LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “It’s easy to understand why President Donald Trump is tweeting so frantically, slapping away at the shadows that encircle him ever more closely. The events of Tuesday [12-18-18] alone add even more tension to the President and the country’s ongoing drama. The day started with a flurry of presidential tweets, […]
Category: Legal
12/19/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/LEGAL/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump ripped New York Democrats and prosecutors Wednesday [12-19-18] over targeting the Trump Foundation a day after it agreed to shut down amid a lawsuit by the state. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday morning, the New York native and Republican president criticized the attacks on the embattled […]
12/18/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/COURTS/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A US judicial council on Tuesday [12-18-18] dismissed 83 complaints that had been lodged against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, arising largely from statements he made during his contentious September confirmation hearings. In a 10-page order, the judicial council of a Denver-based US appeals court said the complaints — the first […]
12/18/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump sent a supportive message Tuesday [12-18-18] to former national security adviser Michael Flynn, hours before Flynn’s sentencing for lying to the FBI in the Russia investigation…Flynn is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday morning, more than a year after he pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents […]
12/17/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Last week the nation witnessed a courtroom spectacle that included the president’s former personal lawyer and ‘fixer,’ Michael Cohen, groveling for mercy at a sentencing hearing while his daughter watched, a crutch at her side. Future historians might view the maudlin scene as the beginning of the end of the […]
12/14/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A legal effort to force President Donald Trump to clarify how much he personally owes to banks got a highly skeptical reception at a federal appeals court Friday [12-14-18]. Since last year, Washington attorney Jeffrey Lovitky has mounted a one-man battle to get Trump to re-file his financial disclosure forms to […]
12/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MIDDLE EAST/PAC/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal prosecutors are examining whether foreigners illegally funneled donations to President Trump’s inaugural committee and a pro-Trump super PAC in hopes of buying influence over American policy, according to people familiar with the inquiry. The inquiry focuses on whether people from Middle Eastern nations — including Qatar, Saudi […]
12/13/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump attended an August 2015 meeting that federal prosecutors believe was central to a criminal scheme to violate campaign finance laws to help Trump win the presidency, according to a source familiar with the matter. According to court filings, Trump was joined by Michael Cohen, who was his attorney […]
12/13/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [12-13-18] disputed claims by former lawyer Michael Cohen that he engaged in ‘dirty deeds’ that included hush payments to two women to keep them quiet during the 2016 campaign…Wednesday, a federal judge sentenced Cohen to three years in prison for campaign finance violations, tax evasion […]
12/13/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Thursday [12-13-18] ended his silence on Michael Cohen’s prison sentencing, claiming he never directed his longtime attorney to break the law and that he bears no responsibility for Cohen’s campaign finance violations. In his first tweets since Cohen was sentenced to three years for a series […]
12/13/2018
CRIME/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump has been insulting Michael Cohen. And spreading falsehoods about their work together. And Cohen is not going to stay silent about it. Cohen sat down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Thursday [12-13-18] afternoon, one day after being sentenced to three years in prison. The interview will air on Friday’s […]
12/13/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Federal prosecutors are investigating whether U.S. President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee misspent some of the record $107 million it raised from donors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday [12-13-18], citing people it said were familiar with the matter. The early-stage investigation by the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office is examining […]
12/13/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump offered a simple defense Thursday [12-13-18] to accusations he broke campaign finance law by directing attorney Michael Cohen to orchestrate hush-money payments to conceal Trump’s alleged affairs: He was following terrible advice from a bad lawyer…The advice-of-counsel defense is a real thing. But Trump’s ability to use […]
12/13/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “U.S. President Donald Trump offered up a handful of legal arguments in a series of tweets on Thursday [12-13-18] distancing himself from former personal attorney Michael Cohen, who was sentenced to prison on Wednesday [12-12-18] for arranging 2016 hush-money payments to women who say they had affairs with the married […]
12/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump said on Thursday [12-13-18] that if there was anything illegal about the hush payments made to two women claiming to have had affairs with him, it was the fault of his former lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, part of a newly improvised attempt to combat the legal exposure the […]
12/11/2018
IMPEACHMENT/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [12-11-18] he was not concerned that he would get impeached and that payments made ahead of the 2016 election by his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to two women did not violate campaign finance laws…Court filings last week drew renewed attention to six-figure payments made […]
