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Ex-FBI Agent Charged With Working for Russian Oligarch Played Role in Trump-Russia Investigation

Charles McGonigal, a former FBI agent who was arrested on Monday for alleged ties to a Russian oligarch, was one of the agents who played a role in investigating now-discredited allegations of collusion between Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it had arrested…


Federal Judge Sanctions Trump, Lawyer Nearly $1 Million Over Russiagate Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton

A federal judge has imposed over $900,000 in sanctions on former President Donald Trump and his legal team for what the judge deemed a “continuing pattern of misuse of the courts” in Trump’s since-dismissed lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and dozens of others. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks—an appointee of former President Bill…


Special Counsel in Biden Document Case Is Former Trump Appointee Who Previously Worked Under Christopher Wray

A Trump-appointed former federal prosecutor experienced in dealing with litigation involving classified information has been tapped to lead the federal probe into President Joe Biden’s alleged mishandling of top secret documents. United States Attorney General Merrick Garland on Jan. 12 announced that Robert Kyoung Hur, 50, will serve as special counsel in overseeing the U.S….


New ‘Twitter Files’ Show Company Suppressed COVID Information From Doctors and Experts

Twitter appeared to succumb to pressure from federal officials to moderate content around COVID-19, including blocking a post by a former Harvard scientist who offered critical feedback against COVID-19 vaccines in 2021, according to the latest installment of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter Files” posted Monday morning. Internal emails published by journalist David Zweig show that…


How the FBI Copied Parts of the Debunked Steele Dossier Directly Into Its Spy Requests

The FBI relied more extensively on Christopher Steele’s debunked dossier in their Russiagate investigation than has been revealed, inserting key parts from it into their applications for warrants to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign. Agents did this without telling the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court that the precise wording was plucked directly from a political…


DOJ Subpoenaed Google to Access Personal Info of House Staffers During Russia-Trump Probe: Report

The Department of Justice (DOJ) allegedly used grand jury subpoenas to secretly access personal information belonging to House Republican staffers – including email communications, residential addresses, and cellphone data – while Republican lawmakers simultaneously worked to obtain evidence that the FBI’s investigation into the now disproven Trump–Russia collusion narrative was false, according to a report by Just the News….


Biden’s Climate Change ‘Obsession’ Threatens America’s Security, Empowers Foes: Mike Pompeo

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that President Joe Biden’s “obsession to decarbonize” the United States plays into the hands of adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), making them richer and more powerful while imposing costs on Americans and making them less safe. In an op-ed published on Dec. 5 in the…


McCarthy Issues Warning to Jan. 6 Committee to Preserve Its Findings

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told the House Jan. 6 committee to preserve the findings, including ones that are not included in the committee’s final report. Several top lawmakers on the House Jan. 6 panel have signaled that the final report will be released before the new Congress takes over in early 2023. With…


Top Takeaways From Trial of Igor Danchenko, Key Source for Anti-Trump Dossier

The trial of Igor Danchenko, a key source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier, ended in Danchenko’s acquittal. But a number of revelations emerged during the trial about Danchenko, dossier author Christopher Steele, and the FBI. FBI Paid Danchenko Nearly $220,000 Filings just before the trial showed Danchenko was a confidential human informant for the FBI….


7 Takeaways From Trial of Igor Danchenko, Key Source for Anti-Trump Dossier

The trial of Igor Danchenko, a key source for the anti-Donald Trump dossier, ended in Danchenko’s acquittal. But a number of revelations emerged during the trial about Danchenko, dossier author Christopher Steele, and the FBI. FBI Paid Danchenko Nearly $220,000 Filings just before the trial showed Danchenko was a confidential human informant for the FBI….