Author: Freedom Watch
By Katelyn Polantz CNN June 20, 2019 Washington (CNN)Federal prosecutors in a new court filing Thursday allege that longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone has violated his gag order in his criminal case with recent social media posts. “In the past several days, Stone posted statements on social media about this case and the special counsel’s investigation and appears to have specifically targeted those posts at major media outlets,” prosecutors said in a court filing Thursday. “On or about June 18 and 19, 2019, the defendant posted to Instagram and Facebook, commenting about this case and inviting news organizations…
Hicks told House panel Trump is serious about foreign help in elections By Reuters Editorial Reuters June 20, 2019 Hope Hicks, once a close aide to President Donald Trump, told the House Judiciary Committee that Trump was serious in saying there was nothing wrong in accepting derogatory information about political opponents from a foreign government, panel Chairman Jerrold Nadler said on Thursday. “Ms. Hicks made clear that she understood the president to be serious when he said that he would accept foreign interference in our elections,” Nadler said in a statement for a hearing on former Special Counsel…
Iran Shoots Down a U.S. Drone, Escalating Tensions By Daniel Victor and David D. Kirkpatrick New York Times June 20, 2019 Iran shot down a United States surveillance drone early Thursday, both nations said, but they differed on the crucial issue of whether the aircraft had violated Iranian airspace, in the latest escalation in tensions that have raised fears of war between the two countries. Iranian officials said that the drone was over Iran, which the American military denied — an important distinction in determining who was at fault — and each side accused the other of being…
‘It’s a farce’: Dems livid as Hope Hicks dodges questions By Kyle Cheney, Andrew Desiderio POLITICO June 20, 2019 House Democrats erupted Wednesday at the White House’s repeated interference in their nearly eight-hour interview with Hope Hicks, a longtime confidante of President Donald Trump who was a central witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s obstruction of justice investigation. Several House Judiciary Committee members exiting the closed-door interview said a White House lawyer present for her testimony repeatedly claimed Hicks had blanket immunity from discussing her tenure as a top aide to the president, including during the presidential transition…
McAuliffe signs on as CNN commentator after forgoing 2020 bid TheHill June 20, 2019 Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) announced Tuesday that he will be joining CNN as a contributor starting Wednesday night after forgoing a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. “Super excited to be joining @CNN as a commentator,” he wrote. “Start tomorrow night – talking politics and the economy. Will be MUST WATCH TV. Game on!” McAuliffe also promoted an opinion piece he wrote for the network offering advice for 2020 Democratic presidential candidates. Continue Reading…..
Crowdsource the Truth June 19, 2019 Despite strong words, Larry remains convinced Barr’s DOJ will do nothing as he analyzes the seemingly unending Congressional hearings into all things Mueller.
Hicks stopped returning some of Trump’s calls, now she’s testifying By Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak CNN June 19, 2019 (CNN)For Hope Hicks, President Donald Trump is “boss man” no more. Once the President’s closest West Wing confidante — the recipient of his repeated phone calls, the witness to his angriest moments, and according to other campaign aides, the person who steamed wrinkles out of his pants — sources now say their relationship has changed. Instead of carrying out a near-constant conversation, they rarely speak. Hicks returns to Washington on Wednesday to testify behind closed doors before the…
Washington Examiner June 18, 2019 A federal agency recommended counselor Kellyanne Conway be fired for repeatedly violating the Hatch Act, but didn’t offer similar guidance for Obama-era officials cited for Hatch Act rule-breaking. The Office of the Special Counsel, headed by Henry Kerner, said last week Conway had repeatedly violated the federal law during official media appearances through her endorsements of President Trump’s reelection and attacks on Democrats and recommended she be removed as counselor. But that investigative body didn’t make similar recommendations when two Obama Cabinet officials — Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Secretary…
John Cusack slammed for antisemitic retweet By Amy Spiro The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com June 18, 2019 Actor John Cusack was widely criticized on Monday after tweeting an antisemitic image. The actor – best known for Say Anything…, Being John Malkovich and High Fidelity – at first defended his retweet of the meme, before later backtracking, deleting it and apologizing. Late on Monday Cusack tweeted the image, which features a hand emblazoned with a Star of David crushing a group of people. On the image is written a quote that is falsely attributed to the French philosopher Voltaire:…
By Justin Wise TheHill June 18, 2019 President Trump on Monday dismissed a new poll from Fox News that showed him losing to multiple 2020 Democratic presidential candidates, saying “something weird” is happening at the network favored by conservatives. .@FoxNews Polls are always bad for me. They were against Crooked Hillary also. Something weird going on at Fox. Our polls show us leading in all 17 Swing States. For the record, I didn’t spend 30 hours with @abcnews, but rather a tiny fraction of that. More Fake News @BretBaier — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 17, 2019 Fox News…