President Donald Trump’s critics have spent the past 17 months anticipating what some expect will be among the most thrilling events of their lives: special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on Russian 2016 election interference. They may be in for a disappointment. That’s the word POLITICO got from defense lawyers working on the Russia probe […]
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Judge Tells Prosecutors to Clarify Case Against Russian Company…
A federal judge on Thursday asked prosecutors to flesh out their arguments in the case against a Russian company accused of funding the Kremlin’s effort to influence the 2016 presidential election. U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich in a three-page order asked prosecutors with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s office to clarify their position on whether Concord […]
Justice Department Charges Russian with Interfering in Midterms…
The Justice Department charged a Russian national on Friday with conspiring to interfere in America’s midterm elections. Elena Alekseevna Khusyaynova, 44, is charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States in the first criminal case to confront Russian efforts to interfere in the upcoming elections. Khusyaynova, who is not in American custody, is alleged to […]
Manafort Sentencing Date Set for February…
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was brought into a Virginia courtroom in a wheelchair Friday afternoon for a hearing to set his sentencing date, even as lawyers argued his confinement was already negatively affecting his health. Though he didn’t elaborate, Manafort’s attorney, Kevin Downing told U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III that his client […]
Saudi Storm Darkens for Trump…
President Trump edged toward a harder line with Saudi Arabia on Thursday. But the shift came only after the administration faced pressure for a response to the apparent killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that critics condemned as timorous and unsteady. “Their message is muddled in part because they haven’t settled on policy,” GOP strategist Alex […]
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State Department Provided ‘Clearly False’ Statements to Derail Requests for Clinton Docs, ‘Shocked’ Federal Judge Says…
In a combative exchange at a hearing Friday in Washington, D.C., a federal judge unabashedly accused career State Department officials of lying and signing “clearly false” affidavits to derail a series of lawsuits seeking information about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server and her handling of the 2012 terrorist attack on the […]
FBI Documents Detail Weiner Laptop / Clinton Email Find Just Before the 2016 Election…
Judicial Watch announced today that it has received 45 pages of FBI documents that reveal a “significant number” of 340,000 emails on the laptop of disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner were between the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her top aide Huma Abedin. Judicial Watch obtained the documents as the result of a […]
Feds Open Clergy Abuse Probe in Pennsylvania…
The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of child sexual abuse inside the Roman Catholic Church in Pennsylvania, using subpoenas to demand confidential files and testimony from church leaders, according to two people familiar with the probe. The subpoenas, served last week, follow a scathing state grand jury report over the summer that found […]
Mueller to Present Key Findings Related to Russia Probe After Midterms…
Special counsel Robert Mueller is reportedly expected to present findings related to key aspects of his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election after this November’s midterm elections. Bloomberg News, citing a pair of unidentified U.S. officials, reported on Wednesday that Mueller is close to finalizing his inquiry into a pair of the […]
U.S. Announces Intent to Withdraw from Universal Postal Union…
The United States says it intends to withdraw from the 192-country Universal Postal Union (UPU), an agency that governs international postal rates, the White House announced on Oct. 17. The yearlong withdrawal process was set in motion via a Letter of Denunciation served in Switzerland on the same day. During the process, the Trump administration […]
New Evidence Directly Ties McCabe to Illegal Leak About General Flynn…
The identity of one of the key SpyGate leakers inside the Department of Justice appears to have been revealed this Monday morning, thanks to a surprise document dump. The Department of Justice, without any advance announcement that it would do so, suddenly released a bombshell report. In it, there is a new clue that hints […]
AUDIO RECORDING: KHASHOGGI ASSASSINATED IN SEVEN MERE MINUTES…
It took seven minutes for Jamal Khashoggi to die, a Turkish source who has listened in full to an audio recording of the Saudi journalist’s last moments told Middle East Eye. Khashoggi was dragged from the Consul General’s office at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and onto the table of his study next door, the […]
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Senate Security Staffer and Media Leaker James Wolfe Pleads Guilty to One Count of Lying to FBI Investigators…
Damn this is frustrating. Sorry folks, but this absolutely confirms the ongoing corruption within the DOJ that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is allowing. This is a Trump administration cover-up. The DOJ has issued a press release [SEE HERE] outlining a plea agreement with Mr. Wolfe where all charges are dropped except a single count of […]
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Judge Throws Out Stormy Daniel’s Defamation Lawsuit. Orders Her to Pay His Attorney Fees…
A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit from adult film actress Stormy Daniels that claimed President Trump defamed her when he suggested she had lied about being threatened to keep quiet about their alleged relationship. Federal District Judge S. James Otero in Los Angeles had indicated during a late September hearing that he was […]
FBI Investigated Andrew McCabe for Allegedly Leaking About Michael Flynn…
The FBI investigated former Deputy Director Andrew McCabe in March 2017 for an alleged unauthorized leak to the media regarding former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and President Donald Trump, according to documents released Monday. The alleged leak, which has not previously been reported, occurred in early February 2017, shortly before Flynn was fired as […]
114,659 Kids Attending NYC Public Schools Are Homeless…
Tonight, about one out of every 10 students in New York City will sleep in a homeless shelter or in the homes of relatives. That’s more children than at any other time since city records have been kept. In the morning, those same children will fan out across the city to go to school, some […]
Security Clearances Revoked…
A statement from Senate Judiciary Committee today outlines a letter received from the U.S. State Department highlighting security ramifications of the ongoing issues of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -and her staff- transmitting classified information over unsecured networks: The U.S. State Department recently confirmed that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s security clearance has […]
Hurricane Michael: Damage in Georgia Is ‘Phenomenal’…
Tropical Storm Michael swept out of Georgia before sunrise, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The powerful storm claimed the life of an 11-year-old girl in southwest Georgia, which appeared to have borne the brunt of Michael’s wrath. Utility crews around the state are scrambling to restore power to more than 300,000 customers. […]
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Fusion GPS Co-Founder Glenn Simpson, Will Invoke 5th Amendment Protection to Avoid Congressional Testimony…
It is reported today that Fusion-GPS co-founder, Glenn Simpson, will not agree to testify to congress and will invoke his fifth amendment privilege to avoid answering questions. This is interesting for several reasons. Recent evidence and testimony has conflicted with Simpson’s prior testimony. Specifically testimony from DOJ official Bruce Ohr who testified to meeting with […]
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Obama Had Secret Plan to Validate Clinton Victory If Trump Didn’t Accept It…
Former President Obama had a plan to validate the 2016 election in the event that then-candidate Donald Trump lost and challenged the results. Obama administration officials told New York magazine that a bipartisan plan was in place just in time for the election to certify the results and reveal the intelligence community’s claims that Russian […]