DEMS/HOUSE OF REPS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Top Democrats in the House and the Senate demanded on Tuesday [7-17-18] that Republican leaders stifle conservative attacks on the special counsel’s Russia investigation and compel President Trump’s senior national security advisers to testify to Congress about Monday’s [7-17-18] extraordinary summit meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia…Republicans […]
Category: Russia
7/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump said on Tuesday [7-17-18] that he had misspoken a day earlier in Helsinki, Finland, when he appeared to take the word of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia over the conclusion of his own intelligence agencies on Russian election meddling in 2016. On Tuesday, Mr. Trump said he ‘accepts’ […]
7/17/2018
GOP/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Hours after Donald Trump sidled up to Vladimir Putin at their now-infamous news conference, Republican Sen. Bob Corker received a call from a prominent politician who pleaded with him to repudiate Trump — and to make it hurt this time. The politician, who is weighing a run against the president, urged the […]
7/17/2018
INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump hoped his hotly anticipated summit talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin would amount to a triumphant television event. Instead, he returns to Washington facing sharp rebukes even from allies as his stunned aides wonder what went wrong. For many of Trump’s advisers, Monday’s [7-16-18] performance amounted to a […]
7/17/2018
CHUCK SCHUMER/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called on Republican colleagues to join in ‘demanding testimony’ from President Donald Trump’s national security team present during the Helsinki summit earlier this week, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, “immediately’…Schumer said the American people need more information on anything Trump promised Russian President Vladimir Putin, […]
7/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A day after questioning the U.S. intelligence community’s findings that Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election, President Donald Trump reversed course on Tuesday [7-17-18], saying he accepted its conclusion. Mr. Trump, whose comments at his news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki prompted a backlash in Congress and […]
7/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, facing an onslaught of bipartisan fury over his glowing remarks about Vladimir Putin, said more than 24 hours afterward that he had misspoken during his news conference with the autocratic Russian leader. In one of the only times of his presidency he’s admitted to a mistake, Trump said […]
7/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It was possible that Vladimir Putin would be the man in a tough spot after his summit meeting Monday [7-16-18] with President Donald Trump. Instead, most of the squirming is being done not by the Russian leader, but by Republicans in Congress, by the American intelligence community and by overseas allies. […]
7/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/JAMES MATTIS/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is open to the possibility of the first talks since 2015 between the defense chiefs of the United States and Russia, a move that would deepen communication between Washington and Moscow, U.S. officials said. The possibility of talks surfaced after Monday’s [7-16-18] controversial summit in […]
7/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump tried on Tuesday [7-17-18] to calm a storm over his failure to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, saying he misspoke in a joint news conference in Helsinki. Trump stunned the world on Monday [7-16-18] by shying away from criticizing […]
7/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/MEDIA/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Tuesday [7-17-18] claimed he had a great meeting with Vladimir Putin and lashed out at the media coverage that captured the widespread dismay at his news conference with the Russian president…Trump met with Putin on Monday [7-16-18] for a one-on-one meeting, followed by a remarkable news conference […]
7/17/2018
GOP/RUSSIA/TAXES/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump and Republican U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday [7-17-18] discussed another possible round of deficit-financed tax cuts, highlighting an initiative seen by some tax experts as an election-year effort with little chance of becoming law. Trump sat down at the White House with Kevin Brady, chairman of the House of […]
7/17/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “For as long as history remembers Donald Trump, it will be a day that will live in infamy. The President’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday [7-16-18] is already one of the most notorious moments in the tortured relations between Washington and Moscow. Trump’s humiliation is taking its […]
7/17/2018
MEDIA/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While I had a great meeting with NATO, raising vast amounts of money, I had an even better meeting with Vladimir Putin of Russia. Sadly, it is not being reported that way – the Fake News is going Crazy!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 17, 2018 9:22 am […]
7/17/2018
