I never cease to be amazed by the collection of unethical lawyers that Donald Trump has surrounded himself with over the years. He genuinely believes that his lawyers should be mob lawyers like his friend Roy Cohn, who was eventually disbarred for “dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation.″ We can only hope that Trump’s current stable … Read more
The House Intelligence Committee released the transcripts of two more witnesses on Tuesday. The testimony of Deputy Associate Director for National Security Programs at the Office of Management and Budget Mark Sandy can be found here. Key excerpts of Mr. Sandy’s testimony can be found here. The testimony of Acting Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau … Read more
I explained the whistleblower statute and related provisions of law in early November. Donald Trump and his thugs in Congress are openly violating the whistleblower law and engaging in unlawful witness intimidation. Republicans are still doing it, it is a central feature of their raving and ranting to disrupt the impeachment hearings. The Washington Post … Read more
After witnessing Rep. Devin Midnight Run Nunes, ranking Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee and unindicted co-cponspirator in Trump’s obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice, make an unhinged opening statement this morning loaded with right-wing conspiracy theories (the “Russian hoax,” the debunked Biden conspiracy theory, the “fake news” media allies of Democrats), I … Read more
Last Friday, Politico reported House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff alleged that the nation’s top intelligence official is illegally withholding a whistleblower complaint, possibly to protect President Donald Trump or senior White House officials. Schiff accuses top intel official of illegally withholding ‘urgent’ whistleblower complaint: Schiff issued a subpoena for the complaint, accusing acting Director of … Read more