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
ABC News is reporting, House Intelligence Committee in possession of video, audio recordings from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas: The House Intelligence Committee is in possession of audio and video recordings and photographs provided to the committee by Lev Parnas, an associate of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who reportedly played a key role … Read more
Today’s headlines are echoes of Watergate after John Dean’s dramatic testimony. From the New York Times: News, Sondland Says He Followed Trump’s Orders to Pressure Ukraine. Analysis, In an Echo of Watergate and John Dean, an Adviser Points to Trump. The Times editorializes, Sondland Has Implicated the President and His Top Men. From the Washington … Read more
Continuing with today’s theme, Ian Millhiser writes at Vox, Gordon Sondland is being called the next John Dean. Here’s why. Forty-six years ago, President Nixon’s former White House counsel took an oath before a congressional committee and delivered testimony that eventually brought down the president. On Wednesday, not long after Gordon Sondland, President Trump’s ambassador … Read more