DEMS/ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Even as the 2020 race begins in earnest, President Donald Trump is already suggesting that Democrats cannot beat him fairly — raising the specter that if he loses next November, he will suggest that the election was not legitimate…Trump 2020 campaign press secretary Kayleigh McEnany echoed that sentiment in a statement […]
Category: A- Trump People
3/6/2019
ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT:TRUMP PEOPLE “Bill Weld announced his presidential exploratory bid last month with a flourish, capturing headlines by calling Donald Trump ‘a schoolyard bully’ and dismissing Washington Republicans for exhibiting ‘all the symptoms of Stockholm syndrome.’ Then he went dark. Aside from a few television hits and public appearances, the former Massachusetts governor has […]
3/5/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @PressSec: Statement on Chairman Nadler’s fishing expedition. https://t.co/tBsVzrtGYg” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 5, 2019 11:15 pm […]
3/5/2019
INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Hans Von Spakovsky, ‘I haven’t seen any evidence of actual violations of the law, which is usually a basis before you start an investigation. Adam Schiff seems to be copying Joseph McCarthy in wanting to open up investigations when they don’t have any evidence of wrongdoing.’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 5, 2019 11:27 […]
3/5/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “A terminally ill Connecticut man who’s a big supporter of President Donald Trump is getting a bucket list wish fulfilled, with help from his Democratic sister. Jay Barrett, of West Haven, who has cystic fibrosis, left the hospital to begin palliative care at his sister’s home last weekend and asked for some sort […]
3/5/2019
EDUCATION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During his rambling, two hour talk on Saturday [3-2-19] at the Conservative Political Action Conference, President Donald Trump said he soon will sign a free speech order for college campuses. What he left out was that the justification for the order is based on a false interpretation of what is actually […]
3/5/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SEAN SPICER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday [3-5-19] that he plans to cooperate with the House Judiciary Committee’s probe into President Donald Trump…He is one of 81 individuals and entities that the committee sent letters to Monday requesting documents relating to the President’s campaign, businesses, transition and […]
3/4/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “@StarParker is indeed a ‘Star!’ Thank you. Center for Urban Renewal & Ed. @JesseBWatters @LauraIngram” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2019 11:44 pm […]
3/4/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “‘We the people will now be subjected to the biggest display of modern day McCarthyism….which is the widest fishing net expedition….every aspect of the presidents life….all in order to get power back so they can institute Socialism.’ @seanhannity” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2019 10:50 pm […]
3/4/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “‘We the people will now be subjected to the biggest display of modern day McCathyism….which is the widest fishing net expedition….every aspect of the presidents life….all in order to get power back so they can institute Socialism.’ @seanhannity” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 4, 2019 10:40 pm […]
3/4/2019
FLORIDA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A feud between Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Rick Scott has broken into the open, putting two of Donald Trump’s closest Florida allies at war with each other in a state that’s pivotal to the president’s reelection campaign. After simmering behind the scenes for months, the conflict came to a boil when Scott […]
3/3/2019
GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @GOPChairwoman: I completely agree with Kevin McCarthy.…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 10:24 pm […]
3/3/2019
GOP/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @MZHemingway: Man, conservatives haven’t been this united on Twitter since the Kavanaugh confirmation!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, March 3, 2019 8:20 pm […]
3/1/2019
CLINTONS/DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Mark J. Penn, one of the primary architects of President Bill Clinton’s 1996 re-election campaign, met briefly with President Trump in the Oval Office last week, according to two people in attendance. The face-to-face meeting, the first between Mr. Trump and the onetime loyal adviser to the Clintons, marked what some […]
3/1/2019
HOUSE OF REPS/LEGAL/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The chairman of the House Oversight Committee issued a stark warning Friday [3-1-19] to White House counsel Pat Cipollone, demanding that the White House turn over documents and comply with interviews related to how the White House handled security clearances of some of the President’s closest advisers. Democratic […]
3/1/2019
CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/SEX ABUSE: “Until recently, Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta was probably one of President Donald Trump’s least controversial Cabinet members. But now he is facing rising pressure over his handling of a sex offender case involving a well-connected billionaire. On February 21, a federal judge ruled that Miami prosecutors, led by then-US Attorney Acosta, broke […]
3/1/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/ECONOMY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Friday [3-1-19] that he believes climate change could threaten economic growth. It’s a position that puts him at odds with the Trump administration and the President himself, who has openly questioned whether the climate is warming at all…Hassett, an economist long involved in […]
2/28/2019
CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As Michael Cohen shed new light on the inner workings of President Donald Trump’s family business Wednesday [2-27-19], he rattled off a list of Trump Organization officials who are now likely to face congressional scrutiny of their own. Under questioning by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, Trump’s former personal […]
2/28/2019
DEMS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s top money man, Allen Weisselberg, has long managed Trump’s global business while shunning the blinding spotlight his boss commands. Now, with Democrats demanding Weisselberg come to Capitol Hill to answer their questions, Trump will need to consider whether a man who has worked for his family for more […]
2/28/2019
DEMS/EPA/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler as EPA’s fifteenth administrator Thursday [2-28-19], cementing the authority of one of President Donald Trump’s most effective and prolific de-regulators. He was confirmed by a vote of 52-47. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Me.) was the only Republican to vote against him; no Democrats voted for him. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema […]
2/27/2019
DEMS/ETHICS/GOP/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democratic Rep. Kathleen Rice of New York, a former federal prosecutor, has asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate a statement Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz made about Michael Cohen, saying that she believes the GOP lawmaker’s comments could rise to the level of witness tampering and intimidation. Gaetz, a close […]
2/27/2019
GOP/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Florida Bar is investigating Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after his threatening tweet last night about President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen. Francine Andía Walker, the group’s director of communications, said the Florida Bar received a number of calls and emails regarding the tweet after it posted. According to […]
2/27/2019
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the high-stakes battle between President Donald Trump and Michael Cohen, some of the people in their immediate orbit are ending up as collateral hits. Trump’s former personal attorney and fixer dropped several names of people in Trump’s inner circle Wednesday during his nationally televised testimony before the […]
2/27/2019
CHINA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a downtown cafe in Washington one recent winter morning, Xia Yeliang’s impassioned defense of Donald Trump’s politics pulled some patrons’ attention away from their mugs. Inquisitive eyes darted toward where Xia sat, as he enthusiastically navigated a litany of conservative Republican talking points: welfare reform, immigration control, the migrant caravan, […]
2/27/2019
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The District of Columbia Attorney General’s Office has subpoenaed the Trump inaugural committee for documents related to its finances. The subpoena, dated February 26 and obtained by CNN, says the attorney general, Karl Racine, is investigating ‘whether the Committee’s expenditures of its nonprofit funds were wasteful, mismanaged, and/or improperly provided private […]
2/27/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VIETNAM: “With President Donald Trump and his senior aides halfway around the world, the White House’s political allies held down the home front against a blistering attack back in Washington. The president’s sons, advisers and friends collectively unloaded on Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen as he delivered explosive testimony […]
2/26/2019
SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Twitter announced that it is permanently suspending Jacob Wohl, a 21-year-old Internet hoaxer and supporter of President Donald Trump, following the publication of a USA TODAY article in which he boasted of using the social media platform to spread lies and disinformation. In the article published Tuesday [2-26-19] morning, Wohl […]
2/26/2019
MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, a staunch ally of President Donald Trump, apologized late Tuesday [2-26-19] night after he threatened Michael Cohen with the release of damaging personal information, a startling statement that drew an implicit rebuke from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and led legal experts to wonder if he had committed witness […]
2/25/2019
GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the luncheon dishes were placed down, the master of ceremonies kicked off a boisterous round of Lindsey Graham trivia. ‘What is the senator’s middle name?’ she asked the ballroom of meatloaf-eating Republicans in Greenville, S.C. ‘What’s the name of the bar the senator’s family owned?’ For those of you playing […]
2/25/2019
AMBASSADOR/FOREIGN POLICY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “The woman President Donald Trump chose to represent America at the United Nations is a billionaire known for her bursting political Rolodex, disarmingly sunny disposition — and limited foreign policy experience. Kelly Craft pulled off one unquestionable achievement in her stint as ambassador to Canada under Trump: She maintained good […]
2/23/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @GOPChairwoman: Thank you @RonaldWeiser for serving the @MIGOP well and congratulations to my friend and new @MIGOPChair Laura Cox! I…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 10:33 pm […]
2/23/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’There’s not one shred of evidence that this president’s done anything Constitutionally (or anything else) wrong.’ Graham Ledger. Thank you Graham, so true!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 23, 2019 7:01 pm […]
2/22/2019
AMBASSADOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “President Donald Trump announced on Friday [2-22-19] he was nominating Kelly Knight Craft as the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations…Her nomination will be sent to the Senate for consideration. Craft, who currently serves as U.S. Ambassador to Canada, was a favorite of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who recommended […]
2/22/2019
AMBASSADOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “….Kelly has done an outstanding job representing our Nation and I have no doubt that, under her leadership, our Country will be represented at the highest level. Congratulations to Kelly and her entire family!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 22, 2019 6:02 pm […]
2/22/2019
AMBASSADOR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “I am pleased to announce that Kelly Knight Craft, our current Ambassador to Canada, is being nominated to be United States Ambassador to the United Nations….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 22, 2019 6:02 pm […]
2/22/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday [2-22-19] he is concerned about the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s emergency declaration to grab funding for a border wall, bypassing the will of Congress…Speaking at POLITICO’s State Solutions Conference, Hutchinson said drugs and undocumented immigrants coming across the southern border did constitute an emergency, […]
2/22/2019
LEGAL/NEW YORK/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Manhattan district attorney’s office is preparing state criminal charges against Paul J. Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, in an effort to ensure he will still face prison time even if the president pardons him for his federal crimes, according to several people with knowledge of the matter. Mr. […]
2/21/2019
COURTS/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A visibly angry judge on Thursday [2-21-19] ordered President Donald Trump’s former political adviser Roger Stone to stop speaking publicly about U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal case against him or else he will be sent to jail pending trial. In a tense court hearing on Thursday, U.S. Judge Amy Berman […]
2/21/2019
COURTS/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A judge has imposed a full gag order on Trump confidant Roger Stone after he posted a photo on Instagram of the judge with what appeared to be crosshairs of a gun. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Thursday she believes Stone would ‘pose a danger’ to others in the case […]
2/21/2019
COURTS/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, will be sentenced for bank and tax fraud on March 8, according to a court filing posted on Thursday [2-21-19], just days before he is due to be sentenced in a separate case for lobbying violations. Manafort, 69, could spend the rest […]
2/21/2019
2016 ELECTION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former campaign worker for President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Wednesday [2-20-19] seeking to invalidate all of the non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements that campaign workers were required to sign before joining the president’s 2016 election campaign. If the suit is successful, more campaign workers could feel free to speak publicly […]
2/21/2019
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is endorsing Sen. John Cornyn for re-election in 2020, saying the chamber’s No. 2 Republican ]has done an outstanding job for the people of Texas.’ The president tweeted Thursday [2-21-19] that Cornyn is ‘strong’ on the Second Amendment, the U.S.-Mexico border and crime, and ‘loves’ the military. Trump […]
2/21/2019
INTELLIGENCE/MICHAEL COHEN/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen will testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday [2-26-19] in one of three appearances before U.S. lawmakers next week ahead of reporting to prison in May. Cohen, Trump’s longtime fixer who is set to go to prison for three years after pleading […]
