by Jim Heath | Jan 26, 2019 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation, Trump
President Trump and at least 17 of his campaign officials and advisers had contacts with Russian nationals and WikiLeaks or their intermediaries before his inauguration, according to an analysis published by The New York Times today. Then-candidate Trump had at least...
by Jim Heath | Jan 12, 2019 | Headlines, Justice Department, Mueller Investigation, Trump
President Trump has gone to extraordinary lengths to conceal details of his conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, including on at least one occasion taking possession of the notes of his own interpreter and instructing the linguist not to discuss what...
by Jim Heath | Nov 30, 2018 | Foreign Affairs, Headlines
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gave Vladimir Putin a high five in extraordinary scenes during the G20 leader’s summit in Argentina. Salman, who has been accused by the international community of ordering the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, had...
by Jim Heath | Nov 29, 2018 | Headlines, Putin
President Trump abruptly canceled a planned bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 summit, on the same day reports surfaced that he once offered the Russian leader a $50 million penthouse in Moscow. Trump cited Russia’s...
by Jim Heath | Oct 14, 2018 | Headlines, Mueller Investigation, Trump
President Trump was given yet another opportunity to criticize Russia’s authoritarian leader Vladimir Putin, but he wouldn’t, or couldn’t, do it. On Sunday’s 60 Minutes, Leslie Stahl asked Trump squarely why he never says anything harsh about...
