by Jim Heath | Jul 11, 2020 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation, Trump
It is hard to imagine a more corrupt use of the clemency power than President Trump’s commutation of the sentence of convicted felon Roger Stone. The Stone action has been so repeatedly telegraphed by Trump, and Trump’s broader misuse of the pardon power so blatant,...
by Jim Heath | Jul 9, 2020 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation, Trump
Donald Trump took to Twitter this morning to complain that he was being treated unfairly and subject to “political prosecution” after the Supreme Court ruled that New York state prosecutors could subpoena his financial records while blocking Democrats from accessing...
by Jim Heath | Jun 15, 2020 | Book Press, Headlines, Mueller Investigation
Just a week before the much-awaited book by President Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton is set to go on sale, the Trump administration is expected to file a lawsuit in federal court seeking an injunction to block the book from being released in its...
by Jim Heath | Jun 11, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Mueller Investigation
Faced with an unpopular president at the top of the ticket, and the very real prospects Democrats could regain control of the U.S. senate, Republicans have ramped up their efforts to investigate Donald Trump’s political foes with just 143 days to go until the...
by Jim Heath | May 13, 2020 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation
Three Republican senators today made public a recently declassified list of U.S. officials, including former vice president Joe Biden, who purportedly sought to “unmask” Trump adviser Michael Flynn in late 2016 and early 2017 — a common practice in the intelligence...
by Jim Heath | May 7, 2020 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Mueller Investigation
President Trump said he discussed the U.S. investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election with Russian President Vladimir Putin today, calling the probe a “hoax.” Trump told reporters that he remarked to Putin that “the Russia hoax” had made it difficult...
