March 5, 2019
THE TIGHTENING NOOSE:
House panel taps veteran prosecutor to lead Trump probe (Nathan Layne, Mark Hosenball, 3/05/19, Reuters)
The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday it had hired a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan with experience investigating Russian mobsters and white-collar crime to lead its probe into the Trump administration.The hiring of Daniel Goldman is the latest move by the House's new Democratic majority to add legal firepower to an expanding list of investigations into the affairs of Republican President Donald Trump and his associates.
64 Percent Of U.S. Voters Say Trump Committed A Crime, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds (Quinnipiac University Polling, 3/05/19)
President Donald Trump committed crimes before he became president, American voters say 64 - 24 percent in a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.
Republicans say 48 - 33 percent that President Trump did not commit crimes before he was president, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University National Poll finds. Every other listed party, gender, education, age and racial group says by wide margins that Trump committed crimes.
Posted by Orrin Judd at March 5, 2019 4:22 PM