White House admits Trump lied about Soleimani assassination
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House Foreign Affairs Chair blasts White House after its report on Soleimani killing contradicts Trump’s justification
“This official report directly contradicts the President’s false assertion that he attacked Iran to prevent an imminent attack against United States personnel and embassies,” Engel said.
Trump claims border wall will be hard to climb because “There aren’t too many hoses in the area”
In between the outrageous lies he told to the National Border Patrol Council the president bragged about how cruel his wall could be.
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Jim Jordan leaves hearing on sexual harassment by federal judges
Seems that the hearing hit a little too close to home for the Trump lapdog who spent years covering up sexual abuse.
“It was staged!” Former Nixon lawyer calls out Barr’s Trump “criticism” as nothing but smokescreen
Yesterday’s events make it clear that the press conference from the Attorney General was nothing but an elaborate dog-and-pony show to take the heat off him.
Trump admin is deploying ICE’s SWAT teams in raids to terrorize sanctuary cities on Valentines’ weekend
The Trump administration kicked off the holiday weekend with “supercharged arrest” raids across the country.
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State Department caught concealing meeting between Sec. of State Pompeo and Russia’s Lavrov in Munich
Russian officials publicize meeting that US side did not mention.
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Justice Department opens inquiry into FBI interview at heart of Flynn’s guilty plea
AG Barr has asked a U.S. attorney to lead the inquiry. Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements during the interview, but wants to withdraw his plea.
John Kelly roasts Fox News in candid interview
“If you only watch Fox News, because it’s reinforcing what you believe, you are not an informed citizen,” Trump former chief of staff said.
DOJ drops leak case vs. McCabe, judge said White House involvement like a ‘banana republic’
The judge, a George W. Bush appointee, said “the fact that you got somebody at the top basically trying to dictate whether somebody should be prosecuted” was like a “banana republic.”
U.S. readied sanctions on Russian oligarch’s associates—then mysteriously backed off
“Somebody overruled [Treasury], essentially,” one sanctions expert said. “That’s the most likely scenario.”
Florida ‘red flag’ gun law used 3,500 times since Parkland
Gun safety laws save lives. Period.
Sally Yates tears into Trump for using Dept. of Justice as his “personal grudge squad” in fiery op-ed
The former Acting Attorney General hammered the president for corrupting the institution she once led.
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