conspiracy

Oh, there’s a conspiracy alright, just not the one Trump (Captain Queeg) is promoting

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President Donald Trump delivered an unhinged rant about the Mueller report on the South Lawn of the White House Wednesday, accusing investigators of an “attempted coup” and “treason,” once again. Our mentally unstable and increasingly erratic “Captain Queeg” is pushing the right-wing conspiracy theory of an attempted “deep state” mutiny on his ship of state … Read more

Check and check mate for Paul Manafort

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The second court to sentence former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort in the past week delivered its sentence today, giving him a additional 3.5 years in prison. Paul Manafort Sentenced to 3.5 More Years in Prison: President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, has been ordered to serve a total of seven and a half years … Read more

Michael Cohen’s ‘John Dean Moment’ on The Hill Next Week

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With the start of his prison term delayed, Donald Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer,” Michael Cohen, after numerous delays is finally scheduled to testify before congressional committees next week. Hs testimony was postponed because of his concerns over President Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani making “threats against [Cohen’s] family.” Cohen’s legal advisor, Lanny Davis, says: “Remember John … Read more

Obstruction of Justice in Plain Sight: It’s Time For Congress to Intervene And Do Its Constitutional Duty

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On Wednesday, the New York Times published a massive compendium of all the known incidents — and new reporting adding context to earlier reporting — of Donald Trump’s attempts to interfere, to impede and to obstruct the investigations of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, and the U.S. Attorneys in the Southern District of New York. Intimidation, … Read more

Get me Roger Stone! (Updated)

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I have wanted to see long-time GOP ratfucker Roger Stone in prison since his Watergate days. That a creature so vile and devoid of any human decency has been allowed to practice his dark arts freely for so long with impunity is a blot on the American justice system.

But my faith has been restored this morning! Roger Stone Arrested in Mueller Investigation Into Trump Campaign:

Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime informal adviser to President Trump, was charged as part of the special counsel investigation over his communications with WikiLeaks, the organization behind the release of thousands of stolen Democratic emails during the 2016 campaign, in an indictment unsealed Friday.

Mr. Stone was charged with seven counts, including obstruction of an official proceeding, making false statements and witness tampering, according to the special counsel’s office.

Read the Stone Indictment (.pdf).

Before dawn on Friday, F.B.I. agents arrested Mr. Stone at his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and he was expected to appear in a federal courthouse there later in the morning.

The indictment is the first in months by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, who is investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and possible coordination with Trump campaign associates.

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