While Sam Patten navigates the in-between — of politics, career and finding what he describes as the ending to his life story — he said that his experience can help people can look at the bigger picture of American and global politics, especially when political change is on the horizon.
Robert Mueller
Posted inNation & World
Sen. Graham says Mueller may be invited to testify in wake of op-ed on Trump’s commutation of Stone sentence
Mueller had defended his office’s prosecution of Stone, Trump’s longtime friend and political adviser, in a Washington Post op-ed a day earlier.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
Justice Department will drop criminal prosecution of Michael Flynn
Prosecutors for the last 3 years had maintained that Trump’s first national security adviser lied to the FBI about his conversations with the Russian ambassador in a January 2017 interview.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to stop release of Mueller material
A lower court had cleared the way for Congress to access secret evidence from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Barr called to account for trying to spin Mueller report in Trump’s favor
A federal judge justifiably demands to see every redaction in order to independently verify the reason for blocking them from public view.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Internal Mueller documents show Trump campaign chief pushed unproven theory Ukraine hacked Democrats
Deputy campaign manager Rick Gates told the FBI of Paul Manafort’s theory that Ukrainians might have been responsible for hacking the DNC during special counsel interviews.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Marc A. Thiessen: Democrats should let investigator ‘follow the facts’ on Mueller probe’s origins
They were outraged at how Donald Trump handled the special counsel’s investigation – now they’re acting the same way.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: House impeachment probe should focus on Trump’s corruption
Obstruction of justice is only a small part of the overarching issue with his presidency.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
House panel subpoenas former White House aide Rob Porter
The panel issued the summons to Porter, seeking his testimony on Sept. 17.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Alarm is sounding on election security
There is nearly unanimous bipartisan agreement that we need to do more to protect our elections, but the consensus doesn’t include Mitch McConnell.