BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Several people with information related to allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh say they have tried in vain to speak with the FBI, which is expected to wrap up its investigation this week. Under pressure, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the FBI investigation following a […]
Category: A- Trump People
10/2/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump, a teetotaler who says he’s never even had a beer, finds himself in the awkward position of fiercely defending a Supreme Court nominee under harsh scrutiny for his past heavy drinking. The more Trump embraces his embattled nominee and publicly comments on accounts that Brett Kavanaugh drank […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republican leaders pressed on Tuesday [10-2-18] to wrap up the confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, seizing on word from the F.B.I. that it would complete its investigation into allegations of sexual assault and sexual misconduct as early as Wednesday [10-3-18]…But Mr. McConnell’s promise was as […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has exposed just how far the Senate has drifted from the rules of decorum that once elevated senatorial prerogative over party, leaving behind the kind of smash-mouth partisan politics that have long dominated the unruly House. Senate rules […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/LEGAL/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Brett M. Kavanaugh was preparing for his second confirmation hearing for a seat on a federal appeals court in 2006, he got some unwelcome news. The American Bar Association, which had earlier given him its highest rating, had reconsidered. The revised rating, the group explained, was prompted by new concerns […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Democratic efforts to highlight sexual assault charges that are more than 30 years old have been dismissed by supporters of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as the dredgings of ancient history. But the judge’s response to those accusations has raised new issues that go to the core of who President Trump’s […]
10/2/2018
BETSY DEVOS/EDUCATION/SPENDING/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’ security detail is projected to cost up to $7.74 million from now through the end of September 2019, a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service told POLITICO on Tuesday [10-2-18] night. The Marshals Service said the final cost of protection for DeVos in fiscal 2018 was $6.79 million. […]
10/2/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/ROGER STONE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is combing through Roger Stone’s track record as a self-proclaimed ‘dirty trickster’ amid its investigation into whether Stone was involved in Russian efforts to steal and disseminate damaging information about Democrats ahead of the 2016 election. The questions about Stone’s past reveal how […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/KELLYANNE CONWAY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, said on Tuesday [10-2-18] that she had received a backlash after recently talking about being a survivor of sexual assault, adding that she believed people didn’t want someone who works at the White House to have ‘humanity or humility.’ Conway on Sunday […]
10/2/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford’s attorneys on Tuesday [10-2-18] implored the FBI to interview her and act on investigative leads they have provided for its inquiry into sexual misconduct allegations against Brett Kavanaugh…The bureau is expected to wrap up its time-limited probe of the allegations against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee […]
10/2/2018
2016 ELECTION/BRETT KAVANAUGH/HILLARY CLINTON/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Hillary Clinton on Tuesday [10-2-18] balked at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s claim that the allegations of sexual misconduct against him are being carried out as part of ‘revenge on behalf of the Clintons,’ saying such a declaration ‘deserves a lot of laughter.’ During a nine-hour hearing last […]
10/2/2018
TREASURY/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The U.S. House banking committee’s staff director, Shannon McGahn, is to leave the job, the top Republican lawmaker on the panel said on Tuesday [10-2-18], just over a month after her husband left the White House as counsel to President Donald Trump. McGahn has served on the Financial Services Committee since 2010, occupying […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/MILITARY/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With his Supreme Court nominee’s confirmation under fire, President Trump lashed out on Monday [10-1-18] at Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee, renewing his attack that Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut lied about his service in Vietnam and embellishing the senator’s misdeeds far beyond the truth. Mr. Trump […]
10/1/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald Trump stumped in East Tennessee on Monday [10-1-18] night to headline a rally and fundraise for Rep. Marsha Blackburn. But his mission was broader: preventing the massive upset brewing in the state’s open Senate race. Just two years ago, Trump trounced Hillary Clinton in Tennessee, winning by 26 points. Today, […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Key Republican senators have called the White House over the past 24 hours to make clear that they expect a fulsome investigation as the FBI reviews allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, CNN has learned. Following questions about the scope and extent of the FBI investigation, a White […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump has authorized the FBI to expand its investigation into sexual misconduct allegations facing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the New York Times reported on Monday [10-1-18], citing two people briefed on the matter. The Times also reported that the FBI has already concluded interviews with the four […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During his time at one of the nation’s most elite universities, there’s no question that Judge Brett Kavanaugh achieved academic success. But when it comes to the frequency and severity of his drinking there, some former classmates are raising questions about how truthful Kavanaugh was in his testimony before the […]
