Section: The Washington Free Beacon (USA)
Spicer: Democrats Colluded With Ukrainian Government During Election
White House press secretary Sean Spicer accused Democrats Monday of “collusion” with Ukraine during the election. Spicer’s comments were likely based on a January report by Politico about how some Ukrainian government officials sought to help Hillary Clinton and hurt Donald Trump, who they viewed as too friendly with their...
Schiff: Not Appropriate for Democrats to Get Help from Ukrainian Government
Rep. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) said Sunday it would not have been appropriate for Democrats to get help from the Ukrainian government in the 2016 campaign, stressing that its efforts to help Hillary Clinton did not come close to Russia’s on behalf of Donald Trump. ABC host Jonathan Karl read from a January Politico article headlined,...
Krauthammer: Trump Jr.’s ‘Bungled Collusion Is Still Collusion’
Syndicated columnist and longtime Fox News commentator Charles Krauthammer said that Donald Trump Jr.’s email revelation has changed the Russian collusion story for good. Krauthammer had remained skeptical about President Donald Trump’s connections with Russia during the campaign, but in his latest column, he argued that...
Intelligence Report Warns of Growing Missile Threats
The United States faces a growing threat of ballistic and cruise missiles from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, according to a military intelligence report. “Ballistic and cruise missiles present a significant threat to U.S. and allied forces overseas, and to the United States and its territories,” states the latest report by the...
Huckabee Sanders: Trump and Putin Discussed ‘Sanctions Specific to Election Meddling’
White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday that President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed sanctions “related to election meddling” during their meeting last week, refuting a tweet by Trump a day earlier. Trump tweeted on Sunday that “sanctions were not discussed at my meeting with...
Howard Dean Slams Meeting With Russian Lawyer: ‘This Is a Criminal Enterprise Running This Country’
Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean said on MSNBC Monday that Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner meeting with a Russian lawyer during the campaign proved that the Trump administration is a “criminal enterprise.” Dean said that President Donald Trump cannot be trusted to tell the truth and implied that there was...
Trump: ‘I Strongly Pressed’ Putin on Russian Meddling, Now Time to ‘Move Forward’
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that he “strongly pressed” Russian President Vladimir Putin about Kremlin meddling in the U.S. election and that Putin denied it during their G-20 meeting, adding it was time to “move forward.” “I strongly pressed President Putin twice about Russian meddling in our election. He...
DIA Reveals New Details of Russian Information Warfare
Russian military forces are using information warfare tools to confront the United States, according to a new Defense Intelligence Agency report. “Moscow’s long-term goal is building a military prepared to conduct the range of conflicts from local war through regional conflict to a strategic conflict that could result in massive...
‘Morning Joe’: Trump’s Speech ‘Tedious,’ Full of Platitudes, But Had Positive News for European Allies
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-host Joe Scarborough said that President Donald Trump’s speech in Poland on Thursday was “extremely disappointing” for anybody trying to score policy points. “You know the first half of this speech was packed with platitudes and trite, obvious talking points and it was an...
Trump Says U.S. Is Committed to NATO Defense, Knocks Russia Over Ukraine
President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States had demonstrated its commitment to NATO’s defense through words and actions, and called on Russia to end its “destabilizing” action in Ukraine and elsewhere in the world. Trump’s reference to Article Five of the NATO treaty, which guarantees that alliance members...
