Lawrence O’Donnell revealed why the White House should be very afraid after Paul Manafort got charged with tax evasion. Video: Lawrence O'Donnell on why the White House should be very afraid of the tax evasion charges against Paul Manafort. pic.twitter.com/yOWRwrFfSM — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 23, 2018 O’Donnell said, “The new indictment says they…
Bob Mueller is relentlessly coming after Paul Manafort and Rick Gates to get Manafort to talk about Trump/Russia collusion. Here is Ari Melber talking about the growing pressure on Manafort: Ari Melber on Mueller turning up the pressure on Manafort with the new charges. pic.twitter.com/a5hP7HNVbA — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 23, 2018 Most legal…
Democratic leaders called on Congress on Wednesday to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation $300 million to fight foreign efforts to interfere in congressional and state elections in November, amid growing concerns about potential Russian influence on the polls.
New sealed criminal charges have been filed in federal court in the criminal case brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and campaign aide Rick Gates, a court record indicated on Wednesday.
Devin Nunes, the Republican Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, made a “joke†of asking the Russian bots for help to make an article suggesting the Trump Russia connection is an unsupported conspiracy, urging less focus on Russia, go viral.
Jake Sullivan who served as Director of Policy Planning in the Obama administration State Department destroyed Trump’s claim that he is tougher on Russia than Obama. Sullivan said on MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes, “That would be very difficult to do under any circumstances because as you laid out at the top of the…
“Mueller is sending a signal to witnesses in this investigation that he is going to charge false statements,” said Renato Mariotti,” a former federal prosecutor who is running for Illinois attorney general as a Democrat.
Ex-CIA director John O. Brennan slammed President Trump on Twitter after he claimed that he’s been tougher on Russia than Obama was. “I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts,” Trump tweeted. “Total Fake News!” In response, Brennan wrote, “It never ceases to amaze me how successful you have…
Days after the indictments of 13 Russian nationals and three organizations, there is yet another indictment in the Russia investigation. News broke on Tuesday that special counsel Robert Mueller indicted a lawyer named Alex Van Der Zwaan after lying to investigators. Not much is known about Van Der Zwaan yet, but as of now, he’s known to…
Robert Mueller has gone exactly where Trump didn’t want him to go. The Special Counsel is investigating Trump son in law Jared Kushner for financial crimes. CNN reported, “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s interest in Jared Kushner has expanded beyond his contacts with Russia and now includes his efforts to secure financing for his company from…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) slammed Trump for twisting the statements that he made during a CNN interview and for being too afraid to stand up to Putin. Trump tweeted: Finally, Liddle’ Adam Schiff, the leakin’ monster of no control, is now blaming the Obama Administration for Russian meddling in the 2016 Election. He is finally…
Russia investigation Special Counsel Robert Mueller is reeling in the big fish as Rick Gates will plead guilty and testify against former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort. The LA Times reported: “Rick Gates is going to change his plea to guilty,” said a person with direct knowledge of the new developments, adding that the revised…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) responded to Trump’s claim that he has been vindicated by the Russia indictments by saying that this president claims vindication anytime someone sneezes. Video: Boom! Slam! Down goes Trump's "Russia vindication" thanks to #AdamSchiff. pic.twitter.com/AZqymuQ3RU — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 18, 2018 Transcript of Schiff on CNN’s State Of The…
Trump claimed that by investigating him, the members of his own party in Congress are helping the Russians. Trump tweeted: If it was the GOAL of Russia to create discord, disruption and chaos within the U.S. then, with all of the Committee Hearings, Investigations and Party hatred, they have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. They…
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said on Meet The Press that his social media person in San Diego went to the Clinton campaign in September and warned them about weird Russian efforts to use his Facebook pages to say horrible things and undermine democracy. Video: A Bernie Sanders social media person warned Hillary Clinton campaign about…
Facebook Inc will start using postcards sent by U.S. mail later this year to verify the identities and location of people who want to purchase U.S. election-related advertising on its site, a senior company executive said on Saturday.
