Author: Freedom Watch
Trey Gowdy announces retirement from Congress By Ben Kamisar TheHill January 31, 2018 Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, surprised Washington on Wednesday by announcing that he will not run for reelection. Gowdy, 53, is the 10th committee chairman to decide against reelection in 2018, an exodus that has raised concerns about a brain drain within the GOP ranks. Continue Reading…..
Baio at loss for words about garage encounter with Nicole Eggert NY Daily News January 31, 2018 Scott Baio was taken aback when asked about being alone with co-star Nicole Eggert when she was a minor. Baio, 57, appeared on “Good Morning America” Wednesday in an attempt to deny accusations made by the actress that he molested her weekly beginning when she was 14 — and later allegedly had intercourse with her when she was 17. Continue Reading…..
In Joe Kennedy’s speech, Democrats rediscovered Barack Obama’s compelling vision By Matthew Yglesias Vox January 31, 2018 No State of the Union response speech has ever been a truly great speech, but Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) delivered what’s probably the best entry in the genre that I’ve ever heard Tuesday night. I couldn’t put my finger on exactly what I liked best about it until I read an anonymous Republican snarking about it. Continue Reading…..
Trump’s lawyers set high bar for Mueller chat By Pamela Brown and Gloria Borger CNN January 31, 2018 Trump’s attorneys are arguing that Robert Mueller’s team has not met the high threshold they believe is needed to interview a president in person, according to sources familiar with the ongoing deliberations. Despite the fact that Trump himself has said he is “looking forward” and would “love to” meet with Mueller, he did say any interview would be “subject to my lawyers,” who believe that Trump should not be required to do that. Continue Reading…..
Nicole Eggert Says Scott Baio Began Molesting Her ‘Probably Once A Week’ When She Was 14 By Hayley Miller and Nina Golgowski HuffPost January 31, 2018 Nicole Eggert gave new details Tuesday about the molestation she says she experienced at the hands of Scott Baio while they both starred in the 1980s sitcom “Charles in Charge.” During an appearance on NBC’s “Megyn Kelly Today,” Eggert became emotional as she described how Baio allegedly began sexually abusing her when she was 14 years old and he was 26. She said Baio continued to molest her “probably once a week”…
The Late Show Spoofs Sean Hannity’s On-Air About-Face on Reports Trump Tried to Fire Mueller By Rachel Withers Slate Magazine January 30, 2018 On Monday’s Late Show, long-time Fox News satirist Stephen Colbert parodied something that didn’t really need spoofing: Fox’s coverage of reports that Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller. When an explosive report from the New York Times on Thursday revealed that Trump had tried to fire the special prosecutor last June, Trump-friendly commentator and “final hole of the world’s worst putt-putt course” Sean Hannity changed his on-air tack so fast it gave Colbert whiplash. Continue…
Surveillance memo vote triggers war of words on Capitol Hill By Adam Shaw Fox News January 30, 2018 The House Intelligence Committee’s Monday vote to release a classified memo on purported government surveillance abuses has touched off a war of words between Democrats and Republicans, with both sides unloading their rhetorical guns as time ticks down to the memo’s likely publication. President Trump has five days to decide whether he has any objections to the release, but signs point to him allowing it. The document was pushed by Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., and other GOP committee members.…
Don Lemon On Low Black Unemployment: “Thanks, Obama” Real Clear Politics January 30, 2018 Don Lemon discussed the dropping black unemployment rate with an all-black, Democratic Congressmember panel on Monday night. Lemon brought up Jay-Z’s recent interview with Van Jones where he dismissed that a change in black unemployment doesn’t matter because money doesn’t bring happiness. Trump responded to the hip-hop artist in a tweet the next day: “Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!” Continue Reading…..
Rod Rosenstein Is Shirking His Duty to Supervise Robert Mueller By Andrew C. McCarthy National Review January 29, 2018 If Mueller wants to interview the president, he should be required to demonstrate that there is strong evidence the president has committed a crime, and that the president has essential evidence of the crime that cannot be obtained from any other source. It is Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s job to force Mueller to make that showing. That duty trumps whatever “hands off” promises he may have made to Democrats. If the Justice Department will not supervise its prosecutors,…
Memo claims Rosenstein approved application to extend surveillance of Carter Page: report By Rebecca Savransky TheHill January 29, 2018 Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved an application last year to extend surveillance of former Trump campaign associate Carter Page, according to a secret Republican memo detailed in a The New York Times report. According to the Times, which cited three people familiar with the memo, the FBI and Justice Department’s application was based partially on research by investigator Christopher Steele, who compiled a dossier containing unverified claims about President Trump’s ties to Russia. Continue Reading…..