It is being reported that reality is sinking in at the White House after Mueller treated the Trump Organization like a crime family, and the president’s reaction was one of paralyzed fear. Video: CNN reports that Trump is moving closer to taking action against Mueller. pic.twitter.com/IMtxDbP7lf — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) April 9, 2018 Jim…
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows that voters over age 60 are flocking to the Democrats for the midterm elections as Trump and the Republican Party are on the verge of losing their base of support. Here is the infographic on voters over age 60 via Reuters: The overall Republican advantage with has vanished. Republicans have…
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Russian oligarchs for potentially funneling money to Donald Trump’s campaign and inauguration. CNN reported, “Investigators are asking whether wealthy Russians illegally funneled cash donations directly or indirectly into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and inauguration. Investigators’ interest in Russian oligarchs has not been previously reported. It reveals that Mueller’s team…
The Presidential Personnel Office is responsible for the vetting and hiring of nearly 4000 government employees with 1200 requiring Senate approval. It is this office which ensures the government functions smoothly and properly under any administration. However, recent reporting by the Washington Post suggests the office is operating with approximately one-third of the normal staff,…
If you’re in a war and you have strong adversaries who have surrounded you, it’s advisable to surrender so you can live to fight another day. Donald Trump has just been surrounded by new legal problems that could be his undoing, but he has no intentions of surrendering. Instead, he’ll probably just deny everything and…
As Mr. Trump continues to hinder our reputation as a nation around the globe, he also is destroying the reputation of the modern-day Church in the process. Those who attend church these days, cannot say they were not warned. Make no mistake: I do not write this article to proselytize the reader, but to hold…
Nine of the ten Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee did an end around on Trump by sending letters to top five DOJ officials who would move up if Attorney General Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein were fired or removed asking them not to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Read the letter below: [pdf-embedder…
Unlike his legal challenges of the past, this time he will be met with the best investigators the country has to offer – all while he can’t even find lawyers willing to represent him.Â
The real reason why lawyers refuse to work for Donald Trump is that he has a long his history of stealing their services by not paying his bills. Video of MSNBC’s Ari Melber explaining why no one will represent Trump: No decent lawyer will work for Trump because he is a deadbeat who doesn't pay…
A Nashville newspaper has reported that there is a new poll in Tennessee showing former Democratic governor Phil Bredesen holding a lead over his likely U.S. Senate race opponent, Republican Representative Marsha Blackburn who is leading in all of the state’s Republican primary polls. Bredesen is not facing a Democratic primary challenger. Bredesen’s lead gives…
Norm Eisen, who worked once with John Dowd, wrote that he suspects Dowd quit because his client President Trump was about to walk right into a perjury trap and thereby commit legal suicide.
Our house is divided. Despite Mr. Trump’s continued assault on Robert Mueller, and the investigation he is tasked with, one might be wondering where the Republican profiles in courage are these days. Why the near deafening silence, save the voices such as Senator Flake (R-AZ), Senator Bob Corker (R-TN), or Lindsey Graham (R-SC), or the…
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) filed a discharge petition that would force House Speaker Paul Ryan to call The Special Counsel Integrity Act to the floor for a vote that would protect Robert Mueller from being unilaterally fired by Trump. The Special Counsel Integrity Act would make it nearly impossible for Trump to fire Mueller. The…
A New York state judge on Tuesday said U.S. President Donald Trump must face a defamation lawsuit by a woman who accused him of sexually harassing her after she appeared on his former reality TV show.
Just when you think Trump can’t sink any lower, he has Jeff Sessions fire former Asst. FBI Director Andrew McCabe a little more than a day before he is eligible to collect his full retirement benefits. The Washington Post reported: Sessions announced the decision in a statement just before 10 p.m., noting that both the…
Tom Steyer’s Need To Impeach organization will be filing 200 Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) to get information on Donald Trump and Jared Kushner’s businesses. In a release provided to PoliticusUSA, Need To Impeach announced: The FOIA requests include inquiries about the following: Information about the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into Apollo Management that…
Rep. Waters fought back: “This is a dishonorable human being. He is a con man. He came to this job as a con man.”
The national Republican Party has spent about 15 times as much money as the Democrats on this special election for a House seat that on the surface appears to be meaningless.
