updated Fri. January 19, 2024
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Politico
April 20, 2018
“Seeking Foreign Money, G.O.P. Donor Pushed for Trump to Golf With Malaysian Premier,” by NYT's David D. Kirkpatrick and Mark Mazzetti: “White House aides were worried enough about a visit last year by Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, under investigation by American prosecutors who say heÃâà...
New York Times
April 19, 2018
White House aides were worried enough about a visit last year by Prime Minister Najib Razak of Malaysia, under investigation by American prosecutors who say he embezzled $3.5 billion from a state investment fund, that he was denied the customary photo in the Oval Office with President Trump. But thatÃâà...
Just Security
April 18, 2018
U.S. and U.K. officials said the scope of the claimed Russian compromise was unclear, David D. Kirkpatrick and Ron Nixon report at the New York Times. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY FORCE. Sens. Bob Corker (R-Tenn) and Tim Kain (D-Va.) yesterday unveiled a new proposal for anÃâà...
New York Times
April 17, 2018
LONDON — The United States and Britain on Monday issued a first-of-its-kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government and private organizations as well as individual homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.
Just Security
March 27, 2018
David D. Kirkpatrick report at the New York Times. Trump's decision to appoint John Bolton as his national security adviser and nominate Mike Pompeo as Secretary of State has prompted fears that the White House will ratchet up its rhetoric on Islam and Muslim immigrants. Nahal Toosi explains atÃâà...
New York Times
March 27, 2018
LONDON — Lawyers for Elliott Broidy, a Republican fund-raiser close to President Trump, on Monday filed a lawsuit accusing the government of Qatar of hacking into his emails and conspiring with Washington lobbyists to besmirch his reputation. The lawsuit is one of the first high-profile attempts to hold aÃâà...
Politico
March 26, 2018
SPEAKING OF BROIDY: Broidy leveraged his connections to the Trump administration to promote his business, according to a report over the weekend from The New York Times' Kenneth P. Vogel and David D. Kirkpatrick. “Mr. Broidy suggested to clients and prospective customers of his Virginia-basedÃâà...
New York Times
March 25, 2018
WASHINGTON — For Elliott Broidy, Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign represented an unparalleled political and business opportunity. An investor and defense contractor, Mr. Broidy became a top fund-raiser for Mr. Trump's campaign when most elite Republican donors were keeping their distance,Ãâà...
New York Times
March 24, 2018
LONDON — Two senior advisers to Prime Minister Theresa May might have conspired to bypass electoral spending laws when they were leading a campaign for Britain to leave the European Union, a former employee of their effort said this week, in an interview and in testimony he gave to the country'sÃâà...
Slate Magazine
March 22, 2018
David D. Kirkpatrick and Mark Mazzetti for the New York Times: “How 2 Gulf Monarchies Sought to Influence the White House”; Zachary Fryer-Biggs for Vox: “Firing Mueller Won't Solve Trump's Legal Problems”; Conor Friedersdorf for the Atlantic: “The Case for Impeaching Trump if He Fires Robert Mueller”
Just Security
March 22, 2018
Nader has been cooperating with Mueller's investigation, which indicates that the special counsel's probe has widened to include the influence of foreign money on the Trump administration, David D. Kirkpatrick and Mark Mazzetti report at the New York Times. Mueller's team have discussed with Trump'sÃâà...
New York Times
March 22, 2018
A cooperating witness in the special counsel investigation worked for more than a year to turn a top Trump fund-raiser into an instrument of influence at the White House for the rulers of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, according to interviews and previously undisclosed documents. Hundreds ofÃâà...
New York Times
March 20, 2018
Seated in an animated command and control room in Riyadh, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia directs an invasion of Iran. In scene after he scene, he orders a succession of superior weapons systems to pulverize the enemy. Finally, his forces corner the trembling figure of Qassem Suleimani, the reveredÃâà...
New York Times
March 6, 2018
WASHINGTON — An adviser to the United Arab Emirates with ties to current and former aides to President Trump is cooperating with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and gave testimony last week to a grand jury, according to two people familiar with the matter. Mr. Mueller appears to be examiningÃâà...
New York Times
March 5, 2018
LONDON — A cyberwar in the Persian Gulf reverberated in the United States this week as a top Republican fund-raiser accused agents for Qatar of hacking into his email to plant damaging articles in the American news media. The fund-raiser, Elliott Broidy, 60, a national deputy finance chairman of theÃâà...
New York Times
January 7, 2018
As President Trump moved last month to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, an Egyptian intelligence officer quietly placed phone calls to the hosts of several influential talk shows in Egypt. “Like all our Arab brothers,” Egypt would denounce the decision in public, the officer, Capt. Ashraf al-KholiÃâà...
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