2016 ELECTION/CONGRESS/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump faced outrage on Tuesday [7-17-18] for his failure to hold Russia accountable for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, and some U.S. lawmakers threatened action in Congress to punish Moscow and show support for U.S. intelligence agencies. At a joint news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
7/27/2018
RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Thank you @RandPaul, you really get it! ‘The President has gone through a year and a half of totally partisan investigations – what’s he supposed think?’” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 17, 2018 7:59 am […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump made one thing clear after his meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin on Monday [7-16-18]: He is willing to take Mr. Putin’s word over those of his own intelligence agencies about whether the Russians tried to fix the 2016 election. Such an admission by a president sworn to be […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/FBI/GOP/RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump stood next to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Monday [7-16-18] and publicly challenged the conclusion of his own intelligence agencies that Moscow interfered in the 2016 presidential election, wrapping up what he called a ‘deeply productive’ summit meeting with an extraordinary show of trust for a […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/DEMS/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Republicans across the ideological spectrum delivered pointed rebukes to President Trump after Monday’s [7-16-18] extraordinary news conference with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, with Speaker Paul D. Ryan admonishing Mr. Trump and declaring, ‘There is no moral equivalence between the United States and Russia.’ Mr. Ryan was joined […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump, standing beside Russian leader Vladimir Putin, questioned the U.S. intelligence conclusion that Moscow meddled in the 2016 election, a move lawmakers of both parties said was a stunning alignment with an adversary. Mr. Trump said he and the Russian president ‘spent a great deal of time’ discussing the […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/ELECTORAL COLLEGE/RUSSIA: “The whole concept of that [Russian interference in the 2016 election] came up perhaps a little bit before, but it came out as a reason why the Democrats lost an election — which, frankly, they should have been able to win, because the Electoral College is much more advantageous for Democrats, as […]
7/16/2018
INVESTIGATION/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: [Reporter: “Mr. President, you tweeted this morning that it’s U.S. foolishness, stupidity, and the Mueller probe that is responsible for the decline in U.S. relations with Russia.”] “I hold both countries responsible. I think that the United States has been foolish. I think we’ve all been foolish… But I do feel that we […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Standing side by side with Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump refused on Monday {7-16-18] to blame the Russian leader for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election, casting doubt on the findings of his own intelligence agencies and sparking a storm of criticism at home. On a day when he […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Without consulting the White House, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats decided to reassert the intelligence community’s assessment that Moscow interfered in the 2016 election Monday [7-16-18], publicly breaking with President Donald Trump, who earlier had expressed doubts about that finding over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denial. Coats faced ‘a choice’ […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “After President Donald Trump’s stunning news conference Monday [7-16-18] next to Russian President Vladimir Putin, members of Congress — including some powerful Republicans — were quick to rebuke Trump’s performance on the world stage and Trump’s refusal to call Putin out for interfering in the US election. House Speaker Paul Ryan […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “US President Donald Trump, in a stunning rebuke of the US intelligence community, declined on Monday [7-16-18] to endorse the US government’s assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, saying he doesn’t ‘see any reason why’ Russia would be responsible. Instead, Trump — standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Top congressional Republicans sharply criticized President Donald Trump Monday [7-16-18] after he cast doubt on Russian interference in the 2016 election during a press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin…Standing next to Mr. Putin, Mr. Trump said he trusted the Russian president’s denial that Moscow had interfered in the 2016 presidential […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Helsinki summit allowed Russia’s President Putin to stand on an ‘even footing’ with US counterpart Donald Trump, Finnish President Sauli Niinistö told CNN Monday [7-16-18] . In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, Niinistö, who held separate meetings with both men in the Finnish capital, welcomed the dialogue between […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Monday [7-16-18] publicly questioned the U.S. intelligence conclusion that Moscow interfered in the 2016 presidential election as he stood beside Russian leader Vladimir Putin, after the leaders met for four hours on issues including arms control and the future of Syria. U.S. lawmakers and former administration officials […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump’s week-long adventure on the world stage in Europe came to a raucous conclusion in Helsinki on Monday [7-16-18], with American allies fuming and confused and Russian President Vladimir Putin literally smiling at his good fortune. Trump’s trip to Belgium, Britain and Finland was marked by his frequent […]
