By MICHAEL J. MORELL AUG. 5, 2016 During a 33-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency, I served presidents of both parties — three Republicans and three Democrats. I was at President George W. Bush’s side when we were attacked on Sept. 11; as deputy director of the agency, I was with President Obama when we killed […]
By Allison Graves Thursday, August 4th, 2016 at 11:09 a.m. Donald Trump has turned heads by having some seemingly nice things to say about Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin.But did he have his party alter its platform to soften its rhetoric on Russia? CLICK IMAGE BELOW for link to story. While the original version of the Republican […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Josh Rogin July 18, 2016 The Trump campaign worked behind the scenes last week to make sure the new Republican platform won’t call for giving weapons to Ukraine to fight Russian and rebel forces, contradicting the view of almost all Republican foreign policy leaders in Washington. Throughout the campaign, Trump has been dismissive of […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Tom Hamburger, Rosalind S. Helderman and Michael Birnbaum June 17, 2016 Donald Trump was in his element, mingling with beauty pageant contestants and business tycoons as he brought his Miss Universe pageant to Russia for a much-anticipated Moscow debut. Nonetheless, Trump was especially eager for the presence of another honored guest: Russian President Vladimir Putin. CLICK IMAGES for lines […]