12/11/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lawyers for President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort told a U.S. judge on Tuesday [12-11-18] they needed more time to evaluate prosecutors’ allegations that Manafort lied to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team and breached his plea deal. During a U.S. District Court hearing in Washington, Manafort’s lawyer […]
12/11/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge on Tuesday [12-11-18] ordered the pornographic film actress Stormy Daniels to pay President Trump about $293,000 in legal fees and sanctions after her defamation suit against him was dismissed. Mr. Trump’s lawyers had requested about $389,000 in legal fees, but the judge, S. James Otero of United States District […]
12/10/2018
2016 ELECTION/CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump defended himself on Monday against prosecutors’ accusation that he directed illegal payments ahead of the 2016 election to two women to stay silent about alleged extramarital affairs with him, insisting that the payments were ‘a simple private transaction’ — not election-related spending subject to campaign-finance laws. In […]
12/10/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic Sen. Chris Coons said if President Donald Trump directed Michael Cohen to make illegal hush payments during the 2016 election then he could be indicted after he leaves office…In a sentencing memo on Friday [12-7-18], prosecutors from the Manhattan US attorney’s office said Cohen acted at the direction of […]
12/10/2018
CAMPAIGN FINANCE/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/OBAMA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [12-10-18] sought to downplay the campaign-finance crimes of his former attorney Michael Cohen by returning to a theme he’s sounded before: Comparing Cohen’s actions to a civil violation of federal election law by President Barack Obama’s first campaign. Legal experts say there’s no comparison between […]
12/10/2018
LEGAL/NEW YORK/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald J. Trump, protected from criminal charges while in office, is now facing the prospect of indictment when he becomes a private citizen. On Friday [12-7-18], federal prosecutors in New York accused Trump of a felony: violating campaign-finance laws with hush-money payments intended to skew the 2016 election. […]
12/10/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Donald Trump on Monday [12-10-18] sought to downplay the felony his former personal attorney Michael Cohen pleaded guilty to this month, arguing that Cohen’s hush money payments on behalf of Trump were a ‘simple private transaction’ rather than a breach of campaign finance law. Apparently citing a Fox News […]
12/5/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP TAXES: “Subpoenas served on the Trump Organization and a dozen related business entities by the attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland on Wednesday [12-5-18] include demands for tax documents — raising the possibility that President Donald Trump’s corporate returns could eventually be made public. While the subpoenas don’t […]
12/5/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/ROGER STONE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Roger Stone, a longtime friend and a former campaign aide to President Donald Trump, declined through his lawyer Tuesday [12-4-18] to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee or provide requested documents. Stone, a political operative who worked on Republican campaigns from Richard Nixon to Trump, has ties to several targets of […]
12/4/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The State of Maryland and the District of Columbia began issuing subpoenas on Tuesday [12-4-18] for records related to President Trump’s hotel in Washington, seeking evidence of conflicts of interest that violate the Constitution’s anti-corruption provision. Their demands for a vast array of documents, including tax records related to the […]
12/4/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland began sending subpoenas to the Trump Organization as well as five federal agencies and the state of Maine for financial records involving payments to President Donald Trump’s businesses. Subpoenas are expected to begin going out as early as Tuesday [12-4-18], with […]
12/4/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/IRS/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The attorneys general of the District of Columbia and Maryland plan to file subpoenas Tuesday [12-4-18] seeking records from the Trump Organization, the Internal Revenue Service and dozens of other entities as part of a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of profiting off the presidency. The flurry of subpoenas came a […]
12/4/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “The attorneys general of Maryland and the District of Columbia on Tuesday [12-4-18] formally demanded financial records from U.S. President Donald Trump’s businesses as part of their lawsuit alleging his dealings with foreign governments violate anti-corruption clauses of the U.S. Constitution. The attorneys general issued subpoenas to the Trump Organization […]
12/3/2018
CONGRESS/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump used his Twitter feed on Monday [12-3-18] to accuse his former personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, of lying under oath and said he should receive the maximum jail sentence as he praised another former adviser, Roger J. Stone Jr., for saying he would never testify against the president. Mr. […]
12/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….his wife and father-in-law (who has the money?) off Scott Free. He lied for this outcome and should, in my opinion, serve a full and complete sentence.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, December 3, 2018 10:29 am […]