Trump has come totally unglued while speaking in Pittsburgh and gone off on a rant attacking Oprah. Video: Unhinged Trump attacks Oprah at . Trump has spent more time talking about Oprah than Rick Saccone. https://t.co/1xSxTEilwZ #PA18 pic.twitter.com/sNE0htTF8W — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 11, 2018 Trump said, “I think any of them to be…
During an appearance on CNN, the attorney for Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti, said that they are going to obtain documents and discovery in court that proves that Trump knew everything that was going on with porn star payoff. Video: #StormyDaniels lawyer on CNN, “We will be able to obtain discovery and documents and testimony that…
The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) has determined that Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act by endorsing candidates while appearing on television in her official White House role. Here is the release from the OSC: Conway’s guilt gives Democrats more ammo for future investigations There are an endless series of investigations that…
It is rumored that Robert Mueller has a document that that shows Trump was involved in financial deals with Russia during the 2016 election. If this is the case, treason is on the table. Video: Mike Muphy on The Last Word. It is rumored that Mueller has a document showing Trump financial crimes with Russia…
Rep. Adam Schiff, the top House Democratic investigator in the Russia scandal, took out Trump after he falsely tried to blame Obama for not starting an investigation into the Russia scandal before the election. Trump tweeted: Why did the Obama Administration start an investigation into the Trump Campaign (with zero proof of wrongdoing) long before…
Van Jones called out the race-based hypocrisy of Republicans by bluntly stating that Obama would be in Guantanamo if he had one week like Trump. Video: “If President Obama had one week like this, he would have been in Guantanamo." #ThisWeek https://t.co/E4NXMT1uDI pic.twitter.com/OAEtYPj1zz — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 4, 2018 Jones said on ABC’s…
Former Attorney General Eric Holder said that an obstruction of justice case against Trump already exists and the president is derelict in his duties by not protecting the United States from future Russian attacks. Video: Eric Holder argues that Trump is derelict in his duties and committing crimes against his own country by doing nothing…
Multiple White House insiders describe Trump as depressed, angry, and losing his mind. NBC News reported: “On Wednesday evening, the president became “unglued,” in the words of one official familiar with the president’s state of mind. A trifecta of events had set him off in a way that two officials said they had not seen…
John Dean, a former White House counsel who served during Nixon’s years in office, took to Twitter on Saturday to give his thoughts on what the testimony of former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates could do to the administration. “Mueller is throwing everything he can against Manafort, including Gates who can nail him,” Dean wrote….
As the Russia investigation steadily intensifies, Trump continues to show signs that he’s unraveling under the scrutiny. He started off his Tuesday by having one of his regular meltdowns on Twitter. As he does every morning, he followed his routine of watching cable news for hours. This time, it was his favorite, Fox News. He…
Schiff thinks the next indictment surrounding Russia’s hacking of the 2016 election will implicate Americans.
Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) is one of the few Republicans in Congress who is willing to take on the NRA. Mast told MSNBC’s MTP Daily that he is willing to risk his political life to pass an assault weapons ban. Video: Mast wants to do several things that the NRA opposes like universal background checks,…
The Democratic memo contains FBI intelligence that Carter Page was talking to the Russians about providing the Trump campaign with their dirt on Hillary Clinton. On page four of the memo: The proof of Trump/Russia collusion Carter Page was a member of the Trump campaign when he talked to the Russians about releasing information that…
As Robert Mueller closes in, Trump is demanding that Attorney General Jeff Sessions launch an investigation of former President Obama for Russian election meddling. Trump tweeted: Question: If all of the Russian meddling took place during the Obama Administration, right up to January 20th, why aren’t they the subject of the investigation? Why didn’t Obama…
Lawrence O’Donnell asked a question that exposed Fox as not a news organization when he asked what would Fox News do if Obama used the same language as Trump? Video: @Lawrence asks how would Fox News react if Obama acted like Trump? pic.twitter.com/s4l1iJxE0Z — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 20, 2018 O’Donnell said, “The President…
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…
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…
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….
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:
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…
The worst kept political secret of the past year is now official. Mitt Romney is running to replace Sen. Orrin Hatch in Utah. Here is Romney’s announcement: Mitt Romney’s announcement video: I am running for United States Senate to serve the people of Utah and bring Utah's values to Washington. pic.twitter.com/TDkas6gD2p — Mitt Romney (@MittRomney)…
Rachel Maddow damningly laid out how Trump jeopardizes national security with his pattern of allowing people like Mike Flynn and Rob Porter to still handle classified information after the White House has been warned about security clearance problems. Video: Rachel Maddow damningly laid out how Trump jeopardizes national security with his pattern of allowing people…
In a preview for the latest episode of Celebrity Big Brother, former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman said that Vice President Mike Pence would make an even more terrifying president than Donald Trump. “Can I just say this? As bad as y’all think Trump is, you would be worried about Pence,†she said, surrounded by…
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…
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…
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…
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…
According to Donald Trump, anyone who doesn’t clap for him is committing treason, and those who help him cover-up the Russia scandal, like Devin Nunes, are American heroes. Here is Trump calling Democrats treasonous: Trump says Democrats committed treason by not applauding at his SOTU. pic.twitter.com/ALIhluN6KH — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 5, 2018 On…
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….