2/21/2019
INTELLIGENCE/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s former fixer Michael Cohen spent several hours Thursday [2-21-19] inside the Senate Intelligence Committee’s secure spaces ahead of his closed-door testimony scheduled before the panel next week. Cohen was on Capitol Hill on Thursday in the Senate Intelligence Committee’s secure spaces ahead of next week’s interview. He […]
2/21/2019
ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. John Cornyn on Thursday [2-21-19] as the Texas Republican prepares for an uphill reelection battle following the state’s close and costly Senate election in November…Cornyn has begun preparing for the 2020 election earlier than other senators after the near-defeat of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), in what […]
2/21/2019
ENDORSEMENT/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator John Cornyn has done an outstanding job for the people of Texas. He is strong on Crime, the Border, the Second Amendment and loves our Military and Vets. John has my complete and total endorsement. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 21, 2019 3:10 pm […]
2/20/2019
ISIS/MIKE POMPEO/STATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [2-20-19] that he had directed the State Department not to allow the return of an Alabama woman who in 2014 joined the Islamic State terrorist group, days after the woman made public pleas to be let back into the U.S..Muthana left Alabama, where she was a student, […]
2/20/2019
CLIMATE CHANGE/NATIONAL SECURITY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A climate change skeptic who once compared ‘demonization’ of carbon dioxide to the treatment of Jews under Adolf Hitler may lead a proposed White House committee tasked with studying whether climate change poses a national security threat, The Washington Post reported Wednesday [2-20-19]. The Post, citing planning documents obtained by the […]
2/20/2019
2016 ELECTION/LAWSUIT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A former campaign worker for President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit on Wednesday [2-20-19] seeking to invalidate all of the non-disclosure and non-disparagement agreements that campaign workers were required to sign before joining the president’s 2016 election campaign. If the suit is successful, more campaign workers could feel free to […]
2/19/2019
ATTORNEY GENERAL/NOMINATION/TRANSPORTATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump intends to nominate Deputy Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Rosen to be the new deputy attorney general, the White House announced in a news release Tuesday [2-19-19]. Trump’s announcement comes following the confirmation of new attorney general William Barr and as current deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein prepares for […]
2/19/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the next deputy U.S. attorney general, the White House said on Tuesday [2-19-19] night, the latest shuffle in the Justice Department at a time when it faces close scrutiny over its Russia investigation. Rosen, currently deputy secretary of the U.S. Department […]
2/19/2019
LEGAL/ROGERT STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A post on Roger Stone’s Instagram account featuring a picture of the judge overseeing his case with crosshairs in the background could jeopardize the lenient gag order he received from her last Friday [2-15-19], as well as his bail. Judge Amy Berman Jackson ordered Stone to come to court on Thursday [2-21-19] […]
2/18/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Great analysis by @foxandfriends!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 18, 2019 8:02 am […]
2/17/2019
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “William Barr is arriving at a Justice Department that desperately needs an infusion of credibility, writes @KimStrassel https://t.co/naY9XOxb12 via @WSJ” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 11:21 pm […]
2/17/2019
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’These guys, the investigators, ought to be in jail. What they have done, working with the Obama intelligence agencies, is simply unprecedented. This is one of the greatest political hoaxes ever perpetrated on the people of this Country, and Mueller is a coverup.’ Rush Limbaugh” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 17, 2019 4:32 […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “All through the 2016 campaign Donald Trump warned about the menace of immigration by reciting the lyrics of a song called ‘The Snake,’ about a kind woman who takes a snake into her home, only to die when he bites her. The snake tells the woman, ‘You knew I was a […]
2/15/2019
COURT/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge revealed more about her reasoning in finding Paul Manafort had lied about his contacts with his Russian associate and that Konstantin Kilimnik was pertinent to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation for multiple reasons, according to a newly released redacted transcript Friday of a sealed court hearing earlier this […]
