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Russia Investigation
the national interest
May 16, 2023
John Durham Shows ‘Lock Her Up’ Politics Were Never About Real Crimes Republicans want to send people to jail after Durham finds no crimes.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Feb. 10, 2023
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Jan. 27, 2023
The Durham Probe Was Barr’s Witch Hunt A shockingly unethical crusade to vindicate Trump.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 31, 2022
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Mar. 30, 2022
Donald Trump Asks Vladimir Putin to Smear Joe Biden Again Five takeaways from his latest “Russia, if you’re listening” request.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 19, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Sept. 30, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 3, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Mar. 31, 2021
Russia Keeps Bribing Foreign Politicians. Is Trump Different? Another payoff exposed, this time in Ukraine, that looks just like Trump’s Moscow deal.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Feb. 20, 2021
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 23, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 18, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 18, 2020
Trump Won’t Denounce Russian Hack Because He’s Still Subservient to Putin Trump’s only comment on Russia this week is to denounce the “Russia hoax.”
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Nov. 23, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Oct. 15, 2020
I Have This Crazy Theory Trump’s Campaign Is Colluding With Russia Right Now People who are certain there was No Collusion also pretty sure Russia didn’t hack Hunter Biden.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Oct. 14, 2020
Rudy Found Biden Emails That Totally Weren’t Stolen by Russia Unless Trump’s lawyer is cooperating with a Russian hack-and-leak October surprise? Nah.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Oct. 9, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Aug. 18, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
2020 elections
July 14, 2020
Tuberville Ends Jeff Sessions’s Political Career in Alabama Primary Runoff The former Auburn coach isn’t a cinch against Democratic senator Doug Jones, but he did dramatically reverse Sessions’s once dazzling success.
By Ed Kilgore
obstruction of justice
July 10, 2020
Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone, Who Refused to Testify Against Him The president has made sure that his loyal friend and longtime collaborator will not face justice after he was convicted of obstructing justice.
By Chas Danner
the national interest
June 29, 2020
Even the ‘Innocent’ Story of Trump’s Response to the Russian Bounty Is Damning The best-case scenario is that Trump’s advisers are scared to tell him anything bad about Putin.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
June 24, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 29, 2020
New Transcript Shows Trump Adviser Michael Flynn Colluding With Russia in 2016 Michael Flynn had good reason to lie to the FBI about his conversation with Russia’s ambassador.
By Jonathan Chait
Trump Campaign Crooks: Where Are They Now? Checking in with Michael Cohen, Rick Gates, Michael Flynn, and Roger Stone on the day of Michael Cohen’s release to home confinement.
By Adam K. Raymond
2020 elections
May 20, 2020
Obamagate Could Be the Last Nail in the Coffin for Jeff Sessions A new poll shows him trailing by more than 20 points in the race for his old Alabama Senate seat. The GOP obsession with the “witch hunt” may be why.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
May 18, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 14, 2020
Trump Now Rewriting History to Deny Russia Wanted Him to Win in 2016 “You can speak to Putin or anybody else — nobody has been tougher on Russian than I have,” says Trump in self-refuting claim.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 13, 2020
Barr’s Scheme to Exonerate Trump Crony Michael Flynn Just Hit a Brick Wall Federal judge Emmet Sullivan has stood up to an extraordinary Justice Department plot to let confessed liar Michael Flynn go free.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
May 13, 2020
‘Obamagate’ Is Trump’s Name for the Crimes He’s Trying to Commit Himself Obama was very hesitant to weaponize law enforcement and intelligence. Trump, uh, isn’t.
By Jonathan Chait
Why Trump’s Obamagate Ploy Is Doomed to Fail Trump’s base is already energized. So why is he focused on outlandish Obama conspiracy theories that probably mystify swing voters?
By Ed Kilgore
justice department
Mar. 5, 2020
Fed Judge: Barr Summary of Mueller Report Calls Into Question His ‘Credibility’ A district judge will review all Mueller report redactions after determining that Barr’s summary of the report was “distorted” and “misleading.”
By Matt Stieb
roger stone
Feb. 20, 2020
Roger Stone Sentenced to 40 Months in Prison Stone was convicted last November of lying to Congress, obstructing justice, and witness tampering.
By Adam K. Raymond
the national interest
Feb. 12, 2020
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Feb. 11, 2020
Trump Floats Pardon of Russia-Scandal Accomplice Roger Stone Stone promises never to “roll on Donald Trump,” lies to protect him, and now payback is on its way.
By Jonathan Chait
russia investigation
Feb. 10, 2020
Prosecutors Request 7 to 9 Year Prison Sentence for Trump Surrogate Roger Stone The longtime Republican operative could serve up to nine years for lying to Congress and for witness tampering during the Mueller investigation.
By Matt Stieb
the national interest
Dec. 23, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard and the Return of the Anti-Anti-Trump Left The small cadre of leftists who see the Democrats as the main enemy oppose impeachment and might help Trump win reelection.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 19, 2019
Trump Believed Ukraine Conspiracy Because ‘Putin Told Me’ Meanwhile, Trump is still listening to Ukraine theories from Russian-financed crooks.
By Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Dec. 19, 2019
By Jonathan Chait
impeachment
Dec. 12, 2019
No, Democrats Aren’t Plotting to Overturn Trump Victories Past or Future In claiming a “coup,” Republicans may be projecting their own unwillingness to acknowledge the popular will onto Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
russia investigation
Dec. 9, 2019
Inspector General Finds Russia Investigation Wasn’t an FBI Witch Hunt Yes, Michael Horowitz says mistakes were made in pursuing a wiretap on Carter Page, but no political bias in investigating the Trump campaign.
By Ed Kilgore
Attorney General Bill Barr Still Trusts Trump Over DOJ on Russia Investigation Barr reportedly disagrees with the DOJ inspector general’s anticipated findings that the FBI was right to investigate the Trump campaign.
By Matt Stieb
Washington’s Jam-packed December Will Cast a Long Shadow on 2020 With impeachment proceedings, a big DoJ report on the Russia investigation, and a possible government shutdown in play, it could get crazy.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Nov. 25, 2019
By Jonathan Chait
steele dossier
Nov. 22, 2019
Fusion GPS Lights a Candle for the ‘Pee Tape’ The co-founders of the intelligence firm that commissioned the infamous Steele Dossier discuss their lives as Trump targets.
By James D. Walsh
the national interest
Nov. 18, 2019
House Impeachment Might Include Charge That Trump Lied to Mueller Mueller was surprisingly chill about presidential perjury, but House Democrats seem more concerned about it.
By Jonathan Chait
Roger Stone’s Expletive-Filled, Godfather -Heavy Day in Court Heavy swearing, a Bernie impression, multiple Godfather references — what more could jurors want from a case on the integrity of American elections?
By Matt Stieb
2020 elections
Nov. 7, 2019
Will Trump Crush Jeff Sessions’s Senate Comeback? With Sessions ready to jump into the race for his old seat, his GOP rivals hope Trump punishes him for recusal in the Russia collusion investigation.
By Ed Kilgore
impeachment season
Oct. 15, 2019
Trump’s New Impeachable Offenses Threaten Pelosi’s Narrow Focus on Ukraine How do you decide how to impeach a president who won’t stop committing high crimes and misdemeanors? That’s a tough question for House Democrats.
By Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Oct. 15, 2019
Trump Is Being Impeached Because He Keeps Doing What Russia Wants Trump’s Ukraine scandal and his Syria fiasco both happen to benefit one country Trump really likes.
By Jonathan Chait
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