Author: Freedom Watch

Rep. Gowdy: FISA Memo Does Not ‘In Any Way’ Discredit Mueller Investigation Fox News Insider February 3, 2018 Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said the release of the controversial FISA memo by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee does not discredit Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. In a series of tweets on Friday, Gowdy said the memo, which alleges government surveillance abuse targeting at least one member of the Trump campaign, raises concerns about the FISA process and is of interest to the American people. Continue Reading…..

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Rep. Jim Jordan: We Need Second Special Counsel From ‘Middle of the Country, Outside the Swamp’ By Justin Baragona Mediaite February 3, 2018 “I definitely think there are grounds for a second special counsel.” pic.twitter.com/uOCClJpoPa — Fox News (@FoxNews) February 3, 2018 As one would expect, there’s been a huge partisan divide on the controversial Nunes memo that was publicly released yesterday. The memo purports to show FISA abuses in the Russia probe, specifically claiming that the Steele dossier was an “essential” basis for FISA warrants on ex-Trump campaign advisor Carter Page and that the judges approving the…

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Nunes memo fails to make legal case against the FBI By Danny Cevallos NBC News February 3, 2018 The House Intelligence Committee on Friday made public a Republican memo that questions the issuance of a FISA warrant for surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. The main point of the memo is this: The public’s faith in the FISA process, and the courts’ protection of individual rights, “is necessarily dependent on the government’s production to the (FISC) court of all material and relevant facts,” including “information potentially favorable to the target of the FISA application that is…

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Sessions Goes Off-Script to Praise Rosenstein Before Memo Release The Daily Beast February 2, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday went off-script during a speech to praise Rod Rosenstein shortly before the release of a GOP-authored memo reportedly targeting the deputy attorney general. During his remarks at a Department of Justice event on sex-trafficking issues, Sessions thanked Rosenstein and Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, saying, “Those two—Rod and Rachel—are Harvard graduates, they’re experienced lawyers. Rod had 27 years in the department. Rachel’s had a number of years in the department previously and so they both represent the…

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By Larry Klayman WND February 2, 2018 You know me at the only lawyer ever to have a court rule that a sitting president, Bill Clinton, committed a crime. You know me as fearless and not worried about being a part of the Washington, D.C., establishment. In the ironic words of Groucho Marx, I would never want to part of a club that would have me as a member! And that is why I am going “full throttle” to legally destroy vicious establishment political hack Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his compromised and conflicted leftist prosecutorial staff, before they…

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CNN’s Wolf Blitzer tears into Republican congressman over the release of the Nunes memo The Week February 2, 2018 Utah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart did not stand a chance on Friday when facing a spitting mad Wolf Blitzer on CNN. The interview followed President Trump’s decision to release a controversial memo that alleges his former campaign adviser, Carter Page, was improperly surveilled by the government. The FBI and Justice Department have expressed “grave concerns” about the memo’s accuracy. Continue Reading…..

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Sen. John McCain On Nunes Memo Release: ‘We Are Doing Putin’s Job For Him’ HuffPost February 2, 2018 Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) delivered a harsh rebuke against fellow Republicans who agreed to release a memo by House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes against the wishes of the U.S. intelligence community. Nunes on Friday released the memo after President Donald Trump declassified it. The memo alleges that officials at the FBI and Department of Justice displayed active bias against the Trump campaign in the early stages of the Russia investigation, which was later taken over by special counsel Robert Mueller.…

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House Speaker Paul Ryan says release the Nunes memo, but leave Robert Mueller alone By Chris Megerian latimes.com February 2, 2018 House Speaker Paul Ryan defended special counsel Robert S. Mueller III on Tuesday even as he supported the release of a Republican memo about classified surveillance that could undermine the investigation into Russian interference with the presidential election. “This is a completely separate matter from Bob Mueller’s investigation, and his investigation should be allowed to take his course,” Ryan said. Continue Reading…..

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