WSJ: Donald Trump Long Sought a Real-Estate Foothold in Russia

WSJ: Donald Trump Long Sought a Real-Estate Foothold in Russia

By ALEXANDRA BERZON,  ALAN CULLISON and MICHAEL ROTHFELD August 1, 2016   The developer tried, unsuccessfully, to build towers in Soviet states during the 1980s. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump repeatedly sought to gain a place for his Trump-branded towers in Russia and other former Soviet states, even in the 1980s, when the communist empire was […]

NYT: How Paul Manafort Wielded Power in Ukraine Before Advising Donald Trump

NYT: How Paul Manafort Wielded Power in Ukraine Before Advising Donald Trump

By STEVEN LEE MYERS and ANDREW E. KRAMER JULY 31, 2016 WASHINGTON — Few political consultants have had a client fail quite as spectacularly as Paul Manafort’s did in Ukraine in the winter of 2014. President Viktor F. Yanukovych, who owed his election to, as an American diplomat put it, an “extreme makeover” Mr. Manafort oversaw, bolted the country in the […]

NYT: Spy Agency Consensus Grows That Russia Hacked D.N.C.

NYT: Spy Agency Consensus Grows That Russia Hacked D.N.C.

By DAVID E. SANGER and ERIC SCHMITT JULY 26, 2016  WASHINGTON — American intelligence agencies have told the White House they now have “high confidence” that the Russian government was behind the theft of emails and documents from the Democratic National Committee, according to federal officials who have been briefed on the evidence. But intelligence officials have cautioned that they are uncertain […]

Yahoo News: Exclusive: Suspected Russian hack of DNC widens — includes personal email of staffer researching Manafort

Yahoo News: Exclusive: Suspected Russian hack of DNC widens — includes personal email of staffer researching Manafort

By Michael Isikoff Chief Investigative Correspondent July 25th 2016 Just weeks after she started preparing opposition research files on Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort last spring, Democratic National Committee consultant Alexandra Chalupa got an alarming message when she logged into her personal Yahoo email account. “Important action required,” read a pop-up box from a […]

The Art of The Truth: Trump’s biographer Tony Schwartz sets the record straight on the GOP nominee he calls “a black hole.”

The Art of The Truth: Trump’s biographer Tony Schwartz sets the record straight on the GOP nominee he calls “a black hole.”

By Peter Lance July 21st, 2016. I’ve known Tony Schwartz  for more than 30 years. A former editor/reporter for The New York Times, Newsweek, New York Magazine and Esquire, he’s authored a number of distinguished business books and written or co-authored authoritative pieces for The Harvard Business Review. He’s also been haunted for decades over […]

Daily Beast: Donald Trump and Kids Named in $250M Tax Scam

Daily Beast: Donald Trump and Kids Named in $250M Tax Scam

DAVID CAY JOHNSTON 07.14.16 2:41 PM ET Four Donald Trump-licensed real-estate developments are at the center of a huge income tax evasion scheme, according to allegations in a lawsuit unsealed Thursday afternoon by a judge in Manhattan. The presumptive Republican nominee is not personally accused. He is described as a “material witness” in the evasion […]

USA Today: Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton meeting raises eyebrows

USA Today: Loretta Lynch, Bill Clinton meeting raises eyebrows

Kevin Johnson   June 30, 2016 WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta Lynch faced continuing questions Thursday related to an awkward encounter with former president Bill Clinton after the two crossed paths Monday at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to USA TODAY story. Lynch, who will ultimately determine the outcome of an ongoing […]

DOJ Report On MISSBURN Case Leaves Out The Name Of The Vicious Mafia Killer Who Broke The Case For J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI

DOJ Report On MISSBURN Case Leaves Out The Name Of The Vicious Mafia Killer Who Broke The Case For J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI

By Peter Lance. June 27th, 2016 The Huffington Post: The New York Times reported Tuesday that a U.S. Justice Dept. inquiry into the notorious 1964 murders of civil rights workers, Goodman, Schwerner & Chaney, has ended with a 48 page report sent to Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood. Based on that report’s findings Hood has announced that […]

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