MSNBC showed how the media should be handling Trump’s efforts to distract from Russian election interference. Video: This is how the media should handle Trump's efforts to distract from Russian election interference. #Russians #Trump pic.twitter.com/LSKvtHsYNv — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 17, 2018 Here is how MSNBC’s Geoff Bennett handled Trump’s meltdown tweets about the…
National security adviser H.R. McMaster confirmed on Saturday what most Americans have been aware of for a while now — Russia did, in fact, interfere with the 2016 U.S. elections. “As you can see with the F.B.I. indictment, the evidence is now really incontrovertible and available in the public domain, whereas in the past it…
After Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russian nationals and three organizations on Friday, Trump and his surrogates have been scrambling to spin the situation in their favor. Hogan Gidley, a spokesman for the White House, continued this effort during a Saturday appearance on Fox & Friends. Gidley insisted that Democrats and the media have…
Mitch McConnell refused to do the right thing for his country when the Russians attacked us. Instead, he did what he always does; when asked by President Obama to take a unified stand against Russia, McConnell threatened President Obama.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) made the argument that if Trump won’t fight election meddling and impose sanctions on Russia, he is not carrying out his duties as president and could be working for the Russians. Video: House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Eric Swalwell asks if Trump is siding with the Russians against America’s best interests….
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has drawn a new accusation of bank fraud from U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office, according to court documents.
The Russian influence operation designed to tamper with the 2016 U.S. presidential election used a combination of old-school espionage tactics and 21st-century technologies that will not be easy to stop, even now that the methods have been exposed, experts said.
Rachel Maddow got emotional as she said that the indictments of 13 Russians are proof that finally, someone is defending us from the Russian threat to the United States. Video: Rachel Maddow got emotional as she said that the indictments of 13 Russians are proof that finally, someone is defending us from the Russian threat…
A U.S. man indicted for identity fraud in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into possible Russian meddling in the 2016 election “made a mistake” but “had absolutely no knowledge” about who was buying the information or their motivations, his lawyer said on Friday.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s indictment of 13 Russian individuals and three organizations for allegedly interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election sets the stage for the prosecution of Americans who may have helped the Russian effort, some legal experts said.
So we know this is just the beginning of Mueller’s investigation, and already he has indicted 13 Russians for meddling with the U.S. election.
Here are five thought-provoking things about the indictments and the alleged crimes surrounding them:
Russian businessman Evgeny Prigozhin said on Friday he was not upset about his indictment for alleged election meddling in United States, RIA news agency reported.
The indictments of 13 Russians isn’t the end of the Russia investigation. The probe is expected to continue for months. Bloomberg reported,”Friday’s indictment of a St. Petersburg-based “troll farm†and 13 Russian nationals should be seen as a limited slice of a comprehensive investigation, the person said. Mueller’s work is expected to continue for months…
“As desperately as President Trump insists that the Special Counsel investigation is a ‘hoax’, these latest indictments build on multiple guilty pleas and indictments of several Trump campaign officials, demonstrating the gravity of the Trump-Russia scandal,” Leader Pelosi said, urging support for Mueller’s investigation to follow the facts.
Senator Ben Stasse (R-NE) thinks the indictment was Mueller putting Moscow on notice and giving Washington a wake-up call that Russia is coming for us in 2018 and 2020 and we have to take the threat seriously.
The cooperation of Rick Gates with the Mueller investigation opens the door for the Special Counsel to confirming Trump collusion with Russia and financial crimes. Video of attorney and former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman on MSNBC: The flip of #RickGates could confirm collusion and Trump financial crimes with Russia. pic.twitter.com/VNFSfCPE1G — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) February 16, 2018…
Each time another ex-Trump confidant flips on their former boss and starts cooperating with Mueller, the special counsel gets another building block in its growing case against Trump.
Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, declined to answer many questions during his second closed-door meeting with the U.S. House Intelligence Committee on Thursday, frustrating members of the panel, Republican and Democratic committee leaders said.
