The trial of Roger Stone, a longtime friend and confidant of President Donald Trump, which started earlier this month in Washington, D.C., has exposed a possible link between Trump, Stone, Wikileaks, and the hack of the Democratic National Committee in 2016. Talking Points Memo reports: “Prosecutors revealed for the first time two phone conversations Roger […]
The reason that Donald Trump is one the verge of being impeached is, at the most basic level, because the president held up military aid to Ukraine until they would agree to open an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter. But now there’s yet another unexplained delay in aid to […]
It’s safe to say that most of us have never heard the name Semyon “Sam” Kislin, but it appears he could well wind up being a key witness as the House impeachment inquiry committee moves forward in the days ahead. Kislin was born in Odessa, Russia, and has lived in the Brighton Beach area of […]
Now that a formal impeachment inquiry is underway and being conducted by three House committees (Intelligence, Judiciary, and Oversight), congressional investigators have the right to virtually any evidence or testimony they say it pertinent to the case they’re building against President Donald Trump. And since we know that Trump tried to extract concessions from Ukrainian […]
The jig is up, and all of the facts regarding the “promise” call Donald Trump made to a foreign leader point to one person who was on the other end of the line with the American president: Russia’s Vladimir Putin. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that a whistleblower within the intelligence community had made his […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has repeatedly refused to allow bipartisan legislation that would protect American elections from reaching the Senate floor, accusing Democrats of wanting to pass bills that would give them an unfair advantage in the 2020 election. McConnell’s recalcitrance when it comes to defending our election process even earned him a […]
Recently, the Washington Post blew the lid off a growing scandal surrounding Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), proving that McConnell lifted sanctions on a Russian oligarch in exchange for the building of a $200 million aluminum processing plant in Ashland, Kentucky. Specifically, McConnell blocked a Senate measure that would have kept sanctions in place […]
Since the report from Special Counsel Robert Mueller was handed to Attorney General William Barr in April, the Trump administration has been trying desperately to keep what could be some of the more damaging portions of the report (i.e. the underlying evidence and grand jury transcripts) from Congress and the public. But despite the White […]
Could it be that the reason top Republicans are so reluctant to say anything about the high crimes and misdemeanors allegedly committed by President Donald Trump be due to the fact that those very same GOP lawmakers are compromised when it comes to the matter of Russia and Vladimir Putin? Richard Painter, who served as the […]
The question with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) when it comes to his reluctance to protect the Mueller investigation via legislation and his repeated defense of the 2016 Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia has always been the same: What’s McConnell’s angle, his motive? Keep in mind that McConnell didn’t even want the public to […]