12/3/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Michael Cohen asks judge for no Prison Time.’ You mean he can do all of the TERRIBLE, unrelated to Trump, things having to do with fraud, big loans, Taxis, etc., and not serve a long prison term? He makes up stories to get a GREAT & ALREADY reduced deal for himself, […]
12/3/2018
2016/ELECTION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump called for a ‘full and complete’ sentence for his former lawyer Michael Cohen on Monday [12-3-18], weighing in on a judicial proceeding with accusations Cohen lied about dealings with Russia during his 2016 presidential campaign. Cohen is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 12 after pleading […]
11/30/2018
FBI/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort will tentatively face sentencing on March 5, a federal judge ruled on Friday [11-30-18], after the U.S. special counsel investigating whether Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia said Manafort had breached his plea agreement. U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team must […]
11/27/2018
FBI/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The likely incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee warned President Donald Trump that ‘even dangling a pardon’ for his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort ‘would fortify a claim or a charge of obstruction of justice’…Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team informed a federal judge on Monday [11-26-18] that Manafort […]
11/27/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A lawyer for Paul Manafort, the president’s onetime campaign chairman, repeatedly briefed President Trump’s lawyers on his client’s discussions with federal investigators after Mr. Manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel, according to one of Mr. Trump’s lawyers and two other people familiar with the conversations. The […]
11/21/2018
BORDER/CHILDREN/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Corporate lawyers at Paul Weiss, a prestigious Manhattan law firm, often spend their days scouring the fine print of client documents and government regulations. But for the past few months, they have been on a different search. In the firm’s Midtown offices, about 75 lawyers have been trying to find more than […]
11/20/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump told White House attorneys he wanted the Justice Department to prosecute Hillary Clinton and former FBI director James B. Comey, the latest indication the president views the department as a potential weapon to use against political opponents, according to a report. The New York Times, citing […]
11/20/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump told the White House counsel in the spring that he wanted to order the Justice Department to prosecute two of his political adversaries: his 2016 challenger, Hillary Clinton, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey, according to two people familiar with the conversation. The lawyer, Donald […]
11/19/2018
FTC/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS: “A liberal watchdog group on Monday [11-19-18] asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate President Donald Trump’s involvement with a company that he has been accused of promoting to investors in unfair get-rich-quick schemes. Public Citizen, a consumer group that has often criticized the president, said in a letter to FTC Chairman Joseph […]
11/19/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/DEMS/LEGAL/NOMINATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting U.S. attorney general on Nov. 7 drew another legal challenge on Monday [11-19-18], this time by three Democratic senators. Senators Richard Blumenthal, Sheldon Whitehouse and Mazie Hirono sued Whitaker and Trump, asking for a court order stating the appointment violated the […]
11/16/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CNN and Jim Acosta may have won their battle with the White House in court on Friday [11-16-18], but President Donald Trump has found a new weapon in his long war against the media. After a judge ruled that the White House violated the CNN correspondent’s right to due process by stripping […]
11/16/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “CNN’s Jim Acosta has returned to his post at the White House following a court ruling that forced the Trump administration to reinstate his press pass. Now President Trump is vowing to create ‘rules and regulations’ for how White House reporters act. He says ‘you have to practice decorum’ at the White […]
11/16/2018
CIVIL RIGHTS/LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Apparent criminal charges against Julian Assange are thrusting the WikiLeaks founder back into American politics — a development that could create awkwardness across the political spectrum. Many liberals and civil rights activists have defended Assange as a journalist entitled to First Amendment protections. Conservatives have celebrated him for exposing Hillary Clinton’s […]
11/14/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Special counsel Robert Mueller again pushed back the sentencing of former Donald Trump campaign deputy Rick Gates because the longtime GOP operative is still cooperating on ‘several ongoing investigations.’ The delay, laid out in a new one-page joint filing, stands in contrast to two other high-profile former Trump officials — […]
11/14/2018
IMMIGRATION/LEGAL/MEDIA/RACISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Lawyers suing President Donald Trump over his decision to end special protections shielding certain immigrants from deportation are seeking unaired footage from his reality TV show ‘The Apprentice’ to try to bolster their case alleging the move was racially motivated, the attorneys said Wednesday [11-14-18]. Lawyers for Civil Rights, which sued Trump […]
11/14/2018
GOP/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The annual convention of the Federalist Society, the conservative legal group, has long been a glittering and bustling affair. In the Trump era, though, the group has become more powerful than ever, supplying intellectual energy and judicial candidates to an assertive administration eager to reshape the legal landscape. But as the group […]
