January 27, 2020 11:56 am
By Adrienne Cobb
For the past three years, I’ve been keeping track of employee turnover in the Trump administration using a spreadsheet and an eagle eye on the latest news. While many media outlets have reported on this administration’s high turnover, there has not been a comprehensive list of every detail of every […]
January 27, 2020 8:45 am
By Adrienne Cobb
This roundup originally appeared on our staff writer Adrienne Cobb’s personal website. It has been adapted and condensed for the Forensic News audience. Main Course Bolton manuscript Last night, The New York Times (non-paywalled) reported that Former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s unpublished manuscript states that Trump told Bolton in August 2019 that […]
January 21, 2020 9:52 am
By Scott Stedman, Adrienne Cobb, Robert J. DeNault and Jess Coleman
A Russian government-controlled bank deposited at least half a billion dollars into the American subsidiary of Deutsche Bank around the time that the bank lent Trump his most scrutinized loans, according to exclusively obtained confidential bank records. As Trump received loans from the subsidiary, DBTCA, totaling over $360 million, Gazprombank […]
January 20, 2020 8:53 am
By Adrienne Cobb
This roundup originally appeared on our staff writer Adrienne Cobb’s personal website. It has been adapted and condensed for the Forensic News audience. MAIN COURSE The teams On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed (video) seven managers of the impeachment trial: House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (CA) will be the lead manager, assisted by […]
January 13, 2020 6:15 am
By Adrienne Cobb
This roundup originally appeared on our staff writer Adrienne Cobb’s personal website. It has been adapted and condensed for the Forensic News audience. MAIN COURSE Next steps in impeachment House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced on Friday that she “asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week […]
January 7, 2020 5:52 am
By Adrienne Cobb
This roundup originally appeared on our staff writer Adrienne Cobb’s personal website. It has been adapted and condensed for the Forensic News audience. *Main Course* Critical details in Ukraine docs Last week, Just Security published new details of Trump administration communications regarding the freeze on aid to Ukraine. The emails were previously only available in […]
January 3, 2020 8:44 pm
By Scott Stedman, Eric Levai and Robert J. DeNault
Deutsche Bank’s loans to Donald Trump were underwritten by Russian state-owned VTB Bank, according to the whistleblower whose collection of thousands of bank documents and internal communications have captured the recent attention of federal investigators. Val Broeksmit acquired the emails and files of his late father, Deutsche Bank executive William […]