Section: TPM (USA)
NYT: Broader FARA Probe Linked To Manafort Ukraine Work Is Heating Up
A federal investigation into lobbying done by top firms in D.C. that is connected to the Paul Manafort work in Ukraine is continuing, according to a New York Times report Tuesday, with prosecutors in Manhattan interviewing witnesses about the flow of money that paid for the work. Prosectors’ interest appears to be around the lobbyists who...
Manhattan Feds Subpoena Trump Inaugural Committee
Federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York sent a wide-ranging subpoena to Trump’s presidential inaugural committee today. An inaugural committee spokesman confirmed the receipt of the subpoena in a statement to TPM. “We have just received a subpoena for documents,” the statement read. “While we are still reviewing the...
Trump Org Sought Deutsche Bank Loan During 2016 Campaign
The Trump Organization sought a loan from Deutsche Bank during the 2016 campaign, before being rejected in part because the bank was unsure where the money would go, the New York Times reported this weekend. The Trump Org asked Deutsche Bank to increase a preexisting loan it had out to a Florida golf resort in March 2016 in order to finance work...
Trump Admin Poised To Announce Withdrawal From Nuclear Arms Treaty
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is poised to announce Friday that it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War and whose demise some analysts worry could fuel a new arms race. An American withdrawal, which has been expected for months, would follow years of unresolved dispute...
This Week: The Long-Awaited Roger Stone Indictment Arrives
Roger Stone was arrested and indicted Friday morning as federal agents stormed his homes in Florida and New York. In an indictment, special counsel Robert Mueller laid out communication between Stone and the Trump campaign during the summer and fall of 2016. Stone suggested repeatedly during that time that he was in touch with Wikileaks, and,...
Judge: ‘I Have Questions’ About Mueller Claims Manafort Lied
The judge presiding over special counsel Robert Mueller’s case against Paul Manafort in D.C. said on Friday that she had “questions” about Mueller’s claims that the former Trump campaign chairman violated his plea agreement by misleading investigators. “I have not made any decisions yet,” U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said,...
There’s More Here Than People Realize
With Michael Cohen’s decision to postpone his testimony before Congress, people are starting to focus on President Trump’s repeated attacks on Cohen’s unnamed “father-in-law”. It is outrageous that a sitting President would repeatedly threaten anyone with legal action, especially in a case when it is done with the intention of...
Read: Manafort Pushes Back On Mueller’s Claims That He Lied
Lawyers for Paul Manafort submitted a court filing Wednesday pushing back on special counsel Robert Mueller’s claims that Manafort lied to investigators since coming to a cooperation agreement with prosecutors. The filing — which is heavily redacted in its public form — comes ahead of a hearing scheduled for Friday on the dispute. Manafort...
Embattled Trump Inaugural Committee Failed To Disclose Key Finances To IRS
President Trump’s inaugural committee failed to disclose to the IRS how much money it received in ticket revenue, TPM has found after reviewing the group’s tax filings, a failure that tax experts find perplexing. The Trump inaugural committee’s failure to identify the revenue it generated from the sale of tickets and other perks...
This Week: Trump Allegedly Directed Cohen To Lie To Congress About Moscow Project
This week brought the clearest-cut example to date that President Trump allegedly violated federal law while in office. BuzzFeed reported that Trump personally directed Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about plans to develop a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 campaign. Two federal law enforcement sources told BuzzFeed that Trump ordered...
