Stephen Braun, Author at Valley News

Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks to a gathering of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals at Mohegan Sun Pocono in Plains Twp., Pa. on Monday, April 15, 2019. (Christopher Dolan/Times-Tribune via AP)

Bernie Sanders releases 10 years of long-awaited tax returns

by Juana Summers Associated Press, and Stephen Braun Associated PressApril 15, 2019

WASHINGTON — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday released 10 years of his long-anticipated tax returns as he campaigns for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.The returns provide a more detailed look at Sanders’ finances than when he ran for…

FILE - In this April 22, 2018 file photo, Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Moscow. Veselnitskaya, who became a focal point of the investigation into whether there was collusion between Russians and President Donald Trump's election campaign, was charged with obstruction of justice Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in an unrelated case. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov, File)

Russian Lawyer Who Met Trump Jr. Charged in Unrelated Case

by Larry Neumeister Associated Press, Chad Day Associated Press, and Stephen Braun Associated PressJanuary 9, 2019

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017, file photo, a portrait of President Donald Trump's father Fred Trump, and three un-signed Executive orders are seen in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The New York Times is reporting that President Donald Trump received at least $413 million from his father over the decades, much of that through dubious tax dodges, including outright fraud. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Probes of Trump Taxes Carry Fines

by Bernard Condon Associated Press, and Stephen Braun Associated PressOctober 3, 2018

The defense team for Paul Manafort, including Kevin Downing, center, Thomas Zehnle, right, and Richard Westling walk to federal court during the trial of the former Trump campaign chairman, Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, in Alexandria, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Witness: Banker Sought Cabinet Position

by Stephen Braun Associated Press, Chad Day Associated Press, and Laurie Kellman Associated PressAugust 10, 2018

Kevin Downing, left, and Thomas Zehnle, attorneys for Paul Manafort, walk to the Alexandria Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, on day four of President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort's tax evasion and bank fraud trial. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Income Was Disguised to Help Manafort, Tax Preparer Testifies

by Matthew Barakat Associated Press, and Stephen Braun Associated PressAugust 3, 2018

FILE - In this March 17, 2017, file photo Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Donald Trump, and her husband Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, attend a news conference with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Trump’s son-in-law and daughter are holding onto to scores of real estate investments, part of a portfolio of at least $240 million in assets, while they serve in White House jobs, new financial disclosures show. Kushner resigned from more than 260 entities and sold off 58 businesses or investments that lawyers identified as posing potential conflicts of interest, the documents show. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Trump’s Advisers Are Richer Than Previous Officials

by Julie Bykowicz Associated Press, and Stephen Braun Associated PressApril 2, 2017

FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2017 file photo, Mike Flynn arrives for a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Flynn, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, who was fired from the White House last month, has registered as a foreign agent with the Justice Department for work that may have aided the Turkish government in exchange for $530,000. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

WH: Trump Didn’t Know Flynn’s Past

by Stephen Braun Associated Press, and Chad Day Associated PressMarch 9, 2017

FILE - In this Dec. 31, 2012 file photo, Sen. Dan Coats, R-Ind. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Coats, in line to be national intelligence director, has swung back and forth between government service and lobbying, the type of Washington career that President-elect Donald Trump has mocked. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Selection for Intelligence Chief Spent Years Lobbying

by Stephen Braun Associated Press, and Julie Bykowicz Associated PressJanuary 8, 2017

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the 2016 National Association of Black Journalists' and National Association of Hispanic Journalists' Hall of Fame Luncheon at Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Fact Check: Clinton’s Email Clarifications

by Stephen Braun Associated PressAugust 6, 2016