Week of August 6, 2018 Archives
RCI -
Trump, Russia and the Beltway
Monday, August 6
Manafort Team's Mission Impossible
Darren Samuelsohn
&
Josh Gerstein
,
Politico
Media Hype Trump Tweet as New Admission. It Wasn't.
Peter Hasson
,
Daily Caller
Officials Push New Penalties for Hackers of Electrical Grid
Rebecca Smith
,
WSJ
Trump Tweet: Dirt Focus of '16 Tower Meeting
Rosalind S. Helderman
,
Ashley Parker
,
WP
Pentagon Restricts Use of Fitness Trackers, Other GPS Devices
Lolita C. Baldor
,
AP
Sen. Dianne Feinstein and the Chinese Spy
James Freeman
,
Wall Street Journal
Rick Gates Says He Committed Crimes With His Boss Manafort
Weiner
et al.,
WP
Trump Likes Judicial Watch: Gov't Gadfly, Mueller Thorn
Andrew Restuccia,
Politico
Dem Proposals for Government Intervention Into Big Tech
David McCabe
,
Axios
GAO Finds Serious Flaws in Border Wall Planning, Spending
Emily Goodin,
Daily Mail
Tuesday, August 7
Unions Take a Big Financial Hit After Supreme Court Ruling
Kris Maher,
WSJ
Cohen Under Investigation for Tax Fraud
Nicole Hong
&
Rebecca Davis O’Brien
,
WSJ
Barred From Fed Jobs for Campaigning for Clinton at Work
Eric Katz
,
GovExec
Signs Point to This Feinstein Ex-Staffer as Accused Chinese Spy
Peter Hasson
,
DC
Trump Updates Bill Clinton's Strategy vs. Ken Starr
Andrew McCarthy
,
National Review
From Mar-a-Lago: The Shadow Rulers of the VA
Isaac Arnsdorf
,
ProPublica
Charges Portray Wilbur Ross as a Big-Time Grifter
Dan Alexander
,
Forbes
Behind Bailout Plea: U.S. Virgin Islands' Fiscal Profligacy
Jack Crowe
,
Nat'l Review
Wednesday, August 8
Judge Orders DOJ to Preserve Comey Emails
John Bowden,
The Hill
Manafort Associate Gates Forced to Admit Affair
Weiner et al.,
Washington Post
NY Rep. Busted on Insider Trading Charges
Rich Shapiro
,
Khadija Hussain
,
NY Daily News
Files Show DOJ's Ohr Had Frequent Contacts With GPS, Steele
John Solomon
,
Hill
Feinstein's China Ties Deeper Than Alleged Office Spy
Ben Weingarten
,
Federalist
Steele 'Concerned' About Senate Inquiries, Messages Show
Chuck Ross
,
Daily Caller
Omarosa Secretly Recorded Trump, Shared the Audio
Markay et al.
,
Daily Beast
Dossier Author's Emails to DOJ Suggest Oligarch Involvement
Byron York
,
Examiner
Dianne Feinstein an Easy Mark for China's Spy
Paul Sperry
,
New York Post
New Charges in Huge CIA Breach Known as Vault 7
Adam Goldman
,
New York Times
Thursday, August 9
Brett Kavanaugh's Finances: He's Elite, Not Filthy Rich
Amy Brittain
,
Washington Post
Why Mueller Doesn't Need Trump's Testimony
Jon A. Sale
,
The Hill
Friday, August 10
Bolton's Rush to Save NATO Deal From Trump
Helene Cooper
,
Julian Barnes
,
NY Times
Rep. Collins's Charges Give Bad Name to Corporate Board Gigs
Richard Lardner
,
AP
Far-Fetched Intel 'Insurance Policy' Looks True-to-Life
Sharyl Attkisson
, The
Hill
Ohr's Handwritten DOJ Notes Suggest Fusion GPS Machinations
John Solomon
,
Hill
Saturday, August 11
The IRS Has Rehired Hundreds of Fired Employees
John York
,
Daily Signal
IRS to Pay $3.5M Settlement to Tea Party Groups
Stephen Dinan
,
Washington Times