Latest Updates
All Articles
To help clarify the law on bribery, we have recently updated our link on Section 18 of USC 201. Visit the Further Reading page, or download it here.
On December 8, 2016, one day after Russia’s transfer of 19.5% interest in Rosneft to a Cayman Island Limited Liability Company, Carter Page arrived in Russia. (Who visits Russia in the winter?). Page left Russia on December 13, 2016. Later Page testified before Congress that during his December trip to Russia, he met with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich and Rosneft’s Investor Relations Chief…
On August 2, 2018, in a media briefing at the White House, the Trump Administration launched an effort to convince the public that the Administration has a program designed to protect future American elections from Russian interference. The participants included Trump appointees Dan Coates, Director of National Intelligence, Kristen Nielsen, Secretary of Homeland Security, Christopher…
On July 19, 2018, Trump announced plans to invite President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to visit Washington in the fall, the White House — an invitation that stunned the nation’s top intelligence official, Senator Dan Coats, who said he was still groping for details of what the two leaders had discussed in their encounter…
On July 16, 2018, Trump meets Putin in Helsinki. No other American officials were allowed in the meeting. Not even Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Was this so Trump could try to re-negotiate his bribe agreement with Putin? Trump has tried to lift sanctions but failed. He apparently failed to make a new deal in…
On June 8th, 2018, Trump announced his support for Russia’s return to membership in G-7. No reason given. There has been no change in the behavior which caused Russia’s expulsion.
On April 15th 2018, Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to U.N., announced harsher sanctions on Russia for its support of Syria in connection with use of chemical weapons. The following day Trump announced there will be no new sanctions. No reason given.
On July 25th, 2017, the House of Representatives passed Russian sanctions 419-3 and the Senate passed Russian sanctions 98-2. Trump refused to implement any of the sanctions adopted by Congress for eight months claiming there was no need to implement those sanctions. When he did announce sanctions, none were designed to adversely affect Putin. Congress…
On January 27th, 2017, Michael Cohen, Felix Sater (convicted felon) and Andri Artemenko (a Ukrainian legislator tied to Manafort) meet at Lowes Regency Hotel in New York to discuss a plan, purportedly provided by Russia, for lifting of Obama’s sanctions. Cohen delivers the plan to Flynn in White House. Cohen denies delivering plan to Flynn.…
On January 11th 2017, Erik Prince (CEO of Blackwater, Trump supporter and brother of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos), Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed of the UAE, George Nader (an American businessman now co-operating with Mueller investigation), and Kirill Dmitriev (a Russian with ties to Putin), meet in Seycelles. Prince lies to Congress about reason for…
