Chuck Ross Former Vice President Joe Biden and the directors of the three main U.S. intelligence agencies submitted so-called “unmasking” requests for information about Michael Flynn contained in highly classified intelligence reports, according to documents released Wednesday. The documents show that an unmasking request was made in Biden’s name on Jan. 12, 2017. Similar requests were made…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The Kremlin has reportedly decided to recall Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak, who has been described as the “most radioactive man in Washington.” While Kisylak was initially expected to be appointed to a position at the United Nations headquarters in New York, possibly the counterterrorism…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe Former Trump transition team aides were ordered to preserve any documents related to Russia and the activities of a number of campaign officials, according to a memo issued by the transition team’s general counsel office Thursday. The memo, which was obtained by the New York Times and Politico, says former…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kevin Daley The special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election is investigating President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice, the Washington Post reports. The Post, citing two unnamed sources, says special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe expanded to include the president just days after he dismissed former…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Phillip Stucky Democratic strategists are planning how to take the US House of Representatives in the 2018 midterms, according to a statement made by a former Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee aide Tuesday. “The storm clouds that normally hover above a wave election seem to be forming, which is incompetence,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn will not honor a Senate Intelligence Committee subpoena requesting any documents detailing his interactions with Russian officials during the 2016 campaign, the Associated Press reports. Flynn previously refused to turn over the documents to Senate Intelligence Committee prompting the subpoena in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Saagar Enjeti Members of the Trump campaign had at least 18 different undisclosed exchanges with Russian government officials, Reuters reports. Officials who described the calls to Reuters said they saw no evidence of wrongdoing or collusion between the two, though it does contradict past claims by the Trump campaign…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ted Goodman Former FBI Director James Comey may have been building a legal case against President Donald Trump well before the president fired him on May 9, according to a former Department of Justice (DOJ) spokesperson. Matthew Miller, who served as the DOJ’s Director of the Office of Public…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke House Republicans welcomed the announcement Wednesday that an independent special counsel has been assigned to investigate Russia’s meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced former FBI Director Robert Mueller would fill the role — a major win for Democrats who argued it was necessary…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Juliegrace Brufke House Republicans said they need more information but are deeply concerned over reports President Donald Trump allegedly asked then-FBI director James Comey to drop the investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. The New York Times reported Monday that a memo written by Comey alleges the president asked…