Section: US & Canada
Robert Mueller Is Just Getting Started
With the release of his first indictments and a surprise plea deal on Monday morning, Special Counsel Robert Mueller sketched a partial outline of his team’s investigation into Russian electoral meddling and took control of a news narrative that had been increasingly dominated by his conservative critics.Legal experts said the court filings...
Manafort’s Lawyer Calls Charges Against Him ‘Ridiculous’
A lawyer for U.S. President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort said that charges against his client were “ridiculous” and stressed there was “no evidence” of collusion with the Russians. Speaking after Manafort pleaded not guilty in a federal court hearing on October 30, attorney Kevin Downing said...
What the Manafort and Papadopoulos indictments tell us about Mueller’s strategy
Monday’s big news revealed Mueller’s strategy: treat the Trump campaign like the mafia. Monday’s big Russia-related news shows that special counsel Robert Mueller is treating his probe into election collusion like a mob case — with President Donald Trump potentially playing the role of Al Capone. Early on Monday morning, FBI...
Ex-Trump campaign chief Manafort masterminded career of Ukraine politician Yanukovych
Manafort indicted by federal grand jury on 12 charges including ‘conspiracy against the United States’ …read more Source: The Globe and...
Who did Manafort and Gates work for in Ukraine and Russia?
Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III on Monday revealed an indictment against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his longtime business partner Rick Gates, as well as charges against former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, who pleaded guilty earlier this month. The developments stem from a sweeping investigation...
And they had guts to call McCarthy a Witch-Hunter
“McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.” —[Wikipedia, “McCarthyism”] According to criminal charges filed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and made public earlier, today, Paul Manafort and Richard Gates face accusations of subversion and treason on...
Remember how Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner pushed for Trump to hire Paul Manafort?
For the past couple years, Ivanka Trump has claimed at various times that she has had no major role in her father’s presidential campaign and that she tries to stay out of politics now that she’s a senior White House advisor. Related Articles With Scaramucci debacle, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner again prove they are lousy personnel...
Hillary Clinton Spotted Cavorting with Focus of Mueller Investigation, Tony Podesta
Former Secretary of State and two-time losing Democrat candidate for President Hillary Clinton was spotted meeting with figures who feature prominently in an investigation into corruption, spearheaded by special counsel Robert Mueller. …read more Source:...
Muller Breaches The Manafortress
Republican supporters of the president had better understand how much trouble Donald Trump might be in — this, because of the news from Robert Mueller’s office today. First, there is the Paul Manafort indictment, as reported by the NYT: Paul Manafort and his former business associate were indicted on Monday on money laundering, tax and...
Here is What I Saw at the Valdai Club Conference
Anatol Lieven Security, Eurasia The statements and exchanges at the conference regarding relations with the West were of the “he said, she said” variety that have become so drearily familiar over the years. The Valdai Club conference this year took place in an immense, usually empty hotel in the Caucasus Mountains above the town of Sochi. The...