2/15/2019
FEMA/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has nominated a senior Federal Emergency Management Agency official to lead the agency, following director Brock Long’s resignation earlier this week. Jeffrey Byard is currently FEMA’s associate administrator for the Office of Response and Recovery, the ‘senior-most executive over disaster response, recovery, logistics, and field operations,’ according to […]
2/15/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Standing in the Rose Garden on Friday [2-15-19] morning, President Trump heaped praise on Rush Limbaugh, the right-wing radio show host, who earlier in the week gave his blessing to a bipartisan spending bill that did not include the money Mr. Trump had demanded for a wall…During Mr. Trump’s 50 minutes […]
2/15/2019
MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump reeled off a list of his favorite media personalities on Friday [2-15-19] when asked who might have influenced his decision to declare a national emergency after Congress refused to give him money for a border wall. Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham — a powerful bloc […]
2/15/2019
CHINA/MEDIA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “From North Korea and China to Fox News hosts and conservative commentator Ann Coulter, President Donald Trump did not stick to the script on Friday when he outlined his plans to declare a national emergency for a wall along the southern U.S. border. The president started his nearly hour-long remarks, all […]
2/15/2019
COURTS/PAUL MANAFORT/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge has placed a gag order on longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone and attorneys involved in his criminal case, though Stone’s ability to speak publicly isn’t completely restricted…They, their clients and even Stone are also not allowed to speak in and around the courthouse. In her order, Jackson […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Ann Coulter? ‘I don’t know her,’ President Donald Trump said at a press conference Friday [2-15-19], describing his relationship with the conservative commentator who has introduced him at rallies. Asked Friday whether conservative media personalities influenced his policy on building a border wall, the president denied commentators like Coulter and Fox […]
2/15/2019
BORDER/CHUCK SCHUMER/GOVERMENT/MITCH MCCONNELL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The day before the 35-day government shutdown ended, Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell huddled privately to figure out some way everyone could save face and end the biggest congressional crisis in years. The Senate majority leader first floated providing a pro-rated piece of wall money for President Donald Trump, which Schumer […]
2/13/2019
ENERGY/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @SenTedCruz: Report: Texas crude oil production breaks 1970s record https://t.co/RHpaMLX7G2 via @houstonchron” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 13, 2019 7:55 pm […]
2/11/2019
ENERGY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [2-11-19] publicly pushed the Tennessee Valley Authority to save an aging coal plant in Kentucky that buys its fuel from one of the president’s top supporters…His missive came just days before the TVA board is slated to vote on the future of Paradise Unit 3, a […]
2/9/2019
ROGER STONE/SPORTS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Roger Stone has emerged as an unlikely critic of the NFL concussion settlement over the last several weeks, and the indicted former associate of President Donald Trump has been ‘a go-to source’ for a lawyer involved in litigation, according to a federal court filing obtained by USA TODAY Sports…Christopher Seeger, co-lead counsel […]
2/9/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @seanhannity: https://t.co/rhKgdlJt8X “ -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 9:57 am […]
2/9/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @seanhannity: Adam Schiff, Glenn Simpson and their Forrest Gump-like encounter in Aspen https://t.co/j2lqrxflGH“ –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 9:57 am […]
2/9/2019
RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @seanhannity: TRUMP: ‘Not only did Senator Burr’s Committee find No Collusion by the Trump Campaign and Russia, it’s important because t…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 9, 2019 9:51 am […]
2/8/2019
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Democrats on Friday [2-8-19] previewed how they plan to use their newly minted House majority to investigate the Trump administration as they grilled acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker on special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe — and even fired off a subpoena threat. During a highly contentious hearing before […]
2/8/2019
TRUMP PEOPLE: “Deepest sympathies to Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and the entire family of John Dingell. Longest serving Congressman in Country’s history which, if people understand politics, means he was very smart. A great reputation and highly respected man.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 8, 2019 3:13 pm […]
2/7/2019
