The Mueller Report and Related Documents
Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election
[Redacted by Attorney General William Barr]
[Volume II begins on page 200]
Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
March 2019
Attorney General's Letter to House and Senate Judiciary Committee
regarding principal conclusions reached by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
March 24, 2019
[
William Barr's 19-page letter to Justice Department officials re: Muellers "Obstruction" Theory
June 8, 2018 ]
Letter from Robert S. Mueller, Special Council, to William P. Barr, Attorney General of the United States
Re: Report of the Special Counsel . . .
March 27, 2019
Letter from White House Lawyer Emmet Flood to William Barr re Mueller Report
April 19, 2019
Special Counsel's Office
U. S. Department of Justice
Litigation Documents Related to
the Mueller Investigation
Lawfare Blog
Unsealed Documents in Special Counsel Mueller's Investigation
Reiss Center on Law and Security at
New York University School of Law
Michael Cohen Congressional Hearing Documents
February 27, 2019
Republicans extend voter suppression
efforts to their own party
cancel primaries in anti-democratic
move to suppress dissent
moves usually used against Democrats
Politico: Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses
as Trump challengers cry foul
September 6, 2019
In response to remarks about a U.S.
Congresswoman,
Republicans at small rally chant
"Send her back!"
"Send her back!"
July 18, 2019
Donald Trump listens to chanting at rally
in Greenville, North Carolina
And now an important message from the Republican Party to Members of Congress critical of the President:
'Go back to where you came from!'
July 14, 2019
20 Investigations into Donald Trump
Washington Post: A guide to 20 inquiries into Donald Trump
May 11, 2019
"President Trump and his allies are working to block more than 20 separate investigations by Democrats into his actions as president, his personal finances and his administration's policies, according to a Washington Post analysis, amounting to what many experts call the most expansive White House obstruction effort in decades.
Trump's noncooperation strategy has shifted from partial resistance to all-out war as he faces mounting inquiries from the Democratic-controlled House - a strategy that many legal and congressional experts fear could undermine the institutional power of Congress for years to come. All told, House Democrats say the Trump administration has failed to respond to or comply with at least 79 requests for documents or other information."
Washington Post: Trump and his allies are blocking more than 20 separate Democratic probes
Washington Post Investigative Report
A conservative activist's behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation's courts
May 21, 2019
"The story of [Leonard] Leo's rise offers an inside look into the modern machinery of political persuasion. It shows how undisclosed interests outside of government are harnessing the nation's nonprofit system to influence judicial appointments that will shape the nation for decades."
Washington Post: A conservative activist's behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation's courts
New York Times Investigation
Decade in the Red: Trump Tax Figures
Show
Over $1 Billion in Business Losses
May 7, 2019
"The numbers show that in 1985, Mr. Trump reported losses of $46.1 million from his core businesses - largely casinos, hotels and retail space in apartment buildings. They continued to lose money every year, totaling $1.17 billion in losses for the decade."
New York Times Investigation: Decade in the Red
Hundreds of Former Federal Prosecutors Say Trump would have been Charged with Obstruction
were he not President
May 6, 2019
"We are [over 500] former federal prosecutors. We served under both Republican and Democratic administrations at different levels of the federal system . . . .
Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report would, in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President, result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice.
The Mueller report describes several acts that satisfy all of the elements for an obstruction charge: conduct that obstructed or attempted to obstruct the truth-finding process, as to which the evidence of corrupt intent and connection to pending proceedings is overwhelming. These include:
- The President's efforts to fire Mueller and to falsify evidence about that effort;
- The President's efforts to limit the scope of Mueller's investigation to exclude his conduct; and
- The President's efforts to prevent witnesses from cooperating with investigators probing him and his campaign."
Statement by Former Federal Prosecutors
Washington Post: Trump would have been charged with obstruction were he not president, hundreds of former federal prosecutors assert
Trump Discussses 'The Russian Hoax' with Putin in One Hour Phone Call
May 3, 2019
"President Trump said on Friday that he discussed the "Russian Hoax" with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, in their first conversation since the release of the special counsel's report, which found that "the Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion." "
New York Times: Trump Says He Discussed the 'Russian Hoax' in Phone Call With Putin
April 16, 2019
"Mulvaney's careful campaign of deconstruction offers a case study in the Trump administration's approach to transforming Washington, one in which strategic neglect and bureaucratic self-sabotage create versions of agencies that seem to run contrary to their basic premises."
New York Times: Mick Mulvaney's Master Class in Destroying a Bureaucracy From Within
Collusion in plain sight
Whose Interests does
Donald Trump Represent?
Trump Withdraws U.S. Forces From Syria,
Declaring 'We Have Won Against ISIS'
December 19, 2018
"President Trump has ordered the withdrawal of 2,000 American troops from Syria, bringing a sudden end to a military campaign that largely vanquished the Islamic State but ceding a strategically vital country to Russia and Iran.
In overruling his generals and civilian advisers, Mr. Trump fulfilled his frequently expressed desire to bring home American forces from a messy foreign entanglement. But his decision, conveyed via Twitter on Wednesday, plunges the administration's Middle East strategy into disarray, rattling allies like Britain and Israel and forsaking Syria's ethnic Kurds, who have been faithful partners in fighting the Islamic State."
New York Times: Trump Withdraws U.S. Forces From Syria
Putin Welcomes Trump's Syria Withdrawal:
'Donald's Right'
December 20, 2018
"Donald's right, and I agree with him," Mr. Putin said.
New York Times: Putin Welcomes Trump's Syria Withdrawal
Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Resigns,
Rebuking Trump's Worldview
December 20, 2018
"Jim Mattis, the four-star Marine general turned defense secretary, resigned on Thursday in protest of President Trump's decision to withdraw 2,000 American troops from Syria, where they have been fighting the Islamic State."
