NYT: Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics. Then He Shaped an Election.

NYT: Comey Tried to Shield the F.B.I. From Politics. Then He Shaped an Election.

As the F.B.I. investigated Hillary Clinton and the Trump campaign, James B. Comey tried to keep the bureau out of politics but plunged it into the center of a bitter election. By MATT APUZZO, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, ADAM GOLDMAN & ERIC LICHTBLAU APRIL 22 WASHINGTON — The day before he upended the 2016 election, James B. Comey, the director of the Federal Bureau […]

CNN: Sources: Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign

CNN:  Sources: Russia tried to use Trump advisers to infiltrate campaign

  By Pamela Brown, Shimon Prokupecz, Jim Sciutto and Marshall Cohen,  The FBI gathered intelligence last summer that suggests Russian operatives tried to use Trump advisers, including Carter Page, to infiltrate the Trump campaign, according to US officials. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to CNN story and video. The new information adds to the emerging picture of how the […]

NPR: Leader Of Justice Department National Security Division On The Way Out

NPR: Leader Of Justice Department National Security Division On The Way Out

CARRIE JOHNSON April 20, 2017 The woman leading the Justice Department’s investigation of foreign meddling into the 2016 election and possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia has told staff members she will leave the department in May. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to NPR story. Mary B. McCord has served at the highest […]

NYT: Trump Adviser’s Visit to Moscow Got the F.B.I.’s Attention

NYT: Trump Adviser’s Visit to Moscow Got the F.B.I.’s Attention

By SCOTT SHANE, MARK MAZZETTI and ADAM GOLDMAN April 20, 2017 WASHINGTON — Ever since F.B.I. investigators discovered in 2013 that a Russian spy was trying to recruit an American businessman named Carter Page, the bureau maintained an occasional interest in Mr. Page. So when he became a foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign last year and gave a Russia-friendly speech at […]

NYT: Exxon Mobil Seeks U.S. Sanctions Waiver for Oil Project in Russia. McCain Tweets, “Are they crazy?”

NYT: Exxon Mobil Seeks U.S. Sanctions Waiver for Oil Project in Russia. McCain Tweets, “Are they crazy?”

By CLIFFORD KRAUSS APRIL 19, 2017 HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil is pursuing a waiver from Treasury Department sanctions on Russia to drill in the Black Sea in a venture with Rosneft, the Russian state oil company, a former State Department official said on Wednesday. An oil industry official confirmed the account. CLICK IMAGE ABOVE for direct link to NYT story. Related NYT […]

Bloomberg: Blackwater Founder Said to Have Advised Trump Team

Bloomberg: Blackwater Founder Said to Have Advised Trump Team

By Keri Geiger and Michael Riley April 18th, 2017 In the very public, post-election parade of dignitaries, confidantes and job-seekers filing in and out of Donald Trump’s marquee Manhattan tower, Blackwater founder Erik Prince was largely out of sight. And yet Prince was very much a presence, providing advice to Trump’s inner circle, including his […]

CNN: FBI used Dossier allegations to bolster Trump-Russia investigation

CNN: FBI used Dossier allegations to bolster Trump-Russia investigation

By Evan Perez, Shimon Prokupecz and Manu Raju April 18, 2017 Sources: FBI used dossier allegations to bolster Trump-Russia investigation Washington (CNN)  FBI last year used a dossier of allegations of Russian ties to Donald Trump’s campaign as part of the justification to win approval to secretly monitor a Trump associate, according to US officials briefed on the investigation. CLICK […]

TheHill.com: Voting machines stolen ahead of Georgia special election: report

TheHill.com: Voting machines stolen ahead of Georgia special election: report

   BY MARK HENSCH 04/17/17 Voting machines were reported stolen a day before Georgia’s special congressional election, according to a new report. The equipment was stolen last Saturday evening from a Cobb County precinct manager’s vehicle, Channel 2 Action News said Monday. He did not immediately report the theft. CLICK IMAGE for direct link to story “It […]

Wash Examiner: Dan Rather: Trump’s missile barrage in Syria a convenient distraction from Russia

Wash Examiner: Dan Rather: Trump’s missile barrage in Syria a convenient distraction from Russia

by Daniel Chaitin | Apr 16, 2017 Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called attention Sunday to what he suggested was a convenient change of narrative for President Trump after he launched an missile strike against the Assad regime. CLICK IMAGE above for direct link to story.  During an interview on CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” Rather and host Brian […]

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