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Newsweek
January 20, 2018
We have been hearing about Donald Trump's “base” since he entered the GOP primaries in 2015. Both political commentators and the candidate himself have often talked about these core supporters, particularly as Trump succeeded as a candidate. Halfway through the GOP primaries, Trump famouslyÃâà...
Newsweek
January 8, 2018
On January 3, 2018, former Trump campaign manager and Washington lobbyist Paul Manafort—currently under federal indictment for multiple counts of money laundering, failure to register as a foreign lobbyist, and false statements—filed a civil lawsuit contesting the jurisdiction of Special Counsel RobertÃâà...
Justia Verdict
September 14, 2017
Salvatore Phillip “Sonny” Bono was a serious Member of Congress, and notwithstanding the fact he was not an attorney, he sat on the Judiciary Committee, where his common-sense ideas often earned the praise of his attorney colleagues. It is not an easy transition from the comedy end of show businessÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
July 26, 2017
... conference at John Dean's home. Jan. 15, 1975: John W. Dean III and his wife, Maureen, hold a news conference at their home in Los Angeles. ... John Dean had served as White House counsel for President Nixon from July 1970 until he was fired on April 30, 1973. Dean later pleaded guilty to a singleÃâà...
Justia Verdict
July 21, 2017
On Wednesday, July 19, 2017, President Donald Trump gave an extraordinary interview to the New York Times. The biggest headline was Trump's displeasure with his attorney general, Jeff Sessions, who he believes should not have recused himself from the federal government's ongoing investigation ofÃâà...
Justia Verdict
June 24, 2017
When Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey he made the worst mistake of his young presidency, because the ham-fisted manner in which he handled it resulted in Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein—who is filling in for the recused Attorney General—having no choice but to select a specialÃâà...
Newsweek
June 12, 2017
By not absolving Trump of a criminal inquiry, it was very clear that what Comey was saying was that Trump is under investigation by the Special Counsel Mueller to determine whether he colluded with the Russian's hacking of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential bid, and related matters. These related mattersÃâà...
CNN
June 6, 2017
John W. Dean (@johnwdean) is a CNN contributor and former White House counsel to Richard Nixon. The views ... president used executive privilege more aggressively than Bill Clinton, when confronted with the most aggressive special prosecutor in American history, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr.
Newsweek
May 17, 2017
Ms. Yates's testimony focused public attention on the office of White House counsel, given that it took 18 days and a public leak to remove the Russian “compromised” Mr. Flynn. It raised important questions and issues, but they were quickly covered by The New York Times. But these days news moves fast.
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