Author: Freedom Watch

Alan Dershowitz ‘Shunned’ By Friends In Martha’s Vineyard For Defending Trump The Forward July 2, 2018 Lawyer Alan Dershowitz is afraid that America is growing increasingly intolerant toward opposing views. His proof, according to his recent op-ed in The Hill: Friends are ostracizing him in Martha’s Vineyard. Dershowitz, an emeritus professor at Harvard Law School and frequent cable news talking head, maintains that he has defended President Trump’s civil liberties just as he would have defended Hillary Clinton’s had she been elected. Some his old friends in Martha’s Vineyard don’t see it that way, however; he said they…

Right-Wing Portland Rally Declared Riot Amid Clashes With Antifa Protesters By Carla Herreria HuffPost July 2, 2018 A rally in Oregon sponsored by the right-wing group Patriot Prayer turned violent on Saturday as demonstrators clashed with anti-fascist protesters, who showed up in opposition to the event. The Portland Police Department said that four people were taken to the hospital as a result of clashes at the gathering. One person suffered a serious, but non-life-threatening injury, while three others suffered non-serious injuries, the police said. Continue Reading…..

If Rod Rosenstein feels conflicted, he should simply recuse himself By Jonathan Turley, opinion contributor TheHill July 2, 2018 In testimony and reports this week, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has emerged as the Hamlet of the Potomac, an increasingly tortured and conflicted figure who is both misunderstood and misunderstanding. According to the New York Times, Rosenstein swayed between angst and anger in the aftermath of the firing of FBI Director James Comey. In conversations with both friends and colleagues, he reportedly “expressed anger” and “remorse” while appearing “conflicted,” “shaken,” “unsteady” and “overwhelmed.” The reports only magnified prior…

NSA deleting hundreds of millions of call records, raising questions about surveillance program’s viability By Christopher Carbone Fox News July 2, 2018 The National Security Agency (NSA) is purging what appears to be hundreds of millions of phone records collected by U.S. telecom companies that the agency had acquired since 2015. The agency released a statement on Thursday saying it began deleting records in May after “analysts noted technical irregularities in some data received from telecommunications service providers.” Continue Reading…..

Rosenstein conflicts undermine legitimacy of Mueller’s investigation By Sharyl Attkisson, opinion contributor TheHill July 1, 2018 In his recent testimony to Congress, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein undoubtedly intended to sound reassuring. “I am quite confident,” he proclaimed, “about my conduct throughout this investigation.” Rosenstein may have reason to feel confident. He’s in a difficult position and his conduct may indeed be above board. And, under normal circumstances, Congress and the public might be comforted by his guarantee. Continue Reading….. See also: “Special Prosecutor with Larry Klayman: Jail Rosenstein & Other Criminals; Bob Barr Endorses Citizens Grand Jury;…

Bill Maher Gets Played By Conservative Troll Ben Shapiro By Marlow Stern The Daily Beast July 1, 2018 I’m not exactly sure what’s gotten into Bill Maher. Over the past year-plus, the supposed liberal firebrand has seen eye to eye with the likes of bigoted performance artist Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow, New York Times hate-read specialist Bari Weiss, and NRA shill Colion Noir, bonding over issues ranging from transphobia and Islamophobia to guns and those pesky “PC” college kids. Armed with softball questions and weak insights, he’s allowed these rank opportunists to exploit his HBO platform…

Devin Nunes refers 17 DOJ, FBI officials to Trey Gowdy, Bob Goodlatte to grill on surveillance abuse Washington Examiner July 1, 2018 House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., wrote a letter to fellow GOP chairmen referring the names of 17 current and former Justice Department and FBI officials to be interviewed for information related to potential surveillance abuse during the 2016 election. The letter, sent Friday, was addressed to House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va. Nunes pressed his colleagues to reach out to these individuals because they may…

‘Shaken’ Rosenstein Felt Used by White House in Comey Firing New York Times July 1, 2018 In the days after the F.B.I. director James B. Comey was fired last year, the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, repeatedly expressed anger about how the White House used him to rationalize the firing, saying the experience damaged his reputation, according to four people familiar with his outbursts. In public, Mr. Rosenstein has shown no hint that he had second thoughts about his role — writing a memo about Mr. Comey’s performance that the White House used to justify firing him.…

Unsealed documents detail tactics in Clinton email probe By EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE POLITICO July 1, 2018 Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz sought unsealing of the records in May, in order to allow him to publish some details from the filings in his report released earlier this month on alleged misconduct at the FBI and Justice Department prior to the 2016 presidential election. Nearly 100 pages of filings from federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, show how investigators used a very broad search warrant in September 2015 to gain access to the email account of top Clinton adviser Jake Sullivan.…

Top Supreme Court prospect has argued presidents should not be distracted by investigations and lawsuits By Michael Kranish, Ann E. Marimow Washington Post June 30, 2018 U.S. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a former clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy who is viewed as one of the leading contenders to replace him, has argued that presidents should not be distracted by civil lawsuits, criminal investigations or even questions from a prosecutor or defense attorney while in office. Kavanaugh had direct personal experience that informed his 2009 article for the Minnesota Law Review: He helped investigate President…