Mark Sumner
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Ukraine update: Why are there suddenly so many videos of Russian forces acting like zombies?
When people hear the term “hypothermia,” they tend to picture travelers trapped in endless snowdrifts, or huddling on some high ridge of a mountain whipped by raging gales. But it doesn’t take extreme conditions to put people into extreme duress. Last... → Read More
Secret Court Battle Raging As Trump Tries To Suppress January 6 Testimony
The fight over how to deal with the classified documents that Donald Trump stole from the White House and hid away in Mar-a-Lago is continuing with rulings both from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and in the courtroom of “special master” Judge Raymond Dearie. → Read More
Secret Court Battle Raging As Trump Tries To Suppress January 6 Testimony
The fight over how to deal with the classified documents that Donald Trump stole from the White House and hid away in Mar-a-Lago is continuing with rulings both from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and in the courtroom of “special master” Judge Raymond Dearie. → Read More
Dearie Tells Trump Attorneys To Put Up Or Shut Up On 'Planted Evidence' Claims
When it comes to declassification, Trump has claimed to “declassify everything” outside of court, but when Dearie pressed Trump’s legal team, they refused to name a single document that was declassified. Trump may still be going on television to talk about his ability to magically think documents in... → Read More
Mark Meadows Claimed Boxes Taken From White House Held Only 'News Clippings'
According to the Post, National Archives attorney Gary Stern spoke with former deputy White House counsel Pat Philbin. Philbin told Stern that he had spoken to Meadows about concerns Trump had left the White House with presidential records. But according to Meadows, Trump didn’t have anything. Just ... → Read More
Mark Meadows Claimed Boxes Taken From White House Held Only 'News Clippings'
And, thanks to that one photo provided in a DOJ filing, we not only know that Trump has atrocious taste in carpet, but that these documents were clearly marked as containing some of the most sensitive information in existence.The blatantly obvious nature of the documents that Trump stole—and the fac... → Read More
Judge Slaps Down Trump's Frivolous Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton
That would be nice. In this case, Middlebrooks then got on with the business of writing a novella on the silliness behind Trump’s claims.In his lawsuit, Trump alleges that everyone, just everyone, was involved in a conspiracy in which they sought to “nefariously sway the public’s trust” and that the... → Read More
Judge Slaps Down Trump's Frivolous Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton
While Donald Trump managed to find a highly unqualified judge who was willing to work hand in hand with his attorneys to grant his “special master” request, his court shopping isn’t always so effective. Back in March, Trump filed a sprawling, 108-page conspiracy theory-laden lawsuit against → Read More
Judge Slaps Down Trump's Frivolous Lawsuit Against Hillary Clinton
What makes this extra fun is that Trump really thought he might get something out of this despite the fact that the lawsuit reads very much like a transcription of one of his rambling, paranoia-filled rally speeches and includes an amazing list of charges against Clinton, the government, and everyon... → Read More
Trump Reportedly Kept Documents On A Foreign Power's Nuclear Capabilities At Mar-A-Lago
So if that’s how Donald Trump defines a “hoax,” then yes, maybe this is another one. An even more grievous one.In the detailed list of documents subpoenaed from Trump were some including the “S/FRD” sub-classification in addition to top secret. This abbreviation is “reserved for information that rel... → Read More
Trump Reportedly Kept Documents On A Foreign Power's Nuclear Capabilities At Mar-A-Lago
Among the highly classified documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago was at least one that detailed the military defenses of a foreign nation, including its nuclear capabilities. The Washington Post is reporting that these documents were so tightly guarded that access to them could be granted → Read More
Trump Reportedly Kept Documents On A Foreign Power's Nuclear Capabilities At Mar-A-Lago
Imagine any two countries with a long history of animosity. Israel and Iraq. Pakistan and India. North and South Korea. Now imagine giving one of them all that the U.S. military knows about the defenses of their opponent—including how many nuclear weapons they have, where they’re stored, what kind o... → Read More
FBI's Mar-a-Lago Inventory Shows 88 Empty Folders For Classified Documents
It’s absolutely possible that the contents of these folders were simply scattered among the boxes of documents that the FBI recovered, or were part of the folder given to agents on June 3, or were in the boxes handed to the National Archives back in January. After all, one of the things that has so ... → Read More
Bombshell FBI Filing Shows Top Secret Documents In Trump's Office
On Tuesday evening, the Department of Justice responded to the order from a Donald Trump-appointed judge who said she was inclined to grant Donald Trump’s request for a “special master” to review documents removed during the Aug. 8 FBI search at Mar-a-Lago. → Read More
Bombshell FBI Filing Shows Top Secret Documents In Trump's Office
On Tuesday evening, the Department of Justice responded to the order from a Donald Trump-appointed judge who said she was inclined to grant Donald Trump’s request for a “special master” to review documents removed during the Aug. 8 FBI search at Mar-a-Lago. → Read More
Bombshell FBI Filing Shows Top Secret Documents In Trump's Office
On Tuesday evening, the Department of Justice responded to the order from a Donald Trump-appointed judge who said she was inclined to grant Donald Trump’s request for a “special master” to review documents removed during the Aug. 8 FBI search at Mar-a-Lago. → Read More
Bombshell FBI Filing Shows Top Secret Documents In Trump's Office
On Tuesday evening, the Department of Justice responded to the order from a Donald Trump-appointed judge who said she was inclined to grant Donald Trump’s request for a “special master” to review documents removed during the Aug. 8 FBI search at Mar-a-Lago. → Read More
Intelligence Agencies Fear Trump Has Leaked Identities Of US Spies Overseas
In what may be the most shocking story to emerge from the entire Mar-a-Lago document scandal, The New York Times is reporting that officials at intelligence agencies fear that among the classified information Donald Trump stole was details on U.S. assets embedded in foreign countries → Read More
Intelligence Agencies Fear Trump Has Leaked Identities Of US Spies Overseas
In the days leading up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one fact stood out: The United States had uncannily accurate information about Russia’s plans. It was crystal clear that, not only did the U.S. have a fleet of high resolution satellites and other resources observing Russian movements on the... → Read More
Intelligence Agencies Fear Trump Has Leaked Identities Of US Spies Overseas
Even more than intelligence agencies, Trump hates whistleblowers. At every instance, he had ridiculed the idea of an anonymous source, insisted that whistleblowers be revealed, then attacked and endangered them once they were known. In his first impeachment, Trump constantly attacked the whistleblow... → Read More