Author: Freedom Watch

By Lloyd Grove, Diana Falzone The Daily Beast December 22, 2020 She started out as a lowly assistant to Chet Collier, Roger Ailes’ best friend and second-in-command. Longtime Fox News staffers recall that she sat between Collier’s and Ailes’ private offices in the executive suite on the second floor of News Corp’s Manhattan headquarters, frequently fielding Ailes’ incoming phone calls. A quarter-century later, however, Scott and her defenders are keen to argue that she was never a member of the inner circle. Scott herself has denied complicity in, much less knowledge of, the sexual misconduct of the late Fox…

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By Bob Unruh WND December 22, 2020 An actor who pranked former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been ordered to answer questions from Moore’s lawyer in a $95 million defamation case. Larry Klayman told WND he had to argue for even a limited interview with Sacha Baron Cohen, contending the comedian is being protected by the legal system. “This is part and parcel to not just Obama and Clinton judges, but Republican establishment judges, which President Trump has mistakenly appointed,” he said. “We’re confident we will ultimately prevail in this lawsuit.” Continue Reading…..

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Newsom says California stay-at-home order will likely be extended By Amy Graff, SFGATE SFGATE December 21, 2020 The Bay Area’s order is scheduled to expire Jan. 7, and Newsom didn’t specify whether it would be extended, though county health officials have said it’s highly likely. “Based on those current trend lines, we’ll need to extend that stay-at-home order,” said Newsom, who delivered his briefing from his home where he’s under quarantine for 10 days after an employee tested positive. Health and Human Services Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly said the state will make a decision on whether to lengthen…

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Courthouse News December 21, 2020 Over two years after he embarrassed Roy Moore in a prank interview featuring a purported pedophile-detection wand, Sacha Baron Cohen will have to sit for an hour of questioning in the former Alabama judge’s defamation case. Moore seeks $95 million in damages after making an unwitting guest appearance on Cohen’s satirical Showtime series “Who Is America?” Donning one of his trademark disguises in the ambush, Cohen posed as a counterterrorism expert to interview Moore, the former judge who saw his 2017 Senate run derailed by sexual misconduct allegations involving underage girls. Continue Reading…..

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Attorney General Barr says special counsel not needed for Hunter Biden investigation, undercutting Trump CNBC December 21, 2020 Outgoing Attorney General William Barr said Monday that he saw no reason for a special counsel to take over the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden, son of President-elect Joe Biden, undercutting President Donald Trump yet again. Trump has mulled pushing the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel for the probe, which is focused on Hunter Biden’s taxes, and which is currently being handled by the U.S. attorney’s office in Delaware. “To the extent that there’s an investigation, I think…

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Five Duke basketball players likely to bolt after season By Matt Giles Ball Durham December 21, 2020 As of a tweet on Tuesday from the Duke basketball program, freshman combo forward Jalen Johnson is out indefinitely with some sort of foot injury. Other than a report by ESPN during No. 21 Duke’s win at Notre Dame on Wednesday, which noted that the former five-star recruit is in a boot and will receive a reevaluation in 2-3 weeks, there are no hints as to when he will return. Nevertheless, as was the case when the Milwaukee native arrived in…

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