While addressing congressional Republicans at their winter retreat, Trump whined because Democrats didn’t smile, applaud, and clap for him at the SOTU. Video: Trump throws a fit because Democrats didn't applaud his SOTU lies. pic.twitter.com/jxCZrm9xzK — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) February 1, 2018 Trump said, “After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising…
Former Clinton Adviser Phillipe Reines said what everyone is thinking. There is nothing out there that can stall a 2018 Democratic wave. Video: Republicans are looking increasingly powerless to stop a 2018 Democratic wave. pic.twitter.com/KYPlGUjhUE — Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 31, 2018 Reines said on MSNBC when asked by Katy Tur if anything can…
Trump’s PR effort to kill the Russia investigation was handed a devastating blow as FBI Director Christopher Wray opposes the release of the memo because it contains inaccurate information and a false narrative. Bloomberg News reported, “FBI Director Christopher Wray has informed the White House of his opposition to releasing a controversial, classified GOP memo…
In response to the mounting evidence against Donald Trump, Republicans have decided to wage war against the U.S. intelligence community instead of holding an increasingly guilty president accountable.Â
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders lied to the American people as she stood at the podium and denied that Trump had anything to do with the retirement of Andrew McCabe, who is a key witness in the obstruction of justice investigation against the president. Video: Transcript of the exchange: Q: The president didn’t…
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is turning a blind eye and supporting Devin Nunes in his treasonous secret memo effort to kill the Russia investigation. Video: CNN’s Manu Raju reported, “There is a lot of support within the Republican conference on the house side to move forward and release this memo. The speaker Paul…
Donald Trump directed that the Nunes secret memo be released, even though he doesn’t have the power to release it because he wants to fire deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein so that he can fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The Washington Post reported, “The president has told close advisers that the memo is starting to…
Former Watergate special prosecutor Jill Wine-Banks laid out the doomed choice of Trump on MSNBC. Either he can admit to obstructing justice, or he can lie to Bob Mueller, which would be another crime. Video: Wine-Banks said on MSNBC, “I think the broader context is the number of incidents that we’ve seen. You have a…
Lawrence O’Donnell was all smiles as he explained Trump’s self-created obstruction of justice predicament now that the president knows that Robert Mueller knows that Trump tried to fire him. Video: O’Donnell said, “It says Robert Mueller learned about it in recent months as his team interviewed current and former white house officials in his inquiry…
Trump keeps acting like Russia investigation is like one of the civil suits that he used to face in business. The president has no idea of what he is about to face when Bob Mueller interviews him. The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell discussed how unprepared Trump is for what will be coming his way:…
Special Counsel Robert Mueller wants to talk to Donald Trump, and people close to Trump are warning the President to stay away because Mueller is, “a killer.” The Washington Post reported: However, some of Trump’s close advisers and friends fear a face-to-face interview with Mueller could put the president in legal jeopardy. A central worry,…
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow can only laugh as the federal government is about to shut down and Donald Trump has announced that he is going to spend the weekend at his club in Florida.
The Mueller investigation is expected to last well into 2018, and there is little evidence that the Special Counsel wants to talk to Trump anytime soon.
Democrat Tom Steyer, who has spent millions on national ads calling for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, will spend $30 million this year trying to get members of his party elected to the U.S. House of Representatives to win control of the chamber from Republicans, he announced on Monday.
Trump’s lawyers are trying to do everything that they can to keep their client away from sitting down for an interview with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Rep. Jamie Raskin is trying to get the bill through the House that would set up the bipartisan panel needed along with vice president to remove Trump from office. Risen told CNN that the situation is already dangerous as Trump has grown more isolated, erratic, and delusional.
The man who is overseeing the Russia investigation, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, is meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan about the Russia investigation.
Former Bush ethics lawyer Richard Painter said that it is over for Trump as his and family’s money laundering game is up.