New York Times: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis Resigns
Jim Mattis resignation letter
December 20, 2018
"I believe we must be resolute and unambiguous in our approach to those
countries whose strategic interests are increasingly in tension with ours. It is clear that China
and Russia, for example, want to shape a world consistent with their authoritarian model
gaining veto authority over other nations economic, diplomatic, and security decisions to
promote their own interests at the expense of their neighbors, America and our allies. That is
why we must use all the tools of American power to provide for the common defense.
My views on treating allies with respect and also being clear-eyed about both malign
actors and strategic competitors are strongly held and informed by over four decades of
immersion in these issues. We must do everything possible to advance an international order
that is most conducive to our security, prosperity and values, and we are strengthened in this
effort by the solidarity of our alliances.
Because you have the right to have a Secretary of Defense whose views are better
aligned with yours on these and other subjects, I believe it is right for me to step down from my
position."
Washington Post: Jim Mattis resignation letter
Glee in Russia Over Trump's Foreign Policy Largess
Dec. 21, 2018
"A note of glee crept into Russian commentary and news coverage on Friday about the current turmoil in Washington around national security, with President Vladimir V. Putin seemingly checking off one item after another that he might have written on his wish list for Santa.
First, President Trump blindsided his aides and the rest of the world by deciding to pull the full contingent of some 2,000 American troops out of Syria, helping the Kremlin to confirm Mr. Putin's gamble that intervening in Syria would revive Russian influence in the Middle East.
Mr. Trump followed that up by declaring that the United States would pull half its forces out of Afghanistan; the combined withdrawals prompted the resignation of Jim Mattis, the respected general who leads the Pentagon.
All that followed Mr. Trump's already substantial effort to undermine NATO and the European Union by weakening the American commitment to its traditional alliances.
"Trump is God's gift that keeps on giving,"" said Vladimir Frolov, a Russian columnist and foreign affairs analyst. "Trump implements Russia's negative agenda by default, undermining the U.S.-led world order, U.S. alliances, U.S. credibility as a partner and an ally. All of this on his own. Russia can just relax and watch and root for Trump, which Putin does at every TV appearance." "
New York Times: Glee in Russia Over Trump's Foreign Policy Largess
U. S. envoy to coalition fighting ISIS
resigns in protest of Trump's Syria decision
December 22, 2018
"Brett McGurk, the U.S. envoy to the international coalition fighting the Islamic State, has resigned in protest of President Trump's decision to abruptly withdraw U.S. troops from Syria."
Washington Post: U. S. envoy to coalition fighting ISIS resigns in protest of Trump's Syria decision
Trump forces Mattis out two months early
December 23, 2018
"President Trump, who aides said has been seething about news coverage of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis's pointed resignation letter, abruptly announced Sunday that he was removing Mattis two months before his planned departure and installing Patrick Shanahan as acting defense secretary."
Washington Post: Trump forces Mattis out two months early
Trump didn't know his own anti-ISIS point man
December 24, 2018
" "Brett McGurk, who I do not know, was appointed by President Obama in 2015," Trump said Saturday on Twitter. "Was supposed to leave in February but he just resigned prior to leaving. Grandstander? The Fake News is making such a big deal about this nothing event!"
It is not clear whether Trump meant he never met McGurk or was otherwise unfamiliar with him. McGurk was scheduled to leave in February, making his instant resignation symbolic.
But Trump's assertion raised questions about his awareness of or interest in the intricate policies surrounding one of his cornerstone campaign promises - the defeat of the Islamic State, in which McGurk played a central role in Washington, Baghdad and elsewhere."
Washington Post: Trump didn't know his own anti-ISIS point man
"persistently illegal conduct"
Trump agrees to shut down his charity
amid allegations that he used it
for personal and political benefit
December 18, 2018
"President Trump has agreed to shut down his embattled personal charity and to give away its remaining money amid allegations that he used the foundation for his personal and political benefit, New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood announced Tuesday.
Underwood said that the Donald J. Trump Foundation is dissolving as her office pursues its lawsuit against the charity, Trump and his three eldest children.
The suit, filed in June, alleged "persistently illegal conduct" at the foundation, which Trump began in 1987. Underwood is continuing to seek more than $2.8 million in restitution and has asked a judge to ban the Trumps temporarily from serving on the boards of other New York nonprofit organizations.
Underwood said Tuesday that her investigation found "a shocking pattern of illegality involving the Trump Foundation - including unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more." "
Washington Post: Trump agrees to shut down his charity
Republican gerrymandered state legislature
reacts to Democratic electoral wins in executive branch
Wisconsin governor Scott Walker signs lame-duck legislation curbing his Democratic successor's power
December 14, 2018
"Outgoing Gov. Scott Walker signed lame-duck legislation Friday that will scale back the authority of his Democratic successor - approving the entire legislation after saying he was inclined to veto parts of it.
The move came a day after Walker announced a $28 million incentive package for Kimberly-Clark Corp. using powers the legislation strips from incoming Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. If Walker had signed the legislation earlier, he wouldn't have been able to cut the deal with Kimberly-Clark without permission from lawmakers."
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Scott Walker signs lame-duck legislation
Letter from 44 Former U.S. Senators:
"It is our shared view that we are
entering a dangerous period"
December 10, 2018
Dear Senate colleagues,
As former members of the U.S. Senate, Democrats and Republicans, it is our shared view that we are entering a dangerous period, and we feel an obligation to speak up about serious challenges to the rule of law, the Constitution, our governing institutions and our national security.
. . . .
We are at an inflection point in which the foundational principles of our democracy and our national security interests are at stake, and the rule of law and the ability of our institutions to function freely and independently must be upheld. . . .
Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.), Bill Bradley (D-N.J.), Richard Bryan (D-Nev.), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-Colo.), Max Cleland (D-Ga.), William Cohen (R-Maine), Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), Al D'Amato (R-N.Y.), John C. Danforth (R-Mo.), Tom Daschle (D-S.D.), Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.), Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), David Durenberger (R-Minn.), Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Wyche Fowler (D-Ga.), Bob Graham (D-Fla.), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), Gary Hart (D-Colo.), Bennett Johnston (D-La.), Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Paul Kirk (D-Mass.), Mary Landrieu (D-La.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), Larry Pressler (R-S.D.), David Pryor (D-Ark.), Don Riegle (D-Mich.), Chuck Robb (D-Va.), Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Jim Sasser (D-Tenn.), Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.), Mark Udall (D-Colo.), John W. Warner (R-Va.), Lowell Weicker (I-Conn.), Tim Wirth (D-Colo.)
Washington Post: We are former senators
Whose Interests does
Donald Trump Represent?
CIA: Saudi Crown Prince ordered the assassination of Khashoggi
Donald Trump: "maybe he did and maybe he didn't"
Statement from President Donald J. Trump
on Standing with Saudi Arabia
November 20, 2018
America First!
The world is a very dangerous place! The country of Iran, as an example, is responsible for a bloody proxy war against Saudi Arabia in Yemen, trying to destabilize Iraq's fragile attempt at democracy, supporting the terror group Hezbollah in Lebanon, propping up dictator Bashar Assad in Syria (who has killed millions of his own citizens), and much more. Likewise, the Iranians have killed many Americans and other innocent people throughout the Middle East. Iran states openly, and with great force, "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!" Iran is considered "the world's leading sponsor of terror."
On the other hand, Saudi Arabia would gladly withdraw from Yemen if the Iranians would agree to leave. They would immediately provide desperately needed humanitarian assistance. Additionally, Saudi Arabia has agreed to spend billions of dollars in leading the fight against Radical Islamic Terrorism.
After my heavily negotiated trip to Saudi Arabia last year, the Kingdom agreed to spend and invest $450 billion in the United States. This is a record amount of money. It will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, tremendous economic development, and much additional wealth for the United States. Of the $450 billion, $110 billion will be spent on the purchase of military equipment from Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and many other great U.S. defense contractors. If we foolishly cancel these contracts, Russia and China would be the enormous beneficiaries - and very happy to acquire all of this newfound business. It would be a wonderful gift to them directly from the United States!
The crime against Jamal Khashoggi was a terrible one, and one that our country does not condone. Indeed, we have taken strong action against those already known to have participated in the murder. After great independent research, we now know many details of this horrible crime. We have already sanctioned 17 Saudis known to have been involved in the murder of Mr. Khashoggi, and the disposal of his body.
Representatives of Saudi Arabia say that Jamal Khashoggi was an "enemy of the state" and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, but my decision is in no way based on that - this is an unacceptable and horrible crime. King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman vigorously deny any knowledge of the planning or execution of the murder of Mr. Khashoggi. Our intelligence agencies continue to assess all information, but it could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event - maybe he did and maybe he didn't!
That being said, we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi. In any case, our relationship is with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They have been a great ally in our very important fight against Iran. The United States intends to remain a steadfast partner of Saudi Arabia to ensure the interests of our country, Israel and all other partners in the region. It is our paramount goal to fully eliminate the threat of terrorism throughout the world!
I understand there are members of Congress who, for political or other reasons, would like to go in a different direction - and they are free to do so. I will consider whatever ideas are presented to me, but only if they are consistent with the absolute security and safety of America. After the United States, Saudi Arabia is the largest oil producing nation in the world. They have worked closely with us and have been very responsive to my requests to keeping oil prices at reasonable levels - so important for the world. As President of the United States I intend to ensure that, in a very dangerous world, America is pursuing its national interests and vigorously contesting countries that wish to do us harm. Very simply it is called America First!
White House: Statement from President Donald J. Trump
on Standing with Saudi Arabia
CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi's assassination
November 16, 2018
"The CIA has concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul last month, contradicting the Saudi government's claims that he was not involved in the killing, according to people familiar with the matter."
Washington Post: CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi's assassination
Donald Trump and the Free Press
Trump dumps on reporters following midterm election losses
"I'll tell you what, CNN should be ashamed of itself having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn't be working for CNN."
Trump to CNN Reporter Jim Acosta
"That's such a racist question.
Honestly, I mean, I know you have it written down, and you're going to tell me. Let me tell you: It's a racist question."
Trump to PBS Reporter Yamiche Alcindor
"What a stupid question that is. What a stupid question. But I watch you a lot. You ask a lot of stupid questions."
Trump to CNN Reporter Abby Phillip
"I mean, you talk about somebody that's a loser. She doesn't know what the hell she's doing. She gets publicity, and then she gets a pay raise or she gets a contract, I think it's with CNN. She's very nasty and she shouldn't be."
Trump regarding American Urban Radio Networks Reporter and CNN Contributor April Ryan
Donald Trump on the Stump before Midterms
Donald Trump on the Stump
Mr. Justice Kavanaugh
October 6, 2018
"Earlier generations of American lawyers conceived their highest goal to be the attainment of a wisdom that lies beyond technique - a wisdom about human beings and their tangled affairs that anyone who wished to provide real deliberative counsel must possess. They understood this wisdom to be a trait of character that one acquired only by becoming a person of good judgment, and not just an expert in the law. . . .
I have given this ideal an old-fashioned name to stress its roots in the past and the air of obsolescence that now surrounds it. I call it the ideal of the lawyer-statesman. . . .
A disproportionate number of America's political leaders have always come from the legal profession. If lawyers are especially well equipped to play a leading role in politics, however, it is not because of their technical legal expertise. It is because their training and experience promote the deliberative virtues of the lawyer-statesman ideal. As this ideal fades and these virtues come to seem less important within the profession, they will be less consciously cultivated by lawyers themselves. And as that happens, the ability of lawyers to provide sound political leadership must eventually deteriorate too.