11/12/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “San Francisco’s city attorney on Monday [11-12-18] questioned the recent appointment of a new acting attorney general, saying in a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice that his office may take court action if the DOJ does not provide a legal justification for the designation. President Donald Trump […]
10/30/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “The office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has asked the F.B.I. to investigate what appears to be an effort to smear him, stemming from suspicious emails offering women money in exchange for fabricating sexual misconduct claims against him…The plot appeared to be the latest, and one of the more […]
10/17/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House counsel Don McGahn’s final day at the White House was WednesdaY [10-16-18], according to a White House official and a source with knowledge of the matter. McGahn has been planning to leave the White House, but a source told CNN his departure was expedited after President Donald Trump said […]
10/17/2018
BRETT KAVANAUGH/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In recent months, President Donald Trump rarely spoke with Don McGahn. It’s not clear he even likes his top White House lawyer and campaign consigliere, who left his West Wing job Wednesday after 20 months fraught with plenty of tension and chaos, as well as some big wins for the […]
10/17/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s pick to fill the job of White House counsel is an indication the White House is preparing for possible post-election legal brawls with Democrats over everything from the findings of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation to possible impeachment if Democrats take over the House of Representatives. Pat […]
10/17/18
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Donald F. McGahn II departed as White House counsel on Wednesday [10-17-18], ending a tumultuous 21-month tenure during which he spearheaded some of President Trump’s most significant political accomplishments, including two appointments to the Supreme Court, but also became a chief witness against him in the special counsel investigation. Mr. McGahn’s […]
10/16/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-16-18] that Washington lawyer Pat Cipollone will serve as his next White House counsel. In an interview with the Associated Press, Trump said Cipollone, a former U.S. Justice Department lawyer who is currently litigation partner at Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner, would replace Don […]
10/16/2018
ELECTION/GOP/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “President Trump on Tuesday [10-16-18] referred to the pornographic film actress Stephanie Clifford as ‘Horseface’ in a Twitter post, as he gloated about a recent court ruling in his favor. In his tweet, Mr. Trump was referring to a federal judge’s decision to dismiss a defamation suit filed by Ms. Clifford, who […]
10/16/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday [10-16-18] that his former attorney Michael Cohen was lying when he testified Trump had directed him to break the law, the Associated Press reported. Cohen testified in August that Trump had directed him to commit a crime by arranging payments to silence two women […]
10/15/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “A federal judge on Monday [10-15-18] dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by the pornographic film actress Stephanie Clifford against President Trump, ruling that the president had not defamed her on Twitter last spring and ordering her to pay his legal fees. The tweet in question was posted by the president on April […]
10/11/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s lawyers are preparing answers to questions for the U.S. special counsel probing Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday [10-11-18]. President Donald Trump’s lawyers are preparing answers to questions for the U.S. special counsel probing Russian […]
10/8/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Donald Trump’s lawyers have maintained an unusual level of contact with attorneys representing clients caught up in the expanding Russia probe, communication that could taint evidence that special counsel Robert Mueller is collecting in his investigation of the president. They’re not being shy about it either. The president’s attorneys talk […]
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 […]
9/28/2018
AUTO INDUSTRY/CALIFORNIA/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “California told automakers Friday [9-28-18] they must still comply with the state’s strict vehicle mileage standards even if President Donald Trump rolls back federal rules. The action by California Air Resources Board was widely expected. It sets up a likely court battle if the Trump administration follows through with an attempt […]
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 […]
9/26/2018
LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Avenatti is a third rate lawyer who is good at making false accusations, like he did on me and like he is now doing on Judge Brett Kavanaugh. He is just looking for attention and doesn’t want people to look at his past record and relationships – a total low-life!” –Donald […]
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 […]
9/24/2018
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 […]
9/21/2018
FBI/LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “The radical left lawyers want the FBI to get involved NOW. Why didn’t someone call the FBI 36 years ago?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2018 8:29 am […]
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 […]
9/19/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL FLYNN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Former national security adviser Michael Flynn is set to be sentenced on December 18 for lying to FBI investigators, federal Judge Emmet Sullivan said Wednesday [9-19-18]. Flynn pleaded guilty to one charge last December as a result of the special counsel probe led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller. Both […]
