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.
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Dick Polman: Trumpists are hyping John Durham’s dud report
Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon infelicitously said a few years ago that the goal of the MAGA movement was “to flood the zone with s–t.” In other words, to disinform citizens — disorient them — to the point where they no longer can distinguish fact from fiction. That’s happening again right now, with the long-awaited […]
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Prosecutor ends probe of FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation with criticism, but no new charges
John Durham’s 4-year investigation, hyped by Trump allies, delivered underwhelming results, with prosecutors securing a guilty plea from a little-known FBI employee but losing the only 2 criminal cases they took to trial.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Lawyer pleads not guilty in investigation into Trump-Russia election interference
The indictment accuses Michael Sussmann of lying to the FBI when he was questioned about a September 2016 conversation he had with the FBI’s general counsel.
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McCabe testifes FBI believed ‘the president might himself pose a danger to national security’
McCabe, a longtime FBI official who briefly led the bureau after Trump fired Comey, is testifying as part of the Republican-controlled Judiciary Committee’s review of the Russia investigation.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Barr tightens rules on surveillance of political candidates and advisers
The move is likely to cheer conservatives who have long criticized how the FBI investigated the Trump campaign in 2016.
Posted inElections, Nation & World, Politics
Read the report: Senate Intelligence panel finds Russia interfered in 2016 election on behalf of Trump
The Senate panel described its report, totaling more than 1,300 pages, as “the most comprehensive description to date of Russia’s activities and the threat they posed.”
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Ex-Justice official says Flynn secretly ‘neutered’ Obama’s actions on Russia
Sally Yates has been a target of the president and many Republicans for her brief oversight of the investigation of Russia’s election interference in 2016 and possible conspiracy with the Trump campaign.
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In reversal, Justice Department says Roger Stone should go to prison during pandemic
Stone, sentenced to 40 months in prison for lying to Congress, has asked the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to let him report to prison on Sept. 3 instead of July 14.
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Senate panel authorizes subpoenas in new Russia probe
Sen. Lindsey Graham, the committee chairman, says the panel will be looking at how the Justice Department went ‘so off the rails’ as it investigated Trump and his campaign.
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