In the future, the legal profession will continue to supply a large percentage of the country's political leaders. But the demise of the lawyer-statesman ideal means that the lawyers who lead the country will on the whole be less qualified to do so than before. They will be less likely to possess the traits of character - the prudence or practical wisdom - that made them good leaders in the past. Like ripples on a pond, the crisis of values that has overtaken the legal profession in the last twenty-five years must thus in time spread through the whole of our political life with destructive implications for lawyers and nonlawyers alike."
The Lost Lawyer
Failing Ideals of the Legal Profession
by Anthony T. Kronman
Dean, Yale Law School (1994 - 2004)
1995, pp. 2 - 4
New York Times Special Investigation
Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes
as He Reaped Riches From His Father
October 2, 2018
"President Trump participated in dubious tax schemes during the 1990s, including instances of outright fraud, that greatly increased the fortune he received from his parents, an investigation by The New York Times has found.
Mr. Trump won the presidency proclaiming himself a self-made billionaire, and he has long insisted that his father, the legendary New York City builder Fred C. Trump, provided almost no financial help.
But The Times's investigation, based on a vast trove of confidential tax returns and financial records, reveals that Mr. Trump received the equivalent today of at least $413 million from his father's real estate empire, starting when he was a toddler and continuing to this day."
New York Times Special Investigation
11 Takeaways From The Times's
Investigation Into Trump's Wealth
- The Trumps' tax maneuvers show a pattern of deception, tax experts say
- Donald Trump began reaping wealth from his father's real estate empire as a toddler
- That 'small loan' of $1 million was actually at least $60.7 million, much of it never repaid
- Fred Trump wove a safety net that rescued his son from one bad bet after another
-The Trumps turned an $11 million loan debt into a legally questionable tax write-off
- Father and son set out to create the myth of a self-made billionaire
- Donald Trump tried to change his ailing father's will, setting off a family reckoning
- The Trumps created a company that siphoned cash from the empire
- The Trump parents dodged hundreds of millions in gift taxes by grossly undervaluing the assets they would pass on
- After Fred Trump's death, his empire's most valuable asset was an I.O.U. from Donald Trump
- Donald Trump got a windfall when the empire was sold. But he may have left money on the table.
11 Takeaways From The Times's Investigation Into Trump's Wealth
Sept. 5, 2018
The writer is a senior official in the Trump administration.
"The Times today is taking the rare step of publishing an anonymous Op-Ed essay. We have done so at the request of the author, a senior official in the Trump administration whose identity is known to us and whose job would be jeopardized by its disclosure. We believe publishing this essay anonymously is the only way to deliver an important perspective to our readers."
I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration
NYT: How the Anonymous Op-Ed Came to Be
Trump the Outsider
Donald Trump campaigned for president as an outsider
The funeral of John McCain showed
just how much of an outsider he really is
While Washington dignitaries, past and present,
from all political views, gathered to celebrate
the American Spirit and an American Hero,
Donald Trump was out playing golf
"For the clusters of onlookers, besuited power players and three former presidents who had all traveled to Washington National Cathedral, the muggy day was a historic opportunity to memorialize the life of Senator John McCain, who was remembered as a deeply patriotic war hero, a former Republican presidential candidate and a scrappy, humanly flawed, ultimately idealistic lawmaker.
For President Trump, it was Saturday."
NYT: Washington Mourned John McCain.
President Trump Played Golf.
September 1, 2018
"In coordination with and at the direction of a candidate for federal office"
Cohen Pleads Guilty, Implicating the President
NYT: Michael Cohen Says He Arranged Payments to Women
at Trump's Direction
Michael Cohen's Plea Agreement
Manafort Found Guilty by Jury
Washington Post: Manafort convicted on 8 counts;
mistrial declared on 10 others
August 21, 2018
August 16, 2018
"A central pillar of President Trump's politics is a sustained assault on the free press. Journalists are not classified as fellow Americans, but rather "the enemy of the people." This relentless assault on the free press has dangerous consequences. We asked editorial boards from around the country - liberal and conservative, large and small - to join us today to address this fundamental threat in their own words."
Boston Globe: Journalists are not the enemy
New York Times: A free press needs you
Obstruction in Plain View
August 1, 2018
Collusion in Plain View
U.S. - Russia Summit
Helsinki, Finland
July 16, 2018
At the summit, a joint press conference between President Trump and President Putin followed a private meeting (which followed by days a NATO Summit meeting) in which a psychologically fragile and naive U.S. President was debriefed in private for over 2 hours by a trained and experienced KGB agent. Officials at the most senior levels of the U.S. government have little to no information about what was discussed at the private meeting.
President Trump and President Putin at the joint press conference
"Well, actually I called him a competitor. And a good competitor he is. And I think the word "competitor" is a compliment.
. . . .
I hold both countries responsible. I think that the United States has been foolish. I think we've all been foolish. We should've had this dialogue a long time ago; a long time, frankly, before I got to office. And I think we're all to blame.
. . . .
But I do feel that we have both made some mistakes. I think that the - the probe [Special Counsel Mueller's Investigation] is a disaster for our country. I think it's kept us apart, it's kept us separated. There was no collusion at all. Everybody knows it. And people are being brought out to the fore. So far that I know, virtually none of it related to the campaign. And they're going to have to try really hard to find somebody that did relate to the campaign. That was a clean campaign. I beat Hillary Clinton easily. And, frankly, we beat her - and I'm not even saying from the standpoint - we won that race.
. . . .
So I have great confidence in my intelligence people, but I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. And what he did is an incredible offer. He offered to have the people working on the case come and work with their investigators with respect to the 12 people. I think that's an incredible offer. O.K.? Thank you."
Joint News Conference by Trump and Putin: Full Video and Transcript
Trump Tower Pyongyang?
June 12, 2018
"President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un state the following:
1. The United States and the DPRK commit to establish new U.S.-DPRK relations in accordance with the desire of the peoples of the two countries for peace and prosperity.
