Read Fusion GPS Trump dossier interview full transcript

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  21 Comments  •  6 years ago

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on Tuesday released the transcript of congressional investigators' interview in August 2017 with Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson, whose firm was behind a controversial dossier alleging ties between President Donald Trump and Russians."The American people...

The Republicans’ Fake Investigations (An Op-Ed by Fusion GPS)

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  25 Comments  •  6 years ago  •  LOCKED

A generation ago, Republicans sought to protect President Richard Nixon by urging the Senate Watergate committee to look at supposed wrongdoing by Democrats in previous elections. The committee chairman, Sam Ervin, a Democrat, said that would be “as foolish as the man who went bear hunting and...

Fusion GPS Founders Write NYT Op-Ed Responding to Republicans ‘Selectively Leaking’ Info

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  1 Comments  •  6 years ago

After I post this, I'll post the Op-Ed this story came from. The founders of Fusion GPS have written a New York Times op-ed criticizing Republicans for “selectively leak[ing]” details from their testimony.Fusion GPS, famous for commissioning the infamous Steele dossier, has been in the news a...

Former Watergate prosecutor: 'Conspiracy,' not collusion, is main issue in Russia investigation

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  73 Comments  •  6 years ago

Nick Ackerman, a former Watergate prosecutor, said Saturday that the big issue in special counsel Robert Mueller investigation is not whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia, but whether it conspired to steal emails from prominent figures in the Democratic Party. "I think the big...

In a 30-minute interview, President Trump made 24 false or misleading claims

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  12 Comments  •  7 years ago

President Trump gave an impromptu half-hour interview with the New York Times on Dec. 28. We combed through the transcript and here’s a quick roundup of the false, misleading or dubious claims that he made, at a rate of one every 75 seconds. (Some of the interview was off the record, so it’s...

GOP lawmaker calls for Mueller recusal: 'His witch hunt must end'

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  7 years ago

An Arizona Republican is calling on special counsel Robert Mueller to recuse himself from the investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia in an op-ed published Wednesday. Writing in USA Today, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) said Mueller's investigation has gone "far beyond...

GOP Lawmaker Wants To 'Purge' FBI And Justice Dept.

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  67 Comments  •  7 years ago

A Republican lawmaker called on the heads of the FBI and Department of Justice on Tuesday to "purge" its "deep state" personnel. Florida Representative Francis Rooney bemoaned the FBI's Trump-Russia probe during an interview with MSNBC's Hallie Jackson, saying, "That investigation is totally...

PolitiFact editor: We chose Trump’s ‘Lie of the Year’ because of how often he repeated it

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  5 Comments  •  7 years ago

The editor of PolitiFact on Sunday explained that the fact-checking website chose President Trump's claim that Russia didn't interfere in the 2016 presidential election as its "Lie of the Year" because he repeated it so frequently. "What we're saying is this Russian interference definitely...

Investors yank billions out of market following Trump's tax bill win

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  33 Comments  •  7 years ago

I found this interesting, I thought that it should be discussed here. As Congress moved the tax bill forward, investors pulled the highest amount out of equities funds in more than three years, suggesting some investors may see "tax cuts" as already priced in. According to Bank of America...

Wow, RWer's just can't accept they lost in Alabama

Via: Galen Marvin Ross  •  News & Politics  •  44 Comments  •  7 years ago

Q: Did voters in Alabama’s special Senate election get “caught voting multiple times with fake IDs”?A: No. The Alabama Secretary of State’s office has received no such report. FULL ANSWER Alabama elected its first Democratic U.S. senator in 25 years on Dec. 12 in a narrow victory over a...