Why a Leading Trump Critic Wrote a Book about a Mansion in Europe
Norm Eisen meets Václav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, in October 2011.Forum 2000 Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Norm Eisen is best known these days as one of the leading critics of President Donald Trump. He chairs the board of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a.k.a.…
Trump Associates Suspected of Misleading Congress Have a New Reason to Worry
W. Samuel Patten leaves the federal court in Washington, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018.AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republican political operative Samuel Patten’s agreement to plead guilty Friday to charges that he acted as an unregistered lobbyist for a Ukrainian political party included his admission that he…
Political Operative Tied to Paul Manafort Charged With Illegal Foreign Lobbying
Federal prosecutors on Friday morning charged Sam Patten, a former associate of ex-Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, with illegally lobbying for a Ukrainian political party. Patten was charged by the US Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC, and the Justice Department’s National Security Division, not by Special Counsel Robert Mueller. But the case appears to represent the…
President Trump Just Issued a Disturbing Threat Against the FBI
Alex Brandon/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump, still reeling from a week of legal blows to his former campaign chair and lawyer, who has implicated the president in allegations of campaign finance violations, lashed out on Saturday at the Justice Department, returning to one of his favorite topics: Hillary…
Trump Organization CFO Granted Immunity in Cohen Case
Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Allen Weisselberg, chief financial officer of the Trump Organization, was reportedly granted immunity in the investigation into longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen, the Wall Street Journal and other outlets reported Friday morning. The development comes one day after it was reported that federal prosecutors…
Michael Cohen to Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges
Go Nakamura/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer and longtime fixer, has agreed to plead guilty to charges, multiple news outlets reported Tuesday. He is scheduled to appear before a federal courtroom in Manhattan later this afternoon. Breaking News: Michael Cohen, President Trump’s…