2. The United States and the DPRK will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the Korean Peninsula.
3. Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
4. The United States and the DPRK commit to recovering POW/MIA remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified.""
Joint Statement of President Donald J. Trump of the United States of America and Chairman Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the Singapore Summit
"But that [video shown by Trump to Kim] was a version of what could happen, what could take place. As an example, they have great beaches. You see that whenever they're exploding their cannons into the ocean, right? I said, "Boy, look at the view. Wouldn't that make a great condo behind?" And I explained, I said, "You know, instead of doing that, you could have the best hotels in the world right there." Think of it from a real estate perspective."
President Trump's Press Conference On North Korea Summit, Annotated
Video President Trump shared with Chairman Kim
at the Singapore Summit
North Korean video following the summit
Unprecedented Actions by a U.S. President
U.S. President Refuses to Sign Joint G-7 Statement
Calls Canadian Prime Minister
"very dishonest and weak"
June 9, 2018
"President Trump upended two days of global economic diplomacy late Saturday, refusing to sign a joint statement with America's allies, threatening to escalate his trade war on the country's neighbors and deriding Canada's prime minister as "very dishonest and weak."
In a remarkable pair of acrimony-laced tweets from aboard Air Force One as he flew away from the Group of 7 summit toward a meeting with North Korea's leader, Mr. Trump lashed out at Justin Trudeau. He accused the prime minister, who hosted the seven-nation gathering, of making false statements."
Trump Refuses to Sign G-7 Statement and Calls Trudeau 'Weak'
The G-7 summit, summed up in one photo
U. S. President Increasingly Unstable
April 26, 2018
The President of the United States spent 30 minutes live on the phone with the Fox & Friends tv program on Thursday morning, April 26, 2018, in what has been variously described as a "tirade," or a "rant" or "venting."
Watch the video.
Office of Science and Technology Policy
staff drops from 135 to 45 people
Top positions vacant
In 1976, Congress established the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to provide the President and others within the Executive Office of the President with advice on the scientific, engineering, and technological aspects of the economy, national security, homeland security, health, foreign relations, the environment, and the technological recovery and use of resources, among other topics.
OSTP also leads interagency science and technology policy coordination efforts, assists the Office of Management and Budget with an annual review and analysis of Federal research and development in budgets, and serves as a source of scientific and technological analysis and judgment for the President with respect to major policies, plans, and programs of the Federal Government.
Source:
www.whitehouse.gov/ostp
Since January of 2017, OSTP's staff dropped from 135 to 45 people. As of March, 2018, the OSTP director position remains vacant, the longest vacancy for the position since the office's founding
Director for the Office of Science and Technology Policy: Vacant
Deputy Director for the Office of Science and Technology Policy: Vacant
Associate Director for Technology: Vacant
Principal Assistant Director for Science: Vacant
Assistant Director for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences: Vacant
Associate Director for Science: Vacant
Chief Technology Officer of the United States: Vacant
Deputy Chief Technology Officer: Michael Kratsios
Associate Director for National Security & International Affairs: Vacant
Associate Director for Energy & Environment: Vacant
Source:
Wikipedia - Office of Science and Technology Policy
The Nunes Memo
President of the United States and Republican
Party & Friends Continue Campaign to Discredit
Fundamental American Values and Institutions
"Hannity: Mueller Probe Was Based on a
House of Cards That's Now Crashing Down"
February 2, 2018
"The Republican FISA surveillance memo reveals the biggest case of abuse of power in U.S. history, Sean Hannity said in his opening monologue tonight . . . .
"That type of abuse of power, that type of corruption, that shredding of the Constitution, it is unprecedented in American history," Hannity said.
He said that Mueller's investigation has been a witch hunt from the beginning, and it was built on a house of cards that is now crashing down.
"If we care about the Constitution, if we believe in civil liberties, if we believe in those protections, then the special counsel must be disbanded immediately."
Watch Hannity's powerful monologue above."
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"I think it's a disgrace what's happening in our country. A lot of people should be ashamed of themselves, and much worse than that."
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The President of the United States
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The text of the Republican memo and related House documents.
"The [House Intelligence] Committee has discovered serious violations of the public trust, and the American people have a right to know . . . ."
FISA Memo: Charge and Response
House Intelligence Committee Minority Response to Release of Chairman Nunes' Misleading Memo
"Chairman Nunes' decision, . . . to publicly release misleading allegations against the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation is a shameful effort to discredit these institutions, undermine the Special Counsel's ongoing investigation, and undercut congressional probes."
The text of the Democratic memo and related House documents.
Fact Sheet on Democratic Memo
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"That's it?" --
James Comey (@Comey) February 2, 2018
A "manufactur[ed] partisan sideshow." --
Senator John McCain
"Fake News Awards"
President of the United States and Republican
Party Continue Campaign to Discredit
Fundamental American Values and Institutions
January 17, 2018
"2017 was a year of unrelenting bias, unfair news coverage, and even downright fake news. Studies have shown that over 90% of the media's coverage of President Trump is negative."
Paid for by the Republican National Committee.
The President un-Promptered
"Why are we having all these people from
shithole countries come here?"
January 11, 2018
Trump derides protections for immigrants from 'shithole' countries
Presidential Rhetoric
President of the United States
proclaims himself "a very stable genius"
Presidential reaction (via Twitter) to news reports quoting passages from the book "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House"
by Michael Wolff
Now that Russian collusion, after one year of intense study, has proven to be a total hoax on the American public, the Democrats and their lapdogs, the Fake News Mainstream Media, are taking out the old Ronald Reagan playbook and screaming mental stability and intelligence.....
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018
....Actually, throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. Crooked Hillary Clinton also played these cards very hard and, as everyone knows, went down in flames. I went from VERY successful businessman, to top T.V. Star.....
