ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani said President Donald Trump’s lawyers have already responded to special counsel Robert Mueller’s latest proposal to interview Trump, and suggested they could soon be coming to an agreement on writing some responses for investigators. Giuliani, one of the President’s attorneys, confirmed to Chris Cuomo Wednesday [9-5-18] on […]
Category: Russia Investigation
9/5/2018
CONGRESS/FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump’s top congressional allies are calling on him to release reams of classified documents connected to the FBI’s Russia probe. Republican Reps. Mark Meadows, Jim Jordan, Matt Gaetz and Lee Zeldin are asking Trump to declassify additional portions of the application the FBI submitted to surveil former […]
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
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, eased up slightly on his demands to question President Trump in the Russia investigation, a shift that came as the president’s lawyers, who have advised him against sitting for an interview, are fighting his desire to answer investigators’ queries. Mr. Mueller will accept […]
9/4/2018
2016 ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller will accept written answers from President Donald Trump on whether his campaign conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 U.S. election, but Mueller is not ruling out a follow-up interview on that issue, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday [9-4-18]. […]
9/3/2018
FBI/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “According to the Failing New York Times, the FBI started a major effort to flip Putin loyalists in 2014-2016. ‘It wasn’t about Trump, he wasn’t even close to a candidate yet.’ Rigged Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 3, 2018 2:21 pm […]
9/3/2018
JAMES COMEY/JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump couldn’t wait to launch into the fall political season, an intense 10-week conflagration that marks a hugely consequential chapter in his turbulent presidency. He spent Labor Day, when campaign politicking goes into overdrive, unleashing a raging tweet storm blasting his beleaguered Attorney General Jeff Sessions […]
9/1/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….positions of power. That’s part of the story of the Russia Hoax. Christopher Steele is on the payroll of Hillary Clinton & the FBI, & when they fired him for lying, they continued to use him. Violation of FBI regulations. Kept trying to verify the unverifiable.’ @GreggJarrett” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/30/2018
GOP/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [8-30-18] his maligned attorney general is safe in his job at least until November. Trump made the comment in an interview with Bloomberg News…Trump has raged against Jeff Sessions since his decision to recuse himself from Russia-related matters last year. Sessions was the […]
8/30/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who has repeatedly come under fire from President Donald Trump, will stay in his position until at least the midterm elections in November, the president told Bloomberg News on Thursday [8-30-18]. But Trump declined to comment on whether he would keep Sessions on beyond November…The […]
8/30/2018
ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Thursday [8-30-18] that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was safe in his job at least until the November congressional elections, Bloomberg News reported after interviewing the U.S. leader…Trump has repeatedly attacked Sessions for recusing himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. […]
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
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The Rigged Russia Witch Hunt did not come into play, even a little bit, with respect to my decision on Don McGahn!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 30, 2018 8:17 am […]
8/30/2018
MEDIA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump lashed out Thursday [8-30-18] morning at top media executives from NBC and CNN, continuing his tirade against media coverage that he considers unfair from outlets he has labeled ‘fake news’…The relationship between Trump and Zucker dates back to the former’s time as host of ‘The Apprentice,’ the […]
8/30/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump sought to backtrack on comments last year in which he tied his decision to fire FBI Director James Comey to a probe into Russian election meddling, accusing NBC News on Thursday of ‘fudging’ their interview, but offering no supporting evidence. Trump made his accusation as […]
8/29/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Russian company Concord Management and Consulting has latched on to the idea that special counsel Robert Mueller is conducting a ‘witch hunt’ and accused him in a court filing Wednesday [8-29-18] of indicting the company because of anti-Russian political motivations. Concord Management, which has pleaded not guilty to […]
8/29/2018
LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House counsel Don McGahn’s office is just one floor up from the Oval, but it might as well be miles away. In recent months, the president has sometimes gone days — or longer — without having substantial conversations with McGahn as their relationship has grown increasingly strained, according to […]
8/29/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “How the hell is Bruce Ohr still employed at the Justice Department? Disgraceful! Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 29, 2018 10:12 am […]
8/29/2018
MEDIA/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took aim Wednesday [8-29-18] at CNN over information it reported last month that relied on anonymous sources, slamming all outlets that rely on such sources and labeling reports based on them ‘fiction made up by the Fake News reporters.’ Trump made specific reference to a CNN story […]
