Author: Freedom Watch
Spreaker December 1, 2021 Click to View Podcast
(Palm Beach, Florida, November 30, 2021). Today, Larry Klayman and Freedom Watch, Inc. filed an antitrust complaint against the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, commonly known as OPEC. See Freedom Watch v. OPEC, C.A. 9:21-cv-82145 (S.D. Fl. 2021). The complaint is embedded below. Klayman, who as a young lawyer was on the trial team of the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice that broke up the AT&T monopoly during the Reagan administration, later founded Judicial Watch, and is now the chairman and general counsel of Freedom Watch, had this to say upon the filing of this important…
‘QAnon Shaman’ from Capitol riot likely to appeal sentence this week NBC News November 30, 2021 The man known as the “QAnon Shaman” said he has hired two new lawyers, indicating he is likely to appeal his sentence this week for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The man, Jacob Chansley, who wore face paint and horns during the riot, said at a brief hearing Monday that he intended to hire the attorneys and confirmed that he had fired his previous defense counsel, Albert Watkins. Chansley was sentenced this month to 41 months in prison after…
Spreaker November 30, 2021 Click to View Podcast
Duke University pro-Israel group denied recognition by student government, admin overrules By Adam Sabes Fox News November 29, 2021 The Duke University administration will provide support to a pro-Israel student organization originally denied official recognition by the student government. In a statement released by Duke University President Vincent E. Price and Provost Sally Kornbluth Nov. 24, the two said the university has found ways for the group to receive financial and program support without formal recognition by the student government. “The university has identified options for SSI to secure financial and programmatic support,” the statement says, referring to…
Judge lets actor charged in Jan. 6 riot head home despite ‘gobbledygook’ at hearing By Josh Gerstein POLITICO November 29, 2021 A judge is allowing a Broadway actor arrested for his alleged walk-on role in the Capitol riot to remain free on pretrial release, despite his bizarre claims to be beyond the jurisdiction of the court. At a contentious hearing held via videoconference Monday, James Beeks — a Michael Jackson impersonator who starred as Judas in a traveling “Jesus Christ Superstar” company until his arrest last week — narrowly escaped being jailed after a tense exchange with Chief…
Arizona university students demand administration to ‘withdraw’ Kyle Rittenhouse: ‘killer off our campus’ By Adam Sabes Fox News November 29, 2021 Several left-leaning student organizations at Arizona State University are demanding that their administration “withdraw” Kyle Rittenhouse from the university. The Arizona State University Students for Socialism, Students for Justice in Palestine, Multicultural Solidarity Coalition, and MECHA de ASU are all calling on the Arizona State University administration to take action against Rittenhouse by withdrawing him from the university and releasing a statement against him. The four groups are calling him “Murderer Kyle Rittenhouse.” Continue Reading…..
Spreaker November 29, 2021 Click to View Podcast
Potential Biden Supreme Court pick joins fray over Trump Jan. 6 subpoena By John Kruzel TheHill November 28, 2021 Ketanji Brown Jackson, seen by Democrats as a top contender for a future Supreme Court vacancy, is one of three judges assigned the weighty task of reviewing former President Trump’s bid to block a congressional subpoena for records related to the Jan. 6 attack. For Jackson, who has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit for just six months, her vote in the potentially landmark constitutional case would likely figure as the most distinguishing feature…
Why federal judges with life tenure don’t need to fear political attacks from Trump or anyone else By Amy Steigerwalt The Conversation November 28, 2021 If President Trump’s attacks on the justice system are meant to intimidate, there’s one class of employees in the U.S. justice system who are immune to them: federal judges, who have lifetime tenure. We asked political science professor Amy Steigerwalt to explain the history and logic behind the lifetime appointment of federal judges. “I thought the whole prosecution was ridiculous,” said Trump of Stone’s prosecution. “I thought it was an insult to our…