The following article by Niall Stanage was posted on the Hill website February 17, 2018:
Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein Credit: Mary Turner/Reuters
New indictments of 13 Russians who allegedly meddled in the 2016 election set the political world abuzz on Friday.
The charges were first posted on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) website but were fleshed out by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosensteinat a hastily convened news conference.
What are the key political ramifications from the new charges?
The following article by Richard Gunther, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the Ohio State University; Erik C. Nisbet, Associate Professor of Communication, Political Science, and Environmental Policy and Faculty Associate with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, the Ohio State University and Paul Beck Professor Emeritus of Political Science, the Ohio State University, was posted on the Conversation website February 15, 2018:
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Could “fake news” have helped determine the outcome of the 2016 presidential election?
The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website February 9, 2018:
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) makes a startling claim about the Russian investigation. But there’s no evidence to back it up. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)
“The truth is that they [Democrats] are covering up that Hillary Clinton colluded with the Russians to get dirt on Trump to feed it to the FBI to open up an investigation into the other campaign.” —Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, in an interview on the Hugh Hewitt Show, Feb. 7, 2018
During the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election — and possible collusion by members of the Trump campaign — defenders of the president have often sought to turn the tables on Democrats. A perfect summing-up of this approach can be found in the statement above by Nunes, who described it as “a massive coverup of a major scandal that reached the highest levels of our government.” Continue reading “Did Hillary Clinton collude with the Russians to get ‘dirt’ on Trump to feed it to the FBI?”
The following article by Matt Zapotosky and Karoun Demirjian was posted on the Washington Post website February 7, 2018:
Senate Homeland Security Chair Johnson (R-Wis.) initiated a fresh round of attacks on two FBI officials investigating Clinton and Trump, releasing hundreds of pages of texts between them and a report he said raises questions about how the FBI handled its most high-profile probes of political figures. Credit: Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) initiated a fresh round of attacks Wednesday on two of the FBI officials involved in investigating Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, releasing hundreds of pages of texts between the pair and a report that raises questions about how the bureau has handled its most high-profile probes of political figures.
Though many of the messages already had been made public, President Trump quickly seized on their release, writing on Twitter, “NEW FBI TEXTS ARE BOMBSHELLS!”
The following article by Katie Bo Williams and Jordan Fabian was posted on the HillI website February 7, 2018:
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President Trump is under mounting pressure to allow the release of a Democratic rebuttal to a GOP memo that alleges bias in the FBI’s handling of the Russia investigation.
Trump has until Friday to block the publication of the 10-page document, which right now remains classified. The White House has played coy about whether Trump will allow it to become public.
The following article by Mallory Shelbourne was posted on the Hill website February 4, 2018:
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said: “I think it is fair to ask the deputy attorney general, ‘What did you know at the time you signed one of the applications?'” Credit: AP Photo
Democrats on Sunday argued that the release of a controversial memo accusing the Justice Department of surveillance abuses does not vindicate President Trump in the Russia investigation — and Republicans are also avoiding declarations of Trump’s exoneration.
Trump made the claim that the memo “totally vindicates” him in the Russia investigation in a Saturday tweet following the memo’s release the day before.
The following article by German Lopez was posted on the Vox.com website January 11, 2018:
Kellyanne Conway’s remarks are debunked by her own boss.
Speaking to Chris Cuomo on CNN on Wednesday, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway made a bold claim about the Trump administration’s collective thoughts on Hillary Clinton: “We don’t care about her. Nobody here talks about her.”
Federal investigations are based on collection of evidence and legal analysis to determine whether a prosecution is in the best interests of justice. In the case of Hillary Clinton’s email server, FBI agents reviewed emails, interviewed witnesses, and reached the conclusion that no charges were appropriate. Continue reading “Trump’s Anti-Hillary Crusade Could Break the Justice Department”
The following article was posted on the Washington Post website January 5, 2018:
The FBI is again investigating the Clinton Foundation for potentially giving donors special political access and favors — either resuming or starting a new probe that was once considered dead, according to two officials familiar with the matter. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
The FBI has been investigating the Clinton Foundation for months, reviving a probe that was dialed back during the 2016 campaign amid tensions between Justice Department prosecutors and FBI agents about the politically charged case, according to people familiar with the matter.
The inquiry resumed about a year ago. Agents are now trying to determine if any donations made to the foundation were linked to official acts when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, these people said. The people did not identify what specific donations or interactions agents are scrutinizing.
Word of the investigation comes at a particularly fraught time for the Justice Department and FBI, as it tries to navigate several polarizing issues, including an ongoing special-counsel probe of President Trump and his associates, as well as demands from Republicans in Congress that Clinton be reinvestigated on a host of issues. Among those is the foundation case.
The following article by Brett Samuels was posted on the Hill website January 3, 2018:
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders takes reporters’ questions at a news conference in the White House briefing room this month. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Washington, D.C., on Wednesday was dominated by a series of explosive excerpts from a forthcoming book focused on the early days inside the Trump administration.
Michael Wolff’s upcoming book, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” depicts a president who did not expect to defeat Hillary Clinton in November 2016 and who clashed with White House staff. Excerpts of the book were published Wednesday.