8/29/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House counsel Don McGahn, whose relationship with President Donald Trump has been strained by the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, is set to leave the job in coming weeks. Trump announced on Twitter on Wednesday [8-29-18] that McGahn would step down after the U.S. […]
8/29/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Trump surprised Donald F. McGahn II, the White House counsel, on Wednesday [8-29-18] by abruptly announcing that Mr. McGahn will be leaving his job this fall, effectively forcing the long-anticipated exit of a top adviser who has cooperated extensively in the investigation into Russian election interference. The president made the […]
8/28/2018
2016 ELECTION/CHINA/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Twitter early on Wednesday [8-29-18] China hacked the emails of 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton but did not offer any evidence or further information…Trump said in an earlier tweet on Tuesday [8-28-18] night: ‘China hacked Hillary Clinton’s private Email Server. Are […]
8/28/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The rift between President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions goes ‘deeper’ than than Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from a federal investigation into the 2016 election, Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Tuesday…Graham declined to say what else is at the root of Trump’s frustration with the […]
8/27/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RELIGION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Jerry Falwell Jr., a top conservative religious leader, said Monday [8-27-18] he urged President Donald Trump to fire Jeff Sessions over his handling of investigations into Russian election meddling, saying the attorney general has lost evangelicals’ support…Falwell said he has urged the president to fire Sessions and told […]
8/25/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump publicly criticized his own attorney general, Jeff Sessions, again on Saturday [8-25-18], saying this time that Sessions doesn’t understand what’s happening beneath him at the Department of Justice…Trump has frequently criticized Sessions over the attorney general’s decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation. The President […]
8/25/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Jeff Sessions said he wouldn’t allow politics to influence him only because he doesn’t understand what is happening underneath his command position. Highly conflicted Bob Mueller and his gang of 17 Angry Dems are having a field day as real corruption goes untouched. No Collusion!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/24/2018
PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATIOM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The photos of Paul Manafort’s ostrich and python jackets may make it in front of a jury after all. After prosecutors used the luxury purchases as evidence in the former Trump campaign chairman’s Virginia trial this month but weren’t permitted by the judge to show photos of them to the […]
8/24/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Donald Trump on Thursday [8-23-18] after Trump gave a scathing assessment of his leadership at the Justice Department. Sessions, a former U.S. senator from Alabama, was one of the first Republican lawmakers to back Trump’s presidential election bid and has […]
8/23/2018
DEMS/ECONOMY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [8-22-18] that ‘the market would crash’ and ‘everybody would be very poor’ if Democrats were to take control of the House of Representatives after November’s midterm elections and then impeach him…The president sat for the interview as impeachment talk swirled around him in the wake […]
8/24/2018
2016 ELECTION/CIA/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “In 2016, American intelligence agencies delivered urgent and explicit warnings about Russia’s intentions to try to tip the American presidential election — and a detailed assessment of the operation afterward — thanks in large part to informants close to President Vladimir V. Putin and in the Kremlin who provided crucial […]
8/24/2018
CAMPAIGN/DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….FISA abuse, Christopher Steele & his phony and corrupt Dossier, the Clinton Foundation, illegal surveillance of Trump Campaign, Russian collusion by Dems – and so much more. Open up the papers & documents without redaction? Come on Jeff, you can do it, the country is waiting!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/23/2018
PARDONS/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While Paul Manafort was on trial for charges of serious financial crimes, President Donald Trump asked his legal team about the prospect of pardoning his former campaign chairman, according to Rudy Giuliani, the president’s personal lawyer. But Trump ultimately agreed with his legal team to delay the decision […]
8/23/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday [8-23-18] took the unusual step of publicly pushing back against Donald Trump after the president freshly ripped into his top law enforcement official for recusing himself from the Russia probe. The rare statement from Sessions also came after two prominent senators expressed […]
8/23/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back at President Donald Trump Thursday [8-23-18] afternoon, after Trump said he ‘never took control’ of the Justice Department. ‘While I am Attorney General, the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations. I demand the highest standards, […]
8/23/2018
ETHICS/LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After one day where truth and facts triumphed, America is back to its alternative realities. The convictions of two close associates of President Donald Trump in a mind-bending double-header drama in two cities on Tuesday [8-21-18] were a moment of clarity in the legal morass that has thickened around the White […]
