BY JOE CONASON No longer can there be any doubt that Paul Manafort expects Donald Trump to pardon him – and that Trump has encouraged that expectation in a broad strategy to obstruct the Russia investigation over the past two years. The signals emanating from Manafort’s legal team over the past few days could scarcely…
BY JOE CONASON When the Office of Special Counsel completes its assigned tasks and sends its findings to Attorney General William Barr, Americans will expect to learn what is in that document. Despite recurrent warnings that Barr can legally withhold some or even all of the Mueller report, those expectations of transparency must be fulfilled….
BY JOE CONASON Watching the Republicans strenuously berate Michael Cohen as he appeared before the House Oversight Committee, it was clear that they had no idea who this New York character is or what his testimony means. They couldn’t grasp that further diminishing this already disgraced attorney could not separate him from the man he…
BY JOE CONASON Often enough, the ambitious phrase “Middle East peace plan” emanates from the Trump White House, often associated with presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner. Only last week, the Polish government joined with the U.S. State Department to host a major international conference on Middle East issues in Warsaw. But now the…
BY JOE CONASON Whatever Congress may do in the weeks and months to come, the introduction of the “Green New Deal” resolution is a major victory for climate advocates and its principal sponsors, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Sen. Edward Markey, D-MA. For the first time in years – perhaps for the first time ever…
