Remember what Donald Trump Jr. said when he was told that some Russians with dirt on Hillary Clinton might be interested in meeting with him during the 2016 campaign? He quickly responded to the offer made to him via email with this excited reply: “If it’s what you say I love it especially later in […]
It would appear that much like it was in Watergate, the big question in the Russia probe will be: What did the president know, and when did he know it? But another question that is already being asked by investigators on the Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team involves Vice President Mike Pence: What did he […]
On Monday morning, for a few tense minutes, it seemed like Donald Trump was about to exercise a show of presidential power by summoning Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to the White House and having Chief of Staff John Kelly fire Rosenstein as the first step of shutting down the Russia investigation being conducted by […]
When it was first reported that Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and former Trump campaign chairman had a meeting at Trump Tower in June of 2016 with Russian nationals who have connections to the Kremlin — including a former Russian intelligence officer — the White House tried to downplay the entire matter, suggesting the meeting […]
The plea deal former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort made on Friday with federal prosecutors working for Special Counsel Robert Mueller was very bad news for President Trump, but it may also be the beginning of the end for Vice President Mike Pence, according to Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe. Tribe posted this on Twitter, […]
Looking at the many meandering paths in the Trump-Russia story, it seems we keep coming back time and time again to one constant: Money. Whether it’s the millions missing from the Trump inaugural committee or the fact that Donald Trump is believed to have gotten investments for his real estate ventures from Russian oligarchs and […]
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort is scheduled to go on trial September 17 in Washington, DC on charges of obstruction of justice, money laundering, conspiracy, and acting as an unregistered foreign agent. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life in federal prison. But it now looks like Manafort may be ready to […]
If things go as expected, Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be issuing at least one report in the next couple of months which will likely be focused on Donald Trump’s numerous instances of obstructing justice. While some who support Trump may say a president cannot possibly obstruct justice, most legal experts disagree. But along with […]
On Friday, Donald Trump’s endless denials that there was no collusion (i.e. a conspiracy) between his 2016 campaign and Russia crashed and burned with a court filing made by attorneys for Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos. In the documents filed by lawyers representing Papadopoulos, there’s a few intriguing lines which completely lay waste to both Trump […]
In any criminal investigation, nothing is more valuable than tangible, physical evidence. Anyone who has ever been part of trying to solve a crime will tell you that. When it comes to the probe being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into a possible conspiracy between members of the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia, Mueller […]