7/16/2018
FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/OBAMA/RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Obama thought that Crooked Hillary was going to win the election, so when he was informed by the FBI about Russian Meddling, he said it couldn’t happen, was no big deal, & did NOTHING about it. When I won it became a big deal and the Rigged Witch Hunt […]
7/16/2018
2016 ELECTION/INTELLIGENCE/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Asked whether he believes his own intelligence agencies, which say that Russia interfered in the 2016 United States election, or Mr. Putin, who denies it, Mr. Trump refused to say, but he expressed doubt about whether Russia was to blame. Mr. Trump raised the matter of Russian electoral meddling, the two […]
7/16/2018
RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Our relationship with Russia has NEVER been worse thanks to many years of U.S. foolishness and stupidity and now, the Rigged Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 16, 2018 1:05 am […]
7/15/2018
FRANCE/RUSSIA/SPORTS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congratulations to France, who played extraordinary soccer, on winning the 2018 World Cup. Additionally, congratulations to President Putin and Russia for putting on a truly great World Cup Tournament — one of the best ever!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 15, 2018 12:03 pm […]
7/15/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Heading to Helsinki, Finland – looking forward to meeting with President Putin tomorrow. Unfortunately, no matter how well I do at the Summit, if I was given the great city of Moscow as retribution for all of the sins and evils committed by Russia…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 15, 2018 11:18 am […]
7/15/2018
MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “…over the years, I would return to criticism that it wasn’t good enough – that I should have gotten Saint Petersburg in addition! Much of our news media is indeed the enemy of the people and all the Dems…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 15, 2018 11:18 am […]
7/14/2018
GERMANY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: ….On top of it all, Germany just started paying Russia, the country they want protection from, Billions of Dollars f…” –Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 14, 2018 4:17 am […]
7/13/2018
DEMS/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A dozen Russian intelligence officials were charged Friday [7-13-18] with hacking into the Democratic National Committee and the campaign of the 2016 Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, and distributing stolen emails, according to an indictment obtained by special counsel Robert Mueller’s office. The officers spear-phished volunteers and employees of the […]
7/13/2018
DEMS/ELECTIONS/HILLARY CLINTON/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The nation’s top intelligence officer said on Friday [7-13-18] that the persistent danger of Russian cyberattacks today was akin to the warnings the United States had of stepped-up terror threats ahead of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. That note of alarm sounded by Dan Coats, the director of national intelligence, came […]
7/13/2018
2016 ELECTION/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department announced indictments against 12 Russian nationals as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election, accusing them of engaging in a ‘sustained effort’ to hack Democrats’ emails and computer networks. All 12 defendants are members of the GRU, a […]
7/12/2018
CHINA/ENERGY/NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration asked a United Nations panel this week to ban oil-product sales to North Korea for the rest of the year, calling out China and Russia for exports Washington alleges have often been in violation of the international body’s sanctions against Pyongyang, according to people familiar with the matter. […]
7/11/2018
MILITARY/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Mr. Trump called on other NATO members to more than double their military spending in talks on Wednesday [7-11-18], the White House said, although he and other leaders signed a statement that largely reiterates existing principles and commitments…Still, along with 28 other heads of state, Mr. Trump signed the 23-page NATO declaration, […]
7/11/2018
GERMANY/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “German Chancellor Angela Merkel appeared to hit back at US President Donald Trump’s claim that ‘Germany is a captive of Russia’ by drawing on her own upbringing in Soviet-controlled East Germany. ‘I wanted to say that, because of current events, I have witnessed this myself, that a part of Germany was controlled […]
