Mueller zeroes in on Trump’s personal role in email hacking scandal
Special counsel Robert Mueller has a crucial question: What did Trump know, and when did he know it?
By Eric Boehlert - February 28, 2018Special counsel Robert Mueller has a crucial question: What did Trump know, and when did he know it?
By Eric Boehlert - February 28, 2018Two new polls confirm that Americans don’t trust Trump’s denials, but they do trust Mueller.
By Eric Boehlert - February 27, 2018The special counsel just landed one more guilty Trump aide to cooperate in the Russia investigation.
By Kaili Joy Gray - February 23, 2018Conservatives still want Hillary Clinton jailed. Meanwhile, Trump campaign advisers are actually facing real prison time.
By Kaili Joy Gray - February 22, 2018Despite what Trump claims, no one has been “vindicated” — far from it, actually.
By Caroline Orr - February 19, 2018“Donald Trump has not lived up to his constitutional duty to protect America.”
By Matthew Chapman - February 19, 2018Trump launched 10 hours of unhinged attacks on the FBI to shield himself.
By Tommy Christopher - February 18, 2018Fox News spent Friday spewing alternative facts and throwing shiny objects at the camera to distract viewers from the latest indictments in the Russia investigation.
By Caroline Orr - February 17, 2018Trump’s refusal to address Russian interference makes him look more like a defendant than a president.
By Caroline Orr - February 16, 2018So much for the optimistic spin that the Russia probe will be wrapped up “soon.”
By Eric Boehlert - February 12, 2018A majority of Republicans think Donald Trump should answer questions from special counsel Robert Mueller, as he investigates possible Russian collusion in 2016, and any subsequent attempts by the White House to obstruct justice. Trump and his aides keep telling reporters he would love to answer Mueller’s questions, while Trump’s attorneys keep searching for ways […]
By Eric Boehlert - February 01, 2018After meeting with Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and White House chief of staff John Kelly and beseeching them not to publicly release a dubious, GOP-concocted hit report on the FBI, the bureau went public with its “grave concerns” on Wednesday. Clearing hitting the Republican’s ongoing smear campaign, led by Intelligence Committee chair Devin […]
By Eric Boehlert - January 31, 2018Trump will stop at nothing to stop the Russia investigation.
By Tommy Christopher - January 30, 2018“What Trump has now done … I would consider to be a completely evil strategy, that is to go at the person above him, the people below him, and try and isolate Mueller.”
By Matthew Chapman - January 29, 2018Trump’s legal team is reportedly searching through 20 year-old legal cases in the hopes of finding a way to shield him from special counsel Robert Mueller contradicting Trump’s own words from a few days ago, when he said he was “looking forward” to speaking with Mueller.
By Matthew Chapman - January 27, 2018According to a damning new report, Trump ordered a smear campaign targeting FBI officials likely to testify against him — a move that Special Counsel Mueller is now investigating as potential obstruction of justice.
By Caroline Orr - January 26, 2018Now that Trump’s been busted for his failed attempt to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, he’s changing his tune.
By Oliver Willis - January 26, 2018So far, not one Republican senator has commented on Trumps attempt to fire the special counsel.
By Matthew Chapman - January 26, 2018It’s time to talk about impeachment.
By Kaili Joy Gray - January 25, 2018Trump’s apparent attempt to determine whether Andrew McCabe would be loyal to him is the latest episode in the “relentless, all-out assault” on the FBI.
By Matthew Chapman - January 23, 2018Donald Trump was forced to face White House reporters Wednesday afternoon, and it did not go well for him. At a joint press conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Trump tried to cushion the blow by only calling on two reporters, both from conservative outlets, but still could not manage to avoid making devastatingly […]
By Tommy Christopher - January 10, 2018Donald Trump’s attorneys face a major, looming problem as 2018 unfolds and special counsel Robert Mueller is angling for a sit-down to grill him on the Russia investigation. The conundrum is there’s little chance Trump will be able to avoid the in-person questioning, despite hopes from his nervous attorneys that Trump could essentially mail his answers […]
By Eric Boehlert - January 09, 2018As questions mount about Donald Trump’s mental capacity, White House lawyers are trying to devise a strategy where he will be able to answer questions about possible Russia collusion from special counsel Robert Mueller, but without having to do so face-to-face. “Anticipating that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will ask to interview President Donald Trump, the […]
By Eric Boehlert - January 08, 2018Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is reportedly looking into Ivanka Trump’s communications with Russian officials who attended the controversial June 2016 Trump Tower meeting. According to the Los Angeles Times, Ivanka Trump did not take part in the meeting but did have an exchange with a Russian attorney and a Russian-American lobbyist who did attend the […]
By Caroline Orr - January 06, 2018