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018
....to President of the United States (on my first try). I think that would qualify as not smart, but genius....and a very stable genius at that!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018
Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book. He used Sloppy Steve Bannon, who cried when he got fired and begged for his job. Now Sloppy Steve has been dumped like a dog by almost everyone. Too bad!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 6, 2018
The President un-Promptered
U.S. President asserts an "absolute right"
in interview with New York Times
December 28, 2017
U.S. President apparently unfamiliar with difference between an American President and a King
U.S. President ignorant of fundamental
American values and institutions
"What I've done is, I have absolute right to do what I want to do with the Justice Department. But for purposes of hopefully thinking I'm going to be treated fairly, I've stayed uninvolved with this particular matter . . . .
I know the details of taxes better than anybody. Better than the greatest C.P.A. I know the details of health care better than most, better than most . . . .
. . . . there is absolutely no collusion,
that's been proven by every Democrat is saying it . . . .
There is no collusion . . . .
So, I think it's been proven that there is no collusion . . . .
I can only tell you that there is absolutely no collusion. Everybody knows it . . . ."
Transcript of excerpts from interview
Trump Says Russia Inquiry Makes U.S. 'Look Very Bad'
NYT Reporter on his Golf Club Interview with President Trump
10 Falsehoods From Trump's Interview With The Times
In a 30-minute interview, President Trump made 24 false or misleading claims
Time at Mar-a-Lago is a respite for Trump -
and a headache for his staff
White House self-assesments of
president's first year in office
President Donald J. Trump:
Year One of Making America Great Again
Issued on: December 22, 2017
Background Press Briefing on Year-End Accomplishments
Issued on: December 21, 2017
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders
Issued on: December 19, 2017
2017 Republican Christmas Tree Bill
Trust me: President signs bill to cut taxes
but refuses to release his tax returns
December 22, 2017
"That makes me smart":
The president's view of not paying taxes
[from September, 2016 presidential debate]
Leader McConnell again ignores Regular Order - hearings, expert testimony, public discussion - to rush through most extensive tax legislation in 31 years
Significant budget cuts planned next year to
make up for trillion dollar increase in deficit
caused by new tax law
H.R.1 - An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, House and Senate Conference Committee, Policy Highlights
Source:
Incomes Grew After Past Tax Cuts, but Guess Whose
Source: Tax Policy Center - Urban Institute & Brookings Institution,
Distributional Analysis of the Conference Agreement for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, December 18, 2017
Textbook Case of 'Regulatory Capture'
FCC repeals 'net neutrality' rules for Internet
American Oligarchs Given Control over Internet,
Central U.S. Telecommunications Infrastructure
FCC Press Release
December 14, 2017
FCC Releases 'Restoring Internet Freedom' Order
January 4, 2018
-- More to follow --
Washington Post Report
"Doubting the intelligence, Trump pursues Putin and leaves a Russian threat unchecked"
Dec. 14, 2017
"Nearly a year into his presidency, Trump continues to reject the evidence that Russia waged an assault on a pillar of American democracy and supported his run for the White House.
The result is without obvious parallel in U.S. history, a situation in which the personal insecurities of the president - and his refusal to accept what even many in his administration regard as objective reality - have impaired the government's response to a national security threat. The repercussions radiate across the government.
Rather than search for ways to deter Kremlin attacks or safeguard U.S. elections, Trump has waged his own campaign to discredit the case that Russia poses any threat and he has resisted or attempted to roll back efforts to hold Moscow to account."
Complete report
2017 Midnight Tax Bill
Mitch McConnell, Regular Order,
the Rules of Law and Public Opinion
Senate Leader Mitch McConnell disregards regular order,
the rules of law and public opinion by orchestrating the passage
of a (partially penciled-in) tax bill in the U.S. Senate
after midnight on December 2, 2017.
"Regular order within the context of the United States Congress refers to the semi-strict or strict application of committee and subcommittee processes, including public hearing opportunities and the holding of multiple votes. Said processes are designed to promote consensus-based forms of decision making, particularly in terms of fostering accommodations for minority viewpoints. In the context of the broader history of the U.S. Congress, regular order is closely associated with bipartisanship."
Regular Order - Wikipedia
Page 257 from the Midnight Tax Bill
Complete text of bill
The President of the United States Retweets
Anti-Muslim Videos
WASHINGTON - November 29, 2017 - President Donald Trump retweeted inflammatory videos from a fringe British political group Wednesday that purported to show violence being committed by Muslims, drawing quick condemnation from civil rights groups as well as a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May.
Trump retweeted videos from Jayda Fransen, deputy leader of Britain First, a far-right British group whose profile was elevated by Trump's attention.
Washington Post: Trump's Muslim retweets draw fire from US and abroad
The videos (from top) are titled:
- Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof and beats him to death!
- Muslim destroys a statue of Virgin Mary!
- Muslim migrant beats up Dutch boy on crutches!
Alabama Campaign Rally for Senate Candidate Strange
President of the United States Disparages
Americans
for Expressing their Views
President Displays Disregard of
Bedrock American Value of Free Speech
President Adopts Authoritarian Stance,
Ignores U. S. Constitution
Congress Fails to Address President's Actions
September 22, 2017
"Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, 'Get that son of a bitch off the
field right now. Out. He's fired. He's fired!'"
Source: Trump vents frustrations in rambling speech
Video of president's speech
President Follows Up Speech with Tweets
Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating,
therefore invitation is withdrawn!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump [Twitter]) Sept. 23, 2017
Roger Goodell of NFL just put out a statement trying to justify the total disrespect certain players show to our country. Tell them to stand!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump [Twitter]) Sept. 23, 2017
If NFL fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our Flag & Country, you will see change take place fast. Fire or suspend!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump [Twitter]) September 24, 2017
NFL Teams Respond to the President
Sunday, September 24, 2017
An "America First" Infrastructure Project
Kabul Security Zone to be Significantly Expanded
Expansion Signals Expectation of Long Term
Future American Presence in Afghanistan
Source:
U.S. Expands Kabul Security Zone
See also:
The Vietnam War, a 10-part PBS film.
