Showing posts with label foreign influence. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foreign influence. Show all posts

Monday, February 10, 2025

Saint Driscoll (Andrew McCabe and Allison Gill; Unjustified podcast, Episode #2)

Multiple FBI agents filed a lawsuit against the department of justice to stop them from compiling and releasing lists of agents who worked on January 6th cases.

Trump’s nominee to lead the FBI, Kash Patel, took a $25,000 payment from a Kremlin- connected filmmaker for his work on an anti-western documentary that aired on Tucker Carlson's online network.

Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a flurry of memos this week including one that disbands the Foreign Influence Task Force, greatly limiting criminal prosecution and focusing instead on civil enforcement.

Acting director of the FBI Brian Driscoll pushes back against Trump's DoJ.
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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Foreign Agents' explores the U.S. citizens lobbying for foreign governments (Dave Davies; Fresh Air podcast)

Author Casey Michel says you might be surprised by who is advocating for foreign interests: lobbyists, law firms, and publicists as well as charitable foundations, major universities and think tanks. 
"...So he [Manafort] had a firm that did political consulting. It helped get people elected to Congress, to the Senate. And then when he came to those same lawmakers who he had helped put in office, saying, hey, I've got a client here from whatever country or whatever firm that needs some help, the lawmaker is talking to the person he depends upon for reelection. So there's this confluence of interest, or you could see it as a conflict of interest, right?"
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Sunday, August 27, 2023

Thursday, May 11, 2023

House Republican Report Finds No Evidence of Wrongdoing by President Biden - The New York Times

After four months of investigation, House Republicans who promised to use their new majority to unearth evidence of wrongdoing by President Biden acknowledged on Wednesday that they had yet to uncover incriminating material about him, despite their frequent insinuations that he and his family have been involved in criminal conduct and corruption...


Thursday, October 31, 2019

Donald Trump has sold out America by putting his own interests ahead of the country’s in these 6 ways – Raw Story

One of Donald Trump’s main campaign promises was to put “America First” and defend American interests above all else. It was a theme that riled up his base at rallies across the country, but this has turned out to be yet another big lie. At every turn, he has sold out America for his own personal interest. Instead of putting America first, here are 6 ways Donald Trump has put himself first: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/donald-trump-has-sold-out-america-by-putting-his-own-interests-ahead-of-the-countrys-in-these-6-ways/








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