Carter Page: A Fool For the Ages
Former Trump campaign advisor Carter Page has politicians and pundits scratching their heads after a positively bizarre hearing during which he seemed to confirm that Attorney General Jeff Sessions committed perjury. Appearing before the House Intelligence Committee, Page ranted about…
Sam Clovis Withdraws From USDA Nomination. Who Goes Down Next?
Sam Clovis – the woefully unqualified former Trump campaign official tapped to become the lead scientist at the USDA – has withdrawn from consideration amid reports that he recently appeared before Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury. With zero academic…
Mueller’s Indictments Roll In: Paul Manafort And Rick Gates Follow George Papadopoulos
Correction: This article previously stated that Manafort and Gates are the first Trump campaign officials to be indicted as part of Mueller’s probe. Reports emerging Monday morning indicate that Trump’s foriegn policy advisor George Papadopoulos actually pleaded guilty to making…
Jeff Sessions Lied Under Oath About Russia Contacts
Testifying before Senate judiciary committee this week, Jeff Sessions admitted under oath that he lied. Senator Al Franken nailed the extreme rightwing attorney general for his constantly evolving explanation of his communications with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign: Not…
Sens. Burr And Warner Provide Update On Intel Committee’s Russia Investigation
The chair and co-chair of the senate intelligence committee – Republican Richard Burr of North Carolina and Democrat Mark Warner of Virginia, respectively – provided an update today on the committee’s investigation into Russian interference in the US election and…
Top Security Analyst Says Steele Dossier Should Be Taken Seriously
Shortly before his inauguration, Trump was hit by a scandalous report published by Buzzfeed. The document – the so-called “Steele Dossier,” named after its principal author Christopher Steele – describes evidence extracted from a variety of unnamed sources regarding the…
Red-Handed: Donald Trump Jr. Met With Russian Expecting Dirt On Clinton
Over the weekend, The New York Times reported that Donald Trump Jr. met with a Russian lawyer in hopes of receiving damning information on Hillary Clinton. In a mind-blowing admission, Donald Jr. effectively confirmed the intention behind the meeting, releasing…
Self-Defeating: Trump Confirms Being Under Investigation, Throws Deputy AG Under Bus
In a baffling display of self-defeating ignorance, Trump launched a series of tweets Friday morning that – like so many that have come before – will probably only make his life more difficult. The most damning of these, in no…
Comey Confirms It: Trump Demanded ‘Loyalty’
Less than 24 hours before former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before Congress, the public is getting a fist glance at what he is likely to tell legislators. According to confidants of Comey, he will not draw any legal conclusions…
Palace Intrigue: Did Steve Bannon Leak Russia-Kushner Stories?
Among the numerous eye-opening stories that dropped over the last few weeks relating to Trump’s embattled White House, the revelation of Kushner’s status as a person of interest in the ongoing FBI investigation was quite astonishing. Further leaks from the…
Blackmail? Intercepted Russian Communications Point To “Derogatory” Details on Trump
Yet another bombshell dropped this week in the ongoing Trump-Russia saga. According to CNN, two intelligence officials and a congressional source have informed the network that intelligence agencies intercepted communications between Russian officials during the election indicating that they may…
This Week in Trump Scandals: FBI Investigates Manafort in Ukraine
A day doesn’t go by without some fascinating news popping up relating to the scandal-ridden White House. Let’s take a look at what’s happening this week: The FBI has begun interviewing politicians and officials in Ukraine regarding former Trump campaign…
John Brennan Testimony Offers More Bad News for Trump, GOP
Testifying before the House intelligence committee Tuesday, former CIA Director John Brennan confirmed a number of details that should worry the embattled President Trump and his Republican apologists. First, the senior member of the intelligence community concluded that Trump broke…
A Ridiculed Trump Unwillingly Begins First International Trip As President
Mired in scandal at home, Trump is looking for any good press he can get. There was some hope among his staff that his first international trip as president – which includes stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, Belgium, and Italy…
Loose-Lips Sink Ships: Trump Threatens US Security While Alienating Allies
In a bizarre display of either willful contempt for US national security or a hallmark example of his extraordinary incompetence, Trump allegedly informed Russian officials – including the Ambassador to the US Sergey Kislyak and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov –…
Trump Admits Russia Probe Influenced Comey Firing, Threatens Former Director on Twitter
This week, the Trump Administration appears to have entered a death spiral. Each day seemed to bring a fresh batch of chaos, captured by unflattering headlines and a growing sense that – just over a hundred days into the presidency…
Watergate Moment? Trump Fires FBI Director Comey As Russia Scandal Heats Up
Things are not looking great for the Trump Administration. Yesterday, news broke that the flailing president fired FBI Director James Comey, ostensibly over his handling over the Clinton email probe. Admittedly, Comey severely bungled that investigation, and other mishaps over…
Overwhelming Majority of Americans Want Independent Investigation Into Trump-Russia Ties
Results from a recent NBC/Wall Street Journal poll show a US population increasingly bent on an independent investigation into the Trump Administration’s dealings with Russian agents during the 2016 election. According to the poll, an extraordinary 73 percent of US…
Trump Could Have Russian Debt from 2008 Financial Crisis
The Trump-Russia storyline has gotten quite complicated over the past couple of months. Since the bombshell confirmation by FBI Director James Comey that the agency has been investigating collusion between Trump aids and confirmed Russian intelligence operatives, a host of…
The Guardian: British Spies Uncovered Trump-Russia Ties in 2015
In an exclusive report by The Guardian, the paper cites anonymous sources within the British government that claim that Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) first discovered links between Trump associates and suspected Russian agents as early as 2015. The British intelligence…
Devin Nunes Temporarily Steps Down From House Investigation Into Trump-Russia Ties
After weeks of stubborn refusal to recuse himself from the ongoing congressional investigation into the Trump Administration’s Russia ties, Rep. Devin Nunes has “temporarily” stepped aside from the inquiry, blaming “leftwing activists” for filing ethics charges against him. Nunes came…