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 […]
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan took the political world by surprise when he announced in April that he wouldn’t be seeking reelection to the congressional seat he’s held since 1999. At the time, Ryan said he was leaving Congress to spend more time with his family, but no one really believed that was the […]
Ever since Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel for the Russia investigation, two people have been only too eager and happy to defend Donald Trump and attack the probe: Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) and Fox host Sean Hannity. But now, in what may well wind up being one of the most beautiful examples of karmic […]
Ever since the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller began, Donald Trump and his defenders have repeatedly claimed there is no evidence of collusion/conspiracy with Russia. Trump has even turned the matter into a sort of mantra, constantly tweeting out “no collusion” and calling the Mueller probe a “witch hunt.” They’ve also demanded that the […]
While most of the recent attention and news regarding the Russia investigation has been focused on Michael Cohen’s assertion that President Trump knew about the infamous 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russian agents promising to provide damaging information on Hillary Clinton, two of the Americans in that meeting — Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner […]
On Tuesday, July 31, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort will appear in a Virginia courtroom as his trial begins on 16 charges that include: Filing false individual tax returns Failure to file reports of foreign transactions Bank fraud Bank fraud conspiracy While none of those charges would seem to have anything to do with […]
Though he may not be intelligent enough to realize it yet, Donald Trump is about to be in a world of hurt just as soon as testimony begins in the trial of his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, who is charged with crimes ranging from bank and wire fraud to money laundering and witness tampering. […]
While many Republicans were highly critical of Donald Trump’s comments during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in July, Vice President Mike Pence remained a loyal acolyte, telling workers at the Department of Commerce: “Disagreements between our countries were discussed at length, and what the world saw, and the American people saw, is […]
Buried inside the indictments of 12 Russian intelligence agents that were handed down by a grand jury in last July was a tantalizing little nugget that didn’t get much attention. As Roll Call reported: “The indictment stated that on Aug. 15, 2016, the conspirators posing as the ‘Guccifer 2.0’ online persona received a request for stolen documents […]
The recent release of a report from the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Michael Horowitz, was supposed to prove the FBI and DOJ under President Obama had been out of control and operating with nefarious motives in everything they did. As it turned out, former FBI Director James Comey was criticized in […]