Section: TPM (USA)
This Is the Biggest Information I’ve Seen So Far
I’m very interested in this exchange. Mueller responded with a categorical affirmative when asked whether Paul Manafort shared campaign and polling information with Konstantin Kilimnik and Oleg Deripaska because he hoped to get millions of dollars either of new money or debt forgiveness. Here’s the exchange. I’ve never seen this...
READ: Adam Schiff’s Devastating Indictment Of Trump’s ‘Disloyalty To Country’
House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) delivered opening remarks before former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony at the panel. Below are Schiff’s prepared remarks. At the outset and on behalf of my colleagues, I want to thank you, Special Counsel Mueller, for a lifetime of service to the country. Your...
Rudy Giuliani, Joe Lieberman Team Up For Albania MEK Conference
President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani has joined buckraking forces with former Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT), speaking at an event in Albania for a bizarre, cultish Iranian group that fashions itself as a government-in-exile for the Islamic Republic. Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) — once designated as a foreign terrorist group — hosted...
AP: Brooklyn Feds Investigate Broidy Over Foreign Bribery Suspicions
A Brooklyn grand jury is investigating the foreign business deals of GOP fundraiser Elliott Broidy, the Associated Press reported Monday morning. The Wall Street Journal first reported last month that a Brooklyn federal grand jury had sent the Trump inaugural committee a subpoena for documents relating to Broidy and some of his purported clients....
Hunter Biden Hits Trump Over Investigation Threats: ‘F*ck You, Mr. President’
Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President and 2020 candidate Joe Biden, has a few simple words on President Donald Trump’s threats to investigate him: “Fuck you, Mr. President.” In a New Yorker profile published on Monday, Hunter Biden detailed his response to Trump’s push for the Justice Department to investigate his ties to a...
READ: Court Unseals Manafort Docs, Revealing Texts With Hannity
Court documents previously filed under seal with the government’s sentencing recommendations for Paul Manafort were made public on Friday. The documents include a months-long text exchange between Manafort and a “Sean” who appears to be Fox News host Sean Hannity. The texts show Manafort apparently complimenting Hannity on his coverage,...
Inside Rudy Giuliani’s Attempt To Get Dirt On Joe Biden
Trump lawyer and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani had a stranger May than most. He planned a dirt-digging trip to Ukraine, before abruptly cancelling it. He claimed to be pressuring Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the activities of former Vice President and current Presidential candidate Joe Biden in Ukraine, while he was the...
Report: Cohen Gave Prosecutors Info On Trump Inaugural Donor
President Trump’s former attorney and fixer, Michael Cohen, provided federal prosecutors with information on Franklin Haney, a real estate mogul who gave Trump’s inaugural committee $1 million, the Associated Press reported Monday. The AP cited an unnamed person familiar with “what Cohen told the authorities.” The publication...
Giuliani Acknowledges Meeting With Ukrainian Hawking Unproven Dem Dirt
Rudy Giuliani on Friday acknowledged meeting recently with a former Ukrainian diplomat who’s made allegations that could be used as political fodder by Giuliani’s client, Donald Trump, the Washington Post reported. “We spoke on U.S.-Ukraine relations and politics in D.C. and Ukraine,” the former diplomat and current political...
Manafort Lender Steve Calk Indicted For Loan Linked To Trump Cabinet Post Hopes
Bank CEO Stephen Calk has been charged with financial institution bribery for the $16 million in loans he extended former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in late 2016 and early 2017, allegedly in the hope that Manafort would secure him a position in Trump’s cabinet. The indictment, filed in the Southern District of New York and...