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) accused House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) of helping Trump obstruct the Russia investigation during an interview on The Beat With Ari Melber. Video: Devin Nunes is accused of helping Trump obstruct justice. #TheBeatWithAriMelber #Russia #DevinNunes pic.twitter.com/xSENe1yckc — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 14, 2018 Rep. Quigley said, “I…
Russia is likely to pursue more cyber attacks on elections in the United States, U.S. intelligence community leaders said on Tuesday, with just months to go before U.S. congressional and local elections in November.
White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told reporters on Monday that the Trump administration looks “forward to releasing” the Democratic rebuttal to the Republican memo accusing the FBI and Justice Department of running a corrupt investigation on Russia — but only after Democrats “clean it up.” “I think the reality is that the White…
Yet another high-ranking official who might find themselves having to deal with the Trump administration’s ties to Russia has resigned. This time, it’s Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, the third highest-ranking official at the Department of Justice. Brand has left to take the Executive Vice President, Global Governance and Corporate Secretary position at Wal-Mart. While people close…
Former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman said on MSNBC that she thinks Republicans are trying to smear Robert Mueller and the FBI because devastating information is going to come out about Trump himself. Video: Former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman said on MSNBC that she thinks Republicans are trying to smear Robert Mueller and the FBI because devastating information…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) pulled no punches on Trump as he characterized the president’s decision as the hypocritical act of a man who places his own personal interests above national security. Video: Transcript via CBS’ Face The Nation: MAJOR GARRETT: The president as you well know and as the nation has learned declined to release…
A week ago, Trump declassified the Republican-written memo accusing the FBI and Justice Department of being biased against the president and abusing their power in the investigation looking into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to manipulate the 2016 election. On Friday, he opted to block the release of a memo by Democrats refuting every…
Trump, who has never read the Schiff memo, but had people in his White House and Fox News tell him about it, declared it too political for release. Trump tweeted: The Democrats sent a very political and long response memo which they knew, because of sources and methods (and more), would have to be heavily…
A Russian who offered stolen National Security Agency cyberweapons and compromising information on President Donald Trump bilked U.S. spies out of $100,000 last year, The New York Times reported on Friday, citing U.S. and European security officials.
Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) asked what President Trump was hiding upon the Republican President’s refusal to release the Democratic memo voted on by the House Intelligence Committee.
Donald Trump is refusing to declassify the Democratic memo debunking the Devin Nunes FBI conspiracy under the pretense of national security, but Trump is the same president who invited the Russians into the Oval Office and gave them classified information. Here is the letter from the White House to Nunes: Trump gave US secret to…
Rachel Brand’s departure from DOJ signals that massive criminal obstruction of justice could be coming from Trump. Video: Rachel Brand's departure from DOJ signals that massive criminal obstruction of justice could be coming. #rachelbrand #Russiascandal pic.twitter.com/53FVNvGKcF — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 10, 2018 On The Beat With Ari Melber, Julian Epstein said, “I think…
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) charged, “Not a single revelation in the Steele dossier has been refuted,”
President Donald Trump said on Friday the White House would soon release a letter regarding a classified document crafted by Democrats to refute a Republican memo that alleged FBI bias against Trump in its Russia probe.
