CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “President Donald Trump’s personal counsel, Michael Cohen, hand-delivered a ‘peace’ plan for Russia and Ukraine to former national security adviser Michael Flynn before Flynn was asked to resign, the New York Times reported on Sunday. The plan involved lifting sanctions on Russia in return for Moscow withdrawing its support for pro-Russia […]
Category: A- Trump People
2/17/2017
CABINET/EPA/TRUMP PEOPLE/SCOTT PRUITT: “The Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, an agency Republicans desperately want to rein in after what they charge was eight years of dangerous activism under the Obama administration that hurt businesses, jobs and the economy. Pruitt maybe just the person to do it. As Oklahoma attorney general […]
2/16/2017
CABINET/INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “The FBI is not expected to pursue any charges against former national security adviser Michael Flynn regarding a phone call with Russia’s ambassador, barring new information that changes what they know, law enforcement officials told CNN Thursday [2-16-17]. Flynn was fired by President Donald Trump earlier this week after it was […]
2/16/2017
SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “The Senate hearing on Judge Neil M. Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court will begin on March 20, the Judiciary Committee said on Thursday, setting the stage for one of the most contested judicial confirmations in a generation… Despite the judge’s strong legal credentials, some Democrats are likely to oppose him, […]
2/16/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ALEXANDER ACOSTA: “President Trump moved quickly on Thursday [2-16-17] to replace his first choice for labor secretary, choosing R. Alexander Acosta, a Florida law school dean and former assistant attorney general for civil rights. Mr. Acosta would be the only Hispanic in Mr. Trump’s cabinet… In Mr. Acosta, Mr. Trump chose a nominee with […]
2/16/2017
BUDGET/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICK MULVANEY: “A divided Senate confirmed Representative Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina to be President Trump’s budget director on Thursday, installing in his cabinet a fiscal hawk who will play a central role in the administration’s plans to reshape the federal government. Mr. Mulvaney was confirmed to lead the White House Office of Management […]
2/16/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/NIKKI HALEY/UN: “The US ambassador to the United Nations has insisted that Washington ‘absolutely’ supported a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestine conflict, 24 hours after Donald Trump dropped US commitment to the policy. The conflicting messages coming out of the new US administration reflected policy chaos in a week when the national security adviser […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “One Democratic representative says the Trump administration could be involved in treason. Former national security adviser Michael Flynn’s resignation after reports that he spoke privately about sanctions against Russia with the country’s ambassador has raised more questions than answers. Massachusetts congressman Seth Moulton on Tuesday [2-14-17] told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer things […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Could Donald Trump’s latest scandal be as big as Watergate? Following revelations of Trump’s relationship with Russia, veteran news anchor Dan Rather says, this could be even bigger than Watergate. Taking to his Facebook, the former host of CBS Evening News writes that on a 1-10 scale of an […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “A bipartisan Senate duo is asking for the Justice Department to release details and transcripts that triggered the fall of Michael Flynn, the President Donald Trump’s national security adviser who was fired Monday. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein, the top Republican and Democrat respectively on the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote […]
2/15/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEPHEN MILLER: “White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller, who some believe played a key role in the drafting of President Trump’s immigration order, helped launch a controversial group while at Duke University, reports CNN. According to an archived website for the group, it was called the Terrorism Awareness Project, or TAP, and intended […]
2/15/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WILLIAM HAPPER: “The man tipped as frontrunner for the role of science adviser to Donald Trump has described climate scientists as ‘a glassy-eyed cult’ in the throes of a form of collective madness. William Happer, an eminent physicist at Princeton University, met Trump last month to discuss the post and says […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Federal agents questioned then-National Security Adviser Mike Flynn in January, shortly after the White House denied he had talked about sanctions with a Russian official, according to people familiar with the matter. The Federal Bureau of Investigation interview, which raises the legal stakes for Mr. Flynn and adds to the political […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUDZER: “Andrew Puzder has withdrawn as President Donald Trump’s choice for labor secretary. Puzder, the CEO of the company that owns the Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. fast food chains, faced fierce opposition mostly from Democrats in part related to his position on labor issues as well as the fact that he employed an […]