10/1/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The man who has been named as a witness to the alleged incident between Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and professor Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s has been interviewed by the FBI, according to the man’s lawyer. In a statement on Monday [10-1-18], Mark Judge’s lawyer, Barbara Van […]
10/1/2018
ELECTION/RALLY/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As the fate of his Supreme Court pick hangs in the balance, President Donald Trump barnstormed Monday [10-1-18] for a Republican Senate candidate in Tennessee, warning that Democrats will unleash havoc if they gain control of Congress and accusing them of trying to sink his nominee…It was a dire picture […]
9/29/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/RALLY/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday [9-29-18] used the stalled nomination of his Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh as a rallying cry for Republican voters in November congressional elections. At a West Virginia rally, Trump did not say a word about the testimony of university professor Christine Blasey […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Sen. Mazie Hirono, a Democrat from Hawaii, said Friday [9-28-18] that the FBI’s supplemental investigation into Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh must cover what she called ‘the three credible’ reports of misconduct…Hirono was referring to the accounts brought forward by Christine Blasey Ford, Deborah Ramirez and Julie Swetnick, who have […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate took its first step toward formally considering Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination on the floor of the US Senate on Friday [9-28-18] evening. In a voice vote, lawmakers passed the motion to proceed on Kavanaugh’s confirmation, meaning there would be no Saturday [9-29-18] session — though the […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/LEGAL/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “In Maryland, 11 state lawmakers have asked Montgomery County law enforcement officials to investigate the 36-year-old sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh that have gripped the nation. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill a vacancy on the US Supreme Court. He has been accused by Christine […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/FBI/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Jeff Flake had just broken Democrats’ hearts. The night before, the retiring Arizona Republican had gotten their hopes up — seeming torn on whether to support confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination after a gut-wrenching day in the Senate Judiciary Committee. But on Friday [9-28-18] morning, he issued a statement […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/FBI/HEARING/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Friday [9-28-18] that someone will have to fill President Donald Trump in on why Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court could be delayed a week, a half-joking remark that nonetheless highlighted confusion around what will happen next in the Senate. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.), whose […]
9/28/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/ME TOO/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “ANGRILY RAILING ABOUT ‘THE LEFT,’ bashing the media, and suggesting a Democratic conspiracy to seek ‘revenge on behalf of the Clintons’ wouldn’t be out of place in primetime on Fox News or conservative radio. But it’s unprecedented for a Supreme Court nominee to take such a strikingly partisan tone, as […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans are racing to confirm Brett Kavanaugh, betting that the Supreme Court nominee was persuasive enough in his denial that he sexually assaulted a high school acquaintance to counter the powerful testimony of his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford. The Senate Judiciary Committee is planning to vote on Friday [9-28-18] morning […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Fighting to salvage his U.S. Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh angrily and tearfully denied on Thursday [9-27-18] a university professor’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago and complained about a ‘political hit’ after she told a dramatic Senate hearing she was ‘100 percent certain’ he did it. […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump and his aides were ebullient Thursday [9-27-18] as Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh defiantly rejected charges of sexual misconduct — a mood that reflected some relief after Trump officials conceded that his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, offered a compelling performance in the first half of the […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Air Force One landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland late Thursday [9-27-18] morning, all the televisions onboard were tuned to Fox News’ coverage of Christine Blasey Ford’s Senate testimony, according to a press pool report. The analysis from the news hosts on President Donald Trump’s favorite network may […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Senate Judiciary Committee vote on whether to favorably recommend Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court will happen as scheduled Friday morning, though top GOP senators did not appear to know as of Thursday [9-27-18] night whether enough key Republican votes had been convinced to confirm Kavanaugh. Senate Judiciary […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham forcefully defended Brett Kavanaugh against an allegation of sexual assault during a tense Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday [9-27-18] and accused Democrats of wanting to ‘destroy’ the life