Author: Freedom Watch

Sean Hannity: ‘My faith has gotten stronger as I’ve gotten older’ By Yael Halon Fox News December 13, 2019 Sean Hannity opened up about his faith in a holiday edition of “Ainsley’s Bible Study” on Fox Nation, revealing the ups and downs of his religious journey and how his faith has changed over the years. “My faith actually has gotten stronger as I’ve gotten older,” he said. “I would say I realize more than ever that I not only need, but I want, God in my life.” Hannity attended Catholic school as a child but is no longer…

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Fox News host Chris Wallace escalated the network’s war with Trump, blaming him for the ‘most direct sustained assault’ on press freedom in US history By Sin����ad Baker Business Insider December 12, 2019 The Fox News host Chris Wallace on Wednesday said President Donald Trump was “engaged in the most direct sustained assault on freedom of the press in our history.” He said Trump was trying “to raise doubts when we report critically about him and his administration that we can be trusted” and linked it to polls showing people doubting the First Amendment of the US Constitution.…

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Eric Holder says Barr ‘unfit’ to serve as attorney general By Devan Cole CNN December 12, 2019 Washington (CNN)Former Attorney General Eric Holder believes William Barr is “unfit” to serve as the nation’s top law enforcement officer, writing in a Washington Post op-ed that recent controversial comments by his successor “have been fundamentally inconsistent with his duty to the Constitution.” In the opinion piece published Wednesday night, Holder, who served in the Obama administration between 2009 and 2015, excoriated Barr for “a series of public statements and … actions that are so plainly ideological, so nakedly partisan and…

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Republican lawmaker asks Lindsey Graham to ‘rethink’ Senate’s impeachment strategy By Melanie Zanona POLITICO December 11, 2019 Rep. Jim Banks is calling on fellow Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to ratchet up his defense of President Donald Trump, as House Republicans race to influence the Senate GOP’s strategy in a looming impeachment trial. In a Wednesday letter to Graham, Banks (R-Ind.) encouraged the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman to “rethink” his impeachment strategy, in the latest sign that the House GOP is growing restless with their Republican colleagues across the Capitol. Continue Reading…..

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Sean Hannity to James Comey: ‘You hurt the premier law enforcement agency of the world’ By Victor Garcia Fox News December 11, 2019 Attorney General Barr doubles down on claims the FBI spied on Trump campaign. Sean Hannity defended his reporting Tuesday on the FBI’s Russia investigation and blasted former FBI director James Comey over Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report. “For two and a half years, our ensemble cast. We got the crap beat out of us every day. We were beaten up. We were made fun of. That’s all fine. I don’t really care…

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Trump Enraged at Fox, His Impeachment Bulwark By Gabriel Sherman Vanity Fair December 11, 2019 Even as it became clear he would become only the fourth president to face impeachment, Donald Trump has argued to White House officials that he is, in fact, winning. “He’s feeling positive,” a former West Wing official told me. “The prevailing view is the Democrats are blowing it. Trump’s feeling is his all-out brawl strategy is working.” His confidence is buoyed by an uptick in his swing state poll numbers and what he sees as Democrats’ failure to message impeachment effectively. “It’s unbelievable.…

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Growing divide between Trump and McConnell over impeachment trial By Kaitlan Collins and Phil Mattingly CNN December 10, 2019 Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are both looking ahead to the Senate impeachment trial, but there is a growing divide between the two over what that trial should look like, CNN has learned. In conversations with the White House, the Kentucky Republican has made clear he hopes to end the trial as soon as he can, an effort to both get impeachment off his lap and protect his conference from potentially damaging votes should…

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