#RogerStone is latest #Trump backer to be convicted of perjury in tailwind of #Trump/Russia investigation. Federal jury says he lied about his contacts with #Trump and his '16 presidential campaign. Also convicted of obstruction of justice, intimidating a witness.
Here are two pieces that shine light on the thinking and history of our #attorneygeneral, #WilliamBarr, amid growing scrutiny of his view of an imperial presidency and his service to #Trump
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@waltshaub @JRubinBlogger ... and of an electorate so out of touch with its government and public policy that it too often fails to discern what's true and what's spin.
#Mueller did so while denying the accuracy of a #Slate story suggesting that #Russia's #AlfaBank had set up a secret communications line between the #Kremlin and the #Trump campaign
Just what is #WilliamBarr up to with his internal review of origins of #Mueller investigation into #Trump and #Russia? Former top law enforcement and intel officials are highly suspicious ...
https://t.co/D2PVRVXlJF
On #Trump dangling a pardon for former campaign chair Paul #Manafort, #Mueller said:: "There is evidence that the President's actions had the potential to influence Manafort's decision whether to cooperate with the government."
Manafort agreed to cooperate, but was caught lying.
#Barr: "... we now know that the #Russian operatives who perpetrated these schemes did not have the cooperation of #PresidentTrump or the #Trump campaign."
#Mueller: Numerous Trump campaign-Russia links but "the evidence was not sufficient to support criminal charges.".
#ABC: Lawyers identifying themselves as tied to #RudyGiuliani approached @MichaelCohen212 after he was raided last April, offering to work for him, and urging Cohen not to hire former top ex-prosecutor to defend him in #Mueller probe. .
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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Gerald #Nadler says a #Trump declaration of a national emergency to get #Wall money "would be an abuse of his constitutional oath and an affront to the separation of powers. #Congress has the exclusive power of the purse,"
#BigTen. Listen up Jim Delany and #BigTen#officiating crews. People spend time and pay money to attend Big Ten basketball games. To call a foul against #AmirCoffey with 1 second left when there was none and hand the game to #Nebraska is beyond the pale. Way to alienate fans!
The staggering toll of youths killed by #firearms in the year since #Parkland ignited a nationwide student push for #guncontrol legislation ...
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