I have said before and I cannot emphasize enough that the Party of Trump is a criminal enterprise led by a third-rate mafia “Don” Trump. They are all accomplices, co-conspirators and accessories who are aiding and abetting his criminality and corruption. There is not a patriot among them. They put fealty to their “Dear Leader” … Read more
The most recent summary of whistleblower protections for the Intelligence Community (“IC”) can be found in this Congressional Research Service Report, Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protections (Updated September 23, 2019). Members of the Intelligence Community do not share the same robust protection as other federal employees against retaliation for having made a whistleblower complaint (excerpt, pp. … Read more
Aaron Blake of The Washington Post reports that Trump’s allies want to focus the Ukraine scandal on the tree, so you miss the forest: The new GOP strategy appears to be misdirection. In recent days, Republicans have maintained a laserlike focus on a very narrow defense of Trump: that there was nothing illegal about his July … Read more
Above Photo: Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., at podium, speaks during a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center outside the Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense, deposition related to the House’s impeachment inquiry on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images Remember the Brooks Brother Riot to disrupt election canvassers in Miami-Dade … Read more
In the Watergate scandal, White House counsel John Dean had a photographic memory and near total recall of events in delivering his devastating testimony before Congress. The Nixon tapes later confirmed John Dean’s testimony in astonishing detail. Ambassador William Taylor may not have John Dean’s photographic memory, but he does appear to have near total … Read more