Tag: Richard Painter

Donald Trump is one of the few people in the world who can literally send a stock cratering in 280 characters or less. We've...

Donald Trump declared that if he were elected president, he would "drain the swamp" in Washington. But it's been amply established that he's actually...

For most of the last two months, Donald Trump promised to present "awards" for what he considers the most egregious examples of the "fake...

Donald Trump's presidency absolutely, positively jumped the shark on Tuesday, when he gave Roy Moore's Senate campaign a full-throated endorsement even in the face...

For some time, speculation abounded that if Donald Trump won the presidency, the luxury hotel that he opened in the Old Post Office Pavilion--mere...

In today's Republican Party, standing up to Donald Trump has become a hazardous exercise. Anyone who does so risks facing the full wrath of...

As neo-Nazis, so-called "white nationalists," and other assorted racist, xenophobic jerks took part in what they're calling a "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville,...

This week we learned that President Trump and his legal team are already looking into ways they can subvert the ongoing Russia investigation being...

For most of this week, political junkies have been trying to sift through the strongest evidence yet that the Donald Trump campaign colluded with...

Late yesterday, we learned that rumors of collusion between the Donald Trump campaign and Russia literally extended to the Trump family's doorstep. In a...

Wednesday evening, President Trump went to a campaign fundraiser being held at the Trump hotel in Washington, D.C., and former George W. Bush ethics...

There was a lot of concern that Donald Trump might try to use executive privilege to block James Comey from testifying about his firing...

Each day it seems we learn of new and disturbing connections between members of the Trump administration and various figures within the Russian government....

Richard Painter is the former chief ethics attorney for George W. Bush and currently a law professor at the University of Minnesota. On Monday,...

We already knew that Donald Trump had no mandate, and did not deserve a honeymoon. But it turns out that his honeymoon could literally be...

In recent weeks, much of the talk in the political world has centered around the prospect that Donald Trump's myriad foreign business deals could...

We already knew that when Donald Trump renovated the Old Post Office Pavilion in Washington into his newest luxury hotel, it was a yuuuuge...