7/11/2018
DEMS/FOREIGN POLICY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey said Wednesday [7-11-18] that he is ‘worried how the President will unfold’ during the upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. Trump said on Tuesday [7-10-18] that out of several meetings he will attend abroad in the coming […]
7/11/2018
MILITARY/NATO/RUSSIA/SPENDING/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump pressured allies to double their military spending target to 4% of GDP, while questioning NATO’s value and bashing Germany for supporting a major gas deal with Russia. After attacking North Atlantic Treaty Organization leaders for months for not meeting a 2% military spending target, Mr. Trump said on Wednesday […]
7/11/2018
EU/GERMANY/NATO/RUSSIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What good is NATO if Germany is paying Russia billions of dollars for gas and energy? Why are there only 5 out of 29 countries that have met their commitment? The U.S. is paying for Europe’s protection, then loses billions on Trade. Must pay 2% of GDP IMMEDIATELY, not by 2025.” […]
7/11/2018
EU/GERMANY/NATO/RUSSIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “What good is NATO if Germany is paying Russia billions of dollars for gas and energy? Why are their only 5 out of 29 countries that have met their commitment? The U.S. is paying for Europe’s protection, then loses billions on Trade. Must pay 2% of GDP IMMEDIATELY, not by 2025.” […]
7/11/2018
ENERGY/GERMANY/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @realDonaldTrump: What good is NATO if Germany is paying Russia billions of dollars for gas and energy? Why are there only 5 out of 29 c…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, July 11, 2018 4:11 pm […]
7/10/2018
GOP/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Even for an era of strained relations, the images that crossed back over the Atlantic last week stood out: Seven Republican senators and one Republican congresswoman ushered into a Moscow conference room, exchanging pleasantries with top Russian officials on the eve of American Independence Day. But if the delegation was intended […]
7/10/2018
EU/NATO/RUSSIA/SPENDING/TRADE WARS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump renewed his criticism of European allies on Tuesday [7-10-18] and said he was most optimistic about meeting with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, as he departed for a summit meeting in Brussels that threatens to highlight acrimony within NATO. Mr. Trump’s comments touched off a round of trans-Atlantic […]
7/10/2018
EU/FOREIGN POLICY/MILITARY/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump leveled fresh criticism against allies over their military spending as he headed off on seven-day tour through Europe that begins with a NATO gathering and ends with a summit with President Vladimir Putin aimed at resetting U.S. relations with Moscow. The trip will showcase two foreign-policy thrusts of […]
7/10/2018
EU/NATO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said his easiest meeting on his foreign trip to Europe during the next week may be his sit down with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump spoke to reporters before leaving for the NATO summit in Brussels, the first stop on his trip. He then plans to travel to the […]
7/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Michael Cohen, the President’s former fixer and ultimate loyalist, is sending a clear signal to President Donald Trump and his attorney, Rudy Giuliani, that ‘the truth is not you(r) or your client’s friend,’ according to sources with knowledge of Cohen’s thinking. Two sources familiar with Cohen’s thinking say he […]
7/9/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Based on meetings he and other senators just held with Russian leaders in Moscow, Sen. Jerry Moran has a few words of caution for President Donald Trump as he prepares to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin…Moreover, Sen. Moran suggests the president might want to think twice about his plan to […]
7/5/2018
DEMS/ELIZABETH WARREN/ME TOO/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/VA: “President Trump lobbed personal and derogatory attacks at two Democratic senators, mocked the #MeToo movement and vouched for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday [7-5-18] during a freewheeling, raucous rally ostensibly intended to solidify support for Montana’s Republican Senate candidate. Taunting Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, with […]
7/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/EU/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump plans to raise the issue of Russia’s ‘malign activity’ in Europe, its efforts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. election and allegations that Moscow possesses banned missile technology in a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin later this month, a senior administration official said Thursday [7-5-18]. […]
7/5/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his US delegation intend to raise the issues of arms control, Ukraine, Syria and election meddling during their meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a senior administration told reporters Thursday [7-5-18]. The senior administration official stressed that while US officials have ‘repeatedly’ raised election meddling in meetings […]
7/3/2018
