Tag: George W. Bush

Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, argued Monday that Trump should not face any criminal penalty just because he fired former FBI Director James Comey.

Alan Dershowitz: Trump ‘should not be subject to criminal prosecution’

Pete Kasperowicz · June 19, 2017 11:30 am

In the center, Adaptive Training Foundation founder David Vobora between former President George W. Bush and House Speaker Paul Ryan during their visit to cheer on wounded warriors. Photo/Political Office of Speaker Ryan

Washington Secrets

Paul Ryan on mission to make sure ‘government doesn’t hurt’

Paul Bedard · June 12, 2017 12:16 pm

Former FBI Director James Comey is sworn in during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Attorney: James Comey may have misled Senate committee

Kyle Feldscher · June 12, 2017 1:47 am

Former FBI Director James Comey said he documented his meetings with President Trump because he worried he'd have to defend himself and the FBI publicly over those conversations because Trump "might lie." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

James Comey: I documented conversations with Trump because he ‘might lie’

Kyle Feldscher · June 8, 2017 3:02 pm

Then-Deputy Attorney General James Comey, right, with Christopher A. Wray, Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division in 2004. President Trump nominated Wray to become the FBI director. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

Beltway Confidential

That time Christopher Wray and James Comey threatened President George W. Bush with resignation

Philip Wegmann · June 7, 2017 2:00 pm

President Trump has put Democrats in a bind with his nomination of Christopher Wray to become the next director of the FBI, making the opposition to the pick all but impossible. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Trump puts Democrats in a bind with his nomination of Christopher Wray for FBI

Philip Wegmann · June 7, 2017 12:56 pm

"Whether you know it or not, you're helping lead this nation. I want to thank you for that. I want to thank you for what you're going to do for the country, but you're going to have to want to keep doing it, and by doing that America is going to be a lot better place, so thank you," Bush told the group. (Image courtesy screenshot/Instagram)

National Security

Watch: George Bush and Paul Ryan meet with veterans at Dallas gym

Melissa Quinn · June 6, 2017 2:50 pm

Steven Bradbury and Carlos Muniz have been nominated to posts in the administration. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump nominates author of Bush-era ‘torture memos,’ attorney in Trump University case to federal jobs

Ariella Phillips · June 6, 2017 1:44 am

President George W. Bush stands during the playing of taps at a Memorial Day ceremony, May 26, 2008, at Arlington National Cemetery. (AP Photo)

Photos: Presidents honoring Memorial Day throughout history

Leah DePiero · May 29, 2017 12:00 pm

His influence spanned several decades, and I was one of several Presidents who benefited from his wisdom and counsel," Obama said in a statement Saturday. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)

National Security

Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush offer praise to the late Zbigniew Brzezinski

Daniel Chaitin · May 27, 2017 12:19 pm

The former president praised the U2 frontman as someone who is "the real deal." (Instagram)â©

George W. Bush hosts Bono at Texas ranch

Anna Giaritelli · May 26, 2017 10:21 pm

Interior secretary names 19 people to fill empty spots who don't need Senate confirmation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Energy and Environment

Zinke fills in Interior staff despite key leadership gaps

John Siciliano · May 26, 2017 10:01 pm