Jonathan Winer, a former top aide to Secretary of State John Kerry who was a key conduit for disseminating the discredited Steele dossier in the U.S. government, worked as a lobbyist for Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in years preceding the Russiagate affair. This revelation raises new questions about Russian efforts to influence American foreign policy — far afield from any Kremlin efforts to favor Donald Trump.
Continue reading “Top Kerry Aide, key conduit for Steele Dossier, once worked for Russian oligarch, as did its author”Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty to altering evidence in Russia probe
- Kevin Clinesmith will admit he altered a document involving Carter Page’s ties to the CIA.
Former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of altering a document in the Russia collusion probe, the first criminal case to be brought in the investigation of U.S. Attorney John Durham, two sources told Just the News.
Continue reading “Ex-FBI lawyer to plead guilty to altering evidence in Russia probe”FBI recorded Trump questions on Russia during first counterintelligence briefing
- Agent’s notes confirm IG report that August 2016 briefing with Trump and Flynn used to gather evidence for Russia probe
Senate Republicans release files they say ‘undercut’ Steele dossier
- The Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday released newly declassified documents
New Russia probe memos expose massive errors in NYT anti-Trump story, Steele dossier
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has released two newly-declassified documents related to government surveillance abuses against the Trump campaign in 2016.
Continue reading “New Russia probe memos expose massive errors in NYT anti-Trump story, Steele dossier”Damning notes from Peter Strzok about Russia, Manafort, and Roger Stone
Mueller and Weissmann op-eds greatly at odds with their report and evidence
In response to President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s prison sentence last week, the Russia investigation’s two lead prosecutors published op-eds in the nation’s top newspapers that fueled the collusion narrative their own investigation failed to validate. As they chided Stone and others for alleged deceptions, both Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller and one of his top deputies, Andrew Weissmann, made claims greatly at odds with their official report, discrepancies that they did not acknowledge.
Continue reading “Mueller and Weissmann op-eds greatly at odds with their report and evidence”‘Gangster in the White House’: Noam Chomsky explains why Trump is undeniably ‘the worst criminal in history’
Author Noam Chomsky, now 91, is old enough to remember a long list of U.S. presidents, from Harry Truman in the 1940s to Ronald Reagan in the 1980s to Barack Obama in the late 2000s and early 2010s. And during an interview on “The Michael Brooks Show,” Chomsky laid out some reasons why Donald Trump is, hands down, the worst he has seen so far.
Continue reading “‘Gangster in the White House’: Noam Chomsky explains why Trump is undeniably ‘the worst criminal in history’”John Bolton book claims impeachable offenses across ‘full range’ of Trump’s foreign policy
According to a press release put out by publishing giant Simon & Schuster, Bolton’s soon-to-be-released book — The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir — contains a thorough accounting of Trump’s transgressions.
Continue reading “John Bolton book claims impeachable offenses across ‘full range’ of Trump’s foreign policy”FBI knew Steele’s Russia research connected to Clinton, Dems from earliest interactions
- Senate investigators seeking to obtain FBI notes, emails from summer 2016 detailing first interactions with Steele’s Russia research.