8/23/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “NO COLLUSION – RIGGED WITCH HUNT!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 23, 2018 12:10 am […]
8/22/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After 19 tumultuous months in office, President Trump is being squeezed by legal assaults on two fronts, each of which could imperil his White House tenure. How those cases intersect is at the heart of the high-stakes legal threat, and the answer may rely on one man — Michael […]
8/21/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, was convicted on Tuesday [8-21-18] in his financial fraud trial, bringing a dramatic end to a politically charged case that riveted the capital. The verdict was a victory for the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, whose prosecutors introduced extensive evidence that […]
8/21/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump briefly slammed the investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 campaign during his rally in West Virginia on Tuesday [8-21-18], hours after his campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted on charges stemming from that investigation…Trump largely avoided the topic of the investigation during the first […]
8/21/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “White House counsel Don McGahn’s 30 hours of conversations with special counsel Robert Mueller’s team have unnerved President Donald Trump, who didn’t know the full extent of McGahn’s discussions, two people familiar with his thinking said. The meetings only add complications to the already-fraught relationship between the President […]
8/20/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said on Monday [8-20-18] that he could ‘run’ the special counsel’s Russia investigation if he wanted to, but that he had decided to ‘stay out’ for now…Legal experts disagree on the exact process, but there is some agreement that Trump has power over the inquiry, including the […]
8/20/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump asserted on Monday [8-02-18] that he would be ‘totally allowed’ to take over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe if he wanted to, in another thinly veiled broadside against an investigation he has repeatedly derided as a partisan ‘witch hunt.’ ‘I can go in, and I could do […]
8/20/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said he’s concerned about potential perjury charges that could be brought against him if he were to sit down with special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump told Reuters in an interview on Monday [8-20-18] that he was worried investigators would put his statements up against those who have […]
8/20/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESETIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump tweeted Monday [8-20-18] to ask why his attorney general had not fired a Justice Department official with ties to the firm behind a dossier alleging connections between Trump and Russia. ‘Will Bruce Ohr, whose family received big money for helping to create the phony, dirty and […]
8/20/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Bruce Ohr is at the center of FALSE ALLEGATIONS which led to a multi-million dollar investigation into what apparently didn’t happen.’ Darrell Issa, House Oversight. We can take out the word ‘apparently.’ @FoxNews” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 20, 2018 9:46 am […]
8/20/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani on Monday [8-20-18] attempted to clarify his weekend remark that ‘truth isn’t truth’ as part of his explanation for why he doesn’t believe that President Donald Trump should testify with special counsel Robert Mueller…Giuliani’s tweet came less than 24 hours after he sparred with NBC’s ‘Meet the […]
8/20/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Where’s the Collusion? They made up a phony crime called Collusion, and when there was no Collusion they say there was Obstruction (of a phony crime that never existed). If you FIGHT BACK or say anything bad about the Rigged Witch Hunt, they scream Obstruction!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 20, 2018 […]
8/20/2018
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….looking for trouble. They are enjoying ruining people’s lives and REFUSE to look at the real corruption on the Democrat side – the lies, the firings, the deleted Emails and soooo much more! Mueller’s Angry Dems are looking to impact the election. They are a National Disgrace!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/20/2018
DEMS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Disgraced and discredited Bob Mueller and his whole group of Angry Democrat Thugs spent over 30 hours with the White House Councel, only with my approval, for purposes of transparency. Anybody needing that much time when they know there is no Russian Collusion is just someone….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/20/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The jury in the bank and tax fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ended its third day of deliberations on Monday [8-20-18] without reaching a verdict. The judge said the jury would reconvene on Tuesday [8-218-18] morning. The case is the first to go to […]
8/19/2018
DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “No Collusion and No Obstruction, except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. All of the resignations and corruption, yet heavily conflicted Bob Mueller refuses to even look in that direction. What about the Brennan, Comey, McCabe, Strzok lies to Congress, or Crooked’s Emails!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 19, 2018 6:30 […]
8/19/2018
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….and have demanded transparency so that this Rigged and Disgusting Witch Hunt can come to a close. So many lives have been ruined over nothing – McCarthyism at its WORST! Yet Mueller & his gang of Dems refuse to look at the real crimes on the other side – Media is […]
8/18/2018
LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I allowed White House Counsel Don McGahn, and all other requested members of the White House Staff, to fully cooperate with the Special Counsel. In addition we readily gave over one million pages of documents. Most transparent in history. No Collusion, No Obstruction. Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 18, 2018 […]
8/18/2018
LEGAL/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I allowed White House Counsel Don McGahn, and all other requested members of the White House Staff, to fully cooperate with the Special Councel. In addition we readily gave over one million pages of documents. Most transparent in history. No Collusion, No Obstruction. Witch Hunt!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 18, 2018 […]
8/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Federal authorities had cornered the man they suspected could be part of Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election — and they might have been more successful in their investigation in early 2017 if it had not been for George Papadopoulos, the special counsel alleged on Friday [8-17-18]. Special counsel prosecutors […]
8/17/2018
CIA/INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Sixty former CIA officials warned President Donald Trump in a statement on Friday [8-17-18] that ‘the country will be weakened if there is a political litmus test applied before seasoned experts are allowed to share their views.’ The letter, which comes after Trump’s decision to revoke former CIA Director John […]
8/17/2018
JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’Fox News has learned that Bruce Ohr wrote Christopher Steele following the firing of James Comey saying that he was afraid the anti-Trump Russia probe will be exposed.’ Charles Payne @FoxBusiness How much more does Mueller have to see? They have blinders on – RIGGED!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/17/2018
INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump threatened on Friday [8-17-18] to quickly revoke the security clearance of Bruce Ohr, a little-known Justice Department official, for the first time seeking to apply his power to cut access to sensitive information to a midlevel government worker rather than a prominent former national security official. Departing […]
8/16/2018
JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘Very concerned about Comey’s firing, afraid they will be exposed,’ said Bruce Ohr. DOJ’s Emails & Notes show Bruce Ohr’s connection to (phony & discredited) Trump Dossier. A creep thinking he would get caught in a dishonest act. Rigged Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2018 6:53 pm […]
8/16/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’While Steele shopped the document to multiple media outlets, he also asked for help with a RUSSIAN Oligarch.’ Catherine Herridge of @FoxNews @LouDobbs In other words, they were colluding with Russia!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2018 6:45 pm […]
8/16/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’The FBI received documents from Bruce Ohr (of the Justice Department & whose wife Nelly worked for Fusion GPS).’ Disgraced and fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok. This is too crazy to be believed! The Rigged Witch Hunt has zero credibility.” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 16, 2018 6:37 pm […]
8/16/2018
CIA/NATIONAL SECURITY/OBAMA ADMIN/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “John O. Brennan, the C.I.A. director under President Barack Obama, struck back at President Trump on Thursday [8-16-18] for revoking his security clearance, calling the president’s claims of ‘no collusion’ with Russia to influence the 2016 election ‘hogwash’ and arguing that the commander in chief was trying to silence […]
8/16/2018
INTELLIGENCE/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For more than a year, law enforcement officials have repeatedly rebuffed President Trump’s efforts to use the power of his office to derail the Russia investigation. Stymied, Mr. Trump is lashing out in other ways against an investigation that he clearly hates or fears. The president said Thursday [8-16-18] that […]
8/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The jury in the bank and tax fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort ended its first day of deliberations on Thursday [8-16-18] without reaching a verdict but with several questions, including how to define ‘reasonable doubt.’ The six men and six women considered the charges against […]
8/15/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Rigged Russian Witch Hunt goes on and on as the ‘originators and founders’ of this scam continue to be fired and demoted for their corrupt and illegal activity. All credibility is gone from this terrible Hoax, and much more will be lost as it proceeds. No Collusion!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
8/15/2018
INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When the White House announced on Wednesday [8-15-18] that President Trump was revoking or reviewing the security clearances of former officials who have emerged as some of his chief political antagonists, the list also included a little-known career Justice Department official, Bruce Ohr. Mr. Ohr has found himself at […]
8/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The evidence against Paul Manafort is ‘overwhelming,’ a prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments in his fraud trial on Wednesday, saying that he hid more than $16 million in income and fraudulently obtained $20 million in bank loans even though, as a trained lawyer, ‘Mr. Manafort knew the law.’ […]
8/15/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Paul Manafort had ‘a huge dumpster of hidden money’ abroad, a prosecutor said on Wednesday [8-15-18], urging a jury to convict U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief on financial fraud charges based more on a paper trail of evidence than on the testimony of a former protege. […]
