Outside the Beltway

No matter how long Donald Trump remains in office, August 21, 2018 will be the day that everything changed.

It’s not obvious that two more felons in the Trump inner circle will have any immediate impact.

Robert Mueller and his legal team get their first victories in court.

The President’s former lawyer and “fixer” is pleading guilty to a number of charges, including apparent campaign finance law violations related to the Stormy Daniels payment.

Once again, the President has thrown the Rule of Law under the bus.

The Virginia case against Paul Manafort went to the jury on Thursday, and now everyone waits for their verdict.

In what appears to be a move based purely on vindictiveness, President Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who used to be a Trump favorite, is out with a book that makes sensationalistic claims about the Trump Administration. The real story, though, is what she has on tape and how she got it.

The noose around the Trump Administration just keeps getting tighter.

Former Trump lawyer and “fixer” Michael Cohen is reportedly ready to tell investigators that the President is lying about his knowledge regarding the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer.

The President was up late last night sending an incredibly over-the-top tweet directed at Iran.

The Office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has issued indictments against twelve Russian intelligence officials for election-related hacking, and in the process has shown most of the arguments made by the President and his surrogates regarding the Russia investigation are nonsense.

In a new interview, former Trump attorney and ‘fixer’ Michael Cohen gives the strongest signal yet that he’s ready to cooperate with investigators.

Trump’s former Campaign Manager mocked a ten-year-old girl with Down’s Syndrome who was taken away from her parents.

The President’s attorney continues to issue public statements that would seem injurious to his client.

Donald Trump’s former Campaign Manager was sent to jail, a move that likely increases the pressure on him to cooperate with Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Former Trump Campaign Director Paul Manafort has been hit with a new round of charges.

Based on a strict reading of the Constitution, a sitting President probably does have the power to pardon himself. That doesn’t mean he should be allowed to get away with it without consequence.

President Trump has issued another controversial pardon.

Russia wasn’t the only nation that sent people to meet with Trump Campaign officials at Trump Tower back in 2016 regarding assistance to the Trump Campaign.

The Mueller investigation turns one year old today and, despite the arguments of Trump and his supporters, there’s no sign that it will be coming to an end in the near future.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has released a treasure trove of documents related to the June 2016 meeting between Trump campaign officials and a Russian lawyer, and they raise far more questions than they answer.

New documents reveal that the Limited Liability Company that paid off Stormy Daniels also received payments from a company linked to a Russian oligarch.

Robert Mueller has some questions for the President, and the wide range of topic areas should worry President Trump significantly.

The lawyer who met with President Trump’s oldest son and other top Trump campaign officials is now admitting that she is a Russian informant.

The Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit alleging a wide-ranging conspiracy to influence the 2016 election. As a legal document, it appears to be little more than a political stunt.

Donald Trump could have more to worry about regarding the investigation of Michael Cohen than he does regarding the Mueller investigation.

In a move apparently connected to the Stormy Daniels affair, Federal authorities have raided the office of longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen.

John Dowd allegedly raised the possibility while the Mueller investigation was closing in on the two presidential advisors.

Ending an investigation that was flawed and tainted with partisanship from the start, the House Intelligence Committee has abruptly concluded its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.

Jonathan Bernstein thinks so and Chuck Todd and company outline a pretty strong case.

President Trump’s job approval hits a new low.

The Mueller investigation moves forward.

The Russia probe charges Alex Van Der Zwaan made false statements about past communications with former Trump campaign aide Rick Gates.

Blake Hounshell has doubts about whether Trump colluded with Moscow.

Mueller tightens the screws even further.

Even with yesterday’s indictments, President Trump still won’t acknowledge reality even though it’s staring him in the face.

Mostly it just tells us that Nunes and his allies are hacks.

National Review legal analyst David French argues that the Nunes memo actually undermines the central claim its proponents were seeking to bolster.

Robert Mueller’s investigators are looking at the President’s role in drafting a false statement regarding the June 2016 meeting between his son and a lawyer linked to the Russian government.

Former White House and Trump campaign adviser Steve Bannon has been subpoenaed in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.

Steve Bannon loses his position at Breitbart after his blistering comments about the President and others in the Administration became public.

Whatever goodwill may have existed between the Trump Administration and Steve Bannon appears to have evaporated.

2017 was quite a year. 2018 promises to be just as interesting.

Donald Trump Jr. is claiming that some conversations between him and his father are covered by the attorney-client privilege. Based on what we know about those conversations, there’s a good possibility that he’s right.

Mueller crosses Trump’s “red line.”

Ominous news for the Trump Administration today out of Federal Court in Washington, D.C.

Potentially bad news for President Trump in connection with the Russia investigation.

More indications that Donald Trump Jr. was heavily involved in Trump campaign efforts to coordinate with foreign contacts regarding damaging information about Hillary Clinton.

Even during an overseas trip, President Trump continues to try to undermine the Russia investigation.