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Latest PostsMissed warnings & opportunities The Trump administration delayed a CDC warning about travel from Europe early in the pandemic… About 66,000 European travelers were streaming into American airports every day during the week-long delay. CDC officials say their agency’s efforts to mount a coordinated response to the Covid-19 pandemic have been hamstrung by a White House whose decisions […]
According to documents exclusively obtained by Forensic News, a US government agency board member working on a state-of-the-art communications network with Trump administration officials simultaneously served as a US Director for NSO Group, the infamous Israeli spyware company whose surveillance tools have been used by governments across the world to spy on dissidents and journalists. […]
War on accountability Late Friday night, President Trump continued his purge of inspectors general with the firing of State Dept. IG Steve Linick, who was initially appointed to the position in 2013. Multiple reports indicate that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recommended Linick’s firing because the IG has opened an investigation into wrongdoing by Pompeo himself. House […]
Loyalists taking over Under the cover of a pandemic, the Trump administration is continuing to purge those who are deemed “disloyal” to the president and install individuals willing to advance Trump’s agenda. Intelligence community At the beginning of April, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA) sent a letter to acting-Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Ric Grenell […]
Tests for Trump, not for us Trump and Pence have notably been traveling the country without face masks, making a display of going back to normal. This is definitely a political decision; Trump has told advisors that he believes wearing a face mask would “send the wrong message,” because doing so would make it seem like he […]
On Tuesday, May 12th, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear the following cases relating to investigations of President Donald Trump’s finances: Trump v. Deutsche Bank, A.G.: a case about the subpoena issued by the House Intelligence and Financial Services Committees to Trump’s biggest lender, Deutsche Bank, for ten years of Trump’s financial […]
Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the most consequential separation-of-powers case since President Nixon went to battle with Congress over the Watergate Tapes. The Court will meet via teleconference on the morning of May 12 to hear Trump v. Deutsche Bank A.G. and Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP, the final battle in a […]
Oversight slowly getting started Select Committee Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed the remaining Democratic members to the newly-created House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Crisis. Led by Majority Whip James Clyburn (SC), the panel includes: Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney (NY) Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (CA), Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez (NY), […]