Former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe at Press Conference (Photo Credit:United States Attorneys, Public Domain) Former Acting FBI Director, Andrew McCabe, says he knew when he replaced FBI Director James Comey on May 9, 2017, following Comey's dismissal by President Trump, he had to speed up the Mueller probe before he met the same … [Read more...]
Judge Bans Roger Stone From Posting On Social Media
A judge banned President Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone from posting on social media. This happened after Stone was accused of violating a gag order by discussing his case on Instagram. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson said his lawyer had to “twist the facts” to argue Stone’s posts did not violate the order. … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: Michael Cohen
(Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) For years, Michael Cohen was referred to in press reports as “Donald Trump's personal lawyer.” However, Cohen never really performed the tasks traditionally associated with attorneys – it's rather difficult to imagine Cohen spending long nights in document review or taking depositions. Instead, Cohen was a … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: Paul Manafort
Even before his relatively brief tenure as manager of the Trump campaign, Paul Manafort was one of the more infamous behind-the-scenes players in American politics. Manafort, who had worked for multiple Republican presidential campaigns in the 80's and 90's, was primarily known as a high-priced political consultant with a taste for life's finer … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: Covering Up the Attempts to Fire Robert Mueller
In a previous post, American Legal News examined one of the most troubling stories in the Mueller Report: the President's attempts to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller and, having failed in that, to impede the Special Counsel's investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election. These are two cases where the evidence, as laid out in … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice In The Mueller Report: Jeff Sessions and The Russia Investigation
Jeff Sessions speaking to supporters at an immigration rally hosted by Donald Trump. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) Jeff Sessions, at the time a Republican Senator from Alabama, was one of the Trump campaign's most frequently deployed surrogates in 2016. Sessions was the first GOP Senator to endorse Trump during the primaries – the … [Read more...]
Trump May Encourage Foreign Governments To Attack Political Opponents
President Donald Trump recently said he doesn’t see anything wrong with foreign governments giving him information. According to CNN, this comment may encourage foreign government to attack political opponents. In 2016, Russia targeted Hillary Clinton with various tools to obtain information and spread it around. Trump suggested … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice In The Mueller Report: Impeding the Special Counsel’s Investigation
Don McGahn speaking at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC 2.0) From the very moment former FBI Director Robert Mueller was appointed as Special Counsel with a mandate to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, Donald Trump has made clear that he … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: James Comey
https://youtu.be/kbYdH7k2ewc?rel=0 In early 2017, FBI Director James Comey was a man without many friends. His decision, made in the closing weeks of the 2016 presidential campaign, to announce in a letter to Congress that the FBI was re-opening the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private e-mail server during her time as Secretary … [Read more...]
Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report: Michael Flynn
https://youtu.be/MoZUTEVa0Rw?rel=0 During the 2016 presidential campaign, retired General Michael Flynn was one of Donald Trump's regular campaign surrogates, to the extent that Trump considered him for the Vice Presidency. Flynn frequently spoke at Trump campaign rallies and appeared on television to speak for the campaign. Flynn was, at … [Read more...]
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