Aaron Blake

In this July 18, 2016 file photo, then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort walks around the convention floor before the opening session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Manafort was convicted of five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failure to disclose a foreign bank account. Much of his trial was centered around Manafort's work for pro-Russian individuals in the Ukraine.

Aaron Blake: Trump’s Ukraine conspiracy theory — and the Russia-tied criminals on his campaign

November 5, 2019 at 12:32 p.m.

The fact that the two biggest controversies of the Trump presidency have revolved around Russia and Ukraine - two former Soviet republics in a state of perpetual conflict - might...

This GOES-16 satellite image taken Sunday, ...

Blake: Trump’s transparent and petty pre-hurricane politicking

September 4, 2019 at 4:41 p.m.

On the list of President Donald Trump's alleged political sins, wrongly crediting a GOP ally for getting him to declare a prehurricane federal emergency in North Carolina doesn't rank particularly...

President Donald Trump arrives to speak ...

Commentary: Trump claims he doesn’t like the ‘send her back’ chants. He said the same about ‘lock her up’

July 18, 2019 at 1:45 p.m.

After an outcry over the "send her back!" chants directed at Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a Somali American, at his rally Wednesday night - including criticism from some Republicans -...

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Blake: More brutal 2020 poll numbers for Trump

June 12, 2019 at 4:16 p.m.

The New York Times just dropped a brutal story reporting that President Donald Trump is instructing his aides to lie about his poor standing in internal polls. And a new...

In his first appearance on Capitol Hill since taking office, and amid intense speculation over his review of special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report, Attorney General William Barr appears before a House Appropriations subcommittee to make his Justice Department budget request, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Guest Commentary: 3 ways the Mueller report still threatens Trump

April 17, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

It's Mueller Eve, and we're presumably about to learn a bunch of new details about interactions involving President Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, as well as Trump's actions vis-a-vis the...

Rep. Devin Nunes, chair of the House Intelligence Committee, walks through the U.S. Capitol on July 25, 2017. The committee recently released a memo alleging that the Department of Justice and FBI flagrantly abused regulations to spy on the Trump campaign.

Blake: The ridiculousness of Devin Nunes suing Twitter accounts

March 19, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.

There is a Twitter account called "Devin Nunes' cow" that has tweeted nasty things about Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif. Evidently, the account is not actually run by a cow belonging...

Michael Cohen, longtime lawyer for President ...

BuzzFeed鈥檚 Michael Cohen story, if true, looks to be the most damning to date for Trump

January 18, 2019 at 8:23 a.m.

Predicting President Donald Trump's imminent demise has made fools of people since the moment he launched his presidential campaign. But the latest blockbuster story about the Russia investigation is different.

William Barr, shown in 2003, was attorney general under President George H.W. Bush. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Chris Kleponis

Trump鈥檚 new top attorney general pick has downplayed Russia investigation

December 7, 2018 at 10:19 a.m.

President Donald Trump insisted when he made Matthew Whitaker his acting attorney general that he wasn't familiar with Whitaker's past commentary critical of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's probe.

President Donald Trump meets with outgoing ...

Analysis: Something doesn’t smell right about Nikki Haley鈥檚 exit from UN post

October 9, 2018 at 10:46 p.m.

Nikki Haley is resigning as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. And the timing is raising eyebrows.

Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York, speaks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on May 30, 2018.

Rudy Giuliani just obliterated the goalposts on Trump-Russia collusion

July 30, 2018 at 3:07 p.m.

President Donald Trump's defense in the Russia investigation has been a study in goal-post moving -- constantly watering down previous denials and raising the standard for what would constitute actual...

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