Pence says he and Trump support ‘free and independent press’

But the proposal, a peace plan for Ukraine and Russian Federation, remains, along with those pushing it: Michael D. Cohen, the president’s personal lawyer, who delivered the document; Felix H. Sater, a business associate who helped Mr. Trump scout deals in Russian Federation; and a Ukrainian lawmaker trying to rise in a political opposition movement shaped in part by Mr. Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort. Meanwhile, there were repeated contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian intelligence operatives while the Russians were meddling.

Chaffetz has also agreed with Democrats that the Office of Government Ethics should investigate a Trump aide, Kellyanne Conway, for her blatant pitch from the White House briefing room in which she promoted clothing and fashion accessories sold by Trump’s daughter, Ivanka – a violation of a longstanding ethics rule.

During the campaign, he essentially invited the Russians to hack.

Trump won the election with low approval numbers so it is unsurprising they are still low, but the scandal over his team’s contacts with Russian Federation and his controversial travel ban have kept them falling.

The sheer number of Trump’s inner circle with close ties to Putin’s Russia will continue to raise eyebrows in D.C. Some believe Trump should divulge his IRS records to see if they reveal any Russian interests. While some think his first 30 days have been as unorthodox as his White House run, others think Trump has this country on the right track.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, speaking on the floor of the Senate last week, warned, “There is real concern that some in the administration may try to cover up its ties to Russian Federation by deleting emails, texts and other records that could shine a light on those connections”. What are they afraid of? This has led to President Trump’s administration being thrown into complete chaos, and has left the public reeling because Flynn committed a treasonous act, and the Trump administration seems to be in denial about what happened. The fact is, these leaks exposed a grave threat to our national security – a threat our intelligence agencies had discussed with the president a month prior to the leaks. This allows time to gain his confidence and authorization for various policies. “It’s an abuse of authority”. He’s fired six of his White House staff after they failed Federal Bureau of Investigation background checks.

The White House issued a statement announcing the justice department would seek an emergency stay to reinstate the ban while the president took to Twitter yet again. “They got to get on with it”, he said. I know what they’re saying.

Trump said the Times report was “discredited”, and an example of “fake reporting”. Flynn had said for weeks that he had not discussed USA sanctions in his conversations with the ambassador but later conceded the topic may have come up. In presidential transitions, it is commonplace for officials in a new administration to make contacts with foreign leaders. The Washington Post reported, Pence met with allies to explain, “despite what his boss may say, the United States remains committed to the security of Europe and to the historic transatlantic partnership”.

Why couldn’t he spend more time talking about the big issues of governance? McCain gave an address Friday to the Munich Security Conference in Germany, where he warned that the solidarity of the Western imperialist powers against Russian Federation faced its greatest challenge in half a century.

“My worry now is that many people are talking about a partial repeal of Obamacare”, Rep. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said. Notice that Trump has declared criticism and questioning of him as an attack on the American people, most of whom didn’t even vote for him.

(McCain) “That’s how dictators get started”, said Sen.

Other students, like Anthony Rash said they were happy Trump was putting an emphasis on the security of the country. When the White House cut Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace out of a round of interviews the president was doing with the Sunday shows, deputy White House communications chief Dan Pfeiffer explained to The New York Times: “We simply chose to stop abiding by the fiction … that Fox is a traditional news organization”. “I view it with the utmost seriousness”, he said.

As someone once said, elections have consequences.

We don’t have enough information to come to any conclusions about any of this yet.