The Democratic chairman of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee said on Wednesday an agreement had been reached to have Special Counsel Robert Mueller testify to Congress on his probe into Russian election interference and possible attempts by the President Donald Trump to impede the probe.
In comments to POLITICO, published in Playbook on Thursday, Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said that if President Trump is reelected in 2020, the country is going to get “pure Trump off the chain.” He also said that the president’s second term would be “four years of Donald Trump in payback mode,” indicating…
Trump Tower Moscow shows Trump was chasing a lucrative business deal in Russia at the same time that President Vladimir Putin’s government, according to U.S. intelligence agencies, was conducting a hacking and propaganda campaign to boost his candidacy
The signs are mounting that special counsel Robert Mueller may soon be issuing a report with the findings from his investigation which has been going on nearly two years. The past week was a very eventful one for Mueller and his team of investigators, and there were several clues that their work may soon conclude…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump‘s Justice Department is unlikely to grant Democrats in Congress access to underlying evidence from Special Counsel Robert Mueller‘s probe of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, a top congressional Republican said on Friday. If Representative Doug Collins is right, Democratic-led congressional committees that have launched…
Ty Cobb, who represented the White House amid Robert Mueller’s ongoing probe into Russian election meddling, called the special counsel an “American hero” in a new ABC News interview. He also said that he does not agree with Donald Trump’s view that the Russia inquiry is a politically motivated “witch hunt” or “hoax.” “I think…
Donald Trump, his children, and his inner circle appear to be very confident that they will not be implicated in the report which may soon be issued by special counsel Robert Mueller. However, according to a report published this morning by POLITICO, some of them might already have been indicted and don’t even know about…
When Matthew Whitaker assumed the role of acting attorney general in November 2018 after Attorney General Jeff Sessions was fired, it was part of a nefarious scheme by Donald Trump to subvert the Justice Department’s chain of command. Whitaker, an outsider, told friends at the time that his purpose for taking the job was “to…
The federal government will soon begin selling off Paul Manafort’ s assets which he accumulated after decades of shady and illegal lobbying work. After the process is completed it is expected that Bob Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election will have made a profit, bringing in more money than it has cost….
Our unhinged president Donald Trump went on Twitter again this morning to vent his anger and frustration at special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump has been losing it ever since his threats against House Democrats in his State of the Union speech didn’t work. The morning after…
Acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker said Monday that special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe is “close to being completed.” Whitaker told reporters at a press conference that he has been “fully briefed on the investigation.” “I hope that we can get the report from Director Mueller as soon as possible,” he said. MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough said…
At least 17 officials and advisers from President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign had direct or indirect contacts with Russian nationals before his inauguration, according to a new article from The New York Times. The Times analysis indicates that these Trump people were in contact with Russians over 100 times before Trump took office in January of…
House Democrats are investigating acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to determine if he has ever improperly shared information about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation with President Trump or his lawyers. In his position as acting Attorney General Whitaker has learned sensitive information about the investigation by participating in Justice Department briefings. Democrats believe that this…
Donald Trump may think he is winning his shutdown battle but a new poll from POLITICO shows that with each passing day his disapproval ratings are skyrocketing to new heights. People who participated in the poll say that Trump’s record-long government shutdown is bad for the country, and they are also increasingly concerned about Trump’s…
The debate over making special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is rapidly heating up and may soon come to a boil. There is some evidence that Mueller may finish his investigation soon, and while most Americans and members of Congress want to see the probe’s results, not everyone agrees that this is required, or even a…
According to former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti, the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation of President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia adds another important dimension to the special counsel’s investigation of Trump’s obstruction of justice. Federal law enforcement officers began investigating the president after he fired FBI director James Comey. Mariotti, writing in POLITICO, said that any actions…
A month ago we reported that Federal prosecutors are investigating whether U.S. President Donald Trump‘s inaugural committee misspent some of the funds it raised, writing: “The criminal probe by the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is examining whether some of the committee’s top donors gave money in exchange for access to the incoming Trump administration, policy…
Most media reports leave out the long history of Trump’s Russia relations which go back decades. But knowing about this history is needed in order to understand all of the facts and allegations surrounding the Mueller probe into Russian interference in the 2016 elections. It also helps explain how Mueller will be able to soon…
The recent bad news for Mike Flynn is also bad news for Vice President Mike Pence, and may mean that he will soon be indicted by Bob Mueller. Yesterday the judge responsible for sentencing Flynn suggested he was guilty of treason and should spend some serious time in jail. Also yesterday, one of Flynn’s partners…
Mike Pence thought he could avoid controversy, and stay far enough away from Trump’s criminal scandals to inherit the presidency after Trump’s ouster. He even thinks that is God’s will. The problem with this thinking is that it would mean Pence had to avoid not just controversy, but also criminal behavior. But it seems it…