2016 ELECTION/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Breaking with their House Republican counterparts, the Senate Intelligence Committee said Tuesday [7-3-18] that the intelligence community properly concluded in January of last year that Russian President Vladimir Putin was trying to help Donald Trump when Moscow meddled in the 2016 election. The Senate panel released a summary Tuesday of its […]
7/3/2018
ABORTION/RUSSIA/SUPREME COURT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Supreme Court confirmation hearings often develop their own tenor, depending on the nominee and the issues of the day. Even without a choice yet from President Donald Trump, two themes already have emerged: Russia and Roe. Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that made abortion legal nationwide, has been a Senate […]
7/2/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump plans to meet one-on-one with Vladimir Putin at the start of their July 16 summit in Helsinki, Finland, according to a person familiar with the plans, before allowing other aides to join the highly anticipated encounter with the Russian leader. The meeting will be the first formal summit talks […]
6/28/2018
RUSSIA/SYRIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump once again raised the idea of pulling the US out of Syria this week — this time privately during a meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House, according to two diplomatic sources familiar with the sit-down. The two leaders discussed Syria at length. One source […]
6/28/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “It ought to be nothing but good news that two nations who could obliterate the globe with their nuclear weapons are meeting to mend their dangerously spiraling relations…But when Trump and Putin sit down in Helsinki the spotlight will be on everything but their crucial talks on North Korea, Syria, Iran and […]
6/27/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump said Wednesday [6-27-18] he will ‘most likely’ meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in a summit next month in Europe. The president is scheduled to attend a North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit next month in Brussels and is also planning to visit the U.K. He met twice […]
6/27/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A search warrant application unsealed on Wednesday [6-27-18] revealed closer links than previously known between President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and a Russian oligarch with close ties to the Kremlin. In an affidavit attached to the July 2017 application, an FBI agent said he had reviewed tax returns for […]
6/26/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin may meet next month in Helsinki, the capital of Finland, a US official said on Tuesday [6-26-18]. The Scandinavian city has emerged as a strong possibility to host the summit, which Trump has pressed aides to organize after he raised the idea during […]
6/25/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “With a sudden flurry of plans for high-level contacts between Washington and Moscow, President Donald Trump appears to be telegraphing an upcoming meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin — a controversial push to engage the Kremlin at a time when relations between the US and key European allies are rapidly […]
6/25/2018
2016 ELECTION/BUSINESS/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Russian company accused of helping fund a propaganda operation to sway the 2016 presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor asked a federal judge on Monday [6-25-18] to dismiss charges brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, saying Mueller was unlawfully appointed and lacks prosecutorial authority. Concord Management and Consulting LLC, […]
6/21/2018
NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House national security adviser John Bolton will travel to Russia this month to discuss a possible summit meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, the White House and Kremlin announced Thursday [6-21-18]…NSC spokesman Garrett Marquis confirmed the plans in a statement, saying Mr. Bolton in a trip from June 25 […]
6/18/2018
JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Comey gave Strozk his marching orders. Mueller is Comey’s best friend. Witch Hunt!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 18, 2018 10:27 am […]
6/15/2018
BUSH FAMILY/CLINTONS/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I’ve had to beat 17 very talented people including the Bush Dynasty, then I had to beat the Clinton Dynasty, and now I have to beat a phony Witch Hunt and all of the dishonest people covered in the IG Report…and never forget the Fake News Media. It never ends!” -Donald […]
6/15/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday [6-15-18] it was possible he could meet Russian President Vladimir Putin this summer, and Moscow did not rule out a meeting. Asked whether he was planning to meet with Putin this summer, Trump said it was possible. ‘It’s possible that we’ll meet, yeah,’ Trump told […]
6/15/2018
FBI/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “RT @foxandfriends: IG REPORT BOMBSHELL: Anti-Trump FBI agent Peter Strzok texted his lover Lisa Page ‘we’ll stop’ Trump from becoming presi…” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2018 6:56 am […]
