By Peter Lance. September 29th, 2019. In light of what Kevin Poulsen of The Daily Beast calls “Trump’s Insane Ukraine ‘Server’ Conspiracy,” I’m reposting my piece for The Huffington Post on the President’s continued use of what Josef Goebbels called “The Big Lie.” January 15th, 2017. It’s been a month since we launched investigatingtrump.com dedicated to curating the best reporting on […]
By Elise Labott, CNN Updated 3:38 PM ET, Mon January 30, 2017 The White House spokesman on Monday said career US diplomats who don’t back President Donald Trump’s anti-immigration executive order should find a new line of work if they don’t get on board. Asked about a draft memo (published by The Washington Post) signed by dozens of […]
By Meg Wagner Saturday, January 28, 2017, 1:21 PM President Trump chatted with Vladimir Putin Saturday, his first known conversation since taking office with the Russian leader he frequently complimented on the campaign trail. White House press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted a photo of Trump on the phone in the Oval Office just after noon Saturday. “@POTUS is […]
By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM JAN. 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump’s chief White House strategist, laced into the American press during an interview on Wednesday evening, arguing that news organizations had been “humiliated” by an election outcome few anticipated, and repeatedly describing the media as “the opposition party” of the current administration. “The […]
By NICHOLAS FANDOS JAN. 24, 2017 CLICK IMAGE FOR LINK TO STORY WASHINGTON — During a private meeting with congressional leaders on Monday, President Trump asserted that between three million and five million unauthorized immigrants had voted for his Democratic opponent and robbed him of a victory in the national popular vote. There is no evidence to support the […]
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By Kevin Liptak and Dan Merica, CNN Washington Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump believes millions of votes were cast illegally in last year’s election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on Tuesday, but he wouldn’t provide any concrete evidence for the claim, which has long been debunked. “The President does believe that, I think he’s stated that before, and […]
investigatingtrump.com editorial note: In what appears to be a new editorial policy for The New York Times, Media Columnist Jim Rutenberg’s piece below contains two footnotes setting the record straight about falsehoods told by President Trump and his Press Secretary Sean Spicer on Saturday. CLICK IMAGE for link to column: Jim Rutenberg MEDIATOR JAN. 22, 2017 When Donald […]
by ALEXANDRA JAFFE JAN 22 2017, 2:25 PM ET Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Donald Trump, said the White House press secretary gave “alternative facts” when he inaccurately described the inauguration crowd as “the largest ever” during his first appearance before the press this weekend. White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer gathered the press to deliver a […]
By Peter Lance January 21st, 2017 The Huffington Post. In his first official press conference WH Press Secretary Sean Spicer claimed today that photos of the inauguration were “intentionally framed in a way… to minimize the enormous national support that had gathered (yesterday) on The National Mall.” Asserting that white “floor coverings” to protect the grass […]
Matthew Rozsa Dec. 31st, 2016 President-elect Donald Trump’s copious conflicts of interest haven’t made headlines this week like they have in the past, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything worth noting. This week has revealed quite a bit of new information not only about how Trump has abused power in the past, but how […]
