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 […]
On Friday afternoon, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein dropped a legal bombshell on Donald Trump from across the Atlantic Ocean. Trump, who is visiting the United Kingdom, was just about to sit down to tea with Queen Elizabeth II when the news hit: 12 Russian intelligence agents had been indicted by a grand jury convened […]
While we were all watching in amazement and horror as Donald Trump was criticizing our NATO allies and trying to demolish a strategic alliance that has kept us safe for over 70 years, Special Counsel Robert Mueller was working behind the scenes and making moves in federal court that must have Trump’s legal team terrified. Recently, […]
When Donald Trump leaves the NATO summit later this week, he’ll be heading to Helsinki, Finland, for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Since he was elected, Trump has been reluctant to criticize Putin or the Kremlin for anything, be it Russian interference in the 2016 election or the targeted killing of individuals with […]
You have to wonder why in the hell Donald Trump still allows Rudy Giuliani to talk to the media. Rudy has already said enough bizarre things for Trump to insist that his so-called attorney never go near a reporter again, no matter the reason. On Sunday, after an absence of a few weeks, Giuliani appeared […]
While most of the heat and light surrounding the Russia investigation has been focused on whether or not members of the 2016 Trump for president campaign conspired with Russian operatives — (and it certainly appears they did) — it now looks as if the 2016 inauguration is where actual money was transferred as a process […]
In a sign that the investigation into the 2016 election is expanding, Special Counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly hiring more prosecutors as he focuses in on the main players in the Russia probe, and that’s very bad news for key figures in the Trump administration. Bloomberg reports: “Investigators in New York; Alexandria, Virginia; Pittsburgh; and […]
Even though he served as Donald Trump’s personal attorney and trusted adviser for over a decade, Michael Cohen is not about to be sacrificed as the scapegoat who refuses to talk out of some misplaced loyalty to Trump. And now it’s crystal clear that Cohen is ready and willing to destroy Trump with one fell […]
This was the week that Donald Trump’s Republican Congressional puppets tried their damnedest to get Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to admit that the investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller has gone on long enough and needs to be ended immediately. Or, in the hypocritical words of Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Grand Inquisitor […]
On Wednesday, as part of a court filing related to a search warrant issued against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, we learned for the first time that Manafort once received a $10 million “loan” from a Russian oligarch who just so happens to be a close personal friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin. As […]