Month: March 2018

REPORT: Larry Kudlow Joining Trump White House As National Economic Council Director

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President Donald Trump could announce his decision to name CNBC senior contributor Larry Kudlow as his National Economic Council director as early as Thursday, CNBC reports.  https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/973963684186939392 CNBC reports: Kudlow would replace Gary Cohn, who left the White House earlier this month amid disagreements about tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

CHAIRMAN NUNES: No Evidence of Trump-Russia Collusion But ‘Clear Links’ Between Hillary’s Campaign and Russians (VIDEO)

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Chairman Nunes appeared on ‘Fox & Friends’ Tuesday morning to discuss the House Intel Committee’s report after announcing the panel found “no evidence of collusion, coordination or conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Russians.” Nunes also said there are clear links between Hillary’s campaign and the Russians.

Hypocrisy: Trump Lawyers Keep Defending WikiLeaks, Yet His Secretary of State Pick Wants Assange’s Head on a Platter

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President Donald Trump’s attorneys have been quietly making the case in defense of WikiLeaks throughout legal filings responding to a lawsuit filed by Democrat Party donors who allege that the campaign and former advisor Roger Stone conspired with Russians to publish the leaked Democratic National Committee emails.

FLASH=> Under Secretary of State FIRED After Contradicting Account of Tillerson’s Dismissal

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The White House has fired Steve Goldstein, the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, after contradicting the account of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s dismissal.  https://twitter.com/CBCAlerts/status/973593848718020608 On Tuesday, President Donald Trump announced he was replacing Rex Tillerson with CIA Director Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State.

CONFIRMED: Clapper Informed Obama Of Steele Dossier’s Most Salacious Details During Presidential Daily Briefing

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A new report confirms former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper briefed President Barack Obama on the “golden showers” allegations laid out in the Steele dossier.  Mother Jones reports: Near the time the spy chiefs briefed Trump on the intelligence community’s report on the Russian attack, Susan Rice, the national security adviser, encouraged Clapper during the daily intelligence briefing to tell Obama about the “golden showers” allegations.

Mueller Probe To Take Another Unpredictable Turn After Unusual ‘Conspiracy to Defraud Government’ Charge Invoked

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Robert Mueller’s Russia probe is set to take yet another unpredictable turn after the special counsel invoked the unusual “conspiracy to defraud the government,” charge that “could use the same legal strategy to go after President Trump and his associates, even if the conspiracy is not linked to a criminal act,” The Washington Times reports.  Emma Kohse, Harvard International Law Journal editor-in-chief, Benjamin Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Lawfare blog’s top editor, argue that, based in the language of the indictments and the legal precedents behind them, the “conspiracy to defraud the government” charge provides the Mueller team with significant flexibility in trying to build a case against Mr.

BREAKING: House Intel Committee Rules NO TRUMP-RUSSIA COLLUSION in 2016 Election

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House Intelligence Committee Republicans announced Monday that they found “no evidence of collusion,” between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin in the panel’s ‘Russia probe.’ https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/973319070186647552 https://twitter.com/politiCOHEN_/status/973318138426265600 New York Times reports: Even as the special counsel expands his inquiry and pursues criminal charges against at least four Trump associates, House Intelligence Committee Republicans said Monday they have found no evidence of collusion between Donald J.