On 12/2016 just before election day, @realdonaldtrump shouted his so-called hits to an adoring Pennsylvania audience, slamming Hillary Clinton, the stupid establishment lawmakers, and the fake news media. He launched into one of the most defining refrains of his campaign... Special interests, Wall Street, career politicians, stating the system is rigged, and he once again repeated, believe me, we’re going to beat the system by draining the DC Swamp https://youtu.be/vJHeoyFDMUc
Why is it that two years later, POTUS keeps filling and swimming inside that same swamp? So much so, that his conservative supporters and now Fox News have called him out.
Cavuto to Trump: How Can You Drain The Swamp If You're The One Muddying The Waters? https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/05/03/cavuto_to_trump_how_…
Why did several companies admit paying @realdonaldtrump longtime lawyer Michael Cohen for insights and unspecified consulting services? Are We The People to believe that POTUS longtime personal attorney was paid millions of dollars in fees by corporate clients, but never discussed those clients with the president?
Inside a Russian company's election meddling https://www.usatoday.com/explainer/russian-facebook-meddling/116/
Giuliani: Cohen never talked to Trump about any of those companies paying him all that money. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-giuliani-cohen-corporate-cli…
The Trump family refuses to separate themselves from their own business interests. "That’s not lost on the companies that do business in or with Washington. They know that in Trump’s swamp, you pay to play," writes @TimOBrien https://bloom.bg/2rCtqrP
Sarah Sanders: Corporate payments to Trump lawyer prove Trump is "draining the swamp" http://hill.cm/XNRxXVP
FBI warned that billionaire involved in Cohen payment was linked to Russian spies http://hill.cm/kQXCGmc
Unpacking a strange, violent connection between Trump and Putin https://rol.st/2rCRAT9
We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians. Their dominant strategy: Sowing racial discord https://usat.ly/2rAW4tm
Who paid Michael Cohen all that money — and for what? Sleaze, scandal creeps closer to Trump
Selling access to the president, paying off ex-girlfriends and covering up scandal may be the tip of the iceberg
https://www.salon.com/2018/05/10/who-paid-michael-cohen-all-that-money-…
How many puppets does The Whitehouse have in Congress? Suspicions, Demands, and Threats: Devin Nunes vs. the Justice Dept. https://nyti.ms/2KWvPGT
Senate Intel Committee invites Comey to secret hearing as part of Trump-Russia probe http://hill.cm/57lNZsF
The nuclear agreement with Iran isn't the only deal Trump may have unraveled https://bloom.bg/2KT7fqa
Shafer: Swamp Diary -> Week 51: Avenatti strips Cohen to his bare essentials https://politi.co/2KXVQ8C