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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that United States counterintelligence officials are investigating Donald Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn’s phone calls with Russia, according to people familiar with the matter. REPORT: US intelligence agents investigating Flynn calls with Russia The WSJ report follows up on an earlier Associated Press report that confirmed that Michael Flynn had contact with the Russian ambassador – a possible violation of the Logan Act –  on the same day that President Obama was announcing sanctions against Russia for their interference in the 2016 election. According to the Wall Street Journal report: The counterintelligence inquiry...

Trump presidency already off the rails The new President of the United States and his staff spent the better part of his first two days in office throwing a public temper tantrum about press coverage and showing how sensitive Donald Trump is about the issue of crowd size. According to a story in the New York Times, even members of the Trump inner circle are alarmed by the speed at which things have run off the rails for the Trump administration. And rather than listen to advisors who urged him not to lash out because of “his simmering resentment...

Ethics lawsuit to be filed Monday against President Trump A team of former White House ethics lawyers, prominent constitutional lawyers and Supreme Court litigators will be filing a lawsuit on Monday morning against President Trump. The suit is alleging that Donald Trump is violating the U.S. Constitution by allowing his businesses including hotels, golf courses and other businesses to accept payments from foreign governments. The suit being brought against Trump contends that he is in violation of the Emoluments Clause, which specifically prohibits the president from receiving “any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or...