Trump responds to ‘Bounty Gate’ with the Sergeant Schultz defense: ‘I know nothing!’

Donald Trump, when he is in trouble, routinely defends with “I barely knew the guy” … “I never met him” … “I don’t know anything about it” … or just last weekend, “I’m not involved” with the firing of Manhattan US attorney Geoffrey Berman, that was “all up to the attorney general.” Trump’s statement came minutes after Attorney General … Read more

Russia paid a bounty on American soldiers, Trump did nothing (but he did reward Putin)

Donald Trump is a classic textbook example of psychological projection. When Donald Trump accuses someone of something, you should understand that it is a subconscious expression of his own guilty conscience. Donald Trump recklessly accuses his political opponents and critics of “treason” all the time. The president who cries ‘treason’: According to a Washington Post analysis, Trump … Read more

Trump toady judge writes opinion directing Judge Sullivan to dismiss Michael Flynn case (updated)

Today the rule of law may have died in America. The years-long project by Senator Mitch McConnell and far-right organizations to pack the federal courts with unqualified far-right ideologues who would put their stamp of approval on the illegal and unconstitutional acts of Republican presidents and legislators with the imprimatur of a ruling that their … Read more

Federal Judge rules John Bolton’s book may be distributed

The Trump “Injustice” Department went to court on Friday trying to block the release of former national security adviser John Bolton’s book next week, “The Room Where It Happened”. While U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth on Friday castigated former Trump aide John Bolton for publishing a White House memoir without first obtaining formal government confirmation that … Read more