Author: Freedom Watch
Iran Shifts on a Landmark Nuclear Deal: Live Updates New York Times January 5, 2020 Iran’s government said it was no longer abiding by a commitment it made under the 2015 nuclear deal and it would not limit its enrichment of uranium. The decision to lift all restrictions on the production of nuclear fuel meant the effective end of the nuclear deal, experts said, though Iran left open the possibility that it will return to the limits if sanctions are lifted. “It’s finished. If there’s no limitation on production, then there is no deal,” said David Albright, president…
Pompeo backs Trump’s threats to Iran as US braces for possible retaliation By Devan Cole CNN January 5, 2020 Washington (CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday backed President Donald Trump’s strong threats to Iran as the US braces for potential retaliatory actions by the country following an attack last week by US forces that killed Iran’s top military leader. “The American people should know that we will not waver. We will be bold in protecting American interests and we will do so in a way that is consistent with the rule of law,” Pompeo told CNN’s Jake…
Iraqi Lawmakers Urge End to U.S. Troop Presence as Iran Mourns a Slain General By Alissa J. Rubin, Steven Erlanger and Farnaz Fassihi New York Times January 5, 2020 BAGHDAD — Lawmakers in Iraq voted on Sunday to require the government to end the presence of American troops in the country after the United States ordered the killing of the Iranian leader of the elite Quds Force, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, on Iraqi soil. The decision to heed the demands of angry Shiite factions and politicians came as hundreds of thousands of mourners poured into the streets of…
By Ronn Blitzer Fox News January 5, 2020 Iranian MP Abolfazl Abutorabi has reportedly threatened to attack the White House in response to a message from President Trump that promised severe consequences if the Islamic nation escalates hostilities with the U.S. Abutorabi was responding to a question about how Iran should react to the death of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani during an American airstrike, The Independent reported. TRUMP WARNS IRAN: US HAS TARGETED ’52 IRANIAN SITES’ AND WILL ‘HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD’ IF NEEDED Continue Reading…..
Hunter Biden Leases Groovy L.A. Midcentury Modern Home The Mercury News January 5, 2020 Embattled lawyer-lobbyist Hunter Biden is renting a stylish, multimillion-dollar residential hideaway in L.A.’s storied Hollywood Hills. Listing information shows the lease deal was inked over the summer of 2019, and Biden is forking out a not-inconsequential $12,000 per month for his stay. Court documents reveal that a notice of deposition was recently delivered via first-class mail to Biden at the address in question. A quick check of records reveals the home is actually owned by a China-born, non-famous L.A. businessman who acquired the property…
By Larry Klayman WND January 3, 2020 Predictably, on Thursday, shortly after President Donald J. Trump’s justified and decisively ordered assassination of Iran’s “numero uno” terrorist general, Qasem Soleimani, thankfully now the former commander of the Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Muslim Jew-hating Rep. Ilhan Omar had this to say: “So what if Trump wants war, knows this leads to war and needs the distraction? Real question is, will those with congressional authority step in and stop him? I know I will.” And, not to be undone in her hatred not just for Trump, the most pro-Israel…
Chris Wallace: Bush, Obama didn’t take out Soleimani out of concern over how Iran would respond Fox News January 3, 2020 ‘Fox News Sunday’ host Chris Wallace weighs in on the reaction in Washington to President Trump ordering an airstrike to kill Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani. Continue Reading…..
By Jack Cashill WND January 3, 2020 In July of 2019, a hearing committee of the District of Columbia Bar Board of Professional Responsibility made a recommendation that Judicial Watch founder Larry Klayman be suspended, a recommendation now under appeal, from the practice of law in the district for 33 months. The three-person committee strangely and inexplicably included only two attorneys, both of whom are of the left, and one of whom, Michael Tigar, is proudly far left. How far left? Consider the following review on the jacket of Tigar’s most recent book: “‘An incisive, unsparing, creative, brilliant critique…
Fox News judge predicts Trump will “start a war with Iran” and meet with Putin at Mar-a-Lago in 2020 Newsweek January 3, 2020 Andrew Napolitano, a former judge, also predicted President Donald Trump would “give up building the [Mexican border] wall because the land on which he wants to build is owned by Republicans who won’t sell to the government.” So far, about 100 miles of border wall have been completed under Trump’s watch, but those have all been constructed where previous barriers had become dilapidated or where there were outdated designs. The president is facing legal challenges…
Manafort Said Hannity Served as His Trump Backchannel: Docs By Maxwell Tani The Daily Beast January 3, 2020 Paul Manafort said he used Fox News host Sean Hannity to receive backchannel messages from President Donald Trump while prosecutors investigated him for financial crimes, according to newly released memos from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation. Among the several hundred pages of memos published by BuzzFeed News on Thursday, which contain summaries of FBI interviews with key Trump administration and campaign officials, the Fox News anchor’s alleged role as an unofficial messenger between the president and his former…