The Daily Beast: The Truth About Trump’s Insane Ukraine ‘Server’ Conspiracy

The Daily Beast: The Truth About Trump’s Insane Ukraine ‘Server’ Conspiracy

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 […]

Chemical gas, Tomahawk missiles and a 180 turn in Trump’s position on Syria. Was there a WAG THE DOG scenario behind the attack?

Chemical gas, Tomahawk missiles and a 180 turn in Trump’s position on Syria. Was there a WAG THE DOG scenario behind the attack?

By Peter Lance April 10th, 2017 investigatingtrump.com The Huffington Post Few who have observed President Trump’s visceral reaction to news footage in his regular Twitter storms, could doubt that part of his motivation in sending 59 Tomahawk missiles into Syria Thursday night was his reaction to the footage of children, “beautiful babies” as he put it, […]

NY Daily News: Trump calls Putin for the first time since taking office

NY Daily News: Trump calls Putin for the first time since taking office

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 […]

NYT: Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates

NYT: Intercepted Russian Communications Part of Inquiry Into Trump Associates

By MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT, MATTHEW ROSENBERG, ADAM GOLDMAN and MATT APUZZO JAN. 19, 2017 WASHINGTON — American law enforcement and intelligence agencies are examining intercepted communications and financial transactions as part of a broad investigation into possible links between Russian officials and associates of President-elect Donald J. Trump, including his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, current […]

McClatchy: FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump

McClatchy: FBI, 5 other agencies probe possible covert Kremlin aid to Trump

BY PETER STONE AND GREG GORDON McClatchy Washington Bureau  JANUARY 18, 2017 1:52 PM The FBI and five other law enforcement and intelligence agencies have collaborated for months in an investigation into Russian attempts to influence the November election, including whether money from the Kremlin covertly aided President-elect Donald Trump, two people familiar with the matter […]

CNN: Biden confirms Obama, VP were briefed on unsubstantiated claims against Trump

CNN: Biden confirms Obama, VP were briefed on unsubstantiated claims against Trump

By Evan Perez, CNN Justice Correspondent Updated 5:20 PM ET January 12, 2017 (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden confirmed Thursday that he and President Barack Obama were briefed last week by intelligence officials on unsubstantiated claims that Russia may have compromising information on President-elect Donald Trump. CNN first reported that the nation’s top intelligence chiefs provided both […]

NYT: How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Trump

NYT: How a Sensational, Unverified Dossier Became a Crisis for Trump

By SCOTT SHANE, NICHOLAS CONFESSORE and MATTHEW ROSENBERG JAN. 11, 2017 WASHINGTON — Seven months ago, a respected former British spy named Christopher Steele won a contract to build a file on Donald J. Trump’s ties to Russia. Last week, the explosive details — unsubstantiated accounts of frolics with prostitutes, real estate deals that were intended […]