The Imperial President orders breaking the law to build his wall, dangles pardons

Here is a clear cut impeachable offense that has nothing to do with the Mueller Report and that every member of Congress, including sycophant Republicans, would have a hard time trying to justify. The Articles of Impeachment against Richard Nixon are the template, we only need to update the factual allegations. The Washington Post reports … Read more

First the Russian troll farm, now a Chinese religious cult propaganda farm for Trump

With his declared willingness to accept help from a foreign government in an election, President Trump upended long-held views that such outside assistance is anathema in American campaigns, both because of laws prohibiting foreign contributions and widely embraced norms of fair play. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation clearly determined that the Trump campaign — including … Read more

Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies before Congress

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

Lowering expectations: treat Robert Mueller as a hostile witness and focus on the inadequacies of his investigation

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

The GOP plot to discredit Robert Mueller hits a snag

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is scheduled to testify publicly before Congress on July 17. Republicans in Congress want to distract the public by focusing their attacks on “investigating the investigators” who investigated the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia-linked operatives — not the Russian interference in the 2016 campaign. (As long as it inures to their … Read more