of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Immediately following an aggressive line of questioning by […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/ME TOO/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The most anticipated hearing on a Supreme Court nominee since Anita Hill testified in 1991 began as a search for facts about an assault claim against Brett Kavanaugh — and ended in a partisan firefight. The nine riveting hours in between were packed with grandstanding, anger and raw emotion on […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ELECTION/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Christine Blasey Ford told senators she was ‘100%’ certain Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. Kavanaugh called the claim part of a ‘calculated and orchestrated political hit’ designed to keep him off the Supreme Court. And an extraordinary Senate Judiciary Committee hearing turned into a bitter, partisan […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Thursday [9-27-18] was an emotional whirlwind for millions of Americans transfixed by the hearing where Christine Blasey Ford accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. He denied the allegations in the most vehement possible way and later, he fired back that Democrats had coordinated it all as a political attack and […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Members of the House of Representatives have no say in whether professor Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh sink his Supreme Court nomination. But as much as the contentious confirmation fight over Kavanaugh played out on television screens across the country on Thursday [9-27-18] has put vulnerable […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/DEMS/GOP/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senate Republicans thought that bringing a female prosecutor to question Christine Blasey Ford would help them avoid looking like they were ganging up on an alleged victim of sexual assault. But once the hearing was underway, they seemed to quickly regret outsourcing their work to former sex crimes prosecutor Rachel […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Thirty-three minutes after the hearing into her accusations of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh began, Christine Blasey Ford stood, took an oath and started to tell her story. Hours later, after Ford delivered a detailed and dramatic testimony, Kavanaugh sat in the same chair and angrily denied […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The Senate testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh unspooled over nearly nine hours on Thursday [9-27-18]— about the length of a prestige mini-series, binged Netflix-style in one wrenching, riveting sitting. The mini-series contained multitudes. It was a political drama that doubled as a reality show. It was […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It was a hearing designed for Republicans to win. There would be just two witnesses: Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford. Judge Kavanaugh would speak second, leaving the last impression. And there would be an outside prosecutor, Rachel Mitchell, to question Dr. Blasey for the male Republican senators. […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “She was nervous as anyone would be describing the worst moment of her life, choking up at the memory of a violent encounter that happened 36 years ago. Her voice at times was high, her manner deferential, even solicitous. He was bristling with outrage and grievance, fighting back tears, his […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Lindsey Graham, the blunt-speaking South Carolina Republican, vented to reporters on Thursday [9-27-18] outside the hearing room where the Senate Judiciary Committee was hearing explosive testimony about sexual assault allegations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s embattled Supreme Court nominee. Then he went back inside and really let […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, came out swinging in the early moments of his testimony to senators, saying, ‘This confirmation process has become a national disgrace.’ • Christine Blasey Ford said she was ‘terrified’ but delivered powerful testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee about her accusation […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and his accuser faced off Thursday [9-27-18] in an extraordinary, emotional day of testimony that ricocheted from a woman’s tremulous account of sexual assault to a man’s angry, outraged denial, all of which played out for hours before a riveted nation and a riven Senate. The […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lindsey Graham had had enough. The South Carolina Republican erupted in anger during his turn to question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday [9-27-18] afternoon, marking a pivotal turn away from the GOP’s previously measured attempt to rely on outside counsel for questioning the high court nominee. It was a […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/ME TOO/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford began her testimony in front of a Senate committee by saying she was ‘terrified,’ and at times she looked it. But by the time she finished detailing her allegation that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers, Ford was being widely […]
9/27/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Kavanaugh showed America exactly why I nominated him. His testimony was powerful, honest, and riveting. Democrats’ search and destroy strategy is disgraceful and this process has been a total sham and effort to delay, obstruct, and resist. The Senate must vote!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 27, 2018 5:46 pm […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/HEARING/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “In a crowded lounge at Yale Law School, cheers erupted when the middle-aged woman on the TV screen told a Senate panel that she had no doubt that Brett Kavanaugh, the Yale graduate nominated to the Supreme Court, had sexually assaulted her when they were teens. Like millions of Americans […]