6/15/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “‘RT @foxandfriends: .@jasoninthehouse: The DOJ IG report is 562 pages of nothing but bias and animus https://t.co/7IeXfmvo1M‘” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2018 6:55 am […]
6/15/2018
FBI/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The IG Report is a total disaster for Comey, his minions and sadly, the FBI. Comey will now officially go down as the worst leader, by far, in the history of the FBI. I did a great service to the people in firing him. Good Instincts. Christopher Wray will bring it […]
6/15/2018
FBI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “FBI Agent Peter Strzok, who headed the Clinton & Russia investigations, texted to his lover Lisa Page, in the IG Report, that ‘we’ll stop’ candidate Trump from becoming President. Doesn’t get any lower than that!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 15, 2018 5:35 am […]
6/15/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A judge on Friday [6-15-18] sent longtime Republican political operator and businessman Paul Manafort to jail pending trial after a charge of witness tampering, the latest episode in a slow fall from grace of a man who was President Donald Trump’s campaign chairman in 2016. Manafort, a target of Special Counsel […]
6/14/2018
2016 ELECTION/FBI/HILLARY CLINTON/JAMES COMEY/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The former F.B.I. director James B. Comey was ‘insubordinate’ in his handling of the investigation of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential election, a critical Justice Department report has concluded, according to officials and others who saw or were briefed on it. But the report, by the department’s inspector […]
6/14/2018
RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The White House and the Kremlin are ‘exploring’ a possible meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a White House aide. Richard Hooker, a senior director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council, told the Russian news agency TASS Wednesday [6-13-18] that the idea is […]
6/14/2018
DEMS/JAMES COMEY/MEDIA/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “So, the Democrats make up a phony crime, Collusion with the Russians, pay a fortune to make the crime sound real, illegally leak (Comey) classified information so that a Special Councel will be appointed, and then Collude to make this pile of garbage take on life in Fake News!” -Donald Trump, […]
6/14/2018
NORTH KOREA/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SINGAPORE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Now that I am back from Singapore, where we had a great result with respect to North Korea, the thought process must sadly go back to the Witch Hunt, always remembering that there was No Collusion and No Obstruction of the fabricated No Crime.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, June 14, 2018 […]
6/13/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Michael D. Cohen, President Trump’s longtime personal fixer, will soon be parting from the lawyers who are representing him in a potentially damaging and wide-ranging federal investigation into his business dealings, according to two people familiar with the case. Mr. Cohen has not yet been approached by the prosecutors conducting the inquiry […]
6/12/2018
LEGAL/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office is asking federal Judge Dabney Friedrich for an order that would lock down documents shared with the Russian company Concord Management and Consulting, because of the potential for the information to be shared with foreign nationals and intelligence officials still working to sow discord in the […]
6/12/2018
LAWSUIT/PAUL MANAFORT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Russian oligarch on Monday [6-11-18] got a court to delay his fraud lawsuit against U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort, citing the need to deal more pressing legal matters such as U.S. sanctions on his businesses and criminal trials facing Manafort. Justice O. Peter Sherwood of New […]
6/8/2018
CANADA/G7/NAFTA/RUSSIA/TARIFFS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump railed on Friday [6-8-18] against Canadian tariffs on American dairy products as he prepared to travel to Canada, where he is likely to be greeted with an icy welcome ahead of a financial summit meeting with longtime American allies. ‘We’re going to deal with the very unfair trade practices’ Mr. […]
6/8/2018
CANADA/FOREIGN POLICY/G7/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump arrived in Canada on Friday [6-8-18] with a defiant swagger for a day of meetings with America’s closest allies, vowing before he left the United States that he will not capitulate on tariffs and taunting his counterparts with a surprise call to reinstate Russia in their Group of 7 […]
6/8/2018
LEGAL/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “Prosecutors have filed a new indictment against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort that also names as a defendant Konstantin Kilimnik, a close business colleague of Manafort’s who prosecutors have said has close ties to Russian intelligence. The indictment includes two new charges against both Manafort and Kilimnik: a count of […]
6/8/2018
G7/NAFTA/RUSSIA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Bruising for a fight, President Donald Trump barreled into the Group of Seven summit Friday [6-8-18], eager to confront longtime U.S. allies over a burgeoning trade dispute and insisting Russia should be brought back into the fold. Trump joined the leaders of major industrialized nations in an idyllic Canadian resort town […]
