According to a report from NBC News earlier this week, the Russia investigation being conducted being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller may conclude as soon as mid-February of next year. If so, that means that Mueller now has all of the evidence he needs to write his final report and also for any further […]
This has been Hell Week for Donald Trump. From the sentencing of his former attorney, Michael Cohen, to the court filings suggesting that he was intimately involved in illegal actions during the 2016 campaign, the bad news reverberated around Washington and seemed to suggest the end might be near for the Trump administration. But it […]
Ever since the Russia investigation began, there’s been endless speculation about who might have first-hand knowledge of possible collusion between members of the Trump 2016 campaign and Russia. Former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was thought to be the most likely suspect who might turn on Trump and provide the evidence Special Counsel Robert Mueller needs […]
While most of today’s attention was focused on the sentencing of President Donald Trump’s former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, a closer look at sentencing documents filed in court by attorneys working for former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn should be of special concern to the White House. The sentencing memo, filed late Tuesday evening, […]
Remember Maria Butina? She’s the Russian agent who funneled Russian money to the National Rifle Association (NRA), millions of which wound up helping get Donald Trump and many Congressional Republicans elected in 2016. Butina was arrested by the FBI in July and charged with conspiracy and failing to register as an agent of a foreign government. […]
With the revelation this week from President Donald Trump’s former attorney, Michael Cohen, that Trump was trying desperately to arrange the construction of a Trump Tower in Moscow just months before the 2016 election was held, it seemed that we might have reached an inflection point in the Russia investigation. Moving forward, Special Counsel Robert […]
The story broke with the suddenness of a bolt of lightning from a clear blue sky. Tuesday morning, The Guardian reported that former Trump 2016 campaign chairman met with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on multiple occasions, including while he was working for the Trump campaign: “A well-placed source has […]
In a desperate attempt to put a positive spin on the 12 indictments handed down in mid-July against members of the Russian intelligence service known as the GRU, the White House issued a statement which read: “Today’s charges include no allegations of knowing involvement by anyone on the campaign and no allegations that the alleged […]
While we know the basic story of what happened in the 2016 election — i.e. Russia hacked the DNC and stole massive amounts of data that they then dumped via WikiLeaks; Trump narrowly won the electoral vote, managing to pull off razor-thin margins in states such as Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin — we only have […]
No matter how the midterm election turns out next week, it seems clear that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is close to some major moves in his ongoing investigation into the Russian attack on the 2016 election. But what might happen in the weeks and months ahead? Well, there will probably be more indictments, including for […]