President of the United States Uses Pardon
to Effectively Nullify Federal Court Ruling
Former Arizona Sheriff Arpaio
Pardoned 25 Days
After Finding of Criminal Contempt
President Intervenes in Judicial Process
to Protect Longtime Political Ally
Congress Fails to Address Issue of
Presidential Abuse of Power
Sheriff Arpaio with candidate Trump in Iowa, 2016
United States of America, Plaintiff,
v.
Joseph M. Arpaio, Defendant.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
No. CR-16-01012-001-PHX-SRB
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
This case arose from a finding of civil contempt by Judge G. Murray Snow in the
Melendres v. Arpaio, 2:07-cv-02513-GMS case ("Melendres").
. . .
CONCLUSION
The evidence at trial proves beyond a reasonable doubt and the Court finds that
Judge Snow issued a clear and definite order enjoining Defendant from detaining persons for further investigation without reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or is being committed; that Defendant knew of the order; and that Defendant willfully violated the order by failing to do anything to ensure his subordinates' compliance and by directing them to continue to detain persons for whom no criminal charges could be filed. Because the Court finds that Defendant willfully violated an order of the court, it finds Defendant guilty of criminal contempt.
IT IS ORDERED finding Defendant guilty of criminal contempt.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED setting Sentencing for October 5, 2017 at 10:00
a.m.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED directing the Probation Department to prepare a presentence investigation report.
Dated this 31st day of July, 2017.
/s/ Susan R. Bolton
United States District Judge
US v. Arpaio
Executive Grant of Clemency to Arpaio, August 25, 2017
United States Investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office, December 15, 2011
MCSO discriminates against Latinos by engaging in police practices that violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 14141, Title VI, and the Department's Title VI implementing regulations. Investigation, page 4
"How good is Hannity!"
The President of the United States
Addresses the American People on the Free Press
Phoenix, Arizona, August 22, 2017
". . . But the very dishonest media, those people right up there with all the cameras.
[crowd booing]
So the -- and I mean truly dishonest people in the media and the fake media, they make up stories. They have no sources in many cases. They say "a source says" -- there is no such thing. But they don't report the facts. Just like they don't want to report that I spoke out forcefully against hatred, bigotry and violence and strongly condemned the neo-Nazis, the White Supremacists, and the KKK.
. . . .
And then I went on, this is my first statement, and they said, remember they said, well, he wasn't specific enough. Why wasn't he more specific?
So in my second statement, I got really specific, and they said, why didn't he do it faster? The -- I'm telling you folks, look, look, I know these people probably better than anybody.
And a lot of people have a problem with it, because look, what happens with them, if they're doing a story about me, I know if it's honest or false.
If you're reading a story about somebody, you don't know. You assume it's honest, because it's like the failing New York Times, which is like so bad. It's so bad.
[crowd booing]
Or the Washington Post, which call a lobbying tool for Amazon, OK, that's a lobbying tool for Amazon.
Or CNN, which is so bad and so pathetic, and their ratings are going down.
[crowd booing]
Right?
[crowd: CNN sucks! CNN sucks! CNN sucks!]
. . . .
You're taxpaying Americans who love our nation, obey our laws, and care for our people. It's time to expose the crooked media deceptions, and to challenge the media for their role in fomenting divisions.
[crowd applause]
And yes, by the way -- and yes, by the way, they are trying to take away our history and our heritage. You see that.
[crowd booing]
And -- and I say it, and you know, we're all pros. We're all, like, we have a certain sense. We're smart people. These are truly dishonest people. And not all of them. Not all of them. You have some very good reporters. You have some very fair journalists. But for the most part, honestly, these are really, really dishonest people, and they're bad people. And I really think they don't like our country. I really believe that. And I don't believe they're going to change, and that's why I do this. If they would change, I would never say it.
The only people giving a platform to these hate groups is the media itself, and the fake news.
. . . .
The Washington Post is terrible. But these are dishonest -- but let me tell you, you have some great, honest papers. You have some great networks. I must tell you, Fox has treated me fairly. Fox treated me fairly.
[crowd applause]
. . . .
And Hannity? How good is Hannity (inaudible)! How good is Hannity!
[crowd applause]
And he's a great guy, and he's an honest guy. And "Fox and Friends in the Morning" is the best show, and it's the absolute, most honest show, and it's the show I watch. . . ."
Complete transcript of president's remarks
Charlottesville
August 11 - 12, 2017
Reactions to Trump press conference, August 15, 2017.
President's Trump Tower press conference, August 15, 2017
"What about the alt-left that came charging at - Excuse me What about the alt-left that came charging at the, as you say, the alt-right? Do they have any semblance of guilt? Let me ask you this: What about the fact that they came charging, that they came charging with clubs in their hands swinging clubs? Do they have any problem? I think they do. So, you know, as far as I'm concerned, that was a horrible, horrible day.
Wait a minute. I'm not finished. I'm not finished, fake news. That was a horrible day.
I will tell you something. I watched those very closely, much more closely than you people watched it. And you had a group on one side that was bad and you had a group on the other side that was also very violent. And nobody wants to say that. But I'll say it right now.
You had a group on the other side that came charging in without a permit and they were very, very violent.
. . . .
So - excuse me - and you take a look at some of the groups and you see and you would know it if you were honest reporters, which in many cases, you are not. But, many of those people were there to protest the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee. So this week, it is Robert E. Lee. I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder, is it George Washington next week? And is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?
. . . .
I am not putting anybody on a moral plane. What I'm saying is this: You had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and horrible. And it was a horrible thing to watch. But there is another side. There was a group on this side, you can call them the left. You have just called them the left, that came violently attacking the other group. So you can say what you want, but that's the way it is.
