Pinned
Tulsi Gabbard and I were in Damascus to meet with Bashar al-Assad within a couple of weeks of each other in 2017. We came away with very different takes.
Michael Isikoff
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Michael Isikoff
@Isikoff
Journalist, author, podcaster
- 7 years ago, Boris Nemtsov, the most popular of Russian oppo leaders, was gunned down on a Moscow bridge, the day before he was to lead a "march for peace" protesting Putin's first war in Ukraine. The impact of that murder echoes today...
- Not the best way to talk about one of your soon to be jurorsMitt Romney never knew how to win. He is a pompous “ass” who has been fighting me from the beginning, except when he begged me for my endorsement for his Senate run (I gave it to him), and when he begged me to be Secretary of State (I didn’t give it to him). He is so bad for R’s!
- At hearing on John Eastman's efforts to block 1/6 committee from getting his emails, Doug Letter, House counsel, reveals that Eastman, law prof who authored memo on how Pence could block certification of Electoral College vote, invoked 5th Amendment 146 times.
- The Manafort memo on Friday "will be public," Mueller's office tells me, indicating prosecutors will detail for all to read what prosecutors believe the ex-Trump campaign chair lied about. Should be interesting reading. news.yahoo.com/mueller-prepar…
- FBI obtains Spanish wiretaps of Alexander Torshin, the Russian banker and Putin ally who met with Donald Trump Jr. at the NRA convention in 2016. "Trump's son should be concerned," says Spanish prosecutor.
- “Patriotism is the opposite of nationalism,” says Macron at the Armistice celebration.
- When FBI agents picked lock on Manafort's house, they found Ukrainian lobbying records he had told DOJ didn't exist yahoo.com/news/manafort-…
- Breaking:DOJ IG Horowitz launches probe into "use of force" by federal agents in Portland & clearing of protestors at Lafayette Square, including use of chemical agents. "If circumstances warrant,OIG will consider including other issues that may arise during course of review."
- At hearing on Eastman emails, lawyer for Chapman U backs 1/6 panel subpoena to turn over 19,000 emails on its server relating to prof's representation of Trump. Says any use of university server for that purpose was "improper, unauthorized and I liken to contraband."
- "I think its time to hear from the witnesses," Sen. Manchin tells @ChrisCuomo
- How rich with irony: NY state judge cites SC ruling in Jones v Clinton (with briefs secretly written by @gtconway3d) as reason AG’s lawsuit against @realDonaldTrump and his foundation can proceed
- Inside the bureau, there is “across the board outrage” over Patel’s use of FBI aircraft for fun and pleasure, said O’Leary. “At the end of the day, it’s theft of government resources. I mean, people have been thrown out of the bureau for this.”
- Maria Butina, the Russian gun rights activist who figures prominently in Russian Roulette, has been arrested by the FBI on charges she was acting as a Russian agent in an effort to penetrate American political groups, including the NRA. @DavidCornDC
