June 16th, 2015: Donald Trump announces his candidacy for President of the United States. Circa Summer 2015: The US government alleges that Russian hackers first gain access to DNC computer networks. Circa August 2015: Trump staff arranges first meeting between Trump and General Flynn, according to Flynn’s account in an August 2016 interview with The Washington Post. “I got a phone call … Read More
Collusion, Baby!
.@RealDonaldTrump since November: Russian collusion is a big fat hoax @DonaldJTrumpJr now: Yes, there was collusion – here are my emails — West Wing Reports (@WestWingReport) July 11, 2017 With a few days off for breathless recovery, the Trump-Russia collusion scandal has been a steady stream of bombshells. A bug one dropped yesterday: Donald Trump Jr (a minor player up … Read More
Is Trump Jr Guilty Of Being An Accessory After The Fact?
Here’s the argument: [View the story “Seth Abramson on Trump Jr’s “Accessory After The Fact”” on Storify]
List of Shifting Stories On Russia Meetings
With the revelation this weekend that Trump Jr met with Russians to get dirt on Hillary Clinton, things are starting to fray. For their insistence that there is nothing to the Russian collusion scandal, there does seem to be an odd history of people in this administration forgetting Russia meetings. Yeah, we need to keep these things in a list … Read More
The Time Chelsea Snarked Back
With so much else going on, this happened too: If all Ivanka did was hold the President’s seat at the G20 session for 20 minutes, no big deal. Of course, I don’t think anyone else is making a big deal of it either, except those (like Trump himself) who would rather have the topic be about anything OTHER than Russian … Read More
Get Your Head In The Game!
At this week’s G-20 summit in Germany, one subject the world’s most powerful leaders are discussing is why Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman did not cooperate with U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials as they investigated cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee, President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter this morning. He did not explain why Podesta, who did not work … Read More
U.S. Government Ethics Chief Resigns
Because of course. Being the ethics chief in the Trump Administration must be a thankless and busy job. And clearly, Shaub took a swipe at Trump in the second paragraph there. Shaub clashed with the White House over and over again regarding financial conflicts of interest, Kellyanne Conway promoting Ivanka’s jewelry, Hatch Act violations, etc. He was always ignored. Shaub … Read More
Trump Doesn’t Consider Intelligence Agencies To Be On His Team
This is a very interesting exchange between a reporter and President Trump in Poland earlier today: .@HallieJackson: “You THINK it was Russia, your intelligence agencies say it WAS Russia, why won’t you say it was?” https://t.co/uUyeTu9chV — NBC News (@NBCNews) July 6, 2017 Note Trump’s response to Hallie Jackson. He notes the reports that 17 intelligence agencies said it was … Read More
The First Hard Evidence of Collusion
And it comes from the staunch conservative outlet, The Wall Street Journal. New: GOP operative sought Clinton emails from Russian hackers, implied he was working with Mike Flynn. https://t.co/25qjKRRYRA — Shane Harris (@shaneharris) June 29, 2017 WSJ writes: Before the 2016 presidential election, a longtime Republican opposition researcher mounted an independent campaign to obtain emails he believed were stolen from … Read More
The New O’Keefe Video
WH spox Sarah Sanders: “There’s a video circulating now, whether it’s accurate or not I don’t know.” Encourages everyone in nation to watch. — Steve Peoples (@sppeoples) June 27, 2017 So, the White House spokesman wants people to watch a video even though she doesn’t know if it is accurate. How’s that for devotion to the truth? The video is … Read More
Trump Again Tweets Against His Self-Interest
The reason that President Obama did NOTHING about Russia after being notified by the CIA of meddling is that he expected Clinton would win.. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2017 Sooooo…… is Trump finally admitting that Russia meddled? Because he rarely admits that. Maybe this says it best: Let me get this right: Trump says Obama colluded/obstructed by … Read More
What’s This Tweet About?
Trump’s not busy enough. He’s got free time to watch TV and get defensive. His tweets this morning railed against the “fake news” media and how there was no proof that his campaign (or, in his phrasing, he himself) colluded with Russia to affect the outcome of the election. (He also incorrectly claimed that the investigation had only been going … Read More
Seth Abramson: What Mueller’s Obstruction Investigation Means For Trump
[View the story “Seth Abramson: Trump’s Impeachable Offense” on Storify]
Trump Does Not Deny He Is Under Investigation
Amid a terrible day involving attempted assassination of Congressmen, one piece of news managed to break through: Trump is under investigation by special counsel Mueller for obstruction of justice. The obstruction of justice investigation into the president began days after Comey was fired on May 9 with the team actively pursuing potential witnesses inside and outside the government. The White … Read More
The Sessions Sessions
Ok, I’ll liveblog SOME of Sessions hearing before the Senate Intel Committee, but again, I expect he’ll talk about what he wants to talk about and then filibuster (or rely on executive privilege) when trapped in a corner. 2:56 pm Sessions has no recollection of meeting, talking to Russian ambassador or other Russian official at the Mayflower hotel. Here’s a notable … Read More