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Even if it was true that the investigators in the Special Counsel's office were as unobjective and anti-Trump as you suggest, the investigators have a burden journalists do not; at least if they want to charge someone with a violation of law. They must make a case sufficient to be accepted by a...

In this Fox News piece, Fox News analyst Howard Kurtz criticizes the slow pace at which Trump and his people release relevant facts. Kurtz cites the book Truth to Tell: Tell It All, Tell It Early, Tell It Yourself and says, "The Trump team might check it out if it wants to stop getting...

It depends on the person, does it not? Senators sometimes become governors, governors sometimes become senators and business people sometimes become both. Whether a person can make the transition from one domain to another depends more on that person's ability to adapt than anything else. That...

If an inexperienced truck driver, new behind the wheel, drives a big rig into a low bridge and thereby causes a HAZMAT spill with a non-placarded truck, should that be dismissed as a lot to do about nothing? The inexperience argument fails because Trump and his associates are in a real...

I have no doubt this happened. All campaigns and political organizations try to control the narrative. While I believe what you cite did indeed happen, I do not think it had an effect beyond the next news cycle or two. Hillary is over. She is yesterday's news. Most of her campaign operatives...

The answer to your question depends on who is being asked. To some, the big deal is the baseless and unfair reporting that is intended to destroy Trump. To others, the big deal is the profound threat to the integrity of our voting process that may exist. To still others, the big deal is morally...

And they do so at their own peril. I am troubled by the polling that shows a long-term decline of American trust in American institutions. People don't trust the government, the press, and a number of other institutions like they did decades ago. This trust has declined over a long period of...

Journalists and the commentators you see in the newspaper columns and TV news are not stupid. They are highly educated, highly intelligent people who, in an industry filled with the same have made it to the top of the game. That said, the anti-Trump journalists and commentators are indeed making...

I think the investigators will follow the facts to wherever they lead, including Hillary's campaign, if they lead in that direction. I believe this because the team is led by a lawman who is widely regarded as a person of integrity. I also believe it because a person who contributes money to a...

It seems most people -- Democrats, Republicans and independents alike -- believe that Trump would be better off if he simply stopped tweeting. He has no doubt been told to do so many times by people on his staff but he persists. I attribute that to his intense narcissism. While it is not...

That is why the investigations are underway, to answer that question.

According to the man (Rosenstein) who appointed the Special Counsel (Mueller), it has not yet been determined if any law has been violated. In the Justice Department news release explaining Rosenstein's decision to appoint a Special Counsel, Rosenstein says, " “My decision is not a finding that...

I hope readers notice that I seldom cite or react to news reports that quote an unnamed source. The Trump Jr. email chain is different because the source is named. It's Trump Jr. himself. The set of facts the Trump Jr. document contains is not fake. It's not from the media. It's not from the...

This is not a speech issue. The violation occurred because Trump Jr et. al. solicited something of value from a foreign national. This is not about what was said. It's about what was sought. That said, the violation itself is a minor administrative matter that, at the very worst, would be...

We each have our own way of looking at it. I have served as treasurer for two state-level political committees and one federal political committee and have been a paid consultant in others. The committee treasurer is the one who signs and submits the campaign finance report and is liable for...

I care little about what the media concludes. They are doing their own thing for their own reasons with the information. While we all rely on news reports to learn of developments, my conclusions and those of the editors are not the same. I do the best I can to separate fact from opinion and I'm...

The bigger picture I had in mind when I said "bigger picture" was the landscape as the investigators view it. I'm not talking about Trump and/or his supporters, or the media or the big public picture. My comment was prompted by something one of the talking heads on one of the cable networks said...

Opposition research work product, whether hired by the campaign or donated to the campaign by the entity in question, is an item of value. If purchased, the campaign treasurer would list it on the campaign finance report as a purchased service. If donated, the treasurer would list it as a...

Based on my reading of previous FEC rulings, I believe otherwise. But, as before when such things come up, I don't want to argue the points here. I'm content to let the experts do their thing and wait for the courts or administrative bodies make their rulings. You may be right about this, and I...

Nothing in the information released to date suggests this is anything more than a civil matter (not a criminal matter). The penalty for violating the election laws in question would be a fine in an amount that is less than pocket change to the Trump campaign and the wealthy people involved...