Author: Stephanie Moffat

Maddow: Impossible To Believe Mike Pence On Flynn Story On Friday’s show, Rachel Maddow reviewed the increasingly implausible explanations from the Trump administration about Michael Flynn and particularly Vice President Pence’s story about Flynn’s lobbying activity. Maddow pointed out how Mike Pence’s claim that he only found out about Michael Flynn’s work as a foreign agent for Turkey when news broke this week just doesn’t hold up. We now know that Flynn’s lawyers informed the Trump transition team that he may need to register as a foreign agent. And we also know that Congressman Elijah Cummings sent a letter...

Watchdog Groups U.S. Attorney to Investigate Trump’s Foreign Business Deals A letter was sent to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, asking him to investigate whether Trump has received payments or other benefits from foreign governments through his business interests. If Trump has, he would be violating the Emoluments Clause. Reported by the Washington Post, the letter was sent by a trio of watchdog groups six weeks after one of the groups filed a lawsuit in federal district court making a similar claim. Trump has claimed that he addressed ethics concerns...

Nancy Pelosi: Republicans Are Afraid of CBO Score on Trumpcare House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, at a breakfast for reporters hosted by the Christian Science Monitor in Washington D.C. on Friday morning, blasted Republicans for moving forward on Trumpcare, that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, without first seeing an analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). “They are afraid of that,” Pelosi said, referring to a CBO score that would project how much the bill would cost and how many people would lose their health insurance. Pelosi added that Democrats did not move forward with the...

FBI Investigating Server Link Between Trump Organization And Russian Bank: Report A report Thursday confirmed that the FBI is still investigating a computer server connection between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank. CNN is reporting that while initial reports about the server were made in November, the FBI continues to investigate the matter for possible connections to the Russia probe. The FBI’s counterintelligence unit is running the investigation is reportedly handling the investigation into the server which is connected to the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 campaign. Investigators find the server relationship between the Trump Organization...

Schumer On Trumpcare: ‘No One Likes This Bill’ Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday slammed the Republican legislation to replace Obamacare. Schumer said of Trumpcare, “no one likes this bill.” “Hospitals, doctors, governors, conservatives, liberals, non-partisan groups, and most of all, the people who will no longer have affordable health care,” Schumer said during a press conference. “So we Democrats are here today to tell our Republican friends: Turn back, drop this irresponsible plan, stop this effort to repeal, and we’ll work with you to improve the Affordable Care Act. But Trumpcare is a loser for just about all...