8/14/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his administration are cranking up the pressure on special counsel Robert Mueller to end his Russia investigation after FBI agent Peter Strzok, who shared anti-Trump text messages, was booted from the bureau. The president has long called Mueller’s probe into whether the Russian government colluded […]
8/14/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lou Dobbs: ‘This cannot go forward…this Special Counsel with all of his conflicts, with his 17 Angry Democrats, without any evidence of collusion by the Trump Campaign and Russia. The Dems are the ones who should be investigated.’ Thank you Lou, so true!” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2018 8:15 […]
8/14/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Strzok started the illegal Rigged Witch Hunt – why isn’t this so-called ‘probe’ ended immediately? Why aren’t these angry and conflicted Democrats instead looking at Crooked Hillary?” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2018 8:10 am […]
8/14/2018
DEMS/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Fired FBI Agent Peter Strzok is a fraud, as is the rigged investigation he started. There was no Collusion or Obstruction with Russia, and everybody, including the Democrats, know it. The only Collusion and Obstruction was by Crooked Hillary, the Democrats and the DNC!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2018 8:01 […]
8/14/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESETIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “’They were all in on it, clear Hillary Clinton and FRAME Donald Trump for things he didn’t do.’ Gregg Jarrett on @foxandfriends If we had a real Attorney General, this Witch Hunt would never have been started! Looking at the wrong people.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2018 7:06 am […]
8/14/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Bruce Ohr of the ‘Justice’ Department (can you believe he is still there) is accused of helping disgraced Christopher Steele ‘find dirt on Trump.’ Ohr’s wife, Nelly, was in on the act big time – worked for Fusion GPS on Fake Dossier. @foxandfriends” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2018 6:55 […]
8/14/2018
DEMS/MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Lou Dobbs: ‘This cannot go forward…this Special Councel with all of his conflicts, with his 17 Angry Democrats, without any evidence of collusion by the Trump Campaign and Russia. The Dems are the ones who should be investigated.’ Thank you Lou, so true!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2018 6:21 […]
8/14/2018
FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….should be shut down. The Strzok firing shows that the fundamental underpinnings of the investigation were corrupt. It should be shut down by the courts or by honest prosecutors.’ Thank you Judicial Watch, I couldn’t have said it better myself!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2018 6:13 am […]
8/14/2018
FBI/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….guy was corrupt and had anti-Trump animus. Strzok and others at the FBI should be criminally investigated for the way the conducted this investigation. Instead, Mueller is pretending nothing went wrong. He used Strzok, he used the Clinton DNC Dossier…the whole thing….” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 14, 2018 6:07 am […]
8/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The FBI has fired Peter Strzok, an agent who was removed from the Russia probe last year for sending text messages disparaging President Donald Trump, Strzok’s lawyer said Monday [8-13-18]. Aitan Goelman, Strzok’s attorney, said FBI Deputy Director David Bowdich ordered the agent’s termination on Friday. Goelman said that the […]
8/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Agent Peter Strzok was just fired from the FBI – finally. The list of bad players in the FBI & DOJ gets longer & longer. Based on the fact that Strzok was in charge of the Witch Hunt, will it be dropped? It is a total Hoax. No Collusion, No […]
8/13/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge appointed by President Donald Trump ruled Monday [8-13-18] that special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe is constitutional and legitimate, rejecting an effort by a Russian company — accused of financing a massive political influence operation in the United States — to stamp out the ongoing investigation. Judge Dabney […]
8/13/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who came under fire by President Donald Trump and other Republicans for sending text messages that disparaged the candidate during the presidential campaign, was fired late Friday [8-10-18], his attorney said on Monday [8-13-18]. Strzok is the third high-ranking person to be fired from […]
8/13/2018
ELECTION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani said Monday [8-13-18] that he believes special counsel Robert Mueller will respond to President Donald Trump’s legal team on the terms of a possible presidential interview this week, adding that he does not want the Russia investigation to influence the upcoming midterm elections. Trump’s legal team, led […]
8/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/JEFF SESSIONS/LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A U.S. judge on Monday [8-13-18] backed Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the federal Russia investigation, allowing a case to proceed against a Russian company accused of helping fund a propaganda operation to sway the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor. Judge Dabney Friedrich, in an opinion […]
8/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Peter Strzok, the F.B.I. senior counterintelligence agent who disparaged President Trump in inflammatory text messages and helped oversee the Hillary Clinton email and Russia investigations, has been fired for violating bureau policies, Mr. Strzok’s lawyer said Monday [8-13-18]. Mr. Trump and his allies seized on the text messages — […]
