The Wine Wars Continue: Warren Had a Winery Fundraiser in 2018
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks as South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg listens during the Democratic presidential primary debate at Loyola Marymount University on December 19, 2019 in Los Angeles.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images It wasn’t in wine cave. But in June 2018 Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren had a fundraiser at the City Winery Boston, where guests…
Duncan Hunter Is Quitting Congress. Let’s Remember Some Corruption.
Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) carrying a cup of coffee that he hopefully paid for with his own money.Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-golf course), a man so flagrantly crooked that his admission that he may have committed war crimes in Iraq was only a secondary political scandal, said Friday night that…
California Republican Pleads Guilty to Misusing Campaign Funds
Gregory Bull/AP After claiming for a year that he was the victim of a political “witch hunt” by federal prosecutors as part of a “deep state” conspiracy, disgraced Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of misusing campaign funds for extramarital affairs with lobbyists and congressional aides, family vacations, his children’s private school tuition,…
Impeachment Day 3: Republicans Continue Their Attack on Reason and Reality
Mother Jones illustration; J. Scott Applewhite/AP (2); Getty “Are you aware that Democrats were accused in 1968 of voting irregularities? Do you know that Democratic officials were involved in private opposition research efforts targeting the president? Do you know that Bob Woodward was part of a secret society at Yale University?” Those are the sort…
The Democrats’ Impeachment Strategy Is Simple—and Risky
Susan Walsh/AP Less is more. That’s the mantra for the House Democrats, as they take their impeachment inquiry into a new phase: public hearings. For weeks, the House committees leading this effort—the intelligence, foreign affairs, and oversight committees—have narrowly focused on one matter: the Trump-Ukraine scandal and the tale of Donald Trump apparently abusing the…
A Major Trump Inaugural Donor Was Just Charged for an Illegal Foreign Influence Campaign
Pat Benic/CNP via ZUMA Wire A California businessman who gave $900,000 to President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee has agreed to plead guilty to a veritable foreign lobbying crime spree. Over the better part of a decade, Imaad Zuberi solicited money from foreign people and firms to donate to US political campaigns and he promised to…