Section: US & Canada
White House Dismisses 2 Indictments, Guilty Plea in Russia Probe
Even though Paul Manafort was indicted Monday on charges that weren’t connected to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, some legal experts think prosecutors are pursuing leverage for more information. Further, the guilty plea by a low-level campaign adviser could be a more direct link. “If I were [Manafort’s] lawyer, I would...
Wife of accused in plot to assassinate Putin killed in Kiev shooting
The Ukrainian wife of a Chechen man accused by Russia of plotting to kill President Vladimir Putin was shot dead outside Kiev on Monday in an attack that also wounded her husband, Ukrainian interior ministry officials said. …read more Source: Global...
From here on in, it only gets harder for Donald Trump
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort (C) leaves federal court, Oct. 30, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Keith Lane/Getty Images) Venomous spiders on a giant wispy web haunt the South Portico of the White House for Halloween, but there is no doubt now that the capital’s creepy-crawlies are slavering for meatier prey than the mere...
Mueller Investigation Claims Casualty in Clintonworld
The Dems and their media allies had very effectively convinced themselves that the Russians only had eyes for Republicans. The problem with convincing yourself of something that’s completely untrue is that reality eventually begins catching up. Democratic power lobbyist Tony Podesta, founder of the Podesta Group, is stepping down from the...
How the Manafort Indictment Gave Bite to a Toothless Law
The indictment of Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates on Monday is, among many other things, the most significant prosecution of a Foreign Agents Registration Act violation ever.Manafort and Gates have been charged with a litany of federal crimes including conspiracy against the United States and tax fraud. They’re also...
Indicted Campaign Adviser Remained Closely Tied To Trumpworld Into 2017
Asked Monday about the explosive indictment of two former Trump campaign officials, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders responded with a familiar refrain, casting the pair as independent actors whose alleged misdeeds were entirely unrelated to the campaign. “Today’s announcement has nothing to do with the President and...
Tony Podesta Resignation Follows String of Foreign Lobbying Disclosure Violations
The resignation of high-powered Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta from the firm bearing his name follows a string of failures by him to disclose his advocacy for foreign entities that put him under the microscope of special prosecutor Robert Mueller. Podesta’s decision to leave the Podesta Group was announced to the firm on Monday morning,...
Turkey’s Ukrainian Gambit
Reading the headlines, one could be forgiven for thinking that Russia has become, all of a sudden, Turkey’s new best friend. Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his loyalists are up in arms against the U.S., which they have branded the archenemy. The EU, and especially Germany, has long been on Turkey’s bad side. Vladimir...
Former Trump Campaign Chairman Manafort, Business Associate Plead Not Guilty To Charges In Russia Probe
U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his associate Rick Gates have pleaded not guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States in their dealings with Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
Trump-Russia probe timeline of key events
Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, who face 12 criminal indictments as a result of Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, began work in 2006 as consultants for the Party of Regions, a pro-Russian political party in Ukraine led by Victor Yanukovych. …read more Source: CTV...
