Trump Tries to Downplay Role of “Low Level Volunteer” George Papadopoulos
Bill Clark/ZUMA President Donald Trump distanced himself from George Papadopoulos, the former campaign aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his communications with Russian officials, claiming in a Tuesday tweet that Papadopoulos was nothing but a “low level volunteer.” It was the president’s first public acknowledgement of Papadopoulos after it was revealed the…
Mystery Professor in Mueller Case Had Contacts With Russian Officials
Jens Kalaene/DPA/Zuma The statement made public by special counsel Robert Mueller on Monday morning announcing the guilty plea of former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos produced a stunning revelation: a professor who touted his close ties to Russian officials told Papadopoulos in late April 2016 that he had learned on a trip to Moscow…
Look at How Fox News Covered Manafort Monday
On Monday morning, the federal investigation into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and the Russian government reached its most explosive point to date with the indictments of Paul Manafort and Rick Gates. Shortly afterward, and separate from the two indictments, special counsel Robert Mueller announced that former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos had pleaded guilty to lying…
Robert Mueller Releases Information Showing Trump Campaign Tried to Collude With Russia
Special counsel Robert Mueller departs a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill.Andrew Harnik/AP On Monday morning, shortly after special counsel Robert Mueller announced the indictments of former Trump campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, President Donald Trump tweeted, “There is NO COLLUSION!” But soon after that, Mueller’s office released a “statement of offense” outlining one…
Senate Intelligence Committee Zeroes in on Trump Tower Meeting
Richard Drew/AP The Senate intelligence committee, as part of its ongoing investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal, has completed interviews with several key participants in the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting between a Russian lawyer and members of Trump’s inner circle. Yet so far it has not questioned Donald Trump Jr., who organized the gathering,…
A Brief History of Witch Hunts, Real and Imagined
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer In 16th- and 17th-century Europe, tens of thousands of women were rounded up and slaughtered for being outcasts in some of society’s earliest witch hunts. But fast-forward to 2017, and suddenly it’s rich white guys who are co-opting the term. After numerous allegations of sexual harassment surfaced about film executive Harvey Weinstein, his pal Woody…