AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarPonzi Schemes, Private Yachts, and a Missing $250 Million in Crypto: The Strange Tale of Quadrigaverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Nathaniel RichWhen Canadian blockchain whiz Gerald Cotten died unexpectedly last year, hundreds of millions of dollars in investor funds vanished into the crypto ether. But when the banks, the law, and the forces of Reddit tried to track down the cash, it turned out the young mogul may not have been who he …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarLindsey Graham Gives Trump the Biden Investigation He's Been Begging forverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Alison DurkeeA series of impeachment witnesses have all testified that the conspiracy theory is completely false—but Graham didn't bother to tune in. President Donald Trump may not have ultimately been successful in his pressure campaign to get the Ukrainian government to investigate former Vice President Joe …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarFiona Hill Sets Republicans’ Impeachment Defenses On Fireverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Bess LevinThe former National Security Council official eviscerated GOP lawmakers on Thursday. A common thread throughout the impeachment hearings has been Republicans’ attempts to get witnesses to agree with some completely baseless conspiracy theory they think will exonerate Donald Trump. We’re paraphrasing …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarDemocrats Hope to Close the Impeachment Deal at the Thanksgiving Day Tableverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Abigail TracyThe plan is for the public to confer over turkey. Then Congress could, prospectively, impeach the president during the week of December 16. That will leave Mitch McConnell with some thinking to do. But one lawmaker warned on timing, “The wheel is still in spin, nothing is certain yet.” It’s hard to …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarNew Polling Suggests Democrats’ Impeachment Push Could Alienate Key Votersverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Ken SternData exclusive to Vanity Fair shows impeachment could be a losing issue for Democrats hoping to recruit Independents in 2020. “Lots of people who don’t like Trump who are still prepared to vote for him,” says one political science expert. It was a brief, shining moment for congressional Democrats: …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarMark Zuckerberg Had a Secret Dinner With Trump and Peter Thielverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Eric LutzDetails of what the Facebook CEO discussed with the president have not been released. When Mark Zuckerberg traveled to Washington last month to discuss his controversial cryptocurrency with lawmakers, he had another meeting that wasn’t publicly known: a dinner with Donald Trump at the White House. As …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarTrump Loses His Mind as Impeachment Witness Buries Him Aliveverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Bess LevinHolmes can look forward to a day (lifetime?) of presidential verbal abuse. If you feel like you’ve been living a bizarro, Groundhog Day existence for the last week, you’re not alone. Each day, another witness has testified before the House Intelligence Committee as part of the impeachment inquiry …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarTrump Shores Up Republican Support as Impeachment Nightmare Becomes a Realityverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Eric LutzThe president is reaching out to Senate Republicans—including Mitt Romney and Susan Collins—ahead of an increasingly likely impeachment trial. As the walls close in, Donald Trump is working hard to ensure Republicans have his back no matter what, particularly in the Senate, where he’ll almost …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatar“You Don’t Bring Bad News to the Cult Leader”: Inside the Fall of WeWorkverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Gabriel ShermanAdam Neumann reimagined the millennial workplace as a capitalist kibbutz, and so dazzled Wall Street that his company was valued at $47 billion. He spent lavishly, and pressed forward even as “the narrative of the unicorn was ending,” says an executive. Now, after the collapse, he’s said to talk of …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarIn Debate-Night Dogpile, Democrats Take Aim at Tulsi Gabbardverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Alison DurkeeKamala Harris responded that it was “unfortunate” to have a candidate onstage who criticized Obama and “buddied up to Steve Bannon” to get a Trump Tower meeting, and Pete Buttigieg opted for a Bashar al-Assad jab. The November Democratic presidential debate was largely an amiable affair, with …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarLeon Cooperman, Billionaire, Has a Few More Choice Words for Elizabeth Warrenverified_publisherVanity Fair - By William D. CohanThe superrich hedge-funder is still a little emotional over the candidate’s wealth tax and messaging. Some of his Wall Street peers wish he’d shut up. Lee Cooperman is not quite finished yet with Elizabeth Warren. “There’s three questions I’d like to put to her,” he says to me in a call from his …
AvatarVanity FairAvatarAvatarTrump Thinks Wildly Incriminating Testimony Exonerated Himverified_publisherVanity Fair - By Bess LevinThe president has declared the impeachment inquiry “OVER.” Remember when Gordon Sondland delivered devastating testimony to the House Intelligence Committee telling lawmakers that every action he took regarding Ukraine was at the direction of Donald Trump, and that the president and his personal …