Trump has set up a legal defense fund for his White House that gives Russians and other illegal donors the ability to cover his legal fees. “One rule of the Patriot Fund, it seems, is you don’t talk about the Patriot Fund,” Walter Shaub wrote in the Los Angeles Times of President Trump’s legal defense…
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are warning that America is once again faced with a president in Trump who is in a determined standoff with an independent prosecutor. Woodward and Bernstein wrote in The Washington Post: We’re here again. A powerful and determined president is squaring off against an independent investigator operating inside the Justice…
An effort by to smear the top Democrat on the Senate Russia investigation, Sen. Mark Warner is underway, and it involves, Fox News, Russia, and Donald Trump Jr. Come with me for a moment down the Fox News Steele Dossier conspiracy rabbit hole: This is Fox News colluding with Donald Trump Jr. and Russia to…
Deputy White House Press Secretary Raj Shah was asked to provide evidence of FBI bias besides the texts, and he had nothing. Video: The White House fell apart in almost comical fashion when asked for evidence of FBI bias against Trump. https://t.co/p95m2kp9b5 #NoFBIBias #conspiracyfail pic.twitter.com/KmkN6ZCCLj — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 8, 2018 Transcript: Q:…
House Oversight Committee Democrats led by ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) are giving Trump a major headache by pressing for a credible investigation into the White House security clearance process. Read the letter from Rep. Cummings to Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC): [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018-02-08.EEC-to-TG-re.security-clearance-process-at-WH.pdf” title=”2018-02-08.EEC to TG re.security clearance process at WH”] Rep. Cummings wrote,…
House Judiciary Democrats have issued a letter calling for immediate emergency hearings after the revelation that Russia has hacked the US voter rolls. Here is the letter: [pdf-embedder url=”https://www.politicususa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/FINAL-DRAFT-Letter-to-Goodlatte-re-Election-Security-2.pdf” title=”FINAL DRAFT – Letter to Goodlatte re Election Security (2)”] The Democratic members wrote, “It is our Committee’s responsibility to examine the vulnerabilities and risks facing…
Members of Congress are sounding the alarm, but the White House has been blocking efforts to fight Russian election interference by refusing to admit that there is a problem. After Sen. Mark Warner tweeted: Russian election interference is a threat not just to the United States, but to all Western democracies. @SenatorBurr and I are…
The head of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security said that Russia successfully penetrated the voter rolls of several states during the 2016 election. Jeanette Manfra said in an interview with NBC News: “We saw a targeting of 21 states and an exceptionally small number of them were actually successfully penetrated.” …. NBC News…
The legal team representing Richard Gates, a business associate of U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, wants to stop representing him due to “irreconcilable differences,” according to a court filing unsealed on Wednesday.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder believes that Robert Mueller technically has enough evidence to bring a case against Trump for obstruction of justice. Politico reported: “Is there a technical case there now?†Holder said in response to questions from POLITICO after a Christian Science Monitor breakfast Wednesday. “I think so. Now.†…. “If you’re a…
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) demanded that President Obama is investigated in the Russia scandal because he is the one who was behind the conspiracy to get Donald Trump. Video: After putting up a cherry-picked text from FBI agents in classic Fox News fashion, Steve Doocy asked Gohmert, “What does that mean to you?” Gohmert answered,…
When asked about Trump calling Devin Nunes a great American, Rep. Eric Swalwell said that Nunes is obstructing the investigation and working for Trump. Video: Devin Nunes called out for working with Trump to obstruct the Russia investigation. pic.twitter.com/9iBbQAl2ve — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 6, 2018 Swalwell said, “He’s obstructed our investigation. I think…
House Intelligence Committee member Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) warned that Trump is trying to poison potential juries, indictments, and give Republicans a reason to turn a blind eye on impeachment by attacking the FBI. Video: Is Donald Trump trying to taint juries with his FBI attacks? pic.twitter.com/KUW2VYEsdn — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 6, 2018…
According to multiple reports, Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon is ignoring a subpoena from the House Intelligence Committee. He was meant to appear for questioning on Tuesday, but according to a source who spoke to CNN, Bannon plans on ignoring the order. The move might lead to Trump’s former confidant being held in contempt…
After Trump declassified the Republican-written memo meant to discredit the FBI’s Russia investigation on Friday, Democrats quickly moved to get their own memo out to the public. On Monday, the House Intelligence Committee voted in favor of making the Democratic rebuttal public. Unfortunately, Trump probably won’t agree to declassify it because it won’t serve his…
MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell brought the cold hard truth that if Trump talks to Robert Mueller he will definitely commit a crime. Video: Lawrence O'Donnell on how EVERYONE around Trump believes that he will commit a crime if he talks to Robert Mueller. #thelastword pic.twitter.com/YJM4NVArPo — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 6, 2018 O’Donnell said, “Everyone,…
Trump’s lawyers are now urging him to refuse an interview with Robert Mueller, citing the president’s inability to tell the truth.
