Epstein Secrets

an integral factor in the president's alleged misconduct regarding Ukraine, because when Trump decided to withhold military aid to Kyiv, it was the Kremlin that benefited. 'Russia. It's about Russia,' Pelosi said. 'All roads lead to Putin. Understand that.' But Democrats have yet to commit to including

hat the Kremlin intensified its surveillance of the president's lawyer when he turned his focus to Ukraine — a former Soviet republic and target of Kremlin aggression where Russian intelligence has made deep inroads — late last year. 'That would definitely put him on the radar,' said a U.S. official ..

l departures in the Trump administration has reached five," Paul Blumenthal notes on HuffPost. The others are Tom Price, Scott Pruitt, Shulkin and Ryan Zinke. -- With Acosta gone, Patrick Pizzella will take the reins today as acting secretary at the Labor Department. The Center for Responsive Politics s

from penalties the Treasury Department initially imposed in April 2018 on Rusal and other companies owned by Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch and Kremlin ally accused of facilitating Moscow's nefarious activities. ... It's unclear whether the former staffers — Hunter Bates, a former McConnell chief

Hauer & Feld, the law and lobbying firm where Bates and Dunn work, and McConnell's office declined to comment on whether they had done so. -- The Kremlin announced that Trump called Putin to offer U.S. help with fighting Siberian wildfires. From Reuters: "The Kremlin said the two leaders had spoken b

as found to have mismanaged ... More recently in a September 2017 article in the National Review magazine, Pendley attacked then-Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for failing to do enough to reduce the size of the country's national monuments." -- Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson showed up

and Russia in an attempt to undermine confidence in the 2020 election." Ratcliffe also "said that Russia has obtained voter information just as the Kremlin had done in when it interfered in the 2016 election." The New York Times (11/12, Sanger, Stevens, Perlroth, 18.61M) reports that the statement came

torney General Jeffrey Rosen "deferred a bid from line prosecutors to move forward with possible criminal charges against former interior secretary Ryan Zinke, saying they needed to gather more evidence and refine the case." According to the Post, "The move late last year by Rosen...angered some career pr

2016 election. "The party that lost the election, the Democratic Party, is trying to achieve results by other means," Putin told reporters at the Kremlin. He likened Trump's impeachment to the Mueller probe, which Putin downplayed as being meritless. Putin observed that "Republicans have a majority"

departures in the Trump administration has reached five," Paul Blumenthal notes on Huff Post. The others are Tom Price, Scott Pruitt, Shulkin and Ryan Zinke. -- With Acosta gone, Patrick Pizzella will take the reins today as acting secretary at the Labor Department. The Center for Responsive Politics s

and Russia in an attempt to undermine confidence in the 2020 election." Ratcliffe also "said that Russia has obtained voter information just as the Kremlin had done in when it interfered in the 2016 election." The New York Times (11/12, Sanger, Stevens, Perlroth, 18.61M) reports that the statement came

torney General Jeffrey Rosen "deferred a bid from line prosecutors to move forward with possible criminal charges against former interior secretary Ryan Zinke, saying they needed to gather more evidence and refine the case." According to the Post, "The move late last year by Rosen...angered some career pr