Rog McNodgeExclusive: Ukraine Releases ‘Shock’ Call With Giuliani As Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial BeginsTIME - Simon Shuster“Let these investigations go forward,” Rudy Giuliani told the presidential headquarters in Kyiv, Ukraine, his voice turning impatient. “Get someone to investigate this.” On the other end of the line, hunched over a speakerphone, two Ukrainian officials listened in disbelief as Giuliani demanded …
Rog McNodge“One of the Most Significant Potential Conflicts of Interest in American History”: How Everyone From Foreign Governments to Federal Contractors Is Quietly Lining Trump’s Pocketsverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Dan AlexanderIt sure seems like the Qatari government is using a dummy office to pay the president. Countless other foreign and American companies are also handing Trump money—sometimes without even knowing it—creating the most tangled web of ethical pitfalls the White House has ever seen. In the heart of San …
Rog McNodgeRussiagate Was Not a Hoaxverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Franklin FoerThe Senate Select Committee on Intelligence confirmed what the Mueller report could not. Rereading the Mueller report more than a year after its publication is an exercise in disappointment. One gets the feeling that Robert Mueller didn’t press his inquiry to its end. Instead of settling the …
Rog McNodgeOpinion | Trump may have just added yet another impeachable offense to his listverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Paul WaldmanDonald Trump always knew the value of glittery distraction; with enough bombast and gold leaf, he could keep people from noticing the rot and corruption that underlay everything he did. But now, in the midst of a pandemic and an economic catastrophe, he has unintentionally found a new way to divert …
Rog McNodgeAs Russian bounty scandal unfolds, remember this: Robert Mueller found plenty of collusionverified_publisherSalon - By Amanda MarcotteAlthough Donald Trump now claims the whole thing is a "hoax" — his favorite term to discredit any story that's true — the president was clearly told by intelligence officials that Russia was paying bounties to Afghan fighters to kill American troops. Over the weekend, the New York Times reported …
Rog McNodgeTrump's presidency is like a dead man golfing. So will he drop out of the election?verified_publisherThe GuardianI don’t want to be nice or unnice, OK? But Donald Trump has never looked so pathetic. There’s an air of defeat about the president; the master of puff seems deflated. It has been another terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for Trump. Unless something radical happens, the president is a dead …