It’s been a frequent refrain from Donald Trump ever since it became clear that Russia did indeed attack the 2016 election on his behalf: No big deal; no votes were changed. As Trump declared as recently as March of last year: “(Russia had) no impact on our votes. Certainly there was meddling. Probably there was meddling from […]
You remember Trump campaign “foreign policy adviser” Carter Page, don’t you? Well some information about Page that’s come to light suggests the Russia investigation is inded just outside the door of the Oval Office, and that may explain why Donald Trump has been so frantic in recent days, firing staffers and hoping to change the […]
Three weeks ago, NBC News reported that Special Counsel Robert Mueller would be submitting his report on the Russia investigation as soon as mid-February. An attorney who had been in contact with the Mueller team noted: “They clearly are tying up loose ends.” No doubt that news was well-received by President Donald Trump and his […]
In the 19 months since Robert Mueller was appointed special counsel to investigate the Russian attack on the 2016 election, we’ve repeatedly seen connections between members of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia. There’s so many of them, it can be difficult to keep up with all of the indictments (22 to date), guilty pleas […]
On New Year’s Day, a new man steps into the role of Secretary of Defense, replacing General James Mattis, who resigned in protest last week over President Trump’s decision to remove all American troops from Syria. Patrick Shanahan will be the acting head of the Defense Department. He’s been serving as Mattis’s deputy, and before that […]
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 […]
In all of the fast-moving developments that have been taking place this week in regard to people who once worked for President Donald Trump — i.e. Michael Cohen and Michael Flynn — one piece of news fell by the wayside but deserves a much closer look. As we’ve learned since Robert Mueller was appointed to […]
For over a year, Donald Trump has been proclaiming his innocence as it relates to the Russian attack on the 2016 election, but new court filings prove his protestations are, like everything he says or tweets, bald-faced lies. Friday evening, in three separate documents submitted in federal court by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and prosecutors […]
The White House is on Indictment Watch, wondering just how soon Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be charging even more people in the Russia investigation. For those of you keeping score at home, so far Mueller and his team of prosecutors have indicted or gotten guilty pleas from 32 people and three companies. So clearly, […]
For weeks now, we’ve all been wondering what the next step will be in the investigation being conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into the 2016 election. Now that the midterms are behind us, former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence Frank Figliuzzi believes there’s about to be a flurry of new indictments, and those indictments may […]