2/15/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUDZER: “Labor Secretary nominee Andrew Puzder’s confirmation could be in jeopardy following the release of a 1990 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show in which Puzder’s ex-wife makes claims of domestic abuse against him. A clip from the episode, which is currently being reviewed in the Senate, was published by Politico on Wednesday […]
2/15/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/ROGER STONE: “Roger Stone, a longtime adviser and confidant to Donald Trump who has been named in news reports as one of at least four individuals under FBI observation over alleged contacts with Russian intelligence, has called for an official inquiry into the swirling crisis. Stone has called on the White House to order […]
2/15/2017
FAKE NEWS/INTELLIGENCE/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “President Donald Trump leveled fresh attacks on the intelligence community and the news media Wednesday after a tumultuous few days that included the departure of his national security adviser and reports about U.S. investigations into his team’s communications with Russian authorities. Mr. Trump requested Michael Flynn’s resignation Monday [2-15-17] night following […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/BETSY DEVOS: “Great parent-teacher listening session this morning with @VP Pence & @usedgov Secretary @BetsyDeVos. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opufN8wWBoo …” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 14, 2017 03:21pm […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Phone records and intercepted calls show that members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials in the year before the election, according to four current and former American officials. American law enforcement and intelligence agencies intercepted the communications around […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “The champagne toasts that some Russian officials quaffed just a few short months ago to celebrate the victory of Donald J. Trump have gone a bit flat. Euphoria was already starting to cede to caution before Michael T. Flynn, President Trump’s national security adviser and a perceived friend of Russia, […]
2/14/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions faced growing pressure on Tuesday to remove himself from any role in investigating President Trump’s aides and their relationship with Russia, but advisers to Mr. Sessions said he saw no need to do so. The resignation of Michael T. Flynn as national security adviser over his conversations […]
2/14/2017
ETHICS/TRUMP PEOPLE/KELLYANNE CONWAY/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA: “The White House adviser Kellyanne Conway’s public endorsement of Ivanka Trump’s product line appears to be ‘a clear violation of the prohibition against misuse of position,’ and she should be disciplined, the federal government’s chief ethics watchdog wrote this week in a letter to the White House. Although President Trump’s press […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/ELIZABETH WARREN/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUDZER: “Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) sent Labor secretary nominee Andy Puzder a lengthy list of questions as top Senate Democrats trained their fire on the fast-food executive ahead of his confirmation hearing this week in hopes of knocking off the last of their top targets among President Trump’s Cabinet choices. Puzder, the […]
2/14/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “The White House sought Tuesday to quickly contain the fallout from the ouster of national security advisor Michael Flynn, but President Trump and top aides found themselves mired in further disarray as more details emerged that undermined their portrayal of the matter. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer contradicted assertions that […]
2/13/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/DAVID SHULKIN/VETS: “Congratulations to our new #VASecretary Dr. David Shulkin. Time to take care of Veterans who have fought to protect our country!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 13, 2017 10:30pm […]
2/13/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “Late 1970s to early 1980s [1976-1983]. Bannon joined the Navy, attended officer school and served on the destroyer U.S.S. Paul F. Foster. He then became a special assistant to the chief of naval operations at the Pentagon.” – Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017 […]
2/13/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “2012. Bannon founded the Government Accountability Institue, a research organization that investigates politicians and aims to partner with mainstream media outlets.” – Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017 […]
2/13/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “The White House is reviewing whether to retain national security adviser Mike Flynn amid a furor over his contacts with Russian officials before President Donald Trump took office, an administration official said Sunday. Mr. Flynn has apologized to White House colleagues over the episode, which has created a rift with Vice […]
