Section: US & Canada
Former FBI double agent who outfoxed the Russians offers an explanation for Trump: “The simple fact could be that someone’s a crook”
Naveed Jamali; Donald Trump (Credit: Simon and Schuster/Carol Weinberg/Getty/Mark Wilson/) Donald Trump’s White House is the Kremlin on the Potomac. It is a place of intrigue, confusion, scandal and incompetence. Trump is the first American president ever to become the subject of an active investigation by the FBI and other law enforcement...
The investigation into Donald Trump and Russia: an FAQ
(Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) In recent weeks President Donald Trump has been at the heart of one political bombshell after another related to his campaign’s ties to Russia, but his move to fire FBI Director James Comey ratcheted up pressure on the Trump administration. With the appointment of a special counsel to investigate the issue, the...
Chrystia Freeland’s homespun take as Trudeau’s Minister for Everywhere
It was a short newscast indeed that did not feature Canada’s new global affairs minister this week. On Thursday alone, Chrystia Freeland issued a statement saying the government was reviewing the purchase of Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets in light of the company’s trade dispute with Bombardier; another supporting a bill imposing...
Paul Ryan tries to deflect on leak that implicates him in a Russia cover-up
Campaign Action Speaker Paul Ryan is trying out the Trump regime’s favorite defense against damning news—focus on the leaker rather than on the content. In this case, it’s the release of a transcript with a slip of the tongue from Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy about Donald Trump being on Vladimir Putin’s payroll, a...
The World’s Worst Negotiation
Assume that Donald Trump is totally innocent of any wrongdoing with regard to Russian interference in the 2016 election, and that those insisting otherwise are treating the president unfairly.Then reread the latest New York Times scoop: WASHINGTON — President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I....
Report: Trump told Russians that firing ‘nut job’ Comey removed ‘pressure’ over Russia probe
President Donald Trump told Russian diplomats in an Oval Office meeting earlier this month that firing former FBI Director James Comey, eased the “great pressure” on him from the bureau’s investigation into alleged Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election, the New York Times reported Friday. Some have alleged that Trump fired Comey in...
WATCH: When drawing comparisons between Nixon and Trump, don’t forget Roger Stone
Is it a fair or overblown comparison to contrast the propensity for political scandal that Presidents Richard Nixon and Donald Trump acquired, as Sen. John McCain has pointed out? Well, when attempting to make such a comparison, don’t forget to include a key operative connecting these administrations comfortably separated by decades. Dylan...
Trump allegedly told Russians that Comey’s firing eased ‘great pressure’
President Donald Trump is facing new pressure over his decision to abruptly fire FBI Director James Comey after the New York Times revealed on Friday that the president told Russian officials in the Oval Office last week that Comey’s ouster takes “great pressure” off him.The Times cited a document that summarized Trump’s meeting with...
Trump, calling Comey a ‘nut-job,’ tells Russians he fired him to relieve ‘great pressure’
Gotta hand it to the New York Times—this account of Donald Trump’s infamous meeting with the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in the Oval Office is just spellbinding. President Trump told Russian officials in the Oval Office this month that firing the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, had relieved “great pressure” on him, according to...
Ukraine Opens Criminal Probe Against Stalin, Beria For Crimean Tatar Deportations
Ukrainian officials have announced a criminal investigation into Soviet dictator Josef Stalin and his secret police chief, Lavrenty Beria, for the mass deportation of Muslim Tatars from the Crimean Peninsula during World War II, which killed tens of thousands. …read more Source: Radio Free Europe / Radio...
