Author: Freedom Watch
By Darren Samuelsohn POLITICO November 21, 2018 President Donald Trump on Tuesday finally submitted a set of written responses to Robert Mueller, signaling that he was done for good with the special counsel’s questions. But Mueller is far from done with him. The special counsel still wants to question the president over his actions while in the White House — Tuesday’s answers only covered Russian hacking during the 2016 election. It’s a fight that could result in a historic subpoena and eventual Supreme Court ruling, pulling a defiant Trump into a legal squabble that could set groundbreaking precedent for…
Trump Wanted to Order Justice Dept. to Prosecute Comey and Clinton New York Times November 20, 2018 The encounter was one of the most blatant examples yet of how Mr. Trump views the typically independent Justice Department as a tool to be wielded against his political enemies. It took on additional significance in recent weeks when Mr. McGahn left the White House and Mr. Trump appointed a relatively inexperienced political loyalist, Matthew G. Whitaker, as the acting attorney general. It is unclear whether Mr. Trump read Mr. McGahn’s memo or whether he pursued the prosecutions further. But the…
Andrew Gillum advises Ron DeSantis to prioritize diversity By Jacob Ogles Florida Politics November 20, 2018 A day after conceding Florida’s gubernatorial contest, Democrat Andrew Gillum offered advice to victor Ron DeSantis as he names an administration. “Very quickly,” Gillum said, “bring in a diverse set of people.” In an interview today with AM Joy on MSNBC, host Joy Reid asked what DeSantis should do after an election in which racial divides played a huge role, from DeSantis’ post-primary “Monkey This Up” moment to Gillum’s debate assertion that “racists believe he’s a racist.” Continue Reading…..
Trump submits written answers to Mueller By Jordan Fabian TheHill November 20, 2018 President Trump has submitted his written answers to certain questions related to the Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller, the president’s legal team announced Tuesday. Trump’s personal lawyer Jay Sekulow said the answers were submitted on Tuesday and cover “issues regarding the Russia-related topics of the inquiry.” Continue Reading…..
Why the Dow keeps sinking By Matt Egan, CNN Business CNN November 20, 2018 The gloom-and-doom on Wall Street has wiped out the stock market’s gains for the year. The Dow dropped 552 points, or 2.2%, on Tuesday. Plunging retailers like Target (TGT) and Kohl’s (KSS) led the S&P 500 1.8% lower. Tech stocks once again got hit hard, with the Nasdaq sinking 1.7%. Apple retreated another 5% after Goldman Sachs dimmed its price target on the iPhone maker for the second time in a week. Continue Reading…..
Trump reportedly tried to order the Justice Department to prosecute Clinton and Comey By Dara Lind Vox November 20, 2018 President Donald Trump tried to order prosecutors at the Department of Justice to indict two of his political enemies — 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey — this spring, according to the New York Times. According to the Times report, then-White House counsel Don McGahn warned Trump not to issue the order, and had lawyers prepare a memo for Trump explaining what would happen if he tried to prosecute Clinton and Comey. One of…
FBI revelations late in the campaign dimmed Andrew Gillum’s chances By Jeff Burlew Tallahassee Democrat November 20, 2018 The FBI’s investigation into local public corruption alone may not have sunk Andrew Gillum’s bid for Florida governor. But it certainly didn’t help. In the crucial last few weeks of the campaign, Gillum found himself playing defense after his one-time friend, lobbyist Adam Corey, and his GOP-connected lawyer, Chris Kise, began dropping emails undermining the mayor’s explanations about his role in the long-running undercover probe. Continue Reading…..
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Tech Giants Want Conservatives’ $1B Censorship Suit Tossed By Matthew Perlman Law 360 November 20, 2018 Law360 (November 19, 2018, 6:14 PM EST) — Google, Facebook, Twitter and Apple urged a D.C. federal court on Friday to toss a suit from a nonprofit alleging the technology giants violated the First Amendment and antitrust statutes by censoring conservative content, arguing the group can’t show it was censored. The companies filed a motion to dismiss the August suit lodged by Freedom Watch Inc., an interest group headlined and represented by estranged Judicial Watch founder and conservative legal provocateur Larry Klayman.…
Mueller might soon bring charges that even Trump die-hards can’t trivialize By Harry Litman latimes.com November 20, 2018 There are concrete indications that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is now about the business of laying down the last big pieces of the puzzle of Russian intervention in the 2016 election. Mueller already has done the difficult digging on the Russian side of the equation, bringing detailed indictments in February 2018 for a wide-ranging Russian trolling operation related to the campaign, as well as the July 2016 hacking of Democratic Party emails. Now he’s looking to tie those…