Trump Admin Dropped Investigation Month After Kushner Received Loan Private equity firm gave Kushner’s business $180 million loan, Trump SEC dropped the investigation of the firm one month later.  This is why the conflict of interest laws were established. A new report by the Associated Press is shedding more light on the shady loans that Jared Kushner’s business received from financial firms that he met with while working in the White House. It was reported Thursday that Kushner met privately with the head of the private equity firm Apollo Global Management about a potential Trump administration job. Then following that...

FBI Now Investigating Ivanka Trump Business Deal: Report Family business.  Move over Donald Trump and Jared Kushner. Looks like there is a new Trump family member being investigated for shady business dealings. According to a new CNN report, the FBI is now investigating Ivanka Trump for a business deal involving a Trump-branded hotel in Vancouver. And as CNN notes, the FBI investigation of the first daughter “could be a hurdle for the first daughter as she tries to obtain a full security clearance in her role as adviser to President Donald Trump.” “The FBI has been looking closely at...

Mueller Planning To Indict Russians Who Stole And Leaked Democrats’ Emails Special Counsel Robert Mueller isn’t done charging Russians who interfered with the 2016 election. Special Counsel Robert Mueller is building a case to charge the Russians who hacked and leaked DNC emails during the 2016 election, a new NBC report confirms. The NBC report notes, “Special Counsel Robert Mueller is assembling a case for criminal charges against Russians who carried out the hacking and leaking of private information designed to hurt Democrats in the 2016 election, multiple current and former government officials familiar with the matter tell NBC...

Obamacare Is More Popular Than Ever: Poll Despite Trump’s attacks, approval for the Affordable Care Act is growing. President Obama’s signature legislative achievement, the Affordable Care Act, has survived a year of Trump – and its popularity is still growing. According to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Obamacare is more popular than ever. The February survey found that 54 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the landmark healthcare law. And that number is up four points from the previous month. It is also the highest favorability rating since Kaiser began surveying support for Obamacare...

Republicans On House Intel Leaked Senator Mark Warner’s Text Messages This is truly without precedent.  An investigation by the Senate Intelligence Committee has found that Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee were responsible for leaking the text messages of a Democratic Senator, The New York Times is reporting. According to two congressional officials who were briefed on the matter, the Senate Intelligence Committee has concluded that Republicans on the House Intel Committee were behind the leak of private text messages between Mark Warner and a Russian-connected lawyer. The report goes on to note that Senators Burr and Warner were...

Majority Of Americans Say Trump Is A Racist: Poll Well, duh! A whopping 57 percent of Americans say that the president of the United States is a racist, a new poll finds. The poll also found that Americans believe that Trump’s racist policies have been bad for Muslims and Hispanics. The findings were part of the most recent Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll. In addition to 57 percent of all Americans saying that Donald Trump is a racist, the results are even starker among African Americans and Hispanics. Among African Americans, more than 80 percent say...

Kushner’s Business Got Millions In Loans After White House Meetings: Report Jared Kushner is in big, big trouble. According to a new report, Jared Kushner’s business got millions of dollars in loans after White House meetings. The news was first reported by The New York Times, which revealed that Joshua Harris, the founder of private equity firm Apollo Global Management, met with Kushner several times in the White House for consideration for a job. Then subsequent to those White House meetings with Kushner, Kushner’s business received $184 million in loans from Apollo Global Management. As The New York Times...

Mueller Investigating Trump For Trying To Fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions The noose is tightening around Trump.  The obstruction of justice probe against President Trump just got a little bigger. According to a new Washington Post report, Mueller has begun to investigate President Trump for attempting to oust his Attorney General for not protecting him from the Russia probe. The report notes that Special Counsel Mueller has been investigating a period of time last summer when President Trump tried to oust Jeff Sessions. According to people familiar with the matter, a key area of interest is whether those efforts...

Mueller Asking If Trump Knew Of Russian-Hacked Emails Before Public Did Special Counsel’s newest line of inquiry gets to the heart of Russia collusion. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigators are asking witnesses if Donald Trump knew about Russia’s hacked DNC emails before the public became aware, NBC News is reporting. Mueller’s newest line of inquiry gets to the heart of the question of collusion with Russia. “Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is asking witnesses pointed questions about whether Donald Trump was aware that Democratic emails had been stolen before that was publicly known, and whether he was involved in...

Roger Stone Exchanged Direct Messages With WikiLeaks During Campaign: Report This is the biggest news story you probably missed Tuesday. Seems like a big deal. Trump friend and longtime political confidant Roger Stone communicated directly with WikiLeaks during the election, according to a new report by Natasha Bertrand in the Atlantic. The report reveals that Stone exchanged Direct Messages with WikiLeaks on Twitter during the 2016 campaign. Despite the fact that Stone testified to Congress that he only communicated with WikiLeaks through an intermediary, Twitter direct messages obtained by The Atlantic show that Stone was in direct communication with...