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Steve Pope/Getty Images The interim appointment of a man unknown and unqualified, except for his open loyalty to the president, to one of the top law enforcement jobs in the federal government has happened before. In May 1972, President Richard Nixon elevated Patrick Gray III to the directorship of the FBI a month before the […]
File photo/AP On the Saturday Night Massacre of Oct. 20, 1973, former President Richard Nixon ordered the firing of independent special prosecutor Archibald Cox. Just days after, Democratic sage Ted Sorensen sent House Speaker Carl Albert a 19-page secret memo to help him prepare for the possibility of becoming president. While most of the memo […]
Netflix’s ability to reel in big-name stars may have just secured a very topical political drama. Sources for Hollywood Reporter and Variety have learned that George Clooney and Bridge of Spies writer Matt Charman are working on Watergate, an eight-episode miniseries for Netflix about the presidential scandal. It’s unclear whether or not Clooney would star […]
George Clooney is reopening the Watergate scandal at Netflix. The Academy Award-winning actor will executive-produce the eight-part limited series Watergate, which is currently in development at the streaming service. Per our sister site Deadline, the Rashomon-style project hails from writer Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies). Should it be ordered to series, each episode would focus on a different […]
CNN While promoting her new memoir on the contentious 2016 US presidential election, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday offered her thoughts on the assessment that Russia had interfered in the election and potentially colluded with the Trump campaign. “This is a different kind of theft,” Clinton said to CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “I think it’s probably bigger […]
As official Washington grapples with the prospect of living through Watergate 2.0, some of the city’s most post powerful Republicans gathered on Wednesday night to hear the words of a man who came away famously unscathed from Watergate 1.0: Henry Kissinger. The former secretary of state to Richard Nixon and honorary chairman of the Center […]
REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Michael Bahar, a former top Democratic aide on the House Intelligence Committee, said the panel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and President Donald Trump’s campaign’s possible role in it is the “successor to Watergate.” Bahar’s comments were published in a Politico report on Saturday, which said that Bahar had had “unparalleled” access […]
Reuters WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the special counsel’s probe into Russian interference in the U.S. election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign (all times local): 7:40 a.m. The top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee says Congress would not sit still if President Donald Trump decided to fire the special counsel leading […]
HBO The constant barrage of breaking news about President Donald Trump’s administration this past week motivated HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday to bring back its look at the scandals surrounding Trump and his staff, which the show has dubbed “Stupid Watergate.” Host John Oliver describes the issue as “a scandal with all the potential […]
“Last Week Tonight”/HBO; YouTube John Oliver is beside himself with annoyance at Congressman Devin Nunes and his part in the ongoing saga of President Donald Trump’s wiretapping claims and the investigation into his team’s potential collusion with Russia. On Sunday’s “Last Week Tonight,” the host referred to Nunes as “the guy every 13-year-old wishes her mom would […]
