John Bolton chose not to brief Trump on Russia Havana syndrome suspicion Former national security adviser tells podcast ‘we didn’t feel we would get support’ from president during Russia investigation The Guardian - US · Mar 13, 2023
Revealed: the US adviser who tried to swing Nigeria’s 2015 election Sam Patten, an American consultant later mired in controversy, exploited emails obtained by Tal Hanan’s team The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023
Trump lawyer testimony "could be killer" Trump lawyers will likely be forced to testify against him before the grand jury under the "crime-fraud" exception Salon · Feb 16, 2023
Russia's Prigozhin admits links to what U.S. says was election-meddling troll farm Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, said on Tuesday that he founded and financed and the Internet Research Agency, a company Washington says is a "troll farm" which meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Reuters · Feb 14, 2023
Untouchable review: Trump as ‘lawless Houdini’ above US justice Elie Honig offers a powerful indictment of the former president and those who have failed to bring him down The Guardian - US · Feb 12, 2023
How the Durham inquiry backfired to show weaponization of Trump DoJ Investigation into origin of FBI Trump-Russia inquiry is ending with little to show but questions over its own political bias The Guardian - US · Feb 10, 2023
GOP paints a dark picture as 'weaponization' probe begins Republicans have opened a new inquiry with a brazen attempt to portray the federal government as weaponized against Americans The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023
Pfizer, George Soros and Robert Mueller: GOP’s ‘weaponisation’ hearing goes after an array of conservative boogeymen A committee hearing held as payback for probes into Donald Trump quickly devolved The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023
Durham's dud is worse than it looks Trump’s attempt to bring disrepute to the Mueller report just backfired spectacularly Salon · Feb 4, 2023
GOP can’t stop failing with conspiracy investigations Now we have the GOP House’s so-called “weaponization” committee, which will put on a great show of trying to prove conspiracies about the mythical “Deep State.” Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 3, 2023
Death in Memphis: The cost to us all I've covered the police on and off for 40 years. I've never seen anything like the killing of Tyre Nichols Salon · Feb 2, 2023
Trump orders House ‘weaponisation’ panel to probe his grievances in video rant Mr Trump’s five-minute rant contains very few accurate statements The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023
George Santos linked to Trump donor with ties to sanctioned Russian oligarch, report finds Newly revealed statements show congressman and Andrew Intrater developed business relationship in 2020 The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023
Special counsels, like those examining Biden's and Trump's handling of classified documents, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely Attorney General Merrick Garland has now appointed two veteran prosecutors as special counsels to oversee investigations into how President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump handled classified documents after leaving office – Biden after he ended his terms as vice president in 2017, and Trump after leaving the Oval… The Conversation · Jan 13, 2023
The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023 Justice Dept. enters political fray with 2 special counsels There are now two special counsels investigating the handling of classified documents
Axios · Jan 13, 2023 What the new era of special counsels says about American politics Virtually any investigation of a politician is seen through a partisan lens.
Reuters · Jan 12, 2023 Explainer-Biden vs. Trump: What is the difference between the two classified records cases? U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed two different special counsels to independently investigate the handling of classified records by Republican former President Donald Trump and his Democratic successor, President Joe Biden.
The Conversation · Dec 14, 2022 Special counsels, like the one leading the Department of Justice's investigation of Trump, are intended to be independent – but they aren't entirely When Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed veteran prosecutor Jack Smith as special counsel to oversee two criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump on Nov. 18, 2022, Garland’s goal was to shield the probes from the appearance of partisanship.
Salon · Dec 12, 2022 Special counsel "moving fast" on Trump Don't expect the same approach as Bob Mueller from the new special counsel leading probes into the former president
The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2022 Trump faces peril in docs probe after decades of scrutiny As a businessman and president, Donald Trump faced a litany of lawsuits and criminal investigations yet emerged from the legal scrutiny time and again with his public and political standing largely intact
Salon · Nov 29, 2022 Trump attacks special counsel's family Trump spent Monday raging at special counsel Jack Smith, his wife and her sister
Axios · Nov 24, 2022 Trump's new nemesis: Special counsel 2.0 unlikely to be Mueller repeat Trump and his allies are reviving an old playbook they used to attack Mueller
Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022 Noah Feldman: New Trump special prosecutor isn’t the Mueller sequel To no one’s surprise, Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed a special prosecutor, Jack Smith, to investigate former President Donald Trump. You might think that you’ve seen this movie before. But there’s little reason to think this will be a repeat of the Robert Mueller investigation that declined to bring…
The Guardian - US · Nov 22, 2022 Stephen Colbert on Fifa: ‘The most corrupt organization in history’ Late-night hosts discuss the World Cup in Qatar and the justice department’s new special counsel investigating Trump
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2022 EXPLAINER: What are special counsels and what do they do? The appointment of a special counsel to oversee the remainder of two significant investigations related to former President Donald Trump focuses fresh attention on the role such prosecutors have played in modern American history