8/12/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump called Attorney General Jeff Sessions ‘scared stiff and Missing in Action’ on Saturday [8-11-18] in his latest broadside on Twitter against the nation’s top law enforcement officer. The attack on the attorney general came as Trump claimed the news media ‘refuses to report’ on meetings held […]
8/11/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Do you believe Nelly worked for Fusion and her husband STILL WORKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ‘JUSTICE.’ I have never seen anything so Rigged in my life. Our A.G. is scared stiff and Missing in Action. It is all starting to be revealed – not pretty. IG Report soon? Witch […]
8/11/2018
JEFF SESSIONS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “….Do you believe Nelly worked for Fusion and her husband STILL WORKS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ‘JUSTICE.’ I have never seen anything so Rigged in my life. Our A.G. is scared stiff and Missing in Action. It is all starting to be revealed – not pretty. IG Report soon? Witch […]
8/11/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The big story that the Fake News Media refuses to report is lowlife Christopher Steele’s many meetings with Deputy A.G. Bruce Ohr and his beautiful wife, Nelly. It was Fusion GPS that hired Steele to write the phony & discredited Dossier, paid for by Crooked Hillary & the DNC….” -Donald Trump, […]
8/11/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The big story that the Fake News Media refuses to report is lowlife Christopher Steele’s many meetings with Deputy A.G. Bruce Ohr and his beautiful wife, Nelly. It was Fusion GPS that hired Steele to write the phony & discredited Dossier, paid for by Crooked Hillary & the DNC….” -Donald Trump, […]
8/9/2018
DEVIN NUNES/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a newly leaked audio recording, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a California Republican, suggests that his party needs to retain control of the House of Representatives to protect President Donald Trump from special counsel Robert Mueller…The remarks appear to be a blunt assessment from Nunes, a top Trump […]
8/9/2018
DEMS/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “This is an illegally brought Rigged Witch Hunt run by people who are totally corrupt and/or conflicted. It was started and paid for by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats. Phony Dossier, FISA disgrace and so many lying and dishonest people already fired. 17 Angry Dems? Stay tuned” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August […]
8/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘There has been no evidence whatsoever that Donald Trump or the campaign was involved in any kind of collusion to fix the 2016 election. In fact the evidence is the opposite, that Hillary Clinton & the Democrats colluded with the Russians to fix the 2016 election.’ @GrahamLedger” –Donald Trump, […]
8/8/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday [8-8-18] submitted a counteroffer to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s proposal for the terms of a possible interview with the president, the latest turn in the protracted negotiations over a sit-down stretching back to January. The counteroffer largely sticks to the terms the president’s legal […]
8/8/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s lawyers rejected the special counsel’s latest terms for an interview in the Russia investigation, countering on Wednesday [8-8-18] with an offer that suggested a narrow path for answering questions, people familiar with the matter said. Jay Sekulow, one of Mr. Trump’s personal lawyers, confirmed that a response […]
8/8/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday [8-8-18] that President Donald Trump’s legal team has responded to the special counsel, the latest effort in ongoing negotiations over a possible interview…Sekulow confirmed in a statement that the legal team ‘responded in writing to the latest proposal’ from the special counsel, but declined to […]
8/8/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/RUDY GIULANI/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump’s lawyers on Wednesday [8-8-18] submitted a counteroffer to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s proposal for the terms of a possible interview with the president, the latest turn in the protracted negotiations over a sit-down stretching back to January. The counteroffer largely sticks to the terms the president’s legal […]
8/7/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/NEW YORK/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WOMEN: “Throughout President Trump’s term, it has sometimes seemed as if the world chronicled in the tabloids has invaded the corridors of power in Washington. Mr. Trump’s alleged affairs with a pornographic film star and a former Playboy bunny have become national news, joined by figures from publications typically more […]
8/7/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Prosecutors in the Paul Manafort trial are evoking a world of swaggering fraud, concealed millions and personal betrayal that allegedly festered in the lives of two big-time political operatives at President Donald Trump’s side for crucial moments of his 2016 general election campaign. In potentially the key moment of Manafort’s […]
8/7/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Rick Gates was just an intern when he first crossed paths with Paul Manafort. Years later Mr. Gates went to work for him, rising to become right hand man to Mr. Manafort, once a powerful force in Republican politics who more recently had turned his sights to lucrative opportunities abroad. […]
8/7/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE/WOMEN: “Kevin Downing, the lead defense lawyer, began cross-examination Tuesday [8-7-18] by hammering at Mr. Gates’s credibility, demanding an exact accounting of when he lied to the government and pleaded guilty to the charge of doing so. Mr. Gates seemed to struggle to articulate that timeline, prompting Judge T. S. Ellis […]