by Robert Faturechi ProPublica, March 17, 2017 Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was removed from his post by the Trump administration last week, was overseeing an investigation into stock trades made by the president’s health secretary, according to a person familiar with the office. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for link to story. Tom Price, head of the […]
By Jessica Schulberg 03/17/2017 WASHINGTON ― A top counterterrorism adviser to President Donald Trump faces growing calls to resign after a series of news reports alleging he has ties to a far-right Hungarian group with historical links to the Nazi party. CLICK IMAGE for link to video Sebastian Gorka was photographed during the January inaugural ball wearing […]
By ANDREW E. KRAMER MARCH 16, 2017 MOSCOW — Before United States prosecutors accused him of having orchestrated one of the largest computer thefts, Dmitry A. Dokuchaev’s legal problems were deepening in Russia, where he was once known by the hacker alias Forb and specialized in purloining credit card numbers. Mr. Dokuchaev, a stocky 33-year-old who appears on […]
Michael Isikoff Chief Investigative Correspondent Yahoo News March 16, 2017 RT, the Russian state-owned television network described by U.S. intelligence officials as “the Kremlin’s principal international propaganda outlet,” paid $45,386 for former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Michael Flynn to fly to Moscow to speak at its 10th anniversary celebration in December 2015, according to documents newly obtained by […]
By Pamela Brown, Scott Glover, Mary Kay Mallonee and Tal Kopan, March 16, Washington (CNN) The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that four people — including two officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) — have been indicted in connection to a massive hack of Yahoo information. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for link to story. The hack, which […]
By Ronald A. Klain Contributing columnist April 19 at 4:43 PM Robert S. Mueller III is a distinguished public servant. But his much-anticipated report comes up short in many respects, and Democrats made a mistake to put so much confidence in it as the touchstone of accountability for President Trump and his campaign. DIRECT LINK TO […]
By PETER BAKER and JESSE DRUCKER MARCH 14, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Trump wrote off more than $100 million in business losses to reduce his federal taxes in 2005, according to forms made public on Tuesday night: a rare glimpse at documents that he had refused to disclose since becoming a candidate for the nation’s highest office. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for […]
By KENNETH P. VOGEL and ELIANA JOHNSON 03/14/17 President Donald Trump has overruled a decision by his national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, to sideline a key intelligence operative who fell out of favor with some at the Central Intelligence Agency, two sources told POLITICO. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to POLITICO story. On Friday, McMaster told […]
THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 3/13/17 Editors note: Rachel Maddow connects the dots between… the alleged money laundering of billions of dollars at Deutsche Bank on behalf of Russian oligarchs… Commerce Secretery Wilbur Ross, vice chairman of The Bank of Cyprus… alleged home to a number of oligarchs including… Dmitry Rybolovlev, the so-called Russian “fertilizer king,” responsible for […]
By Jeremy Diamond, CNN Mon March 13, 2017 (CNN) The White House on Monday walked back a key point of President Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated allegation that President Barack Obama wiretapped his phones in Trump Tower during the 2016 election. CLICK IMAGE for link to story & video. RELATED: CNN: DOJ asks for more time to collect evidence on […]
