Outside the Beltway

As more details emerge about the documents he stole, defenders are falling away.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

A number of GOP politicians criticized Trump over 1/6 and some resigned.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

The bane of the Trump presidency is already thwarting President Biden.

And no, there aren’t always “two sides to every story.”

The AG is Trump’s lawyer, not ours.

For the second time, the chief federal prosecutor for Manhattan has been fired.

The President of the United States is on the precipice of fascism.

Likely the right outcome but I wish I political motivation weren’t the default presumption.

In recent weeks the US has ramped-up pressure on Maduro.

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

The President seems to be enjoying a mild rally effect.

Late last week, Attorney General William Barr demonstrated quite aptly the extent to which he has become just another Trump loyalist.

A second potential whistleblower and an apparent criminal referral from the CIA’s top lawyer make a bad week even worse for Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is now committing his crimes in public.

It’s not just Ukraine.

The White House has released a summary of the July 25th phone call between President Trump and the President of Ukraine. It doesn’t help President Trump or his defenders.

Far-left Democrats in Arizona want to punish Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema for being exactly the kind of Senator she said she’d be when she ran for office a year ago.

For Donald Trump, the Presidency has been nothing but a get richer quick scam.

Jeffrey Epstein’s death by suicide has led to many legitimate questions that should be investigated. It has also led to the rise of a number of baseless conspiracy theories.

President Trump has named his pick for Labor Secretary.

The legal and political showdown between Congress and the White House has entered into a new stage.

Later today, the President is expected to take some form of ‘Executive Action’ in an effort to get a citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

Robert Mueller has agreed to testify before Congress in public. Testimony that is likely to be the big story of the summer.

With the Trump Administration continuing to stonewall investigations, the House of Representatives is seeking to ramp up the pressure.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash has quit a group he helped found nine years ago after they voted to condemn him for advocating for the President’s impeachment.

The House of Representatives will vote to hold the Attorney General in contempt next week but it may not mean anything.

Michigan Congressman Justin Amash doubled down on his assertion that the Attorney General was deliberately misleading Congress and the American public.

As the Administration continues to stonewall legitimate requests from Congress for documents and witnesses, pressure is growing on Speaker Pelosi to authorize the opening of an impeachment inquiry.

In the latest example of the White House’s ongoing effort to block Congress from exercising its duty to investigate the Executive Branch, the White House is blocking the former White House Counsel from testifying before Congress.

Justin Amash spoke out against the President and Attorney General. Unsurprisingly this is not being received well by his fellow Republicans.

Republican Congressman Justin Amash has always been a rebel within his own party, now he’s making that even more apparent.

Attorney General William Barr has opened a new investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation, a move that seems suspiciously political.

An absurd theory for an absurd time.

The President is systematically defying Congress. Whatever can be done about that?

As expected, the House Judiciary Committee voted yesterday on party lines to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to turn over a full copy of the Mueller Report

In an effort to block the release of the full report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the Trump Administration is invoking Executive Privilege.

Later this week, the House Judiciary Committee will vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt, but it most likely won’t go anywhere.

Jack Goldsmith pushed back on “over the top” reaction to the AG’s handling of the Mueller report.

New poll numbers suggest that Congressional Democrats need to be careful about how aggressively they pursue their investigations of the Trump White House.

The President’s latest job approval numbers show little sign of movement in the wake of the release of the Mueller report

Robert Mueller objected to the Attorney General’s characterization of the final report he submitted, reports indicate.

Six Democrats are boycotting on principle. Four Republicans don’t care.

In the end, Impeachment is a political act more than a legal one. For that reason, Democrats should not pursue impeachment unless they have a reasonable chance of winning.

A cautious analyst makes a strong claim.

The findings are a dispiriting Rorschach test.

Another demonstration that evidence doesn’t much matter in modern American politics.

The mea culpas and I-told-you-so’s are rather premature.

The Speaker says she will reject any attempt to deliver it in a “highly classified” manner.