2/13/2017
CABINET/COMMERCE/TRUMP PEOPLE/WILBUR ROSS: “Wilbur Ross Jr. plans to keep millions of dollars invested in offshore entities whose values could be affected by policies that he implements as commerce secretary… But he plans to hold on to investments in an oil-tanker company and 10 other entities that invest in shipping and real-estate financing, according to federal […]
2/13/2017
CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Michael Flynn resigned late Monday as President Trump’s national security advisor, following mounting scrutiny over his conflicting accounts of contacts with a Russian diplomat and his admission that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about the matter. Flynn’s departure, which came after several days in which Trump conspicuously refused to […]
2/12/2017
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEPHEN MILLER: “Congratulations Stephen Miller- on representing me this morning on the various Sunday morning shows. Great job!” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 12, 2017 10:41am […]
2/12/2017
CABINET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/BETSY DEVOS: “The confirmation hearings for Betsy DeVos provided an inordinate amount of drama: guns and grizzlies, an all-night talkathon on the Senate floor, and Vice President Mike Pence’s tie-breaking vote — and with good reason. DeVos, now confirmed as secretary of Education, is not just another inexperienced member of the president’s Cabinet. She […]
2/9/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It is with great pride, very great pride, that I say these words to you right now: Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Welcome to the White House… He’s a man of integrity, a man of principle, and a man of total, utter resolve.” -Donald Trump, “Remarks by President Trump at Swearing-In of […]
2/9/2017
CABINET/HHS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TOM PRICE: “The Senate is expected to confirm House Budget Chairman Tom Price (R., Ga.), President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, in a party-line vote in the early-morning hours Friday, placing him atop a sprawling agency tasked with dismantling the Affordable Care Act. His confirmation would boost […]
2/9/2017
RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/ROGER STONE: ” ‘The New York Times reported that you’re among a couple of Trump associates under federal investigation for alleged ties to Russia. Is there any truth to those reports–have you been contacted by anyone in the intelligence community?’ ‘I have not been contacted by anybody in law enforcement. There is absolutely no […]
2/9/2017
CONFLICT OF INTERESTS/TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/TRUMP PEOPLE/KELLYANNE CONWAY: “In Thursday’s [2-9-17] episode of ‘QVC: White House Edition,’ Kellyanne Conway, a top adviser to President Trump, hawked his daughter’s fashion line on national television. ‘Go buy Ivanka’s stuff, is what I would tell you,’ Ms. Conway said in an interview on ‘Fox & Friends.’ ‘I’m going to give […]
2/9/2017
CONFLICT OF INERTEST/TRUMP PEOPLE/KELLYANNE CONWAY: “The Office of Government Ethics [OGE] said Thursday that it has received a flood of messages from citizens concerned about ‘recent events,’ purportedly referring to comments by President Donald Trump’s White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, who urged consumers to buy Ivanka Trump’s products. ‘OGE’s website, phone system and email system […]
2/9/2017
SEAN SPICER/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NEIL GORSUCH: “White House officials insisted on Thursday that Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, was not referring to Mr. Trump’s recent denigration of judges when he said privately that he was disheartened by attacks on the courts. Mr. Trump said on Twitter that the nominee’s remarks had been […]
2/9/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS: “At an Oval Office ceremony for the swearing in of Jeff Sessions as attorney general, President Trump announced that he was also going to sign three executive orders ‘designed to restore safety in America,’ to ‘break the back’ of cartels and ‘stop as of today’ violence against the police.” […]
2/8/2017
ATTORNEY GENERAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Congratulations to our new Attorney General, @SenatorSessions! https://t.co/e0buP1K83z” – Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Feb. 8, 2017 08:05pm […]
2/8/2017
CABINET/LABOR/TRUMP PEOPLE/ANDREW PUZDER: “Labor secretary nominee Andy Puzder pledged that, if confirmed, he would divest his multimillion-dollar stake in CKE Restaurants Inc. — the fast food company he has headed since 2000 — and sell a wide array of other holdings, according to federal financial disclosure and ethics forms. Puzder also promised not to participate […]
2/7/2017
CABINET/EDUCATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/BETSY DEVOS: “Phone calls jammed congressional switchboards. Two Republican senators defected. Democrats held a last-ditch, 24-hour Senate debate in hope of shaking loose one additional vote. But the effort was not enough to prevent Betsy DeVos from becoming U.S. secretary of Education. DeVos squeaked through the confirmation process Tuesday with the tie-breaking vote of […]
2/3/2017
