Section: AlterNet (USA)
As Impeachment Talk Grows, Have Trump’s Former Top Aides Already Cut Deals With Federal Prosecutors?
“A lot of stuff could have already happened.” Are President Trump’s former top campaign aides already cooperating with federal investigators looking into collusion with Russia in the 2016 election, and possibly, Trump’s private business deals with wealthy Russians?There are telling clues that former National Security...
As Impeachment Talk Grows, Have Trump’s Former Top Aides Already Cut Deals With Federal Prosecutors?
“A lot of stuff could have already happened.” Are President Trump’s former top campaign aides already cooperating with federal investigators looking into collusion with Russia in the 2016 election, and possibly, Trump’s private business deals with wealthy Russians?There are telling clues that former National Security...
The Republican Majority Leader’s ‘Joke’ About Trump’s Payments from Putin Points to Much Darker Questions
What did the GOP know about the president’s ties to Russia and when did they know it? As happens almost every day, Wednesday featured a late-breaking bombshell Trump story. This one was the welcome news that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had done his job and appointed a special counsel to take over the Russia investigation. He made...
The Republican Majority Leader’s ‘Joke’ About Trump’s Payments from Putin Points to Much Darker Questions
What did the GOP know about the president’s ties to Russia and when did they know it? As happens almost every day, Wednesday featured a late-breaking bombshell Trump story. This one was the welcome news that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had done his job and appointed a special counsel to take over the Russia investigation. He made...
Russian State-Run Bank Financed Toronto Trump Hotel Through Mystery Buyer: Report
Money laundering for politically important projects. A new report in the Wall Street Journal reveals that a Trump-branded hotel in Toronto received an urgently needed cash injection via a deal financed by a Russian state-run bank.According to the Journal, government-owned VEB helped former Trump hotel partner Alexander Shnaider arrange an asset...
Will A Mob-Connected Hustler Be The First Person To Spill The Beans on Trump’s Russian Ties for the FBI?
It sure looks that way. Is a former Mob-connected hustler—a real estate developer who in 2010 worked on the same floor as Donald Trump as his “Senior Advisor”—threatening to spill some beans that could harm the President’s reputation?Sure looks that way, based on an intriguing Wall Street Journalstory that exposed aspects of a bitter feud...
Trump Turns to Private Lawyers to Downplay His Russian Business Ties, Showing He Shuts Up When Threatened
Are ex-Trump campaign aides cooperating with the FBI? President Trump keeps showing he can’t keep quiet when it comes to political fights. The latest evidence is his admission that firing FBI director James Comey was really about his refusal to pledge his loyalty to Trump and the FBI’s ongoing Trump campaign-Russia investigation—not...
A Coup in Real Time? Historian Says Comey Firing Is Trump’s ‘Open Admission of Collusion With Russia’
Yale historian says Trump has now admitted guilt; former intelligence officer says Flynn was a Russian agent. Has the other shoe finally dropped? Is this the beginning of Donald Trump’s attempted coup?Trump is a plutocratic authoritarian. As I have previously argued, it is fair to call him a fascist. He has repeatedly demonstrated this fact...
Was Comey Fired Because the FBI’s Sights Were Turning Toward Trump’s Russian Mobster-Connected Business Ties?
Investigating campaign collusion with the Russians is not exactly the FBI’s expertise, but organized crime, money-laundering and racketeering are. What is President Donald Trump trying to hide?That’s the question on everyone’s mind since Trump fired FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday. What’s been learned since that...
Top 5 Bad Hombres Loved by Trump
Who’s the worst of the worst among the president’s favorite dictators? They are, to coin a phrase, “bad hombres.” They are men who order the slaughter of peaceful demonstrators and the roundup of political rivals. They arrest pesky journalists, if they don’t murder them first. They rig elections, if they hold them at all. And...
