Trump, 2019: Nixon, 1974:
Corruption Probe
Corruption Probe, Crime, Misconduct, Russia, Sanctions, Trump, Trump-Russia
Lifting Russian sanctions key to Trump deal exposed by Cohen
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Rachel Maddow shows how the Trump Organization’s continued pursuit of a Trump Tower Moscow deal into the 2016 campaign, exposed by Michael Cohen this week, explains Donald Trump’s soft stance on sanctioning Russian entities, including the bank that would finance the Trump Tower deal. Trump has survived dozens of political or financial acts that would…
Corruption Probe, Daily Adams, Gov. Walker, Law, Politics
Wisconsin’s Shoddy Partisan Analysis
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Wisconsin has a fuller political calendar than most states: we’ve not merely the traditional state and federal races, but recall elections likely for May and June. A libertarian will look at these issues with sharp interest, but without a partisan attachment. Perhaps all those contests, sure to be fought tooth and nail, have made some…
Corruption Probe, Gov. Walker
Gov. Walker Sets Up Legal-Defense Fund
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
No small thing: Gov. Scott Walker announced Friday that he has set up a legal-defense fund to help pay expenses incurred as a result of the John Doe investigation of activities during his time as county executive…. Several election lawyers said creation of the defense fund serves as a tacit acknowledgment that Walker is under…
Corruption Probe, Press
‘Secret inquiry gets closer to Walker’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Hall and Spicuzza (with Barbour) on byline for recap of John Doe corruption probe now onging out of Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office: ….the judge overseeing the John Doe investigation released documents showing that nearly a dozen people, including Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie and campaign fundraiser Rose Ann Dieck, had received immunity from prosecution in…