9/27/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Four Republican governors have called for the Senate to take its time with or even forgo a vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court ahead of a hearing Thursday [9-27-18] on Capitol Hill to examine sexual assault allegations against him. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, John […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republican investigators for the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday [9-25-18] asked Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about two new allegations against him, according to a transcript of a conference call released by the committee. In the transcript released Wednesday [9-26-18], Kavanaugh denied an allegation that he assaulted a woman he […]
9/26/2018
DRUGS/ELECTION/HOUSE OF REPS/MEDICAID/SENATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House and Senate have reached agreement on a big package of measures to address the opioid epidemic. The legislation, backed by leaders of both parties, is a rare bipartisan achievement that lawmakers are eager to have in hand when they go home to campaign for the midterm elections. The 653-page […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump has some advice for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as he prepares for Thursday’s [9-27-28] climactic Senate hearing to confront sexual misconduct allegations: Be more aggressive, show more outrage, push back more. In other words, be more like Mr. Trump. But what works for Mr. Trump might not work for […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh was accused on Wednesday [9-26-18] by another woman of engaging in sexual misconduct at parties while he was a student at Georgetown Preparatory School in the 1980s. The allegation came from Julie Swetnick, 55, who like Judge Kavanaugh, 53, grew up in the Washington suburbs. In a […]
9/26/2018
DEMS/GOP/NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh faced a whirlwind of new accusations on Wednesday [9-26-18] that threatened to derail his nomination to the Supreme Court as key Republican senators wavered in their support and President Trump, in a rambling and combative news conference, acknowledged that he might be persuaded by the testimony of […]
9/26/2018
HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The House Intelligence Committee will vote Friday [9-28-18] to release the transcripts of more than 50 interviews the panel conducted as part of its investigation into Russian election meddling, the committee posted Wednesday [9-26-18]. The vote, scheduled by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes, will pave the way for […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “When Yale Law School put out a news release this summer congratulating Brett Kavanaugh, class of 1990, on his nomination to the Supreme Court, hundreds of students and alums expressed outrage. In an open letter, they blasted the institution for praising Kavanaugh’s professionalism and service to the law school while overlooking what […]
9/26/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lindsey Graham complained that Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers are making him out to be ‘Bill Cosby.’ Orrin Hatch blasted ‘phony’ accusations in The New Yorker. And John Cornyn urged the Senate to get on with a confirmation vote before more ‘reckless’ allegations are lodged against the Supreme Court nominee. All three Republicans […]
9/26/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-26-18] said he would prefer to not fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, whose position is in jeopardy after reports that he at one time discussed secretly recording Trump out of concern about chaos in the administration…Trump said he will meet with Rosenstein but […]
9/26/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Congressman Lee Zeldin is doing a fantastic job in D.C. Tough and smart, he loves our Country and will always be there to do the right thing. He has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 26, 2018 12:34 pm […]
9/26/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @PeteHegseth: This @realDonaldTrump speech to the #UNGA should be required viewing in American high schools. A beautiful articulation of…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 26, 2018 12:31 pm […]
9/26/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-26-18] praised the way Senate Republicans have handled sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, saying GOP lawmakers ‘could not be more respectful’ to accuser Christine Blasey Ford…Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were both in high school. Another woman, Deborah […]
9/26/2018
NOMINATION/SEX ABUSE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Trump said on Wednesday [9-26-18] that the accusations against Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee, ‘are all false,’ but also said that he ‘can always be convinced’ after watching the testimony of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused the judge of attempted rape. In a rambling and […]
9/25/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Latest on President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (all times local): 10:30 a.m. President Donald Trump says at the United Nations that he’ll be meeting with his embattled deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein on Thursday [9-27-18]. ‘Today,’ he says, ‘I’m doing other things.’ Trump […]
9/25/2018
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “We’re now a little more than 36 hours from the face-to-face meeting between President Donald Trump and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Since Monday [9-24-18] morning — when rumors spread like wildfire that Rosenstein was on his way to resign to chief of staff John Kelly — the […]
9/25/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “’These law enforcement people took the law into their own hands when it came to President Trump.’ @LindseyGrahamSC” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2018 9:38 pm […]
9/25/2018
ELECTION/GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rush Limbaugh to Republicans: ‘You can kiss the MIDTERMS goodbye if you don’t get highly qualified Kavanaugh approved.’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 25, 2018 11:45 am […]