. . . .
Well I do think there's blame. Yes, I think there is blame on both sides. You look at both sides. I think there is blame on both sides. And I have no doubt about it. And you don't have doubt about it either. And if you reported it accurately, you would say.
Excuse me. They didn't put themselves down as neo-Nazis. And you had some very bad people in that group. But you also had people that were very fine people on both sides.
You had people in that group - excuse me, excuse me - I saw the same pictures as you did. You had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down, of to them, a very, very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name."
Complete transcript and video of press conference
Credit Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
New Nazis parading in Charlottesville, August 12, 2017
More Photos of Events in Charlottesville
More Photos of Events in Charlottesville
Opposition Research
Russia conducts research on the Trumps
"But everything we know about the meeting - from whom it involved to how it was set up to how it unfolded - is in line with what intelligence analysts would expect an overture in a Russian influence operation to look like. It bears all the hallmarks of a professionally planned, carefully orchestrated intelligence soft pitch designed to gauge receptivity, while leaving room for plausible deniability in case the approach is rejected. And the Trump campaign's willingness to take the meeting - and, more important, its failure to report the episode to U.S. authorities - may have been exactly the green light Russia was looking for to launch a more aggressive phase of intervention in the U.S. election."
Trump Jr.'s Russia meeting sure sounds like
a Russian intelligence operation
The President of the United States
Defends the Dignity of the Presidency
@realDonaldTrump on Twitter, July 2, 2017
FBI Director Firing
FBI DIRECTOR FIRED FOLLOWING
REQUEST FOR MORE RESOURCES
FOR RUSSIA INVESTIGATION
Will the American People Accept a President who Governs the Country as if it were his Private Company?
"The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax,
when will this taxpayer funded charade end?"
@realDonaldTrump on Twitter, May 8, 2017
"You are hereby terminated
and removed from office, effective immediately"
Letter from the President to the FBI Director
May 9, 2017
"I must recommend that you remove [the FBI] Director"
Letter to the President from the Attorney General, who had previously recused himself from any role in the Russia-Trump collusion investigation
May 9, 2017
Healthcare
THE ONLY ADVANCED ECONOMY THAT
DOESN'T PROVIDE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE
House Republicans Pass Health Cut Bill
After the vote, the President and House republicans
congratulate themselves
in the White House Rose Garden
May 4, 2017
The bill proposes to cut taxes of higher income Americans
and cut health care for lower income Americans
"This is a great plan"
@realDonaldTrump on Twitter, May 4, 2017
House Republican Health Care Act Page
Politico's Critique of Republican Health Care Act
Congressional Budget Office Report
May 24, 2017
"CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the American Health Care Act would reduce federal deficits by $119 billion over the coming decade and increase the number of people who are uninsured by 23 million in 2026 relative to current law."
Taxes
THE PRESIDENT'S TAX JOTTINGS
President Releases One Page of Tax Notes
No Details
President's One-pager
April 26, 2017
President Trump Proposed a Massive Tax Cut.
Here's What You Need to Know
by Gary Cohn, April 26, 2017
Transcript of Briefing with Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Director Gary Cohn
April 26, 2017
Gary Cohn is the Director of the National Economic Council and former President of Goldman Sachs.
Steve Mnuchin is the Secretary of the Treasury, and former Executive Vice President at Goldman Sachs.
Private Prisons
U.S. HAS HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE IN THE WORLD
Inmate Shortage
Administration Takes Steps to Maintain Highest
Incarceration Rate and Alleviate Inmate Shortage
Obama Administration Reduces Use of Private Prisons
Reducing our Use of Private Prisons
August 16, 2016
Trump Administration Restores Private Prisons
Rescission of Memorandum on Use of Private Prisons
February 21, 2017
and Restores Mandatory Minimum Sentences
Department Charging and Sentencing Policy
May 10, 2017
The Budget
THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA:
DUMBING DOWN THE COUNTRY,
DECONSTRUCTING THE AMERICAN EXPERIMENT,
DISMANTLING THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER,
DENYING ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
2018 US Budget Blueprint
Focuses on Fear and Force
Massive Cuts Proposed to Science, Technology,
Medicine, Arts, Domestic & Foreign Aid, Diplomacy
"The Earth is Flat" Budget
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals so that security and liberty may prosper together."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Farewell Adress, January 17, 1961
Part 1
White House Text of Budget Blueprint
March 15, 2017
New York Times Analysis of 2018 Budget Blueprint
Washington Post Analysis of 2018 Budget Blueprint
Presidential Executive Order on a Comprehensive Plan
for Reorganizing the Executive Branch
March 13, 2017
Press Briefing by OMB Director Mick Mulvaney
Previewing the President's FY18 Budget
March 15, 2017
From the president's message to congress on the proposed budget:
"My Budget Blueprint for 2018:
- provides for one of the largest increases in defense spending without increasing the debt;
- significantly increases the budget for immigration enforcement at the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security;
- includes additional resources for a wall on the southern border with Mexico, immigration judges, expanded detention capacity, U.S. Attorneys, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Border Patrol;
- increases funding to address violent crime and reduces opioid abuse; and
- puts America first by keeping more of America's hard-earned tax dollars here at home.
The core of my first Budget Blueprint is the rebuilding of our Nation's military without adding to our Federal deficit. There is a $54 billion increase in defense spending in 2018 that is offset by targeted reductions elsewhere. This defense funding is vital to rebuilding and preparing our Armed Forces for the future." (Budget Blueprint, p. 1)
Part 2
White House Text of President's Budget FY 2018
May 23, 2017
White House Text of Major Savings and Reforms
May 23, 2017
Major Discretionary Eliminations
(from Major Savings and Reforms doc)
May 23, 2017
Mandatory Savings Proposals
(from Major Savings and Reforms doc)
May 23, 2017
New York Times Analysis of President's Budget FY 2018
May 23, 2017
