In January of 2017 California Senator Dianne Feinstein abdicated her position as Vice-Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). Upon the initiation of a new congress, and two weeks before the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Virginia Senator Mark Warner took the SSCI Vice-Chair seat…. and that’s how things get started. Amid a […]
Why This Roger Stone Commutation Is Not As Controversial As Some Think…
Washington was sent into vapors of shock and disgust with news of the commutation of Roger Stone. Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin declared it to be “the most corrupt and cronyistic act in all of recent history.” Despite my disagreement with the commutation, that claim is almost quaint. The sordid history of pardons makes it look […]
Stone Clemency Order Shows President Trump Wiped Prison Sentence, Supervised Release and Fine…
Rod Rosenstein Steps-Up to Assist Mueller Attack Trump over Roger Stone Commutation…
I Try Hard Not to Hate – Mitt Romney Makes it Hard…
FBI Man at the Heart of Surveillance Abuses Is a Professor of Spying Ethics…
The unnamed FBI “Supervisory Intelligence Analyst” cited by the Justice Department’s watchdog for failing to properly vet the so-called Steele dossier before it was used to justify spying on the Trump campaign teaches a class on the ethics of spying at a small Washington-area college, records show. The senior FBI analyst, Brian J. Auten, has […]
Flynn Defense Files Supplement #2 Motion to Dismiss – Includes New Exculpatory DOJ Release…
Earlier today Sidney Powell filed a new supplemental brief (#2) [pdf here] in support of the unopposed motion to dismiss. The supplement covers the defense position on the newly released information from USAO Jeff Jensen which includes: notes taken by Tash Guahar at a January 25, 2017 briefing; the FBI work product that was an […]
Michael Flynn Bombshell: FBI Believed He Was ‘Forthcoming’ and ‘Telling Truth,’ Notes Show…
Months before Michael Flynn was charged with the lying to agents, the FBI told the Justice Department the Trump national security adviser was “very open and forthcoming” in his interview and believed he was telling the truth about his contacts with Russia, according to long withheld government notes that sharply contrast with the criminal case […]
The Railroading of Michael Flynn…
In their final encounter during the transition following the 2016 election, Donald Trump’s incoming national-security adviser surprised Barack Obama’s outgoing national-security adviser. Susan Rice writes in her memoir that the Michael Flynn she was dealing with had nothing in common with the firebrand she had watched leading a “lock her up” chant against Hillary Clinton […]
Biden Brought up Use of Archaic Law Against Flynn, Documents Suggest…
Then-Vice President Joe Biden personally brought up the potential use of the Logan Act against incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn in a conversation with President Barack Obama, FBI Director James Comey, and Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, according to newly declassified notes believed to have been taken on Jan. 4, 2017, by FBI official […]