EDUCATION/LGBTQ/MIKE PENCE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In the upside-down logic of conservative religious politics, then-Indiana Gov. Mike Pence framed a law that permitted discrimination to be about ‘freedom’ and sparked such outrage — ‘Fix this now’ demanded Indiana’s leading paper — that he had to reverse it. Now it’s Karen Pence, the vice president’s wife, who’s stirring controversy […]
2/7/2019
NOMINATIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general moved one step closer to confirmation after winning approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee. In a 12-10 party-line vote, the panel endorsed William Barr’s nomination, which could see a floor vote as soon as next week. Barr, losing no Republican support so far, […]
2/4/2019
2016 ELECTION/LGEAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee confirmed Monday [2-4-19] that it had received a subpoena from federal prosecutors in New York as part of an investigation into the group’s fundraising activities. ‘While we are still reviewing the subpoena, it is our intention to cooperate with the inquiry,’ the committee said in […]
2/4/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump met with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Monday evening for an informal dinner at the White House residence to discuss the health of the US economy, according to a statement from Federal Reserve. The dinner, which had not been on the President’s public schedule, comes weeks after […]
2/4/2019
ECONOMY/FEDERAL RESERVE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell met for dinner with President Donald Trump on Monday [2-4-19] evening, the first time the two men have spoken since Powell was sworn in as the central bank’s chief last February. Powell, who has been the target of months of criticism from the president over […]
2/4/2019
CABINET/INTERIOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Monday [2-4-19] that he will nominate acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to the job permanently, saying he has done ‘a fantastic job from the day he arrived.’ Bernhardt has been serving temporarily since Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke departed the Trump Cabinet nearly two months ago […]
2/4/2019
INTERIOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump will nominate David Bernhardt to be the new Interior secretary. The announcement in a tweet from the president Monday [2-4-19] ends a nearly two-month-long search for a permanent replacement for Ryan Zinke, who in early December announced his resignation amid multiple scandals and ethics investigations. Bernhardt, who was […]
2/4/2019
INTERIOR/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I am pleased to announce that David Bernhardt, Acting Secretary of the Interior, will be nominated as Secretary of the Interior. David has done a fantastic job from the day he arrived, and we look forward to having his nomination officially confirmed!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 4, 2019 3:13 pm […]
2/4/2019
DEMS/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When the conservative lawyer Neomi Rao appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week, she’ll be interviewing for a job on the country’s second most powerful court. But both her allies and enemies will be watching with something even bigger in mind: her viability as a future Supreme Court nominee. […]
2/4/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “He likes the instant gratification of Twitter tirades to prefab statements from his press office. He prefers improvising at a political rally to earnest policy addresses. But on Monday [2-4-19], President Trump was doing a fairly unusual thing, for him: working on a draft of a speech and then practicing delivering […]
2/4/2019
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Escalating one of the investigations into President Trump’s inaugural committee, federal prosecutors ordered on Monday [2-4-19] that its officials turn over documents about donors, finances and activities, according to two people familiar with the inquiry. The subpoena seeks documents related to all of the committee’s donors and guests; any benefits […]
2/1/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/VA: “President Donald Trump will undergo his annual physical exam next week, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told CNN…Trump’s physical exam year sparked controversy after Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, the physician to the President at the time, described Trump as being in ‘excellent health’ despite revealing that the President was borderline […]
2/1/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE “Thank you to Senator Rob Portman and Senator Cory Gardner for the early and warm endorsement. We will ALL WIN in 2020 together!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, February 1, 2019 2:25 pm […]
1/31/2019
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Billionaire Republican donors Sheldon and Miriam Adelson gave $500,000 to a legal defense fund set up to help aides to President Donald Trump that are involved in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. The Adelsons each contributed $250,000 on Oct. 1 to the Patriot Legal Expense Fund Trust, which was set […]
1/31/2019
