Week of August 20, 2018 Archives
RCI -
Trump, Russia and the Beltway
Monday, August 20
Grants to Schools With Confucius Institutes Alarm Congress
Natalie Johnson
, WFB
Tuesday, August 21
Rep. Hunter, Wife Face Corruption Charges
Jeff McDonald
&
Morgan Cook
,
Union-Tribune
Inside Trump's Judicial Takeover
Andy Kroll
,
Rolling Stone
Kavanaugh Sought R-Rated Grilling for Clinton Over Lewinsky
Michael Kranish
,
WP
Righty Think Tanks in Russian Hacker Crosshairs
Sheera Frenkel
,
David E. Sanger
,
NYT
No Jail Time in Real Estate Case Involving House IT Figure
Luke Rosiak
,
Daily Caller
Kudlow Hosted Publisher of White Nationalists
Robert Costa
,
Washington Post
Wednesday, August 22
Ex-Trump Attorney Cohen Pleads Guilty to 8 Counts
Paula Reid & Pat Milton,
CBS News
Manafort Convicted on 8 of 18 Counts
Zapotosky et al.,
Washington Post
Papadopoulos Told Feds of Cash Paid by Suspected Israeli Spy
Chuck Ross
,
DC
Manafort Split Verdict Says Nothing About Trump, Russia
Byron York
,
Examiner
Cohen's Implicating Trump Unlikely to Lead to Charges
Helderman
et al.,
WashPost
Cohen: Sex Hush Money Paid at Candidate Trump's Direction
Rashbaum
et al.,
NYT
DNC: Hackers Tried to Breach Voter Database
Ellen Nakashima
&
Craig Timberg
,
WP
Mysterious New DC Dossier vs. Huge Pentagon Cloud Contract
Kevin Baron,
DefOne
Security Clearances Key to Swamp Bucks
Peter Schweizer
, Seamus Bruner,
NY Post, GAI
Nat'l Enquirer Boss Immunized in Trump Probe
Kevin Breuneiger, Jacob Pramuk,
CNBC
Thursday, August 23
DNC Says Phishing Hack Was a Drill, i.e. False Alarm
Emily Goodin
,
Daily Mail
Timeline: FBI Ignored Hundreds of Thousands of Clinton Emails
Paul Sperry
,
RCI
FBI Never Examined Vast Bulk of Weiner Laptop Emails
Paul Sperry
,
RCInvestigations
Friday, August 24
National Enquirer Hid Damaging Trump Stories in Safe
Jeff Horwitz
,
Associated Press
Why Cohen Agreed to Plead Guilty, and Implicate Trump
Davis O’Brien
et al.,
WSJ
Trump Org. Financial Guru Gets Federal Immunity
Nicole Hong
,
Rebecca Ballhaus
,
WSJ
Trump White House's Focus on Obama-Tied Cabal
Adam Entous
,
Ronan Farrow
,
NYer
Mystery: Does Hillary Have a Security Clearance?
Steven Nelson
,
Washington Examiner
Saturday, August 25
Former CDC Head Charged With Sex Abuse
Dan Goldberg
&
Amanda Eisenberg
,
Politico