CABINET/TREASURY/TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE MNUCHIN: “President Trump’s Treasury secretary nominee, Steven Mnuchin, has been sued again by a film financier that accuses Mnuchin and others of fraud related to the collapse of movie and TV company Relativity Media. RKA Film Financing, in an amended complaint filed Thursday in New York County Supreme Court, renewed its claim that […]
2/3/2017
CABINET/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Vincent Viola, a billionaire Wall Street trader and President Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Army, abruptly withdrew his name for the post on Friday night after concluding it would be too difficult to untangle himself from his business ties, two government officials said… A former Pentagon official and close friend said Mr. […]
8/17/2016
CAMPAIGN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “August [17] 2016. Donald Trump appointed Bannon as his campaign CEO.” – “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017, Abigall Abrams, 8/17/2016 […]
3/1/2012
TRUMP PEOPLE: “2011. After meeting Andrew Breitbart in the early 2000s, Bannon joined Breitbart News’ board in 2011. When Breitbart died in 2012 [March 1st], Bannon took over as executive chairman of the news network.” – “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017, Abigall Abrams, 3/1/2012 […]
1/6/2011
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Mr. Sessions opposes using federal courts to prosecute Qaeda suspects. He supports holding those suspected of terroism at the military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. [In his 1-6-11 Press Release the Senator stated] ‘The president’s pledge to shutter Gitmo was built on the naïve premise that softening America’s image would somehow soften […]
4/15/2010
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “2010. Bannon spoke at a Tea Party gathering in New York in 2010.” – Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017 […]
2/8/2008
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Like President-elect Trump, Mr. Sessions has defended waterboarding as a useful interrogation tactic, even in the face of a Senate investigation that declared otherwise. [Senator Sessions’ statement in is 2-8-08 Senate Speech] ‘It worked. I hate to say, it worked.’ ” – Matt Apuzzo, “Jeff Sessions, in His Own Words,” New York Times, […]
6/27/2006
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Mr. Sessions supported a constitutional amendment that would have banned burning the American flag. [In Senator Sessions stated in his 6-27-06 Senate Speech] ‘Some would say: Well, you want to limit free speech when you want to stop burning the flag. Now, it is true that the Supreme Court, by a 5-to-4 […]
12/15/2005
ATTORNEY GENERAL/CABINET/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Mr. Sessions strongly supports the USA Patriot Act, which he said provided necessary, common-sense powers for fighting terrorism. He defended President George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping and opposed changing surveillance laws after Edward J. Snowden’s revelations. [In his Senate Speech on 12-15-05, Senator Sessions said] ‘The provisions in the Patriot Act are […]
7/13/2004
ATTORNEY GENERAL/TRUMP PEOPLE/JEFF SESSIONS: “Mr. Sessions said that court rulings giving gay couples the right to marry eroded American culture and values. [During the Senator’s 7-13-04 Senate Speech he stated] ‘It is not disputable that adopting a same-sex marriage culture undermines and weakens marriage.’ ” – Matt Apuzzo, “Jeff Sessions, in His Own Words,” New York Times, […]
10/5/1998
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “Late 1990s [1998]. Bannon left his firm to focus on the entertainment business, producing and directing movies such as Anthony Hopkins’ Titus, a 2004 Ronald Reagan movie called In the Face of Evil and a 2011 documentary about Sara Palin titled The Undefeated.” – Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. […]
4/1/1994
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “Mid-1990s [April 1, 1994-1996]. Bannon was hired to turn around a struggling Arizona project called Biosphere 2, to test whether humans could survive in space. He clashed with the management and researchers some of whom staged a mutiny.” – Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017 […]
12/22/1993
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “1993. Bannon received a small but lucrative stake in Seinfeld as part of his compensation for the consulting on the sale of Castle Rock Entertainment to Turner.” – Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017 […]
6/6/1985
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “1983-85. Bannon got his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. [June 6, 1985]” – Abigall Abrams, “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017 […]
9/15/1975
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “1975. Bannon won the Student Government Association presidency during his junior year at Virginia Tech.” [The 15th used for date-sorting purposes only.] – Abigall Abrams,”The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017, […]
11/27/1953
TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: “1953 [November 27]. Born into an Irish-Catholic family, Bannon grew up near a naval base in Virginia.” – “The Age of Bannon,” Time Magazine, Feb. 13, 2017, Abigall Abrams, 11/27/1953 […]