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has long been faulted for his use of English, with the Flesch-Kincaid readability test once scoring the president at a fourth-grade level. Despite all the criticism, however, it’s hard to deny his success in communicating to a strong base of supporters, who seem to stick with him no […]
1/31/2019
INFRASTRUCTURE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday [1-31-19] that will push for federal dollars spent on infrastructure projects to be put toward American companies and bolster workers his top trade adviser described as ‘blue-collar Trump people’ the administration has focused on helping. That description, given to reporters by Peter Navarro, […]
1/30/2019
ELECTION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado is endorsing President Donald Trump, a reversal after he opposed Trump’s election in the final days of the 2016 race. Widely seen as the most vulnerable GOP incumbent in 2020, Gardner told a conservative publication in an article published Wednesday that he would back Trump […]
1/30/2019
INTELLIGENCE/IRAN/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump lashed out at the nation’s intelligence agencies, accusing them of being ‘passive and naïve’ about Iran’s dangers and defending his stance on North Korea. His outburst showed the rift between the bureaucracy and a president seeking to challenge foreign policy orthodoxy. • In a sharp deviation from statements […]
1/30/2019
AFGHANISTAN/FOREIGN POLICY/INTELLIGENCE/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump lashed out at the nation’s intelligence agencies on Wednesday [1-30-19], accusing them of being ‘passive and naive’ about the dangers posed by Iran, and defending his handling of Afghanistan, North Korea and the Islamic State. A day after the agencies issued their annual assessment of global threats […]
1/30/2019
COURTS/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “For many of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters, there has been no issue more important than stacking the federal bench with conservative judges. Many on the right are now fearing a retreat. Concerns began to mount after the Wall Street Journal editorial board on Tuesday [1-29-19] published an editorial accusing the […]
1/30/2019
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders claimed Wednesday [1-30-29] that President Donald Trump’s presidency is part of a higher calling…The president has long touted his Christian faith, and white evangelical voters have overwhelmingly supported his presidency. Throughout his tenure, Trump and his administration have pursued a number of key issues […]
1/30/2019
RELIGION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said she believes God wanted President Donald Trump to win the 2016 election, the Christian Broadcasting Network reported on Wednesday [1-30-19]. ‘I think God calls all of us to fill different roles at different times and I think that he wanted Donald Trump to become […]
1/30/2019
DEMS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “They detest what she stands for. They think her policies would destroy the country. And they wish she would just go away. All the same, many of President Donald Trump’s most media-conscious supporters can’t help but admit it: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has got serious political game…Such admiration, in spite of vast ideological […]
1/25/2019
GOP/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Less than four months ago, the staid Metropolitan Republican Club in Manhattan became an unlikely battleground between anti-fascism activists and a far-right group known as the Proud Boys. After the Proud Boys’ founder, Gavin McInnes, spoke at the club, vandalism and violence ensued, as people associated with the group squared off […]
1/25/2019
GOP/GOVERNMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Some of the most prominent voices in the conservative base were furious at President Trump on Friday [1-25-19] after he agreed to reopen the government without getting money for a border wall — the sort of terms he had spent more than a month rejecting. They derided the deal as a […]
1/25/2019
BORDER/GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “Before President Donald Trump finished speaking from the Rose Garden, putting a temporary end to the five-week government shutdown, a running group text between several of his former aides lit up with complaints…Bewildered by his decision to accept a deal without funding for a wall on the southern border […]
1/25/2019
HILLARY CLINTON/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Every criminal case brought against a senior member of the Trump campaign as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has revealed a new attempt to conceal contacts with Russia or intermediaries linked to the Kremlin. Michael Cohen, the longtime personal attorney to President Donald Trump; Michael […]
1/25/2019
GOVERNMENT/NANCY PELOSI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WALL: “President Trump announced Friday [1-25-19] his willingness to end the shutdown for three weeks. During that time, he will use the State of the Union and other events to build pressure for a wall. In the words of Bill O’Reilly, ‘Political chess game continues. President Trump reopens government — a […]