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Robert Mueller
the national interest
Nov. 29, 2018
If Trump Didn’t Collude, Why Does He Keep Obstructing Justice? The theory that Trump is simply upset about his election’s legitimacy being questioned is looking worse and worse.
the national interest
Nov. 27, 2018
the national interest
Nov. 27, 2018
Trump Does Not Understand What ‘Special Counsel’ Means It’s not that Robert Mueller is considered a special person. He is tasked with investigating a specific set of crimes.
the national interest
Nov. 21, 2018
McGahn Wouldn’t Lock Up Hillary. So Trump Hired Whitaker. When Don McGahn didn’t help President Trump pressure the Department of Justice to go after Hillary Clinton, he turned to Whitaker.
donald trump
Nov. 20, 2018
Trump Asked the White House Counsel to Instruct DOJ to Prosecute His Enemies Donald McGahn warned Trump this sort of thinking could get him impeached. But he didn’t listen.
the national interest
Nov. 19, 2018
the national circus
Nov. 16, 2018
Frank Rich: Trump Is Starting to Panic It’s evident in his spells of rage and his empty official schedule. He is also stepping up his efforts to discredit democratic institutions.
the national interest
Nov. 15, 2018
Trump Just Blurted Out the Real Reason He Hired Matt Whitaker “As far as I’m concerned this is an investigation that should have never been brought.”
mitch mcconnell
Nov. 14, 2018
Mitch McConnell Blocks Bipartisan Bill to Safeguard Mueller Probe Jeff Flake threatened to block Trump’s pending judicial nominees in response.
the national interest
Nov. 14, 2018
Forget Impeachment. Mueller’s Real Threat to Trump Is in 2020. Trump won’t be impeached, but he does face more legal peril than any president in history.
the national interest
Nov. 9, 2018
Trump Denies Knowing Attorney General Matt Whitaker, Who He Met a Dozen Times President still hasn’t come up with a plausible cover story for his obvious obstruction of justice.
department of justice
Nov. 7, 2018
Sessions Was Loyal to Trumpism, But Not Trump, and That Was His Undoing With a Democratic House and the Mueller investigation both looming, copacetic ideology wasn’t enough to satisfy Trump anymore.
the national interest
Nov. 7, 2018
Trump Has Found His Roy Cohn in Matt Whitaker. The Rule of Law Is Under Attack. Trump and Whitaker are completely transparent about their plan to corrupt the Department of Justice.
jeff sessions
Nov. 7, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns at Trump’s Request His interim replacement, Matthew Whitaker, once mused that a new attorney general could foil the Mueller probe by defunding it.
jeff sessions
Nov. 7, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions Resigns at Trump’s Request His interim replacement, Matthew Whitaker, once mused that a new attorney general could foil the Mueller probe by defunding it.
the national interest
Nov. 7, 2018
russia investigation
Nov. 4, 2018
Mueller’s Gone Quiet, But Expect Some Post-Midterms Surprises Roger Stone’s maneuvering, Michael Flynn’s plea deal, and a newly unsealed Watergate document provide clues about the special counsel’s next move.
Jacob Wohl Demonstrates the Limits of the Right-Wing Misinformation System Jacob Wohl was easily sussed out because he developed in the hothouses of the right-wing fringe and couldn’t survive the harsh climes of reality.
the national interest
Oct. 31, 2018
How Roger Stone Could Implicate Trump for Colluding With Russia The flamboyant former Trump confidant is under investigation for talking about his WikiLeaks back channel during the campaign.
oops that’s my mom
Oct. 30, 2018
Right-Wing Troll Used His Mom’s Phone to Spread Mueller Sexual Harassment Hoax Jacob Wohl insists he isn’t connected to Surefire Intelligence, but if you call the company, it redirects to his mom’s voicemail.
russia investigation
Oct. 12, 2018
the national interest
Oct. 9, 2018
While Mueller Stays Quiet, Suspicious Trump–Russia Clues Keep Popping Up Several wild Trump–Russia stories have popped up while Mueller’s gone quiet and we were distracted with Kavanaugh.
russia investigation
Oct. 9, 2018
Rick Gates Solicited Proposal for Online Disinformation Campaign to Help Trump He wanted to use fake social media personas to sway voters, among other things.
rod rosenstein
Sept. 25, 2018
Rod Rosenstein Is (Reportedly) a World-Historic Wimp The deputy AG was reportedly prepared to resign — and jeopardize the Mueller probe — because he didn’t want Trump to attack him on Twitter.
russia investigation
Sept. 14, 2018
Report: Michael Cohen Is Talking With Mueller, Too It’s become “common knowledge” among friends of Cohen that he’s talking to prosecutors in the special counsel’s office.
