Trump Corruption

Shep Smith Blasts Junior’s “Transparency” [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: During a segment this afternoon on the blockbuster news, Fox News anchor Shepard Smith had on Associated Press reporter Julie Bykowicz to discuss these recent developments. Smith used this opportunity to poke holes in the White House’s narrative that this was Trump Jr. being transparent. “His transparency came minutes before he had been made aware that The New …

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Julian Assange: I Told Trump Junior To Release Those Russian Collusion Emails Anonymously Via Wikileaks

Julian Assange is claiming that earlier today he contacted Donald Trump Jr. to urge him to release those emails anonymously via Wikileaks because otherwise Trump’s enemies would just “milk isolated phrases for weeks or months” without providing context. You may recall that the elder Trump regularly declared his love for Wikileaks. Contacted Trump Jr this morning on why he should …

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Tim Kaine: Trump Junior May Have Committed Treason

CNN reports: Hillary Clinton’s former running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine, said Donald Trump Jr. may have committed treason when he agreed to meet with a Russian lawyer under the pretense of getting dirt on Clinton. “We are now beyond obstruction of justice,” the Virginia Democrat told CNN Tuesday. “This is moving into perjury, false statements and even potentially treason.” Sen. …

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Trump On Junior’s Posting Of Emails: My Son Is A High-Quality Person And I Applaud His Transparency

Reuters reports: President Donald Trump on Tuesday called his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., a “high-quality person” and applauded his transparency. “My son is a high-quality person and I applaud his transparency,” Trump said in a brief statement read to reporters by White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders.

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Sen. Ted Cruz Dismisses Junior’s Scandal: None Of My Constituents Care About Russian Collusion [VIDEO]

Ted Cruz is in full deflect mode: Speaking with reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Cruz insisted that interest in the Russia scandal was simply a fixation of the media — and that average American citizens couldn’t care less. “Washington is obsessed right now, it is the Democratic talking point du jour,” Cruz told a gaggle of reporters. “But when …

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Jake Tapper On Junior’s Emails: This Is Staggering Evidence Of Willingness To Commit Collusion [VIDEO]

Mediaite reports: Jake Tapper joined Kate Bolduan’s CNN show Tuesday to emphasize the gravity of Donald Trump Jr.’s newly released emails revealing he sought damaging information on Hillary Clinton from the Russian government. “It’s a staggering turn of events, and it’s rather momentous,” Tapper continued. “This can’t just be, this can’t be dismissed as people out to get Donald J. …

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Sebastian Gorka Rages At CNN Host: Your Ratings Are Lower Than Cartoons On Nick At Night [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: President Trump’s deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka mocked CNN’s ratings on its morning program “New Day” on Tuesday, stating “more people watch Nick at Nite cartoons than CNN today,” in a contentious interview with co-anchor Alisyn Camerota. “The amount of time you spend in desperation on a topic that has plummeted you to 13th place in viewership ranking …

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Sen. Susan Collins Calls On Trump Jr To Testify Before Senate Intel Panel, Trump Jr Says He’s “Happy To”

Raw Story reports: Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) thinks it’s time for Donald Trump Jr. to talk with the Senate Intelligence Committee. Collins told Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis on Monday that she wanted Trump Jr. to talk with the Senate Intel Committee about his interactions with a Russian lawyer who promised him dirt on former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. The …

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REPORT: Jared Kushner Pushed US Hard Line Towards Qatar After Qatari Mogul Rejected $500M Investment

The Intercept reports: Not long before a major crisis ripped through the Middle East, pitting the United States and a bloc of Gulf countries against Qatar, Jared Kushner’s real estate company had unsuccessfully sought a critical half-billion-dollar investment from one of the richest and most influential men in the tiny nation, according to three well-placed sources with knowledge of the …

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Kremlin Disavows Knowledge Of Trump Jr’s Meeting

