Rohrabacher Aide Fired After Russia Revelations

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has fired a top aide to Rep. Dana Rohrabacher from his position on the committee after revelations of his connections to pro-Russian lobbyists. Paul Behrends served as staff director for Rohrabacher’s Foreign Affairs subcommittee. He was reportedly fired at the recommendation of…

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Secret Service Denies Vetting Trump Jr.’s Russia Meeting

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Jack Crowe A Secret Service spokesman denied a suggestion made by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer that the security agency vetted a meeting between Donald Trump Jr. and Russian nationals in 2016. Trump Jr. met with a Kremlin-connected Russian lawyer in June of 2016 with the understanding that she had…

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Krauthammer: Trump’s Defense Of Russia Narrative As Dem Nonsense ‘Officially Dead’

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Henry Rodgers Political commentator and columnist Charles Krauthammer said Friday that the White House’s defense of the Russia narrative as Democratic nonsense is “officially dead.” In his Washington Post op-ed titled “Bungled collusion is still collusion,” Krauthammer said he had been puzzled by the claims that President Donald Trump and the White House had…