Donald Trump and his new “fixer,” Attorney General William “Coverup” Barr, have engaged in a policy of “total obstruction” of Congress — an impeachable offense under Article III of the Nixon impeachment — in obstructing Congress at every turn to prevent the disclosure of the financial records of the Trump crime family to Congress fo … Read more
Donald Trump and his propaganda network Fox News aka Trump TV have long promoted the conspiracy theory that a “deep state” within the intelligence community plotted a “coup” against his presidency. They have long promoted the idea of “investigate the investigators” who conducted the Russia investigation. Shortly after taking office, Trump compared the U.S. intelligence … Read more
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony went like I thought it would as I warned you about lowering your expectations regarding his testimony: Mueller is not to discuss any limitations placed upon the scope of his investigation by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, or Attorney General William Barr, or any deliberations among … Read more
Special Counsel Robert Mueller should be considered a “hostile witness” in his testimony before congressional committees on Wednesday. As Mueller made clear at his May press conference announcing the end of his investigation, “The special counsel said that he hoped the news conference would be his last public comments and that if he were compelled … Read more
Earlier this month I posted that The GOP plot to discredit Robert Mueller hits a snag (via Greg Sargent): President Trump’s allies accessories have invested a great deal in an ongoing examination of the origins of the Russia investigation that is currently being conducted by the Justice Department’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz. The idea is that … Read more