Did the FBI conspire to stop Trump?

The original question the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign was to answer was a simple one: Did he do it? Did Trump, or officials with his knowledge, collude with Vladimir Putin's Russia to hack the emails of John Podesta and the DNC, and leak the contents to damage Hillary Clinton and elect Donald Trump? That, from the outset, Director James Comey and an FBI camarilla were determined to stop Trump and elect Hillary Clinton. Having failed, they conspired to break Trump's presidency, overturn his mandate and bring him down.

Sharon Stone, 59, wears gown with SHEER skirt at gala

At least 12 dead - including a one-year-old baby - after huge fire rips through Bronx apartment block and is battled by 170 New York City firefighters Waitress claims co-worker STOLE her share of $300k lotto winnings after their boss gave them a ticket to split as a Christmas bonus President Trump says 'there was no Russia collusion' but he believes Robert Mueller 'is going to be fair' in his investigation EXCLUSIVE - White power at the White House: Trump intern flashed 'alt-right' symbol used by notorious extremists during group photo with the President Roy Moore loses again: Democrat Doug Jones is officially declared the winner of the Alabama Senate election after judge turned down voter fraud claims I'm NOT a pedophile and I've got the polygraph to prove it says failed Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in sworn affidavit 'Caught RED HANDED': Trump attacks China over claim it's ... (more)

Matt Bellamy’s fiancee Elle Evans goes TOPLESS

At least 12 dead - including a one-year-old baby - after huge fire rips through Bronx apartment block and is battled by 170 New York City firefighters Waitress claims co-worker STOLE her share of $300k lotto winnings after their boss gave them a ticket to split as a Christmas bonus President Trump says 'there was no Russia collusion' but he believes Robert Mueller 'is going to be fair' in his investigation EXCLUSIVE - White power at the White House: Trump intern flashed 'alt-right' symbol used by notorious extremists during group photo with the President Roy Moore loses again: Democrat Doug Jones is officially declared the winner of the Alabama Senate election after judge turned down voter fraud claims I'm NOT a pedophile and I've got the polygraph to prove it says failed Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore in sworn affidavit 'Caught RED HANDED': Trump attacks China over claim it's ... (more)

Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi sell condo for $5.85m

White power at the White House: Trump intern flashed 'alt-right' symbol used by notorious extremists during group photo with the President PICTURED: Murdered lesbian couple and their two children found 'bound and with their throats slashed' in an act of 'savagery' in their own home in upstate New York Why Americans are dying younger than people in other rich countries: Drugs, obesity and expensive healthcare are hitting the US harder than anywhere else Life-threatening arctic blast causes waterfalls to freeze and windows to crack as officials warn frostbite is possible with just 30 minutes of exposure as temperatures plunge to record-breaking lows in northern and eastern US Jersey thaw! Town cancels annual Polar Bear Plunge over fears it will be too COLD for participants as temperatures are predicted to dip to 18F 'Caught RED HANDED': Trump attacks China over claim it's secretly ... (more)

Deborah Knigh only changes her sheets every Three Weeks

White power at the White House: Trump intern flashed 'alt-right' symbol used by notorious extremists during group photo with the President PICTURED: Murdered lesbian couple and their two children found 'bound and with their throats slashed' in an act of 'savagery' in their own home in upstate New York Why Americans are dying younger than people in other rich countries: Drugs, obesity and expensive healthcare are hitting the US harder than anywhere else Life-threatening arctic blast causes waterfalls to freeze and windows to crack as officials warn frostbite is possible with just 30 minutes of exposure as temperatures plunge to record-breaking lows in northern and eastern US Jersey thaw! Town cancels annual Polar Bear Plunge over fears it will be too COLD for participants as temperatures are predicted to dip to 18F 'Caught RED HANDED': Trump attacks China over claim it's secretly ... (more)

The top 10 most viewed fact-checks of 2017

During President Donald Trump's first year in office, nothing drew eyeballs to our site quite like the president's words. Readers turned out in droves for our fact-checks of Trump's first joint address to Congress and his speech announcing the United States' withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.

CNN analyst shoots down Trump’s McCabe attack: ‘What he…

CNN political analyst and Spectrum News anchor Errol Louis said that President Donald Trump's attacks on Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe - who was contemporaneously informed by former FBI Director James Comey about Trump's attempts to halt investigations into disgraced ex-national security adviser Mike Flynn - are nonsensical because Trump has gotten the timeline wrong. "It is the Trump style to strike back if anyone says anything bad about him," said Louis, "and the fact that Deputy Dir.

Trump allies ripping Mueller while president cooperates, but are they going too far?

Two decades ago, Bill Clinton and his allies launched a fierce attack on Ken Starr, trying to discredit the special prosecutor as he gathered evidence and ultimately got the president to admit to a grand jury that he'd had a sexual relationship with Monica Lewinsky. Starr was out of control, he was a zealot, he was an ex-judge in over his head, he was straying far from his mandate to probe the Whitewater land deal-it was a constant state of warfare.

Lawrence O’Donnell: How Tax Cut Bill Will Be Used To Cut Medicare, Social Security

On AM Joy, Joy Reid and Lawrence O'Donnell discussed how the supposedly deficit-hating Republicans have suddenly learned to love them. "They were looking for something like this, where can we squeeze in a tiny giveaway that goes to another income group, other than the rich," O'Donnell said.

this Land is Your Land? | U.S. House com…

On Monday, Dec. 4, President Donald Trump, speaking in Utah, announced that the 1.35 million-acre Bears Ears national monument would be shrunk by over 80 percent, potentially making it available for mining, exploration and private use. In response, Ventura-based outdoor retailer Patagonia, along with a coalition of environmental, Native American and outdoor organizations, filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block the president's authority to make such a move.

Tribes: Trump’s monument order disrespects native people

President Donald Trump's rare move to shrink two large national monuments in Utah triggered another round of outrage among Native American leaders who vowed to unite and take the fight to court to preserve protections for lands they consider sacred. Environmental and conservation groups and a coalition of tribes joined the battle Monday and began filing lawsuits that ensure that Trump's announcement is far from the final chapter of the yearslong public lands battle.

‘SNL’: Trump gets visit from ghosts of Christmas past

General Mike Flynn was "the ghost of witness flipped" as "SNL" dropped a riff on the Dickens holidays mainstay centering on Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump Alec Baldwin's Donald Trump couldn't enjoy his big legislative win Friday with the passing of the Republican tax bill thanks to the news that Gen. Michael Flynn is cooperating with Special Council Robert Mueller.

Bill Clinton won after all

Two weeks ago, it seemed former President Bill Clinton was finished as a public figure. A variety of public intellectuals on the left had consigned him to the ashtray of history; they'd attested to their newfound faith in his rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick or torn him to shreds for having taken advantage of a young intern, Monica Lewinsky.

John Podesta on Donald Trump in 2016: a You werena t sure what you were going to geta

In this Nov. 9, 2016, file photo, John Podesta announces that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will not be making an appearance at what was supposed to be her presidential victory party at the Jacob Javits Center in New York. The chairman of Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, veteran of Capital Hill and former chair of the think tank Center for American Progress was the target of three phishing emails in March 2016 at his campaign address and four from March to April 2016 at his Gmail address.