Cohen for the $130,000 hush payment to Stormy Daniels in exchange for her silence about her alleged affair with Trump. (The Daily Beast)

  5. AT&T confirmed that it paid Michael Cohen in 2017 for "insights into understanding the new administration." (CNN Money)

  6. One of the women who accused Trump of sexual misconduct has won her primary bid for state office in Ohio. Rachel Cooks accused Trump of kissing her without her consent in 2005 and went public with her claims in 2016. She is now the Democratic nominee for a seat in the Ohio state Legislature. (CNN)

  7. Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan became the first person imprisoned as a result of the special counsel's Russia probe after turning himself in to a low-security federal prison in Pennsylvania. van der Zwaan pleaded guilty to lying to investigators in the course of Mueller's investigation and will serve a 30-day sentence. (Politico)