6/8/2018
LEGAL/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A federal judge said U.S. President Donald Trump should publicly file his objections to findings of a court-appointed special master reviewing documents seized in a probe of the business dealings of his longtime personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. In an order issued on Friday [6-8-18], U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood in […]
6/8/2018
G7/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump on Friday [6-8-18] called for Russia to be let back into the Group of Seven industrialized nations, four years after it was expelled over its annexation of Crimea. At the White House as he departed for the G-7 summit in Quebec on Friday, the president said, ‘Russia should be […]
6/8/2018
CANADA/G7/RUSSIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “I am heading for Canada and the G-7 for talks that will mostly center on the long time unfair trade practiced against the United States. From there I go to Singapore and talks with North Korea on Denuclearization. Won’t be talking about the Russian Witch Hunt Hoax for a while!” -Donald […]
6/7/2018
PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The special counsel’s accusation this week that Paul Manafort, President Trump’s former campaign chairman, tried to tamper with potential witnesses originated with two veteran journalists who turned on Mr. Manafort after working closely with him to prop up the former Russia-aligned president of Ukraine, interviews and documents show. The two […]
6/7/2018
FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Justice Department on Thursday [6-7-18] offered lawmakers an additional classified briefing about the FBI’s use of a confidential informant during its investigation into potential coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian meddling in the 2016 election. The invitation came a day after House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) disputed President […]
6/7/2018
ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A series of seemingly authoritative assertions in recent weeks about the shape and scope of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election interference has helped define it in the public eye, generating countless headlines and cable chyrons about the ongoing saga that has shadowed President Donald Trump’s White House. […]
6/7/2018
DEMS/ELECTION/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “When and where will all of the many conflicts of interest be listed by the 13 Angry Democrats (plus) working on the Witch Hunt Hoax. There has never been a group of people on a case so biased or conflicted. It is all a Democrat Excuse for LOSING the Election. Where is […]
6/7/2018
CANADA/G7/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/RUSSIA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Isn’t it Ironic? Getting ready to go to the G-7 in Canada to fight for our country on Trade (we have the worst trade deals ever made), then off to Singapore to meet with North Korea & the Nuclear Problem…But back home we still have the 13 Angry Democrats pushing […]
6/6/2018
FBI/GOP/PAUL RYAN/RUSSIA/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Speaker Paul D. Ryan agreed on Wednesday [6-6-18] that the F.B.I. did nothing wrong by using a confidential informant to contact members of the Trump campaign as it investigated its ties to Russia, contradicting President Trump’s assertions of a broad conspiracy by federal law enforcement. And he warned that Mr. Trump […]
6/6/2018
FBI/GOP/PAUL RYAN/RUSSIA/SPYGATE/TRUMP PEOPLE: “In a break with President Donald Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan said Wednesday [6-6-18] that he agrees there is no evidence that the FBI planted a ‘spy’ in Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign in an effort to hurt his chances at the polls. He also issued a careful warning about Trump’s recent assertion […]
6/6/2018
FBI/PAUL RYAN/RUSSIA/SPYGATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “House Speaker Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) sided with House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy in disputing President Donald Trump’s claims that ‘spies’ infiltrated his 2016 presidential campaign. Speaking with reporters, Mr. Ryan on Wednesday [6-6-18] said he had seen no evidence to contradict the assessment last week from Mr. Gowdy, a […]
6/5/2018
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/PAUL MANAFORT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Money laundering, tax evasion, acting as a foreign agent, now witness tampering. Special counsel Robert Mueller has turned up the heat on Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, threatening new criminal charges and asking a judge to put him in jail while he awaits trial…The Justice Department appointed […]
6/5/2018
LEGAL/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE: “White House press secretary Sarah Sanders refused again on Tuesday [6-5-18] to correct her August statement that President Donald Trump wasn’t involved in drafting a misleading statement about his son’s meeting with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower…A day earlier, Sanders referred questions on the matter to the President’s outside counsel. The President’s […]