There was a time when Republicans were upset that Comey allegedly leaked his notes to his friend Professor Daniel Richman of Columbia Law School, who told the world about Comey’s meetings with Trump and how Trump asked for loyalty. It was questionable whether or not those notes were classified, and whether Comey had the authority to leak them after he … Read More
Rosenstein Told Trump He’s Not A Target
Bloomberg: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told President Donald Trump last week that he isn’t a target of any part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, according to two people familiar with the matter. Rosenstein, who brought up the Mueller probe himself, offered the assurance during a meeting with Trump at the White House last Thursday, a development that helped … Read More
Will Cohen Sing Like A Canary?
Michael Cohen, the personal lawyer of President Donald Trump whose home and office were raided earlier this month reportedly said, “I’d rather jump out of a building than turn on Donald Trump,” in a conversation with a radio host. But many in Trump’s circle are not so sure. Two sources close to the president said people in Trump’s inner circle have in recent … Read More
Kimba Wood SDNY Court: Live Tweets Revealing Sean Hannity
McKay noted that Cohen refused to disclose the third client’s name under seal. “If he can’t disclose the client name, even to the court under seal…” McKay asks how the government can contest an overbroad claim of privilege. — Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) April 16, 2018 Cohen’s other attorney Steve Ryan says the third client is a “publicly prominent individual,” and … Read More
Did The Steele Dossier Get The Cohen Trip To Prague RIGHT?
Ever since it came out, right wingers and Trump TV have tried to poke holes on the Steele Dossier, claiming that it is full of untrue allegations. First of all, Steele did not ever claim to have ironclad proof. The dossier sets out what Steele was told by his sources — and confirmed by other sources. Everybody acknowledges that it … Read More
Interesting Hearing Expected Today In SDNY Court
The defendant: Michael Cohen (Trump’s attorney-ish) The issue: Whether documents, tapes, and other things seized by the FBI can be reviewed by a “filter team” to weed out privileged documents, and whether Cohen’s lawyers (on behalf of Cohen) and/or Trump’s lawyers (on behalf of Trump) can review them first for responsiveness The time: 2:00 pm Eastern What makes this even … Read More
More And More, It Looks Like Cohen Is At The Center Of All Trump Misdeeds
The Wall Street Journal just published a stunning scoop. In 2017 Michael Cohen negotiated a $1.6 million hush deal for a major GOP fundraiser named Elliott Broidy, deputy finance chairman of the RNC. If that name rings a bell, it should. Broidy is at the center of the part of the Russia probe involving the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and international fixer and convicted pedophile … Read More
White House Laying Groundwork For Rosenstein Firing?
Here it is? BREAKING: The WSJ reports that the White House has been telling Trump surrogates to attack Rosenstein on TV in order to help build a case with the public to fire him. This is about as close to a Constitutional crisis we have been. It’s time to prepare to protest in my opinion — Brian Krassenstein🐬 (@krassenstein) April … Read More
Comey Attacks Increase
Well, I am definitely buy Comey’s book now. Bit of a Streisand Effect going on with all the GOP attacks on Comey and his book. Trump today… As with most of Trump’s tweets, these two are largely fact-free. And Trump, as candidate, PRAISED the way Comey handled the Clinton matter (as did Fox and all Trump surrogates). There is no … Read More
GOP Anti-Comey Ad
Republicans are out to get former FBI director James Comey (a Republican) because of his new book. The ad is “Paid for by the Republican National Committee” and since their candidate in 2020 is Trump, this is about Trump. And why are Trump’s people doing this? Because Trump is facing obstruction charges for firing Comey. Now we KNOW why Trump … Read More
Does The First Amendment Protect The Right Of The Press Or People To “Kill” A Story?
Associated Press: Eight months before the company that owns the National Enquirer paid $150,000 to a former Playboy Playmate who claimed she’d had an affair with Donald Trump, the tabloid’s parent made a $30,000 payment to a less famous individual: a former doorman at one of the real estate mogul’s New York City buildings. As it did with the ex-Playmate, … Read More
Bipartisan Bill In The Works To Protect Mueller Investigation
A combined version of two bipartisan Senate bills designed to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job is set to be released Wednesday, marking lawmakers’ latest political warning shot to President Donald Trump as he entertains firing the man investigating him. The new Senate legislation is the product of months-long talks among Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Cory Booker … Read More
Trump’s Tweets Today Seem To Admit Obstruction
Trump fired off a tweetstorm today about the FBI “raid” of his lawyer’s office (it was a duly executed search warrant) but insisted he was focused on dealing with Syria for the gas attack on innocent men, women and children. Somewhere in the thread, Trump tweeted… Apparently, I missed the day in law school where they taught the “fight back” … Read More
The Seychelles Angle
Don’t let this get lost in the weeds. Via the Daily Beast, this is being reported by NJ. com as an exclusive. If it’s true, it’s pretty amazing: Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating previously unreported meetings in the Seychelles that included several foreign power players, according to an investigation by NJ.com. The January 2017 meetings were attended by “foreign influencers” from … Read More