Tag: GOP House opens new Obama inquires to deflect from Russia investigation

Trump’s handling of the Russia investigation has never looked more like a coverup

The following article by Aaron Blake was posted on the Washington Post website January 26, 2018:

President Trump denied reports on Jan. 26 that he had ordered special counsel Robert S. Mueller III to be fired in June 2017, calling them “fake news.” (Reuters)

President Trump didn’t just consider the most drastic conceivable response to the Russia investigation; he actively tried to do it — until someone stopped him.

During a month in which the Russia probe has steadily crept closer to the president and new details about Trump’s attempts to manipulate law enforcement keep coming, we just found out he once tried to remove the man running the show. Yep, all those stories back in June about how Trump might fire special counsel Robert S. Mueller III? They weren’t just idle speculation, as the president and his team assured us, but rather the result of serious deliberations and an actual, eventual attempt to do the deed. Continue reading “Trump’s handling of the Russia investigation has never looked more like a coverup”

Courting Democratic Ire, Republicans Open New Obama-Era Inquiries

The following article by Nicholas Fandos was posted on the New York Times website October 24, 2017:

Representatives Peter T. King of New York, Devin Nunes of California and Ron DeSantis of Florida, all Republicans, announced new investigations on Tuesday in Washington. Credit Mark Wilson/Getty Images

WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday announced investigations into two of President Trump’s most frequent grievances, unveiling new inquiries into actions of the Obama administration connected to Hillary Clinton.

In the first of two back-to-back announcements, the top Republicans on the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees said they would formally examine the Obama Justice Department’s investigation of Mrs. Clinton’s emails. Less than an hour later, Republicans from the Intelligence and Oversight Committees said they were opening a separate inquiry into the administration’s approval of a 2010 agreement that left a Russian-backed company in control of much of the United States’ uranium. Continue reading “Courting Democratic Ire, Republicans Open New Obama-Era Inquiries”