Paul Manafort Has Nothing Left But Information By cooperating with the feds, he’s cashing in his last asset.
paul manafort
Sept. 14, 2018
Paul Manafort to Cooperate With Special Counsel in Possible Blow to Trump The surprise agreement, which comes after months of Manafort stonewalling, may be very bad news for the president.
russia probe
Sept. 11, 2018
Why the Mueller Probe’s Papadopoulos Bombshell Fizzled The ex–Trump aide’s plea deal raised hopes that he might be the key to more 2016 election mysteries, but prosecutors say he mainly hindered the probe.
russia investigation
Sept. 7, 2018
Trump Campaign Adviser George Papadopoulos Gets 14 Days in Jail He’s the first Trump campaign aide to be sentenced in the Mueller probe.
the national interest
Sept. 5, 2018
Trump: White House Counsel Don McGahn Is Leaving in the Fall The favorite to replace him is Bill Clinton’s impeachment lawyer Emmet Flood.
russia probe
Aug. 29, 2018
Trump Would Still Like to Fire Sessions, Can’t Find the Right Time Trump has been advised not to fire Sessions before the midterms … or if Democrats win the House … or if Mueller hasn’t wrapped up his investigation.
the national interest
Aug. 24, 2018
NRA Says FBI Is Treating Trump As Unfairly As Al Capone “They’re trying to Al Capone the president,” complains Dana Loesch.
interesting times
Aug. 24, 2018
Andrew Sullivan: Here’s Where Things Get Dangerous With Trump His new legal troubles are the beginning, not the end. He will defend himself, like every other mafia boss, to the bitter end.
the national interest
Aug. 23, 2018
Republican Senator Gives Trump Green Light to Fire Sessions Lindsey Graham: “The president’s entitled to an attorney general he has faith in.” Which means a hack.
the national interest
Aug. 22, 2018
Every Single House Republican Is Actively Covering Up Trump’s Guilt Republican now says the party needs to control Congress to help “hold Trump accountable.” What?
michael cohen
Aug. 22, 2018
Michael Cohen: I Won’t Accept a Pardon From ‘Criminal’ Trump The president’s former fixer has officially welcomed himself to the Resistance.
the national interest
Aug. 20, 2018
The Media Keeps Giving Trump the Benefit of the Doubt on Collusion Reporters keep digging up awful facts about the president, but interpreting those facts in the friendliest possible light.
rudy giuliani
Aug. 19, 2018
Giuliani Goes Full Orwell: ‘Truth Is Not Truth’ War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Trump is innocent.
russia investigation
Aug. 18, 2018
Has White House Counsel Don McGahn Flipped on Trump? McGahn reportedly began cooperating “extensively” with the Mueller investigation after fearing Trump would try to make him a fall guy.
russia investigation
Aug. 18, 2018
Mueller Wants Papadopoulos to Go to Jail, Says He Harmed Russia Investigation Prosecutors say the Trump campaign aide’s lies did significant damage to the Russia investigation in its critical early stages.
paul manafort
Aug. 17, 2018
Trump Defends Manafort, a ‘Very Good Person’ Whose Trial Is ‘Very Sad’ “I don’t talk about that,” Trump said when asked if he would pardon his former campaign chairman.
trump white house
Aug. 17, 2018
Trump Revoking Security Clearances Shows He Feels Powerless Against Mueller Trump wouldn’t be attacking Brennan and threatening others if he was confident that he could make a bold move against Mueller and get away with it.
peter strzok
Aug. 13, 2018
Embattled FBI Agent Peter Strzok Fired From Agency Over Anti-Trump Texts In a troubling sign, the agency’s deputy director overruled a more lenient bureau recommendation.
Judge Ellis Knows What He’s Doing in the Manafort Trial And rumors that the trial has Mueller on the ropes have been greatly exaggerated.
the national interest
Aug. 9, 2018
Trump’s ‘Perjury Trap’: Confessing to Obstruction of Justice or Lying About It The president’s lawyers don’t want their client to answer questions about his obvious crime.
Manafort’s Lawyers Get Personal As Rick Gates’s Testimony Wraps Up Prosecutors expect to rest their case against Paul Manafort on Friday.
the national interest
Aug. 6, 2018
Trump’s Lawyers Can’t Talk Him Out of Talking to Mueller President who is a pathological liar should probably not talk to the special counsel under oath, but he somehow still wants to.
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