The Washington Post reports: The Kremlin on Monday said it was unaware of a 2016 meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian lawyer purported to have information that could potentially damage Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. President Trump’s eldest son said Sunday that Natalia Veselnitskaya, who represents business executives close to the Russian government had approached him in June 2016, …

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Legal Analyst: Trump Jr Could Go To Jail Over Agreeing To Meet Russian Agent To Get Dirt On Hillary [VIDEO]

The Week reports: MSNBC justice and security analyst Matthew Miller said Trump’s statement in and of itself could be the potential confession of a crime. “You know, it is a crime to solicit or accept anything of value from a foreign national in a campaign,” Miller explained to the Morning Joe hosts. “The ‘thing of value’ has never come up …

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SHADE: Chelsea Clinton Fires Back After Trump Claims Hillary Would Have Had Her Sit In At G20 Summit

Reuters reports: After Ivanka Trump faced heat for briefly stepping in for her father at the G-20 summit on Saturday, President Trump has redirected criticism of her at former first daughter Chelsea Clinton. “When I left Conference Room for short meetings with Japan and other countries, I asked Ivanka to hold seat,” Trump tweeted. “Very standard. Angela M agrees!” Trump …

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Trump Junior Admits He Met With Russian Agent Who Promised Damaging Information About Hillary Clinton

The New York Times reports: President Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., was promised damaging information about Hillary Clinton before agreeing to meet with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign, according to three advisers to the White House briefed on the meeting and two others with knowledge of it. The meeting was also attended by his campaign chairman …

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Trump: Everyone At The G20 Is Talking About Podesta

Politico throws shade: At this week’s G-20 summit in Germany, one subject the world’s most powerful leaders are discussing is why Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman did not cooperate with U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials as they investigated cyberattacks against the Democratic National Committee, President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Friday morning. “Everyone here is talking about why John …

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Trump Organization Renews Russian Business URLs

Politico reports: The Trump Organization has renewed its claim on more than 1,000 of the web domains registered by its general counsel, including some politically sensitive websites such as TrumpRussia.com and TrumpTowerMoscow.com. The company, which President Donald Trump’s two adult sons are managing while he serves in the White House but from which he has not divested, has reserved thousands …

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House Intelligence Committee Threatens Trump With Subpoena Over Claim About Taping James Comey

The New York Daily News reports: The top Republican and Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee’s Russia probe threatened to subpoena the White House if it doesn’t give more information about whether there were recordings of meetings between President Trump and former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday. Reps. Mike Conaway (R-Texas) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said the White House’s …

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REPORT: Republican Operative Sought Hillary’s Emails From Russian Hackers, Claimed Ties To Michael Flynn

From the Wall Street Journal: Before the 2016 presidential election, a longtime Republican opposition researcher mounted an independent campaign to obtain emails he believed were stolen from Hillary Clinton’s private server, likely by Russian hackers. In conversations with members of his circle and with others he tried to recruit to help him, the GOP operative, Peter W. Smith, implied he …

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Paul Manafort Finally Registers As Foreign Agent

Politico reports: The firm headed by Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, made more than $17 million working as a foreign agent of a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party, according to newly filed disclosure reports. The filing makes Manafort the second Trump campaign official to retroactively disclose foreign lobbying. Michael Flynn, Trump’s ousted former national security adviser, filed paperwork …

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The New York Times Catalogs Trump’s MANY Lies

The Hill reports: The New York Times has compiled a massive list called “Trump’s Lies,” in what they say catalogues “nearly every outright lie” President Trump has made since his January inauguration. The Times‘s list, which ran in the paper’s opinion section, including his inaccurate claim that there was a terror attack in Sweden last February and his recent incorrect …

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Fox Host Praises Trump For Lying About Tapes [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript of the Fox & Friends interview that aired this morning: AINSLEY EARHARDT (CO-HOST): Big news today. You said you didn’t tape [former FBI Director] James Comey. Do you want to explain that? Why did you want him to believe you possibly did that? PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Well I didn’t tape him. You never know what’s …

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