Congressman Schiff gave the president and son Don Jr. a quick lesson on what it means to illegally leak classified information.
“It gins up [Trump’s] base and it may help him politically, but legally it’s of no moment. … I think the Republicans over-promised and under-delivered with their memo.”
Former Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter went there and called for an investigation into Republicans in Congress who are taking money from Russia. Video: Richard Painter calls on Congress to investigate Congressional Republicans who are getting money from Russia. pic.twitter.com/s5Nsxmq0iq — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 6, 2018 Painter said on The Beat With Ari…
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) claimed that Trump never met George Papadopoulos, even though there is a picture of the two together in a meeting. Video: Nunes said, “So far we can tell, Papadopoulos never even knew, never met with the president. Getting drunk in London and talking to diplomats saying that…
This is how the Republican Russia cover-up circle works. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) works with Fox News to attack Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) while Donald Trump tweets about it as he watches. Trump tweeted: Little Adam Schiff, who is desperate to run for higher office, is one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington,…
New documents make it evident that Sarah Huckabee Sanders lied about the FBI’s lost faith in former Director James Comey.
Several Republican lawmakers disagreed on Sunday with President Donald Trump’s assertion that a memo released last week by the House Intelligence Committee vindicated him in the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Intelligence Committee will consider on Monday whether to release the Democratic rebuttal to a Republican memo that alleged bias at the FBI and Justice Department against President Donald Trump, two sources told Reuters. The four-page Republican memo, made public on Friday, has fueled a battle between…
Rep. Trey Gowdy’s debunking of Trump’s claim that he has been vindicated by the Nunes memo was a crushing moment for teetering president. Video: When Trey Gowdy says Trump's vindication claim is garbage, Republicans are cooked. pic.twitter.com/zesgMvMKNN — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 4, 2018 When asked on CBS’s Face The Nation if the memo…
Donald Trump Jr., a man who has taken money from actual communists, ranted and raved on Fox News about Democrats being commies as the special counsel investigation closes in on him. Video: Donald Trump Jr. calls Democrats as the Russia investigation closes in. pic.twitter.com/2Uz702PKp7 — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 4, 2018 This was Trump…
The Nunes memo is so weak that Rep. Adam Schiff was able to destroy the core premise behind it in less than ten seconds on ABC’s This Week. Video: Top House Intel Democrat @RepAdamSchiff tells @GStephanopoulos the FISA court was told “there was a political actor behind [the Steele dossier]†contradicting the declassified House GOP…
Trump got lost in self-pity on Saturday night as he whined that all people ever want to talk about is Russia. Trump tweeted: Great jobs numbers and finally, after many years, rising wages- and nobody even talks about them. Only Russia, Russia, Russia, despite the fact that, after a year of looking, there is No…
The massively hyped memo written by GOP congressman Devin Nunes has backfired in several ways, and on Saturday, the campaign of Andrew Janz, the Democratic candidate running against Nunes for his seat in the California House, revealed another way it blew up in the Republican’s face. According to Heather Greven, Janz’ campaign manager, the controversy…
The U.S. Justice Department has backed Special Counsel Robert Mueller over a lawsuit filed against him by Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, and argued that the case should be dismissed.
Ryan cares more about dismantling the social safety net and advancing the interests of his wealthy donors than he does about helping his constituents or holding this dangerous president accountable.
Trump referred to himself in the third person, improperly used “their,” and capitalized words at random. The simple act of reading the tweet left the AM Joy panel struggling to control their laughter.
The head of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee said on Friday he had not read the underlying materials referenced in a memo he and other Republicans on the panel assembled alleging bias against President Donald Trump in the FBI and Justice Department’s Russia probes.
