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Trump Asked Intel Chiefs to Refute Russian Collusion

June 22, 2017 at 7:23 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Two of the nation’s top intelligence officials told Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team and Senate investigators, in separate meetings last week, that President Trump suggested they say publicly there was no collusion between his campaign and the Russians,” CNN reports.

“Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and National Security Agency Director Adm. Mike Rogers described their interactions with the President about the Russia investigation as odd and uncomfortable, but said they did not believe the President gave them orders to interfere, according to multiple sources familiar with their accounts.”

Filed Under: 2016 Campaign Tagged With: Dan Coats, Mike Rogers

Trump Considers Rogers for FBI Director

May 11, 2017 at 10:04 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

President Trump is considering Mike Rogers, a former congressman and FBI agent from Michigan, to replace James Comey as FBI director, Bloomberg reports.

Meanwhile, Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) suggested Trump appoint Judge Merrick Garland for the job.

Filed Under: White House Tagged With: Mike Rogers

Rogers Said to Leave Trump Transition Team

November 15, 2016 at 8:04 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-MI) abruptly left President-elect Donald Trump’s transition planning committee at the request of team officials, Bloomberg reports.

Rogers had been tapped to help guide new administration on national security matters.

Filed Under: Trump Transition Tagged With: Mike Rogers


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goddard-bw-snapshotTaegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.

Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.

Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.

Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.

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