Tag: Michael Cohen
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez grills Michael Cohen, laying out plan to probe...
“In five minutes, this freshman congresswoman just laid out a whole investigative plan for three more topics into Donald Trump’s potentially criminal activities.”
Lawmakers urged to ‘start the impeachment proceedings’ after report Trump ordered...
"If the Buzzfeed story is true, President Trump must resign or be impeached," declared Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro.
Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in federal prison
“My weakness can be characterized as a blind loyalty to Donald Trump, and I was weak for not having the strength to question and to refuse his demands.”
Michael Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress
"I am pleading guilty because I am in fact guilty of the offense identified in this Agreement.”
Why Manafort and Cohen thought they’d get away with it
It takes a special counsel to actually catch white-collar criminals.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, August 23
Verizon confirms throttling internet in California during deadly wildfires, Michael Cohen won't accept a pardon from Trump, new poll shows Sanders would be Trump in 2020, and more.
Michael Cohen pleads guilty & implicates Trump as Paul Manafort is...
“If those payments were a crime for Michael Cohen, then why wouldn’t they be a crime for Donald Trump?”
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, June 21, 2018
Trump signs executive order halting family separation policy he created
President Trump signed an executive order halting what has become a notorious family separation policy...
Russian Oligarch-linked firm that paid Michael Cohen was also represented by...
The investment firm that the two Trump attorneys worked for, Columbus Nova, calls it a “coincidence.”
Trump’s lawyer arranged $130K payment to silence porn star before election
Trump allegedly cheated on his wife, Melania Trump, with the porn star in 2006.
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Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
DNC approach to Israel is political malpractice and moral failure
On no issue is that more apparent than the DNC’s insistence on treating Israel as above serious reproach.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.