Intelligence Committee member Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) raised doubts as to whether Devin Nunes has even read his own memo that was released today. Video: Rep. Eric Swalwell suggests that Devin Nunes hasn't read his own memo. pic.twitter.com/pwILNNpXzv — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 3, 2018 Swalwell said on MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes,…
Former assistant Watergate special prosecutor Nick Akerman said that Trump is doing Putin’s work for him, and it looks like the president is being blackmailed by Russia. Video: After the memo's release, there is talk of Trump being blackmailed by Russia. pic.twitter.com/qasrSMuGKo — PoliticusUSA (@politicususa) February 2, 2018 Akerman said on MSNBC, “This is a…
Former FBI Director James Comey crushed the Trump/Nunes FBI memo as dishonest and urged the FBI and DOJ to continue doing their jobs. Comey tweeted: That’s it? Dishonest and misleading memo wrecked the House intel committee, destroyed trust with Intelligence Community, damaged relationship with FISA court, and inexcusably exposed classified investigation of an American citizen….
Led by ranking member Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee tore Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes to pieces for their memo attack on the FBI. The Democrats wrote in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA: Chairman Nunes’ decision, supported by House Speaker Ryan and Republican Members of the House Permanent Select Committee…
The association representing the nation’s FBI agents, after a controversial Republican memo was released on Friday, defended their law enforcement work and said they “have not, and will not, allow partisan politics to distract” from their mission.”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday approved the release of a classified Republican memo that alleges bias against him at the FBI and Justice Department, in an extraordinary showdown with his own senior law enforcement officials over the probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.
The memo was supposed to give Trump political cover. Instead, it triggered a mentally unstable president to claim that the FBI is an Obama/Hillary Clinton conspiracy against him. Trump tweeted: The top Leadership and Investigators of the FBI and the Justice Department have politicized the sacred investigative process in favor of Democrats and against Republicans…
Lawrence O’Donnell explained a truth that Republicans don’t want to hear. No memo coming from failed Speaker Paul Ryan’s House can stop Robert Mueller from getting to the truth. Video: This is must watch of Lawrence O'Donnell bursting the Republican bubble by showing them that failed Speaker Paul Ryan can't stop Robert Mueller. #thelastword pic.twitter.com/Xx6qxaUqx6…
While Republicans point to the memo as proof that the FBI was out to get Trump’s campaign via FISA court warrants, Maddow explained just how insane that argument is.Â
“They are risking the republic to protect the president. And for what? For tax cuts? To deregulate their friends and industry?”
Trump and Republicans are undermining the work of our intelligence community and doing lasting damaging to the republic. Democrats are right to raise hell about it before the damage is irreversible.
Former FBI Director James Comey tweeted an awesome defense of the FBI never mentioned Trump but referred to liars and weasels who never hold the field. Comey tweeted: All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would. But take heart: American history shows that, in the long run, weasels and…
Sources inside the White House paint the Nunes memo as underwhelming and are worried that it will be a dud. Axios reported, “Inside the Trump administration, sources who’ve been briefed on the Nunes memo expect it will be underwhelming and not the “slam dunk†document it’s been hyped up to be…Trump still wants to release…
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) has read the Nunes memo, and he says that it is nothing more than a pretext for Trump to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Gallego tweeted: I've read both memos. What's clear to me is that the sole intent of the #NunesMemo is to give the Trump administration cover to…
Rep. Adam Schiff said that Trump and Nunes are getting away with corrupting our government with the memo because Paul Ryan is being pushed around by Trump. Video: Adam Schiff unloads on coward Paul Ryan for not standing up to Trump and Nunes. pic.twitter.com/njnS519IGK — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 1, 2018 Schiff said, “Our…
The head of the FBI is prepared to issue a rebuttal if a Republican-drafted memo alleging FBI bias against President Donald Trump in its Russia probe is released, CBS News analyst Fran Townsend, a former White House homeland security adviser, reported on Thursday.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi alerted Speaker of the House Paul Ryan that Devin Nunes violated House rules by altering the memo that the Intelligence Committee voted on. Pelosi is laying the foundation for an investigation of Nunes. In a letter that Pelosi wrote to Ryan, “It has now come to our attention that Congressman…
The Russia scandal has finally landed on Paul Ryan’s doorstep. Thanks to the Nunes memo, Ryan can no longer hide from his role in Trump’s Russia cover-up. CNN reported on letters that Senate and House Minority Leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sent to Ryan: Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent…