9/25/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday [9-25-18] questioned the credibility of the second woman to accuse Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, saying she admitted she was drunk at a party where the alleged behavior occurred. The woman, Deborah Ramirez, accused Kavanaugh in an article published in the […]
9/25/2018
CLINTONS/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ken Starr would love to hear from Donald Trump. He thinks he could help. The former independent counsel whose investigation into President Bill Clinton led to Clinton’s impeachment says President Trump has enough to be worried about that he’ll need good lawyers around him as he decides whether to sit […]
9/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republicans aren’t waiting for Brett Kavanaugh’s main accuser to have her say. With a generational conservative goal of a Supreme Court majority in sight, Senate GOP leaders are sketching a voting timetable that could see him confirmed within days even as they brace for a crucial hearing on Thursday [9-27-18] on which […]
9/25/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh said on Monday [9-24-18] he would not step aside after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct decades ago, with President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans showing no signs of relenting in their push for his Senate confirmation…The allegations, dating back to the 1980s, have […]
9/24/2018
LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Michael Avenatti said Monday [9-24-18] night that he has new information regarding allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Avenatti, the lawyer also representing adult film star Stormy Daniels who is suing President Donald Trump, said on CNN’s ‘Cuomo Prime Time’ that he has multiple clients and ‘at least one’ is prepared […]
9/24/2018
CONGRESS/ELECTION/GOP/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [9-24-18] urged voters and congressional Republicans gripped by Brett Kavanaugh’s dramatic Supreme Court fight to keep their eyes on the clash that will play out across battleground states in November. ‘REMEMBER THE MIDTERMS!’ Trump tweeted late Monday evening, following a day that saw the White House […]
9/24/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “At first, the Sunday [9-23-18] night publication of a New Yorker article detailing a new allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh looked like a disaster for the White House. But by Monday [9-24-18] afternoon, President Donald Trump’s aides and allies argued it was not only survivable, […]
9/24/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful man, and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever, with an array of False Accusations the likes of which have never been seen before!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:50 pm […]
9/24/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Democrats are working hard to destroy a wonderful man, and a man who has the potential to be one of our greatest Supreme Court Justices ever, with an array of False Acquisitions the likes of which have never been seen before!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 9:37 pm […]
9/24/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, facing new allegations of sexual impropriety and growing doubts over his confirmation to the Supreme Court, mounted an aggressive defense of himself on Monday [9-24-18], vowing to fight the ‘smears’ and declaring that he will not withdraw his nomination. With President Trump publicly backing him, and senior Senate […]
9/24/2018
MEDIA/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @realDonaldTrump: Brett Kavanaugh and his wife, Ashley, will be interviewed tonight at 7pmE on @marthamaccallum @FoxNews. This is an out…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 24, 2018 5:53 pm […]
9/24/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a Republican golden boy with insider connections, had seemed so inevitable that in May 2016 when then-candidate Donald Trump released his first list of Supreme Court possibilities, journalists and political commentators seized on the absence of Kavanaugh’s name. The list ‘omits two of the […]
9/24/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Brett Kavanaugh looked less like a Supreme Court justice than an ordinary political candidate whose campaign is on the skids, mired in scandal as he battles to keep his hopes of high office alive. With his wife Ashley by his side, Kavanaugh seized control of his own defense against allegations […]
9/23/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The leader of a prominent conservative research organization who suggested that Christine Blasey Ford mistakenly accused Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her while in high school, and who built a case against one of his classmates, will take a leave of absence from the organization, its board announced on Sunday […]
9/21/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “President Ronald Reagan’s daughter Patti Davis wrote about her own sexual assault experience to defend Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault. Davis’ story was published in an op-ed in The Washington Post on Friday [9-21-18], in which she alleged that she was raped by […]
9/21/2018
NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski told CNN on Friday [9-21-18] she plans to wait until after Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault, testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee before deciding whether to back Kavanaugh’s nomination…Republicans can confirm Kavanaugh without any […]
9/21/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “Since U.S. President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations a year ago pushing an ‘America First’ policy, he has quit the Iran nuclear deal, the U.N. Human Rights Council and lashed out at some of the closest allies of the United States. Next week at the United Nations, […]
