Outside the Beltway

Trump and his underlings continue to lie, even about the most trivial of matters.

President Trump was apparently directly involved in drafting a false statement regarding his son’s meeting with a lawyer tied to the Russian government.

In another major change announced via Twitter, late yesterday President Trump announced he’d hired a new Chief of Staff, but changes at the staff level aren’t going to fix what’s really wrong with the Trump Administration.

President Trump’s weeklong effort to undermine his own Attorney General continues.

Robert Mueller seems to be getting closer to the President, and the Administration is responding by seeking to undermine his investigation.

Twitter users who have been blocked on the service by President Trump are suing him, claiming that their First Amendment rights have been violated.

Twitter is, in some way, the most vacuous and simplistic of all social media, and it also appears to be the President’s main intellectual outlet.

Donald Trump’s Presidency is young, but he’s already on track to become the biggest liar ever to occupy the Oval Office.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a Trump family member in the cross hairs.

Donald Trump thinks the media doesn’t like his Twitter habit. In reality, they love it.

Special Counsel Robert Mueller has expanded his investigation to include the allegation that President Trump may have attempted to obstruct justice

Donald Trump’s first Cabinet Meeting looked like something out of a Maoist propaganda video.

There are reports that the President is considering firing Special Counsel Bob Mueller. Are we headed for another Saturday Night Massacre?

He could provide insight into the relationship between Trump campaign officials and Russian officials and the circumstances behind the firing of former F.B.I. Director James Comey.

President Trump says he’d be willing to testify under oath in response to former F.B.I Director Comey’s accusations. That would be a mistake for several reasons.

James Comey’s testimony today wasn’t the end of the Russia investigation. Indeed, we are only at the beginning of the beginning, and it’s likely to get worse for the President before it gets better.

Based on his just released opening testimony, tomorrow’s testimony by Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is likely to be explosive.

Most Americans believe that President Trump has been actively trying to block the F.B.I.’s Russia investigation

A seemingly ‘safe choice’ for F.B. I. Director.

The Trump Administration will not try to stop former F.B.I. Director James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is now expected to testify before Congress next week, and will reportedly confirm previous reports that the President pressured him to end the Bureau’s Russia investigation.

The Trump White House loses ts first major staffer, and more are likely to come.

The President’s Son-In-Law has reportedly become a ‘focus’ of the ongoing F.B.I. investigation. That puts the President in a very awkward position.

A new poll reports that most Americans don’t believe the President when it comes to key parts of the Russia investigation.

Trump’s decision to retain outside counsel is not surprising. Whether he will listen to Kasowitz any more than he appears to be listening to his White House advisers, of course, is an entirely different question.

Former C.I.A. Director John Brennan testified before a House Committee today, and what he had to say was not good news for the Trump Administration.

Yet another report that the President of the United States sought to undermine an ongoing F.B.I. investigation.

Lt. General Michael Flynn is declining to comply with a Congressional subpoena regarding the Russia investigation, and invoking his rights under the Fifth Amendment.

#RulesMatter

Jeb Bush predicted that Donald Trump would preside over a “chaos Presidency,” and he was right.

Coming to a television set or Internet livestream near you sometime after Memorial Day.

If you have to have an acting attorney general as it relates to one of the biggest issues of the moment, you may have picked the wrong AG.

The Russia investigation seems to be getting closer to the Oval Office.

The evidence that President Trump fired James Comey in an effort to quash the Russia investigation continues to mount.

The Anthony Weiner saga comes to an ignominious end.

For some reason, Joe Lieberman is apparently the front-runner to replace James Comey at the F.B.I.

After news of the appointment of a special counsel in the Russia investigation, Donald Trump’s persecution complex was on full display.

The Trump White House knew Michael Flynn was under investigation and named him National Security Adviser anyway.

In the immortal words of Warren Zevon, “Send lawyers, gun, and money. The shit has hit the fan.”

A Constitutional coup d’etat is not the way to solve the Donald Trump problem.

Even with the revelations of the last three weeks, impeaching the President is still largely a fantasy.

Another day, another allegation against the President. This time, though, it’s very, very serious.

Last week was one of the worst week’s the still-young Trump Administration has faced, and new tracking poll data is starting to reflect that.

Everywhere one turns, it seems, there’s Russia.

If President Trump’s decision to fire James Comey was motivated by an effort to impact the Russia investigation, this week has only served to guarantee it will continue and expand.

Was Jim Comey fired in an effort to impede the Russia investigation? Trump’s own words are making it sound more and more likely.