Looks like we spoke too soon. The holiday-weekend Trump bombshell has arrived courtesy of The Washington Post. This time, the paper is reporting that Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and one of his closest advisors, discussed the possibility of setting up a secure communications channel between the Trump transition team and the Kremlin with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak.
Two days ago we highlighted a Washington Post story which suggested that Comey only decided to host his now-infamous July 5th press conference, the one where he said that Hillary was "extremely careless" in her handling of classified information but that he would not pursue charges, after reviewing a "dubious Russian document" which alleged that former Attorney General Loretta Lynch personally assured someone within the Clinton campaign that the FBI's investigation wouldn't "go too far" (see "'Secret' Russian Document Influenced Comey's Pro
In lieu of the Friday night "Trump bombshell" deliverable from the NYT-WaPo complex, today it was Reuters' and the Wall Street Journal's turn to lay out the suspenseful weekend reads, previewing major potential upcoming changes to the Trump administration.
The Group of Seven world leaders, or rather Six excluding Trump, tried to tame the US president... and failed. Which means on Saturday the group will sign off on a significantly "pared-down" statement at the close of their meeting in Sicily - an indication of deep divisions on climate change, trade and various other issues between Trump and the rest of the developed world.
After recovering from another coughing fit...
Hillary: COUGH
Dems: So inspiring
Hillary: I need a lonzinger
Dems: She's my hero
Hillary: COUGH
Dems: BEST SPEECH EVER#Wellesley2017 pic.twitter.com/yDpPW7Qjm0
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Hillary Clinton's so-called commencement speech turned into a political rant as she lobbed implicit impeachment jabs at President Trump over his Comey dismissal...