Carl Bernstein said that his White House sources are telling him that Trump’s lawyers are intentionally lying to him because he is out of control and they are trying to keep him from getting impeached for firing Mueller.
Over the past few weeks, special counsel Robert Mueller has intensified his probe looking into the Russia scandal — first, Trump’s former national security adviser Mike Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communication with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak and promised to cooperate with the investigation; then, Trump admitted to obstructing justice…
In backing Roy Moore in Alabama’s U.S. Senate race even though the candidate faced allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, President Donald Trump made a risky bet – and lost big.
At a news conference calling for an investigation of Trump for sexual misconduct, Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL) offered a chilly one-word answer of yes when she was asked if the allegations against Trump were something they could investigate if Democrats won back the House.
Donald Trump is now claiming that James Comey is the real liar and that he never asked Comey to fire Mike Flynn.
When asked by the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) if Trump ever directed him to hinder the Russia investigation, Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused to answer the question.
According to a new Vanity Fair profile of Melania Trump, she really did not want to end up being America’s first lady.Â
The White House has privately admitted that Trump is afraid to say anything publicly about Roy Moore because of the allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment that have been against him.
The Russia dossier has come back to haunt Donald Trump as author Christopher Steele says the dossier is 70%-90% accurate.
Why do Republicans only believe the women accusing Roy Moore, but not the women who accused Donald Trump? Republicans have no legitimate answer, and so instead claim they are “Only talking about Roy Moore right now,” pivoting to “But Bill Clinton” and fleeing.
The Russia gun has a lot more smoke on it as there is proof of Trump campaign collusion in Donald Trump Jr.’s messages to Wikileaks.
The party of “family values” has fallen on hard times. The Republican Party as we know it has been transformed into the worst representation of government in our modern history. Led by a moral abomination, Donald Trump, the GOP has molded itself in the image of its inept leader and become fodder for late night comedy, resignations, impeachment and federal prison.
Donald Trump may be out of the country, but the Russia investigation is boiling hot after White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller was interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
Trump hates the coverage on CNN, which is why the Justice Department is trying to force AT&T and Time Warner to divest themselves of CNN.
Trump is abusing the power of the presidency in an impeachable manner by publicly pressuring the FBI to launch an investigation of Hillary Clinton to try to distract attention from Special Counsel in the Russia investigation closing in on him.
Trump was asked by reporters if he will pardon Paul Manafort, and his only answer was to say thank you.
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Manu Raju that President Trump should not get in the way of FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the President should let him do his job.
Trump has spent 27 percent of his time as president golfing and more than a third hiding out at one of his lavish properties.Â
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, most certainly shook the White House as he issued a warning to Trump about his presidential abuses of power.
Trump can’t go anywhere without feeling the hate. In Dallas, the President was greeted with a f*ck you Trump sign.
The ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) spoke the truth when said that Republicans would be losing their minds if Hillary Clinton did what Trump’s family is up to with private email.
Trump claims that the Russian Facebook ads supporting him are no big deal because Facebook was on Hillary Clinton’s side.
Momentum is growing behind legislation that would strengthen the 25th Amendment and make it easier to remove Trump from the presidency.
The death toll from preventable illnesses is growing in Puerto Rico as President Trump announced that he would limit aid to the island.
White House officials are admitting that Trump has mentally lost it, and they are worried that the cabinet may invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office.
Trump threatened to cancel NBC’s broadcasting license because he is still fuming over the network’s reports about chaos in his White House and Sec. of State Rex Tillerson calling him a moron.
Eminem went off on Trump freestyle where he told the truth about Trump and told the rest of America to stand up because we love America and our country, but we hate Trump.
Trump is so impulsive and destructive that White House staff use a combination of delays and distractions to keep him from going off.
“I would love if they’d support HR-669, which is legislation I’ve introduced with Sen. Ed Markey, that prevents the president from launching a nuclear-first strike without congressional approval.”
Whether or not collusion occurred and then can also be proven, there is mounting evidence that the White House anticipates damaging reports from the Russia probe.
Opinion of the Republican Party is at its lowest point since CNN began poling the question in 1992.
Former federal prosecutor Preet Bharara explained why the word obstruction should terrify Trump during an interview on CNN.
With two tweets about the Russia scandal on Friday, Donald Trump gave investigators more information that brought them closer to potential criminal charges. Trump tweeted: The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook. What about the totally biased and dishonest Media coverage in favor of Crooked Hillary? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 22,…
