Tag: Hillary Clinton

Twenty Republicans requested the appointment of a new special counsel. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

National Security

House conservatives gunning for probe of James Comey and Hillary Clinton

Josh Siegel · July 26, 2017 12:13 am

The internal conflicts inflamed by the party's 2016 presidential primary will continue to be crippling for Democrats. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Beltway Confidential

Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ plan doesn’t solve their intra-party fights

Emily Jashinsky · July 25, 2017 4:23 pm

"Jeff Sessions is one of the most decent people I've ever met in my political life. Jeff Sessions is a rock-solid conservative, but above else he believes in the Rule of Law," said Sen. Lindsey Graham. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Republicans defend Jeff Sessions after Trump criticisms

Melissa Quinn · July 25, 2017 4:15 pm

Trump told the New York Times in November that he didn't feel "very strongly" about following through on his campaign promise to investigate Clinton. But Trump appears to have changed his mind. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Ex-Bush ethics lawyer: Trump calling for Clinton to be prosecuted is an ‘impeachable offense’

Caitlin Yilek · July 25, 2017 3:22 pm

It's one thing to privately question Sessions' decisions, it's another to air them publicly. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s tweets are an effort to publicly discredit Jeff Sessions

Emily Jashinsky · July 25, 2017 3:16 pm

"Prosecutorial decisions should be based on applying facts to the law without hint of political motivation," said Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lindsey Graham defends Sessions and slams Trump’s ‘highly inappropriate’ tweets on Hillary Clinton

Melissa Quinn · July 25, 2017 2:51 pm

President Trump called out Attorney General Jeff Sessions for the second day in a row on Tuesday, and questioned why he hasn't investigated "crimes" committed by Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

National Security

Trump calls Jeff Sessions ‘very weak’ on Clinton crimes

Kelly Cohen · July 25, 2017 10:46 am

If Trump is ever removed, it will not be unfairly. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Fears of a ‘coup’ are unwarranted

Noemie Emery · July 25, 2017 4:01 am

Sessions said last week he planned to remain in his job despite Trump's comments about him. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Rudy Giuliani defends Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from Russia probe

Melissa Quinn · July 24, 2017 7:44 pm

Susan Rice, President Obama's national security adviser and ambassador to the United Nations, initially reportedly refused to testify, then delayed her testimony.

Beltway Confidential

Hypocrisy on the Hill: Republicans testify while Democrats delay, deny

Jennifer Kerns · July 24, 2017 6:36 pm

Howard Dean proposed Monday that President Trump needs psychological help. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Howard Dean: Trump ‘desperately needs psychiatric help’

Anna Giaritelli · July 24, 2017 4:55 pm

According to Kushner, he turned the gifts over to his assistant "to formally register them with the transition office." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Beltway Confidential

Jared Kushner admits he accepted dirt from the Russians (literally)

Philip Wegmann · July 24, 2017 3:26 pm