THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW 3/8/17 Editor’s note: Rachel Maddow continues to assemble the pieces of evidence that seem to suggest a connection between the Trump campaign and Russia’s confirmed intervention in the 2016 election. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for link to video As she reported tonight, in a partial transcript provided by Jason Easley on politicususa.com: More pieces […]
By KENNETH P. VOGEL and DAVID STERN 03/08/17 U.S. and Ukrainian authorities have expressed interest in the activities of a Kiev-based operative with suspected ties to Russian intelligence who consulted regularly with Paul Manafort last year while Manafort was running Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to story. The operative, Konstantin Kilimnik, came under scrutiny from officials at […]
By STEPHEN BRAUN and CHAD DAY Mar. 8, 2017WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, who was fired from his prominent White House job last month, has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent for $530,000 worth of lobbying work before Election Day that may have aided the Turkish government. CLICK IMAGE […]
By William Bastone: March 8th, 2017 In the months before Election Day, a longtime confidante and political consultant for Donald Trump was in contact with the Russian hacking group that U.S. intelligence officials have accused of illegally breaching the Democratic National Committee’s computer system and the e-mail accounts of Hillary Clinton campaign officials in a […]
CARRIE JOHNSON March 8, 2017 The FBI director has no plans to leave the post before the end of his 10-year term. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to NPR story. “You’re stuck with me for about 6 1/2 years,” James Comey said at a cyber conference in Boston on Wednesday, urging conference organizers to invite […]
THE LAST WORD WITH LAWRENCE O’DONNELL 3/7/17 Lies can be impeachable offense. Lawrence O’Donnell explains how President Donald Trump is “unfaithfully” executing his duties as president by lying about President Obama – and how that could lead to his impeachment. Duration: 8:07 CLICK IMAGE for link to video
By Martin Robinson, Uk Chief Reporter For Mailonline , 7 March 2017 | Ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele has suddenly reappeared in London after almost two months in the shadows when he was unmasked as the author of the Trump ‘dirty dossier’. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for link to story. CLICK IMAGE BELOW for link to video. The British father-of-three, 52, who worked as a […]
By JOSH MEYER and KENNETH P. VOGEL 03/07/17 Campaign leaders knew in advance of Carter Page’s Russia visit in July 2016, former aide says. Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski approved foreign policy adviser Carter Page’s now-infamous trip to Moscow last summer on the condition that he would not be an official representative of the campaign, according to […]
Rachel Maddow describes the reporting published in The New Yorker about a Donald Trump business deal that raises a lot of red flags about potential violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Duration: 22:59 CLICK IMAGE for link to video.
By ERIC LICHTBLAU MARCH 6, 2017 WASHINGTON — Known as a no-nonsense, even-keeled prosecutor, Rod J. Rosenstein was expected to sail through Senate confirmation to be the Justice Department’s second-in-command. But that process has become enmeshed in the drama surrounding questions about President Trump’s campaign ties to Russia. CLICK IMAGE for link to story. Mr. […]