9/19/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [9-19-18] morning insisted he had no concerns about former campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s recent agreement to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller…As part of a guilty plea struck last Friday [9-14-18], Manafort agreed to cooperate fully with Mueller’s probe into Russian interference and whether […]
9/19/2018
LEGAL/NOMINATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “An attorney for Christine Blasey Ford said Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley is unnecessarily rushing toward a hearing by pushing for her to testify about her allegation of sexual assault against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. Ford has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Trump’s choice for the nation’s highest court, of sexually […]
9/19/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday [9-19-18] he is not worried about what his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, who is cooperating with the U.S. special counsel’s probe into Russian election meddling, will tell prosecutors, as long as he is truthful. ‘No, I’m not,’ Trump told reporters at […]
9/18/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP BUSINESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Nearly a dozen lawyers now assist President Trump in contending with two federal investigations, one in Washington and one in New York, that could pose serious threats to his presidency and his businesses. But the expanding legal team is struggling to understand where the investigations could be headed and […]
9/14/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump got some very bad news Friday [9-14-18], when his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded guilty to two counts, including one related to witness tampering. The real danger for Trump lies in Manafort’s decision to cooperate with the Justice Department. The revelation that Manafort has joined the […]
9/14/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “After months of vowing to fight for his innocence, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort conceded to committing several federal crimes and agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department, including in special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Manafort pleaded guilty in […]
9/14/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “As a federal prosecutor, I heard dozens of defense attorneys criticize the use of accomplice testimony in criminal trials. The arguments are familiar—unseemly witnesses lie to curry favor with unscrupulous prosecutors motivated by a desire for conviction. They suggest to juries that these ‘snitches’ are the real criminals in […]
9/14/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort agreed to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election as part of a plea deal, prosecutors said on Friday [9-14-18]. Manafort, 69, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to two criminal […]
9/14/2018
ATTORNEY GENERAL/LEGAL/NEW YORK/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For President Donald Trump, the New York attorney general’s office has been a nemesis for years, one whose sting has grown more potent during his rocky tenure in office. Letitia James, who emerged Thursday [9-13-18] as the Democratic nominee for New York’s top prosecutor, is expected to create more headaches […]
9/14/2018
LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and his allies are debating the value of political loyalty versus legal credentials in their search for a new White House counsel, a crucial decision ahead of a potential onslaught of congressional scrutiny following the midterm elections. Trump is ‘counting down the days’ until the departure of his […]
9/14/2018
DEMS/LEGAL/NEW YORK/PAUL MANAFORT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal prosecutors in New York are weighing criminal charges against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig as part of an investigation into whether he failed to register as a foreign agent in a probe that is linked to former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, according to sources familiar with the […]
9/13/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman embattled by criminal indictments, may no longer fight the charges related to his Ukrainian lobbying operation. He and the special counsel’s office are close to a deal for a guilty plea ahead of his upcoming trial, according to a source familiar with the matter. […]
9/13/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The prospect of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort cutting a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller’s office to avoid a second criminal trial set to open next week doesn’t concern President Donald Trump or his legal team, Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told POLITICO…Giuliani said Trump and his […]
9/7/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Michael Cohen’s shell company, Essential Consultants, filed a status report Friday [9-7-18] evening agreeing to tear up the original 2016 agreement with adult film star Stormy Daniels, in which Cohen arranged to pay her $130,000 to stay silent about her alleged affair with President Donald Trump. This so-called ‘hush agreement’ has […]
9/7/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “If Richard Nixon were alive today, he probably would not agree that ‘President Trump is facing a test to his presidency unlike any faced by a modern American leader.’ Leading with this sentence, the anonymous ‘Steady State’ op-ed that appeared in The New York Times this week followed that declaration with […]
9/7/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “An associate of Roger Stone, a longtime ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, was questioned in front of a grand jury in the special counsel’s Russia probe on Friday [9-7-18] about his years-long relationship with Stone and about Wikileaks, the associate’s lawyer told Reuters. Randy Credico, a comedian and […]
