Author: Freedom Watch

Exclusive: Mueller’s team questioning Russian oligarchs By Kara Scannell and Shimon Prokupecz CNN April 4, 2018 Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has taken the unusual step of questioning Russian oligarchs who traveled into the US, stopping at least one and searching his electronic devices when his private jet landed at a New York area airport, according to multiple sources familiar with the inquiry. A second Russian oligarch was stopped during a recent trip to the US, although it is not clear if he was searched, according to a person briefed on the matter. Continue Reading…..

Stone, on day he sent Assange dinner email, also said ‘devastating’ WikiLeaks were forthcoming By Andrew Kaczynski and Gloria Borger CNN April 4, 2018 Roger Stone appeared on the InfoWars radio show the same day he sent an email claiming he dined with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange — and he predicted “devastating” upcoming disclosures about the Clinton Foundation. Stone’s comments in his August 4, 2016, appearance are the earliest known time he claimed to know of forthcoming WikiLeaks documents. A CNN KFile timeline shows that on August 10, 2016, Stone claimed to have “actually communicated with Julian Assange.”…

The Rosenstein Memo | National Review By Andrew C. McCarthy National Review April 4, 2018 Eight months ago, in August 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein secretly gave Special Counsel Robert Mueller specific guidance as to the crimes Mueller is authorized to investigate. The guidance came about ten weeks after Mueller’s May 17 appointment. This guidance purports to describe the grounds for criminal investigations, marking the limits of the special counsel’s jurisdiction. As readers may recall, these columns have been critical of the deputy attorney general for failing to provide such guidance. Instead, I’ve contended, Rosenstein assigned Mueller…

Harvard/Harris Poll: Americans United on Second Special Counsel Newsmax April 4, 2018 More than two-thirds of voters would like to see Attorney General Jeff Sessions appoint a second special counsel to investigate abuse allegations at the FBI and Department of Justice, according to a new poll. The Harvard CAP/Harris Poll, provided to The Hill ahead of its online posting, found 67 percent of voters support a second special counsel. Continue Reading…..

Mueller told Trump’s attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target By Carol D. Leonnig, Robert Costa chicagotribune.com April 3, 2018 Special Counsel Robert Mueller III informed President Donald Trump’s attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target at this point, according to three people familiar with the discussions. In private negotiations in early March about a possible presidential interview, Mueller described Trump as a subject of his investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Prosecutors view someone as a subject…

By Larry Klayman Newsmax April 3, 2018 Over the last few years I got to know and worked with a true American patriot of the academic world. His name is Ronald Rotunda and he recently sadly passed away, after having gone into a hospital in California for a simple hernia operation. Ron, as he was affectionately called, was at the time the Doy Henley Chair and Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence of Chapman University School of Law in Orange County, California. Indeed, Ron was considered to be not only one of the premier legal experts on constitutional law, but also…

WSJ: Special counsel looking into Roger Stone’s ties to WikiLeaks By Sophie Tatum and Boris Sanchez CNN April 2, 2018 Roger Stone’s potential ties to WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, are being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing a person familiar with the matter. Stone served as an adviser on President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, and according to The WSJ report, Stone said in an email on August 4, 2016, that he had “dined with Julian Assange last night.” Continue Reading…..

Fired FBI Official’s Legal Defense Fund To Close After Raising More Than $500,000 By Carrie Johnson NPR.org April 2, 2018 A legal defense fund for fired FBI official Andrew McCabe has more than tripled its financial goals and will soon close up shop, a spokeswoman said Monday. McCabe’s “GoFundMe” page has collected more than $537,000 from nearly 13,000 donors since it was established last week. Continue Reading…..

CNN mocked for glorifying JFKs ‘legendary’ infidelity after harping on sex allegations against Trump By Brian Flood Fox News April 2, 2018 CNN was slammed for hypocrisy over the weekend when the network glorified President John F. Kennedy’s many infidelities after spending significant coverage painting President Trump as a monster for an alleged affair that occurred prior to his political career. While promoting “The Kennedys,” CNN hailed the 35th president’s “legendary love life,” before asking, “Did one of his affairs connect him with the mob?” The tweet featured video detailing JFK’s relationship with actress Judy Campbell, who was…

Trump says DOJ slow-walking House subpoena By Laura Jarrett CNN April 2, 2018 President Donald Trump ended a 12-day respite from Twitter assaults about the Justice Department Monday, resurrecting a charge levied by Republican lawmakers that the department and FBI are dragging their feet in handing over documents related to several controversial investigations. “So sad that the Department of ‘Justice’ and the FBI are slow walking, or even not giving, the unredacted documents requested by Congress,” Trump tweeted. “An embarrassment to our country!” Continue Reading…..