Robert Mueller Is Human. But He Delivered for Democrats.
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is sworn in to testify at a House Intelligence Committee on July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool Robert Mueller, whose reputation reached mythic proportions amid his nearly two years of silence as special counsel, seemed notably human during roughly seven hours of testimony on Wednesday. He struggled to hear lawmakers’ questions,…
The Albanian PM Was Charged with Corruption After Our Investigation. Now the Country Is Voting Again.
Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama casts his ballot at a polling station on Sunday.Gent Shkullaku/AFP/Getty Images Albania’s ruling Socialist Party is expected to win sweeping power on Sunday in local elections boycotted by the main opposition parties. Candidates from the small Balkan country’s Democratic Party and Socialist Integration Party sat out the voting as part…
Trump’s G20 Trip Was More Bizarre and Embarrassing Than You Thought
Yonhap/Zuma President Donald Trump is heading home after an eventful trip to G20 summit in Japan packed with enough bizarre statements and diplomatic gaffes to render the visit a disaster, if anyone weren’t already used to this stuff. Here are some lowlights. Trump has heaped praise on Kim, a practice he continued during his G-20…
Rex Tillerson: I Did Not Challenge Putin on 2016 Election Attack
Michael Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA In 2016, Vladimir Putin mounted a sweeping attack on the US election in part to help elect Donald Trump president. Less than three months after Trump took office—after the US intelligence community had publicly confirmed that Russia had waged this covert information warfare—Trump sent his new secretary of state, Rex Tillerson,…
Felix Sater Wanted to Testify Publicly but Democrats Balked, Lawyer Says
Felix Sater on October 6, 2018 in New York City.Thos Robinson/Getty Images House Intelligence Committee Democrats rejected real estate developer Felix Sater’s request to testify publicly about his role in helping Donald Trump pursue a deal to put his name on a tower in Moscow, Sater’s lawyer said Friday. Instead, Democrats arranged for Sater to…
Felix Sater Will Testify in Private About Trump Tower Moscow. He Says He Was Willing to Do it Publicly.
Donald Trump, Tevfik Arif, and Felix Sater attend the Trump Soho Launch Party on September 19, 2007 in New York.Mark Von Holden/WireImage Felix Sater, a real estate developer who helped Donald Trump secretly pursue a Trump-branded tower project in Moscow, will testify before the House Intelligence Committee on Friday after months of delay, but the…