“The Trump Justice Department secretly obtained Washington Post journalists’ phone records and tried to obtain their email records over reporting they did in the early months of the Trump administration on Russia’s role in the 2016 election, according to government letters and officials. In three separate letters dated May 3 and addressed to Post reporters Ellen Nakashima and Greg Miller, …
May 10, 2021 – Biden’s DOJ hires Russia collusion hoaxer Susan Hennessey to its National Security Division
“The Biden administration’s newest addition to the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, Susan Hennessey, is a Russia collusion hoaxer who deleted hundreds of tweets boosting lies about the Trump administration before she announced her new position. I’ll still have this account, in a personal capacity. But things will be a bit quieter around here. — Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) May …
May 14, 2021 – John Podesta announces the appointment of Neera Tanden as Senior Adviser to Biden
“Today, the Biden administration announced that CAP President and CEO Neera Tanden has been appointed as senior adviser to President Joe Biden. John Podesta, founder and director of CAP, released the following statement: Neera’s intellect, tenacity, and political savvy will be an asset to the Biden administration as she assumes a new role as senior adviser to the president. While we will be …
May 25, 2021 – Fusion GPS is losing the fight to keep its records secret. What will Fusion’s internal e-mails reveal?
“There’s a fight brewing in a DC federal court over Fusion GPS’s internal correspondence and records. And they’re losing. Background In 2017, the owners of Alfa Bank (we’ll call them Alfa Bank for the purposes of this article) sued Fusion GPS and Glenn Simpson for their publication of false statements accusing Alfa Bank of “bribery, extortion, and interference in the …
May 26, 2021 – Newly released OLC Memo shows staff lawyers found no basis for obstruction charges In Mueller Report
“The long-awaited, though partial, release of a memorandum from the Justice Department this week left many “frustrated,” as predicted by the Washington Post, in Washington. The reason is what it did not contain. Critics had sought the memo as the “smoking gun” to show how former Attorney General Bill Barr scuttled any obstruction charges against Donald Trump. Instead, the memo …