…if Trump manages to drain any portion of the swamp, it will be because he represents an irresistible target to the swamp denizens, and in the extremity of their zeal to get him they reveal themselves in ways that are … Continue reading →
From Dershowitz [emphasis mine]: The statement by special counsel Robert Mueller in a Wednesday press conference that “if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said that” is worse than the statement … Continue reading →
William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection writes this about Robert Mueller’s final remarks (supposedly final) on the guilt or innocence of Donald Trump: Robert Mueller’s statement today could have served only one purpose — to breath life into Democrat attempts to … Continue reading →
Nancy Pelosi doesn’t seem to think impeaching Trump would be a winning strategy, but reportedly she’s being pressed by some in Congress to do just that. Why, when everyone knows there’s no chance of a conviction in the Senate, and … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: AesopFan] I can just picture the The New York Times gathering a team of actuaries, legal accountants, tax historians, advisers and financial consultants around a big executive office table, piled high with reams of papers and spent coffee … Continue reading →
It’s become obvious and commonplace: when Democrats do something for which they can be heartily criticized, instead of criticizing them the MSM attacks and pounces and seizes on the Republican reaction and characterizes it in aggressive and somewhat sinister terms … Continue reading →
Attorneys Joe diGenova and Victoria Toensing have said that Inspector General Horowitz’s report, due to come out next month, has concluded that the final three FISA warrants pertaining to Russiagate were obtained illegally. I don’t know how their track record … Continue reading →
Maybe yes, maybe no [emphasis mine]: Confidentiality, as the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held in 1991 in U.S. v. Richey, is essential to “maintaining a workable tax system.”… Taxpayer privacy is “fundamental to a tax system that relies … Continue reading →
…in part for the entertainment value. Trump is, among other things, a good comedian with good comic timing. The New York accent doesn’t hurt, either. And it’s not just comedy, by any means—it’s that Trump isn’t boring. Most politicians, even … Continue reading →
Does anyone really care about the NY Times’ news on Trump’s taxes? I’m not even sure that the Times cares all that much at this point. Oh, the anti-Trump forces are trying to spin this as big. But anyone who … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson has written a new essay that fairly drips with well-deserved contempt for James Comey. One of my reactions to reading it was to wonder anew how it could be that Comey had been so well-respected prior to … Continue reading →
Even the NY Times is reporting on this (taking time off from its hobby of publishing anti-Semitic cartoons): The conversation at a London bar in September 2016 took a strange turn when the woman sitting across from George Papadopoulos, a … Continue reading →