The Manhattan district attorney’s office may be in the final stages of a criminal tax investigation into the Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, and there’s a chance he could face charges this summer, according to the New York Times.
Continue reading “NYT: Weisselberg Could Face Charges As Soon As This Summer In Criminal Probe”
The House on Tuesday passed legislation again awarding Congressional Gold Medals to the Capitol Police and other law enforcement who responded to the Jan. 6 attack in a 405-21 vote. 188 Republicans crossed party lines to vote with Democrats. Continue reading “21 GOP Reps Opposed Awarding Gold Medals To Capitol Police For Jan. 6 Bravery”
During a House Oversight committee hearing Tuesday, several Republicans spent their speaking time expressing concern for a specific group of people involved in the January 6 attack: the insurrectionists themselves.
Continue reading “House Republicans Spend Oversight Hearing Expressing Concern For Insurrectionists”
After Senate Republicans killed bipartisan efforts to create an independent Jan. 6 commission, congressional committees have continued their disparate efforts to answer the many questions still lingering from that day.
Continue reading “GOP Hijacks Jan. 6 Hearing For Insurrectionists’ Benefit”
It started on Friday when the Yavapai County sheriff’s office issued a statement warning that it had received reports of people posing as employees of the county recorder’s office allegedly knocking on doors of residents and asking who they voted for. Continue reading “Here’s What We Know About The Fishy Canvassing Mystery In AZ County Close To ‘Audit’”
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, newly released emails show, nagged the acting attorney general incessantly to check out some off-the-walls theories to explain Donald Trump’s 2020 loss.
Remember when three NYPD cops claimed they were victims of a nefarious plot to poison their Shake Shack milkshakes last year — until it was later learned the officers weren’t poisoned and the entire non-incident was mostly rooted in hysteria?
Well, now those officers, along with several NYC police unions and other NYPD cops who were involved in the mess, are getting served a defamation suit by the Shake Shack manager who claims in the suit officers took him into custody and questioned for two hours.
“Throughout the interrogation, the Detectives taunted [Gilliam] about putting bleach in the milkshakes,” the lawsuit alleges.
Continue reading “NYPD’s Shake Shack Milkshake Bleach Hysteria Ends In A Defamation Suit”
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It’s a pretty transparent move.
Continue reading “Where Things Stand: Pompeo Crisscrosses Country To Boost GOP For Midterms”
New Justice Department emails released by the House Tuesday give a look into the behind-the-scenes machinations around the shady departure of a Trump-appointed U.S. Attorney in early January.
Continue reading “New DOJ Emails Include Hints About Atlanta USA’s Abrupt Exit Amid Trump Pressure”
