by Laura Valkovic | Aug 23, 2018 | Articles, Economic Affairs News
The U.S. has moved to tighten the screws on the Russian economy and international standing with new sanctions taking aim at the country’s petroleum exports. Recently announced State Department sanctions against Russia have come into force in response to the Novichok...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Aug 22, 2018 | Articles, Law
Why is there even a question about President Trump submitting to a Mueller interrogation? Are political calculations controlling here? Legal complications surely disturb and pollute political decisions, and the obverse is definitely true. Reports about some...
by Joe Schaeffer | Aug 21, 2018 | Articles, Politics, Trump Administration
In a much-needed victory for special counsel Robert Mueller, former President Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been found guilty on eight counts in his bank and tax fraud trial. The implications for Mueller’s Russia probe of the Trump administration...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Aug 14, 2018 | Narrated News, Politics
Paul Manafort’s defense team rested its case late morning on August 14, declining to call a single witness or introduce any of its own evidence. The arguments before the first of at least two federal criminal trials for Paul Manafort will conclude August 15 after...
by Laura Valkovic | Aug 12, 2018 | Articles, International
The State Department has imposed sanctions against Russia in a move that surprised many, following President Trump’s seemingly conciliatory meeting with President Putin. While Trump is often criticized for being in the pocket of the Kremlin, these sanctions are yet...