Jeff Sessions is either the most forgetful man on the planet, or the most deceitful. Either way, he’s not fit to be the attorney general. Standing before reporters in February, President Trump said unequivocally that he knew of nobody from his campaign who was in contact with Russians during the election. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has told the Senate the same … Read More
Seven Points Which Make The Beginnings Of A Trump-Russia Collusion Case
1) Russia stole Democratic emails. US intelligence agencies have confirmed that emails from the Democratic National Committee and from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta were stolen by Russian hackers. The emails were ultimately released in a smartly sequenced way to maximize damage to Hillary Clinton. 2) At least one Trump adviser knew of the theft in advance, and lied about it. Shortly after the emails were … Read More
The Pushback On Mueller Began A Week Before The Indictments
Fox News really is now the Trump network. It is not even the GOP network. Just Trump. They have been questioning Mueller’s credibility. Vox explains the evolution: To put it bluntly: As Mueller brings charges against top Trump officials, Fox News is trying to plant doubt in its viewers’ minds. We analyzed the past week of Fox News transcripts, measuring … Read More
Mueller Time
Well, life has been busy. I wasn’t able to blog about yesterday’s big news: the indictments of Paul Manafort and his assistant Richard Gates — as well as the indictment and guilty plea of George Papadopolous. The talking heads are correct — it is the Papadopolous news that should scare the White House since it goes to collusion. On the … Read More
Breaking: Mueller Hands Down First Indictment
CNN broke it: Washington (CNN) — A federal grand jury in Washington on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources briefed on the matter. The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, … Read More
Fox News Trying Hard To Smear Mueller
The Fox News Headline reads: Mueller facing new Republican pressure to resign in Russia probe Wow. Who is pressuring him to do this? And on what basis? So here’s the story: Special Counsel Robert Mueller is facing a fresh round of calls from conservative critics for his resignation from the Russia collusion probe, amid revelations that have called into question … Read More
The “Uranium One” Non-Scandal
Yawn: In a news conference Tuesday, House Republicans announced that two panels — the House Intelligence Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee — would jointly probe the Obama administration’s October 2010 approval of a deal that gave a Russian company control of more than 20 percent of this country’s uranium production capacity. “It’s important we find out … Read More
Nothing To See Here
Puerto Rico is a boondoggle for a Trump donor: Puerto Rico has agreed to pay a reported $300 million for the restoration of its power grid to a tiny utility company that is primarily financed by a private-equity firm founded and run by a man who contributed large sums of money to President Trump, an investigation conducted by The Daily Beast has found. Whitefish … Read More
Price Resigns
And another Trump crook fades into the night. This…. Question: Is he still intending to pay back what he owes the taxpayers?
A Scandal Too On-The-Nose
It’s hard to keep track of all the scandals plaguing the Trump Administration, any one of which would be a HUGE scandal in any other previous administration. Right now, there is a lot of focus on HHS Secretary Tom Price, who has been using private jets and military aircraft to get from place to place — at taxpayer expense. Price … Read More
Not A Hoax
That’s an odd assertion for Trump to make. Sure, he can make the argument that there was no collusion, but to say that Russia never bought ads on Facebook? How would TRUMP know that’s not true? Mueller isn’t saying it… Facebook itself is: Under growing pressure from Congress and the public to reveal more about the spread of covert Russian … Read More
Mueller Finally Eyeing Trump It Seems
Finally. This is the news I was waiting for. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has asked the White House for records pertaining to some of Donald Trump’s “most scrutinized actions” as president, including his firing of former FBI director James Comey and his Oval Office confab with Russian operatives in which he bragged that axing Comey had “taken off” the pressure … Read More
Mueller Investigation Focuses on Manafort
There are so many prongs to Mueller’s investigation of the Trump Administration, that it is hard to keep up sometimes. There are many branches and many players., Fortunately, a new website, investigaterussia.org, is a good one-stop place for the latest news, timelines, and “players” bios. So bookmark that. With all the natural disasters going on, there has been some Trump investigation … Read More
So…. What’s Mueller Doing And Where Are We On Russia Collusion
Renato Mariotti, a former prosecutor, puts it together at Politico: What is Robert Mueller up to? Although the scope of the special counsel’s investigation is vast, public reporting of his activities indicate the direction his investigation is taking and gives us a good sense of the types of charges that could result. But most of the breathless speculation about what … Read More
Although He’s Been Quiet On Twitter, Trump Still Rants About Mueller
Axios: Behind the scenes in the West Wing, President Trump continues to rant and brood about former FBI Director Jim Comey and the Russia investigation that got him fired. Trump tells aides and visitors that the probe now being run by special counsel Bob Mueller is a witch hunt, and that Comey was a leaker. So White House Press Secretary … Read More