9/5/2018
GOP/JUSTICE DEPARTENT/LEGAL/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Paul Ryan is rejecting President Donald Trump’s suggestion that the Justice Department shouldn’t prosecute two GOP congressmen because it will hurt the party’s election prospects in November. Ryan tells reporters Wednesday [9-5-18], ‘Justice is blind. Justice should be blind.’ The Wisconsin Republican says political party should have no […]
9/4/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “One veteran lawyer who recently represented President Donald Trump believes he is a ‘liar’ and told Trump he could end up in ‘an orange jump suit’ if he testifies before special counsel Robert Mueller, according to a new book from legendary journalist Bob Woodward. The 448-page opus from the Pulitzer […]
9/4/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/GOP/LEGAL/RUDY GIULIANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “With two months left before the midterm elections, Republicans are scrambling to prepare for an onslaught of oversight investigations that Democrats will likely launch if they retake the House in November. The White House is considering adding a whole roster of new attorneys to handle the caseload. Rudy Giuliani, the president’s […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Latest on President Donald Trump’s attacks on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice (all times local): 2:35 p.m. President Donald Trump’s attack on his own Justice Department for pursuing cases against two GOP congressmen is drawing fire from his fellow Republicans. Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake says […]
9/4/2018
CONGRESS/GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump encountered bipartisan criticism on Tuesday [9-4-18] for complaining that his own Justice Department’s indictments against two Republican congressmen were endangering the GOP’s midterm election prospects, with one Republican senator saying of Trump’s attack, ‘We can’t normalize that.’ Trump’s tweet was his latest effort to press the government’s […]
9/3/2018
CONGRESS/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump on Monday [9-3-18] blasted his Attorney General Jeff Sessions and lamented the indictments of two lawmakers who were his earliest supporters in Congress during the 2016 election, suggesting they should not have been charged because they are Republicans…A decision by the Justice Department to hold off […]
8/31/2018
DREAMERS/LEGAL/TEXAS/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A federal judge on Friday [8-31-18] hinted he will likely invalidate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in the future — but for now the program can continue to operate. The ruling was an unexpected, albeit temporary, reprieve for the program, which President Donald Trump opted to end almost exactly a year […]
8/31/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/TRUMP AS PRESIDET/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump is considering Washington litigator Pat Cipollone as a replacement for White House counsel Don McGahn, who will be leaving this autumn, a source familiar with situation said on Friday [8-31-18]. The source said it was unclear how serious a candidate the former Justice Department lawyer is. The […]
8/30/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The 12 jurors who found Paul Manafort guilty of eight crimes had little knowledge of the case before the trial began. But several of the people called for jury duty for Manafort’s trial in Virginia last month did have opinions about the case before they reported to court, according to a […]
8/30/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White House Counsel! I liked Don, but he was NOT responsible for me not firing Bob Mueller or Jeff Sessions. So much Fake Reporting and Fake News!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 30, […]
8/30/2018
LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after announcing the departure of his White House counsel, President Donald Trump teased Thursday [8-30-18] that he’s excited about his choice for a replacement but isn’t ready to share his new lawyer’s name. Trump said Wednesday [8-29-18] on Twitter that Don McGahn will leave in the fall. He has […]
8/30/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am very excited about the person who will be taking the place of Don McGahn as White House Councel! I liked Don, but he was NOT responsible for me not firing Bob Mueller or Jeff Sessions. So much Fake Reporting and Fake News!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 30, 2018 […]
8/30/2018
IVANKA/JARED KUSHNER/LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Ivanka Trump & Jared Kushner had NOTHING to do with the so called ‘pushing out’ of Don McGahn.The Fake News Media has it, purposely,so wrong! They love to portray chaos in the White House when they know that chaos doesn’t exist-just a ‘smooth running machine’ with changing parts!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/29/2018
LEGAL/MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Lanny Davis admits being anonymous source in CNN Report.’ @BretBaier Oh well, so much for CNN saying it wasn’t Lanny. No wonder their ratings are so low, it’s FAKE NEWS!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 29, 2018 7:44 pm […]
8/29/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [8-29-18] that Don McGahn will leave his job as White House counsel this fall following Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation…McGahn’s departure will close the book on a tumultuous relationship that has been both a boon for Trump’s agenda and a test of […]
8/29/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael Cohen’s stunning guilty plea last week ended months of speculation about the fate of President Donald Trump’s longtime personal lawyer. And now, as Cohen waits for his sentencing hearing set for December, a source familiar with his thinking says ‘resignation’ would be a fitting word to describe the 52-year-old’s mindset — […]