The Trump Administration Let a Russian Spy Chief Visit the US— Even Though He Was Legally Barred
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Chief Sergey Naryshkin attends a meeting of the Russian Security Council at the Kremlin on September 15, 2017.Alexei Druzhinin/TASS via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The Trump administration allowed the head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, Sergey Naryshkin, to visit the United State last week,…
Republicans Are Poised to Release the Controversial Nunes Memo
mikolajn, adamkaz/iStock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee voted late Monday to release a four-page memo by GOP staffers spearheaded by Rep. Devin Nunes, the committee’s chairman, that has become a cause célèbre among President Trump’s defenders. The vote means the memo can become public as soon…
No, Trump Did Not “Deny” Reports That He Tried to Fire Mueller
President Donald Trump said, “Fake news,” when asked about a New York Times report revealing that he’d ordered the firing of Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Jeff Widener/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Donald Trump on Friday morning didn’t really deny a blockbuster New York Times report that last June he had ordered…
The New York Times Just Published a Bombshell Story About Trump Trying to Fire Robert Mueller
Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In June, President Donald Trump ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is overseeing the investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, only to change gears once White House counsel Donald McGahn II threatened to resign, according to a…
Jeff Sessions Appears to Be Meddling in the Russia and Clinton Probes He Vowed to Avoid
Mother Jones Illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Jeff Sessions’ pledge seemed unambiguous. “I have decided to recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any matters related in any way to the campaigns for president of the United States,” the attorney general said on March 2. His recusal came…
Devin Nunes Won’t Even Show His Infamous Memo to the Justice Department
Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) won’t #releasethememo. The now infamous document was prepared by Republican staffers for the House Intelligence Committee, which is chaired by Nunes, and it supposedly details how the FBI…