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Opinion Kremlin Confidential: What Did Netanyahu and Putin Really Talk About?
Imagine we are a fly on the wall in an opulent office in the Kremlin, the site of today’s important meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Except that our “fly” is a mini drone replete with a high-resolution remote camera and a hyper-sensitive microphone. Every word is being broadcast…
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Fast Forward Al Franken: Jeff Sessions Committed Perjury — To Me
Sen. Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions perjured himself in his Senate confirmation hearings. “It’s hard to come to any other conclusion than he just perjured himself,” Franken said Tuesday on CNN. Franken questioned Sessions during his January confirmation hearings. He asked Sessions, “If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated…
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Fast Forward Rod Rosenstein Faces Senate Grilling Over Russia In Justice Department Confirmation Hearing
A Maryland lawyer tapped to fill the No. 2 position at the U.S. Justice Department was expected to face tough questions from a Senate panel on Tuesday about how he would handle an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Rod Rosenstein, nominated by President Donald Trump to be deputy attorney general, would…
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Fast Forward Did Trump’s Campaign Have A Jewish Backchannel To Putin?
The list of Trump advisers and confidants who had met with Russian officials before the elections and during the transition is growing — and it’s getting more Jewish. Jason Greenblatt, who was Trump’s adviser on Israel and the Jewish community during the campaign and is now his special representative for international negotiations, was also involved…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Also Met With Russian Ambassador During Transition
Add Jared Kushner to the list of Trump advisers who held talks with Russian officials during the transition period. The White House confirmed Thursday that Trump’s son-in-law attended a December meeting with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak, alongside Michael Flynn. Flynn has since lost his job as National Security Adviser due to similar…
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Fast Forward Schiff Slams Sessions Over Russian Ambassador Meeting
California Rep. Adam Schiff blasted Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Thursday morning, suggesting that the country’s top law enforcement official deliberately misled senators about his meetings with the Russian ambassador during his January confirmation hearing. “You don’t, I think, treat a visit in your office by the Russian ambassador as something casual, something not memorable,”…
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News Meet Rod Rosenstein, Likely Investigator Of Trump’s Russian Connections
Few people paid attention when President Trump chose Rod Rosenstein to serve as deputy attorney general in his administration. But Thursday’s decision by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from dealing with investigations relating to Russia’s involvement in the elections make Rosenstein, once he wins Senate confirmation, the government official who would lead the…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Joins Chorus Calling On Jeff Sessions To Resign
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had misled Congress over his contacts with a Russian official before the U.S. presidential election and for the good of the country should resign. “Attorney General Jeff Sessions had weeks to correct the record that he made before the Judiciary Committee but…
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