Author: Freedom Watch
DOJ official who concealed meetings with Trump dossier figures loses another job title By Jake Gibson Fox News January 8, 2018 A Justice Department official demoted late last year for concealing his meetings with the men behind the anti-Trump “dossier” has been stripped of yet another title, Fox News has learned. Bruce Ohr is no longer head of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. Continue Reading…..
Trump could be interviewed within weeks in Russia probe: Washington Post By Reuters Editorial Reuters January 8, 2018 President Donald Trump could be interviewed within weeks as part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the Washington Post reported on Monday. Mueller raised the issue of interviewing Trump during a meeting in late December with the president’s lawyers, John Dowd and Jay Sekulow, the Post said. The interview, which would deal with a limited portion of questions, could take place within the next several weeks, the Post said, citing a…
OregonLive.com January 8, 2018 “The government’s conduct in this case was indeed outrageous,” said U.S. District Judge Gloria M. Navarro. “There has been flagrant misconduct, substantial prejudice and no lesser remedy is sufficient.” The judge issued her ruling before a packed courtroom with nearly 100 spectators inside and more than a dozen others waiting outside the doors. Cliven Bundy’s lawyer put his arm around his client. Supporters held hands, wiped tears from their eyes and hugged. One looked up and whispered, “Thank you, Lord.” Continue Reading…..
Charges against rancher Cliven Bundy, three others are dismissed By Steve Kurtz Fox News January 8, 2018 A federal judge dismissed all charges against Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and another man on Monday after accusing prosecutors of willfully withholding evidence from Bundy’s lawyers. U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro cited “flagrant prosecutorial misconduct” in her decision to dismiss all charges against the Nevada rancher and three others. Continue Reading…..
Talks underway about Trump interview in Mueller’s Russia probe By Kristen Welker, Carol E. Lee, Julia Ainsley and Hallie Jackson NBC News January 8, 2018 Anticipating that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will ask to interview President Donald Trump, the president’s legal team is discussing a range of potential options for the format, including written responses to questions in lieu of a formal sit-down, according to three people familiar with the matter. Lawyers for Trump have been discussing with FBI investigators a possible interview by the special counsel with the president as part of the inquiry into whether Trump’s…
Special counsel Mueller is now looking into Ivanka Trump and her interaction with a Russian lawyer By Chris Enloe TheBlaze January 7, 2018 Special counsel Robert Mueller is now looking into Ivanka Trump and her encounter with a Russian lawyer at Trump Tower in June 2016, the Los Angeles Times reported Saturday. What did the report say? According to the Times, Mueller is looking into an interaction Ivanka had with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and lobbyist Rinat Akhmetshin. The two Russians were part of a controversial meeting at Trump Tower on June 9, 2016. Many allege the meeting…
Comey faces bar membership challenge over alleged leak memos By Teri Webster TheBlaze January 7, 2018 Former FBI Director James Comey is facing a challenge to his New York bar membership for allegedly leaking memos that detail his interactions with President Donald Trump, The Washington Times reports. What happened? Attorney Ty Clevenger wrote the New York lawyers’ disciplinary committee on Friday, saying that if Comey leaked classified information, it should boost the case against him, according to The Washington Times. Continue Reading…..
Freedom Watch TV January 6, 2018 See also: Veteran Lawyer Wants to Fire Mueller, Prosecute Clintons Personally ‘Justice Investigation’ of Clintons Likely a Sham!, by Larry Klayman
How U.S. Intelligence Agencies Underestimated North Korea By David E. Sanger and William J. Broad New York Times January 6, 2018 WASHINGTON — At the start of Donald Trump’s presidency, American intelligence agencies told the new administration that while North Korea had built the bomb, there was still ample time — upward of four years — to slow or stop its development of a missile capable of hitting an American city with a nuclear warhead. The North’s young leader, Kim Jong-un, faced a range of troubles, they assured the new administration, giving Mr. Trump time to explore negotiations…
By Larry Klayman WND January 5, 2018 Since I conceived of and founded Judicial Watch in 1994, about 24 years ago, and later Freedom Watch, I have seen what amounts to “kabuki theatre” among federal law enforcement over and over again, much to my regret. Indeed, that is why I do what I do — no holds barred! This has again manifested itself in recent calculated leaks, published by two otherwise fine reporters and friends, John Solomon and Sara Carter of The Hill, that finally Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the U.S. Department of Justice (Justice) to reopen…