Author: Stephanie Moffat

Seth Meyers Brilliantly Mocks Trump Over Comey Testimony (Video) [Watch the video below] Seth Meyers dedicated his “A Closer Look” segment on Wednesday night to covering James Comey’s bombshell testimony to the Senate which was released earlier in the day. “Comey’s opening statement is now public, and it contains some damning and truly bizarre details about Comey’s uncomfortable interactions with Trump,” Meyers said. Meyers noted the “sheer number of conversations” that Trump and Comey had and commented on “weird” that is considering the fact that President Obama had only two private conversations with the FBI Director. “Trump, on the...

Trump Advisers Trying To Convince Him Not To Fire Sessions: Report Trump aides pleading with Trump not to fire Jeff Sessions.  A new report reveals that Donald Trump’s associates are pressuring him not to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions. It was reported Tuesday that Sessions had offered Trump his resignation amid rising tensions between the two men. But according to Reutters, Trump’s aides are warning him not to fire the country’s top law enforcement official and his longest standing political allies. “Political and legal advisers inside the White House have told Trump over the past month that firing Sessions...

Rachel Maddow Crushes Ratings In Her Return Tuesday Rachel Maddow Continues Her Ratings Dominance Tuesday Night. Rachel Maddow had a blockbuster return to her MSNBC show Tuesday night after nearly two weeks out sick. MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow destroyed her competitors in the ratings Tuesday night, scoring No. 1 in total viewers and in the highly coveted 25-54 demographic. Maddow’s impressive ratings continue her nightly show’s spot as the highest-rated cable news program on television. And Maddow’s ratings on Tuesday seemed to help her other MSNBC colleagues, with Lawrence O’Donnell, whose show follows Maddow’s, in second place in the 25-54 demographic...

Obama Ethics Lawyer: Comey’s Remarks Are ‘Like Trial Testimony’ President Barack Obama’s top ethics lawyer responded to former FBI Director James Comey’s Senate remarks by saying it sounds like “trial testimony.” “Clearly Director Comey is looking ahead to the day, beyond the hearing tomorrow, where he may have to testify about this,” Norm Eisen said Wednesday on CNN. “Whether it’s in an obstruction proceeding, in an impeachment proceeding, or something else,” he added. “And it’s like trial testimony with the detail. It has the ring of truth.” Mr. Eisen also said that Comey’s testimony about former national security adviser...

James Clapper Says Trump-Russia ‘Pales’ In Comparison To Watergate During a speech at the National Press Club of Austrailia, the for Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that the Trump-Russia scandal “pales” in comparison to the Watergate scandal. Clapper’s comments came just before the release of James Comey’s bombshell Senate testimony on Wednesday. Here is the relevant quote from Clapper: I have to say though that I think, you compare the two, that Watergate pales really in my view compared to what we’re confronting now. His subsequent actions, sharing of sensitive intelligence with the Russians and compromising its source,...