Hints and tips:
...Think of Richard Grenell as secretary of state, Jeff Clark as attorney-general and Mike Flynn as secretary of defence. These are the types of thugs who Trump knows will broach no dissent....
...Edward Luce is on book leave and will return in February. Rana Foroohar responds Peter, I have two things to say in response. First, I actually have the opposite hope as you, in terms of politics....
...edward.luce@ft.com...
...Edward Luce writes that the attorney-general Bill Barr is Mr Trump’s political sword....
..., which EastEnders actor discovered that he was directly descended from Edward III? Click here for the answers...
...Mr Staley has already clashed swords with one presumptuous invader, Edward Bramson. Mr Bramson’s efforts to force a sale of the investment bank division were neatly stymied....
...Separately, a retired US judge has been appointed to argue against the justice department’s move to drop the criminal case against Michael Flynn....
...The FT’s Seoul correspondent Edward White gives the inside run on how the South Korean group kept its supply chain running during the crisis. Only in Singapore....
...Mr Flynn last year pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI....
...In his latest Swamp Notes column, Edward Luce asks is America’s rule of law strong enough to withstand these headwinds?...
...Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, has recommended that Michael Flynn be spared prison time after Donald Trump’s former national...
...So far he has selected three generals for senior roles, including Michael Flynn, the loose-lipped former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, as national security adviser....
...Just ask Steve Bannon, Mike Flynn and, before long, retired general Kelly. Just a few weeks before Priebus was ejected, he publicly exulted in the honour of working for Trump....
...It is a matter of time before Michael Flynn, Mr Trump’s first national security adviser, is involved....
...Additional reporting by Michael Hunter, Edward White in Taipei and Eric Platt in New York For market updates and comment follow us on Twitter @FTMarkets...
...(Buzzfeed) Has Flynn flipped?...
...He appeared well aware of the short tenures of his two predecessors: HR McMaster lasted in the job for less than a year; Michael Flynn was out after three weeks....
...I head to Greystones, a coastal town south of Dublin, to meet Gaye Brennan and her husband Gerry Edwards....
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