9/21/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rod Rosenstein and his allies furiously pushed back Friday [9-21-18] against a bombshell New York Times report that the deputy attorney general considered wearing a wire to record President Donald Trump during a tumultuous period last year after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. According to the report, Rosenstein […]
9/21/2018
RALLY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “RT @LindseyGrahamSC: Great job tonight by President @realDonaldTrump in Las Vegas laying out how strong America has become economically and…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 3:21 pm […]
9/21/2018
GOP/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Sen. Susan Collins is ‘appalled’ by President Donald Trump’s tweet attacking the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, she told reporters in her home state Maine on Friday [9-21-18]. The moderate Republican senator, who is a key swing vote on Kavanaugh’s nomination, said that the president downplayed […]
9/21/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Feinstein and the Democrats held the letter for months, only to release it with a bang after the hearings were OVER – done very purposefully to Obstruct & Resist & Delay. Let her testify, or not, and TAKE THE VOTE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:29 am […]
9/21/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Senator Feinstein and the Democrats held the letter for months, only to release it with a bang after the hearings were OVER – done very purposefully to Obstruct & Resist & Delay. Let her testify, or not, and TAKE THE VOTE!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 10:25 am […]
9/21/2018
BEN CARSON/HUD/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Friday [9-21-18] tied the sexual assault allegation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to a century-old plot by socialists…Carson’s mention of ‘Fabians’ likely refers to the Fabian Society, a British socialist group founded in 1884 that is now affiliated with the United Kingdom’s […]
9/21/2018
NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “I have no doubt that, if the attack on Dr. Ford was as bad as she says, charges would have been immediately filed with local Law Enforcement Authorities by either her or her loving parents. I ask that she bring those filings forward so that we can learn date, time, […]
9/21/2018
DEMS/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Judge Brett Kavanaugh is a fine man, with an impeccable reputation, who is under assault by radical left wing politicians who don’t want to know the answers, they just want to destroy and delay. Facts don’t matter. I go through this with them every single day in D.C.” -Donald Trump, […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/NOMINATION/SENATE/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Christine Blasey Ford opened the possibility she would testify before Congress about her accusation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. An email her lawyers sent to the Senate Judiciary Committee said Ford ‘would be prepared to testify next week’ if the senators offer her ‘terms that are fair and […]
9/20/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former attorney, has spoken with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team several times over the past month, ABC News reported Thursday [9-20-18]. Cohen’s attorney Lanny Davis appeared to confirm the ABC report later Thursday when he praised his client for speaking to Mueller…The report said the […]
9/20/2018
CONGRESS/ENDORSEMENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “.@JayWebberNJ is running for Congress in the 11th District of New Jersey. He is outstanding in every way. Strong on Borders, loves our Military and our Vets. Big Crime fighter. Jay has my Full and Total Endorsement!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2018 12:30 pm […]
9/20/2018
CHINA/MILITARY/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The US imposed sanctions Thursday [9-20-18] against China’s military for its purchases of Russian military equipment in a move US officials said is meant to punish Moscow for its ‘malign activities,’ including attacks on American elections…The penalties were applied under a law that requires the US to sanction anyone undertaking significant transactions with […]
9/20/2018
INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump suggested that some of the information related to the Russia investigation that he sought to publicly release may not be disclosed, at the request of US allies — a stark reversal just four days after issuing an unprecedented directive for ‘immediate declassification’…Trump said he had received […]
9/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/GOVERNMENT/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “All summer, congressional GOP leaders have touted their success passing spending bills before the Sept. 30 funding deadline, a rare feat in this partisan age that they’ve even highlighted on the campaign trail. But President Donald Trump just doesn’t care. He wants his wall, and he wants it yesterday. Trump on […]
9/20/2018
ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “This summer, as anger over the separation of migrant families at the border boiled over, and the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement became a rallying cry for left-leaning Democrats, a number of less scrutinized, more arcane reforms were quietly working their way into the most foundational laws governing U.S. immigration. […]
9/20/2018
CRIME/ICE/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A daughter who never returned home, a son gunned down point-blank, a mom who was brutally attacked — all deaths at the hands of immigrants in the country illegally, all gripping stories the White House has been eager to share. But for all the talk of murderers, rapists and other ‘bad […]
9/20/2018
ELECTION/GOP/MITCH MCCONNELL/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “During a discussion about his party’s legislative high points this year with a small group at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last week, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, expressed a new concern about an old habit of President Trump’s. The many ‘distractions’ generated by the president, Mr. McConnell […]