Author: Freedom Watch
Jeff Sessions in wake of explosive memo: ‘No department is perfect’ By Stephen Dinan The Washington Times February 2, 2018 Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that he will push the Justice Department to clean up any shortcomings identified in the wake of the new House intelligence committee memo, saying “no department is perfect.” Mr. Sessions, in a statement, did not say whether he agreed with the conclusions in the memo, which argues top FBI and Justice Department officials during the Obama administration, bleeding into the Trump administration, used tainted evidence to justify spying on a Trump campaign…
By Todd Beamon Newsmax February 2, 2018 Freedom Watch founder Larry Klayman bashed FBI Director Christopher Wray on Thursday, telling Newsmax TV “good riddance” if he resigned over the release of a Republican memo alleging agency surveillance abuses in the Russia investigation. “I hope in fact he does resign, because we need somebody in there who has some strength,” Klayman, a former federal prosecutor, told “Newsmax Now” host Bill Tucker in an interview. Continue Reading…..
Comey praises FBI for speaking up against ‘weasels and liars’ By Brett Samuels TheHill February 1, 2018 Former FBI Director James Comey on Thursday expressed appreciation for the FBI standing up against “weasels and liars” as debate rages over a classified memo that purports to show political bias within the Justice Department. “All should appreciate the FBI speaking up. I wish more of our leaders would,” Comey tweeted. Continue Reading…..
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Mika Brzezinski Knocks Out Michael Wolff for Pushing Trump Affair Rumor By Julia Arciga Daily Beast February 1, 2018 Michael Wolff and Donald Trump now have something in common: They both hate Mika Brzezinski. “My bad, the President is right about Mika,” Wolff wrote, minutes after being kicked off MSNBC by Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski. The jab was a reference to how Trump infamously feuded with Joe Scarborough’s co-host and fianc����e last year, calling her “low I.Q. Crazy Mika” in a June tweetstorm, and claiming she was “bleeding badly from a face-lift” when they met in Florida…
UN roundly condemned for blacklist of companies doing business in Israeli settlements By Ben Evansky Fox News February 1, 2018 A report released by the U.N.’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHRC) Wednesday, which seeks to make a database of companies doing business in Israeli settlements, was roundly condemned. In a statement from United States Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley said the report is “the latest anti-Israel actions taken by the Human Rights Council.” Continue Reading…..
FBI Has ‘Grave Concerns’ About Republican-Authored FISA Memo Trump Wants Released By Ryan J. Reilly HuffPost February 1, 2018 WASHINGTON – The FBI has “grave concerns” about a secretive Republican-authored memo that members of Congress have been using to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign and Russian interference with the 2016 election. In an extraordinary public statement on Wednesday, the bureau said the classified four-page memo authored by Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee had “material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy.” Continue Reading…..
Trump asked Rosenstein if he was ‘on my team’ By Pamela Brown, Evan Perez and Laura Jarrett CNN January 31, 2018 President Trump wanted to know where the special counsel’s Russia investigation was heading. And he wanted to know whether Rosenstein was “on my team.” The episode is the latest to come to light portraying a President whose inquiries sometimes cross a line that presidents traditionally have tried to avoid when dealing with the Justice Department, for which a measure of independence is key. The exchange could raise further questions about whether Trump was seeking to interfere in…
Federal Judge in Brooklyn Criticizes Trump and Sessions in DACA Hearing By Nicole Hong WSJ January 31, 2018 A Brooklyn federal judge criticized President Donald Trump’s comments about Latino immigrants as “vicious” and “extremely volatile” during court arguments Tuesday over whether to stop the Trump administration from rescinding protections for undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. as children. In a 90-minute hearing, U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis, an appointee of President Bill Clinton, repeatedly denounced Mr. Trump’s previous comments about Latinos, saying they were “incendiary” and often “completely erroneous”. … Continue Reading…..
Liberal author Jonathan Tasini celebrates fatal GOP train accident: ‘God is working hard today’ By Brian Flood Fox News January 31, 2018 Author and self-proclaimed CNN “talking head” Jonathan Tasini took to Twitter on Wednesday to declare that “God is working hard today to clean up the stink” because a “train full of Goopers” slammed into a dump truck moments after the news broke that GOP lawmakers were in a collision that resulted in at least one death. A train carrying members of Congress to a Republican retreat in West Virginia hit a truck on the same morning…