Late Monday evening, the House Intelligence Committee released the full transcript of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page’s testimony. In it, Page seems to have confirmed some of the details found in the infamous dossier compiled by British intelligence agent Christopher Steele. In his rambling testimony, which stretches for over 240 pages when transcribed, Page admitted that […]
As Special Counsel Robert Mueller continues his investigation into the 2016 election and the possibility that members of President Trump’s campaign conspired with Russian agents to assure Trump won, all eyes remain on the sealed indictments on file at the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. Ever since Paul Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates were indicted, speculation […]
Everywhere you look, Donald Trump, his family, and his associates are connected to Russia in one way or another. Now we know that Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, promised a Russian attorney he met with during the 2016 campaign that “if we come to power” he would help overturn a long-hated anti-corruption law –the Magnitsky […]
If President Trump thinks the Russia investigation is a distraction now, he could soon be faced with his worst nightmare: Being unable to comment on the matter at all. Former Watergate prosecutor Nick Akerman told Politico he thinks Special Counsel Robert Mueller may seek a gag order against Trump to prevent him from trying to interfere with the investigation […]
Donald Trump loves to brag about all of the things he’s accomplished during his first year in office. Back in June, he remarked: “Never has there been a president, with few exceptions — case of FDR, he had a major depression to handle — who has passed more legislation and who has done more things than what […]
If the White House thought this week started badly with indictments and a renewed focus on actions of members of the Trump team during the 2016 campaign, a former U.S. Attorney said on MSNBC Saturday that things are going to get much worse as a result of the plea agreement made by foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos. […]
President Trump almost never talks about his mother, Mary. He’s usually eager to talk about what a great businessman his father was, but not so when the subject is his mother. And a new report from Politico suggests why that might be. Politico interviewed some of Trump’s childhood friends and business associates, along with some psychologists, in […]
Ever since the unsealing of indictments charging former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates on Monday, speculation has begun to reverberate around Washington: Are other indictments on the way? A look at court filings in recent weeks suggests there are indeed many more indictments in the pipeline. Steve Reilly of USA Today tweeted out […]
As President Trump continues to seethe over the two indictments unsealed this week, former assistant director of the FBI for Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi says Special Counsel Robert Mueller is even closer to busting Trump than those indictments suggest Appearing on All In With Chris Hayes Wednesday evening, Figliuzzi remarked: “Well, there’s clearly a pathway that he’s got planned out, and we’re seeing […]
As the White House continues to deny any collusion with Russia during the 2016 election, we’re now learning that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has links to a man believed to be the “boss of bosses” in the notorious Russian mafia. According to a report from Betsy Woodruff in The Daily Beast, Manafort and a man by […]