According to the Washington Post, President Donald Trump is now “a major subject of interest” in the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller. As a “subject of the investigation,” Trump now has his own legal code name: “Individual 1.” The term “subject of an investigation” has a well-defined meaning. According to the DOJ Handbook, a…
Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal attorney, has reached a new plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller. According to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, Cohen is expected to plead guilty to lying to congressional committees. “Michael Cohen, Pres Trump’s former personal attorney, reaches new plea deal with Mueller this morning. Expected to enter guilty plea for…
When the going gets tough , Donald Trump starts tweeting. And based on the escalating attacks that the Trump is directing toward Special Counsel Robert Mueller, things are getting very tough indeed for the President of the United States. Trump started in early Thursday morning on Twitter doing exactly what he did until late at…
Sometimes it’s easy to lose track of just how many different criminal investigations there are looking at Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and the Trump family. We know there’s the Mueller probe, and the Southern District of New York investigation that got Michael Cohen to plead guilty to numerous felonies. There is also the New…
Democratic Representative Adam Schiff of California has his sights set on Matthew Whitaker, and he is not happy about what he sees. Schiff is the current ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee which means that in January he will replace Devin Nunes as chairman of the powerful committee. On Sunday Schiff complained that the…
Last week Robert Mueller won a big court victory. The court decision was widely reported, but its significance may not have been fully seen at the time. Because of this court victory it is likely now that Mueller will be able to prove that criminal collusion took place between Russia and the 2016 Trump presidential…
President Donald Trump on Thursday tore into Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, saying that investigators have “gone absolutely nuts” and that they are “a disgrace” to the country. “The inner workings of the Mueller investigation are a total mess. They have found no collusion and have gone absolutely nuts,” Trump tweeted. “They are screaming…
CBS News is reporting this morning that special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to soon issue new indictments in the ongoing probe of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. They said that the new indictments may be issued as early as today. The news agency said that a significant number of new indictments may be…
Bloomberg News is reporting this morning that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is ready to issue the key findings in his final report on the Russia probe. Due to political considerations, however, he will not release his findings until after the midterm elections in November. Robert Mueller is expected to issue findings on core aspects of…
The possibility of President Donald Trump thwarting special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has hung over the probe since the beginning. Countless articles have been written about Trump’s ability (or lack of ability) to fire Mueller, or his boss Rod Rosenstein, or HIS boss Jeff Sessions. Doing any of these things would hurt Trump politically, and…
CNN has reported that New York state prosecutors have asked to meet with Michael Cohen’s attorney. This shows that the State of New York is not waiting for Bob Mueller or other federal law enforcement authorities to pursue criminal investigations against Donald Trump or his children. After the Michael Cohen plea deal we reported that…
The Daily Caller is a bizarre right-wing website that supports Donald Trump along with many conspiracy theories. Therefore it is only fitting that when the president allowed employees from the Daily Caller into the Oval Office and granted them an exclusive interview, the results would also be bizarre. In his interview (published on the Daily…
Paul Manafort ’s lack of cooperation with prosecutors has been puzzling legal experts and casual observers ever since he was indicted by Robert Mueller last year. Many theories have been tossed around, but nobody knows for sure why there is no cooperation agreement between Manafort and federal prosecutors. It may be that he doesn’t have…
Last night Lanny Davis made an announcement that sent shockwaves throughout Trump World: Michael Cohen was with Donald Trump when they met with Don Jr. to plan the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russian operatives, and he’s willing to talk to Mueller about it. Davis confirmed during an appearance on CNN that Michael Cohen…
President Trump was on Twitter early Sunday attacking one of his favorite targets, the “failing” New York Times. He called Richard Nixon’s White House Counsel John Dean “a rat” and said “I have nothing to hide.” He also called the Mueller probe “McCarthyism at its WORST” and said the special counsel was investigating the wrong…
Former CIA Director John Brennan hit back at President Donald Trump in a scathing New York Times opinion piece after the president revoked his security clearance on Wednesday. “In an op-ed, former CIA Director Brennan says President Trump revoked his security clearance to “scare into silence” critics” In an op-ed, former CIA Director Brennan says…
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro introduced a totally crazy new theory about special prosecutor Bob Mueller during her Saturday night show. She said that the highly respected special counsel and former FBI Director is actually a criminal who will soon need his own attorney. She accused the straight-laced Mueller of taking money from a Russian…
The comments made by California Rep. Devin Nunes provide proof that the Republican Party is corrupt and Nunes is a traitor to his country. And they also may prove something else that is even more shocking and important: that Donald Trump is doomed and is going down because of the Mueller investigation. At a closed-door…
One thing Donald Trump is very good at is distraction. Since Friday he has posted a few dozen crazy tweets that have made many people forget that his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort is currently on trial. If we go back and look at how things have gone for Manafort so far we see that…
Special Counsel Robert Mueller just obtained a major court ruling that destroyed any chance Donald Trump ever had of getting his case thrown out. Many people in Trump’s camp have argued that Mueller doesn’t have the legal authority under the U.S. Constitution to go after the president. That argument has now gone down in flames….
Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas on Wednesday took a stand in support of the U.S. Constitution and the separation of powers when he said that Attorney General Jeff Sessions does not have the legal authority to stop the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller. “Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn said Sessions doesn’t have the…
President Donald J. Trump was on Twitter Wednesday telling Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he should “un-recuse himself” from Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump made clear that he wants his attorney general to shut down the entire Russia probe. Trump tweeted on Wednesday morning: “This is a terrible situation…
President Donald Trump’s attempts to gaslight the American people continued early Friday morning when he tweeted new lies and misleading information about the Russia investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump had been on a campaign tour of midwestern states paid for with taxpayer dollars where he took credit for single handedly bringing back the…
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is now scrutinizing tweets and negative statements from the president about Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, according to The New York Times. Trump has long wielded Twitter as a weapon. Now the special counsel is investigating his tweets as part of a…
At the end of a tense and controversial NATO summit in Brussels President Donald Trump held an informal news conference with international reporters and spoke about his upcoming summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In response to questions, Trump said he will raise the issue of Russian interference in United States’ elections during the…
The battle lines have been drawn and the opposing forces are getting ready for a long and sustained fight over Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick. As NBC News pointed out, in Kavanaugh, “Trump selected someone who already once secured votes from GOP swing Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska (back in…
Former personal attorney for Donald J. Trump Michael Cohen gave an exclusive interview to ABC News and when asked if he would protect the president Cohen said that his family, not the president, comes first. Previously Cohen had always said he would be loyal to the president once said he was “the guy who would…
ABC News reported on Monday that Erik Prince has turned over to Robert Mueller all of his electronic devices, including his cellphone and computer. Prince is the founder of Blackwater, the brother of Betsy DeVos, and at the center of Robert Muellers’ investigation of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Last week Prince suddenly announced to…
President Donald Trump was up early posting on Twitter today, and he once again picked on some of his favorite targets, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions . At 7:31 a.m. Trump tweeted: “The Russian Witch Hunt Hoax continues, all because Jeff Sessions didn’t tell me he was going to recuse himself…I would have quickly picked someone…
MSNBC’s Katy Tur called out the four-point strategy that Trump is using to try to survive the Mueller investigation and the Russia scandal.
Wednesday was a bad day for Donald Trump’s “spygate” conspiracy theory. All through the day and into the evening influential Republicans and Trump allies debunked the theory with one person admitting “This whole thing is fake.” Perhaps the most important defector from the “spygate” camp was House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), who is one of…
In April we reported that Alan Dershowitz believes the president is above the law. On Tuesday night the former Harvard law professor went on CNN to give another ridiculous opinion, saying that he believes it is legal for the president to obstruct justice. Dershowitz has been one of President Trump’s strongest supporters in recent months,…
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani keeps playing games with special counsel Robert Mueller, and you have to wonder if his tactics are going to work. In an interview with the Washington Post Giuliani said that Trump will not agree to be interviewed by Mueller unless the president can see all the documents they have concerning “Spygate.”…
Adam Schiff , the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee called on American voters to “throw the bums out” of Congress during appearances on Sunday morning talk shows. He was referring to Republican leaders who he accused of trying to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the ties between Russia and the Trump…
On Sunday morning President Donald Trump continued his unprecedented and alarming attacks on special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, tweeting that the investigation has “destroyed” and “devastated” lives. “Who’s going to give back the young and beautiful lives (and others) that have been devastated and destroyed by the phony Russia Collusion Witch Hunt?” Trump wrote in an early…
The Russia investigation bad news keeps coming for Trump, as Special Counsel Robert Mueller has obtained an Israeli intelligence firm’s analysis of how fake news and social media accounts helped Trump get elected.
Rudy Giuliani recently went on TV to announce that Robert Mueller assured him that he won’t try to indict the president while he remains in office. According to the president’s lawyer, “They can’t indict. Because if they did, it would be dismissed quickly. There’s no precedent for a president being indicted.” Actually, there are many top-notch…
Speaker of the House, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), went all in on treason by agreeing with Vice President Mike Pence that the Mueller investigation should wrap up and end.
Just a few hours after an article appeared in the New Yorker accusing him of physically abusing four women, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned from office. This bombshell announcement not only shook up the New York political scene, it also sent tremors through the investigations into collusion between Russia and the Donald Trump campaign…
On March 22nd the Washington Post published an article about the new spending bill which contained this small item which did not generate a lot of publicity at the time: “The bill provides $380 million to the federal Election Assistance Commission to make payments to states to improve election security and technology, and the FBI…
There has been much discussion about President Trump firing or otherwise disposing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. In fact media headlines have been awash with such speculation, stoking fears that we will soon be facing a constitutional crisis unlike anything seen before in U.S. history. The New York Times published an article two days ago…