By ERIN McCANN JAN. 27, 2017 Donald J. Trump spent his first week in office repeating the lie that between three million and five million people had voted illegally in the November election, first to members of Congress, then on Twitter, then in an ABC News interview, then again on Twitter on Friday, citing an unsubstantiated […]
By KATIE BENNER JAN. 13, 2017 Just days after the 2016 presidential election, a young venture capitalist called an emergency staff meeting. Prepare for a storm of publicity, he told one of the start-ups that he had helped found. There would be questions about his political affiliations and loyalties, he said. There would be questions about the […]
By Peter Lance January 9th, 2017. The Huffington Post When NBC News reported today that Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law, would soon be a “top advisor” to the President-elect, his principal spokesperson asserting that Mr. Kushner “is committed to complying with federal ethics laws” was none other than ex-9/11 Commissioner and Clinton administration Deputy A.G. […]
By SUSANNE CRAIG, JO BECKER and JESSE DRUCKERJAN. 7, 2017 On the night of Nov. 16, a group of executives gathered in a private dining room of the restaurant La Chine at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The table was laden with Chinese delicacies and $2,100 bottles of Château Lafite Rothschild. At one […]