Tag: Byron York

The GOP accused the Justice Department and FBI of relying heavily on the unverified Trump dossier in a secret court request to wiretap the sometime, volunteer Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page. That is simply not true, say Democrats in their rebuttal. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Assessing the new Democratic intel memo

Byron York · February 25, 2018 3:36 am

The letter from House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., asks for answers by March 2. "If you do not provide timely answers on a voluntary basis, the committee will initiate compulsory process," the letter says, in a clear threat to subpoena any uncooperative recipients. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Devin Nunes’ 10 questions about the Trump dossier

Byron York · February 20, 2018 2:59 pm

FILE - In this July 21, 2016 file photo, Republican Presidential candidate Donald J. Trump speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Rallies in Florida to support Republican Presidential candidate Trump requested by Russian adversaries are one small facet of the indictment issued Friday, Feb. 16, 2018, by special counsel Robert Mueller charging 13 Russians and three Russian companies with interfering in the 2016 election. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Byron York: A non-alarmist reading of the Mueller Russia indictment

Byron York · February 19, 2018 2:32 am

The judge in the case against former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has ordered the office of special counsel Robert Mueller to produce any evidence that is favorable to Flynn. Flynn, though, has already pleaded guilty. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: An unusual turn in the Michael Flynn case?

Byron York · February 16, 2018 4:05 am

Members of Congress investigating the Trump-Russia affair, both House and Senate, Democrat and Republican, are clamoring to get their hands on the memos former FBI Director James Comey penned about his interactions with President Trump. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Why are the Comey memos secret?

Byron York · February 15, 2018 2:56 am

Congressional investigators are baffled by the turn of events in the Michael Flynn case. But they know they find the Flynn case troubling, from start to finish. (AP)

Byron York: Comey told Congress FBI agents didn’t think Michael Flynn lied

Byron York · February 12, 2018 11:51 pm

The FBI placed so much faith in Christopher Steele because he was a former British spy who had worked with the bureau a few years earlier in the world soccer corruption investigation. But there were problems with Steele's credibility, according to the referral. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

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Byron York: What explains the FBI’s deep faith in Trump dossier author Christopher Steele?

Byron York · February 8, 2018 1:13 pm

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., has said he hopes a House Intelligence Committee memo penned by the Democratic minority will not be redacted, but critics say it was written specifically so that it would be and Democrats could complain later. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Scheming, speculation behind scenes as Democrats push intel memo

Byron York · February 7, 2018 3:42 am

Media outlets have accused the GOP of attacking the FBI, but Republican criticism has been directed at the bureau's leadership, not the institution itself. (iStock)

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Byron York: Republicans and those ‘attacks’ on the FBI

Byron York · February 6, 2018 4:38 am

Former British spy Christopher Steele, who compiled the Trump dossier, wrote an additional memo on Donald Trump and Russia. (Washington Examiner illustration)

National Security

Dossier author Steele wrote another anti-Trump memo; was fed info by Clinton-connected contact, Obama State Department

Byron York · February 5, 2018 3:39 pm

There have been three serious and substantial questions raised about the memo on the Trump investigation that deserve a closer look. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Byron York: Answering 3 key questions about the House memo

Byron York · February 4, 2018 3:48 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., wrote up the FISA memo. He never wavered in his determination to make the information available to the public. President Trump agreed, and, as required by House rules, gave his approval for release. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

House Intelligence memo released: What it says

Byron York · February 2, 2018 4:48 pm