Stephen Miller, right, and Brian Jack, left, are among more than a dozen people who were subpoenaed this week by a federal grand jury. Andrew Harnik and Alex Brandon/AP The DOJ currently has a broad investigation into the events around January 6, 2021. Among the DOJ's interests are Donald Trump's PAC and the plot to […]
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January 6 committee is seeking information from Newt Gingrich, who they say urged Trump aides to air TV ads repeating false election claims
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich introduces then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally at the Sharonville Convention Center on July 6, 2016, in Cincinnati, Ohio. John Sommers II/Getty Images The January 6 committee is seeking a voluntary interview with Newt Gingrich. The committee said emails showed Gingrich pushing for TV ads with false election […]
White House Aides Explore Alternative Ways to Pay for Wall
White House officials are divided over whether President Trump should declare a national emergency to obtain funding to build a border wall and end a partial government shutdown.
Trump’s aides reportedly knew he could be criticized for holding a campaign rally while the nation mourns John McCain, but they decided to hold it anyway
Markets Insider As the nation prepares for Sen. John McCain’s final send-off, President Donald Trump is scheduled to headline a campaign rally, according to The New York Times. McCain, who died on Saturday, is expected to taken by military transport to an air base outside Washington — just as Trump is holding a rally in […]
Fox News slammed for covering the killing of a college student more prominently than the convictions of 2 top Trump aides
Screenshot/Fox News As news broke that two of President Donald Trump’s former top aides were convicted of multiple federal crimes, Fox News focused its coverage on the killing of a 20-year-old college student. Critics lambasted the right-leaning network for minimizing coverage of the convictions of former top Trump aides Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen. As […]
‘She made it up’: Trump and his aides go nuclear after Omarosa claims to have heard him say the N-word on tape
Mark Wilson/Getty Images Omarosa Manigault-Newman claimed she heard Donald Trump saying the N-word “multiple times” in a three-minute recording. She added that the remarks were made in reference to Kwame Jackson, an African American contestant on NBC’s show, “The Apprentice.” Trump and another official fired back at her claims and called the alleged slurs “disgusting.” Manigault-Newman […]
Trump’s explosive comments with Putin reportedly angered his closest aides so much that Republicans were given permission to speak out
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP President Donald Trump refused to back the US intelligence community’s assessment on Russia’s 2016 US Presidential election interference and was met with a wave of criticism. Trump’s closest advisers, including Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, reportedly urged him to issue a correction. White House Chief of Staff […]
Fear and loathing: Trump aides advised to arm themselves, as leftist rage escalates
As resistance to the Trump administration moves from Twitter to the streets, many on the right are anticipating that protests will turn violent. Trump’s aides, they say, should arm themselves. Last weekend saw chanting protesters camped outside Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s house; White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders booted from a Virginia restaurant with […]
Trump’s aides are reportedly showing him photos of detained children smiling and playing video games
Evan Vucci/AP President Donald Trump is reportedly being shown positive images of children separated from their parents under a new “zero tolerance” immigration policy implemented by his administration. The president’s aides have shown him photos of the children playing video games, exercising outside, and smiling, an administration official told The Washington Post. Trump reportedly believes the media […]
White House aides reportedly tried to ignore Trump’s request to set up a meeting with Putin
AP President Donald Trump reportedly asked aides to set up a US-Russia summit after an informal chat with Vladimir Putin in November. Top aides from the National Security Council reportedly sidelined Trump’s request by ignoring and waiting to see if he brought the subject again. Trump has been criticized for his outreach to Russia, particularly […]