Category: Congress

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Intelligence budget

Black Budget for Military Intelligence Grows for 5th Straight Year

The Pentagon has requested nearly $23 billion for the Military Intelligence Program in fiscal year 2020. Besides the overall spending figure, the rest of the budget is secret. In general, it will support U.S. military intervention in Africa, Middle East, Latin American, and Asia. A 2016 Congressional Research Service report says the MIP represents “defense intelligence activities...

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Trump Twitter

House Intelligence Committee Will Call Trump Moneyman Allen Weisselberg To Testify

Weisselberg received renewed congressional attention after disgraced Trump fixer Michael Cohen on Wednesday repeatedly mentioned the Trump Org CFO as crucial to various aspects of dubiously legal practices by President Donald Trump, from the Stormy Daniels hush-money payments to potential insurance fraud. Source: House Intel Will Call Trump Org Moneyman Allen Weisselberg To Testify

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Julian Assange

Trump Knew About Wikileaks’ Plans in Advance, Cohen Charges

The testimony of Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Trump, is more bad news for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Cohen says Assange shared his plans to publish the Democratic National Committee emails with Roger Stone, political dirty trickster and confidante of Trump, before the document dump occurred. In his prepared testimony for the...