The State Department announced plans to pay Tesla $400 million for unspecified services, coming weeks after Trump systematically fired federal officials investigating Elon Musk’s companies. The payment followed the removal of FDA staffers reviewing Neuralink, EEOC leaders investigating Tesla …
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State Department procurement documents showed plans for a 400 million purchase of armored Tesla vehicles, dramatically expanding a smaller Biden-era EV plan. After media scrutiny, the State Department removed Tesla from documents and claimed the purchase was on hold with no plans to proceed.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on September 13, 2024 that the State Department was revealing declassified U.S. intelligence findings showing RT (Russia Today) has evolved into a full-scale Russian intelligence operation. The key revelation was that in Spring 2023, the Russian government …
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a speech to the Republican National Convention from a hotel rooftop in Jerusalem during an official diplomatic trip to the Middle East, becoming the first sitting Secretary of State to address a party convention in modern history. The U.S. Office of Special …
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President Trump fired State Department Inspector General Steve Linick on May 15, 2020, amid an ongoing investigation into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The dismissal was part of a broader pattern of removing government watchdogs, with House Democrats suggesting the firing was an act of …
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EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland delivered blockbuster testimony on November 20, 2019, explicitly confirming the quid pro quo at the heart of Trump’s first impeachment and implicating the highest levels of the administration. In opening remarks that devastated Trump’s defense, Sondland …
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch delivered powerful public testimony on November 15, 2019, describing a systematic smear campaign orchestrated by Rudy Giuliani and corrupt Ukrainian prosecutors to remove her from her post because she refused to assist with investigations targeting …
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Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William “Bill” Taylor delivered devastating closed-door testimony to House impeachment investigators on October 22, 2019, providing a detailed timeline of how President Trump conditioned military aid and a White House meeting on Ukraine announcing …
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The Trump administration blocked EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland from testifying before House impeachment investigators just hours before his scheduled deposition on October 8, 2019, inaugurating a pattern of complete non-cooperation with Congress that would form the basis for the obstruction of …
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The systematic distribution of backdoored PROMIS software through Robert Maxwell and other intermediaries created an unprecedented global surveillance network. Intelligence agencies in multiple countries, including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Guatemala, Colombia, Nicaragua, Bulgaria, Egypt, East …
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